a k 1 . ? , ... . au , v- -i.-i 1. i - r
IRflF ;
: 25.9 FEET
. . . 'r' .-' '. ;
v .ii i " -.
. Commercial ' Club Compiles
I Figures to Refute Senator
Perkins Misstatements
j Regarding Depth of Chan?
I - nel From Portland to SCa.
i
l A speclel eommntee appointed by
fresldent Hodson of the Portland Con-inert-lal
lb' has prepared ; "I"
Showing the , draft , of aomeof ) "J
trga tmuIh that cleared from tbie
Lrt during tbe year 1107. The report
k. made neoeeeery. and itaclrcula
lion Important, by reaaon of mlaatale
hienti recently uttered by Senator Per
klne of California, who ; before the
Inlted mates "J" '"ft .V&Vi.
1ml might have led PP'f.
that the channel from Portland to tht
Im'vu not capsbts of carrying deep-
araft ocean veasela ' .
'it la aald to be a, grievous thing that
f ommercl.l bodies -must keep apchU
committee of volunteer cltlseni at work
woet of the time- on 3?
another to correct and remedy 111 er
ects that follow tha efforto of some
lr.natora wnT think they, are serving
ne community by detracting from the
Hirlu of another. ' v..
' The Commercial club a committee nat
i j.iiii. fnr three dara com-
fuinTofficrMevldwc. Of
tins' mistake, and baa i admitted, the
following report, which VwM b circu
lated widely among senators, conKreaa
,"en aTd Whlngton offteiala who ha
la do with the making of PPro,P,r,a:
lions for improvement of tha mouth of
the Columbia river: ,
S unCW. Hodson. president Portland
kmmerclel club-pear -lrTha under
aliened committee to whom was referred
I, r riwuMt for tha facta regarding
ftiSu of water ln the CoWbla
river herewith eobmit detail regard
ln ve'sels clearing from Portland
fn n-L .t.ti.tina are taken from
the Merchants' Kachange ra.a. bers
they ere compiled from official data
furntshed by the aurveyore for Lloyds
J tha BuVeau VeHta. The-a Y.a.el.
all went through f rom Portland to tha
aea without loucmng. mi mar i
ih. wr and without lighterage: -
Vessels
niaulii Trosa roruana. wvi.
v Twenty-four feet and over
Draft.
Month and Vessel.
feet.
May. nynaiora .....
iwMmbtr. Como ,..,...o-J
lecember. Glenetrae,.....J...,,;Z'
June. Ascot ....... V',,,!
January, . Crusader... " J
Jday. Irish Monarch .. JJ-J
December, Auchencralg j-J
May. Tottenham....... ;
October, Bramley J
juctober. Den Alrlle iVZ
April. Pukul Maru. ........
April. Stldra; !
May, Nlcomedla
July. Kalibia ,
May, Aragonla
June. Numantla,
January, Arabia ... !
February., Aragonla. .
February; Agapanthua
iuly. Arabia ..
i Averare draft
Twenty-threa feet and over
UA.'iiifiA'VHML'!: ""'1' --r-1
Draft,
rr. Feet.
...23. IP
.23.10
...28.10
March, Numantia .............
November, Queen Louise. ..... .
September, gueen Alexandra...
June. Arabia .....a.... . .
23.9
i3.
February. KOionira, ru
January, Olenericht..
....II
i Mmhfir. Numanua .........
May. Klrkiee ................
February. Nlcomedla 2J.7
. prll. Arabia s .......... . .... . J J
January, Oeno Maru ........... .zsi
March, Aymeric. . JJ
September, Barkaton ............ .23.
November, Aleaia .. 2S.
