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ftake-Off of "Hundred, and
Fourteen 'Millions From
Railroad That" Cost But
Fifty-Eight Millions Has
Destroyed Competition.
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Washington, July 13. E. H. Har-
rlman, the railroad magnate who
has had the administration by the
ears for the past year, stands
charged by the interstate commerce
commission of a criminal offense
punishable by a fine and imprison
ment of not less than six months
with maintaining a gigantic combt
nation in restraint of Interstate and
foreign commerce, with declining the
resources of a prosperous railroad
and with conducting his operations
.tinder the combination on the char
acteristic - methods of "indefensible
lering.,
Hamman, the autocrat of Wall
street, a leading factor in -railroad
operations of the west, and almost
the absolute monarch In railroad and
steamboat, transportation west of
the Mississippi river; the beneficiary
of enor'mous land grants from the
federal government that are now of
Incalculable value; the dictator of
political parties and the arrogant
offender of courts, commercial In
tegrity and the "big stick," is at last
face to face with the legal machinery
of the government which he has
often scorned.
Bthlad th Bars,
president Roosevelt may. fltd one of
his fondest wishes . realized when he
ordered the investigation of Harriman
interests more Ulan eight months ago
h publicly declared that Harrimim s
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-.CHARACTERIZATION OF
EDWARD H. HARRIMAN I
Htrrirnan's crime: Violation of the act of June 20, 1874, in prac
ticing discrimination in the management of the Central Pacific rail-,
road; fine, $1,000; imprisonment not less than six months; conducting
a combination in restraint of trade interstate and foreign commerce.
His policy: To gather under one head all transcontinental lines
and to exclude the incoming of all competitors.
His power: Well nigh absolute over his entire system.
His railroad control: Several great systems, every steamship line T
n the Pacific south of Puget sound and two big steamship lines on ?
the Atlantic.
His; partial railroad control: Eleven systems and three express X
companies.
His "indefensible financiering": Taking a rake-off of nearly
$114,000,000 from a railroad that cost but $58,000,000 and nothing
tangible added since the property came under his control.
His recent ventures: Acquiring .interest in eastern railroads within
the last year amounting to nearly $132,000,000; suppression of all
railroad competition, if not headed off, by federal interference.
His burden on the administration: Presidential vexation; exhaus
tive Investigation; legal perturbation and general denunciation.
Probable result of it 'all : Busting of his railroad combinations,
criminal prosecution, under the act of 1874 and enactment of laws
confining interstate railroads exclusively ' to the business of trans
portation; preventing the control by one line of parallel and com
peting lines and regulating the issuance of railroad securities.
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FOR FAIRBANKS
Vice-President Will Pasa
Through Portland With
Little Recognition.
methods were a stench in the nostrils
of decent people and that he would be
uut "betiina me rar.
" tv,. interstate Commerce Commission.
mnnths of exhaustive investlaa-
I tlon in which it was from time to time
piqued by tne audacious contempt, the
Harriman iitomio . "' w
.r,Hinra of what it is believed may ul
iimataiv 'reach a : quarter of a million
dollars, in me prraccnuun ml, ii ih cuo,
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It has unanimously louna norriman
AFTER THREE BIG TRUSTS
Express Companies, National Fisheries and Markets and
International Harvester to Be Attacked by
Government For Violation of Statutes.
"anility as charged.
It ha
a . xnannlnteif its renort. whlrh
,. hen read by the president and the
attorneygenerat anu niaue puuiiu iuiubih
what is believed to be but a part of Its
findings. It has put .the railroad mil
in the class of "undesirable citl-
ens"; has e-stamped with red hot irons
of theaJa the brand of Ananias which
Rooafrelt placed upon his brow and has
to me aepanmcnx 01 juwura uapci b
it 19 Deiievea win resuii in prose-
tion as soon aa me tegai ui
government can get tneir- arrairs m
urn,
.. Oontalaa Mo Bndorsament.
