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. (, - ,. - (. . , , . .,-)' , . ' . ; . . . . . . --"- t .- : ' - "..'' i OVER 125,000 'READERS: JOURNAL CIRCULATION l Be Surety Have Your Ads y I : In Tomorrow's Journal r Th Weathers-Rain tonight 'and .Thursday; southerly fcreexe. VOL. VI.. NCX 305. " "''"l"'' -i'. '.. . ,,i,y,,, 'i',. t ' '' j .., j .. .' . 1 ' I: 1 irESTEllDAV . WAS 29,400 1W ' . ,t 1. 1 iPORTJjAND, OREGON. .i,WEDJNfESD A Y ' EVENING, FEBRUARY" 20, , 1908. SIXTEEN PAGES. t 1 . 1 PRICE TWO CENTS. 5 2?AJ2i?rx$PcSJ wmw mmimi 0 COPE w hi SBT AT UATI0I PEOPLE MUST VORK FOR IMPROVEMENT OF RIVERS President Roosevelt Prefaces Report With Brief Message to Congress. Rec ognizes VastImportance of Water Transportation. Preliminary Findings of Commissioners. Washington, D. C, Feb. 26. President Roosevelt has sent in his message bearing on the Inland Wat erways commission's preliminary re port which was read to congress to day. The president deals with the Question of water transportation in a concise, intelligent manner and places much of the blame for re tarding work on inland waters to railroad machinations. He main tains that much damage was done the commerce of the country by the unrestricted methods of the railroad corporations and was pleased to be lieve that the Interstate Commerce commission's work has made it pos sible to eradicate the erll. The Inland Waterways commis sion report deals with the necessities of appropriations for Improvements and points the way for beneficial results. The report while compre hensive does not deal with the work of the commission in its entirety but outlines what has been and ought to be done by congress and the peo ple. To the senate and house of represent ative: I transmit herewith a preliminary re port from the Inland jaterways com miMinn. which was appointed by m I last March In response to a widespread Interest and demand from the people. Ifrt. K,io r ihls demand lay In the gen- Ieril anfl admitted inability of the rail roads to handle promptly the traffic of the country, and especially the crops or I the previous ran. This report is well worth your atten tion, it u-thorouKh. con"er'""va7,;" I , it rrnresents thi mature f"JLJ""i- hiv of men exception. hroughout staild and ow best to -waterways in tne interest, w all the people. Unusual care ally qualified, Dy personal and knowledge of conditions i' the United States, to understand and discuss th great problem of how best to I U3 VU l taken to secure accuracy ana of statement. If the report errs at .all lit i. h nvur-conservatlsm. It contains findings or statements of fact, a num in account of inquiries still in progress d It Is based In part on statistics and Jther Information contained In a volum inous aopendlx. The subject with which Ilt deals is of critical lmporiance . to the. present and the future of our c0nAr3L-... .r. httr ndaoted I to the needs of the peopte than those of iny other country. In extent, dlstri bSCion, navigability, and rirsi. ibi i" - - they stand lVhSr civilised country are so poorly ae- Ivelopefl, ao little used or play so smaii I nart In the industrial life of the na floPn as those of the United States. In rivers els our own is ing thought we may have all three. Every stream should be used to tho ut most. No stream can be so used unless such use Is planned for In advanre. When such plans are made we shall find that. Instead of Interfering, one Use can often be made to assist anothor. Each river -system, from Its headwaters In the forest to Its mouth on the coast. Is a single unit and should be treated as such. Navigation of the lower reaches of a stream can not be fully de veloped without the control of floods and low waters by storage and drainage. Navigable channels are dlrectlv con cerned with the protection of source waters, and with soil erosion which takes the materials for bars and shoals from the richest portions of our farms. The uses of a stream for domestic and municipal water supply, for power, and in many cases for irrigation, must also be taken into full account. Deep Watr Cha nails. The development f our Inland water ways will have results far beyond h4 Immediate gain to commerce. Deep channels along the-Atlantic and gulf coasts and from the gulf to the Great iaxes win nave nign value tor me na tional defense. The use of water-powf-r wut measuraniy relieve tne drain upon our diminishing supplies of coal, and transportation by water Instead of rail only will tend to conserve our iron. For est protection, without which river im provement cannot be permanent, will at the same time help to postpone the threatened timber famine, and will se cure us against a total dearth of tim ber by providing for the perpetuation of the remaining woodlands. irrigation will create the means of livelihood for millions of people, and