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VOL. VI. NO. 193.
PORTLAND, OREGON, THURSDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 17, 1907. EIGHTEEN PAGES.
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SETTLE IR01
WORKS FATE
Steel King Will Decide on
Future Folicy in San
Francisco Within Next
Three Bays Depression
Is Simply Reaction.
Declares Roads Are Suffering From Un
just Agitation of Questions Unfairly
Presented and From the Enforce
s
ment of Unjust and Discriminative Bmu-.iippoiiiti m n
J vada Mines Declares H
Laws.
He
Has Never Seen 31a n Who
Would Tell Truth About
That State.
(United Press LhhiI Wlrs.)
Chicago. Oct. 17. E. H. Harrlman to
day appealed to the people of the United
States, the newspapers and the press
associations to see to It that the rail
roads got fair play before the Inter
state commerce commission. He sug
gested that the newspaper and presa
association peoplo hold a meeting to de
vise regulations for the rallronds.
'The railroads," he said, "are suffer
ing from unjust agitation of question
unfairly presented them and from the
enforcement of unjust and discrimina
tive laws.
"The court whore many of these In
justices have been Inflicted la the In
terstate commerce commission. Some
of these Injustices make the railroad
men sick at the stomach. A remedy can I
be procured by the presa by asking the1
commission to consider the defense
nnr! mnlalnt at the same time."
Harrlman said that the roads realize
that there must be governmental reg
ulation, but that In the present agltat-d
state of the public mind the roads are
prevented rrom getting justice.
When the fierce Flsh-Harriman fight
for Illinois Central proxies was re
sumed this morning the commission of
three apponlted to examine the validity
of the proxies was still in deadlock, and
realizing that the deadlock Is hopeless
for the present the stockholders ad
journed until 8 o'clock this morning.
During the examination Fish replied
Hotly to nam man suggestion mat an
questionable proxies be thrown out. as
Fish claims- these. Later Fish pleaded
for Justice. His lieutenants were work
ing for proxies until daylight this morn
ing. The Harrlmanites claim that Fish
will not be able to control over 250,-
000 shares.
FOR BETTER WATERFRONT
Ordinance Placing the District Within Fire Limits Soon
to Be Brought Before Council Stone Build
ings arid Docks Would Be Built.
(United Press Lassed Wire.)
San Francisco, Oct. 17 Whether the
Union Iron Works Is to be enlarged or
closed will be determined by Charles
M. Schwab, former president of the
United States steel corporation, within
the next three days. Schwab arrived
last night from the east. Asked whether
the present depression In finances Is
temporary or likely to be serious, he
replied :
The prevailing Repression is simply
a reaction. We are going ahead too
fast. Now we have to go slow awhile
There has been a boom, everything was
carried to the breaking point, and pres
ent conditions aro merely the reaction
People have lost the confidence thaw
had, and depression eusues." SchwTb
Is an extensive owner of mining inter
ests In Nevada.
"I put more money into Nevada than
any oilier man, ne said, nut i must
say that I am bitterly disappointed In
Nevada. I do not think that 1 have met
a man who told the truth about Ne
vada. Conflderce of eastern people In
Nevada Is gone.
Portland's waterfront, now not In
cluded In the fire limits of the city. Is
to be Incorporated within these limits as
soon as It is possible for the city at
torney. to draft the ordinance. He Is
now working on the document and In
all probability will have It ready for
Introduction before the next meeting of
the council.
If the. ordinance Is passed, and it has
been asked for by a number of the
councilmen. It will put an end to the
construction of wooden wharves and
buildings along the waterfront and In
sure fireproof and modern structures In
the future. It will also Insure that all
repairs and future additions to the
present existing wharves and buildings
along the waterfront be made In accord
ance with the new ordinance and there
fore as near fireproof as possible. In
brief the passage of the proposed ordi
nance Will put an end to wooden struc
tures along th river front and will
mean that ultimately the whole water
frontage will be bounded by wharves of
brick, stone or concrete and steel.
