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0 Cu'ySelL Hire or. Rent any 5-lhi.U USE THE JOURNAL'S WAHT COLUMNS.'' , . .. .Ruin ,; tonight; and Wednesday; southerly winds. !. 'y fj:- '' NO. 179. 1 II j PORTLAND OREGON, i TUESDAY EVENI :;( foxfe PRICE .tTW(J?CBNT&22 r an !-' ,( A WD ma ci.ii it m w 1 V 1 nr 6 0 Iff -i.' ... - . .- . . . i ' f I.-. POtlCEISUSRECT ; AGENTS OF j- ADAMS C 6 mornm TtVC Sheriff of Baker Said to. Have;.Been Shadowed by Men Who looked for Revenge Because of His Activity in This Is !? Cfmin AnKnTft Poor j ically-Denied ' r i . . -.. - Emphat (IpMlat Dfcpateh to Tk.'9eMiLl jBakr CIt3r4 Or., Oct, I.-For VMki t rUnda i of , Btv Adatna bh in U y Utll . pd now they hav : Kot, : tn, i cnea Harvof isrovnt tni morninic woen atenia. Tbe Injyred man la rapid! r ank 1. - A . , M. A 1. 00 cbanoa for Itia reoovwy.,?? . ''ft, ; Brown had known for aoma tlraa that be had been ahadowed and knowing tha wr after, him, had determined to leava mia part ,oi ne country. ii naa maae til preparation to start for California 'jt nd wa only waiting, to make another ' leari-np in hie placer mines .before abandoning eaatern-Oreaon forever. 1 "When I came In from my minfl ye . terday afternoon a man' followed me home,"- aaid Brown. "I strolled down town last night and while on my way f home I met another ehan whom I recos nised aa a spy. I spoke to him but he refused to anewer and I hurried on. hot- inar to reach home nafelv. Aa I ontered i my gate there waa a blinding flash and then everything became black.' I can remember nothing after that. rl-feeirposltlva that tha aUemptfo asaesalnats me Is tha result of my 'Work la the eteUnenbergrtase I was rcstru mental ; In tha apprehension of eteve Adams and X honestly believe'' that .evar since that time his friends 4 been on my irau." , Brown lapsed into uneonsloosneas again and it Is believed that ha will die within ,the next few hours. . '.T- -It is learned from Edward Flyrm Viat Brown has expected death for some lime. Me inrormeo ' nynn . last Bator -day night that he had been trailed an! that' he expected that an attempt' to as sassinate mm wouu Da made. ' Baker City, Or., Oct. 1. Chief of Po nce Jackson has telegraphed to Spokane for Harry Draper's bloodhounds and tbey are expected here tomorrow morn ing. No clue has bee if obtained by the police as to the persons who dynamited ex-enenn Harry .Brown. Every precau tion has been taken to prevent the es cape or the dynamiters from tha city. It is the opinion of Chief Jackson and Mayor Jones that the persons who com mitted the crime are connected with the Steve Adams case, as Brown was the man who arrested Adama s SJtWWfafa MAS. DOES 11 Important Question to Be Brought Before " People and JIany Seem to Favo the ProjectBonds Could Be Issued. Salt Lake Connection Would Bring Many People Here and Afford Transportation for Products Kept Are Out of Eastern Markets (Continued on Page Two.) ill ? ;t;-'; i! Boise:J)istrict Attorney Exonerated of Charges : of Mis conduct, Affiants Having Failed toProye State smen ts-GoTernor Morrison on the Stand v.. t Government Forces Begin Removal of Obstruction in Co- lumbia-at Umatilla Snake River Is Also Being Cleared Want Open Na vigation to Interior. - Carrying a large crew of workmen and 'n v charge . of two experienced Jrwlf t L' iUr boatmen, a 80x70 flrlU seow left lnarla yesterday for Umatilla rapids m.lhe Columbia, where tha government engineers are about to coniraence tha rsxk. or removing the obstructive tioui- rsand, ledges of rock that . interfere. itn navigation; it is pan or tne worn progress with the view of securing open river far into the interior of sreftt ' cron belts of - the Pacific lorthweet." . ' Blasting will continue at the rapids nr aome time. There are larsre auanti- Bes of rocks to be removed although the Engineers are not seeking to gain a ereat denth of water at this time but father a straight channel so low water rart may navigate wun sarety at, tne lwest stage : of the river , or when the Jurrent