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Portland, Oregon; Thursday, evening. march 23, ifl07. twenty pages.
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"Officers Make Arrange
ments toGo; -Out
in Case Negotiations
Are Not Reopened
Effect on Portland and Oregon
---Five Hundred Men on Har
rlman Lines Directly Affected
" Trainmen Claim Demands
for Increase Are Just.
v Refusing the overtures of Ralph Eaa-
ley of the National Civil federation to
attempt peace, tha railroad onion rep-
resentaUvea at noon adjourned tha eon'
ference, GaVetaon sald that prepara
tlona for a stnke were progressing and
Jjredlotedthat within a week a strike
on all roads In tha west would ha In
. force. ''.'.,, -' V :.
w (Joarssl Special errlee.) '
Chicago, March SI. Grand Chief Con-
doctor Garretaon, Grand Master Traln
' man Morrlasey and tot committeemen
from tha locals mat this morning to par
feet arrangements for a strike la the
' event that negotiations ara not reopened,
They notlned tha railway managers that
tha latter could obtain another confer
ence only providing tha men's demands
for a li par cent increase oa uw suo-
-Jocf-nf "cuuseisatlom The managers
reiterate their determination not to oon-
aider tbla deamnd. f
It la believed bw looal railroad men
that the ohlere of the conduct ore and
trainmen's orders at Chicago will take
immediate action In fixing tha data for
a strike on tha 40 roada represented by
tha 10 general 1 managers who have ie
sued their ultimatum refusing tha train
man's terms. - Oarretson and Morrlasey,
tha heads of the respective- orders, have
been Instructed by vofe of tha jnen to
: erder a strike, and It la believed they
will anticipate tha move made by the
railroad managers to Invoke government
interference. . , v. "'..,-
Xffeo oa Portland.
Tha strike will directly affect about
100 men on the Harrlman Unas In Ore
goa and eastern Washington, and will
. indtreotly affect more than double that
number. Tha conductors and trainmen
aay the term a they ask from the general
. managers ara very moderate and reason
able, and that tha oonceaalons ara only
what they have been entitled to for sev
eral years. They have worked up their
proposition to Its present etage with
considerable azpenaa and much time and
;' labor of aandlng delegatea to Chicago,
and polling the entire membership in
; territory wast of tha Mississippi river.
Tha men aak an Increase of II par
oent In their pay, and a nine-hour day.
,- (Continued on Page Two.)
HILL PERMITTED
TO CUT Mil
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Minnesota Supreme Court Holds
'. Law Forbidding Issuance of
Stockv Without Consent of
State Commission Invalid.
) ' (Jearaal gpertel Berrtea.) -
St. Paul. Minn, March 18. By a da
; elsloa of tha supreme court of Minne
sota rendered today, the. Great Northern
railroad may Issue S (0,000,000 of stock,
- the offer of whloh was msda to stock
. holders on December II last without
getting authority from tha state rail
road and warehouse commission, .
The decision will permit Hill to cut
" his melon -when he pleases, but ha may
not cut another without tha consent. of
the State commission. Ths section of
' the law attempting to give the commis
sion supervision over such Issues Is held
, invalid. It la too lata now to get such
a bill through tha legislature before the
' melon cutting.
.' ' The court holds that the legislature
has no power to regulate conditions and
limitations upon .Increases of capital
, stock, power of corporations, or terms
and conditions upon which they may be
area ted. The legislators may, however,
- regulate such Issues and confer upon a
' committee tha duty of auparvisloa. If
any such acts are found xte bring the
proposed Increase within the prohlbl
tion of the statute, then tha com mi salon
. may refuse 1L
The provision In tha present law au
thorising the commission to refuse a
stock issus upon the ground that it may
be not advisable to hold It, Is held un
constitutional. i
, 1 New Torn, March It. J. J. Hill aays,
regarding the Minnesota supreme court's
Ruling: . "The decision Is what X ex
pected. Z have been doing the same
' thkng for II years without opposition."
1 Deferred payments amount to 134,
000,000 by April 0. when It Is likely
temporary certificates to amount of lt
00,000 will be Issued..
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BEGIN GRAFT
Evidence Seems Per
fect to Heney for Con
evictions in City Across
From San Francisco
Class Arraigned and Given a
Week to PleadGeorge Frlck
of Home Company in Danger
of Indictment -Ruef "Moved
From HoteL : ' J '.;.