The city attorney Is drafting the or
dinance upon the request of a number
of the members of the council and the
health and fire board. At the present
tlma the fire limits do not reach the
wharf line along e river, but end at a
varying distance of from 60 to 100 feet.
This lakes in the buildings along front
street In the majority of cases but
does not embrace the long line of
wharves and docks stretching up and
down the river.
Under the present ordinances In effect
It Is possible for wharf and dock own
ers to construct and maintain Immense
wharves and buildings of wood, bullded
upon piling reaching out into the river
to the harbor line. All of the old docks
and wharves of the city are of wood and
are highly inflamable. so that should a
fire be started in any one of them it
would endanger the whole waterfront.
Sopie of the most disastrous fires In the
history of the city have been along the
river's edge and It Is to put a stop to
this great hacard that the new ordi
nance is being drafted.
The matter of requiring all owners of
river front property to construct con
crete seawalls along the harbor line has
also been referred to the city attorney
and ho Is now Investigating the subject
to determine whether it rests In the
power of the city to draft and enforce
such an ordinance.
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POLICE El
MEDIANS
INEYH
George Best Is Arrested for
Bigamy While Checking
Trunks to Chicago Where
He Hoped to Take Bride
on Wedding Journey.
Member of Kolb fc Dill Com
pany Admits Escapade of
Past but Declares His In
carceration Is Job o
Father-in-Law.
tUnlted Prew Wirt.)
San Francisco, Oct. 17. The honey
moon or ueorge o. JJeat, an actor
formerly connected with the Kolb and
Dill company, was rudely nipped In the
bud late Wednesday by detective! who
arrested him at the ferry depot while
he was attending to the checking of his
trunks to Chicago. He was taken Into
custody and locked up pending the ar
rival of a warrant from Los Angeles
charglrg him with bigamy.
His bride of 10 days, a daughter of
Facific Coast Company's Ves- Committees Take Big Strides
sel Queen Nearly Sinks Toward Securing Needed
at Bay City Dock.
REFUSE TO WORK
WITHOUT GRAFT
Egyptian Officials Insist
Upon Tips for Perform
ing Eegular Duties.
F0NT1ET
IS
UR1
DEAD
(United Pre Leaicd Wire.)
Alexandria, Oct. 17. Grafting on
large scale has been discovered In the
Egyptian government, and Socrates Bey
Splro, the director of services, together
with the chief of the staff, the Inspector
of Alexandria harbor, the captain of the
Port of Rosetta and numbers of other
'officials have been banished from
EavDt.
The " officials Involved have been
found guilty of accepting bribes for
every kind of service it has been in their
power to render, xney wouia noi per
form any of their duties without being
bribed. They had a regular scale In op
eration, ranging from a box of figs to
(260.
Foreign shipping masters are held re
sponsible for the spread of the grafting
system, they being anxious to evade
harbor regulations. Investigations are
continuing and are expected to involve
at least 100 officials.
B00SEVELT IS MAKING
EXCUSES FOE HUNTING
United Press Leased Wire.)
. Stambonl, La,, Oct 17. Jake and
Ralph Osborne, noted hunter, will join
the Roosevelt party today or tomorrow.
The failure thus far to catch a single
bear Is said to be due to the bad be
havior of the dovs and to the further
fact that the party la too large.
Governor Hanley Orders the
Troops to Shoot Vandals
for Looting Homes.
(United Press Leased Wire.)
Fontanet, Ind., Oct. 17. Fontanet I
today burying its dead. The mourners
gather under their tents where the fu
neral .services are being held, while the
militia holds off the curious.
All day yesterday graves were dug in
the little cemetery east of the city. The
search for missing bodies was resumed
today. Fresh bodies of militia have ar
rived to assist in the work.
Many Darts of bodies hrvvn been found
In the dust around the boiler-house. The
searchers would find skulls here and
hands there.
Alfred I. DuDont. vlce-Dresldent of the
Dupont Powder company, arrived this
morning to 'look after the comfort of
the homeless. He has also started an
Investigation into the explosion.
