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THE SEASIDE SIGNAL DECLARED THE JOURNAL TO DE THE PEST DAILY PAPER IN OREGONtUJIIANIig, DROTIIERi AND TI I .JOURNAL PROMISE YOU TO IMPROVE WITH AGEi AND THE LIBERAL SUPPORT GIVEN THE PAPER Blf THE GENEROUS Pllo- PLE;OF OREGON GUARAN J EES FlLFILLMENT OF TIjlS PROMISE r ADVERTISING COLUMNS TOR : BEST AND QUICKEST RESULTS 'The.' weaiherFair, tonight; tnd '. Tuesday; westerly winds, i - ' " r ; JOURNAL CIRCULATION ; YESTERDAY WAS 1 no 050 i PORTLAND, OREGON, MONDAY EVENING, .; FEBRUARY, 10, ! ; 1 908. TWELVE PAGES. PRICE TWO CENTS. nis'Ur,J T3 -- 1 - 1 -T :., mr. t : 1 : - 1 : WBimMsmmmm&m mmmmmm ' ' ' i ' 1 I ,'.., .... . . : JEW II . LOCATION " ," v.i "." r. ? ... 1 .v tv ( -u. I Oregon Sunday Journal in the Lead yt . One of the most important stones that has been published in-Oregon for years was that of the decision of the Swift o Packing company to establish a Four Million Dollar Plant in ' Portland. " The building of the great establishment means work for hundreds of men and money for the Great Oregon t cgunu Z . It remained for The Oregon Sunday Journal of yesterday X to eet this story exclusively in Oretron. T 7'' , .The .Sunday .' Journal was an exceptionally interesting 2 newspaper. That the' paper fills' the bill is, proved by its rap- 1 X idly increasing circulation. V J -r,n you want to '"get the news first hand, subscribe for'the t Oregon 'Sunday Journal f I AllliniA M TP WWUl T WW WWW WWW WW WW WW WTWVWWVWW Portland Railway, i Light & sPower Company Will Ex : v stond Road ' Soon as Pack- j 5 inff House Buildings !Are EARTHQUAKE MEANS UnderWay. : , Corporation May Also Fur nisK Electric Power to Ira 1 ' niense Plant ! of Big Con- -Matter of Traffic OF DECEIVING WFE DURING HER ABSENCE TO SETTLE Compromise Offered on Be half of Oregon Trust Bank Depositors- Is Rejected Involves United Railways Stock and Bonds. , : . (VaiUA Tttm Um41 Wirt.) Kw Tork. Kb. 1 Barthquk and flr aa an aid to affinity wvrahlp U tb I revelation mad In a divorce granted to- hiv tn Ifr. Bilnitm V. Vnrd of Brook- 7 .Arranfirements Considered. I iyn. 8n aufa.br. huband. Hmr (.(fltiHUbWMww. utlllaod the San Francisco -hor- ror :ta irink har-bUvn him dead, bo . b. could run. away with hU afflnlty. cern- ' Tha Portland Railway. Utfrt Power . company will eitend ita llnea to the aite of the Bwlft packing plant a a aoon aa the buttdlnga ar well under . way. The estenelott to "SwlftTlUa" will either tap the Vancouver Una or,' be bUilt from PorUand direct I ' I "V ' i ' B. B. Joeaelyn. preeldent of the rail way company, returned yeaterday from two weeka' Visit to aouthem Cali fornia. Among the'firat callereat Mr. Joaaelyn'a oWca thla morning waa A. R. Farnaworth. bead of the railroad de partment of Swift A Co.. and several other offlolala of the packing firm who ara In Portland with Louie F. 8wlft, the Chicago packisr. -' While the plana of the new street raUway extenelon have not been dia cuased at length by the railway -of, cials and repreaentativea of Mr, Swift, Mr, Joaaalyn aald thla morning that the new line naa oeen oomiarrwi wm wvm SAYS PRESIDENT IS TOO ACTIVE Cliarges Roosevelt With Aid ing Taft Through Of cial Position. (Ualted Pnm L4 Wire.) Waahington. Feb. 10. Senator For aker of Ohio took tha floor of the sen ate today on a question of personal prlvl lege to anawer the letter of President iking house district , wouia jusiiif i Richmond, Indiana, .on the question of the work. Mr. Josaelyn aaia eiao tnatiM evidenced In the appointment of fed' be built aa soon as conditions In tha ...kl.. hnu district ,WOUld lUStlff the raflway company going ahead with the administration's favoritism for Taft k Portlirul concern would be ready atlnral officials. any time to supply the patwers with all I Foraker took up the question of the the electric power xnai iney inuuia federal appointments in onio. Me tooa sire at any time. . direct Issue with Roosevelt's denial that Mar BnilA Direct. patronage waa not being used by. the k. -,. trt th- Ba(.klna-houae adminiatratlon In an improper manner, rrv.UVr "tSSS g. JJ-SS- that he djnot intend to four miles. In case the new suDuro sur rounding the packing-houses spreads in th riii-action of Portland It is quite probable mat a main line wm u uun direct from the city. Final decision, however, depends upon the lay cf the land after the parking company has be. U-un lta work and maoe arranBemenia or tha etreeta of the suburb which la sura to spring up in mo tiuiujij vi u. new industry. . . "We are always in readiness to make any. Improvements that are necessary and will build a streetcar line to the Swift packing-houses