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WHEN YOU HEED MORE HELP journal Circulation Advertise in the Journal ivl;,v Help Wanted Columns Yesterday : Was ,The , weatherVair and warmer tonightMioirJtheasterly wlndsvv1? ,U -1: ' VOL;yLtN0189,,: y '..15 PORTIANbbREGON' SATURDAY EVENINQ, PRICE TWOCENTS! ,112 AIUS WD K EFFECT REC ... t DEf EM RVYP mwmmwmfflE F f?0 El r; TRIAL OF DR. BEGUN OWENS NATURE AT LOS ANGELES Accuser Fails to Appear Al- f though Accused Was at Hand With Attorney. . PRELIMINARY HEARING SET FOR SEPTEMBER 27 Deals Made by United Railways Man In Portland Conducted Simply In Capacity of Selling Agent Properties Are .Not InTolfed. and (Psoifie Coast , Press t Wire.) Los Angeles. 3al., Bept 7. The ex amination of.PrvJ. g. Owens of this city, arrested Thursday . night on. a charge of extortion preferred by Whyte Evans, president of the United Railways company o Portland, Oregon, was held this morning before ' Judge 8elph and the preliminary hearing set for September 27. Dr. Owens appeared In court accompanied by his attorney, but Evans did not attend the proceed- Evans has held up well onder the strain. When aaked, whether the trou ble which he has bad with Dr. Owens would have any effect upon tola holdings PnrtT.ni ha aaid that ail of the deals that he bad been in there had been con summated and that there would be no reason to think that any one of them tnvaiMatad. Evim aaid ' that he had merely acted aa an agent in dlspos- i ..( n tnrtiant nronemea. Evans Is extremely reucent rimu.i his alleged connection- with the escape SAILORS SAT THEY ARE BEING ABUSED FOR WRITING NOTE . r. -v.Y. trlaiahmann. who embesslea 1 100.000 from the First National bank of this city. Several years ago Flelsn mann, who was an honored employe pi the HeTlmair bank, ulsappeared andwtth him some funds of the institution. When checked up it was found that the account of Flelshmann was 1100,000 "hOwens said that Flelshmann had been helped over the border or Mexico oy Hvans. He had confided In Evans that he was Involved and that he must get away. Evans is saw 10 nave P"nn the escape and afterward received 110, nnrt tnr his work. The doctor claims that Evans was merely entrusted with the mnnev which the afterwards used for his own benefit. EVANS MADE MONEY HERE. (Patffle Coast Prw Leased Wire.) San , Francisco," Sept 7. Be cause the thanked the Honolulu ' press In a letter for being In-, strumental In getting shore leave, tbs sailors of the cruiser Raleigh complain of undue se verity of desclpllne by Com mander Peters. The men say that while at Honolulu they were working overtime coaling. As they Were refused shore leave they did the work ' In the slowest possible time and Commander Peters had a 1 number : ot tnem' confined the brig. The newspapers of Honolulu and Mrs. Nicholas . Longworth, who . was In Honolulu at the time, Interceded snd the men were promised shore leave If they would hurry and get the eoel aboard. ' - - The next day a number of the sailors sent a letter to the news papers thanking them for their Intervention, and when Com mander Peters saw the account in' the papers Jie called the ring leaders severely to task. It Is now said that he Is exercising a rigorous system ' of discipline and considerable dissatisfaction exists among the members of the crew. , , - ...V : .. S lA:MIf I r 1 r-'? ": "I1 WllilPifrf ' ' tBT- is7A - Wiur- ' r wmir . -x- :,,yx,7n?itrrzrrz?r. t . - . jest' r ; : r- , . CITY'S GROWTH 10 v 10 rti i IILLL PROVEN Light and Power Company Kept Busy Making Improvements. HELD PRISONER IT HIS: CHURCH Portland's unparalleled growth In pop ulation and business enterprise. Its great and stead expansion over 'ha surrounding and exlstant boundaries . , u. m j, jm i "unuuumug nu exisuuii pounaaries Portland Proved Profitable Field and and out into the suburbs its prosperity Investments Netted Fortune. Domestlo troubles encountered by J. Whvte Evans at Los Angeles will not, It is believed, deter him from returning to Portland to resume business and resi dence. On hladesk In the Chamber of Commerce building Is a card left by him when he departed for the south, stating the following to his