Xovember, Klcomedla ........... .23.1
Jerember,. Wavertree ............ .21.1
May. Norman Islea ...v.... ...... 23
' February. Gymerlc ............... 2J ,
September,' Dalgonar. .......... 23.J ;
January. Iverna -...23.3
I"Cf mber, Tlberlua : . 23.4 ;
January, Suverie ................. 23 0 ;
Kfbruary, O wee nee ........... ..23.0 ;
March, Manahu Mara ............ 23.0
March, Asia .................... 23.0
June, African Monarch ...23.0
September, Numantla .......... ..2S.0 ...
October. ElBa .... n .............. .23.0
October, Strathneas 23.0
' Average draft ............... ..23.5 "
These veaeejp ranged In length from
850 feet to 460 feet, the average being
Bllirhtly over 400 feet this Hat in
t'ludee tonlv veasela bound foreign, and
doca not Include such mammoth coast
ers as tha flanta Maria Santa Rita and ,
others of their class, which como and
go regularly drawing from 24 to 15
ieet . Trusting these figures will cor
rect the errors in circulation regarding
the depth of water, we are,
' Respectfully,' -'" '
E. W. WEIGHT. Chairman.
. ROBERT KKNNEDT.
' T. W. B. LONDON.
SniPPER SAYS E0ADS '
rf DO mV WATER STOCK
L' (Special DUpeteh to Tie Jonnul.)
Balem, Or.. April . W. E. Russell
of Sheridan in a letter to the railroad
commission complains that during S4
hours he was on the road with a carload
of cattle from Milton to Sheridan the
animals were not furnished with any
-water other than what he was compelled
to furnish them from a hand bucket, and
that during the 24 hours on the run from
Portland to Sheridan ' not a drop of
water, was furnished them. JTh .
rarI ? i.h-run wa on the line of the
vi. , r ana rroro Portland to Mil
ion was on the line of the? Southern
rifle company. The matter will be In
vestigated py tot commission. ,
GEORGE GAY DENIES
THEFT OF HORSE
Ppr!nl DUoatdi t The foaraal.) '
Walla Walla, Wash., April . George
Ctnv was arrested at Pendleton Tuesday,
h:ivtng In his possession - the horse
folen from Police Sargeant Frank
Mors last week. H denies the theft,
. iy)ng he bought the horse from a
Yxv.r.vr. The mules which were stolen
rt the eame time have been located on
jnsi'er- mountain, above . VVaitaburg,
.ii.e Jl) miles from nere. . xney were
i,o - hep, found and there was nothing
to indicam now mej came mere.
EXACTLY ON TIME
, All trains on time today.
Northern Pacific No. 1, due at e
1 o'clock, arrived "on lima i e
Southern Paciflc No. 10, due
st 7:55. arrived on time. e
Southern Pacific No. 1, due a (J e
11:S0, arrived on time. : 4
o, n. & N. No. 8. flue at I
oM.uk. arrived on. time.
O. H. &. N- 6 l10 at
rlt'ed tn time.
Aft.-ri & Columbia No. 81,
C r,l 11:15, arrived on tlma
aaasas"
. -
1 . irilC" nUHNIIN IHlLiI w w -t , - . - - ... . "
HARRIfdAN'S
SAVE
Wall Street Newspaiwr Eiplains Reasons for v5ranate'
' doiiiff to the Uescuc of the Corporation. , :
Receivership
ii ,
. - ;. ,vv ' v.v
s (raited Press Usied Wife.)
: New York. April . Whlla tha dea
tiny of tha Erie railroad was trambllng
In tha balance yesterday afternoon, the
road" bankers paving refused "to meet
its maturing short-term notes -In cash
and tha board of directors being In ses
sion to decide tha company future. E.
It. Ilarriman. president of tha Union Pa
cific, stepped to tha front with, a par
sons! offer of IM00.000 In cash to.sava
the Morgan property from .default ana
a consequent receivership.
( Th. AirMt Journal of April 2
had thla to aay of tha directors' meet
ingof tha Erie held on that ata:
ITha directors of tha Erla meet today,
at which time. If plana now In 'ontem-j
Flatlon are anprovea. mo jm;imi
Icultles of Erie will be taken cars of.