' (Jearaal peetsl Servic.) -San
Francisoo. - March II. As tha
graft lnvaatlgatlon progresses, ramifi
cation of the bribe-giving and bribe
taking are spreading In all direction
Thar . la mora than a passing likeli
hood that before Heney la through the
inquiry,: the list of xltle In which
boodle has been passed la return for
valuable franchises will grow to most
Interesting proportions. Then Is every
Indication that the searchlight will be
turned on Berkeley and Oakland as a
result of tha testmlony heard Wednes
day, and authorities in other California
cities, where franchises were recently
granted, will In all probability begin In
vestigations. Where tie trail will and,
neither Heney nor stums venture to pre
dict. Tha Oekland case see ma perfect
to Heney, and all the evidence gathered
try: htm rortha- tnveetlgattaa-of -Ua-Saa
Francisco acandal la ready to be turned
over to the district attorney in Oakland.-;.
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Ths Oakland grand fury is now in
session and tha foreman -intimates ths
tha lnvaatlgatlon will be begun aa soon
tha district attorney, who has an
nounced his Intention, receive, tha evi
dence now la Honey's hands. -
' . .laaa Xs Atralgaad. '
' Another man In -danger of indictment
Is George TYlctc. one of the promoters
of the Borne Telephone company. It la
believed that he know all about tha
paaalng of money to supervisors. ' If
ha refuses to tell all ha knows ha may
be Indicted. '.-
Tha last of tha Indlotmenta In the
Home case wiQ be returned Saturday,
according to present plana. There will
be no Indlctmenta today, j "
A. B. Caas, president of the Home
Telephone ' company . of Loa . Angeles,
was recalled today by in a grand jury
and questioned further about tha send
ing of f 100,000 to San Francisco soon
(Continued on Page Two.)
WARNS OF DREAD DISEASE
State Board of Health, Fearing
, From Seattle and Other Infected Districts Sends Cir- ,
; cular Letter to Oregon Physicians.
The prevalenceof cerebre eplnal men
ingitis In Seattle and other portions of
Washington and ths reporting of spor
adic eases - la different , parts of this
state has aroused ' the Oregon State
Board of Health to tha necessity of -taking
Immediate action looking to isola
tion and disinfection In this aa tn other
contagious and mildly contagious dis
eases. -.. ,'
..The disease- Is said to be almost In
variably fatal. Between tl and 10 oases
have been reported In Seattle, while a
number of deaths have been reported
from this cause la different localities
In eastern Washington.' But five eases
hsvs so far been reported In Oregon.
One well defined ease of spinal menln
gttla resulted fatally at St. Vincent's
hospital yesterday.
Dr. - R. C Tenny, secretary of tthe
state board of health. Is aandlng out the
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many times. Show her that you mean it by sending
her photograph to The Sunday Journal. . .
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send her photograph he will. '.. - J
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ful. ' No woman objects tQ that. Send their photo
graphs to The Sunday Journal. Among them may be
a prize beauty.
It is up to every man in the State to try to find
its most beautiful woman. , ,
Address Beauty Editor, The Journal. . -; -
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GIRL DISOVVHED
FOR HIRIfIG OUT
Family Disinherited Southern
Belle Because She Accepted
Position as Whip for Vander
bilt and Will Ride Horses. '
t'eereal Specui Sarvles.) '
Norfolk, Vs., March 18. riorenea
Scbenck, who has been engaged by Al
fred O. Vanderbllt to show his ear-
claga JLndwomen.'ajddlshPrioa atihe
International horse show la the London
Olympla In June, haa been disowned by
her parents. Her father, Dr. 'Powhat-
Un -echenck, is chairman .pf ths Dama
cratlc city committee of Norfolk and
a descendant of aa old , Virginia fam
ily; .
The young woman is high spirited
and did not. aak her parents' consent
when she engaged to drive in publlo for
Vanderbllt. - Bba Is a noted whip In tha
south, and when Vanderbilt's string of
show horses was exhibited at the Nor
folk horse show recently sha was en
gaged by Vanderbllt to drive and rlda
t" him. v Aa she Is passionately fond
of horses, she sought permanent - em
ployment with the Vanderbllta and want
away with them.
Her parents, who consider Such public
performances a violation of southern
preoedenrk and Improper employment
for a woman, were furious. - When their
pleadings went unheeded they disowned
her.-"-Mrs. Ctohenck says:-
"Bo far as we are concerned, sh Is
absolutely dead to ua."