supplies of pure water will powerfully promote the pub lic health. If the policy of waterway improvement here recommended Is car ried out. It will affect for good every citizen of the republic. The national fiovernment must play the leading part n securing the largest possible use of our waterways; other agencies can as sist, and should assist, but the work Is essentially national In its scope. The Khrer . System. The .various uses of waterways are now dealt with by bureaus scaiierea through four federal departments. At present, therefore, it Is not possible to deal with a river system as a single problem. But tho commission here rec ommends a policy under which all com mercial and Industrial uses of the wa terways may be developed at the same time. To that end congress should pro vide some administrative machinery for ill CASE 10 BE APPEALED Attorneys to Carry Decision Against Defendants Supreme Court If Denied 3Iotions for New Trial and Arrest of Judgment. Radding Held in Jail Un able to Secure $1,000 Bond Required Fine and Ira prisonment Face Two Guilty Ones. (Continued on Page Four.) Mrs. Hello Waymlre and E. E. Rad ding, accused of conspiracy to blacken the good name of Mayor Lane, are guilty. The Jury which for two weeks stened patiently to the 'sordid relation of the testimony gave their verdict last Ight after less than an hour of de liberation. One Juror, R. Burgenshaw, voted for an acquittal on the first bal lot, but changed In harmony with the other 11 when the second vote was taken. Radding Is pacing a cell in the county Jail today while his attorney, Seneca Fouts, Is making an effort to secure the $1,000 bond which has been required by Judge Qantenbein. Mrs. Waymlre Is at liberty, her bond having been mfiA un hv T5 nrl.l ( n tr'a IpanBfnrrtnir hla old bond of $500 to her. which, added to the $500 bond under which she was held, made up the amount demanded by tho court. Mr. Fouts says he will be able to furnish the necessary surety this afternoon and thus enable his client to leave his cell. Will Appeal Case. An appeal will be taken to the su preme court, according to the statement or k. w. Mcuarry, made this morning. Mr. McGarry appeared before Judge ttamenDem mis morning and asked for time in which to file a motion for a new trial and one for an arrest of Judgment. The court granted five days in which to file the motion. The motion will then be set down for argument and perhaps will be disposed of within a few days following. In the event that motions for a new trial and an arrest of judgment are denied, and this is probable since the points Involved are based on the rulings made by the court and his charge to the Jury, then time for sentence will do. nxea oy tne court and the defend ants win nave Judgment nassed them. upon 1 I'- ROADS il TRAFFIC NEED FOR MEW BRIDGE AT MADISON ST. IMPERATIVE I E nill-IIarriman Controversy Believed Closed Both Lines to Use Same Track! and Bridges Across Rivers Into Portland. Agreement Accounts for De lay in Starting Work on Union pacific Tunnel Pro ject Use Northern Pa cific's Cut Instead. That the Harriman and Hill railroad lines will use the same bridges across the Columbia and Willamette rivers, and the same cyt through the penin sula. Is a credible report that is going the rounds and given color by the In explicable delay of the Harriman man agement In beginning the boring of Its proposed tunnel through the peninsula. It Is said that were the Southern and Union Paclflo tunnel project really to have been built the work would have been commenced far ahead of rail con structlon on the sound extension, and that the last winter would have been tlllzed for working forces of men on the Inside of ;ho tunnel, at a season whpn mun were plentiful and wages low. Track Contract et. A bone. tide contract has been let to the Portland Bridge Building company to construct a mile and a half of track I .''iV? Lri.ik"?'' i filler ?4V ' :fi r E3 ' tit :', .,i,.:-'.iiiiiiiinimiinrninii, v rig Ani U..,.t.u.r. iiAm iiiii mm ell ra MADISON . STRET BRIDGE. SHOW INO THE SPILES USED TO STRENGTHEN IT,. COUNTY COMMXSk SIONER LIGHTNER SAYS THE BRIDGE IS UNSAFE. , SWIFT BUYS BIG mmm tract for tho O. R. & N. company between the proposed tunnel Junction with the oln line around tne peninsula ana tne site of the Swift company's packing houses. This track has been announced as a part of the O. R. & N. company's air line tnrougn tne tunnel to tne Columola river bridge, and It has been said that tre track would be or heavy construction and planned to become a section of the main line to the sound. The contractors are of the opinion that the track will be a main line, but do not deny that it could be well uti lized as a packing house spur from the main line of the O. R. & N. company around the peninsula In the event that the O. R. & N. company conrludes to llminate its tunnel pro.ect and use the Spokane. Portland & Seattle railroad company's cut through the peninsula. The contractors are assembling men nd (Continued on Page Five.) DOG CONFESSES TO STEALING JEWELRY FROM HIS MSTRESS view of the use made of " - . t.. roii.iro tn use Sh,vnnowru!ahr tT r Destroys uom""' The commission finds that it was un- ...int. railroad corapei.ii.ivii . irSvented or destroyed the development IpreveniBu vi ininnd waterways. SR.. Miss sslPP I. our greatest natural ?