The Oregon daily journal., January 09, 1907, Image 1

GOOD EVEIIIltG
Journal, Circulation
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' TUB WEATHER.
Fglr tonight and Thursday, con
tinued cold; easterly winds.
VOL. V. NO. 265.
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HOLDS BACK
VAST TRACT
Millions of Acres of
Grant Land Is Kept
-rFrom-SettlementJbyMngJntQlhaSpeaker:
the Railway y
Oregon , Legislature J May Be
- Asked to Memorialize-Cor
gress to Revoke Land Grant
' Which Cave Southern Pacific
7 Far-Reaching Privileges;
. Western Oregon people are becoming
more Insistent that the Southern Pa
oiflo company shall place upon the mar.
ket that 1.000.009 or . 000.000 acres of
grant Unds held in the name, of that
corporation and permit their . settle
ment and development. It ia said that
' If the railroad company- longer refuses
to accede to the popular clamor, the
-legislature of Oregon , will be asked to
meinorallse congress t revoke ; the
grant. There is little doubt ' In the
minds of Investigators that , the rail
road company has in many respects vio
lated the terme of the grant. ,
. Although a large part of these lands
are today valuable made so by the
settlement and developmnt of alternate
' sections of government . tands- the
" terms of " the grsnl require thai the
railroad shall sell the grant-tnnds In
traeta not exceeding -HO. acres to ac-
tual et tiers and at a, ptlce not exceed
ing 12.S0 peacre.- hese particulars
have been violated by the railroad com
pany. It has. In open defiance of. the
law, sold timber lands in large bodies,
not to settlers but to, timber specu
lators and T" HI companies; and not at
1.50 per sere but at " any price that
fouid be obtained from the purchaaers.
Withdraw rrorn Market.
All kinds of lands have been sold, to
'. all sorts of people, at prices ranging
from 13.80 to 2S and $30 per acre.
Three year ego the- entire remaining
lands of the grant were withdrawn 'from
the market and elnce that time nobody
--has been able to buy them. Meantime
. It has been' freely admittedly' railroad
officials that the prices were to be In
creased . when the - lands are sgala
placed on the market. .
The whole proceeding baa had the ap
' pearance of a cooked-up scheme to with
hold and bottle uo the grant lust about
I ' tlm4 the great movement of home-
uxirara hcAn nrlor to the Lewis snd
Clark exposition, and enable the rall
(Contlnued on Page Two.) -
Will Be Erected at the
and Stark by R
Mrs. S. A.
Under s i (-year lease made through
the Will H. Walker agency, a seven
story brick hotel for Mrs. 8. A. Norton
will be built by R. B. Lamson, on ground
cwned by him at the corner of Eleventh
and Stark streets. The building will
contain Upward .of too , rooms and cost
about (160,000.
The leaee was sir d yesterday by
Mrs. Norton,- and plana for the building
are nearly ready. Architect Jaeobber
ger haa been at work for the last two
weeks on the drawings and estimates.
Construction will be commenced imme
diately, and 'the hotel will be com
pleted thla year. Mrs. Norton la at
work on a list of furnishings that will
be ordered from the east at once. She
said; - 1
Save Beef Garden. , . ,
. "This hotel will be more In the nature
a publlo hotel than I have heretofore
. managed. It will be run on both the
' American and European plans, and there
' will he a public dining-room, a grill
' and rathskeller. The top will bo sur-
mounted, by ; a roof garden, where pot
ted plants, palms, flowers and music
) summer time will make It a plesssnt
place for guest. The house will be, in
fact, a general publlo hotel, and yet
retain some of the characteristics of a
EARNS S.OOO.OOO
LEGACY BY KEEPING i
flovrna! 8oH) 0wrvff.
Kew Tork Jan. f. Eurn Andaf-
ah hoM fatmll 1m an Ir4 I.i rA
B " - m -w w... v vva BHiaw
ion which , two well known New Tork
tintals. the Bt Denia and Gllaav Thnuaaa.
. are built, haa left for California to en
joy a fortune of (l.ooo.ooo, whtth came
te blm through his abstention from In
toxicating liquor for one year. Under
-his father's will the payment of the
large legacy depended on his remnln
Ing sober for 1 months, snd It Is now
ji months since he touched liquor.
At the time of -ht'fthera -Heath
VASTER HAS 0
SenatorAllegedtoHave
Broken Faith in Get-
ship Fight
Friends of the Senator Indlg
nantly Deny the Statements
Made and Allege That No
Special Influence Has Been
"Brought to Bear. . ?"
