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Newspaper Page TextV UMINISCEFJCES.OF A NATURE FHER BY JOHN; KENDRieil-BANGS IN.THE SUNDAY JOUIli h . A RE YOU &0fflG AWAY? Have " r The Journal follow you - to give you nil the nevs from home. Journal Circulation 4 , Yesterday) ""it - The .Weather Fair 'toulgh. and., tomorrow warmer; northerly wtndg. -VOL. VI. NO104,'-: - ly. ' PORTLAND, OREGON, FRIDAY- EVENING, JULY 5,' 1007. SIXTEEN PAGES. , PRICE TWO CENTS. ffeiSpfigg ' EC 8J0I r J Colonel LEADER OF STRntlNG' TELEGRAPHERS r t v - .... - - ,---'.- Roessler, United States Engineers, Makes a Favorable Report on Work Done by the (Government During the Year. Interior , Waterways Show Great Improvement Are More Available for. Navi gation Recommends Use of Dredge Upon Bar. Colonel Is. W. Roessler, United SUtea mglneer, completed hla annual report this morn(ng. which wUl be forwarded to the chiai or the department at once. It la a voluminous document of 220 typewritten pages and goes extensively Into detaila concerning the projacta un der way tor the Improvements of the varlooa waterwaya In thia district, em bracing - the Columbia rlvar and Ha trlbutarlea aa well aa all the bays and rtvera emptying into the' Pacific south or the mouth or tne coiumDia. Colonel Roeaaler ebowa that the wa terwaya have been greatly Improved since the work was first taken up; that tne channel from roruana to tne sea Is now about eight feet deeper than Ita original state, and that the bar at the mouth of the Columbia la steadily shap ing ana gaining in aeptn. Surveys of the upper Columbia, and Snake rlvera and the Willamette show that these waters, too, . are becoming better ajfTtllable for navigation at all seasons of the year., although tha, en gineer aotea that tne neat, results, are i - . not obtained aa, jret because of the Lu1' . f iiTlr """-""'t"n of the boats sex-far h lu commies Kin. -t. The report suggests that witbAbeats .'; , ', -'it's, r"'j A f - - v r . . ; 'six . - ;'irT, 4i ' 1 ' " V-f - I , njj -l CHEAP FUEL First-Class Bituminous Coa Direct From Mines Near Scotts Mills Within Year Means Saving of From $1 to $2 a Ton to Consumers Strike Is One of Most Impor tant Coal Discoveries Ever Made in Oregon Mining to Be Prosecuted on Coop erative Plan Entirely. PRESIDENT - S. J. SMALL, OF. THE COMMERCIAL TELEGRA PHERS, WHO HAS HELD UP STRIKE ORDERS PENDING THE SUC CESS OF NEIL'S EFFORT TO ARBITRATE THE TROUBLE. A. D. T. BOY CLEANS UP IN WHEAT $300,000 ' tl "Joe Legs,f Former Messenger Evolves Foriune From a Shoestringr Buys Grain at Low Prices and Reaps Big Profits Is Lucky in Everything He Touches. rled on uninterruptedly at alt times of I tne year, even near .tne - neaawatera 01 the larger rivers. In commenting upon ,the progress be that the doepaea ' dredge Chinook be ' 'log made at the mouth of the Columbia, ! Colonel Roessler urgently recommends nlaeed in commission on the bar acaln. She ia badly 1n need of repaira to the extent of about 180.000. and recom mendation la made-that the amount be appropriated for that purpose. All 'told. 1921.748.61 waa expended during the fiscal year ending June SO, $802,79.26 of this amount being devoted to the improvement of the Columbia be low the Willamette and Willamette river and tributaries, and I118.94J.25 be ing devoted, to; the ... coast .ports, the smaller rlvera emptying aoutb or tne Columbia" and the Columbia river above the month of the Willamette, Including the Snake river. it is recommended that the dredae .which is- soon to be built be nut to work In many of tha 'COUI pv nvn mm uiw uppw tunny 'presents itseir. Tne uiusiaw ana xa- aulna bav nrolecta are announced com pie ted and the surplus money on hand for those- projects will be returned to the treasury at an eany aaie. . Xxpemditores on Water Ways. irnilnwlna- la a detailed statement of xnenditurea on work of river and bar bor Improvements of tha Willamette river, and of Columbia river below the mouth Of the Willamette, and their trib utaries, curing nscai year enaing June so. ivvr. . v . 