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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.
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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
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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. ,
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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
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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
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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.
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