Jonathan Bourse Jr. la looming large
In the background of the fight over the
speakership of the house of represen
tatives being . waged between Frank
Davey of Marlon and W. I. Vawter of
Douglas and J aesson, and Indications
point strongly to the probability that
a determined fight will be made against
Bourne a elestlon in the event of Davey
being chosen as the speaker of the
house. - .-.
In the heat of the struggle over the
speakership many of the members seem
to have lost eight completely of their
Obligation to carry out the will of the
people, emphatically -declared in the
June election.
Chargee are made by Vawter'a friends
that- Bourne- through- hia local agents,
James Kyle and W. E. Burke, and other
of his friends and henchmen la boost
ing the Davey boom in direct contra
diction to his express personal pledge
made prior to the June election and
afterward. They say that Bourne has
given Vawter and hie friends the dou
ble cross. It is also Intimated . by
friends of the Medford man that' the
'Bourne sack" has been tilted In the
direction of the Marion county man.
"Vawter can afford to spend 1300 to
meet campaign expenses,"' they say.
'but he cannot afford te rake up f J.000."
. Soowted y Davey .
' Mr. 'Davey ' and" Mr. Davey's friends.
on the other hand, scout all such al
legations aa .colossal mlsconoeptlons of
the truth and say that Bourne le not
mixed up"Wllhthelr campaign In any
way or manner personally or otherwise.
Some of Davey's frienda throw a coun
ter challenge at the foot of Vawter tn
the assertion that 'the railroad lnter-
Lests are back of the Vawter camp and
bring aa evidence of this the fact that
P. Worthlngton, former deputy United
States -marshal under Jack Matthews
and later. an employe of the O.. R.v N.
(Continued on Page Fourteen.)
Corner of Eleventh
B. Lamson for
Norton .
family hotel. It will be one of the eom
pletest buildings on the coast, and the
interior arrangements will be modern In
every respect " There will be a bath
with every two rooms. Each bath will
be equipped with both shower snd tub."
A novel exterior feature will be seen
on the Eleventh-street front. In form of
an old' English gate entrance. The gate
will dmlt the visitor to a wide, airy
court covered with glass. Thla court
will be beautified with palms and grow
ing plants, land inviting seats will make
it a pleasant plaoe for a smoke or prom
enade In wet weather. . .-
Model of Xtg Mini, .v, '
Tho building will be brick and Steel,
of modern structural type, and the fao
Ing bricks will be of the asms color as
the front of the new Wells-Fargo office
building on Clxth street. . Mr. Lamson,
owner of the property, la said to have
given directions that no expense shall be
spared to make It one of the olty's best
structures and a hotel that will be a
model of Its kind on the Pacific coast
With the permanent Improvement of
Btnrk street, and the caving of Eleventh
from Washington to iltark, thla corner
will be ons of the moat eoceeaible and
attractive In the' city for a first-class
hotel site. . . .
A YEAR
Anderson was a drunkard. He swore
off. but failed, to keep his good resolu
tion and became more dissipated than
ever. Then his sister died and to the
legacy under her will the same pro
vision as la his father's will .was at
tached. Hie brother, James ' M. An
derson, of Mount Vernon, managed his
estate. ..-'. v
Anderson's home was at Amityvllte,
Long Island, and he 'went Into a sani
tarium there In 1806 end got cured.
He told hla friends on leaving Amlty
vllle a few days agn that ha was going-
to southern California. ; ;
PORTLAND, OREGON,. WEDNESDAY, EVENING, JANUARY
' " ' r
'. . Says John D. to Her My
Commend? Gearitr for Stand
UN
IONS OPPOSE THE
FOUR MORE WARSHIPS
ORDERED TO PACIFIC
FROM -EASTERN FLEET
Battleships Kearsarge and Ken
tucky Among Big Vessels to
Co Around the Horn.
Uonraal Breclal gervlee.) .
Vallejo, Cal.r Jan. t. Word has just
been received at the Mare Island navy
yard from Washington that four of the
most formidable ships now attached to
the Atlantic squadron including the bat
tleships Kentucky and Kearsarge will
be aent around the Horn and added to the
Pacific sqtiauron. The arrival of these
vessels and the commissioning of ths
New Orleans, Marblehead, Albany and
Wisconsin, will more than double the
strength of the PaelrW fleet, and the
number of enlisted men attached to the
squadron. The plan of keeping all the
big warships on the Atlantic coast will
be chsnged. and theleet of the Paelfle
la to be Increased, under the two large
squadrons of vessels on thin seaboard.