1 1 (Continue on Page Two.) EF ORGANIZES REFORM OR Former Boss From .Prison Rebuilds Political Party forJJig Stick. (Joorsal Speclnl flerrlce.) San rranciaco, July 5. Abraham Ruef while confined In hla parlor prison on Fillmore street la not without occu pation. The one-time boss Is at hla old game of politics again. Notwithstand ing the fact that Ruefs jail is mada a gilded cage, decorated with flowers, and special culaine has been provided to tickle the palate of a rich boodler,. .there is Irksomeness at timea In even the light restraint In which he Is; held, with aneclal smarda to act rath.. oa maids ofjr honor, vlelng with eaoh other to aaminiaier' 10 mo rwrry wian at the taxpayer expense, .still there is a wearlrteiffe in It all for the millionaire boodler. . Ruef ta undergoing special treatment for physical ailments, which he follows with th particularity of a hypochon driac, never - omitting an l item in his medical schedule for the - day, 'But ftr automobile rides and his DSddlina- e surf or ocean aeacn wita Kiisor , "(Jonraal Special .Service.) Chicago. July : 5. "Joe Legs" Llne- barger has 'Just ' cleaned ( up ' another 1100,000 in wheat. , Within k month and a half the -former .messenger . boy . maa evolved $8t)0,000 fromt"ahoestrlngi" ' ' Kvervthlna "Joe Txir." an alnknamed by the 'board 'of trade members because of .the length, of .'hla. lower .extremities, touches 'seems to turn to gold. "He'a cleaned Up another $100,000 In the last- week," said the brokers aa they gaged, longingly -at bis head, seek ing ' to discover the workings of the mind there enclosed. The fact that "Joe Lege" cleaned. up tlOO.OOO .In. the -week Just ended how ever, la or comparatively email Inter est when, the. history of the "killings" In the past month and a half are r-. viewed. . Two months ago Llnebarger waa ex cutlng deals of minor slse for other people, receiving for so doing a small commission. In addition he waa con ductor a small real estate business. Wheat deals "Joe Legs" enjoyed, be cause he is a wheat speculator at heart. The real estate business he bated with a mighty hate bat etuck to It because the tnonev be made therefrom helped to defray exoenses whloh- must be met little o buy wheat put a to Alee It enableaOilm to "change" aside' with which ior nimseir; .Seven weeks 'ago "Joe Legs" began buying wheat at 80 oents per bushel. Then came ; the memorable day on the board of -trade,. May It, when one of the 4 fiercest battles in the history of the organisation' was fought In the pit gong aounded, emerged "Joe Legs." andl e' had made $160,000 In the week. I The first act of "Joe Legs" after his sudden aoquiaitlon tor so much weaitn was to- tear down the hated real es tate sign on his office window and sail It acroaa the street Since then every deal which he has had hand on has - proved a success, until now his fortune is estimated at $800,000 by hla associates. CONTROLLER CLOSES BANK IN FLORIDA . (Journal Spadal Service.) Miami, Fla., July E Fort Dallas Na tional bank In this city was closed to day by direction of the controller of currency.- who declares the Institution Is insolvent Mayor Fee Will Present Ordinance to Council Providing for Strict Compliance With State Sunday Closing , Law to Replace Compromise Mesaure (Special Dispatch to tie Journal.) Pftnrfietnn Julv- 5. VlgorUOS protest against the "half lid", which haa been applied - to" the Pendleton liquor bttHl nesa has resulted In the announcement hv Mayor Fee that "he will present an ordinance "lor the city council providing for the enforcement of. the state Sunday closing law,'; This' action.' on the part of the mayor Ja. the result of an, investi gation by'the" gran'd Jury. it .. nM.il loilnit thjtihalf 1M was. made to District Attorney Phelps by . prominent people s of PehdletOn and the matter was submitted to the grand 4nr. ,Aftr nroblnr the complaints the grand .