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VOL. VI. NO. 201
PORTLAND, OREGON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 30, 1907. SIXTEEN PAGES.
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BUSIES CQiS 1 TSIlTllPKp
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TEAL SAYS
ROADS 1
Portland Attorney Charges
That Kail ways Are in
Conspiracy to Raise Rates
Charged for Shipment of
Lumber From Coast.
Intimates That Jurisdiction
Question Raised by Lines
Is for Purpose of Tiring
Out Protesting Shippers
Before Case Ends.
(United rre Leecl Wire.)
(Seattle, Wash.. Oct. 30. The argu
ment for the lumbermen against the
proposed Increase of rates on lumber
shipments by tlio railroads was pre
sented In the federal court before
Judges Hanford and Wolvcrton this
morning. The chief argument was made
by Attorney J. N. Teal of Portland In
which he charge! that the proposed in
crease, is i lie result of a knowing con
spiracy between the railroads in de
fiance of the courts.
It was stated by counsel that the
question of Jurisdiction which has been
brought up by the railroads is in reality
a question of whether or not the ship
per Is at the mercy of the railroads
while awaiting the decision of the
courts. It was Intimated that the pur
pose of the railroads in questioning the
jurisdiction of the court in the present
case is an attempt to carry the rate
controversy to different courts situated
in distant parts of the country and this
way to win the fight by tiring out the
protesting shippers.
Counsel stated that If a railroad can
enjoin a rate mode by state officers, it
Is difficult to see why a shipper cannot
secure un Injunction against a rate
made hv h railroad, and that If it is
' held that the law does not provide for
such an injunction, ii sentiment will be
aroused through the whole country
which will necessitate the immediate
amendment of the railroad rate law to
provide for such emergencies.
The motion of the railroads yesterday
to dismiss tho proceedings on the
f round that the court has no Jurisdict
ion, ami that service was defective,
was overruled by Judge Hanford. The
?uestlon of Jurisdiction may corns up
or further consideration later.
. An affidavit was Med yesterday by
J. H. Bloedel, manager of thu Ursen
Lumber company .of Bellingham in
which It is charged that the Great
Northern Is today hauling lumber from
British Columbia points east cheaper
than from Seattlo to North Dakota. It
is charged in this affidavit that, while
under the new schedule rates from coast,
American points nro raised from noth
ing to 50 per cent, the Canadian rate
remains unchanged even though trans
ported via the American line in bond
anH back intor Canada.
mumi
STOPS II
IH OREGON
Lays Off Construction Crews
Here but Goes. Ahead With
Improvements on Califor
nia branches Blames
Stringency of 3foney.
HOTEL IS ;
I ASHES
Sixty Guests Have Narrow
Escapes When the Forty
Thousand-Dollar Hostelry
Is Totally Destroyed by
Conflagration.
Portland Cannot Understand
Why Northwest Is Dis
criminated Against Ri
"paria Extension Blocked
North Rank in Balance.
Hlrrlman has tightened his purse-
strings In the northwest and settled
down to policy of "wait." Marrlman
always has had more or less of a policy
of wait, so far as Oregon 1ft concerned,
and it Is not surprising that he has
called a halt on railroad work In this
state.
Orders went out 3-esterday and this
morning from headquarters to stop work
on the Rlparla division between Riparia,
Washington, and Lewiston. Idaho. All
of the bridge crew on the Alparla bridge
were told that work had been Indefi
nitely suspended. The sum orders were
sent to Pendleton, to Drain and other
places where Harriman wprk was in
progress. Several thousand men will
be thrown out of employment.
Pendleton reported earry this morn-
nr that orders to stop worn on tne
Pendleton-Pllot Rock branch of the Har
riman system, which Is almost com
pleted, had been received there. The
reason given for suspension was the
stringency of tho money market. T,he
DESPONDENT PUGILIST
TAKES HIS OWN LIFE
United Presn Treated Wire.)
Los Angeles, Cal., pet. 30. Despond
ent because of his Inability to attain
fnme in the prize ring "Kid" Bery, a
young pugilist whose homo Is in Utlca,
New York, and who 'nas appeared In
several bouts in San Francisco recent
ly, shot himself through the stomach
this morning and Is dying.
JIORGUEKEEPER IS
SUSPECTED OF PLAGUE
(I.'nltfd Press Leased Wire.)
San Francisco, Oct. 30. Today's
plague report Is as follows:
New, three suspects; totals, 78 veri
fied; 19 cured, 9 remaining; 37 sus
pects. One of the new suspects is
Morgue Keeper Henry of the city and
county hospital.
