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; PORTLAND,; OREGON, ' WEDNESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 25, 1907, SIXTEEN PAGES.
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J Mayor Lane has 'inaugurated a campaign for good streets. The mayor in
tends to ask all loyal citizens to cooperate with him in making Portland the best
paved city in the west. The prospects of a great influx of eastern visitors during
next year's Rose Carnival makes it necessary that the city be in presentable shape
when they arrive.
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Tonight City's Executive Will Address
Organizations and Ask the Property
Owners to Consult With Councilmen
Portland has outgrown her streets.
The day of plank roads, of macadam
highways worn down Into rut and
mud holes, of pavings that were worn
out long ago, l past and done with.
ArM now Mavor Lane and the east
Hide Improvement clubs and the lm
provement clubs and commercial bodies
. K.. nitv a whole are going to
.,..it in oj'ie hi lone Dull to aee that
.i... nf Pnrtiutirl are resradeU,
paved with lasting materials and made
L,,i.hi. tor a citv of 200.000 inhabl-
-r.ii,t h mavor will .address the
imr.rov.ment clubs of the east side on
the subject of KOod atresia and
will
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flace I lie mailer oeroro nmi
hem to act upon their councilmen. v
It Is a matter of civic pride, some
thing for the greater good vi me -
.... Dn,n.ni tinat iik rltv's streets should
be" put Into proper condition, .that the
paving should be extended so as to
reach those who are now pracucany
lniea aurmg n puiuun w. .
that the paving -already laid should be
imnrovefl and Kepi up w 'e."
rude as Is any other matter
touches the phbll prlde
Mayor Will Aid Movement.
The mavor ha declared that he will
dn. all he can. He in willing and aiix
(rum In nilMh the work ami to bm mat
it Ih nrni ierlv done., Buttefore he can
ilo anything as an executive Jt if i net
that h neoDle of the city them.
selves act In the matter, and see that
...ih,.r(tv lii riven to have the work
Portland has some good streets,
streets that any city In the country
might be proud of. But there are oth
ers that would be a disgrace to Chi
cago. There are streets that in rainy
weather are so filled with mud and
water that they are Impassable except'
lng for rafts.
There are others, In the business por
tion of the city, where the traffic Is
heaviest thafare equally bad bad be
cause they have been paved years ago
and the sudden growth in Portlands
EASTERN WOMEN
HELPLESS DOLLS
Washington Girls-Sneer at
Pretty Sisters Who -Cannot.
Round -Tp Cows.
(I'nlted Preaa Leaaed Wire.)
Chicago. Sept. 25.-iUnder escort of
Editor Philip Bates of Portland, 10
Washington state girls, who are boom
ing the Pacific northwest has arrived
here. They declare that "after study
ing eastern life, the ' western v men are
superior to the easterners, In manners,
but not '.n drens, and that eastern wo
men are "effeminate dolls who are un
able to rope poni;S or round-up cows.1'
Anna Level and Echo Klncaid, the
spokeswomen for the party, defined the
difference. Miss Level said.
"The easterners and westerners hav
their qualities, but from a woman's'
point of view a westerner is more do
ettablc. The easterner thinks woman
his Inferior, while the westerner re
gards her as hs superior."
The party will spend the'day aightsee
Jng in automobiles. Mrs. Howard Brum
well Is the chaperon. Miss Level is the
ehnmpion hulat thrower of Washing-j infinitely better, than the best quality
ton. Tv . . " - ' Quarried basalt.
ARRAIGNS DELIAS
Detective Declares Lawyer's Vanity and Desire to Hear
Himself Talk Lost Thaw Case Will Besign if
4 San Francisco Man Is Retained.
business, increasing a hundred-fold, the
heavy traffic on the streets has- worn
them out.
They were country-town pavements,
not built with the expectation of such
usage as the city's commerce haa neces
sarily subjected them to.
y I'nder existing conditions the city
part of it, from a company which con
trols the output of quarries near Port
Inrwl unrf alnnr the Columbia and Wll
lamette rivers, charges high prices for
!ta rock and furnishes paving maieruti
of a verv low arrade.
Thin mnterlnl for thte most Dart UD
land basalt, course in texture, and
which easily crumbles, is used almost
evrv where hv the' mi vine companies.
And vet at the verv doors of Portland,
blocking up the rivers and composing
mi p after mile of river bank, is a pav
lng material of a much higher grade, to
be obtained for perhaps half the money
and which it is said by experts would
outlast bv many vears tne UD-iani
basalt now being quarried and sold to
tne cttjn . . .