i as soon as we Swift packing-nouses ; as soon as w -t--' feel that the business will Justify the"er- Improvement," Mr. josseiyn saia mis morning. . ' k "In addition, the company Is prepared at uit time to furnish-the nacklnr con cern with power. - Tha question of power, however, has not beep discussed with the Swift people, and consequently I cannot say whether they will use any of our electricity, When the packing-houses were built in South St. Joe, Missouri, a new. sub urb developed at once," Mr. Joaaelyn continued. "A new town has- resulted wHth nnnnlaftnn at. tnnra 'fhavi 9A AAA. We could Tiardly neglect a part of the iRlirnlinTIl live and work, and In all probability the new car line will be completed by the time the packing plant la in opera tion." '- ' ; . . Trafflo Qnaatloa trasevtled. ; 1 Mr. 'Josaelyn was asked whether the new extension would handle all kinds of traffic or be devoted exclusively to- the task of transferring passengers from Portland to the packing-house alte. handv words with the president And while be recognised that there was a general lack of publlo interest aa to who occupied public offices he waa prompted by the attitude of the president aa expressed in nia tetter to Foulke to produce a case of an office holder in Ohio who ' had been coerced. He then named Editor Charlea Bryaon of the Athens (Ohio) Gasette. who had been given the postofflce appointment "without solicitation." but that his nomination was withdrawn because of an In, arL'1. . nf RrviAn i fTHMulnv disapproval over the ahelvlng of For- PARCELS POST BILL III HOUSE urnham Provides Great Advantage for Country Merchant in Measure. Ford waa a atreet fair carnival artiat apparently devoted to hia wife until he went to San Francisco aeveral month a oeiore tne eartnquake. Letters ceased to come efter the shock. She mourned him aa dead. Seeking to identify the body bv oertaln marks, ahe wrote to the relief committee and learned that Ford and "wife" had been sent 'to Seattle. Through her lawyer there she learned ryrq nvmy witn nia ainnlty. Herman Wittenberg and Others Will Probably Ig nore Proposition to Re turn Receiver's Securities Substance of Proposal. The Wittenberg syndicate now In con trol of . the United Railways company has declined to pay $108,000. for 4S-100 of the entire United Railways company capital atock and all of lta bonds. Thla la the effect of the syndicates refusal of a compromise offered by the receiver of -he Oregon Trust & Savings bank, through W. C. Morris, former cashier of the bank, to A. C. Emmons, attorney for the syndicate, The comprohilse waa offered In an ef fort to recover for the hank's depositors S146.OO0 of their money which has been invested In the United Railways, and for which they are entitled to ownerahlp and Dosweaalon of one half of the ayn- At a wtMHna- f i. . Idicate s holdings. All of the atock and f, I'm ijuuur JJCenSA I v , - .1, t1,A T3 rt 1 1 i.nmn,n v committee this morning to hear the caae I excepting 175,000 of the bonds now held fill R .MM MM MAKE' TOM OF STATE: TO MSURERENOMINATldN CHOSE STRANGE METHOD : OF COMMITTING SUICIDE Bruin Intimates That Cam eron Is "Standing In" . With Fritz. aaalna. V.. vn. n . r.---.-v . . fiits, nrcona ana Burn- side streets. Councilman Wallace in ferred from a remark made by Captain Bruin that Judge Cameron Is "standing In with Frits" and a. subpoena was is sued for Judge Cameron to appear be fore the committee at 1 o'clock this af ternoon to tell why the case against Frits had not been brought to trial for violating tha ordinance reaulatlna . loons and theatres. The remark of Captain Bruin whirh led Councilman Wallace to ask his ques tion was: . Frita lawyer appears in court and tha t Judre with Frita?" (United Frew Leastd wire.) - Waahington, Feb.- 10. Provision for tha establishment of the parcels post "That question nasn t been Settled aa I nn rural mall rnnta rornmmpndail .k .tf.: mv-... ., .r. I ----- , . , by x-oatraaater-Qeneral Meyers, waa to the passenger business. I made today in a bill Introduced by Rep- companiea. l minx, will at-i reaentauve ijurnnam. tend to all of the freight buainess fori In Burnham'a bill It is provided that the packers." I merchants along the route may forward probability, the car service will be con Ined strictly The railroad Swift A Co. are preparing- plans which I merchandise to a rural route customer will coyer the enure ground owned by 2 cents DO them on the lower end of the ,penlnaula. I on each additional pound. pacKar these arrangements win pro- m nmuect to u pounas. ii ine oiu is 'and aa kagea-to the t nitty throuah the suburb, the streetcar com-1 chant