The Oregon daily journal. (Portland, Or.) 1902-1972, April 15, 1907, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextSECURE Engineer of Milwaukee Road and Builder Walsh Give; Figures oi ionsirucuon v ' Th third and last hearing In th Spokan rat mm opened this morning t l:tO o'clock la th federal court room, following an adjournment taken by the court to permit th Interstate commerce eommiloa to occupy the room. -; , . -: , ;-. . The hearing began at Spokane some month ago, and u adjourned to Chi cago ro hear testimony required from the railroad, and from that point it was aajourneo 10 foruana. wner in moi Important evidence that affecting wa ter competition at ocean terminals, will b taken. , . . i ' Complaint of pokaa. -' J " ' The question at Issu 1 th moat lm portaat rat question that ha arisen ; stDo th Interstate oommere oornml lon tinder th.nw law tu given power , to male and Institute railroad rate. Spoken merchants, ilk every other In terlor town contiguous to a tidewater terminal distributing point, par on some article f commerce, a through rat. plus.Uie local from th ocean terminal, Of ,s shipment from Chicago the lowest terminal rat can be secured at Portland - because her th railroad meet cempe tltloa by ship that would carry th 1 same commodity from aa Atlantle or gulf port to Portland and land It her at a rat much lower than th railroad would voluntarily haul It overland either. - to Portland or to Spokane. The result la that th Portland whole saler Is In a position to demand from n th railroad a terminal rat a low aa ? th commodity could be brought around by water, and naturally when he comes to ship the commodity to Spokane the local freight rat Between Portland and Spokane I added. ''.; ... . Want Bat lowered. ' , ; , Th - Interior town." therefore, -1 not able to get the railroad company to haul th shipment overland from Chicago any - cheaper than It can b carried by water (Continued on Pag Two.) ARE NOT BARRED FOREIGN FISHERS ft. Requiring - Six Month Residence is . Without 'Effect on the Columbia River Ac cording, to Judge's decision. Judge Charles E. ' Wolvurton decided In th'Unttn"j States circuit court this morning thaY th fish law' of Oregon and Washington requiring a six months' residence in Oregon, Washington and Idaho In order to fish in th Columbia t river ars not binding, because th law fall to concur on th points of resi dency and oltlssnehlp.. - v j : Th decision was mad in th cases against peltro Desjalra and If. Furlo, resident of California, who were ar rested at Astoria for th purpose - of making a test cas of the law. Judge Wolverton ordered the men discharged. The case we considered of great im portance by fishermen and cannerymen along th rTver, bcaos th law had I flhelr purpose th exclusion of all vftnont who Ilv In other state and mal a practice si coming urcgon during the fishing season. It I eeld that this class Is wasteful and largely to blame for the destruc tion of thousand of fish every year. The1 are looked upon with disfavor by ether fishermen because of thelr itin erant and depratdry methods. .After the Oregon law was passed It was found to be ineffective because the boundary line between Oregon 'and Washington 1 In the middle of th Co lumbla river, and fishermen could al ter tnT were outside of th Oregon jurisdiction in case they were arrested. In order . to tnak th law effective, Washington aased an art that was thought to concur In all points with th Oregon measure It 1 expected that a movement will be started to have th state appoint a commission with power to draft a law that will concur snd he constitutions!-In all state in eluded In the compact iBASIS W TABLE Interstate Commerce Commissioner 'W. A. Frouty. MEETS BROTHER METER 41 YEARS Mate on Norwegian Steamer : ; Looks In Portland for Name of Brother He Knows Only Is . Somewhere in America. Anton William I chief officer on th big Norwegian steamer Slldra which ar rived here early yesterday morning, and' Ole William I a me .cutter' living with: hi family la a oosy little cot tage at 1 Portsmouth' avenue. Yes terday, the little. home'wa a scene of unusual happlne beoaua ' Anton and Ole are brother and they met for the first time In 41 -year when the for mer paid an unexpected visit. -, In coming over' th Columbia 'river bat. Saturday morning th chief officer of (he Slldra talked with Pilot Gunder- son and incidentally mentioned that he had a brother somewhere In America whom he had not seen la 41 years, or sine th chief . officer was a baby scarcely a year old. . Of course he would not know hi brother by 'Sight and so bad practically abandoned the search. Pilot Gunderson'a suggestion to -go over th city directory" impressed the chief officer go, favorably that he hur- (Contlmied on Pag Two.)