&. J? la i a case In point. At one thi'mheWS t'rlf fic'Spon U wa. wUhout , rival in any country The: report shows fflMSrST thriroads. While Ears JfftzTSr Quicker and more satisfactory service SKSrVu. trways. Later they pre- Vted the restoration of river tratrio Pivereuplng" themselvef bT higher Ilors elsewhere. They also acquired e8rf ?onts an" terminals to an extent i .i, mii water compeiii'vn ui" SS? Tlughout the country the rail- Way'!.hand -te'amboat lines that 'today .cai Jterway transportation Is large Inland waterway iru v natural Iti htls inevitable tinder the, cirenm anceS but it should not be allvwed to wntfnue 'unless under careful govero- mCoVpgraVveTy little Jnland freight is carrtSf by boat which is not carried a nart of Its Journey by rail also. As the renort shows, the successful develop- repori aiiuw", intpmt.at water- S?i r. intelligent regulation ?. f.:.. um,n rail and water traffic When this is done the railways ind waterways will assist Instead of In ??rln each T other. Both will benefit, tit tfi chief benefit wlU accrue to the people In general through guicker and cheaper transportation. The report rests throughout on the fundamental conception that e,very waterway should be made to serve' the people as largely and In as many dlf frmt Rva'ai Possible. It is poor "business to develop a river for naviga tion in sucn a way as 10 pre.veni us use for power, when by a little foresight It could be made to serve both purposes. We can not afford needlessly to sac rifice power to irrigation, or Irrigation to domes tlo water supply, when by.tak- , (United rre Leased Wire.) Sn Jose, Cal., Feb. 26. "Pete," a bull dog, has confessed to mysterious Jew elry thefts ahd restored the property to Charles Williams, the owner. After a six months' search had been made for the articles. "Pete," without being put through the "third" or even suspected, dug from the Williams' flow er garden in this city a leather bag containing silver trinkets and a pair of gold-rlmmed spectacles. A search of the flower bed In that vicinity led to the discovery of other missing articles, for which there is a big outstanding reward. Some of the property belonged to Mrs. W. C. Davis 6f Tucson, Arlsofia, who was visitiag the Williams last July. The Jewels disappeared on the night of Mrs. Davis' arrival "Pete" hastened to the front garden yesterday and dug furiously among the geraniums. With a sniff and a Jerk he soon pulled into light the stolen property. equipment and will break ground this week for the construction of the O. R. & N. company's packing house extension Arrangement at Taooma, In a measure confirming the state ment that negotiations for Joint track age througt. tho peninsula have been closed, a, story comes from Tacoma to the effect that practically the same agreement has been reached there, and that the Hill lines have shut down work on their proposed Tenlno cut-off and mile-long tunnel under Point De fiance to gain a direct water grade entrance Into Tacoma. It is shUi the Harriman roads have securer; the best entrance route into Tacoma. by a tunnel to be bored from South Tacoma to the heart of the city and that the Hill lines have made an agreement for the Joint use of this tunnel. These agreements, which are said to have been reached between the Hill and Harriman lines affecting Joint trackage between Portland and Tacoma terminal yards will, it is said, save the! rauroaas more tnan 6,uuo,ooo or money. The financial stringency, it is said, has brought them together on the terminal The Swift people have added another body of land to their already Immense holdings In the vicinity of the rail road crossing on the peninsula, where the $4,000,000 packing plant is to be erected, haying just concluded an $80,- 000 purchase of a tract that adjoins their townsite north of McKenna Junction. A considerable portion of this tract is elevated and was probably acquired for an addition to their town-site. An extension of Patton avenue will run through the tract, and on the south it extends wellup towards Columbia boulevard. This, together with the tract purchased a few weeks ago, for which $16,000 was .paid, gives the com pany ample area for' a town of several thousand people, and brings the i total holdings of the company on the penin sula close to 3,000 acres. County Commissioner Lightner Sounds Alarm as Present Structure Is Weak. Accident Feared by East Side Resi dents Improvement Clubs UrgevThab Something Be Done Immediately . 