- Jury -reported that It believed i the city council was fully able to handle the matter without outside assistance. This report and the letters which had been written to htm were submitted to the.- mayor by the district attorney. Mayor Fee- Immediately took action and announced that the full lid would be placed upon the city. - -. Feeling is running high slnoe the an nouncement of. the. mayor waa .made public. It was believed that the half lid compromise would end the trouble' which haa been continually stirring over the qu eat Ion of Sunday closing for mi e than two years. It waa accepted as a compromise bv both the ltauor interests and the reformers and the matter was considered closed.. The protests and the aemana ipr a run iia come as . sur prise to tha liquor dealers. ... Within the next year first class bi tuminous coal will be sold direct from the mining company in Portland from $1 to 12 cheaper per ton than the same coal is now sold here from Colorado and Wyoming mines,"-If plans of the Dia mond Coal Mining company do not mis carry. A five-foot vein of high grade coal has Juat been struck by the company on ita property near Scotts Mills and a shaft Is being sunk. Five tona of machinery a been shipped by the Fairbanks- Morse company and is now on the ground and read" for Installation. The Bcotts Mills coal strike is per haps the most Important coal discov ery yet made In Oregon, it la said, on account of the high grade quality of tne coal ana ita close nroximity to Portland. The highest freight rate the Southern Pacific could charge, it la es timated, would be 60 cents per ton for delivery of the coal to Portland bunk ers, and it is probable that the rate will be less than that figure. The min ing company has settled upon two ex traordinary plans in the mining ana - Bo ass fog SOasn. The cdal will be mined on a coopera tive nian. tne coai-miners . te ne atven n annual bonus and also a percentage of the profits. The coal will be shipped to Portland by the company, larae yarda will be established here and the coai will be sold airect to the consumer. The proposed system Is certain to ef fect an Important reduotion of the present prices of coal at retail In this city. fuget Bound lignite la eelllnr at II per ton and Colorado and Wyoming high grade coal commands from $10 to lls per ton. Tne newly discovered Oregon product at Scotts Mills is pronounced by experts to be equal to the best high grade coal now sold In this market The company's drill has passed through a solid vein five feet thick, at a deDth of but 400 feet and other veins of the same quality have been found outcroD- pina- on the property. The coal la found along Butte creek, in the boundary line Deiween wiaoaamaa ana Marion coun tlea, and about alx miles from the southern paclnc'a main line to Nutnin. The company haa 1,000 acres under lease, and amnle capital to prosecute uovmopranni ox tne property. An in cline shaft 10 feet wide at the bottom nine feet wide at the ton and elcht feet high Is now down . to a depth ' of Caused oil king to surrender -- v I .'V 4 i,! l - v vS1 J if.. -4mw I - ' W 1 ,- - M S - "1" it ' W 'f V'A 'S ' a I i 'mm Hiiro .iiirii ai n,.n.i , lirnl , . i ai l t '. 'v I .-' - . : . i- . SHIPPERS OF WHEAT SUE . . ........... . .. . ...r .... i. .,. .. . . WO. Interior Warehouse Com pany Asks Big Damages in' Circuit Court for-Failure to Furnish Cars ib Carry Grain East. 1 " Complaint Says That Quick est Time of Service Was Forty-Eight Days Some Cars Not Furnished - for Five Months After Order. BNXPSHOT OF VtRB. JOHN D. ROCKErKLLBR, , I1ER , WORRY OVER HER HUSBAND CAUSED HIM TO COME OUT OF HIDING' TO testify in federal court in chicago. . : 1 t : . . . .. . . ' .. '. '& ORCHARD AN INTIMATE OF flfUMEQWMERS' GUW MAM Defense Will Probably Close Haywood Case by Introduc tion of Testimony of President Moyer of the Western Federation of Miners. - (Continued on Page Two.) TO BUILD REST R00H1 III PLAZA South Plaza Block to Have Comfortable Resting Place for the Women. 