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iPortland's Water Sources
Filed on by Moiint Hood
1 jKailroad Company Eellet
i Only Through Congress-
: lonal Interference.
Conflicting Filings" of Com-
pany and City Make Situa
tion Acute Water Board
X Rushes Into Three-Hour
: ' Secret Session.
Outmaneuvered in making water
' flltnss on the Bull Run river by the
'Mount Hood Railway company, the
. City flnda itself confronted with a
:l$ltuatton which: irU aaldVc&p ' only
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SPARKS LOSES
TEDDY'S ROAST
Letter t From President to
Nevada Governor Stolen
From Legislature.
Chamberlain Takes
Indirect Rap at Re
cent Queer Findings
of Courts.
Mrs.' Hetrman .Oelrlchs is making
an active canvaas to - obtain 1 proxies
for 600 ' shares z of Illinois 'Central
;be relieved vby congresslonf4l.iBte-1 storn11nt'irfefrt.-rtMr1'eslln
ference guaranteeing the city ex 1 Fish: Mrs.; Oetrlchs recently created
' clualte water rtehts r
. cltlni M the'cbmpany or itnr othW f t Clgfttette; ; She J holds ,4
; I that ; smoking is 4 not .uncommon I
(Pnlttd Pith Lcvwd Wlr.)
Reno,, Nev Jan. 15. War Is on at
the ipecUl session of the legislature.
President Roosevelt's letter to Gov
ernor Sparks.' in which" the .chief execu
tive .of Nevada, is severely criticised for
appealing ror troops ror uoicmeia wnen
no reaaon ror sucn cau exiatea, nas
Bern aioien.
This was announced at Caraon today
when the lealslators were preparing to
ask the governor to present tbe com
munication to the session for considers
tion. Sparks avers the letter was stolen
from his ornce and me rnam is now
made by the union men that the letter
was stolen to prevent the scandal that
woum follow its publication in run and
that the crime has been committed by
friends or tha Mine owners associa
tion. : On the other hand , the mine
owners allege that the letter has been
taken, bv the miners.. .
: Arrests are.' threatened .unless the
communication Is ' found . before the
among society women ot the east.
IMIi JUDGE OF
. JUVENILE COURT
Individual or corporations.
,So acute baa the situation become
because of conflicting filings .made
in the; past tew weeks by the city
and the railroad . company at . tbe
Oregon City land office that a secret
'session ot the water board was held
yesterday morting, which was at:
; tended - by members s of the board,
s Mayor Harry Lane, City Attorney
Kavanaugh, Superintendent v Dodge
' and "Debuty Auditor Witegand. All
other persons were excluded not ex
cepting newspaper men. -
i'" : ; " rtUags" Wsre Xnoorrtct. "
" The fight' between the company and
the city Is for, the possession of water
rights in excess of those now controlled
by the city. The present rights are
fully protected but If the city should
wish to extend Its present system It
eouid no .ao so wunow securm iU8 iMiaUinat ,man who saw ihe boys
rights over wmch tne present eoniro-
versy binges. .
vnr.Tinn
DtJUU
US1K
it-,
HUIIDRED
(Special OUpatrh to Tb Jooroil.)
Salem,' Or., Jan. 15. George Put
nam, editor of the Med ford Tribune,
who was fined $150 for alleged libel
on the grand jury of Jacksonville
county," refuses to avail himself of
the efforts of his friends to procure
from Governor Chamberlain a re
mission of the fine, and proposes to
carry bis case to the supreme court.
Numerous ' friends of Putnam wrote
or wired to Governor Chamberlain urg
ing the exercise of executive clemency
And now there is no doubt that the
governor would have complied with
these requests, but today Railroad Com
missioner Oswald West received a let
ter from Putnam Baying, "I can neither
ask, nor accept a remission, of the fine
imposed on, me. I Jhave done no wrong,
I am guilty of no crime, and a fair
trial will prove- my cause- to.be a. Just
In view of Putnam a-Attltude Uift gov.
ernf cannot lntervoue, but ne said to
"ssumlnr the facts to he as stated
la tat press reports, Xr. Fntnam la car-
Italaly entttlad to remlsslo of the flas
Imposed y :' tae faektosviUa court U
he wants It, Ky knowledge of the facts
has feeea derived from tne aewspapera
"Rnriipq Tllimpn Jit TlnVA PS-1 ad from the laformatloa thus received
town Are borteu and Dis
played f orr Idehtiilcation;
Boys,' Who Stole Her Leather
Good$ Bpport to, Her
Daily, i
(United Preu JLctaed Wire.)