clients: In southern California. Will return about September 6." -,,. , Stories in circulation In California re- ftardlng Mr. Evans business operations n Portland, and .the large wealth ac cumulated by htm, are much exagge rated. It Is estimated by friends who have been familiar with his business that he has made about $30,000 during the two years he has resided In Port land. The sale of the Chamber of Com merce to W. D. Hoflus and associates, by which the property passed from the United Railways company to the pres ent owners, netted Mr. Evans about ti i nnn In the two large leases he negotiated on the Plttock and Pennoyer blocks to the Trustee company he Is said to have received commissions of about 110,000 in each deal. He had other leases on vacant business lots, but the deals were not realised upon, and some of the leases had been cancelled at the time of bin departure xor ls Angeiea, ' Evans held leases on the P. J. Mann property at the corner of Eleventh and Alder, the Spaulding lots at the corner of Alder and Park,"Snd on a piece of warehouse property at the corner of Gllsan and Fifth streets. He also was Instrumental in negotiating the lease by which Dr. Cornelius entered upon erection of the new sevsn-story hotel now under construction at Alder and Park streets. ri.it' Pnrtlflnrl friends aav he will return shortlv to this city.' There is a nrnnnunced feellnv of svmDathv for him In his troubles with hv Owens end It Is asserted that while he may have made mistakes m nis past lire mere is no good reason to condemn him to further punlenmem en mat score. SECRETARY RULES, FOREIGN CORPORATIONS I Diipatcb , to Tbs Journal.) Wash., 8ept "7, The sn- (Speetal Olympla. ii i .v.. i.nanf i h ia... I expenaitures, wihfiSS . "It Is the Intention and the policy .f tne company, npwever, 10 man no back and insistent demand for the most mod ern and up to date Improvements In pavement and street work Is working temporary hardshlo unon the Portianri Railway, Light & Power company, ac cording to President Jossejyn who leaves tonight for the east The OOm Dan v la enntlnimllv nnnrlnu large sums of money Into the rolling stock and operating facilities called for by the Increased business, but more than that the street Improvements throughout the city are taxlna- the fi nances oi me corporation. The purpose of President Josselyn visit to the east at this Ume is prl raarllv to attend the semiannual meet lng of the board of directors of the com pany and there to discuss the various pnases or management and future de velopment of the Portland company. In mis connection wiu come tne construe tion of four clubhouses which the com pany officials here have promised to the employes or we-jine and the future con structlon of a central detxt for tha n tire street railway system of tha citv. "Portland people are fortunate In be ing able to get more than per cent for their money," said President Josse lyn In talking of his visit, "and this fact zorces us out or wis city to find a mar ket for our bonds, which ara per cent bonds. The condition of the money mar ket In the east Is such -that the sale or Donas nas not oeen a very easy thing, so that the problem of financing all the Improvements and extensions of the Portland property Is one requiring thought , , "Few people nr 4n Portland really recognise or apvreciate tne extraordin ary growth of the city. Here are now under construction In some stage 26 office buildings and over on the east side some 1,500 residences are being ouuc xnts au means peonie inn added business ana great, growth and Port land people who live here do not seem to realise its extent unless they are brought into contact with the question In some manner. "It is anna rent to us." nnnlnnf Fresldent josselyn with a smile," for we are feeling the effect of It We are being put to the necessity of ordering larsra numbers of new cars anil nthor equipment wnicn in itseir places a steady ana-neavy a rain upon the com pany, but the street work places the ex penditure far beyond any thourht ft payment from tne earnings, it is nec eesary therefore to draw on outside sources xor mo lunas to meet Ell these Mrs. Bernard Says Son