While It la conceded that tha altuation
Is a rery delicate one, tha proapecta are
now considered favorable for success, i
"It Is learned that there has been a
difference of opinion In the ranks of the
Krle as to whether the difficulties of
the road could b successfully overcome
under existing conditions: and further
more. It Is understood that prominent
flnanciera connected with the property
have been In favor of a recelverahip as
the best solution of the matter.
"It la stated In well-informed Wall
treat quarters that tha contest against
a receivership hss been vigorously led
by E. H. Harrlman, on tha ground that
tha difficulties tn question are picayune
In comparison with the Urge earnings
of the Erie, its strategle position, real
value and prospects, and tha big lasuo
Involved. . . , . ,
A comprehensive plan Is heme- worked
out which. If approved by the directors,
will provide for the discount notes ma
turing April t, and will also make tha
property anug" to meet continued de
pression In business. Any feasible plan
(hat can be brought forward would un
doubtedly receive the support of all the
il iflifnot merely that 15,100,000 ais
Mnnt notes must be nrovided for. A
study of tna recent course of the road's
earnings clearly ehowe tnat any sue
cessful plan ' brought forward must
have Incorporated in It some arrange
ment for conserving tha Erie's surplus
earn Inge.
Aside front tha men directly Identi
fied with the property, tha opinion gen
erally prevalla that If the Erie roed, be
cause of Ita great prominence and nu
merous associations here and abroad,
is allowed to go Into a receiver's hands,
it would be a most damaging blow to
tba credit of American securities.
: i 1 SrastSo Keaas. I
The" result at stake therefore Justifies
drastle means and expedients. While it
Is yet too early to say what the direcK
ore will do. It can be stated that any
plan which the directors may approve
will, ba comprehensive and drawn up
MOOD ROAD WILL :
PASS SOUTH OF MT. TABOR
Engineer! of the, Mount Hood Electric
railway are at work on a new roflte for
the road from Graaham to Portland. It
Is probable that the road will be built
on direct Una from Cresham to the city
limits and pasa south of Mount Tabor,
thence coming in through tha city In
tba same general direction that tna
present O. R. 4 N. company main, line
runs. v'.;' ?v . i(r i-l-1 w"1 .
Contracts were let today to the Rig-
don Iron Works of San Francisco tor
the steel pipe wora lor ine con nun
nlant. This construction
will ultimately amount, to several hun
dred thousand dollars. The first-work
will be the construction of two of the
half a dosen enormoua .penstocks that
am tn cnnv.T the water-from the res
ervoir down to the water wheels in the
powerhouse- .Thla bunding will 1, 400
feet long and 80 feet wide, and is de
signed to contain the machinery for
deveionlna- 75.000 horsepower, of elec
tricity. " 1 - '
The new route of the Mount Hood
electric road will bring the road cIobc
to Kelly Butte, which -is a welcome
proposition for county and city author
ities, -as it would lurnnu
-'J (United frees tsessd Wire.) ;
Washington. April1 .Testimony
damaging to the defense in . tne yoe
Benson land fraud case started by the
government wag given today, by wai ter
1 Slack, formerly a bookkeeper in. me
employ of - Messra Hyde r and. enson
In their real estate office In San Fran
cisco. Slack testinea mk wbiw .n.
Mm. amnloved blank applications ior
school lands were 'lWtoHy de s of
fice and afterward. Ailed out by. the
boys in the office. He Id. that the
firm of Hyde & Benson was interested
l" 50,000 acres of land, mogtf which
i. tum nam at VV. C. ClarK. rte
.said that some of the Oregon, tract was
under F. ' A. Hyde s name. :'2 .