Boyerstown, Pa., Jan. IS A ghastly '
scene . Is being enacted, here today in
the public school house where the vic
tims of Monday night's theatre fire
snd panic are being Identified. During
the nlcht three undertakers and their
assistants sorted out tne cnarreci Dooies,
separating those with marks by which
they could be identified from the ones
that cannot posnioiy ne recognised.
Bv davugnt tnia gruesome worn naa
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wnen tne uoors or
vere opened to those
seeking the remains of friends and
relatives, a heart-rending Hcene fol
lowed. Several women, after recognls-
swQonea ana
HThii tomnan had these excessive rights i
j nnarln MKiinil hill1 tha limn limit had I itmllliul tti.l. jriiilt.
lapsed and the city saw an; opportunity j stolen cards were returned.
Part of; the
to steo in and secure to em ror the of leather and leather oards valued at
contemplated extension of its present 1 112 had been given away and traded
system. Papers were filed but were not i away by the youngsters ajid Mra. Dock
ered the mlsUke and filed fresh papers
Mrs. S. M. Dockarty, 824 Washington
street, has established a juvenile :court
of her own. ... ,,
Mrs "Dockartv slls Dostal cards and I in features of the' dead
hurnt lMthep Vnvl Tun itiiva a in her I were carried, irom ine room, as eacn
burnt leather goods. Ten i days ago her bo(Jy WM ,dent,fled lt wa, borne t0 an
buiiivi wl uivicu iuiu ujf biitpui Mvjr uiu i Adjoining TOOII1,'
several hundred , cards taken. By the! Coroner Kohler has announced that
au oodles must oe Duriea wunin mree
Fln. uvlih. . Mr, iy, wnimw or noi iny are iuriiiiiicu.
"i' .n. r.. iur u "r, . I In all. 168 bodies have . been recovered,
c","""t"'c,'.'u"",l'- .' , VnhUr think. th rtBath Hut will h
iiannva wnra nrniirni narnrn nur nn : - - -----
tmitted their auilt. . Part of: tne I f rom 1 1 6 to .200. ,
but this time forgot to. file ; a jpiat
along with them. The company of f 1
eials learned of this, and filed on the
same rights. Finally discovering the
latest, error, the city filed the third
time. .
Company Svldently Winner,
" Whthr th rltv cnn regain the
rights tt lost through -the bungling, of
the papers in the courts Is considered
extremely aoupuuj. -- to ao mo wuuiu
be necessary; to Show that the city's
rights are net only prior but .superior to
those of - the company. , Inasmuch as
Improvement work is necessary to hold
the rights It will be necessary for the
company to be able to show good 'faith
jnprotecnnr its rignis.
. There can be no doubt as to the prior
ity of the company's claims and It Is
reasonably certain that It will proceed
with its Improvements: as rapidly as
possible to protect it rights ; in that
t.; iS.ithnr th comrianv nor the city of
ficials care to dlfccuss the case and It Is
believed the company is endeavoring , to
compel the city to accept a compromise
which later will he 11 to the oenent oi
tne company. v.j ' hh.iuii u
neclally members of the water board
retiis that the only way to secure a
perfect water system from the Ball
Run reservation will be Ao secure ex
clusive rights on al the headwaters of
the virious streams.
. City, la Dangerous Position.
' To allow the company to drive In the
entering wedge, ai tnis lime wuum
greatly weaken the city's position in fu
ture action, i With this Idea, in mind,
a delegation from the water board con
ferred , with Senator Fulton and Con
gressman Ellis Just before the members
went back to Washington, In regard to
securing . favorable congressional ae-
iPWhlle It was given out that Senator
Fulton and Congressman tuns woum
do all in their power top secure, the pas
sage of a bill guaranteeing cities simi
larly situated to water sources as Port
lr,A tt t haiiAvml In the 'facs of re
cent Congressional action it will be Im-
fn
osslble to round up congress intopkss-
g such an aet. r v
Both the city and the company have
conflicting filings on the Little Sandv
river and streams other than Bull Run
river. , That the situation is "very serN
oua Is not denied by those protecting
the city's interests and Justi what course
of action was decided upon this morn
ing was withheld. The meeting lasted
several hours and the : members ap
peared to have passed a strenuous time
when they emerge from the committee
room, . . . .
artv wan comoelled to stand the loss.