Spread of Spinal Meningitis
following circular letter to every phy
sician la the state: ' '.. '
"Oregon State Board of Health, (tl
Marquam Building. Portland, Oregon,
March t Dear DoctorOwing to the
fact that a few cases of cerebro-splnal
meningitis have already occurred In Or
egon, the state board of health urgent
ly requests that you report at onoe, by
mall, all- eases- coming under- your ob
aarvatloft. pot only to your looal county
or city health officer, but directly to
tha secretary of the state board . of
health as well, so that early end com
plete records msy be had In this office
should the disease appear to any great
extent. Please report on blanks ordin
arily used tor reporting contagious dis
eases. '
"While tha exact source of Infection
In this disease and degree of contagious
ness are little understood, the board ad
vises isolation and disinfection , as In
other contagious diseases.' .
Y. M. C. A. BULDING FUND
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WHIPPING BY HUSBAND
DID HER GOOD, SHE SAYS
Mrs. Gossmart - Declares - She- Did
Out Dire Threat, So She Visited Mrs. Drummond and Was
' Beaten In Consequence Neighbors Take Different View
'. and Talk of Giving Expressman Coat of Tar and Feathers.
Tea, my husband horsewhipped me
ths other evening, but it did me good,"
said Mrs. Robert C Goasman this morn
ing at her home. 171 BurmaiK street.
Mrs. Goaaman was not certain that her
husbanahad that right but alia waa
certain that .the- horsewhipping was
good for bar."- -.-..-'
Robert C. Goasman Is aa expressman
living in a tent at. the above address
with his wife, a woman about SI years
of ace. The barn where tha horses
ara kept- Is Immedlately'ln front of the
tent and resembles more a pile or oia
iron and boards than a barn. It U a
dleramitable looklna nlace.
' The neighbors are not on friendly
terme. Ooaaman accuses his neighbors
of poisoning his dogs. Mrs. 8. V. Drum
mond. sn seed woman at 171 Surman
HEW RAILROAD OFFICIAL
RAMED "GEHERALPUBLIC"
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Duties Are to Travel Throughout
' Country, Inspecting Service
Given the People.
flearasl Sneeial aerrlce.t ''
. Chicago, March Si. With the view of
promoting better passenger service, ana
also getting closer to the people and
their transportation,--wants, several of
the railroads In the west, including ths
Burlington, have created new poslUona.
The incumbent really-has no title and
th various vice-presidents - eall him
what they please. One western -vice-president
calls his new offlolal "General
Public."
It Is the sola duty of "General Pub
llo" ' to travel over his own road and
the roads of competitors and take ob
servations relative to the servlos, way
trams are handed and how the publlo
ia treated.
"General Public" la expected to travel
la day eoachea. Ilka the other portion of
the general public, and to buy his ticket
at ststlons, where he gets on trains.
In doing so, hs notes how station agents
handle the public In selling tickets, and
In giving Information, which travelers
desirs regarding time and connections.
SOLD MINORS LIQUOR
SURRENDERED LICENSE
Athena, Or.,- March tl J. W. Davis,
a salooa man at this place who had
bean In business for over three years,
baa surrendered his license to tha city
council. He bad been Indicted upon five
charges. He pleaded guilty - to , ana
charge and was fined 111, which was
promptly remitted, and the other Indict
ments were dismissed. Belling liquor to
minors and allowing them to loiter about
tha saloon were tha oharges against him.
BEAT ANOTHER'S WIFE
: THINKING HER HIS OWN
Palouae, Wash, .March tl. James
Bunch, who beat another man's wife,
supposing she was his own,, while he waa
Intoxicated In. this city, Is out oa 11.100
balL- Since getting out ha haa been ar
rested en a charge ef araon and put
bach In Jail, but haa secured bail again
of 1100 and Is out sgatn.
STEALING CAR OF COAL
- HELD NOT FELONIOUS
Cunningham, ' Wash, March II. In
tha ease of the Northern Paciflo Rail
road company against certain prominent
eltlsons ef this elty wherein they are
sued by the railroad company for 1100.
the prloa of a ear of coal confiscated
last Feoruary, defendants moved to
strike out that part of complaint which
listed the taking of tha coal was felo-
Thia waa granted. . .
WORKERS AT LUNCH
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Not -BelieveHeWcuidH5arry-i
street, accuses Go s am an of stealing her
chickens. The quality of amity seems
to be badly strained all around.