It is significant In ;Jhls connoction
that Attorney-General Bonaparte has
announced, since the rwelpt of the
Btmms report that he will so arrange
(Psbllstiers Pnu by Special Leaied Wire.)
Chicago, July 1J. United States Dis
trict Attorney Sims tonight aent to the
Department of. Justice at Washington
two Important Bealed , packets of evi
dence against several trusts which have
been under grand Jury Investigation for
the past two weeks. '
Mr. Sims refused to discuss the con
tents of the packages, but from reliable
sources, it has been learned they com
prise sufficient evidenpe to warrant
indictments against at least three so
called "trusts" of the first magnitude.
The . most - Important is composed of
the express companies, the next largest
the National Fisheries and Markets and
the tnira. me international .Harvester
company.
Bogar Trust Guilty, Too.
Other combinations which are suscep
tible to indictment because of revela
tions made to the grand Jury are the
sugar "trust" railroad companies that
gave-the" Standard Oil company con
cessions adjudged to be rebates and the
individuals of the furniture "club." the
constituent corporations of which were
rinea oy juage juancns.
Mr. Sims has filed petitions to re
strain tne express companies rrom riv
Ing "franks", or passes to favored ship-
ers. unaer-tne nepourn act, tne corn
antes are regarded by the district at
orney as common oarrlers and amenable
to all the provisions of the law, Jf the
panles and the government's contention
that franks are passes la sustained; ' It
Is expected no difficulty will be exper
ienced In obtaining a ruling against the
companies.
Plans To Bo Followed.
The plans of the government in the
packers cases was to file the uiiti
for an injunction and after knowledge
oi aii violations came to the district at
torney to indict the packers. This policy
was actuated by the desire of the gov
ernment to be as lenient as possible In
bringing to the bar of the federal courts
mo oig corporations which have long
practiced what are now defined as il
legal acts.
The companies Involved In the recent
investigation are. United States Ex
press company, National Express com
pany, American Express company, Wells
Fargo Express company and Adams Ex
press company.
Traaka a Discrimination.
The questions on which the nature of
the legal aotlon hmgea are
carrier T
Charles W. Fairbanks, vice-president
of these United States of America, will
slide Into Oregon tomorrow almost as
unostentatiously as if he were riding on
a brake-beam. Despite the fact that' he
holds the second highest elective office
in the gift of the nation, no preparations
have been made to receive him when he
crosses the state line, no delegations are
to meet him from the state's metropolis,
and the 60,000 Republicans of Oregon
who voted for htm three , years ago
wm not even sena tneir state chairman
to bid him welcome.
Instead of coming directly to Port
Ian,4 Vice-President Fairbanks will slip
down to Astoria, where-he is to be the
guest of Senator Fulton for . several
hours, and then he will go to Seaside,
which is to-be the scene of the only
fiubltc demonstration In his honor dur
ng his stay within the state.
JKo Oooktaila Prepared.
With the exception of the function
beside the sad sea waves, no preparation
ha been made to tender the distinguished
Sieat so much -. as a "Fairbanks cock
Jl" during his stay in Oregon. When
BLANKETING
NO MORE
OF GOVERNMENT LANDS
Commissioner Bal linger Holds That Claims Will Be IjTeld
From Final Proof Only Where Legal Evidence Shows
Holders Are Guilty of Making Falsg Affidavits.
(Continued on Page Eleven.)
BRYAN'S GIFTS FROM
EUROPEAN M0NARCHS
STOLEN BY BURGLAR
la the express company a common
Can a company Issue "franSs" without
being guilty of granting a concession
equivalent to a rebatet -
', It is obarged that -the issuance of
such franks constitutes , an illea-al dis
crimination. - . , .r ,
.(CoaUaued oa Pace .Xwire4.
(Hearst News Service.)
Denver, July 18.Wllllam J.