Wallowa extension from Elgin
shut down about the same time. Work
near Walla Walla was dropped with
alacrity when a message from Omaha
headquarters was received telling di
vision superintendents to pay off and
announce that the suspension of work
was Indefinite, and that there would be
nothing doing until the money market
was adjusted.
Tho Drain-Coos bay division work will
cease tonight, was t,he report received
from San Francisco, and operations oji
t lie north bank of the Columbia are fn
the air.
At the instigation of The Wournal an
investigtition of Ilnrriman work in Cali
fornia wns stnrted and a message was
received In reply sthting1 that no men
had been layed off at the Bayshore cut
off, south of San Francisco,' nor any
other division on which work was be
ing done in that state. The Impres
sion had prevailed in Portlrtml, and
seemingly with good reason, that Har
riman was making Oregon the butt of
his "expense cutting" on account of the
state's persistent demands that he do
something toward improving the service
here.
Harriman is said to have Issued the
orders to stop work in Oregon and part
of, the other states of the northwest
from New York. He gave no reason
other than that he was going iff wait
until the money market improved, and
that work would then be renewed. He
made no mention of any orders to cur
tail the expenses of the Southern Pa-i
cine company, and the following reply
was sent by the United Press to the
query. Is California wrfrk to stop?
"No, Southern Pacific Improvements
to continue, say officials here. No men
have been laid off.
J. P. O'Brien, general manager of the
Harriman lines In the northwest, wnen
asked today for a statement eoncern-
inc tho comnanv's action, replied:
"I am not in a position to say a word
about it."
He positively declined to throw any
light ivpon the situation, excepting to
pay that the dispatch was substantially
correct
Flames Originate in Coal
Chute and Spontaneous
Combustion Is Blamed
Belonged to W. 3f. Ladd
and W. A. Howe.
INVESTMENT BUYING STRONGLY IN
EVIDENCE AT MORNING SESSION
(Special
Carlton,
had narrow
lives this
Dlapatcb to The Journal.)
rr. Oct. 30. ShUjc guests
escapes from losing their
morning when tho Hotel
Carlton, a $10,000 hostelry at this place,
wtfs totally destroyed by fire. The ho
tel Is a total loss and was but par
tially insured. It was the property of
W. M. I-add of Portland and W. A.
Howe of Carlton.
Origin of the conflagration is a mys
tery. The flames broke out in the coal
chute and the theory of spontaneous
combustion appears most probable. Fire
Eroiecuon nere is inadequate and the
laze made rapid headway.
No lives were lost, the tnanatrement
of the hotel marshalling the guests in
to the open air In safety, altnough
they had little time to gather up the.'r
personal effects. Firemen rescued a
great -dealt of portable property but a
large portion of the furniture was de
stroyed.
The fire brlirade nut un a sturdv
Was j fight and while it wns Impossible to
firevent the names rrom consuming the
intel by valiant efforts it confined the
conflagration to the structure in which
It originated.
At noon the upper stories of the ho
tel had been wholly consumed and the
fire was stilt burning fiercely in the
brick basement of the wrecked building.
i Jf'-y - :n-:nriir""F;;1;!IPl; HrTW?j
KNICKERBOCKRR TRUST COMPANY, NEW YORK, AT THE HEIGHT OF THE FINANCIAL EXCITEMENT.
I
BMKS PLEASED WITH SITUATION
1
. FOOTE
VERY COLD
HAS
FEET
Refuses to Take Course in
Boarding School and
Enter Society.
Snow in West Virginia.
(United Presa Leaned Wire.)
Elkins. W. Va., Oct. 30
fallen Uitermlttently
24 hours.
here,
Snow
for the
has
last
ARRESTS
San Francisco Policeman Halts Automobile in Which
Were 3Iiss Minnie Urdahl and Miss, Nellie ,
Graham, Both of This 0ty.
(Cnlted Press Leased Wire.)
San Francisco. Oct. 30. An automo
Ml. enisode ef an unusual character
took place late yesterday when Police
man A. J. Coyle arrested two women on
rhara-e of drunkenness and one of
them for violating the automobile speed
law. . Miss Minnie Urdahl was the
chauffeur and Miss Nellie Grtftiam was
the other occupant of the machine.
Th patrolman noticed the machinon
Its zlffz&g Journey down Fell street,
coming at a great rat of speed. Much
was his surprise when he saw Jhat th
occupants were women. He made chase
and yelled to them to stop.