a .vast advantage over the nany will ne compeneq to careruiiy con-I oraer nouse, Kiving- uie runu mercnani vide for the streets and thorougtifarea I passed It will give -the country mer i cn ant a .vast aavaniage ovei the mail aider these designs before - beginning work on their blueprints of the new ex tension. - ' v the right to send an 11-pound package ror 2ft cents, wnen it wuk cost tne out side merchant 11.71 J BURNS-PALMER GO ' SPORTS TO BET ON CANADIAN (Halted Preis Leased Wire). . ondonr Feb. 10. A crowd which will .cbably be one of the largest la years will sea Tommy TSurna" of Canada meet Jack Palmer tonle-ht before the National Sporting club, ; Burns' victory over Gun ner, Molr gave tiitn flaaa in Bng!rid,.and ha la now gonerally-' regarded aa the best of hia weight in the world. Palmer la looked upon aa a rough and ready fighter that ought tcwgrlve Burna a ter rific battle of the kind that Uurns likes the leaat, ueaty . and persistent mixing with little, chance fur fast and clever rojfwork. - . j'.Tha betting la runnln at J to 1 that Biima -, wijl 5 atop Palmer within 10 rounds.' ancL. there are man takers at that figure. Hiima A i to 4 farorite on t.ifl flnat result Palmer declares that. he will last out SO rounds. , " ' -i - ' whfapers to the Judge and then the case iiu.iiuueu. T)o vou mean hv that uameron la standing In asked R Wallace. "Well, I would not like to say that." replied Captain Bruin, "hut nvit rresiea in uciooer ana ne naa not been umujui iu iriai since. The committee flnallv aet Frltx' ' aa well aa that nt , o'clock this afternoon. sensational developments are ex pected. In the Baker and Larson case. Tneee men conduct a salodlt at Thin and Taylor streets. ; The committee heard a case against them several weeks aaro for allowina dlnorderlv womn irequent tneir Diace. After hparinn- th testimony the committee unanimously votedto recommend the revocation bf tneir license. Tney appeared this morn Inr With their attornev. Al Mnrinhii n and asked that they be allowed to In troduce farther testimony. Councilman Rushlight moved to grant them the privilege, stating that he did so because of a rumor he heard on the streets which had a direct bearing on the case; . Mr. Rushlight refused to dis close the nature of the rumor, but It ia said to involve the motives of one of the councllmen In voting to revoke the Ba ker and Larson license. - Aside from setting 1 o'clock as the time for hearing testimony in the Frita and Fallon cases the committee did nothing but discuss the defining ordi nance without taking action on the matter.-- , by the bank, are in possession of Her man Wlttenberr. who also owea the bank $26,000 on an unsecured note run ning until next August. I'Kak nanaliraa haa marld a niltnhaa Aw1 X tlag ICVQiTVI linn la- s -"- wa. demands upon Mr. Wittenberg; and his attorney to restore the bank s share of the t nited Railways company to pos sesion of th receiver, and has sub mitted through Mr. Morris a compro- mlae st-tt lenient or tne wnole matter, out no attention has been paid to these overtures, it Is the belief of the re ceiver that . the Wittenberg syndicate Inteiian to pursue a policy or lanorlnK the claims of the bank and depnsltora. Hnd try to rotain possession of the en tire lTn!ted Hallways properties ana securities. Action will be taken by the receiver within the next few days to compel the syndicate to coma into court and settle. Assets of Company. The compromise offered by the re ceiver, and Ignored by the syndicate, is bMS'd on a valuation of only 1106.000 for the bank's claim- The total com mercial assets of the T'nited Railways company amount to i4&.hmi or Donas and $2,760 000 of stock. The company's total atocK issue la is.uno.ouv. Tne bank has no knowledge of the where abouts of the other $240,000 of the stock iasu, but the receiver would be satisfied, it Is said, to recover siob.ooo of tha depositors' money and let go all ciainis of the bank against the company for one half of its $2,760,000 stock, $76,000 of ita bonds, and $ 19.000 of an overdraft drawn by the company's chief engtnerfr on construction account This compromise would not Include Mr. Wit tenberg's loan of $25,000 due next Au gust. N Substaaoa of Compromise. The substance of the compromise of fered is that the United Railways com pany shall pay to Receiver Devlin the overdraft of g 1 9.000. aive the receiver a note for $25,000 payable in two years, at 6 per cent Interest,, and se cured by IS2.B00 of United Railways bonds; and ray to the receiver $12,000 for the bank's atock interest of 46 per cent of $2,760,000. If these amounts Were paid the receiver would, under v e i ' r i i wx. m m m . .' m ' ' . : s jr.','- '' '" , .. his friends; Reiwrt Is That Heney Mayi . k . T-fc J. " ' J Aiso uomc uacK to ron-t land at Same ' Time ta " Take Up Fight Againstt the Senator. . . y ,. 