This m.itrln! hank and river gravel,
Is the very cream of the roete' brought
down bv the Columbia and the WHlam
ptte and th Clackamas. It has been
subjected to the grinding process of
Water the strongest force or nature.
until all the silt and the low-grade ma
terial has been washed away and disln
tegrated, leaving the hardest portion of
the rock. It ia a case of tne survlva
of the fittest and the fittest Is lying at
the citv's bank merely awaiting digging
and dredging to be. made use or.
Towed on Barges.
At uresent the basalt quarried Is
brought In many Instances 50 miles, as,
for Instance, from the St. Helens quar
ries, where it Is placed on barges and
towed to Portland. This, of course,
largely Increases the expense of the
rock for the city.
This morning Mayor Lane and a rep
resentative of The Journal made a trlt
of Inspection over the new paving being
lain on uoing street, on tne east sine.
Tne aravei on this street is tne com
mon type or Dank gravel; u was laiten
from the river bank a few blocks from
where It is now being placed on the
streets. Fundamentally it is of the
same nature as is the upland basalt
which Is quarried and used in city pav-
ins- a exorbitant prices. Mom are vol
canic rock, and there Is but the differ
ence that that whlcnts quarried has
not had the baser part, the silt and
mud and crumbling low-grade forma
tions, washed away by the action of
water, while the other, the gravel that
has been scorned and left as good, for
nothing contains but the most lasting
part of the original material.
From a couple of square feet of the
pavtnit this morning Mayor Lane packed
gp 10 specimens of rock at random.
They were composed of the following
specimens:
No: 1 Ouartxite, very hard.
- No. 2 Porphyry, purplish-red and
very rmrd.
- No. 3 Poor quality of qjill basalt.
No. 4 Quartztte.
No. 5 Fair quality basalt
No. Poor-quality of hill basalt.
No. T Flnq-gralncd hard basalt.
No. 8 Poor basalt with Iron seam
running through it.
. No. 9 Qood quality of blue basalt.
No. 10 Qunrtzite.
The 'basalt forms about nine tenths
of the gravel and is -of a better quality
than the hill-basalt. The quartzite is
very hard . and forms an excellent road
making material. The porphyry the
same stone, that was greatly prized by
King Solomon as being the hardest and
most precious of stones Is also hard
and an excellent paving material.
I'p.on even a casual inspection It will
be found . that tne basalt of the bank
or water gravel is of a much finer grain
on the whole than that quarried from
the hJlls. It' Is declared by the mayor
that The poorest of the gravel Is better
tnan tne poorest or uie quarriea oasait.
and that the finest of the gravel is
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Ex-Snpervisoi Says Ford
Gave Him Bulky Bundle
to lie Handed to Curly
Boss Juror Asks Ques
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Witness Declared He Had
Taken Dinner at Carbarns
With Calhoun Borers'
Cross-Exam ination Brings
Out Admissions.
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MAYOR HARRY LANE, WHO IS
URGING A CAMPAIGN FOR
WEIyti-PAVED STREETS.
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FORCES
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Sacramento Board of" Trus
tees Votes .Against West
ern Pacific.
( Pacini Coast Prtwa Leased Wire.)
San Francisco, Sept. 25. When the
trial of Tlrey L. Ford, accused of brib
ing Thomas Lonergan when the latter
was. a member or the board or super
visors, lo vote in favor of granting the
United Railroads an overhead franchise,
was resumed this morning, James L.
Gallagher, also ex-supervlsor and one
time acting mayor, who admits having
passed the bribe-money, resumed the
stand for cross-examinatloh by the de
fense. The usual crowd waa present, and
when the proceedings began every seat
in the courtroom was occupied and
many spectators stood In the aisles.
Before the., cross-examination of Oal-
Iagher began, the case of Abram Det
wller. the fugitive official of the Home
Telephone company was called and con-
tlned for one week. Gallagher
then called to the stand.
"After the Dassaae of the overhead
ordinance, did you meet Tlrey L. Ford?"
was the first question asked by Prose
cutor Henev.
(iaJlaKher stated that he had met
Ford several times In regard to various
matters, and uponone occasion had
Ford
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NORMAN M. RUICK, UNITED STATES DISTRICT ATTORNEY FOR
IDAHO, WHO HAS CHARGE OF THE LAND FRAUD PROSECU
TION AT BOISE.