The patrolman succeeded in catching
tho fair automobllists, but before the
machine was stopped. Miss Urdahl in
Jier efforts to halt the .car, backed off
the' street and cntshed through a fenoo.
Botb women were la happy frama
of mind and said that they bore no hard
feelings against the bluecoat who
stopped them. They were takenvto the
Park station, where they were booked.
After a short time had elapsed E. E.
Stoddard, manager of the Jefferson
Squara garage, appeared and gave bail
for both women.
Miss Urdahl has lived in San Fran
cisco for the last year. Her, home is in
Portland, Oregon. Miss Graham also
came hero from Portland.
(United Presi Leaaod Wire.)
Brockton, Mass., Oct. 30. Unwilling
to undergo a courso of training at a
boarding school to fit her for "high so
ciety," Mrs. Maud Crowell Foote has
brought suit for divorce from Henry S.
Foote of Denver, son of former United
States Senator Footo of California.
frandson of ex-Governor Foote of Neva
a and n ne"how of E. C. Benedict, the
New York banker. The Footes were
married in New York In 1904.
"Mr. Foote's rich relatives are not
satisfied with me," said Mrs. Foote to
day, "but I do not propose to go to
school and be cut off from my family."
Portland banks report practically normal conditions to- ;
day. In. many cases deposits exceed withdrawals and new
cconfs are being opened. No unusual demands were made
on any of the banks.
The Portland clearing-house requests all depositors To
stamp their checks "payable through the clearing-house."
Clearin'g-honse certificates are being used only for the settle-
jnent of bnlmces between banks and arc in all cases secured
by the deposit of ample securities. 4
Ordinary commercial demands for small sums are being J
paid by the banks in cash. Larger demands are being paid 4
in certificates of deposit or cashier's checks, which pass as t
currency. I Ins means merely the substitution ot certmcatcs f
X or cashier's checks for cash, in large transactions. 4
X An ample supply of money is on hand for legitimate, X
quircments. ' J
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LOCAL BUSNEGS NOT
HAMPERED BY USE OF
PRECAUTIONARY PLAN
Lower Rates for Money and New En
gagements of Gold Show That the
Crisis Has Passed Stocks Make
Sharp Recovery
With adoption last evening of the
certificate plan by the Portland Clear
ing House association, conditions very
nearly normal wcro resumed at' the
banks this morning at the usual opening
hour. The clearing house banks decided
to adept Mi" course in effect In New
York, Cl.icago, and other large cities,
anil make nssurance doubly sure that
there would be no local disturbance as
a result of eastern financial conditions.
There were nci evidences of uneasi
ness on the part of depositors or cus
tomers at any of the banks. The usual
small cheeks that are issued In payment
of current accounts are being paid-in
coin at any bank, and cashiers' checks
are used only In handling large sums.
The prat'tieai effect ,.f the certificate
plan is to - furnish an emergency cur
rency that will expand to fit the situa
tion demanded by the daily normal vol
ume of business in this particular com
munity. Each I 11 k in the clearing
house or affll iat. d with It has placed
approved securities in the hands of the
loan committee of the eleiirlng hodse,
and has received therefor certificates of
credit, that enable the imnvidual bank
to issue its cashier's check against the
clearing house as currein y. Such cur-
(Continued on Page Four.)
SCHOOL
MAK
BOOK FAMINE
ES JACK A DULL BOY
Miss Minnie Urdahl lived in this city
for many years. She was considered a
very pretty girl and had many admirers.
About two years ago, on account of disr
agreeable connection with a scandal she
is satu to have decided to live in Ban
Francisco and- later she moved to that
city. Miss Urdahl is a tall blonde of
handsome fac"e and figure. ..Miss Gra
ham was employed rs saleslady in a
Washington street store. The families
of both vouna women are residents of
Portland. ,,, . ; ;. ri'..t-i:p:
Public schools In Portland and
throughout the state are in the grip of
a book famine, and loud clamors are ris
ing from every side demanding to know
why the text books ordered some time
ago from the manufacturers in the east
through the wholesale dealers of Port
land arc not now in the hantts of the pu
pils. In the meantime the teachers are get
ting along with their classes The best
way they can, using old books and doub
ling up on what new ones have come
while they wait for the dealers to sup
ply the demand.