The indictment against : thtf defend
ants charges s thnt during the Vrioa
from October, 1901, to February, 1904,
at Washington, in tne - Lsi"ci - i
lumbla, they uniawiuu j
tracts oi pumiu ",rL.
tiers in IlSu of lands within the ' limits
of forest reservations.
charged that Joseph H. Schneider.one
of the defendanU, was aent to Oregon
In 1898, and wlttun eixiay
ties to more than 40,000 acres of school
lands within the : Cascade ., range forest
reservation la that stater. j
PUTS VICTIM'S BODY
OX KAILR0AD TBACK
Spokane. Waah., April 0. Frank Mo
reao. a laborer, was murdered .and
robbed near Cheney- today, i Ills ooay
wae put on the railroad track to hide
the crime, but - a" section frma!J
i . M.m ..... ..fir. f.rie train
reached the spot Posses are after the
murderer. - '
Packcy Has Narrow Escape.' p
" tt'nltta Press' VhA Wre.
Farlnnd; the Chicago npxer, wh;
billed to fight Jimmy Britt at Col
fiatiipila. .fl.rnnnn. is - HOnS - W"
wnraa tndav fna thA SDtlllnc Kiven hint
lat Wednesday bv a bucking automo
bile. He escaped without a scratch, but
was silently jarred up- A massage re
moved all the til effects caused by tne
accident. The odds on the fijtht remain
st to to 9. with McFarland on the Jong
IOOK FEDERAL
TIMBER LANDS
end, 1 . . .
.J - nAtrv TmiRNALl PORTLAND. THURSDAY EVENING,
PLAN TO
Averted.
not merely of tldlng-tha
rtl 8, but of conserving It;
with a View
road CMf April .
surplus earnings
and
credit.
That those financier. who dominated
tha reorganisation or me
"S ever -houfd "Sow
more, or less ever """i. t,tt o-t
atand by and uae ym Snother ri
to save the property from another re
org anliatlon anpeara "bjrlotta, -
nated IU WM,ti0,n1.?rlt Tu flnan
been mora or leaa """V.n'iook back
clal , policy ever alnoe. can Iook oc a.
W'ZZIV. f The reorganisation of
i f . . Zm .v.
OI1CT
the
-plan xthe
couple of
yeara.
Mtvilvi eommKtea was
Irani
few modifications to tha first
Under the reorganisation plan which
pt;7Aupuop
t? the south and the VuteWU line
to tha north, were amply provided for.
Ably xanagad.
From the railroad "tandlnt ho w-
' . i. - varv sbly msnagea,
Ml whl(
darwood. But Just ss soon aa eurpius
worth mentioning appeared.
prefix
and have been continued in an lnc"
ng Kura year by w '"S,
Tlie matter la not wholly ,tbout ,w
analoav in the Southern Railway.
Eve'n withli tha pt yew. and juet
a few months prior to tha panic of last
t alL the?. i o "l f"t Promi
neni financiers connected with the Erie
ware even then In w f Unu li
VITItiri u TAalla.pi
W.J1 stroerjournal wUl recall how It
th?n! and long befoi. pointed out tha
folly of such action. .
Only last year tha Erie road earned
aarlv 111 000 000 net to meet fixed
chaJgea of 113.000.000, of which 11,000 -S?ar5"S.Tf..T.-U
.inkinr fund oaymenta
a. a r a n ma annum.
Readers of the
and interest on equipment notes. Thljj
was undoubtedly a very fine record of
Granted that the reorganisation was
a poor one, the reaulta since reorgani
sation have shown that the railroad It
self was able to earn large jurplua
moneya The trouble hss been that the
railroad men In the Erie who have
built up its surplus earning powers,
have had taken from thm overyear
by the financial element, the dividend
djspursers, moneys which should have
gona Into the road. -
means of transportation for the cruthed
rock produced there by the county
prlii oners. Property-owners along the
new route are exerting themselves to
facilitate the company's preliminary in
vestigations, and every one thua far
heard from along the line la aald to be
favorable to the building of the road by
this route. - "
E. P. Clark, president of the com
pany, made a trip over Ihe proposed
route yesterday, and will go out again
tomorrow to extend bis Investigations.