CITY FACES
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FAIf E
Fuel Supply in Portland
Will Be Exhausted Early
This Winter Prices Al
ready Beginning to Touch
Prohibitive Figure.
AVooil Companies Alleged to
Be in Combine This Is;
Denied and Bailroads Anr
Blamed for Befusing to
Deliver Needed Cars.
PROSECUTION CALLS .
GOODING TO STAND
been
given a bulky envelope by
to be delivered to Abe Ruef; also a note
to the efefct that the grand jury was
threatening to cause trouble, and that
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(Pacific Coaat Preca Leaaed Wlra.)
Sacramento, Cal.. 8ept. 25. Amid cat
calls and the hisses of several hundred
citizens, the board of trustees adjourned
this morning at 2 o'clock, after voting
to 4 Xo keep the Western Pacific out
of the city.
When It had refused the Gould road
the franchise, and thus practically decid
ed that the board at least did not want
the road, the trustees by a vote of 8 to
decided to put the matter ud to the
people to vote upon at a (special elec-
lon October 22.
Without doubt the people will vote In
favor of the Western Pacific franchise
when It comes up to them at the apeclal
election. For years Sacramento has
been politically dominated by the South
ern Pacific through W, J. Herrin, and
the voters welcome this opportunity to
free themselves from the railroad's
yoke.
The Western Pacific, which Is
branch of the Gould system running
from Salt Lake to Oakland, logically
passes through this city. Tne action
or tne ooara or irusiees in voung
gainst the franchise is regarded as- a
move to protect their own interests witn
Boss Herrin.
SMALL YOUTH IS
DARING
BURGLAR
OMARA
Fourteen-Year-Old Boy Con
fesses to Two Hun
dred Robberies.
(United Presa Leased Wire.)
Pittsburg, Sept. 25. "If Delphin M.
Delmas Is retained In any capacity in
the coming trial of Harry Thaw I will
sever all connection with the case. I
will not allow the chances of the son of
my old friend,, .William Thaw, to be
Jeopardised by his retention.'; x;
. So declared Roger O'ltara, ihe defec
tive,' who. haa returned' from a three
months' eearch through Europe for evi
dence favorable :te Thaw. O'Msra said:
"Attorney Littleton of Ciooklyn. will
make the opening address at the next
trial, cross-examine -all 'witnesses and
close the case in a final speech to. the
Jury. We. expect to clear Thaw at the
next trial, which will begin in Novem
ber.. Delmas"vanlty and desire to hear
hlmfcelf talk ruined Thaw's case before.
The case was won and the common
wealth was willing to- accept a verdict
of acquittal. District Attorney. Jerome
had admitted that Thaw was Insane.
Then Delmas lit his closing address to
the jury set up pleas that no sane Jury
man, tould consider, for a minute' and
ruined everything. He musi and- will
keep out of the next.trlaj. ' .,
(Pacific Coaat Preaa Leased Wire.)
New York, Sept. 26. Entirely calm.
Edward Bridgeman, 14 yearly old, con
fessed today that he has committed 200
robberies since , August 6 last about
four a day on an' average.
Young Bridgeman said, too, that he
always worked in daylight and passed
his nights with his parents at his
home in Brooklyn. This explains why
his mother, utterly ignorant of his
wrong doings, protested that "Edward
is a good boy. The boy pleaded guilty
In the children's court today,
DELMAS WILL ASSIST .
THAW TO FIGHT CASE
(Pacific Coaat Preaa Leased Wire.)
Chicago. Sept. 25. Delphin M. Del
mas of San Francisco spent Tuesday
in Chicago, on his way- to New York,
where he will consult with Harry Thaw
regarding his new trial. .
Mr. Delmas said he would participate
In the defense of Thaw In hi re-trlal.
but that there iu nothing of interest
io say now.
the next plan would be to lay traps for
the supervisors.!. Uallaglier stated that
the note was not signed by Ford, and
he could not swear that he had writ
ten It.
Juror Asks Questions.
Juror Chase again Interrupted the
proceedings by wishing to know where
lonergan had lain nis poeaetoook when
he had received the Z,oOO.
"How did you give it to nlm? Did
yon call his attention to It? Chase
asked.
1 Intended to but I could not swear
to It."
"What kind of an envelope was It?
"An ordinary one."
"Are you in the habit of giving away
$2,000 without speaking about it?" asked
the Juror.
"Oh, once in a while." replied Galla
gher, and he was turned over to Attor
ney Rogers.