A report has been current the past
few daya that some to men have de
serted front the new eruleer Milwaukee
since that ahlp has been placed in com
mission at the Mere Island yard. The
reason given for these desertions le .no
big Inducements offered for labor In
San Francisco. Most of the Milwaukee's
crew came from eastern states.
STEEL TRUST COMBINES
WITH HARVESTER TRUSj
Community of Interests Scheme
Arranged- Each Concern
Works for the Other.
' (Journal gpeelal Serriea.)
New Tork, Jan. At a conference
between Cyrus H. MoCormlck, presldant
of the International Harvester company,
and Elbert H. Graf,-chairman of the
board of directors of the United States
oUael corporation. In Judge Gary's of
fice, a community vt interest' plan War
agreed on, which Is expected to be of
the greatest benefit to both companies
The plan la entirely new In American
Industrial development . It Involves no
merger of the two companies, or ex
change of securities, or any new financ
ing whatever. - It is simply a trade
agreement, wnerany so far as com
patable with then- Interests, each com
pany Is to work to the sdvantage of the
other and aOthe same time, to its own
advantage. ,.- - - -
Hearst Made) Chairman. -
tJoarnal Biclal Sfrtlce.) . -New
Tork, Jan. .William R. Hearst
has been elected chairman ef the atate
eeoiwlttea of Uo Independent league.
' Good Woman, You Are Too Extravagant Learn Thrift.
AGAINST ACTION
OFTHE PRESIDENT
ON COOLIE LABOR
Astoria Delegates Demand Fed-
eration Ask Fish Warden Van
dusen Be Kept in Office.
The Oregon Stats Federation ef Labor
thla morning commended United States
Senator Geerln for hie atand on the
Japanese labor question and ordered its
secretary. Paullnus McDonald, to for
ward the following telegram:
"Portland, Or., Jan. . Hon. John M.
Qeartn, Senate Chamber, Washington,
D. C The Oregon State Federation of
Labor, now' In - session at Portland,
thsnks you for your etaad In favor of
American and against : Asiatic coolie
labor, and congratulates you on your
masterly presentation of the subject '
"C H. GRAM.
President O. 8. V. of L.'
-To emphasise Its attitude on the
question which is at present paramount
In the nation's affairs, a. resolution was
Introduced denouncing theictlon Presi
dent Roosevelt hss taken In regard to
Japanese labor In the United States.
Thla resolution was referred to a ooro
mittee, but will, undoubtedly be re
ported upon favorably and passed be
fore the end of the afternoon session.
. Begla Telephone Boycott
The two other Important things done
by the convention thla morning were
the launching of a boycott against the
Home Telephone company and the rec
ommendation that H. O. Van Dusen be
retained for an indefinite time aa mas
ter fish warden of the stats of Oregon.
The afternoon session opened at S
o'clock .with the consideration of the
flnsl section of the report of the reso
lutions committee. Among the resolu
tions submitted 'was one "commending
the patriotism" of State Senators Ma
larkey, Slchel and Nottingham for an
nouncing . that - they would stand by
statement No. i, would carry out the
will of the people and vote for Jona
than Bourne for United Statea senator.
(Continued on Pare Two.)
CANDY SURE CURE
FOR CONSUMPTION
77
X (Journal special ree.)
. London. Jan. - Candy la a
d sure preventive - for consump-
d tlon, according to a leading e
e phyetclon of this city. He says e
that all' children ahould.- be
taught to eat sugar. - He de- 4
rlared that candy factories are d
the One at eieslth resort for con-
d sumptlves imaginable. He says
that experience snows uit ins e
d candy eater ia proof against , e
e the drend disease, and that It Is e
d slmost Impossible for him to ' e
d become a drunkard.
9, 1907. SIXTEEN PAGES.
EiDEME SH0MS :
on the Japanese
PRESIDENT
ONE DEATH, 7 INJURED
IN $750,000 FIRE AT
DETROIT STOVE WORKS
Fire Horses Become Unmanage
able and Plunge Into Crowd
Watching the Flames.
(Jearaal Special Servlee.)
Detroit, Jan, t. An unidentified man
was killed, - six men and one woman
Injured and a total property loss of
(760,000 sustained aa the- result of a
Are that partially destroyed the $2,000.
000 Michigan Stove $ company's plant
laat night 1
Two thousand men are ' temporarily
out of employment The death and
injuries are due to Are horses plunging
into the crowd.
RAILROAD CARELESSNESS
WILL BE INVESTIGATED
.. ...... ,.- ' 't
Commerce Commission to Probe
Operation of Block System
in Southern Wreck.