Is-. the. awtfteats'-;! V Another drill scow Is finishing the removal or the rooks at Taxsas rapids iln tie Snake river near Riparla and will 'noon shift to the Palouse rapids and Pine (Tree rapids, further down "the - river, Where a strsighter channel may be ob ined by blasting away the protruding iges inat split tne .river into narrow i and boisterous furrows, making that) portion or tne river extremely difficult of navigation. ' , The Taxsas rapids have' always been considered the worst obstruction in the Snake and now that they have been made passable for ordinary light draft boats and under ordinary conditions, a great, step towards an open river has een gained, in the opinion of those fa miliar with the undertaking. Aside from work on the various rapids and the construction of a portion of the done toward Athe- improvement of the channel on the upper Columbia and the Snake, but - extensive preparations are under 'way. Colonel 8 W. Roessler, uiuibu Dimes engineer in cnarge or tne work, j announced . today that specifioa- Lion, I fir m in rirm mtti T.nrnrwi 1 1 in nnirt equipped 'with arills for blasting and ; t ; (United- Press Iu4 Wtre.) Boise. Ida, Oct 1. Deciding that the charges of misconduct preferred against Dlatriot Atorney N M. Rulck by mem bers of : the grand Jury which indicted United' States Senator: Borah of com plicity; in the IdaKo timber land frauds, were not-borna jout b- the evidence la. troduced in the recent hearing, the pres ent grand. jury here this morning re turned findings exonerating the accused lawyer.;-. . Affidavits were signed by fnreetnenv ners or tne rormer grans jury cnaramg that District Attorney. Rulck forced that body to return the Indictments for fraud against Borah and other men Jointly accused of fraud with him. The affi ants declared that Rulck curtailed argu ment on ' the case in the grand pury room and stood Just outside the door while they were balloting on t.ie Indict ments. They also charged that the fore man of the srand Jury causod them to Sign the-Indiotments without reading them and that thev did not Intend to in- j diet Senator Borah. - When the affiants, were called to the stand to corroborate . their, affidavits they failed to follow their story and be came badly mixed on cross-examination. As a result Rulck was exonerated by the latest inquisitorial body," which has been in charge -of United States Attorney Timothy Burke of Wyoming. Two indictments have been found by the latest grand Jury but the names of the indicted imen have .not been made puDiic, neiuier naving been taken in custody asyet. ; ,.. .-, ., former Governor John T. Morrison of Idaho was called to the stand this morning in the Borah trial for the pur pose of-connecting Senator Borah -with the land fraud conspiracy. This was in- response to an order of Judge Whit son yesterday that Borah must be con nected before the case proceed ; further. The governor told of two visits paid him by Borah at his executive offices to find out what lands in townships 6-4 the, state would file . on. - The witness said" the senator asked him if it , was necessary that he should file there and demurred on the amount taken. Thu deeds rued by Borah with the recorder were admittedvin evidence. - The defense admitted mat tney were rued by Borah. In response to a clearly defined pub llo sentiment in favor of a atate railroad across the atate of Oregon a movement is being organised to survey and build such a road. An, opportunity will be given in the early stages of the' work for the people of the stats to vote on tha Question aad decide for themselves whether they desire to issue bonds, as railroad financiers do, and build, oper ate and control such a railroad: - '!Tha -belief1 or- advocates of the plan ib iii Hi. ii Oregon nas a rauroad--Con-neetinji.. Portland , Utt 8alt Lafce, the -mxMrm- w-ne -imuanm in thaJ'arJ f ) Aortkwest eould be cob trolled and cegu- a or mu n, ror it would nave at 8alt Lake connections with the- Gould jsirm, ine nan tearo, los Angeles dt Salt