Rogers Inquired into his legal stand
ing and elicited the fast that Gallagher
had served for neveral months as city
and county attorney and that he had at
one time been a nominee for both the
superior and appellate bench.
. Rogers also probed Into his expulsion
from the Native Sons and brought the
perspiration to the witness' brow as he
was forced to relate of the affairs lead
ing up to his expulsion.
"You testified yesterday that you had
stated that you thought the passing of
the franchise to be a good thing?"
"I did."
"You thought It was a good thing even
If uninfluenced by any financial consideration?"
"I did."
Rogers Hakes Pis.
Rogers then went Into a long dis
course UDon the condition of the I'nltnri
Railroads after the fire and how neces
sary it was to rehabilitate the system.
Gallagher here stated that when he
visited Patrick Calhoun at the carbarns,
up mereiy aia so io lane luncn with the
street railway magnate. Considerable
merriment was caused by Juror Chase
inquiring if Heney'had ever taken lunch
at the carbarns during these strenuous
times.
"Now. Mr.. Gallagher,", inquired Rog
ers, "don t vou think this oriUniinm
could have been passed without the ex-
penaiwre or a dollar by anybody?"
I think it would."
The sworn statement of Rullanhpr de
claring his entire Innocence of any of
tne charges against him was then of
fered as evidence and read to the Jury.
Gallagher stated that he could not
recollect having signed the paper, but
T. 3rorrison, Former Governor of Idaho, Also Ex
pected to Give Testimony Against Steunenberg
Conversations 'Relative to Lrand Frauds.
(I'nlteri Preaa Leased Wire.)
Boise, Ida., Sept. 25. Two men who
have held the position of chief executive
of Idaho will be called to the witness
stand during the trial of Senator Borah.
These two men are C. F. Gooding,
present governor, and former Governor
J. T. Morrison and they are expected
to give damaging testimony against the
late Governor Frank Steiinenberg.
Governor Gooding will be asked to de
tail a conversation" with Steunenberg In
which the latter tried to interest him
In the alleged land fraud operations.
Former Governor Morrison Is expect
ed to tell of un alleged attempt of
the Barber company through Steunen
berg to prevent him from filing on lands
which the lumber company wanted to
secure.
MONTH OF SLEEP
ENDS IN DEATH
xurs. Kosie ltoiler Lies in
Coma Thirty-four Days
Before Expiring.
(Continued on Page Two.)
TEXAS WILL FORCE
WESTERN UNION TO
GET OUT OF STATE
(United Preaa Leaaed Wire.)
Austin, Tex., Sept. 25. Attorney-General
Davidson yester
day began suit In the district
court to oust from the state the
Western ITnlon Telegraph com
pany and the Pullman Car com
pany. He charged tnat both
corporations are doing business
in Texas without a permit from
the secretary of state.
Back fees of 150.000 each are
also demanded of the companies
on their capitalisations of . J 100,-000,00.
(Pacific Coaat Presa Leased Wire.)
Los Angeles, Sept. 25. After an al
most unbroken sleep of 34 days' Mrs.
Rosie Roder died late Tuesday. For
only a few brief moments in all that
time was there any evidence of awak
enlng consciousness. Then she muttered
unintelligible sounds. The case puzzled
many physicians.
Mrs. Roder, who was 42 years old,
was the wife of John Roder. She had
never before been ill. On the night
of August 21 she retired apparently Hi
good health. That night her husband
was awakened by a strange cry from
the baby. Hastening to their bedside
Roder found his wife unconscious. All
efforts to arouse her proved futile. Ha
called a physician at once and later
several others were summoned. All
were baffled by the strange malady. The
woman partially revived for a short
time two weeks after she whs stricken.
but she quickly relapsed again Into the
coma.
AMERICANS
INJURED
IfJ WRECK III FRANCE
(United Preaa Leased Wire.)
Nantes, France, Sept. 25. Several
Americans are reported to have been
seriously injured in a collision on the
main lino of the Paris-Cherbourg rail
road today when the Cherbourg. express
from Paris crashed Into a' special train
carrying transatlantic passengers Just
beyond the Brevalt tunnel. The spe
cial was telescoped and 15 passengers
ware Injured, some perhaps fatally. ,
CHILD AT HOrYARD
BURNED TO DEATH
(Special Dispatch to The Journal.)
Independence. Or., Sept. 25. The
4-year-old daughter of L. 8. Clarke of
Lacomb was fatally burned while play
ing around a campfire at the Horst
Brothers' hop yard Monday evening and
died Tuesday morning. The body was
shipped to Lacomb for burial.