Can not Escape From Denver Holiness Seminary. in the- state of . Washington ex reU Amalgamated Republic Mines company, relator, nlatntiff. vs. Sam H. Nichols. - as secretary or state, respondent, irom Thurston county. This was an action brought asking for a writ to compel the secretary of state to accept for filing certain articles of - Incorporation of a foreign corporation. -The articles presented did not ooniorm , to the- re quirements of the law relating to do mestic Incorporations, and for that rea. son the secretary of state refused to ac cept them for filing. It was alleged on behalf or tne corporation tnat tne secre , tary of state had no authority to pre scribe the form or foreign articles of in corporation, but the supreme court holds otherwise..- i, Wallowa Reserve Thrown Open. ("neclal iHioatch 'to ., The Joarotn Wallowa, Or.. Sept 7. The 60,800 tnrown open ror nnnff ward steps or to hinder progress In amy way, while on my visit i win look at the central depot building now being constructed at Indianapolis and later at the one at Lo Angeles. I will thr.n combine the good points of two, struc tures and will devise -ways and means for the -erection- ot the depot In Port land. . The company is oougatea to build four clubhouses for its employes and this will be done inthe Immediate fu ture. The death of Ilr. Ooode and other conditions, as well as the condition of tha money market have all eomhliuui to delay this work, but It will be taken up very soon. e. "T -cannot make anv positive atat. ments of what X. will do while at the meeting because general conditions will enter, into the question. It is simply the semiannual meetinr of the direc tors and also gives me an opportunity (Pacific Coast Press Leased Wire.) Los Angelas, Cal.. Sept. 7. Claiming that her sick son, Ernest 19 years old, is held a prisoner under fanatical con ditions in the Holiness seminary at Denver, Mrs.D. J. Bernard, herself i member of the Holiness sect has In voked the aid of the police to release her offsorinar. She charges that tne seminary officials are endeavoring to poison the young man's mind again her and for months nave defeated every ef fort to set mm out. He managed to smuggle a letter through to her, saying he is 111 from confinement and will not be liberated until he swears to beoome a mission ary of tne peculiar Holiness faith. CANADIAN FARMERS WILL MAKE FORTUNE (United Preas Leased Wire.) Winnipeg, Man., SepC 7. The Grain Dealers' association estimates that the wheat crop in the Canadian west at 82, 000,000 bushels, oats 87,000,000 and barley 18.000.00A The association figures that 60,000 farmers will divide 8100.000.000. RUPERT BLUE WILL GO TO SAN FRANCIffCO (United Preas Leased Wire.) Washington, Sept 7 Surgeon-Gen eral Wyman of the marine hospital service has ordered Assistant Surgeon Rupert Blue to San Francisco to take charge of the fight against the bubonic plague. Idaho Militia Encampment. (Siwclitl Rlnnatch to The Journal) Boise, Ida., Sept. 7.--Plana have been made by the adjutant-general to hold the annual encampment of the Third battalion, Idaho National Guard, at Fort Boise about the first of October. This hattaJion includes the companies at Nampa. Payette. Welser and Cambridge. FLEET 10 STAY Oil WEST COAST Naval Officers Believe Ships Will Remain Perma nently in Pacific. (United PreM Leased Wlre.1 Washington, Sept. 7. When the bat tleshlp fleet gets to the Pacific coast It Is likely to stay there for good, ac cording to views of many well-informed naval men. For one thing, the general belief that congress will be asked to provide for a big naval station and new dry dock. eitner in Ban irrancisco bay or else where on the coast, strengthens the impression that the fleet will stay. Congressman Hayes will have plenty or oacKing in his announced purpose u worn ior sucn improvement. ftuTERfl UNION Ei'i TO FURNISH SERVICE Kansas City Board of Trade Appeals to the Courts to Aid in the Fight. (United Prna Leased Wire.) Kansas City, Mo., Sept 7. The West ern Union Telegraph company, by a temporary restraining order issued in the circuit court has been prohibited from refusing to furnish wire service from