Bryan, when he made his recent
famous tour of the world, col
lected a quantity of souvenirs
and was the recipient of many
gifts at the ' hands of king,
queens and other potentates.
These, remembrances of many
lands the Commoner gave to his
daughter, Mrs. Ruth Bryan
Leavltt, for safe-keeping, and
they were part of the adornment
of her home, at "the corner of
Thirteenth avenue and Race
street. . They are now the spoils
of a burglar.
Mr. and Mrs. Leavltt being
away from home, the latter, with
her children, having gone to Lin
coln some weeks ago, the work of
the intruder was undisturbed '
until a ' neighbor, hearing the
clatter of .knives and forks and
a tussle aa the furniture was be
ing moved about, tried the front
door, which caused a hurried x
e odus through the rear door by
the burglar. The screen of the
, back door had been cut to gain
4 entrance.
.
No more blanket covering of govern
ment public lands taken up for home
stead purposes will be allowed by the
general land office, according to a state
ment made by Commissioner R. A. Bal
llnger yesterday and claims will be held
from final proof only where legal evi
dence can be shown that tho holder is
guilty of making false affidavits In re
gard to his claim.
Judge Ballinger arrived with Secre
tary Garfield yesterday morning and
will remain In Portland a week. He
was accompanied by E. W. Dixon of Spo
kane, formerly of Portland, who will
probably go over the work In Oregon
with Thomas B. Neuhauwen, acting chief
of the. first field division, who suc
ceeded Mr. Dixon, and Judge Bellinger.
Much significance la attached to these
conferences and It Is believed they
will result in many changes in the pros
ecution of the work in Oregon. -Many
Innocent Ones Waiting,
There are -said to be several , thous
and casea before the various land of
fices in Oregon which reauire imme
diate attention. Many of these are in
regard to claims that have, been held
up from final entry becauso of blanket
orders Issued covering vaat areas of
land due to criminal acts on, the part
of a few. Many innocent parties 'have
been kept from making final proof on
their homesteads because of these gen
eral orders and Judae Ballincer said
yesterday that hereafter final proofs will
be held up only when legal evidence
can be shown against the homesteader.
Since Judge Ballinger qualified as
commissioner of the general land of
fice, his administration has been marked
with radical changes 'that have done
away with many practices that worked
a hardship on the settler and accom
plished no real good to the government.
l
hat he intends to clean up the work
in Oregon as rapidly as possible was
snown toaay. He said:
Everything possible that will aid set
tiers in taking up their land and making
final proof will be done. The object of
the government in opening up the land
was to settle it as quickly as possible
and there will be done nothing that win
work a hardship upon the settlers.
"As rapidly as possible the govern
ment will clean up the cases where it
is snown no criminal ants were commit
ted by the holders and the blanket cov
ering of large tracts through suspicion
will not 'bo permitted. Only legal evi
dence can hold up final proof in the
future.
Trip Very Satisfactory.
"My trip has been very satisfactory
thus far. The only complaint to-be
D IN FOOTS
11 SHAM WAR
Coast Defenders , Sink At
tacking Fleets and Repel
Landing Parties.
(Continued on Page Eleven.)
f Specif 1 Dispatch to The Journal 1
Fort Stevens, July It. This morning1
dawned on a sleepy lot of officer and
men, following the first night of mlxnlo
naval war. Everything was quiet. '
though expectancy waa in tho air, Alt -looked
for renewed action, aa a voxx
strenuous night waa put in last night.