3 tl y. mere iuu remains juucu, leiaurs tni namnercd Prisoner. . To beauile tedium of the surplus nours Ruef t.ai tan aennina ror nenenmen ar nia Political headquarters jj. : .near Vallejo trt. These visitors he has urged to organise' clubs and go Into the present municipal campiisn iuo em blem of reform aloft In the interest of municipal government. k a -While Ruef Is frank In hla acknowl edgment of his loyalty to the admlnls tra of the 'big stick.", he- modestly announces that for the present at least, he will remain- in the background and art rathr s an adviser than the leader of raformation. J .. . HELD UP ON BRIDGE v. . - - - . ....... BY FAKE DETECTIVE le'Andereon, a. laborer employed en the' Portland & 'Seattle railroad, was the lotlm . of "4 trlefc turned by a ""fake" deteotlve early this m-rnlng. Anderson, halls from Seattle, ' He celebrated yes terday, "according to hla story, and war Intoxicated". . About 2 o'clock this morn ing, after all .the saloons had .closed, tie started to walk to St' John : ... Tou're' under arrest,; aid aoms one aa ;he Was' crossing thee steel bridge. 'Glye ; tne - yourv moaey," aajl tba .al- leged detective, and Ole handed over 1.5.5; ' rv":- ,"HYe you any more mqneyr asked the hold-up man. '-, y vOle told him. that he bad l$0 sewed up In his shirt which the highwayman tooje. r , -. -i ,. . Anderson was' commanded to'alt down and wait while the "oilcer" called the patrol wagon. Ole waited 46 minutes for the arrival of the wagon. T "1 t'ahk do wagon never coome, said Ole f this morning, ae- I . walk to the station myself. -When I got her they knot BOUUn. about my Stonex. , - i Tired mothers with small children and young girl strangers in the city who enjoy spending an hour or so on the' South Plata park will be provided with a reat room to cost several thous and dollara In the near future, if a propoaition submitted by Dr. J. R. Wil son, a memDer or tne boara, is acted upon favorably. Mayor Lane and Dr. Raffety the other member of the board present are heartily . In favor of the plan suggested by Dr. Wilson, which is that of providing comfortable quarters where women may rest when tnev are aowntewn. a matron win oe provided to look after their comfort and ar rangementa will be made to provide a home-like, agreeable place. But one other city In the United States has a similar Institution and that is Oskaloosa. Iowa. Dr. Wilaon and Ion Lewla were oppolnted a com mittee to look into tne matter more thoroughly and communicate, if neces sary, with the eastern Institution In order to get the best building possi ble. In discussing the matter at tha meet ing. Mayor Lane said: "The plaaa blocks can hardly be classed as parka and should rather bej known as rest places. It is our duty to make these resting pieces aa Deautirui and comfortable aa possible and 1 know of no better way than that suggested by Dr. Wilson. The building will cover considerable apace, but the benefits de rived from it will more than Offset the ground - used." - r While the matter of coat was not brought out at the meeting it Is be lieved by the members that something over $10,000 will be necessary to erect a building that will be a credit to pro gressive Portland. Portland's .women's clubs will be asked to take the matter . up and by Joint cooperation with the olty it Is hoped to work out something not yet at. lemptea dv any city in- ino united States. -All of; the good points of the nskalooaa rest house will nrobablv be incorporated In the, working plana of the local institution but the Dark board doaa sot desire to stoj at that. - : , w, i By John Nevina. (Journal Special Berries.) Boise, Ida., July E. Court reconvened late to give the defense an opportunity to get minor witnesses