(Journal Special flervlee )
Washington. Jan. . 8o startling have
been the . facts elicited by the Inter
state commerce commission regarding
the Ineffective operation of the block
system that it has been determined to
make a general Investigation of tbe
subject throughout the country along
the lines developed In the Inquiry Into
the wreck of the Baltimore It Ohio at
Terra Cotta, District of Columbia.
On Monday the commission will begin
the investigation of the wreck at Law
yers, Virginia, on Thanksgiving day tn
which President Spencer of the South-,
ern railroad waa killed.
The commission haa -learned that
there is a genersl disregard of the prin
ciples of tbe block system aa originally
devised.
PREFERMENT GRANTED
PORTLAND CITIZENS
(Wssnttirtna tnrss of The Jnorael)
Washington, Jan. . W. P. Meyers
Leldlaw has been admitted to practice
before the interior department Alex
Othea of Portland haa been appointed
electrician In the government printing
office.
Funeral of Mlas Gilson.
(Speclnt ltpre) te Tte. Jeftrnal.f
Sulem, Or., Jun. I. The funeral of
Beatrice C. Ollson, aged IS years, was
held from St. Paul's Kplscopnl church.
Rev. Barr O. I.ee officiating. Interment
was In City View cemetery.
. PRICE TWO
SPLINTERS III
COAT CONVINCE
CORONER'S JURY
Prominent Men Hear Testimony
" and Bring in Verdict That Dr.
Johnson Was Slain by Some
One Not Known to Officers at
' Present ' Time. v:;,!-- "
Evidence which waa taken before the
coronere Jury at the Inquest held over
the remains of the late Dr. Philip Ed
wards Johnson In the Flnley chapel yes
terday afternoon wss -, deliberated on
but a few minutes before a verdict waa
returned In which It was found that ths
deceased had been robbed and murdered
by unknown persons between the cioura
of 7:21 and 7:4 o'clock Monday, Janu
ary 7. The Jury was oom posed of T. D.
Honeyman, Wallace McCamant, W. Mc
Maater, John K. Toung, Frank A, Hart
and W. H. Warrens.
Testimony taken from half a doaen
witnesses, while giving no clue upon
which to work out a solution of the
mystery, left no doubt that Dr. John
son, when met on the bridge by his as
sailants, had fought aa he often said he
would; that he - waa knocked over .the
head with a heavy Instrument' robbed
and then' hurled over the railing of the
bridge Into the canyon below. There
waa no point of the evidence wnicn
would tend to substantiate the suicide
theory, the condition of the body and
clothes themselves testifying strongly to
the supposition that Dr.. Johnson waa
victim of a most brutal murder. .
Blow Trora a IMpe. "
'" tr. G. T. Trommald, who '' testified'
first, told how he bad found the body.
The deep cuts on the top and side of
the bead, be said, were auch as might
have been made by a blow from a pipe.
One of theee may have been made from
the body coming In contact with the
ground, but It Is not probable that Doth
were Inflicted In the same manner.
The testimony Of Conductor Lowrey,
who found the ". hat wallet and keys
scattered from the -car tracks to the
sidewalk, and In a line nearly opposite
the notnt where tho body was shoved
over tbe railing, fixed the time of the
crime noted In the verdict, the highway
men having 14 mlnutea la the dark to
oomplete their task uninterrupted.
Officer Blackmail, who waa the Brat
to view the body alter It bad been
found by Motor-man Dosler and Con
ductor Thatcher near the ' car tracks
(Continued on Page Two.)
Bourne Has Plan to Advertise State Excite
mentAmong Horticulturists Award
Made at State Meeting for Displays
(WasMnctoa Boreas ef Tbe JoeraaH
Washington. Jan. . Jonathan
Bourne Jr., United States senator-prospective,
today aent . the following tele
gram to the president of . the Oregon
HortiouKural society:
"Oregon undoubtedly leads the world
in quality of her fruit producta. I
would respectfully suggest for the con
sideration of the horticultural, society
the advisability of the adoption of res
olutions requesting all Oregonlsna when
traveling through other statea to In
quire for Oregon fruits and product.
This plan should help advertise tbe
wonderful resources of the state. I
would further suggest the advisabil
ity of each member of your society re
questing his respective, board of trade
to adopt a aimllar resolution."