Governor Hanly la angered bv renorta
that bones dug from the debris by boys
are oeing exniouea in terre Haute sa
loons.. He has, ordered this work
stopped and has given the soldiers In
structions to shoot the vandals if nec
essary. ,
SELECTING JURY FOB
SECOND FOBD TRIAL
(United Press Leased Wire.)
San Francisco, Oct. 17. The work of
selecting a Jury for' the second trial of
Tirey L. Ford, accused of bribing su
Dervlsors. be era n 'in - Judare Lawlnr's
court this morning.
(United Press Laed Wire.)
San Francisco, Oct. 17. 111 luck
seems to pursue the steamship Queen
of the Pacific Coast Steamship company.
During the years that the ship has
been on the coast and Alaska trade
she has met with a series of misfor
tunes. The latest accident to the
Queen occurred late Wednesday, when
she nearly sank at the wharf while
taking on cargo. The ship listed to
starboard and water began to pour
through one of the portholes astern.
There were nearly 200 stevedores and
worKir.en auuara me vessel, wnose lives
were endangered. Thanks to tho Dres
ftice of mind and quick action on the
part of the station keeper. Oscar Nel
son, who closed the porthole, the Inflow
of water was stopped and all danger
oi a calamity was averted.
ASSASSINS
MEXICAN
'S STEP
Revolutionist Says Agents
of Diaz Have Chased
Him Over Country.
(United Press Leased Wire.)
Chicago, Oct. 17. Emilio Pampo, a
Mexican revolutionist from Los Angeles,
claims that agents of President Diaz
sought to kill him last night by firing
six shots at him while he was walking
on the north side. He says he feigned
death by falling and that his assailants
Immediately fled.
Pampo says he Is a university man
and the son of a wealthys Mexican. He
fled with J. Joregul, a revolutionist
leader, from Mexico to escape arrest,
going to Los Angeles, where he was
shadowed by agents of Diaz. After ar
riving in Chicago, PanTpo says the Mex
ican government again told him he was
marked for death. Pampo is being
guarded at the police station.
Contributions to the Rosa Festival
fund are over $25,000 today and many
more large pledges aro expected this
afternoon -to help swell the total.
At a meeting of the ways and means
committee held in the offices of the
association it was decided to reorganize
all the committees who have not made
at hast a partial report so that the
work of completing the canvass for
the xiiMi.iiiiu lunu may be gone on with
out delay.
The committee will hold Its next
meeting Monday evening by which time
roportK rrom all committees ure re
quested to be In so the association may
make public acknowledgement of the
receipt of the amounts contributed or
of pledges for amounts.
Several large contributions came in
to the ways and means committee this
morning including Pledges of $300 from
The Journal and pledges of $2,r0 each
lrom the Oregonlan and the Telegram.
(Continued on Page Two.)
TWO MORE CASES OF
PLAGUE ARE FOUND
(United Press Leased Wire.)
San Francisco, Oct. 17. The follow
ing plague report was issued by the
board of health today:
Bince yesterday, 2 new susDected
cases, 1 death. Totals to date, 69 verl-
rien canes. 41 deaths. 11 dlsohaieed. 17
remaining, it suspects.
THE
W. Fleming, manager of the Amert
can Type rounders company In l.os
AngeleB, departed In tears with her
rather on the afternoon train for tht
south, weeping and swearing wndylniri
constancy ana aevotion lor ner actor
husband
The warrant for Best s arrest was Is
sued at the Instance of another wife
who resided In Los Angeles.
fieming saiii mat tils daughter. Ce
Alia wlin la 90 f n .... n . I
was married to Best 10 days ago in
eanta Ana. one was stage struck, he
said, and fell an easy prey to the fas-
lnatlng manners of Best. He had dls
pproved of the match but his objec
tions were futile.
rleming investigated Best s career
arid said he had found a woman In Los
Angeles who was tho fellow's wife. He
prevailed upon her to have the warrant
Issued for- Best's arrest for bigamy.