and Inspect the depositions taken at San Francisco In connection with the explosion at .the Bradley house The state will oppose the Introduction of the matter set up in the depositions on the ground that they are improper. The defense expects the subject matter of the depositions will be a strong card with the jury to convince them that Orchard lied when he said he blew Bradley up with giant powder. I Moyer may be called aa a witness by the defense Saturday afternoon, unless it is decided to put him on the stand1 before the depositions are read, when ne win testiry late today. legal Battle Brawls. A lively legal light is coming the first or next ween wnen do in sides win move that the greater part of the evidence do airicKco. oui aa incompetent. Miss Myra ration of Butte, whose nrat nusoand was naar . Waters. Cripple Creek gunman, testified that Watera was a detective in the employ of the Mlneownera' association and swore that Lyte Gregory took Waters to Trinidad at the time of the coal miners- atrise mere to act as a guard with htm.' Watera. she . swore, always carried three revolvers. Orchard came to their bouse twice during the Cripple Creek strike and consulted Waters. uwneyv names, wno was accused tv Orchard of teaching him to manufao- (Contlnned on Page Two.) PLAN FOR FEEDING Swift & Co. Reported to Have Purchased Large Tract of Umatilla Irrigation Project' Near Echo to Graze Cattle for Proposed Portland Packing Plant. . It is reported on good authority that Swift & ' Co. have purchased a large tract of the landa of the Umatilla Ir rigation project near Echo, Oregon, and will establish a great feeding- ground for' cattle and other livestock purchssed from the ranges for the-proposed Port land packing plant An agent of Swift A Co., who ar rived in Portland, from Chicago aome weeks ago, has made a careful exami nation oX the lands that are being placed under water by the Umatilla project and a deal has been closed. It is said, for several thousand acre. A large alfalfa ranch will be developed with a producing capacity aufflclent to sup ply many thousands of cattle, hogs and aheep. When cattle are purchased from tbe ranges of eastern and central Oregon, Idaho, Montana or Wyoming; they will oe snipped to tne umaiuia rancn and fattened instead of being; sent over to spring pastures east or tne mountains, as haa been done In the past The scheme now outlined and about to be tried at Echo la a new experiment In the packing-house industry. It will be the first great alfalfa feeding; range on thia coast, and Its success will demon strate more thoroughly than ever be tnr the efficiency of Oresron alfalfa, aa a fattening food for livestock. v-v,-i - Charging that the O. R. A N. eomnanw did not furnish cars In which to ahln wheat to the east until from 41 t 161 days after they were" ordered,, tbe 'In terlor Warehouse comoanv this'moralns:''' filed suit In the state circuit court (or ' $31,836 damages from the railroad ooav -peny. x The quickest tims In whloh the eons. peny furnished cars was 41 days, ao- coming to the complaint and the longest was rive months. The suit srew out of ;. an attempt by the warehouse Aimtanr to supply wheat to eastern dealers la 1904, when the grain crop in tbe east was short . Than waa - A s Washington and Idaho for wheat to ship V. ""pv"e. mcago, Jjuiuin. BU -Louis, Baltimore and Battle Creek, says ' . thecomplairit and at that time the o. R- N. company was advertising for freight to handle, especially wheat, and v represented that It had ample facilities' for transportation of grain. Bought Knob, arsis. . . Relying on tbese representations, eays tbe complaint the warehouse company " bought : large quantities of grain in Ore- gon,. Washington and Idaho, and ' con tracted with dealers In the eastern cities to sell It to them. Demands were made upon the railroad company for oars, but ' the crs were not furnished, and the polled to hold