But Mrs." Dockarty did not report the
matter to. the-authorlties. r It she -did
she realised that the youngsters would
rrobably be sent to some reformatory,
n stead she made up her mind to try to
do a little good in the-world herself.-.
. Woman Acts as Judge.
The youngest' boy is 10 years, the
oldest 16 and the other about 12. Two
of them are Italians. ; ' b
The boys seemed sory for the theft
they had committed and their actions
and guilty ;i manners .., impressed . lh
woman they had robbed.
They plendd with her -for another
fchance. and tlte chance has been given
them. - Mrs. Dockarty has not even In
AMERICAN TARS ACT
WELL AT RIO JANEIRO
am oertalnly of tae opinion that the
fine should sot have bees Imposed. Bat
since Xr. Putnam la determined to carry
Us ease to tae supreme court, there Is
no occasion for me to Intervene."
Putnam's alleged offense consisted in
criticising the grand Jury of Jackson
county for Its failure to indict W. S.
Rnrmim who made a murderous assault
with an ax on J. F. Reddy, mayor of
Medford. The grand jury retaliated by
indicting Putnam ror iiDei ana on nis
trial tne ludae rerusea to auow tne ad
mission of evidence offered by Putnam
to prove the truth of his charge against
tne grana jury. -
APOLOGIZES TO
HAWAIIAN GIRLS
Brother of Stanford White
Sorry He Said "All Coons
Look Alike to Me."
(United Frew Leased Wire.)
(United Press Leased Wire.) I e'in. t. k a f annlnra
Rio De Janeiro. Jan. 15. Flag offl- T .l! V.'.V'.
eers and a few senior captains of Rear- savea nicnara mansneia mui,
Admiral Evans' fleet of 16 warships oft-the late Stanford White, from expul-
are today the guests of President Penna sj0, ia8t night from the Seattle Com
American seaflghters met several Bra-
suian ornciais and merchants.
During -this afternoon American1 Em
bassador Dudley will entertain all the
officers of the squadron and the news
paper correspondents at a garden itrty.
The excellent conduct of the American
jackies ashore Is being generally com
mented upon.
Argentina announces tnat it win send
formed the, parents of the boys of the a division of warships to greet the
robbery. ' '... 'American fleet xff the coast and Chile
" 11 ' " ".' ". 1 " 1 ' "': win send a fleet to greet the AnerU
(Continued on Page Two.) :
cans -off Patagonia.
tnercia! club.
During the recent visit of the Ha
waiian girls in this city and while a
banquet was being held at the Com
mercial club White used the expres
sion quite audible, "All coons look alike
to me." ; For this .action the directors
deemed that his conduct .was not that
Of a gentleman and voted to expel him
from the club.
. White heard of the action and sent a
most abject apology for his conduct
and Mr. White is still a member of the
organisation.. ,-' " :-,
PLUM PUDDING
uks Feast
Guest of Honor Whipped by
Host for Hugging Wife
While Saving Her Life.
. (Special Dispatch to Tbe JoenuL)
Paris, Jan. 15. Quite a tragedy at
tended the entrance of a plum pudding
at a party in a flat In the. Rue St.
Hyaclnthe, .where in honor of a young
Scottish friend the host had ordered the
pudding to ' be well lit up with rum.
Just as the servant was about to de
posit It on the table the flames caught
her lace cap.
With a cry of terror she dronned the
dish on the table. . It was smashed, and
the blazing rum set Are to a lady's
dress. She flung herself Into the arms
of her Scottish neighbor, screaming
"Save me." With great presence of
mind he emptied a bottle of mineral
water over her corsage. The flames
were extinguished, but she Immediately
abused him for spoiling her dress. The
jeaious nusoano next attacked the un
fortunate cot for embracing his' wife,
and the .combatants had - to . be 'sepa-i
rated, ,y.:., r: .. t. . vk i -V'l'o
TOMS
in
Sims of Chicago ? Plans i to
Extract Eighty Millions
From Oil' Trust ?