Fleming asserts that Best hus still an
other wife living, from whom he has
not been legally separated. Best, at
the city prison last evening said:
"Thlo is a trumped-up charge. It
will prove to be so as soon as the mat
ter comes up In the courts of Los
Angeles. To be perfectly frank. I lived
with a woman named Anita Thompson
for three years, but never married her.
She is in Los Angeles, I believe, and I
suppose that she has been approached
to place these charges. I think that
she married a man named Smith after
I left her."
CITY ONE
OF
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Street Sweepings Dumped
Into Gulch Near Which
Are School, Churches and
Hotels Residents Enter
Complaints.
Public Highway 'Used as ar
Convenient Place to Un
load Refuse of All Kinds
Authorities Requested to
Abate the Nuisance.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER JR. IT
ISN'T A TRACT BUT A STOCK
CERTIFICATE THAT OCCU
PIES HIS ATTENTION.
KINGS
ARE DISTURBED
Otto Heinze & Co. Ask for Re
ceiverAugust Ileinze
Reported Failed.
(Special Plspntcb tn The Journal.)
New York, Oct. 17. Wall street was
n a flurry this morning over the re
port that August Heinze had gone under.
All the money kings are excited and
cen tho nlacld Rockefellers, father and
son, are said to bo unnerved by a situa-
ion which appears to have been brought
about to a certain extent by the Stand
ard OH grip on securities and manlpula.
lion or same.
An informal statement was issued this
morning by the Arm of Otto Heinze &
o., which attempted to corner the coo
per market, in which the firm declared
itself perfectly solvent and willing to
meet an or its legitimate obligations in
full. It said, however, that rather than
settle unjust claims, the firm preferred
temporary suspension from the privi
leges of the stock exchange.
It Is stated that Arthur Heinze is no
longer a member of the firm. F. Au
gustus Heinze admitted this morning
that he will tender his resignation as
president of the Mercantile National
bank at the directors' meeting today.
He says he has not sold his United
Copper stock.
TACOMAROBBERSTAK
E
VICTIM OUT IN AUTO
Carpenter Alleges He Lost
Ninety Dollars After Be
ing Knocked Out.
EVERYBODY GIVES TO
ROSE FESTIVAL FUND.
New York. Oct. 1 7. Heinze announced
that he had decided to resign after h
conference with his attorneys. Ho said:
"It is felt that owing to the copper
fight now going on I should, in the in
terest of the bunk, give the presidency
to a man able to devote his attention
exclusively to it."
Considerable relief was felt on toe
street this morning when the check
sheets of the stock exchange clearing
house went through.
The stock exchange governing com"
mittee today suspended for one year
Max H. Sehulte, the board member of
the Otto Heinze company.
Heinze resigned the bank nreslde
at noon, and Comptroller of Currency
Ridgeley was offered the presidency
No denial was made that the three
(United Press Leased Wire.)
Tacoma, Wash., Oct. 17. Sam Nelson,
a carpenter, has complained to tne po
lice that he was knocked unconscious,
robbed of $90 and left lying on tho
prairie, south of Tacoma, Tuesday night
by Al Hanson and a woman companion,
who had taken him out for an automo
bile ride. The accused parties have
been arrested.
Nelson was around town spending
money freely, when lie met the couple
and the automobile trio was suggested.
He says he did not recover conscious
ness until Wednesday.
Portland's city government, at least
a part of it. is lending Itself to break
ing down the public health. Bubonlo
plague In San Francisco and the ten
dency In all cities toward a spread of
germ diseases Is a little thing that soma
of Portland's paid servants care not a
rap for. The city has a board of health,
and It Is hoped by cheerfully inclined
persons that this board will cause some
one's arrest and punishment for viola
tions of the common rules of health and
decency.
Dumplnir rotten aarbage. dirtv oaner.
ashes, old clothing and greasy rags into
gulches has become common practice,
aml.Jiowr U- Is known that the street .
sweeping department of tho city has
been an anlooked for offender. Across
the gulch at Chapman street near Tay
lor Is a decrepit bridge from which tho
department has been dumping refuse.
