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Newspaper Page TextSTOltY 'OF .I COOD EVEiHIir Willln$fj Journal CircuLi:c3 " , Fair tonight and FriUr e.iterlr ' ' ' lj " U jQL VOL. V, NO. ; 254. - . ; ......... Dcparfmenf Offfcas af Capfa i , A dmf ?cmo va f o flrican Lare Is Probaie in Wear ft f ireloss 177 Be LVecbmed fy Febple of Waafchtrta Bsfeaa of The Jearaala ' Waablngton. Dee. 27. H Is stated by o officer of the quartermaster-general's ' department today that the abandonment of Vanoouver barracks and the removal : of the poet to American Lake la prob able. If the removal la made. It will be because the additional land required for itHM. anil min.nv.ra Mitnnt M erautrea near Vancouver, excepting at great cost. while at American Lake there are ample land for eucb purposes. , - t - . , Vancouver, Wash.; Pee 17. OfAclala at Vancouver barracks disclaim all ., Knowieaae OK ln cvuivmuiftivu .waiiuuii mens or me pwei. j nf wiioti luaa - even. 11 mo onmmoni anoutu aeciav w ., establish what Is termed a brigade post at American Lake the barracks at Tan couver wuuia uv mainutiiiW'. 4 si-:- Cltiss Hop fe Xt, . Officials of the city of Vancouver, on .- knowledge of the -reported loss of the : barracks, declare that 'rumors to that effect have emanated from apparently reliable sourcea- Mar or Eiatham ex presses the belief that the removal of the post wpuld be a goed thins for Van couver, v- " In, Vancouver It Is genei-allx, believed ; that either the HmoeHarriman Inter- eats would, readily selie the present . MMrvBlion .anil Convert -It- Into ex tensive terminals. ' It Is said that both 1 Interests have submitted bids - for the ' acquisition 'of the reservation and that the Hamman bid was decidedly more , General O. P. Jocelyn, In, command ef the department of the Columbia. stated today- tnat tie nad received no official Informatlen with reference to the abandonment if the poet. He doea not believe such action Is contemplated '''.; - jooelya STot STottfled. to such action," he said, "though it baa been generally stated that It is the ln ' tentlon of the' government to establish ' a brigade post at American' Lake. But Ha MtahllMhment. of such a nriftt et ' Jkmertranr Lake, tn my eetlmatlon, would III BRIBERY FUND Documents and Affidavits to Be Submitted to Court Showing ' tm 1 . aa '. 1 . f r- I . . max money was rreeiy usea With New York Aldermen and Legislators Dy Kanroaa. ..' ' - . T. Snartal (.rrO. k '" ' New Tdrk, Dec. 17 Secret documents and amdaviu are in existence and,, will be submitted, la the evidence before " Judge O'Gormart of - the supreme court enowing max oetwenn i.vuu.vov ana 1 1,000,000 In cash and securities have been - used to' bribe members of the board of aldermen, me'rhbera of the state legislature and persons close' to the tats railroad commission to perform certain favors for the New Tork, , Westchester ft Boston Railroad com pany. Tha company had no charter, but ap plied for -a franchise for a suburban road. While fhe aldermen were want 10 aiukiii aiiu awurmii in, fma- aoge of a lawand galvanised Into life by. apiclal legislature the., charter of another 'obsolete corporation undr ''which tha new franchise was asked. - In the face o,f the emphatic opposl- i tlon. tha aldermenf led by "Little Tim" dolllvan and John T. MrTall, granted the franchise. - Mayor MrClellnn signed It, though proof wss Submitted to him that the charter of ihe company had long sine expired. . The - corporation's representatives ' then went before the railroad com mission and that body gave tttem per- - mission to Increase the capital stock end Issue , bonds to . finance tha con struction. , To accomplish all tbeae things. It is wasertedi almost 12,000,000 In cash and . the stock of the Westchester road were lined. There are autograph letters written by one of tha lobbyists, ready to bs submitted to the court as evl rtonrc. In whleh the distribution of the bribe funds Is , guardedly disoasaed. 1 MILLIONS SPENT 1 0 ' ' "' . '.v;V A. U i v.,,-1. the City. not neceesarily mean the abandonment of the Vancouver post. - : "The government has expended a con siderable . aum recently in Improving this post which would most likely have not been done had it been Intended to abandon the poat. , , "There has been absolutely nothing' to Justify such a belief come to me and I think that fears that this post will drop Into the Columbia or otherwise disap pear -are groundless. However, there seems to be a disposition to do away with some of the smaller posts as the country is settled,- and the disposition may probably be' manifest If the gov ernment establishes brigade posts ..