Chicago and Minneapolis to the Kansas City board of trade. Immediate ly after the Injunction was served On the local manager of the Western Union the wires to the board of trade were "cut in" but not to the quotation board. The board of trade refused to ac cept this service, however, demanding that the quotation board be "cut In" direct and the quotations taken, by the union operators employed by the board. Later in the day the Western Union resumed the full service with the board's union operators taking the quo FINDS SON III HIIING CELL I- Former Professor Vanhenert Driven' Desperate by Pov erty Applies to Police. (United Preaa Leased Wire.) Chicago, Sept. 7. Driven desperate by his poverty and alleged refusal of his relatives to shelter him, J. L. Van henert formerly professor at the Uni versity of Chicago, has applied to the once asking that he be sent to the ospltal at Dunning. When placed in a cell, Vanhenert found that locked In an adjoining cell was his son, from whom he had been separated for years. The son had been arrested on a charge of larceny. vanhenert occupied the chair of lan guages at the college during the years 1 van ai.fl 1SQI rrhA f r. I Inwln ir vac It The professor was known as "King of Bohemia" and is said to speak 21 lan guages 13 oriental and eight European. Idaho Masons to Hold Session. (Special Dispatch to Tha Journal.) Boise, Idaho, Sept. 7. The fortieth annual meeting of the grand lodge of Masons will open here Wednesday and remain In session three days. About 100 delegates and many visitors are expected to be in attendance. During the session a reception will be tendered tne delegates and visitors. Finns Win Tug-of-War. (Special Dispatch to Tha Journal.) Astoria, Or., Sept. 7. The Finnish team won the contest at the tug of war against teams composed of Americans, Norwegians, Austrians, Swedes and Greeks. The contest aroused vast en thusiasm. Between 2,000 and 1,000 peo- le witnessed the contest during the ast three nights. unMfincn nui NAMED 1C0 I iwiLU mill ARE INVOLVED Scandal Follows Jlarch of Sheridan Juniors and Leo Juniors' Cavalry. (United Press Leased Wire.) Chicago, I1L, Sept. 7. Disruption threatens the First squadron of the Thirteenth United States cavalry, which ended ita 705-mlle practice march to Fort Sheridan on Friday. An army scandal which will itrlke at some of the most revered names In the service Im pends as a consequence. Constant quar reling, bickering and dissatisfaction between the men and officers is declared to have marked the long march. Among the officers of the battalion are Philip Sheridan Jr. and FItzhugh Lee Jr. Both these young officers are said to be involved In the controversies. BURGLARS 1URDER Secretary Taffr on.Departun for North - This Morning Expresses Gratification a; Reception Tendered Iliir by Portland: Citizens. Says This Is 3Iost , Substan tial City of ;CoastrEn thusiasm of Audience Tha: Greeted Him at Armorj Impressed' Official." COUPLE WITH AX Victims Found With Throats Cut xand Bloody Meat Cleaver Lying Near. Pendleton Bridge Contracts Let. (Soscial Dispatch to The JonrnaL) Pendleton, Or., Sept. 7. A. E. Eber hart, representing Ksterday & Co., has received the contract for the additional 100-foot span of steel at the west end of the bridge over the Umatilla river at Echo, at $3,484. Thomas Jaques has been awarded the contract for the fill at the bridge. (Unltsd Press Leased Wirt.) Chicago, Hi, Sept T. Servants this morning found Mrs. Frederick M. Fish dead In bed and her husband dying be side her. Their throats were cut A blood-stained meat cleaver was found on the floor beside the bed. Friends say that the couple seemed happy and know of no reason that could have caused them to commit sui cide. Neighbors are inclined to think that burglars attacked Mr. Fish and his wire. CLATSOP COUNTY PUTS JOY ON RECORD "LIVE RAILS MENACE TO OF MAN AND BEAST LIVES Fire Horse Killed by Coming in Contact With Defective Steels of Street Railroad Company 'Where Bond Wires Have Become Disconnected Through Neglect. acres to be tnrown open xor nuns' in the Wallowa forest reserve October 1, to bring -my- family-with; tne upon :my will cause rush of