Lake, and the Moffett road, known as the Denver A Northwestern, whlnh at Denver connects with the Santa Fe, the Rock Island. thaBurlington and the jnuasoun raomc. , - .. ( ' Wanta reople to BnJld,4 "It is more feaaible for tha uregon to ouiiq and operate such a road than for us to ask anybody else to dot It. said a nrominent rmArna?f ntti- clal in this city vesterdav. dlcimin th situation. "What Is the use of Oregon peo- gin ostieuaiug inair money ana time .to ring thousands of homeseekers, manu facturers -and producers, to this l state when the existlna rallroada rJn nnt handle the products produced by the eople already here? We ean not afford o cease our efforts to oonulate nii a- velon the state, and at the same time it is-, an injustice to those who are here and those who are to come to increase the difficulties1 with which the ata.t i already suffering from miserably insuf ficient transportation facllltles."-- tms state couia, it is declared sby well informed railroad builder, rkn. struct a railroad 1,000 miles from Port land to sail LAKe tor an average of 126,000 -per mile, total cost of construc tion and equipment ready to operate. A contractor yesterday said he would be glad to take the contract at that, figure ior tne enure line. -There are some miles that would cost $60,000, but thebulk of it would cost from 114,000 to $15,000- per mile," he (Continued on Page Two.)' V J. V : 'St ii: 1 , TT '1 : 1 1 Sensational , Charge That Conspirator "Told "Wills . and 1 exAuditor Devlin: He Could Do .the Mayor Harm by TTsing Woman. Complete - and ' Incontroyertlbla proof of the existence of a dlabolicar plot on tha part of polltlcal enemW of Mayor Lane to blacken his good name and If jKsib1e drlre him from hi position aa the executive of Portland waa furnished this morning by the atatement of .A. , N, Wills, president of the city ' council, that b. fi. Raddlng some aU: weeka ago had proposed to aim and- Thomas C., DeTlla a planby which Lane could be trapped In hJa of flee with a wo- c nn. The plan proposed br Rajl.-- adJTlIni'aTroningto he. sUte-, ment of Mr. Wills, and waa evident ly.: taken ' to other - and more , com plaisant jnen. .'' ',.'"' r ' 'rCounoilman Wills Js a political enemy f l 1 ywr Mine ano nas in . the nest c.ren TlririAro A Ukhit 1Tifftlbw,a :0Ppo"ed to h,ra on m"r pouucai A.. N.. WILLS MVniDPIO UMIMHL to fniiT IIIIIH Jpllars Is Deposited by torney Fonts. trace of nervousness. roblems affecting the government and conduct of the iity and its affairs. , To tim and to Thomas Devlin, defeated by Lane for election to the mayor's chafr. Redding took his dastardly plan ' after ' weeks of ingratiating effort to make himself friendly and acceptable to the her features as ifmoh,, ,ner"on: m' nd b trusted. 0 this political en less as marble, 7r;rurAnitT to. cur ttnir acceptance and If having attCrr . IS. 7 .. . w"- . details of her tol"" , ; . asiuif spruigs Kl Flo. stead of in one o' ' Col(Che'le,! k.aki,, ?f l' discredited by Fn. nf L 7itv P"0". Mrs. Belle him, had at last been sprung upon thi ceils Of the City,, v..,, v I maver. Mr. Will n, .i " u J ' Waymlre, accused . , . . A been and still : is. determined .n of the archconsplrsT"" w what he knew of the tlrcumatancea. an defame Mayor Hr7.t?4 . , JTZ ImV'J1'". to th tor i-,.. ,Aji.at 11:45 'o'clock thla morning with hi statement in or- hl.'lno'rn'in'gnl J1 h V"d nonitnd hr iftnrnm ' P i out"" clear tne name or the mavor. whom ha thing unusual in. conCna wom.S. i'lSll:"2?5? logleBOxntly exr . . : . vuivu uauaoi tiOiUB. . x ,.ff'. c6fVavlnV w,rtfclia"aJtt. f??" splracy to blacken the n.,... i,i?K iTn orable man. Attorney Fo Lwi t'T In hHirhl .hlnlnv nuKIa ?Je"'. P.r8 .. v, V oli .7 .irr LTlra station sented himself it ut cenMi. n hi. I desk and asked for the- ri A . . . . . a 1 I .11. " . u V. . w,l I the warrant was $1,000, Captt" siat him in persuading several flrme naturally refused to accept tKjied to I r on "?, A?nX,r Iist' " '" back t " moum ana routs was compev-.,--i inK.ne would ret cur in oruor