10. Senator t? leave f or is , hurryinii Mrs. Mollle DresBler of New Yofk is dead; she Is at last the victim of aa attempt made a year ago to com-. mit suicide by swallowing 135 needles. One hundred and thirty four of these were extracted but the last one pierced her heart and caused death. The diagrafn shows the places where the IS 4 needles taken from her. The case attracted world-wide' attention. C two aatlasmu mrmLB a - ' ' , J2jb 'jxqm juaoy Of V2XM OJKANS Washington, Feb. I Fulton is preparing; home March 15. He through - pressing- duties and must have, two weeks lit which to dispose of claims provided for in the housq private war. claims . in the omnlbu3 appropriation bill, which' in the sen ate goes to the committee. of which he ia chairman. - " ' - The senator . has . also his bill amending the rate law on which ha must do much work. No new mat ters arising; lie believes he can get away in a month. "Then," says he. "I. shall go to answer. Heney's erer charge to the bitter end. were ooKine (Continued on Page Two.) POLICE L FOR PLOTTERS New York and Philadelphia Believed to Harbor Revo lutionists From India. (Caltcd Press Leased Wire.) New Tork, Feb; 10. The arrival to day of the chief of police from Cal cutta, India, has started the New Tork and Philadelphia police to searching for the headquarters of certain Indian revolutionists who are said to be mak ing preparations to revolt against Brit ish rule In . India. A band of men are reported to be opera tin out of thla country sending arms and ammunition to the disaffected nativea in boxes marked sewina machines and condensed num. ,v ..!,. BARRETT OUT Oil STMT IIP. 1 Athena: Kan Says No Opposi. tion in G. 0P. Can Make Him Forsake It. SENATOR ALDRICH DEFENDS BANK-CURRENCY MEASURE Washington, Fab. lO.rThe reply of 8enator Aid rich of Rhode Islarrtl, to the critics of his banking and currency bill Introduced by him aa a measure to pro. vide for rellef in the time of financial stress by allowing the national banks to iaaue emergency 'currency on cer tain approved securities and guaranteed by the 'government was .made, today It, excited widespread Interest because the bill Is supposed to ' have the beat opportunity of passing out of a number, of . bills offered during this session. Many financial critics declare Aldrlch'a bill affords no substantial relief, Ald rlch reviews the bill nd the situation in able stylo. - He aaldt Vj.V.' ,,..,' , BT0t;:CneneyJaAl.vv.''viS':;: -It waa not a currency pantf. tn Ifi true aense er the-word, for the United Statea currency;- ta character, ia .be yond quesuon.v. 'i ne amount of money I In circulation at that time in the hands of the people, outside of the banks and me treasury, was J18.J8 per capita, and is much larger than that held by the people of any other commercial country. In the? world, except France, where the conditions . are entirely different. "Under ordinary conditions the vol nme of our currency could be fairly criucisea as excessive, certainly it ia aaequata - to meet -the normal demands. But no provision for an emergency which occurs more or less frequently In every: country and which- we- now see. xlsts yet one must be provided for. It is Impossible to estimate the losses In flicted ' by the suspension of payment by the banks In the recent disturbance. There was financial embarrassment on every hand.-Thousands were thrown out of . employment and tha wages of the employed reduced. Of the five expedient a adopted to v meet the emergency ; the use of - clearing' house, certificates waa unquestionably the -most effective." ."This waa tha eighth time that their employment has been beneficial at times preventing a serious disaater, but it resulted thla. time In such disarrange ment of the exchanges as te make It doubtful whether the -'- disadvantages were not greater than the benefits. The great losses the people of the country suffered through the partial break down ""of our credit system and -which the abnormal increase In the volume of money failed to avert, ' should lead con gress to seriously consider, whether It la possible l td. provide for? legislation that will prevent lta recurrence, v If a panic should ba repeated, the methods of relief, used in 1907 ' would not ba available and .tha treaaurr mie-ht not be In a condition to come to tha relief of tha people.' It la Impossible to in crease the national bank notes on states bonds. No one - can predict