entrymen , from return to Portland." . this county. There are already a num- President Josselytj-wfll leave tonight her of squatters on the land, north of for the east and will be gone Xor, two .Wauows. t , . Sj f , s jasft w uiuro. , , v One firehorse dead and two. others maimed ; or life the direct result of contact with deadly carralls of the Portland General Electric company on 8herlock avenue. Daily scores of horses are knocked down py tne eiecinc cur rant transmitted through their bodies by the steel shod hoofs and some of them have been seriously Injured. Chief Campbell this morning notified the Portland General Electric company that he would hold it responsible for, the death of the horse-and will also make an effort to collect damages for the two animals which Jiave been badly hurt . The electric company operates a small ear, system on Sherlock avenue to, sup U.ltavpower 9laat wltfe aawdust awl otner ruei. practically an of the ac cidents have occurred at the intersec tlon of Ntcohri street, where there Is considerable wagon traffic. Bond wires which connect the rails at the fishplates have either become loosened to make them defective or have been cut or broken off entirely. The bond Weires serve to connect the rails with one an other so that the current can be car ried along evenly from one end of the system to the other. Where the bond wire Is defective the. current has no means of transmission and the Iron shoo of . a horse that steps on the ends of tha two rails becomes a conductor, In variably; the electric shock passes en tirely through" the horses and the fire men wonder that they are not killed out. tight, i v;5 f.,.,:r- . ...... VA ma . a. ma iu- tin of tHe leadly rails. lie was rig-. Inally attached to Truck 8. but was transferred to Engine company No. 3, located in the vicinity of the accident, to replace one of the animals disabled by the electric shock. The other two horses, both of which are valuable to the department, have been under the cere of competent veterinarians in an effort to restore them to health. Members of the fire department state that the faulty condition of the bond wires is extremely danirerous to man as well as animal. Any piece of Iron ' or steer which comes In contact with the exposed ends of the rails might transfer the current; and cause Instant death, Since the attention of the matter has been called to the company through a foroible demand for damages, it la be lieved br the officials that the eon. dition will be remedied without further aeiay. ' Commissioners Thank Attorneys Who Carried Port of Colombia Case Through Courts. . (Special Dispatch t The Journal. - Astoria, Or., Sept 7. At a session of the county court held yesterday after noon the following order In- relation to the Port of Columbia bill was made "The court being advised of the 'de cision of the supreme court declaring the law unconstitutional, and this court having employed attorneys to protect Clatsop county's interest ilnr'whlohwe know that we are fully sustained' by the people) do now desire to thank the attorneys, so employed In securing a ravoraoie aeoision. a decision nor lm. portant to every taxpayer and resident of this county than is areneralv reaiiaarf- and further, this court haying-read the Drier or uoipo. juauory. Bimon and GearOT. attorneys for appellant do take this opportunity Of aznr.aalna- au thanks for their able argument in oppo sition to in jaw, stna ii is oraerea that a copy "of these proceeding be for warded by the clerk under seal of the court to each cf our local attorneys, O. CV Fulton. iFv J.