- at American Lake, Fort Riley, Kansas, and other plaoes that have been talked of. But In the case ot the Vancouver post I think there la little likelihood of its being abandoned. " - -' Colonel jr. C Dent, post commander, also declares that he Jaa beard nothing with reference to the proposed abandon ment of tha poet. He believes that such action is unlikely. f , ' Mayor Dealrea Xt, - Dr.' A. B. Kaatham, mayor' of Van couver, declares he has heard similar reporta about the contemplated aban donment of th post, but-has received no definite . Information.?: However, it la generally -- believed. , In Vancouver, he says,' that the removal of the barracks would not be In the nature of a loss to , me cny. f , "I have . no- reason to believe that the removal of the post it being con sidered except numerous rumors to that effect." be said. ' "But since Van eouver la growing so rapidly and has great prospects for the future, I think tha city would- be benefited If the gar rison were removed. . - ' " eerrlaoa Bad fo Otty.-Y . "A post or garrison Is a good thing for a small town, but can be of very little benefit to a real city. And we here In Vancouver believe that our lty has passed tha small town atage and will rapidly, become a great city. In view of our prospects I think the city would not- be-ieUured at all.it the gar- rison were abandoned." a. DEFECTIVE CONDENSERS ON WARSHIP T New Battleship Reported Also to Have Failed to Make Required V Speed on Trial. 4Jeeaal loedal Berrlee.) Norfolk; Va., Dee.' Zt. Imperfect con densing. It Is learned, la one of the de fects In tha nsw battleship Connecticut, which left the Brooklyn navy yard, where she was built, for the first time on December 15, and dropped anchor In the Chesapeake yesterday. It la hot Xpown that the defective condensers bad anything to 00 with tne reported lauure of the ship to go through the speed test. The Connecticut will call at Newport News Friday. The condensers will there be examined and It Is probable a genral board of Inspection will there board the vessel. ,' . .; , MRS. INGERSOLL SEEKS 'AID OF FEDERAL COURT (Joerail fleerlil derrlee.) rWanhlngton, Dec. 17. -Mrs. Eva A- In gersoll, widow of Robert O. Ingersoll. has applied to the United BtAtes supreme court relative to her suit agatnpt. Joseph A. Coram and others, involving a claim of 1100,000 as attorney fees, made because of Mr. Ingersoll's successful efforts In contesting the will of the late Andrew 1. Davis of Minnesota. The United states circuit - court of - appeals allowed her only K.0OO, and Mrs. Ingersnll seeks to have the case brought to the supreme court for review. - CHARGES MADE AGAINST . , ; JAPANESE STEAMSHIP WaaMngto'n, Dee. ST. A complaint hds been mad to the navy department that IJie Japanese-' training ship Ana gawa ' during a recent cruise of the Midway islands charted the coast. - It Is also charged that tha Ana (taw a left stranded the Mongolia for two days before she pulled her Aff. c The com mander of Ihe Anagawa says be' offered help and stood by. until tht Una parted. PORTLAND, OREGON, THURSDAY. EVENING, DECEMBER DIRECTORS OF HARRIHAU LINES ARE SUBPOENAED Must Appear Before Commerce ' Commission and Explain Fi nancial System Short Line . Is to Harriman What Northern ' Securities Was to Hill. S , Uoeraal SpacUl Servtoa.) Washington. Deo. 17. The utmost se- orecy surrounds the preliminaries for opening the hearing In the 'Investigation of the Harriman railroad system, which will begin In New. Tork January . and .be followed by hearings at Chicago, lOmaba and Saa Francisco. It la learned. However, that practically the entire board of directors of tha Union Pacific system has been aummoned to testify at one or the other of the hearings, most of them In New Tork, and that none of thoae for whom subpoenas have been Issued have made any apparent . effort, to escape service - .-. .-.-...: .. ... Xsrrlaiaa to Testify. :' Edward H. Harriman,' head of the sys tem, bae been- served and will testify. It Is expected that be will be among the first witnesses ' wbom Attorneys Kellogg and Severance will put on the stand. David .Wilcox, president of the Lackawanna and a 'director In - the Union Pacific, and James Stlltman. also a Union Pacific director and president ot tha National City bank, have been served and will testify. The New Tork hearing will be devoted mainly to the financial arrangements . of . the Harri man group.