- "Taps" was sounded as usual ', laat
night and the camp bad settled down to
rest. At t o'clock this morning; "to
arms" was sounded. Officers and men
scampered to their places and tho cause
of the alarm was learned. , r
Several of the' officers, acoomnanled ;
by a number of militia , off leers) front
the companies at Seaside, -had i boarded
the government steamer . Guy ; Howard-"
and quietly left - the harbor some tlmo
before, unknown to th men -on duty,
At 2 o'clock this 'morning , tho Howard
endeavored to steal 'past the forts. . 8h
was picked up by tho watches and tho
searchlights were trained upon-her. Th
battle commander.- battery commanders,
emplacement officers, range officers and ' '
theft- details were soon tt wort' Tha.'
sone. aslmunand range were soon cal
culated and firing commenced. - . j,
In a ahnrt Hm th fp(n. MmmmJ
after a terrific bombardment, and qu!e
u;itin nuw in tne camps., ,, i '
The men and officers retired to their
(Continued on Pago Eleven.)
DET EOT JAPANESE SPIES IN -t
NAVY YARD AT WASHINGTON
(Hearit News by Longest -Leased Wire.)
Washington, July IS. Japanese spies
have been detected In tho work of
gathering information In the Washing
ton navy yard, the government's big gun
foundry. Rear Admiral Leutae. com
mandant, to prevent their future oper
ations, haa , issued tho following order:
"Tho supervisory force in .all shops
will see that visitors do not make
sketches unless they have a permit. If
they soa any one so doing.' they will in
form them politely that it is prohibited."
Tho order was brought forth by the
actions of two Japanese several days
ago. Tho matter was kept secret until
today. A naval' officer had his attention
called to the Japanese who were sketch
ing guns, and had them summarily
elected from the government reserva
tion. The order of Admiral Leutxe Is
now posted In. every building In the
yard and every man is being made fa
miliar with it. No person will be allowed
to, make-sketches of any .-of the build
ings or works unless that person has a
permit so to do. - .
- Xoop Vigilant Watch.
Although tha employes of the navy
Jar, know , of the occurrence, of the
apaaeso ,beia thrown out and kept!
Order Now Issued Prevent
ing All Visitors faking
Sketches Unless Having
Permits Spy Also Detect
ed in Fort Rosecrans.
their eyes open for not only people
who have paper and pencil in their
hands, but also for any suspicious look
ing characters loitering arouno. com
mandant Leutie declined to. admit' this
morning that the incident ' over hap
pened. Questioned about It he said:
I donTt think that can bo- so. It
seems the men would have heard Of It
if It had happoneo.,. y ; . -;. ?
In sDlto of this statement. . fcnw4vrv
employes of the yard 1 and several of
ficers who saw ; tho affair and others
scribed it to the questioner and .de
clare there, is ,o ,-doubt about lt.r x
Also there is the commandant nrilor
putting everybody on guard against a
repetition of any sketching of tho works
by the Japanese or anv othir untuthnr.
Tho news of the detection of tho Jan--'
anese spies working in Waahlngtoh as- '-
!ilm.e".uraverim?,uiln connection
with tho report that a spy engaged in
similar work was found at Fort Rose
crans in California. . InFoH Boaecrans -the
alleged aPy making tho sketches was
also a Japanese. Government officials
2SI3, - no - assuranco that ; similar
work has mot been done or may not bo
done or attempted in all the military
strongholds of the, United States! "7
floials of the navy department deplore
f-py rfuoh. occurrence, particularly at
.It ourrod simultaneously
with tho visit to tho yard this mornin
of Commander Arlsaka of Admiral Tanv
amoto's party. . . .
-7Twr days; agor tho department received
t t,"ra from Rear Admiral Evans
that Commander Arlsaka desired to visit
tho Washington yard. Admiral Yama
motos time in this eountrv w ,.t
ishort and on aocount of the heat It wn
uuiaa (ui n woum not attempt t
visit all the yards personally. - Ht, wh!:
ho is ooming as far sou id as t'W'a.t,- .
phia. where ho will viwlt iiu ih-.h
shipbuilding yards of th h-
Shipbuilding, company and fi n t . i ( f
tho Cramps, 'Commander Am ,.., .. .. ,
to- Washington white n.,u,. , ,.:
went to vinit the .":! f . ;
ti ' ... 'iCPotlnud on lif 1 -. v y
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