"My husband told-one that If I went
over to visit Mr a. Drummond again he
wOUld tike the horse whip to me," said
Mrs. Ooaaman. : "I did not bellsva him
then,, but I do now.V i. .'.
"Da you believe he haa the right to
beet you wrtn a horse whlpr""
- "I'm aura I don't know about that,
but I do know that tha whipping did
me good. I've stayed at homo bettor
since he whipped me." ,
Mrs. Helen Johnson, also at 171 Sur
man, says that .she heard Mr. Goasman
say that he held it aa hla right to com
pel hla wife to- obey blm by the whip
If no other meana could be used to In
duce her to atay at home. When asked
whether there might be a less vigorous
method by which she might be led to
obey her husband If ahs must obey blm.
Mrs. Ooaaman stated that there was
not In this case. Phs did not believe
he would whip her, therefore sha went
Mr. Oossman is not a poor man nor Is
he addicted to drink. He la the owner
of two or three- farms in Oregon.
The horsewhipping of Mrs. Oossman
by her husband has aroused great Indig
nation in tne neignoornooa, ana mere
have -been threata made of giving the
expressman a cost of .tar and feathers.
SHOW-UP ALASKA FRAUDS
Juneau Federal District Attorney Here Gathering , Evidence on
Fraudulent Transactions In Hie Territory In Which It , r ;
, Is Believed Portland People Are Involved. .
Frauds against tha government of a
scope .as vast aa any yet dug Into by
federal officials of tha northwest are
now ' being Inveettgated by John i.
Boyoe. United Statea district attorney
of Juneau.' Alaska, who Is la . ths city
tngaged In gathering evidence. Prom
lent Oregon cltlsene who la ' the past
nave naa aeaiings with Alaska in va
rious ways, and .others wbo are now
engaged in rarloue enterprises In that
territory ara Implicated la the frauds
which have been discovered and which
are . now being slowly but surely i-
eovered. ' .
District Attorney Boyoe has been. In
Portland i for some little time and has
iOIMIIMIIIMItMtMMIIOIMIIMIMMIt '
Watch and Wait for It
THE HOUSE OF ', GOVERNORS.
A eommonsense suggestion for remedying defects 'in',,
our law-making machinery and obtaining uniform,
; . state -legislation. y i ' ; ,'; ..?'.,;';.. . ".'"
CHASINO 6REGON GRAFT-BUGS.: - V '?
A bugological interview with Lincoln Steffins special-"
ly illustrated by our own artist. . , r
WHAT IT MEANS TO BE BEAUTIFUL.
Pictures of Miss Delia Carson, who won the Chicago
Tribune contest, and what winning-the prize has
meant to her. - ; , - j ; i- '.:--.
A LABOR UNION. ON NEW LINES.:' ;
. A history of the Industrial Workers of the World and '
:' what its ideals and purposes are. ;
These are but a few of the many subjects you will find in
The Mammoth Sunday r Journal I
OREGON'S GREATEST NEWSPAPER.
FORCED TO WED
AT GUN'S MUZZLE
Los Angeles -Wife Suesfor-Di
vorce, Claiming That She Be
came Bride Only to Escape
Being Shot. '-' -.y
(Jearaal Special Service.)
Los Angeles, March . II. Charging
that she was forced to choose between
becoming a bride or being shot, Mrs. Caro
llneC. Smorilay has Jbrouh.t suit Jor an
nulment of her marriage to J. Frank
8 medley. She claim that be threat
ened her with a revolver and made her
marry him, though aha was engaged to
another man In Philadelphia.
-Bmedley la contesting the suit, and
ha declares that It was shs and not ha
who Insisted upon marriage two weeks
after tbey met,' and that she repeatedly
told him he was ths -only man that sha
bad-aver loved. The case la a pussle
for. tha court and Is likely to Involve
perjury charge, -
Mrs. Bmedley came here a year ago
from Chester, Pennsylvania, and " was
met at the depot by Bmedley for his
mother.' She claims that he took her
to his mothers nousa where aha had
engaged rooms and board, and a week
ater told her she -bad -to marry him.