He said: - ": v . ' ;
"The outlook is favorable for the new
route. We can have a nearly straight
line on this route from Gresham to the
Portland city limits, and-it la thought
the grade will be - satisfactory. The
road can enter the city south of Mount
Tabor Just as well as at other pointa
Our Intention wu to come Into the city
north of tha Base Line road, and we did
tlon there. But the obstructions raised
have been too strong. We will not be
held up for right of way. The road
will be built along the linea of least re
sistance, and we do not have to go. on
any particular route. The. world Is
wide, and when people show- hostility
and will not be reasonable we can go
somewhere else." ,r 1
FEARS BUBBLE III
BUBBLER'S PATH
' Hans Koetten, driver of the German
car Protos In the New York to Paris
automobile race, has not given up hopes
of beating his opponents. Although his
car is stalled a few miles out of Ogden,
Utah, and Koetten himself is on his way
to Seattle to procure duplicate parts, he
thinks that when the machines hit Asia
German mechanical ability will win out,
wln out. : fj
Koetten reached Portland over the O.
R. A N, from Ogden thia morning, re
maining only long enouah to catch his
train for Seattle, where he Is to pro
mira.dunllcates of the broken oortlons
of -his car. He expects to be starting
back for Ogden wun ine repairs ay to
Although he has had worse luck with
his car than any of the other contest
ants, Koetten is a long ways from being
discouraged over the outlook.
- "Walt uniu . me i nomas car inn
Siberia, where they have no railroad
tracts to run on, saia Air., ivoeiien.
f'That la where the European cars will
WtnVa . un . for . lost . time. The Thomas
car won't be able to secure duplicate
I rarts and will have to cable DacK
to
America for them. Then we'll be able
tn maka some time and I think the
Protoa will make Paris before the rest
of them nave a iook in;"
'..'The-Thomas 'ear. renresentlnsr Amer
ica in the big race. Is now en route for
Valdea, -Alaska.' Of the French and
Italian cars also entered in the race jone
will reach Seattle Tomorrow and the
other la nearlv due In San Francisco.
Koattao-ail that fee- eould eava ti me y
ERE
RAILWAY
going to Seattle for the duplicate- pieces
needed for his car rather than .take the
chance, of ordering them by telegraph.
JAPS MANUFACTURE
FLAGS FOR AMERICA
($'-'7 f.'-i-"--'lf " ' " i;'H-vSrs-
, (United Press twA Wtre.) ' '
San Francisco, April 9.--That the Jap
anese Intend to profit ini more ways
than one through the visit of the Atlan
tic fleet became known today when it
was reported that a Toklo firm had
manufactured thousands 'Of American
flags and shipped them here in anticipa
tion . of a great demand for na trio tic
emblems when the armada arrives here.
The information came in a letter from
an American in Toklo. ; The writer
states "that the quantity Is so great that
it took up all the. cargo space on .the
vessel. : ,
'
EFFORT 10 KILL
STERLING DILI
Dolliter Fails to Substitute
' La Follette Employers' ,
; ; . T . I n V H l v TU 1 1 . V v
sm an - t- J"
(Cnited Tress Ltiied Wire.) ,',
' Washington, April Effortg made
on the part of few eenatora led by
Senator Polllver to substitute the I
rolletle employers' liability bill for the
Sterling measure, which was passed by
the house April . failed- in the eenata
The motion, which was made, by JJolll
v'er, was laid on the table by a yote of
SI to Ii. .., ; ,,' . ', .x :v
The only Tote yecorded agalnat the
Sterling bill Ira tha house was cast by
Representative Mttletleld of Malna
This measure, which ia much more
awoeplng than tha , senate blU "ftab
lishes the doctrine that the railroad
companiea engaged in interstate com
merce are liable for personal Injurlea
received by employee in their service.