- ' " The Oregon Short Line's holdings !n other companies of this system, aa shown by the last report to the inter state commerce commission, tells the whole story of the organisation. Fig ures on these holdings were learned to day from the . sworn . statementa made under the new railroad law to the inter state commerce commission. They have never before "been made public ' ' ' ' . Short. Una Soldlags. It appears that tha Oregon Short Line Is to .the Harriman system -what the Northern Securities was to tha Hill (Continued on Page Two.) PORTLAND GIRL E San Francisco Society Shocked When It Learns That Wife Is X Suing Charles R. Winslow of ' the Bay City and Portland for Divorce. Ban Francisco. Dee. IT. Society folk received a shock yesterday when ihe town learned that Mrs. 'Bailie Btetso Winslow, wife of Charlea R. Winslow, had fllM a suit for divorce.. Charles Rose Winslow, the- defendant. - Is the head of the Arm of CJR.Winslow Co. of this city,' Havinc branchesla the north. It ha a been noted that he has spent much of his time of late In Port land, where he has an ofneo at bj-8 Kronr street. While- tliare he has been very attentive to an attractive and beautiful society air, the daughter: of a prominent cltlsen An that city. 'Winslow was ilrst married to an actress of Some note at the time, by the name of Sophie Eyer. Althouch he denied the marrlaae among olub friends. It became evident, with the ln stltutlon of divorce proceeding, and he obtained a leaal separation from her, previous to his -fnsvrtnge with Sallle Stntson, who nosv'aa'-s him-for divorce. The present Mrs. .winslow in one of the best connected wametr In the city, bpna the daughter of John B. Stetson of the California street railroad, and one of the founders or tne nouse or Holbrook. Merrill A Stetson.- At the time of her marriage her. father gave tier a beatlful Pacific avenue house, tn which she has been" living during the recent years of ' separation from Win slow. She ha' also a considerable for tune of her own. Her brother, Harry Stetson. Is a social leader. - The oouple were married In list and have two children. One of the causes for the break In the home la Said to have been Mrs. Wlnslow's temper. At the time he finally left her and went to Portland, she followed htm. An angry scene was enacted 4n one of the hotels of that city. , which was. the talk of Portland ' aoolcty. : Desertion ts the groand named In the present suit.- s CAUSES Dl : : - . " ' ' ' : f ',' '': ' " V APPROPRIATE CITY'S WATER SUPPLY i iThe Mount Hood Electric Railway company promoters have filed upon the-waters of the Bull Run river, appropriating waters not in use at the present "time by the city of Portland. ' H the contentions of those who riled are sustainedj'ortland's water supply can be increased -only 'by 'purchasing their rights." liie filing is made tinder the contention that the act ex-, empting the Bull Run river from provisions of the state" law is. unconstitutional. " ;V '.', ..;.. If the law is held defective Portland's water supply will be at the mercy of these men. . , . ?iMr txl 3 , : : A 1 f 0 Y; r1- ,.; ', ":.' ; v - , . , - o ut. va vsrjevee xoAxy : . .. : ;.J ...... . .. .,-.);: '''. : Claim Twenty Thousand Inches oh BuH Run VJater PORTAND'S STATE HILL USE ITS . POWER IH.BIU6 ' -BRUTES-TO JUSTICE Authorities of Mississippi De termined That Christmas Out rages Shall Be Punished. Jackson,- Miss. Dec. ST. Dispatches from Kemper county say the power of the state of Mississippi is being direct ed t towards the . punishment of the whltea-who-were responsible for the race riots on Christmas. At a confer ence of the civil and military authori ties they had before It enough evidence to establish the Indentlty of-five white men of good families who took part In the lynching". District Attorney Cur ry states:. "We find the trouble was caused by hoodlums and outlaws who openly violated the laws -ot God, men and decency, for the men killed on Christmas were tn no way connected with the outrages. . They burned- houses occupied by negroes who were not even In sympathy with tha negroes connect ed with the outrages.". The total of deaths Is If LCftT W0 ' BEWARD gaturd.x Blftit, .wrapped ta handknrhlef, 1 solitaire !! trxmi rln. Ife karat: 1 two-itone dia mond rrnf: 1 hr tone diamond rtnsi 4 other gold art rlnsa. Plndvr ptanM retura to 401 Davie. Phone I'acirin -iX LOffT-LIewlyn ertter bitch. S meal ha oM: Mark eara, large black apot tup of bark. Raward Is ratwamt to '. fJ. Catbrert, Wvat are. and O. B, K. track. WrST loM chain bracelet. TeSvlTnml ati - riione Mala 8500. Reward. r I"T cecb enllte. white raff; ana war ta name "Tweed": lane ta en fnrafoet: reward. Pbnne Mala SUl. , B04 I-aaib , Excltanse. . r LOST OR STRAVKn 1 laraa black anw. wclaiit a boat MO te 4fi0 nnnnda. Kaward tor Inforoiatkie that will lead te bar recover. I'hone fcaat 47 M, er eddraae I aa, cari .euraaL ro ruaTBza ootr avo rotnrM" Ttrig .to txi CLairrKD"aM. If you lose anything a 15 centclassified advertisement will advertise fhe lost among 100,000 IQURUAL Readers! LOSm ; 27, 1906. EIGHTEEN PAGES. Map Showing Proposed Diversion of PortUn4 WATER FILED UPON FILING MADE IN CLACKAMAS ON DECEMBER.FIRST Amount of Water Claimed Is Greater Than Plow of Stream r; Except During Flood. : Promoters of the Mount Hood electric railway have laid claim to so much of the flow of Bull Run that If their con tentions are sustained tha city could in crease Its wster supply only by buying up tne rights already riled upon. . A ssrlous question has been raised ss to the constitutionality of the act of 1S06 which particularly exempts Bull Run from the provisions of the state law under which water rights may be filed, upon any stream. , If It Is shown that this law Is defeo tlve, the proposed increase In Portlsml's water supply stands at ths mercy of the men who technically have Uie law on their side. It Is believed snother pipe lino must be laid within six er sight years.. . , . - 'i ruing Made Stately. On the first day of this month, C. W. Miller, an attorney of this city, 'and one of the promoters of the Mount Hood Railway Jc Power company, posted a notice in section 2C, township 1, south of range east of tha. Willamette me ridian, appropriating ' 20,000 miner's Inches or a continuous flow of 30.000 cublo feet per minute of the waters of Bull Run. This is according to the Clackamas county records. None of the water department employes havs yet found the notice. The "20.000 miner's Inches 'would amount to S24.000.000 "gallons a day. During the dry season the entire flow Is but' 70.000.000 trallons. About half of this quantity is. brought to Portland by the pipe Hue. This means, therefore, that MUlrr has laid claim to more than the entire flow of Bull Run except. at times offreshet. , , Ta jBlaokamaa ConntyC The point where Miller haa posted his notices, according to the records of the county clerk of Clackamas county. Is three miles upstream from the Intake of the ltr waterworks. These same rec ords show that this water Is to be car ried In the "Sandy canal" from tha point of diversion for shout five miles on ths south side of Bull Run before It Is re turned to the stream. According to the state law this must be done by any con cern wishing to generate electrical power by tha use of the waters pf any stream. The records of Clackamaa county show that Miller and his associates have- made over a score of locations on the Sandy river and Its tributaries, i -"Now what do yoa want to print any thing about It forT" asked C. W. Miller when the subject wss broached to him. "Those rights were secured six years ago. We do not intend to use anything but tha surplus water that the city will not need, and we do not Intend to Inter fere with the city In any way. ays "Dost Oet BxolUd." "Don't get the water Soard excited about this. Well, no, the members of the board Mlon't ' know about my filing on those rights, but wa don't mean to do any harm, you see, ... t , j (Continued tn Page Two.) PRICE TWO . Water Supply. SCHfJIIZ FILES DEfMD TO . PLEAD IS ANXIOUS FOR MEDIATE TRIAL Attorney for Ruef Using Old Way to Delay Case and Stifle Fur 7 ther Grand Jury Work. : ' (Jeernal Special Service.) San Francisco, . Dec. 27. Apparently determined to secure . an immediate ttrial, Mayor Schmlta. accompanied by Attorney Metaon, , appeared in Judge Dunne'a court this morning and filed a written demand for opportunity to plead on the five indictments In ths cane separate from Codefendant Ruef. .' The matter was taken under advisement. The examination of the wltnesees In the Ruef case was then resumed. Grand Juror Oroenbaum was questioned by At torney Ach, representing Ruef, ' as to whether he had been prejudiced against defendant by reading the newspaper's. The witness denied having been so in fluenced. It la evidently the Intention of the defense to examine all . grand Jurors In an effort to secure delsy and at the same time prevent the grand Jury from proceeding with the work of re turning more Indictments. RAILROADS WILL TRY TO PREVENT A STRIKE (Jeernal Special Service.) Chicago, Dec. 27. 