their gUn in readiness, " uuvuuu cars aaur. zrom seven to 22 weeks. In mnmrn l mm it l w. , . fc muBVU, UIW VUIH DSnv waa hotnn.ll.il n K,,v t. ,M , Chicago at heavy loss to deliver oa 1. u"-w;iJi. in ouer cases tne market price of wheat having- advanoed ' after the contract were t made, the . . .w ymr lu ill'. eastern dealers the difference between the contract price and the market price at the time the wheat should have been ' delivered In the east. - The storing of the Immense quanrl Uee ofgrata In warehouses along the " uuvm .uuuieu expenses or ' storage, Insurance, employment of laoor, - ana represented large sums of -money. The warehouse company seeks to recover from the railroad company the eost of Insurance and storage, the ' amounts paid for labor and other ex- . penses. as well as the Interest that the money Invested In the wheat would earned bad It not been tied up. . Thia is the first suit filed In the ToesX courts for damages growing out of the car ahortage, which ao seriously em- berraaaed Oregon Industries for a loam -time. - r Saloon' License) Revoked. (Spvetal Dtepateb te The Journal.) ' -Pendleton. Or July 6. -The saloon license of J. H. . Meshll, who was re cently fined for selling liquor to an Indian woman, has been revoked. ; , HOVER nil STATE'S EVIDENCE Prosecution Malting - Every; Effort to Have Defendant Betray His Comrades. SNUB HENRY GEORGE TO HONOR PULLMAN . :. ' (Joeroal . Special gervlee.' Chicago. July C Th board of eda eatlon has changed tbe name .of Henry George" school to the "George M. Full- man.' 4 e kAAa M. 4ka ta eaa ea I aan ln' r ae . aaa 4ivuvt Vi wuv. Aevi tvcs'kusi .mm magnate. Miss Jane Adams protested pointedly. , ' Df John Guerln wanted to know tbe reason for the change. There waa no roll call and no dissenting votes were heard, but the. Socialists are bowl-1 .After referring to) a-cetltftnw-headed lVC fidwaxd J", Bryant, prssident' oX the Pullman bank, -asklnc that ths ehange be made, with the promise that the clt- lsens of the town founded by the late Pullman would bear thei expense " of changing thename plate over the door, Dawes said:- - - v--,. v v- 'The change Is desired by every one near where the school la located. A pe tition was circulated outxide of the community founded by Pullman and tatrons of the school want the change. Every one rea.!! whnt an inspiration It would be to tt e pm-Wii to t ave the name of 2J.r,' i.:..a.a kw t.e dour," (By Rush O'NelU, Special Commissioner j or uio veavir rxat ana Oregon Journal.) . '..:-; Boise, Ida.. July B. For some reason the attorneys for William D. Haywood. are at present working bard to lengthen out the tesUmony ' of Immaterial wit nesses while' the nroaecutfnn vmrk. ina Just aa hard to. ahorton t rt.-. and Richardson In examining witnesses "I QU,?SUoll1.n Particular detail and deliberation. Senator Borah, cross-examlalng-forithe state. hasTallowed aome witnesses to go without a single question and - questioned others In a brief and perfunctory way - Six witnesses were examined this morning. Their evidence was directed at the contradiction of Orchard's story, at the brutality ef the villgante ani military rule In Cripple Creek and at the familiarity of Orchard with mine owners snd railroad detectives. And Borah paased them ail up practi cally unquestioned: He seems to be forcing the running to have Haywood and Moyer called by the defense. And however strenuous the dan'als may be, It la a fact Moyer Is wtiti a problem with-,;defen.1lng - counsel. u may be called by the drn and n may prove a reliable wlrn. n Moyer has been an occasionjii rouse ft loimT iv anwaini -counn. I, 11. i f. forta nave been made to permit .i , to '"come through" for the j ,n and six weeks afro the ! i ble for those efforts h. ,. r , fldent of success. An I t ( rent In Bolus m-" l men and flu' i - finally dec) t. i i i the stat v c . ment t t t . tit "i i 41 1 ,, - , '?r."iS-' , mm ..V . - . T