It abollshea the strict common law
rule of liability, which bars a rocoyery
for the personal Injury vr 'death of an
employe, caused by the negligence of a
fellow fii service. A provision, however,
diminishes the amount of recovery 1
the aame degree that the negligence Of
the Injured one contributed to the' In
jury. - , ' - : .('
OIL FLOVJS FROM
COOS BAY Wl
Petroleum Rises From 350
Foot Shaft Forty Miles
From BanUon" ;
. Crude petroleum in what promlaea to
be good quantities . baa been ' found in
the Cooa Bay. country about 1 40 miles
from Bandon, according to R. F. Crit
tenden of Marshfleld, who la now In
Portland making arrangements to ship
a load of machinery to ' the scene to
develop the propertlea
Mr, Crittenden la managing the bust
ness near Bandon and la representing
a group of men, some of them of Poru
land, who have put their money inte
the prospect - - - , -' ,.
According to the story of Mr. Crit
tenden, the company has atruck oil in
their prospect well after having gone
down 630 feet. The flow was auch as
to como to the surf nee of the ground
and proves to be oil of good quail yr.
The company back of the property bfts
a lease on 40,000 acres of land-In the
vicinity and ia confident of being able
to open up an oil region of magnitude.
Eastern experts who have examined the
property aay the oil and the. manner
of finding it give color to the assump
tion that It can be found In paying
quantities by further development work.
Mr. Crittenden iwlU ahlp - a large
amount of machinery for Bandon on
the Alliance. 'which sails on-Saturday
next: 'The preliminary organisation of
the eompany- has been formed and the
board of directors includes some of the
leading men of the Cooa Bay country,
aa well as some well-known men of
Portland.;:;''. -
DECISIONS TO BE
HADE WIMAHY CASES
Judge ; Cleland Will An
nounce Bulings on Matters
Taken Under Advisement.
Presiding Judge Cleland in the cir
cuit court tomorrow will announce his
ruling on a number 4f motions recently
submitted, and will also announce his
decision In two cases tried before him
on lueir meriia. wuukv wanwuw.ii
hand down bis decision in tbe case of
E. 8. J. McAllister against the American
Hospital association . and others. - Tbe
matters to be decided by Judge Cleland
are as follows: . .
Otto Meyer against Mary meyer, mo
tion for alimony and suit money.
Dan R. Murphy against C. u. Dana-
her, demurrer to amended complaint. -Minnie
M. Clayson against William
Clayson, decision on merits. . ' "
Beada, L. Helfrich against John O.
Helf rich, motion for suit money.
J. O. Johannes -against Florence
Evans, motion to make complaint more
definite and certain. - -City
of St Johns against Toungfer-
dorf & Sons and others, motion to make
more definite and certain.
Fw F. .Burfltt against W. C Moore,
decision on merita , .
John Berdahl against O. McDonald,
to make complaint more definite.
W. B. Rust against Alexander Zygow
sky. motion to strike out parts of reply.
Frankfort Marine, Accident & Piate
Glass company against roruana : ua
company, demurrer to complaint.; , . .
wenry - ienr, oy guaiuiaii,
John B. Matthews, motion to strike out
parts of amended answer.
r u.u n navison 'asainst John B.
Davison, motion to make more definite
and certain, - - - -
CITY OWNERSHIP
HEARTILY INDORSED
The Montavilla Improvemeni
board Indorses. Mayor , Lane's
plan for municipal lighting- in
'the following resolution:
- '-Whereas. The mayor ; of the
.
city of Portland is now and has
for a lohg time past aavocatea
municipal ownership and opera
tion Of an electric light plant for
' the city of Portland; therefore;
be It '"-.,''
"Resolved. By, the "Montavilla
Improvement board, that7 we in-
" dorf e the action of the mayor of .
the city of Portland, that , the
said city of Portland' should own
, and operate its light plant inde-;
" pendently of 1 any - private l cor-
porauon, tnau tucn uv -.".