'Railroad offlrlala are meeting here today to discuss the demsnds made by S0.000 trainmen on all .lines west' of the Mississippi who threaten tO'tie ur these roads January' 1 nnless a substantial concession Is gran tod. The trainmen ask for eight hour day shift and from to 11 per cent raise la wages. ' " " PRINCESS WILL WED THE EMPEROR'S SON ' (Journal Vpx-tal Service.) Berlin. Dec. 27 Announcement Is made of the betrothal of the Princess Alexsndrla Victoria.' of Schleswlg-Hol-steln-Sonderburg-Oluckahurg, to Augus tus William, the fourth son of Emperor William. OLD FAVORITES I -::'".'.'' : ' "". $ And some. neV, are among the comic features of The Sunday Journal, which in. every department is t the best paper on the coast. One of thc'contnbu- tors Vvho writes on timely topics is RABBI STEPHEN S. cents.: lAFcSSl run is TO FORCE HIGH LEVY j. V. Beach,- Chairman of Boardof Education, Believes There Is Something in His Tip Says It Would- Be Easy Matter for Any Dissatisfied Com munity to Pack Annual Meet ing for Such Purpose as the ' r - a. - rresenx. . : "This morning J received a telephone message from a woman in Montavilla who told me there waa a scheme on foot there to bring a crowd of 'eonla ,v 111. m Ql. WVllll l lue aiD. school building tonight and force tha meeting to adopt - a levy higher than that v-mm.nfll Km , h. . A f - J. V. Beach, chairman of the board of education, made this startling statement this morning. ' t . WV w - MH , . 1 : - there la something in it," hi continued. ''It would be a very easy matter for annual taxpayers' meeting any year and do this very thing. This meeting la a relic of barbarism, anyhow. The city council, elected by the masses, has the power to fix a tax levy, while tha school directors,' elected by the tax- , payers alone, are not entrusted with ther power to-fix any levy at all. though annarentlv thev era the nnee vha knaw best what la necessary.' ' i .r waai ae mourn. , .. . ..t- The directors have recommended a levy for 107 ot-2.5 mills for school purposes.4- This levy would raise $4'J0,- 000, or approximately 295,000. mora this year than last, when the levy was ths same. . When the last levy was made,, however, the valuation . of property within the district was 1131.000.000... The last asseesment shows a valuatio n of ll8,000,000 The district IncludaV the city or Portland and such outlyinr neighborhoods as South Mount Tabor' and Arleta. .' After several aecret sessions tha di rectors late yesterday afternoon decided to recommend 2.5 mills as the school levy. For several years the taxpayers' .iniu i i . it ft umm auuiim v iiw ici . recommended by the board Of educa tion, usually with verr. little discus sion. i Usually only about 10 br 10 people attend these meetings, and It would be eaay to pack them at ,any time," de clared Chairman Beach. "It would be a real disaster to the city If the levy wss made higher than 2.5 mills, . - StoatavlUa Is XJbaraX "The people of Montavilla have al ways oeen very noerai witn tneir schools. This suburb. Is one of those received Into the district, by. the con solidation with the city in June. - They believe ' their school Is . not getting enough and they think tha only way to do It is to secure a higher levy. ."The people of the- city should turn uue io me meeting ai mo Mign scaooi tonight snd see that the levy Is not made higher than 2.5 mills." . Somewhat Indefinite aa to content. ftfut.vu iianT.iTiiin la iriw annum! IB- . port, of the directors which - will be presented to the meeting tonlght.Tha report says: "Many parts of ttm dis trict' are In. sore need of additional loom and more room should be nro- vided at Arleta. Terwllllngef, Hlghlsnd. Irvlpgton, Portsmouth and Montavilla, as well as In other localities . If auf- flnlanf unHa ara a v. Il.hl. 2ria lrame Hp. .-. Apparently the people of Montavilla heard trlfft thn directors would not tie themselves down by any definite piom Ise' of a new building for Montavilla and the plan to bring several r tloa.il a of residents of that community to the annual meeting tonight wns framed "f. It Is estimated thst the total din- . bnrsements ,for 107 mill be tsoJ.tJ". for new buildings and completion nf buildings 1 180,000 Is estimated. Teach-. era' salaries will take 2425.000. . J'he (Continued on Page Two.) t V, !