So objectionable has the process of
filllna in this gulch become that chil
dren are being kept at home by their
parents rather than allow them to studv
amid tho foul miasmas caused by the
mountain or garoage and street sweep-
rigs.
The irulch Is 40 or 50 feet below th .
level of the streets In the neighborhood.
t is owned by the King estate and by
acob Kamm. A ramshackle old wooden :
bridge carries Chapman street acrosa
this gulch. For some time the city has
been dumping the sweepings from the
streets off the bridge, it beinir the hOD
of the street cleaning department thai
som aay it can get enough down to till
p to tne level or the bridge, and thus
void building a new span.
Teacher Complains.
At the corner of Chanman and Salmon
treots Is the school and church of the
German Kvangeiical Lutheran congrega-
ion. Tne school is taught by Chrls
lan Markworth.
Although we are half a block from
he gulch, the odors from the refuse
dump are very objectionable," said the
teactier. "several or yie parents have
made complaints to us and the cltj
about the disgraceful condition of th
bridge and have kept their children out
of school rather than have them sub-,
lected to the foul odors arising; constant-
ly from the dump. The parent of on
of the pupils declares that her child
had an attack of diphtheria resulting
from exposure to the germs from th .'
dump."
Many members of the Zl'on German
Lutheran church are also compelled to
remain away from services, or take
round-about way to get to church be
cause of the garbage pile.
Pastor Object.
Rev. W. B. Behrens, pastor of th
church, says that It Is very objection
able at night and whenever It rains, - i
The dew moistening the refuse and
offal makes the stench rise to high -
heaven.
James Foley, one of the property own- :
era In the neighborhood who lives at 1 ..
Chapman and Taylor streets has com-.
plained to the police department fol ;
some assistance in the matter. He de- .
clares that people will have to desert
the neighborhood if the dumping process ,
is Kept up.
In order to facilitate the work of th
street cleaning department a portion ol
the old bridge has been ripped up, ex
posing the huge pile of offensive refuse, .
(Continued on Page Two.)
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L PAY SILL LICENSE
Wholesale Liquor Dealers May Be Enabled to Avoid Pay.
ment of Three Separate Taxes Strong Pro
..testfltd -by -firms? - '
(Continued on Page ?wo)
Liquor dealers of Portland, doing a
wholesale, retail and rectifying busness
in the city, will be required to pay only
the retail dealers license of $800 a
year, if the investigations of City At
torney Kavanaugh lead him to believe
that he Is empowered to draft an 6rdl-
nance requested by a special committee
of the license committee of the council.
A short time ago the question was
rma as to wnetner or not nrms doing
more than one kind of liquor business
In the city wer liable to more than
one .license, and it was decided that un
der the existing ordinances a firm doing
a wholesale business, a retail business
and also a rectifying business was Habit
to mree separate licenses, qrhrs decis
ion, which la now in forc make It
necessary for such a firm to pay .the
retail 1irtA n f Kflft -n . fhM n;hnl,w
sale license of f iao a year and the !
iR-a'. II..... '.Iff 4!A . ....m '
total annual charge of tl.ioa annually
Strong protest was entered by a num
ber of the firms affected by the decision
and a special rommfttee consisting o
Councilmen Cottell. Drlacoll and Wal
lace was appointed by the liquor llcensi
committee of the council to examine tin
question and provide some solution foi
It. After considering the propoidtloi
this committee has requested the cltj
attorney to draft mn ordlnanc provid
ing that all firms doing such three,
fold business shall be liable to but
license and that the highest. -
Jf this ordinance should be pn' V
would mean that all such lirms wui
be liable to a license fee of $o
ally and no more. City Attornv J ,
anaugh in now considering the s-n '
of such n ordinance, and If i -"-
Ion th irv is amnowMiil ' '
enforce such measure h
it mid submit Jt to the "
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