that the city could take at this ;
time that wtould be. more bene
ficial and economical to the real
Plants of the city, and we com-5
' mend the mayorg every action
-'In hltf endeavor to secure to the
Ocitlxens of the city lights at the
actual cost of production there
of., , . - "
; 'Portland, Or.r' April t.'lMSV
.i 'Attest: -
- ' W. CATLEWORm 4
' j' - v .'Tresldont :
"O. E. CARTER, Secretary;
,
'
" Boger B. Blnnott ' ''--:- 'V
For Llstrict Attorney. :
APRIL- iD,
BAKER SAYS HE'S ALL
READY FOR A DEBATE
Taxpayers " Will ;-Probably
v Have Chance to Hear the
- ; Lighting Question. J i
.', w" ; ' . -- ,
Councilman Oeorge I-Baker yester
day challenged Mayor Lane to a debate
before the people on the lighting ques
tion, saying, "i am prepared to dlsouss
this question with you at any time or
at any placa" . Mayor Lane aald "all
right.'.'' Jnd the matter ended after
Baker finished making, a speech in which
he attacked . Mayor .Lass's .veto , ines-
"Jit the ? conclusion - Of his 4Pfh
Baker brought forth a document which
he asked to have rend and which he re
quested published in the newspapers.
The communication was not read but
waa later signed by the members or the
malorlty party in tha council chamber,
each -member agreeing that the eommu
ntcadon represented jttielr sentiments
on the lighting question. ; j
i The communication refers to the let
ters addressed by the mayor to the pub
llo and accuses him of misrepresenting
the facta to the people and endeavoring
to lay the "mismanagement and evil lii
tentlona upon the council." The letter
aeta forth the section of the city charter
providing how contracts for-lighting
shall be enured Into and says that the
councilman have- followed the charter
!n this-requirement-'V"1""
The couacilmen say further:
"You would Infer by hla veto, which
has been published, that the council was
making - a contract to -light Uie.tlty.
when, as a matter of fact,-we are aim
ply followtrg the language of the char
ter in directing tbe executive board to
enter Into a contract,, they being the
complete Judgos, as we have nothing
further to do than to -authorise them to
make a contract We do not designate
who they ahould make the contract with,
and we are not responsible If there hap
pens to be only 'one company who is
competent to bid on the same. '
. "His honor the mayor advocatee the
municipal ownership .of a city's light
ing plant and you would Infer by his at
titude that we. the council, were opposed
to such an arrangement Hie honor In
his veto does not suggest any manner
In wtiicb to accomplish this purpose, and
he hopes to make the people believe
that the city council of Portland la un
der the Influence of corporations and
that the people's . rights . are being
abused." - . ' "' ""' ' :
. rnnr ind In r the eouncllmen state that
the question of municipal ownerahlp of
a lighting- riant is a isnr one ma
should be carefully gone Into and con
tend that If the mayor has any plan that
ia practical he should submit it to
the people and the council. - . s
JUDGE DEAL DIES
AFTER LONG ILLfiESS
:;:, -,:.v' ....,--. v.v , r,
.Judge Cornelius Beal, one of the best
known of Oregon's early . pioneer resi
dents, died at his home in thlsfltySM
East Oak street. - after sn. illness ex
tending over a year. ' Mr. Beal was
born August 14. 1J29. in Ohio. . He was
one of the most aggreaslve of the pio
neers tbat orossea me plains w u"u
in the 60'a and took an active part in
the upbuilding ot -Portland. v ' ' ,
Judge Beal wai an able writer; and
thinker.-' Some of Ms writings relative
to early conditions in OHegbn are valu
able historical narraUvew Ills religious
views were secular. He-was a -lawyer
and served three terms in the Iowa leg
islature before coming to .Qrsfoiu-
. He removed from Ohio, to, Boohe
countyj Iowa, in 1862. and plunged into
the midst of politics at once-He mar
ried while there Miss T. A. Bufttngton.
who survives him. Together! they caat
their -lot -with the emigrant trains and
crossed the plains to Oregon. , .