Portland Is staring a fuel famine in '
the face, according to all those who deal ';'
In wood or try to buy It. Those who
pose as the common people say the de ,V
plorable condition of affairs Is the fault
of the fuel combine or the wood trust
and that these barons are holding back:
the supply in order to create a great iv
demand and thus give some excuse for
the boosts in price which are expected to "
occur now with the regularity of th.
clock's tick. ; i
Those who are posed as the wood
trust, but who deny the charge, say that
the fault lies not. with them but with '
the transportation companies. This is
where the whole fault lies, the wood,
dealers contend, and they back up their
complaints with vigorous denunciation
and Illustration.
District Makes Siffaraaos.
Let the fault lie where it will, the
fact remains that Portland people, are
up against what promises tn every way
to be a real fuel famine. At the present
time the Banfield-Veysey Fuel company
is quoting wood at the mills at ti.7a a
load for short dry wood. 14.60 a cord
for four-foot dry slabs, 13 a load for
short green slabs and $3 a cord for four
foot green slabs.
These foregoing are about the prices
that are asked by alt the dealers for
wood at the mills, or In what is known
to the " business as the "first district."
This first district differs with the loca
tion of the different fuel companies and,
includes a district of not very great sise
with the point of supply an the center.
Outside of this first district it becomes
necessary to pay more for wood accord
ing to the added length of the haul.';; '
Cordwood, according to the" figure.-
of Churchley Bros., Is now selling for
S4.&0 in four-foot lengha and 17 in stove ,
lengths. This is in a district bounded
by Russell street and the fair grounds '
on the north. Twenty-second street on. 5
the west, Jefferson on the south anil'-
Kast Twelfth on the east, Outside of
these boundaries cartage Is added to
the ngures ranging in amount from 25
cents to $1 a cord, according to the dls
tance to be hauled.
Coal Also Soaring. , r . ,
Coal is way up in the air with th
Australian coal about the only thing to
buy. This costs 112 and up to $14 .&
ton and the winter not yet started in. '
This product, too, is Inferior to tha
Rock Springs conl which was formerly
sold in Portland for $S a ton, but Which 1
can not be bought at this time. 1
(Continued on Page Two.)
BONDS HUE BANK ASSET
Sale of United Railways to Seattle Capitalists Places'
Securities Held bv Oregon Savings on Sound 1
Basis Again Will Operate Within GO Davs.v
Arrangements have been completed
by which the Oregon Trust and Savings
bank s Interest of 3105,000 In the United
Railways company Is made a substan
tial asset worth Its face value. The
bank invested 175,000 In that amount of
bonds of the road, and granted an over
draft of approximately 330.000 for con
struction purposes. The bonds draw
per cent Interest, and the overdraft pays
: per cent.
A sale of the controlling interest In
he road has been effected to W. D.
lofius and Moritz Thomsen. and their
associates In Seattle, and they have as
sumed liability for the overdraft. There
has been more than 3350.000 expended
construction of the road, and men
amply able to finance its completion arc
now behind the enterprise, wnicn makes
the bonds rank among the best Indus'
trial securities on the coast.' . '
In the opinion of practical business
men who have been familiar with the
project from its inception, the system
will pay from the beginning of Its op
eration. Hotius and Thomseri ar said '
to have paid 3125.000 for their stonk In
the concern, and practically all of this
amount was Invested in the. project en,
terms that provided that the moneys
should go Into construction. All riece
sary funds are being steadily advanced
and construction work is proreedljia; '
rapidly. . ' t, , , i
The city lines will be completed and
In operation within the.' next "t day
The construction work Is the hmst sub
stantial character of any electric rail
road in the tity. Tha tracks are laid in
solid ooncreto in the business district. ;
and the rails are extremely heavy and '
of the most approved, pattern.
UNCLE SAM LOSES - v V.
TWO TARS' N BAY
(United Press ' Leased Wire.)
San Francisco, Sept. 25. Search of
the bay for the bodies of two sailors
from the cruiser St Louis, who weire
drowned off Angel Island late Tuesday
while participating In an .,. "abandon
ship" drill, was resumed this morning,
but mt( with no success. -H ,
Springing- to the davits i lower a
boat" lu .response - to a command tl
abandon ship, tnax sailors fell oytjrbrtard
and were : drowned ta 1 he rcaen'- of
Admiral Swinburne, who w unakifjf
the regular admiral's ojttiyii at
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