At Salem the state board of education
Is threatening to sue the manufacturers
on their bonds furnished as surety that
they would supply books as ordered by
the dealers. The board Is blamine tho
dealers and the manufacturers, whilo the
dealers blame the teachers and district
board for not having filed their orders
for new and in many cases unexpected
books in time to allow the printers to
prepare for the sudden and great de
mand. A meeting of the board was held In
Salem last night,, at which the book
men explained the situation to the
school men, but apparently the expla
nation was not satisfactory. It was rep
resented at the meeting that J. K. Gill
& Co, have been out of practical arith
metics for some time, while the schools
throughout the state are clamoring far
a supply and are being forced to either
go without or to use old and discarded
texts.
Geographies are very scarce, with or-!
dera , aent ia last June to arrlv next 1
week. The texts used in the bookkeep
log classes arc very scarce and not to
bo hitd. , New York houses have been
sineo the middle', of July getting small
parts of big orders to the state. In one
instance having ben unable to ship
more man jo.uuo geographies out of an
order for 2.",000 sent early in August.
Thp last 5,000 are- due to arrive next
week, but have not yet been heard from.
Because of this long delays the board of
education is planning to commence suit
against the manufacturers to recover
on their bonds, the manufacturers
having given bonds to have a continu
ous supply on hand from July 1 for a
period of six years.
Olll Blames Others.
John Gill, of the firm of J. K. Gill A
Co., ;ives an interesting explanation of
the famine. He lays the blame not so
much upon the shoulders of the manu
facturers as upon the teachers who or
der the books, saying that the latter
should keep in closer touch with the
dealers and thus allow them to give
some warning of , large orders to the
eastern houses.
There is a scarcity in the supplv of
school books." said Mr. Gill this morn
ing, "but it is caused by the great and
sudden demand for books which were
ordered so late that the publishers have
been unable to meet the call in fime to
fill alt orders received. .. ;''
- "For instance, 30,000 copies ofSfine
textbook were ordered by us JuffeS
last and out of that number onIylJ00
were shipped, ind then not for 60 ds.
All of the order has not yet been
shipped. This may be due ta the great
demand (or the same book- la other
stntes, and also partly to transportation
troubles. The order called for a 30-day
delivery.
"In Portland there is a scarcity of
books and the schools are carrying on
their work in tho best wuy possible un
der the circumstances. .Most of the
books have never leen used in Oregon
before aad it is therefore impossible
to get second-hand editions. There
fore old books are being used and ar
rangements arc being made to change
the first (ft the year.
"The scarcity comes from greater and
sudden demand and is largely the fault
of the teachers themselves. For in
stance, u teacher in Salem may want
i)00 copies cf The Lady of the Lake.
The dealer Is not justified in keeping
more than a small number of these
books in stock and the teacher puts off
ordering until the last minute. The
eastern house is swamped with the or
der and delay issues. This Illustration
holds good In nearly every other case.
"There should bo a closer working
agreement between the teachers and
the book dealers. Teachers who know
for a long time in advance that they
are going to use some new text book
should give the dealer and through-him
the manufacturer warning of the fact,
so that he will have time to prepare
tor the extra demand. If that was
done there would J he no famine. .(. It
was not done and therefore - there-
a scarcity of books tn-many cases.?- '
It Is. believed, however, that the -new
books will have ail been shipped bv the
first of the year, s that the midwinter
classes wfli be able to commence with
them as soon as school Is opened after
the holidays.". .WW-'-' - !
(Sppdul Plpnfch to Tit Jomnil.)
N-w York, Oct. 30. Today's market
Rave unmistakable Indications or re
turning confluence. Investment buying
was s'rongly in evidence and tho shorts
were scrambling to cover. Although
the opening was weak, the wholo list
closed with material advances, extend
ing In many raws to four and five
'points above last night's close.
Lower rates for money, new engage
men 1.1 of gold for shipment from for
eign centers and the general feeling
thai t lie worst of the crisis is past,
were the factors in the advance. Loans
i re freely offered before the market
lot-ed nt six and seven per cent and
the appearance of cash in large amounts
did much to relieve, tho stringency that
has prevailed.
Industrial stocks, which have been
notably weak during the recent de
clines, showed unexpected strength.
Colorado Fuel & iron closed at 17. a
net gain of from yesterday. Amal
gamated Copper score:l an advance of
2V Suear gained 3?fe, Smelter 3,
Steel, common and preferred, l'i.
Strength marked also the quotations
on railroud stocks, St. Paul closing at
102 'A, a gain of 2; Northern Pacific
at lOSft, a gain of 24; Union Pacific
at 110, a gain of 4, and Great
Northern nt 112, a gain of 2 V4 .