xrum juuge v,a Kadd ng came to me a ton tim. ago," said Mr. Wills at noon today, aa ''t uPon the edge of his office desk; and told his story. "M had fallen lntn trouble with the unions of the city and was very anxious to be reinstated in their favor. He importuned me to aid! him -In doing this. ind kt (Continued on Page Four.) WILL CLOSE BURN SIDE . BRIDGE FOR 6Q DAYS machinery for breaking gravel bars, are now i unoer way to ne uomuted to bid ders In the near futuVe. the intention being to have next spring. boat it r ready for use early The boat will be found of inestimahu value in straightening and deepening the channel of - the upper Colimbla. xnere are a numper or gravel bars that cannot well be handled without such a craft especially designed for the work. ZTHERGRAMS" MAY FLASH. OVER THE SEA : YflMaalal TVIsmb t1fe V W ? laneml i V Tondon, Oct. -.l.-"Not yet but within ie weeks," said tha-managesof tha ehw asaed it na' was ready -to- accept Lttn i "ethergrama" for transmission to everything is in readiness to start he, iMitinued, "when Marconi -gives ths word Our capacity will increase with the lemands of the public. - The charge for rdlnary wireless messages will be lrtnts a word, and for press messages cable companies have-had their lod of belittling our efforts, but we eiese to the time when the joke will reversed and; the old companies must iir mi our cnarges or get out or , running." , ,.. . ... ; , The Marquise de San Olullano", the Italia ambassador,' returned yesterday Mrom Clifden. Ireland. wher he and his secretary naa oeen naving an interest ing time n sending "ethergrama" or "aerograms" : to $ their friends Tin America. . ;i , --.The ambassador today said: "Although the Whole thing seems like a dream.- it ' Is quite true as true aa communication by wire or any other reality. The electricity gives off pow erful etnerlo disturbanees. . These travel merrily across the -ocean,and reproduce themselves on the - instruments on - the other . side. ' Happily these, disturbances or impulses can be made -ito talk. - "go far s -1 can see, - it Is only a question of a little time until wireless telegraphy will be as commonplace as the telephones oa oar desks are today," 1 Traffic across ths Burnslde street bridge will be suspended for 60 days while the east approach is being rebuilt and , ' the main ' structure redecked. Neither teams, streetcars nor foot pas sengers will- be , permitted to cross the structure if the- plans of the counlty court r not 'hana-eri - The contract for rebuilding the east approach will ' be, let this arternoon, rletely ; for 80 days, for- $29,884. For 33,950 he would permit foot pass traf fic, but would keep teams off for 120 days. To allow one' car line and foot trafflo would cost $35,945 and close the brlslee to teams-for 120 days. J. E. Gardner' bid $84,980 on a closed bridge, requiring 90 days for the work. and 146.56 to allow foot traffic and one car line, and' would keep the bridge ciosea ulu -nays. - t surveyor- Holbrooic recommended that County Surveyor iHolbrook, to ' whom the contract be given to Wakefield under tha bids .were referred, recommended that tha bid of Robert Wakeneld, which was the lowest be accepted. This rec ommendation will govern the letting of the contract unless the county officials find something that causes them to change their1, intentione . The bids were opened by the county court Saturday and referred to County Surveyor Holbrook for recommendation. After niecina tha bids together Mr. Hol brook reported the bids on . the entire contract as follows: ... Robert Wakefield offered to do the work if ha could close the bridge com- the closed-bridge conditions, pointing out mat this - would, oe o,i cneaper than to allow foot traffic, and would permit opening the bridge to teams 60 days earlier than would otherwise be possible. V:-- The contract calls for the entire re construction of the oast approach of the bridge, which includes- about 1,600 feet of the-structure, and redecking the main bridge. The necessity; for this workwas, pointed out by Tha Journal last "Winter, when 'the bridge waa de clared -to be dangerous by; men employed upon.lt.