what the financial1 conditions will ba by autumn. Some urge 'entire revision of tha mon- r - (Continued. on Paga-Twal (Special Diapateb to Tha Joaroat) renaieton, Or., . Feb.; u Tha first candidate to announce himself for the legislature In eastern Oregon la Charles A. Barrett, Republican, or Athena, who represented Umatilla county In the house tha last session and who has , . nimseir xor reelection. His imtuiiu im eiaiement wa !, on which e made the campaign and was elected nanaaoma plurality two y Barrett is a hardware dealer and years ago. extensive wheat farmer at Athena, president of the Inland Empire Wheat growera' aaaoclation and one of the most progressive ritiaena nf tha rmmt. He says that no amount of Republican opposition to Btatement No. 1 him to forsake that principle. Exposition ot Building Materials. ' (Calted Freas teased Wir. . Chicago. Feb. 10 A national exposi tion Intended to show all that la new and interesting In the way of building materials opened In this city today and will continue through tha week. -It ia the first large exposition of its kind ever held In thla country and promises to attract much attention. Several as sociations of lumbermen -and1' others Interested in bulldlnar materials hava cooperated in the sf fair and will ' hold their annual meetings here during the week. - . Word has been received in Portland by personal and i political friends oC Senator Fulton that he intends to 're turn -to Oregon during the latter day of March In order to anawer tha charges made against him by r. J. Heney. The news has also been passed around ti few that as aoon as Senator Fulton? arrives on tha scene and beglna hlg task of refutation Mr. Heney will boH up from San Francisco and taka anothea fall out of tha senator either in pereorf or by a signed statement prepared bji him and sent 'to tha press of Port land for publication. Friends of Senator Fulton hava beeaf u rains- that he return to Oreaon ran. trary to hia previous announced in tent Ion of retnalnlna in Waahlnrton durina; tha campaign. It has been rep resented to the senator that not taking . into consideration the possibility of re futing tha charges made, which it im supposed Senator Fulton can do,' yet tha wide Publicity riven the remarks oB Mr. Heney haa had a. damaging- effect upon his cause and haa militated attainst his chances for renomlnatlon. It haa been urged therefore that Senator Ful ton return to Oregon as soon as pos sible ' in order to personally clear ua tha situation by his defense., ,; ' Win four Stat. It Is Intimated that the senator wTiata he returns to Oregon will make anothe trip throughout . tha state. . sneaking- ae all of the principal cities and towns, and will on these occasions make hia defenae of his career directly - to tha people from the platform. ' This trie coming as it will directly in tha faca of the primaries, is expected to do a areat deal toward winning back to tha sen ator tha support ' which has 'been . loefc by reason of tha attacks made upon hinx by Mr. Heney, both in hia public ad dress and during tha course of tha John Hall trial. If the primaries result in- tha nomina tion of Senator Fulton for another term It ia expected that tha senator wlirsttll remain in Oregon and will personally, direct his campaign for tha popular elec tion In June. . - i , i, ,; i . Keaay:..llajf Mmtrunf- ' It is said In soma Quarters that Mr, Heney is planning to come - back tr Oretron and make hia further charaet againat the senator in person. - One ri- i son that Mr. Heney did not make th second address for which he waa ached -uled. It is said, waahecausa ha v , i learned that Senator Fulton had nain UP hia mind to return to Oregon durlm? the laat of March. - When he learne l thta Mr. Heney is said to have tol.l those who were urging him to deliver a second address that he would save hi a ammunition until Senator Fulton's ri turn, when he would fire the second vol ler directly at the Senator. Whetber ha does this, , however, will depend upia conditions In San Francisco. If he i not able to come to Oregon he will pre pare hia' remaining material in written form and send It to the Oregon pre for publication at about the tlm of Senator Fulton's campaign of defense. FIVE THOUSAND MEN v GO BACK TO WORK AT TUBE OOMPfS ' ' V o. , (United Praag Leased Wfa-u) ' Ioralne, ; Ohio, - Feb. lO.Flva', thou- sand, men were put "back ta work today by tha National Tuba company. They had bean Idle for several weeka, but the rompany bow reports or'lr f to eijjpioy another 4.ii'l tw" i i they rati be serure.1. Thin I a most Important mnvs iMu t l resumption cf wor la all n-, . Ufactuiies. 1