1 "There is no question bnt . that the Madison bridge should be re built as soon as possible. We have been watching the bridge closely during the winter and hare decided that it is absolutely unsafe. Within a few weeks we have noticed that the cords are drawing apart." Commissioner Lighter, before 'the United East Side clubs last night. (Continued on Page Five.) BRYAN TO TAKE EDGE OFF HARSH METHODS USED BY ROOSEVELT 0 for (United Press Lessed Wire.) Pasadena, Cal., Feb. 26. 1 am William J. Bryan for the presidency of the United States and I think he will be elected over any candidate the Repub licans can name," was the declaration of M. E. Ingalls, chairman of the board of directors of the Big Four railroad and-former president of the Chesaneake & Ohio and the Big- Four lines. "In 1896 and in 1900 I voted against Bryan on account of his free silver views, but now since he has recanted that Democratic heresy and has broad ened by travel and ripened by age, I believe ho Is the available Democrat for the presidency at this moment. I believe that Bryan could better carry out what Is good In the Roosevelt poli cies than the president himself. Tbere were certain evils existing In the coun try that needed just the brutality of treatment given by Roosevelt; but we have come to the point where the conr tinual cry, 'Watch what I will do,' Is simply ruining business and urging us nearer and nearer to the brink of panic. I believe that Bryan can defeat any man the Republicans can nominate, even if that man were Roosevelt." HOP' f " W i1" . I - 3 '"wwiwf j-sf , i kuy'iP.tMHijwjjWiw iww(rjwwavjii!iMt fmommrm wwt9m vtmmmm wm'mmmww" x.V , ".s . 1 ! 'v:'iX-'tl i , - rir' -f m.iMii.1- - - -'' ' ....t.-. i- riTim t 'Tint! 1111 imitin tn t hmhii iran n miMmni C'Uki J .: A . . - .... ..... . - ... CITY; OF LIMA, PEftU,-WHERE THE OFFICERS AND BLUEJACKETS OF THE UNITED STATES BATTLESHIP FLEET ARE BEING EN TERTAINED. . THE r CIRCULAR ' "j STRUCTURE SHOWN IN THE PICTURE IS THE BULL RING. WHERE A NUMBER OF BULL FIGHTS TOpK PLACE A FEW, ' AYS.ACajN,IHE.-P.RSSBN:EL.'CF " SEVERAL THOUSAND MEN OF THE FLEEf. - - . . i iMt year th county commisaionanr recommended to the people ' that th Madison street bridge be rebuilt, said County Commissioner Lightner to tho : federated east side clubs at their re. ular meeting last night In tho rooms of , the i East Side club, Sargent hotel. "Th action was taken by the east sldo clubs, but on account of the bungling of vthe , bond . Issue roted ' In . Juno tha Issue has been declared illegal by Judge . Cleland and his decision wiU undoubted-' ly be affirmed by tho supremo court. wo nave watched all tho brMm closely during the winter and we have come. to the conclusion that the Madi. son street bridge Is absolutely unsafe. We have asked the .tr. KSIi4 snller0 to examine I tho ' bridge, and they have made reports to the effect that th h,M.. ' . , longer endure' the tVaffio Itwc I trena-tlianlM la... . '",' . "w have found it necessary In or-' uer to safeguard the nublio to stVenrth en the spans by placing Piles unde? th, spans to support them, ft is imposslblJ Whl way l "'nforce the drK but the enginers have told us the draw. nZttJI)??- 1 tor o am not 5 certain At any rate the county court has ordered the railway company to 2.he.draw at on "me. Should an accident occur on the Madison : bride? ' it would not be forgotten in th iiv52 -of yourselves or mlno." ve Alarm has been excited among thoao people who are compelledTo use th2 Madison street bridge" Many people. i ' &b aw, M ., por! kthe Now thS' cUy in renl eral has become alarmed because of th Imminent danger should a loaded Mm,? Scott train or other big Oregon Vil Power car plunge Into the rive? ' F Caps Xemoved. "When the atoi o- . from ends and i;X-:s?. MITi lounu 10 oe rotting away. Wh. k cords were examined 1 1 "a . founi1? many of them had pulled apart f.tfc tlMjrmore. the planklnff on thi sulrfnf: in poor condition an hu . newed because we thought Vk'1." would bo rebuilt beforo fhl, timebW Those who. hv. i-t""! ""- . bridge on foot hav.t7" iV5? sidewalkarfand ho" bridge on foot have TlToticeH Ti 7 tn the Boards In thefdewa kf rZVZJl0. ine onago shakes when h. pany between the Madlso Tad IHLS bridge, H was found t which, to make fa'timVte &,rl outftTofr;a'n 7a.Vthal " "wSf "? ment-; th' n'ner's Instru- ah!iWKihJf the supreme court k Pt forward on the ci..ndr, but If that could not bo done he thought- J!L"2"T ,w ,Ptlon t n the decision of Judge Cleland would ti dpubtedly .bo 'af firmed. Th cotn mi. sloner advieJ the clubs to r.,, ,,.? less thaa $1,080,000 on the bn t , it would be more economical in ti I run. It should bs .strong cnoufsri '..v V