- .: : .-.'.".', .'- PBINCE. IS ARRESTED , I FOB lEADING ROBBER - .vX-h? ' (tJeltod Pens Leased Wire.) .' Lura, Russia.' Oct. 1. Prince Peter Akroplkin, the socialist leader,, has been arrested here charged with being impli cated in the robbery bv-revolutionists of the country-house of Metropolitan Antonlvs,. . - . - ': i-i Two-Cent Rate in Pennsylvania. THarrlsburg, : Pa.. Oct " l.-The Duns- more act Passed bv the Jast Pennsyl vania legislature, plaolng long-distance railroad passenger rates In this state on a flat 2-cent basis; goes into -operation today. -Practically all of . the .railroads haveiannounced their Intention to com ply With the law pending the supreme eourt decision oa Its , eonstltutloaaUty. FORT Y,TW0 KILLED , 1 IN KOREAN, WRECK - i (BoltedS Press-, teased 'Wire.) ' Keoul Kofea, Oct L As the result of a train leaving the track early today, 48 persona, including 80 Japanese sol diers, were killed or. Injured.! . ..; A, ; .' '' 1 V - Carnival Open at Kansas City. y 8plal Dlttmlob ' -te -The " Jonrssl.l' ' Kansas City, ' MaV Oct.' 1; Kansas City's- great fall celebration opens to night with the Prtests of Pallas parade, and i thousands of visitors are In the city! to witness the carnival festivltiea Three dajrs and. nights are' to be spent In Jollification and the - event promises to be the finest that" ever took-place In this jwxt of the country. 5 . : , ! i , . . .-: , ' ' I v 1 ; i r u -.'- i ? Vr.'- f:Y:7 J : r' neron th rwiit nf h.vT.. T.ZX - - m waCT Llirm VAC tC Baoalnrs Dirtiness Turned xiam. - "He asked me to help him In differ- 4 ft Instated that -1 aee George .r w BaT. with whom i " P jjme inXluonce. in a endeavor to haJ IS make his place 'fair.' n t?t5...nOB .. h. waa W STEVE -ADAMS, A' PRINCIPAL a IN THE STEUENBERQ i CASE, WHOSE ARREST, WAS BROUGHT ABOUT BY BROWN. ; ' . Ix WMk, 'mm - . . Mr. Vtn.""uu,f ? tne meat of hi- etorx v and JRad3lno i Wor togetKerfading was with us. At that ttatSln discussing mu nicipal affV fd. lt- would be a great Joke' L0""1 the mayor ' with aome Vm2r" Proposed that -auch a plan tt w?rke.d out with our assistaace. He.1".1! by makln aucn coup we -,-' ."; iu wnoia ' municipal governswf - nto one greut body. I turned tt i JP,'a ' own ,an.t said t would have nth.lna o do wm, such a scheme and Da.'"" repudi ated it at that time. . . I heard nothlna further or n.n . ?T?ltlan': concluded Mr.' Willi "ami had xoraotten it until tha t....i... do not know anythin- of either of them I beUeve thlsw-tbat if Srf - ana was STlHt Of Much a eharira , V- T. JT made against him he should be i.unUh.. i Just as any, other man, but it ' , ' not 'auilty.- he should , be fuliv. x i,., ... cated and those implicated in th , . t against him should be , fully pun in j,. by the law. I do not believe in n such method of 'revenge or any such nlan to. discredit a man or an officiMi and wtnild not be a party to such a scheme, - therefore I have told what t know it order that it , may throw alt the light in my, power, upon the pro- ceedliiga."" ; ,; r.,. -f x i r -. J: -, . . Serlia Xataretrted fa Xadding. Raddtng since tha eonvecsation wlfi Wills and Devlin has been befriend. ! y .the latter who sought to seeurm . him-, emDlovment with the Portiiti, 1 Railway, Light V Tower company, nui Interceded; in his behalf with . '.. !- . secretary -of that company. - fim-e y i arrest Pevlin has alao interestea 1: . self in : Bedding's behalf. Lone nrlor to this time anl tin f 1 time of his arrest Raddlng -friend and coworker with -r...- . I , Reed, who was the private crK-un tne north ena amncm i t' Devlin's candidacy tde mayi-r. supposed to have been at lt' i 1 tlon that Raddlng s el l out t( party and faUod to iir V Hons ror muniripai w !- wi- . been Intrusted wtlh tli lift ' 4 ' of the orp&irfaiatlon. Rad-Mn-.- 'ties borna a r- , r since i.e rst set - r i ; XCo&tlautl i I A'.. , f : v -mm ;- 1- . rfJy:.,!,