The marriage took place at a church.
and Mrs. Bmedley waa asked by the
court whether she objected. ' "No," she
replied, "I waa easy. Aay one could
mnke ma do things, but nobody ever
tried except Mr. Bmedley."
enlisted tha aid and cooperation ef tha
federal officials of thia city in ferreting
out - tha evidence and following up the
eluea which bind the local people With
the Alaskan frauds. Sensational devel
opments are promised by the Investiga
tion which If carried out to Its conclu
sion will open, up a mine of graft that
will brine- Alaska un with and ahead
of. the western siates which during tha
past few yea re have been receiving ao
much notoriety.-
No Information can bo aeeured from
tha federal officials here or from Mr.
Boyce regarding the exact nature of his
Investigations, but It Is ssserted - that
startling developments will coma within
a very short time.
Y. IM. C7A7 Workers Feel
That Battle for Big
Building Fund Is Al
most Won : : '
Over Fourteen Thousand Dollars
Subscribed Between Twelve
o'Clock Yesterdav end Noon
-Today ' When Indefatigable
Solicitors Gather for Lunch
Total amount raised at noon today.
$11,115. , .
Amount raised since yesterday noon.
914.117. .
Amount yet to be raised, fit, IT.
Total subscriptions of 1 14,1 IT ' were
reported as gathered since noon yester-
Sev at th nMn lunch Af tha Y. Vf CL Ml.
workers today..
inis is me largest single uri wore
dona since the "Everybody Glveo" cam
paign started on Monday morning. Tha
workers ara much encouraged and feel
confident no trouble will now bo experi
enced in securing the- full amount
needed.
Today's total now raises tha whole
amount . collected during tha week to
51.125. It waa said by the campaign
managers at th.. outset this morning
that if 110,000 could bo raised today
the battle would be virtually won. With
this mark p seed by more than $4,000
the worxers -reel much slated.
At o'clock fhls morning there were
more men after money In Portland, and
after it with every argument on tha Hat
and every ounce of pressure that could
he firnue-ht ta hear, than - than, mr
were before. It waa tha critical period
of the Everybody Glvea campaign. The
leaders at the night aesslon last even
In hail discovered 160.000 remained ta
be secured In the next three days and
that money was coming hard, and so the
biggest men In - town, aa well aa the
city salesmen and solicitors, started out
today to rake tn every dollar that could
h. rilscAvared. - j-j. . . ...
The slogan all week haa been, "sign
them op," but the solicitors worked
under higher pressure today and mora
generally refused to take "no" for an
time. The executive committee and a
numoer 01 - in oniei Business men or
the town spent the morning with their
friends, and tn a doaea down town
offices a group of determined men la
bored with some man of wealth who had
not given all it was thought he should.
This campaign brought results, and all
morning long the watchers at headquar
ters were constantly encouraged by the
reports of progress against difficulties.
The noon luncheon waa one of tha
most enthusiastic aeealona tha 100 so
licitors have yet held. . The luncheon
(Continued on Page Fifteen.)
CITY COUNCIL IS
FOR WATER LIMNS
City Attorney Ordered , to Draw
Up Amendment That Will fce
, duce the Cost of Bull Run
Forty Per Cent. - ,
. Free water versus water at coat. This
will be one of the leading laouea la the
approaching municipal campaign.
Portland s council decided today I to
oppose Wagnon'a free water amend
ment' with an amendment providing
for water at cost. - To City At
torney MoNsry It gave Instruc
tions to draw up an amendment embody
ing this principle, aa . welt aa others
bearing upon tha Improvement of the
water eystem and the Improvement of
the streets Tha council Instructed Mo
Nary to prepare an amendment provid
ing for a 11,000,400 bond Issue for the
purpose of putting In a new Bull Run
main and Installing meters throughout
tne city. ,
Water at cost. In the estimation of
tha council. Is water against whose price
Is charged the Interest on the bondej In
debtedness, something for the sinking
fund, the cost of operating and I per
oent more for emergencies." .If , the
amendment carries, mem tiers ef the
city's governing body say that the price
to consumers wtu be reduced ta 40 per
cent of the present rates. 1
, Sepejrtasenta atust Pay..
Under the proposed amendment the
city departments will have to pay fir
the water they consume, Just as pri
vate Individuals will do. Only, Instex.t
of paying by meter, the city will pay a
flat rate of $50,000 per year. It la es
timated that the water the city le n
omng. If paid for at the rate In.tivi tu ii
consumers are ro-v p , a I .
$Tl.Ouo, but, as v. 1. r i , Til .
meeting-, v ' r t i it .
rats wv 1 t T' ' i
of v. ' f ' - '
pr' t f t 'i