-Taylor end J. F. Hamilton and to the firm of Iolfh, VaJ. l.lorjBliooa AiGeaxiav.. "Delightful! Delightfuir That Is the way, William It T&ft de scribed his impressions of Portland s he climbed upon his train this mor lng, bound for Tacoma and Seattle "I wish you would tell the peoplJL" J Portland," he continued, ."TiowgxeeMy X appreciate the welcome extended m from the minute that I . reached her yesterday morning until now. And est e- clally I want to express .my pleas ure and gratification over the receptlo at the armory last evening. It was splendid crowd one, st the finest look ing aggregations that I have ev. -seen and It spoke well for. the genenu Intelligence of Portland. :.:::;..:.:. "As ror Portland Itself. It Is a bmn. tlful plaoewith Its trees and fine resi dences and buildings. It has the charm of beine older than most western cities. although, of course, young In compan osn with those of the east And lc seems to be the most substantial cU . of the coast" t ,m- :, Mr. Taf t and his part v will trav. I from here to Seattle in the Glacier, ti private car of General Manager Mn. Kutt of the Northern Pacific uWitu him were the other members of tht party who aocompanied him to Portland and Congressman McKlnlay of Califor nia, xnere was no crow a at tne depot to see the secretary off. In the face of the enormous orowri that filled the armory to the point wher even one more could not have four.. I room. Secretary Taft chansred hi avowed purpose not to discuss, politics roruana. hi aiiempiea to answer Bryan' on all but the trust question. He knew that the people who had madt their way into the hall on that hoc night had not come to see the secretary of war or to hear details on the Panama. canal. - .-.a ,i , , It was a crowd well-disposed towards the big secretary. They wanted to see the presidential noaslbilltv and bear Kim views. When he came into the room they applauded liberally. It was not an ovation, nor anything approaching an ovation, but it showed that the people were kindly disposed towards Taft. They were fairly aching for a little old time torch-light enthusiasm. In that they were not given the op portunity to stand up and cheer as they have done for Roosevelt or Bryan wan the fault of Mr. Taft They soon saw that he was not an orator: that ha lacked all the attributes of those wha can thrill their fellow men. rertile With explanations. Ha was ArlstoUe parcelling out th universe Into Its several spheres. U himself admitted that . h. 1? 'he, P",1?-1"0"- rtile with explanations marked by practical good, sense, based on unimnaachnhia hiiin.t and scientific truisms. Ha gave noth- tna uniaue. nothinar briiiini . iki.i that had not been 1sam.:,l before. - -77V?"wf - But he spoke straight out from the shoulder and everything he said bore waa tiaaaiveu qui il WSS com mon sense. v , It was at tha last . rnlnnt 'mrt.mm x.- saw the slse of his audience an m.i laed the opportunity that was hla that Mr. Taft decided to broach the "subject of Mr, Bryan and the trusts.. He went - """"": Ji" mi Bvery previous) speech of his, by telling of the doctrines of his chief. Roosevelt. The first issue of the Roosevelt administration he said was the regulation of the railroads. 11 began his answer to- Bryan . here by drawing the distinction between tha rhetoric of Bryan with Its Impossibility of trial and the promisee of Roosevelt oarried out the next morning after they were made. It was easy to talk, he said when you .were not lo t position to do anything.' It, was when everything you said- carried responsibility -that words spoke as loudly as aetloni " t" ' Then he took up the second lsne of the administration, 'Vto'ej hegulaUon et prtvate combinaUons of capital to pre vent their abuse of the rights of pri vate property and their "Violation of the rights of private nrooertv and of tha anti-trust law. He said that he believe, t In combinations of capital, if they wr oomblned for the purpose of lowering price. It was when they combined an i raised nrlcee that he thought they pug tic to be suppressed. - i And It was the same with the nninni. He believed In labor eettlnsr toarath.-r and forming unions i .long sa tlx refrained from vioienoe. tie admin, the right of unions to strike when tie were not treated fairly. . . v V Crood and Bad Trosts. -As for th Bryan policy of atlrr falg the trusts root and branch, he not enprwve of It There sre truata and bad trusts. Lat tha ' 1 , ones ilve, and pull , up the bad on. a , they, misbehave. -..r , . . When ii came io rne govemnnif PhlllDPlne policy, Tft tnok hn,,- shottBxya-rlt'evWBy ysi der subject .He s Id tlit (, ,., chiefly responsible, far eon.l If I., , In the Islands now, tecma j, ; t islands by the treaty tf fur, , jContlauv4 on i'f4 2. a - j