--. - ECKELS IS Former Comptroller of Currency Stricken . .While: Asleep; in . - Chicago Home 'A- 1 . (Joe ma 1 Bseclal gei ites.t ' Chicago. Anrll 15. James K, Eckels, president of th' Commercial National bank, and comptroller of th currency under Cleveland, was found ded In hi bed her yesterday by -hi butler. Death was caused br heerfr-'dlsea, and entne to Mr. Eckels whil he slept He had been dead several hours when found. Th discovery of Mr. Eckels death was due to an attempt by bla brother, Oeorg M Eckel, to, call him by tele phone. Th butler heard the telephone bell In his master's apartment ringing for a long Urn without being answered and finally entered th room and found Mr. Eckels dead. Dr." Frank Churchill said that death was due to organic heart disease. Th coroner held a formal Inrruest this morn ing. Mrs. Eckels and her 18-year-old daughter, Pb'febe, are '111. Pert, where Miss Eckels ha been attending acheoL They bsd planned t return to Chicago within a few week, but on being In formed of Mr. Eckels death announced that-they would sail tor - the United State on th first steamer. ' ' , Jam It. Eckel was born at fyince ton. Illinois. November 12, mi. II graduated from th Albany, New Tork, Isw school In 1110, and practiced law at Ottawa. Illinois, until lift, when Preel- ( Continued on-Page Two.) TAKIEFS MAKE RED: FLAG PAY FULL-TAXES : -' ..-V Assessor's Office Will Hereafter Round Up' Temporary Cloth ing Auctions - and - Bankrupt ' Sales Dealers for Their' Dues. " Cheap ' auction of damaged goods" brought Into Portland and sold aC lower prices than th local clothing merchant can nam for wearing apparel, of good texture will be practically prohibited la Portland by, rule mad by' County Assessor Signer this morning. '.- ' i Mr. Slgier and his .chief office deputy, ,W. . C , North, . have bean investigating these auctions, and thy have decided that every stock of good brought Into th city, and Offered for sale must pay a tax to th county. , . . ' - "In making this rulex Mr. North aald this morning, "w aim to cooperate with License Officer McEachern and Hutchinson.'- They hav been doing their best to collect licenses from thee people, and In nearly every case they have suc ceeded in doing so.- It ia not so easy with as, for th stock foods men jump In and out of town between th making Of th roll. W shall have men to eatoa them hereafter. Thl w will do- (Continued on Pag Two.) FOUND DEAD IN BED ' '' '' '. Jamea H. .Eckels. ' - "' ' : ' -.' t.i . . v.'' I ' " - V . v, ( - . . ... . HOPED FOR MoreJndictmehtstoBe Filed Against Schmitz and Ruef lor Trolley Franchise Bribery Disclosure of Bribery In Granting Temporary Franchises After Quake May Bring About Con viction of Ford, Calhoun and Mulally. v - . V .": ' San Francisco, April 15. Elisor BfcfT. Ruefg custodian, was today appointed special , elisor by. . Judge Dunne to secure a new panel of talesmen from which to select Jurors to try Ruef. Sheriff O'Nell and Cor oner Walsh are disqualified on the ground that they are prejudiced and biased In favor of Ruef. The new panel , will be drawn this afternoon. . - tJenraal BiMetal Sen-tee.) '."ii Ban Francisco, April II. With the next batch of indictment returned by the grand JurySrtll be true bill against Mayor Schmlts and hla Indicted coadju tor 'Abraham Ruef for bribery and ac cepting bribe In eonnectlo with the granting of temporary permit for line given to th United Railroad ehortly after th April disastsr. It 1 on thl case that th prosecu tion relies for the conviction of Pres ident Patrick Calhoun of th United Railroad, hi, assistant Thorn well Mu lally, and hla general counsel, Tlrly I Ford. , Th vldene la said to be of such a character that Schmlts and Ruef cannot escape Indictment, but whether th reformed member of th board of supervisors, whose eorroberatory evi dence has been of assistance to th prose cution will be glved another immunity bath or Indicted with tbnlr political mas ter In crime, 1 a matter yet to be made public . ' The abnormal conditions which roak it advisabl to retain the present super visor la offlo antll th next regular election may also make It necessary for th prosecution to extend additional clemency to them in thl case, but no mercy 1 to b shown to .Ruef. and Schmlts. . . i . Basf and chmlta sad Mg nan, Th amount of bribe money paid by th United Railroads for these tempo rary permit when compared with that which was given for th rotes or th "city fathers" in th trolley V ranch Is bribery, 1 comparatively small, and th percentage said to hav been retained by their superiors In th graft fund la larger than usual. In aom Instance it is aald that th supervisor received nly lit each for their har(of graft. (Continued on Pag Two.) m x ' If." ' -ml I , mm ii ii rum ' l '. I . .''I I I AttomeyD. M. Delmaa Making COLONEL HUNGERFORD'S . "WIDOW DIES AT ROME , .. -it , - Moarsal Ipeelal BrrW.I ' Roma, April IB. Mrs. Daniel E, Hun- rerford. grandmother of Clarence H, Mackey and widow of Colonel Hunger- ford, who died here In 189, expired to day. 8h .had been ' In 111 health for several year and sought relief ia va rious part of Europe. Colonel Hunger ford was th father of Mrs. John W. Mac Kay, He served In th civil war. and headed th Twnty-lxth regiment Aflverlisinn Record for the Week The advertisinff record for i that both The Journal and the Oregon ian carried over 10,000 inches. . The Journal weeks ago passed that mark in adver- X tiding figures, while the Oregon Joc9l inches .... ....... . . . foreign, inenca ............ Classified nd real estate, ins. Readers, inches Totals, inches ;...?..!.. 10,020 11,205 0,107 The circulation of The Journal is still gaininp, and it often goes over the 30,000 mark. The press facilities are taxed to their utmost but when the mammoth new prrss is inst.iV.--l Journals can be turned out at a remarkably r u 1 1 nr ' : - new press will leave the Hoe vip ! (i in in i ii m i n n - i : . v ' ; :h : Clostiif Argument In Thaw Case. . of New Tork volunteer. Mr. Hunrer ford made her home with Countess Tel fener. on of her daughter. Both the countess and Mrs. MscKay were with her when - she died. ' She was (4 year old.' Death was due to Influent.. Ar rangement for th funeral have not yet been mad. Th burial may take place in America. Ask for Rwlver- . (Joaraal Special Serrlee.) -Philadelphia, April IS. A receiver was asked todav for the Mutual Build ing A Loan association, at Camden, It Is said M.UOO.OOO are involved. - the week ending April 14 shows ian rarely reaches that mark.'. ournai. Uregonlan. Telegrmm, Issues. 7 Issues. 6 Issues. 0,535 5,130 0,254 - x,oo tv-j 3,25S 4,170 1,803 80 103 73 factory in New V ' - KNOX WILL OF DEFENSE Unwritten Law Appeal to Jury Made at In stance of Prisoner at Last Moment . New Tork. April 15. It Is report ed that Senator Philander Knox has been retained to defend Harry K. Thaw. Knox to an old friend of Mrs. Thaw and formerly was legal adviser , to the elder Thaw. It la understood: he win direct the defense. . (tarsal SwKtal Serrtca.) . . . New Tork. April l-Attorny it M. Delmaa ha absolutely severed, hi con nection with th Thaw caa. It t au thorltatlvely stated that he waa forced by TJiaw. t adea th plea f Juatifloa tlon la summln np before th Jury. After th lunacy commission had re ported Del mas called Dr. Hamilton to the witness stand for th purpose of provlna that Thaw waa Insane at th tire he shot White, and he proposed to call other witnesses on th earn point. Whan uelmas waa ' about ' to question Dr. Hamilton a not from Thaw waa handed to him. On it was written: "Ton are no longor in eharr f my ease." - - ' - - - - - Delmaa asked th eoart'a permission to confer with his eUnt and Thaw said to him : Tou are not coin- to make theae men testify that I am insane. I am sans, and you know It" Thaw added that he waa rolnr to di rect hi own cas and wanted hla order carried out. - He commanded that Dr. Hamilton h taken oil th stand and thl waa don. ... . . v , Bellly fa ran Charr. Daniel 0Rlllv mttLtmA . wf myr ' I Thaw had appointed him counsel of reo erd In nlac of Cllffoii Hirtrirfra I mediately after Hart rid a propounded bib nypoinenoai quasi ion wnicn rell t pieeea Thl latter of appointment waa similar t th on Thaw had riven to Delmaa earlier In th. rv.niv deemed It prudent to withhold th an nouncement of thl appointment during th trial. H says he ia th only on of Thaw Ave la.wv.ra who h.. I reengaged, hut Peabody may be retained Because iuw im xona x mm. I folly expect to hav Thaw out tin I ball within another week.- CfRalllv I added. Delmaa baa aoeepted an lnvita. fContlnued on Pare Twei CPKIS SHY HI WEIGHT ISSUED Denver Mint Sending Out Money That :'. Does Not ' Contain - Enough Metai-May Be Con spiracy Among Employes. Joarsal Special Serrlee. Denver. April It. On aocount of th return of a recent shipment of oii eotn to a New Tork bank from London the annua shipment -4n th Denver mint ba been undertaken four month. earlier than usual, according- to the Denver Republican. It ia reporter tiu.t th 'mint here ha been Issuing light olna for a number of month. Benjamin F. Butler, computer of the United Btatea mint: FTatik v. Ii..... aayr of th mint bureau at Washing ton, ana jscod a. Kckreldt, aesay.r nf th Philadelphia mint, are the eirrt metalluralat who are Uklng lnr -v f th Denver mint and i.repart tart It with a clean bl'l for . year. Thua far there ha been no r rt. Of erookednese In tha rumor, rf i eolns belra- snt out, and It l s ' .c t trmt tfd fiifferenr. In wo1ht ri. t i du. to d"fie In the m-. imi new ma-Mnry or rri..rn aa t d"l!wr(M ,,r.t' .. It u;. t d tiit f "r ft em p;(iye , . y f , If . , I a I t ' :