'"m l
.'niii i v mm ' u i r,- w ,at, , w
I ului niiu i V( n
SHOULD
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"NERD WORK," DE
CLARES KING.
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DEFENSE OF
nnimrnri
Says Appointment Was Mada
Only After Careful Con
sideration of Attorney
Merits by President Roose
velt.1 ;
t
Submits Letters Written in
Support of Choice for Po
sition Held by .iW,. C.
Bristol Schuebel Onco
Withdrew. " , : ,
(UnlUd Press Leased Wire.)
Chicago, Jan. 15. District Attorney
Sims, upon arriving today from Wash
ington, where he is : thought to have
discussed the matter with President
Roosevelt, announced that he will make
an effort "to bring the Standard Oil
company of Indiana to trial next week
on the remaining 4,000 counts In the
indictments returned aralnst the cor
poration for alleged rebating.
win do possiDie. in tbe event that
e company is convicted on each count.
to impose fines aggregating $80,000,000.
a nflmne lftd
to come to Chicago to testify, a .ha
was compelled to do in the other trial
PAYS ONE DOLLAR
FOR TONGUE LASHING
(United Press Leased Wire.)
Los Angeles, .Cel., Jan. 16. Damages'
in the sum of f 1 have been awarded bv
a jury In. Judge Monroe's court against
Mrs. LiUlU FoutS in favor of Mra. May
Marvin, resident or John Hi Hearan
chapter; United Daughters of the Con-
ieoeracy, wno are not now exaotly unl-
iea. xne si was immediately
Senator Jonathan Bourne has for
warded from Washington the reason
-e. . n-wi imiuuuh ii jiaij i u . seu .ivr sua securea vae bp- :
(ATI pmlirrftflnn est ItAllana tn Amr- I nnlnlnuiil ' ett Phrlatlan ennoKAi d
lea does nor, as - reported," cause! United States 'district attorney for
tir.V'TheWnS Mid that there-were If uU text of Mr.: Schuebers letters of
many! unemployed. In i Italy; and "that j reconnnendatlon- from prominent
their, conditions called:, for -action td j Jurists and5 also declares that Presi
preyent their starting. ,x "V'A ' ' Ident Rooseyelt wished to reward Mr.
Schue.be! , for hla stanch. - support "of
pure political . principles,"' and " of '
'clean administration and a square
deal." ' Senator Bourne's statement
follows: ,
no r,i
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sFRUIIsWEDflLS
Horticulturists Go oh Rec- ?.hr'!t'aa.?chuebeJ. "-n states
aiainct anorneysnip ot uregon, but Itio
action was not taken .unadvisedly by
the president or myself. While, there
la no foundation in fact for the state
ments heretofore made that Mr. Schue
bel'a appointment was being urged by
me In liquidation of an election obliga
tion either to him or to his partner.
Hon. W. 8. U Ren, It is true that 1 have
urged the appointment lrv a measure
in recognition of. his services to the
By , United States Senator Bourne.
1 ' Doubtless the president as well as I
will be. adversely criticised by certain .
people on aocpunt of appointment of Hon.
ord Favonncish.Prizes i j
inline; ruture.
a J..
. This, morning s session . of the e)
horticulturists passed , a - resolu- i e
nn in.
Mrs. Jfarvlh sued Mrs. FouU for J75.
000 damages alleging that she had slan
dered her to other members of the
chapter.
PRELIMINARY TRIAL
; OF JAP STABBERS
(United . Press Lesned Wire.)
Vancouver, B. C, Jan. 15. The preliminary-hearing
of the Japanese
charged with stabbing city firemen Is
now going on. There is an evident ef
fort to center the blame on one, man,
who will be committed for trial in the
higher court ,on the charge of at
tempted murder. '
o more- honorary rewards for, the
apple growers was, the cry, at the sea
slon of the Oregon State Horticultural
society in Woodmen hall this morning.
Half a doxen of the exhibitors spoke on
this phase of the prize awarding and
uemanuea mai in tne ruture cash prises
ranging from S10 to ti a hi h.
awaraea.