--With, the ajMiouncernent today that
the Knickerbocker Trust company will
pay its depositors every dollar and the
return of bnnklng conditions to a prac
tically normal basis. Wall street Is con
gratulating itself on weathering; the i
fiercest financial slnrm i
Brokers are still refusing marginal bus
,ms" ana snort orders, but all -bunk
T.'Lif? Ttl(-ftlly over. The checking
committee in charge of the Knicker
bocker company's books announced to
nnnai eJbooks show good assets of
Jttfc, 000,000, due depositors 4M..tS7 000
Tho surplus is considered ample to cover
the shrinkage In values of securities
and loss on collection.
n(mpwr?ntr KWsely. after a confer
ence with Secretary of the Treasury
Cortelyou at Washington, proposed to I
;S5tn.1ltiona, bB"hs all over the emuitrv J
c.i mvy suDsmute other securities for
their government bonds on deposit with
the treasury and use the released bonds
ror taking out additional circulation. It
Is stated that from Jl5.0OP.O00 to 120,-
1000.000 additional circulation can thus
be obtained Immediately wtth notes now
actually printed and In, the r treasury,
GKAXTS PASS SAFE.
:- . ..'
Business on Clearing House Basis
Mass Meeting Votes Confidence. ,
(Special Dispatch to Tbe . M?aal.) "
Grants Pass, Or., Oct. 30. - a mats
meeting of depositors of the First Na
tional bank and the Grants Pass Bank
ing & Trust company, held this morning
at Commercial Club rooms for the pur
pose of discussing the condition of the
local banking situation, resulted in
unanimous vote of confidence.
H. L. Gilkey, cashier of the First Na
tional bank, rtated that at a Joint meet
ing of the stockholders and directors
last evening it was decided to make ue
of the five days' holiday declared by
Governor Chamberlain, and the banks
here would carry on business on a clear-:
ing house basis-Muring that time. No
monev can be withdrawn and no checks
will be received for transfer. Local
business transactions will be done
through the medium of clearing hnue
(Continued on Page Two.) t
GOVERNOR READY TQ '
JVHIDRAW HIS ORDER
4 Salem. Or.. Oct. 30. Th gof-
ernor Issued a statement to the
4 press today, saying that the con-; 4
4 dltlons of Oregon's bfllrtks and
4 business In the state ((were never
better. He says he flrOUtd recall
his five day holiday proclamation
at once, but the Portland banks
consider it safer to continue the '
4 s.ine in force. The office of the '
4 secretary of state, la, issuing no
4 warrants on tho advice Of the -
4 attorney-general during the v
4 period covered by the proclama
tlon.
15,000 Al lLl BY SLIDE
. . ;.'::;,;s:r;l'-.'j,fe4ifl:.rf','i
Population of Kararaffh, in Bokhara, Is .AYipetl Out of .
. Existence by Avalanche of Earth Loosened
: , ' From Mountain by Earthquake, . '
(Cnlted Press LmwI Wire.)
Tashkend.: Russian Turkestan, Oct. 30.
The population of Karatagh in Bokha
ra numbering 18,000, has been killed by a
mountain. slide following an earthquake
The town was destroyed. Karatagh Is
situated 100 miles southeast of Samar
kand. ... ' ,
The slide was poised over the city' for
days andt started suddenly. . The in
habitants had no chanos to escaie and
ere burled under many feet of earth,
any buildings had already been' ruined
by the quake and hundreds , of .people
were, encamped m the streets when the
slide - occurred. The governor -and his
mother 'are the only nes known to
have escaped. Communication with the
stricken city is cut off. It ts: thought
that , some people may be alive In the
suburbs. It will be many days before
all the facts are known. . Rescuers are
on the way t ,save anjr who may. be 1
alive. ? It In generally thought that tne '
number will not fall below 15.000 dead.
' Naples. Oct. 30. Earthquakes were
felt at Monte Leone. San Procapia, Sl
nople and Ssnta Kuremia st o'clock
Monday night, according to.. advice re
ceived here Joday. . f
'Washington. Oct S(k Karatagh, ' the
scene of a disastrous earthquake ami
landslide aecording to a eabfgrmn r- -cetved
from Tashkond. Kuio Tur--tan.
today, is Jta miles gotihrt -
Samarkand. ' where several eirfii 1 " '
occurred -on October to. Tie
anccs wore recorded by '
reau seismOTspii ai't
at the time that thy
southern India. I ! tel.c
same Way from tt. i
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