There waa excitement . among 'ths
horticulturists this morning when the
time of meeting drew to a close. An
Interesting program' had been given be
fore a huge audience with an active
discussion, and A. L Mason, the well
known fruitgrower of Hood River, fin
ished the morning program with a prac
tical talk on "Pruning From My Point
of View." He presented his ideas with
clearness and decision and answered the
EDITOR BEGINS WORK
BY HAVING PREACHER
OPFER UP A PRAYER
(Journal Rpsrlsl llervlee.) '
' Kalamasoo, Mich., . Jan. A novel
scene took place this afternoon In the
editorial rooms of the Gazette, when
Rev. R. 8. McGregor, president of the
Ministerial Alliance rmide a short
prayer, with which thn day's work was
b. un. Managing K.lllor John A. Ross,
noted as host, nnd In t reduced the min
ister to the memtx rs nf the stuff.
This la the sequel of sending brond-
c.ist dispatches th.it Managing Kilitur
Rous had been coavoitvj t a rellgl'ius
CENTS. . .7JUramPcY
POLICE ARE
AT VARIANCE
F8-
Important Clue of Silver Watch
' Taken . From the Victim by
the Thugs! Will Not Be Over
looked" In the Investigation
That Will Be Made,
1 So far as the police department ' la
concerned. It la apparent today that the
brutal murder of Dr. 'Philip Edward
Johnson on laat Monday- evening will
be set down in the criminal annals of
Portland as one of Its unsolved mys
teries. What Investigation la 'being
conducted le without apparent organised
effort and the statements of the of- -fleers
In charge show plainly that tbe
detective force la tar out at sea regard
ing the ease- and - the proper methods
of bringing about a solution.
- Even in th face of the Incontrovert
ible evidence Introduced at the coro-'
nnr's Inquest the' logical deductions
from testimony that point with a ateady
finger to robbery od 'murder. And the
verdict of "murder 'byunknown per- ,
sons" returned by the Jury after a
careful, painstaking arid thorough re
view of both facta and testimony, the
police officials at noon today were
wavering In their conclusions aa to tho
probable cause of the death of Dr.
Johnson. ; .... . . ,
- Folios Haws at Tarlanee. .
Some - leaned toward the suicide
theory: some half-heartedly expressed
ths opinion that It might have been a
case of murder. . Taken tosether, tho
' vacflTftttng 'opinions prevalent " th ron gjj .
out tho department have necessarily
added but little stimulant to an investi
gation which so far lacks all the essen
tials necessary to make It complete
and thorough. . .
Captain of Detectives Bruin, who haa
complete charge Of ths Investigation,
thla morning had not abandoned the
sulcids theory. He stated that be had
not 'definitely--made "lip" his" mlml "
whether it waa murder or suicide, and
so stands poised midway between tbe
two, while the hours and days allp past
and ths chances of running the mur
derers to earth grow more meager.
Chief Gritzmacher likewise la unde
cided, although differing from Captain-
Bruin, no ravors a murder theory, but
discredits the assertion that It waa the '
work of hold-up men. Yet he cannot ;
account - for any one else committing
(Continued on Page Two.)
qnestlons fired st hint with ejnlak Wit
and ready repartee.
v Doctors Msaerrea, ' ,
"One part of wax., two of tallow and
four of rosin.' he shouted out as his
formula for waxing treee to prevent
Inner growths. And he held hla opin
ion that this was right against all .
comers. But Just aa everyone nasi hla '
pet remedy for a cold so ench fruit
grower has hla own method of orchard
Ing. ."I donl agree, with you." cried one
man. "Pruning ahould b done In the
aprlng." Another shook his head vigor
ously. "No. it should be done In the
fall, to give the trees a chance to re
cover." And another advised the early
spring. And each waa decided that hie '
way waa beat
Some excitement waa evident when
Mr. Mason championed bis reaion of
Hood River against the remarks that
have been made throughout the conven
tion, accusing Hood River of"hogglns '
It alL" He assured the meeting that
every Hood River horticulturist was
glad to tell all he knew and much that
he did not know of frult-ralslng; thst
the strength of ths place lay In Its anl-
(Contlnued on Page Two.)
revival and had Said he would open t!ie
day's work with prayer. Rose s lmlts
that he allowed the story to go out.
Ministers who are al -i t to t--:!u a
revival under Dr, lira . i -u, . ,-
Moody Institute; ar r- . , t , . . .
Inquired of t. I". !; I, ! r
owner of the r. w I .
was lnt.uxl.-d to the r-" d m 1 .
Knwnl hud ltris "n :.. 1' I , '
Ing 'he lot il rnla,-'- Ti t , mix ; - t
and hM ; 1 1 i 1 r i ' t
finveral t. .. j'eis a . i i , i . , , .
cepte-i, at; Jl ..I . i I. ;
THEORI
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