They held that each box nf nnntn
shown at the exhibition cost the ex
hibitor $5 to bring to Portland and feit
that something more substantial than
a oronxe meaui or a blue ribbon should
tion declaring in favor of a com
plete code of water. laws to place
water rights on an equal foot
ing with land rights; practi
tlcally decided to do away ' with
the 1 competition for honorary
a wards, and to substitute' cash
prises 'in the future. ,. "' , i '
Several changes' were made in
the constitution as tot time of
convention 'and protection of
growers , against disease by
stricter, quarantine regulations.
(Continued on Page Two.)
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, TO VTH, OREGON.. STATE, HORTJCLXTURAl. SOClEir IN SESSION 1 TODAY, PHOTO BY, JOURNAL STAFF" PIIOTOaRAPlIER.
j
Republican party as , chairman of the
Clackamas county- central, committee,
but chiefly md Dftmarilv On amount
of his personal honesty and intes-ritv
and my firmly grounded faith in hla
tegai attainments, oasea on the indorse
ments Of the ludges in whnu rnnrta Via
has practiced.
Battle for setter System. ?
Tet over and above all this th mn.
aldnraflnn telth mM ho. kah - - r .
lieve it has been the-determining con
sideration with the president, to give
recognition to the principles for which
Mr. Schuebel stands,, and for which his
partner. Mr. U'ReJh, 'has made a moat
heroic ant unselfish battle for a bettor
system of laws In our state, for cleaner
administration and for a square deal.
I am aware that after Schuebel becomes
United States attorney . the .baser pas- .
sions of some men may be Invoked to
cast stumbling blocks in his way, but
he will be. fully sustained by the ad
ministration and the department of
justice in a vigorous and disinterested
execution of the law,, certain of his own
ability to make good, and certain of tha
cordial and loyal . auDDortnf in w.i,v.i.i
log cltliens. -. ,r " - "' , :
It has been charged and Drohatiiv ohm
again be charged .that, Mr. Schuebel has
beenengaged in efforts to undermlna
W. C. Bristol, the retiring district at
torney. In that relation I asir vnn ,-.
quote herewith Mr. .Schuebel' letter, an
follows: i .v. j .
vaiijt, ut,; nor. u, 1907
"Hon. Jonathan Boumn ir, a ,
Washington, p jC, My Dear Senator-
It-has been said by soma that m. ap
plication is an injustice to Mr. IS ristt'l
nnd that my friends and f were ,na rtv
oring to-'secure. Mr. Bristol's ejection '
so that a vacancy might occur for mv
benefit " I was , informed iHt
on what I had reason to -beliov m,-, J
good authoritv, that Mr. Bristol ."would
retire from off ice about the end df thi
year, in pursuance, of some "understand-.
ng or agreemept. I mademy appM,..,.
tion , to you believing that .- thu w.-,
true. I have the hitrheut i .
MT.-tBrtatol as a man and a lawyer an.l
would not, nor would I ask any fri-n-l
to do anvthin towm-fl ..,,,.....,. i '
l5fTrirort,rWktln vacancy' in
p&foS!'1";?'
"My relations with Senator ' Pmton
have alwaya beon very -frlwidtv
between Senator Fulton and Mr 7 i" 'n. "
either. Neither do I wish to u un.i. r'
stood as trying to Involve yourself ,,r
i?7 lTln' ot mJnf- tn thfi,r rnlsundflr
standing for my advantage. I only k
i. a vacancy occurs, mv ntun
VKK considered at that tinw., n-l
that'; I be given a solmre deal no
f ?Famber, Pr0''l,n'r' I " iivt
that the president tnennw wlint he HV
'that every man is entitled to a aa t . ,
acal.V 8incr-lv yfur.
(Signed) "CHRISTIAN SCHf 'r.r-.rj. ."
Withdraws Appllcatioa.
Tt has s! ben ehsi-tcl I uml
he has ben '"ht-fn.t ' fr t ,
polntment that he Inal'nlH.I ui",n i
gatlon.'. That eharg? la si.- hm. .....
show that I hvn lni-n thu it-....!ci ...
iy Tor the reasons Jit ran.. i it, i ,'.. .
(Contlnu-i cn I'4- 'i , ,-.)