.Judge Beat was im owner
settler on what is now known as Coun
cil Crest, He bunt nis nome on wjj
wtS tnn Af in grH9IL. II U L sg.1 IVI V o U
relinquished the holding. Lately he
had been Interested in coffee planta
tions in Costa Rica. For a aumber of
years he was associated with the late
Judge P. A. Marquam. : .
No children survive Mr. BeaL , There
ra wn rrand children only, Mrs. M.
Jones and Mrs. C. B. Van Houtenjand a
sister, Mrs. Ussle Jackson, of Stockton.
California. k ' '-.' jv
CLAIMS If
BUT PLEADED GUILTY
The trial of Ridhard Lynch, alleged
to be the accomplice or j.
in a series of bold horse thefts,' Is be
ing held before a Jury In Judge Ganten
bein's department of the circuit court
today. Hawkes pleaded gumy, ana is
now serving ume n iuw ""
Hawkes implicated "Lynch In many t of
the episodes, nearly a score of which
were chargea xo me luroin. .
tt.1,- or.ata aurorlse on the wit
ness sund this morning by denying un
der cross-examination that he has been
guilty or norse-sieaiiuM,' .
nleaded Builty In the Lee case to ac
commodate the staU and avoid the ne
cessUyof a trial.. While maintain ng
that hewas Innocent of wrong-doing
In the case on trial, he testlf led that he
was with- Lynch when the latter took
front a pasture the horse he Is charged
with, stealing, r-'-:j mr
huX'd?fens.and testified that. he
waax present wneu iicr humv. ----.i.
v iT,.o. in ntieatlnn from two men.
whom she f described. He bought two
th hameiia and -a wagon, she
" ij 'i 7S tnt the outfit to Work
!JL, Vmn at Hoaan. She
said ehe had not since seen tho men who-
old tne norse, ou wn
were going to eastern Oregon.
RICH WAITRESS WILL
NOT QUIT, HER "WORK
" fDnltfd' Press Leased Wire.)
Los Angelca April 8. Riches have not
made Mrs.. Loots E.' Meek, a young wid
ow, scorn work. ' Although aha ' has re
"r.U.A 1K nnn nt a fortune of 1100.000
left herVpy the death of her father in I
England, sne sun noiun ";
waitress In a family hotel In Los Anse
les and ahe declares she has no inten
tion of quitting just because, she-has a
fortune big enough to support her the re
mainder of her life. The legacy consists
of 115,000 in cash and two houses and
lots so close to the heart, of London
that their value may be much more than
is eiiimated here. She waa married
whenshe was 17 years, old and became
a" widow a year later... .
liQUOR FIGHTS '
i ILLINOIS LEGISLATURE
.Vr'f ;f ' ' If ',tv'-:r,W.::"f,-
" Chicago, April' . That the result of
the local option vvote of Tuesday has
drawn the Unes f or . a furious struggle
between the prohibition and the liqttor
forces for the conti-ol of the state leg
islature was the declaration made today
by Alonso K. Wilson, chairman Of the
.).(, nrahMiitlnn -committee. s. t
rie' declared that the "dry" vIctorlOH i
it Hie colls were but the beginning of
the troubles of the. saloon Interests and
that the fight waa wound? vi oe earned
Into the legislature by the prohibition
ists fighting for a slate prohibition law.
their opponents striving for the repeal
of the Sunday : closing statute, and a
modification of the present local option
law., :', j v v.'', '
HlOCEIiCE
1SC3.
BOULEVARD 10
EHCIIiCLE CITY
Portland freights. Property
Owners Plan 3Iagnificcnt
; Driveway System.
.-'C
The Initial aelon was taken at a
meeting of Portland Heights property
owners, held in the- rooms of the Com
mercial club last; night, which will ulti
mately reault In giving to Portland'
magnificent boulevard system. s out
lined at last night's meeting, tlie plan
provides for a 60-foot driveway along
Vista avenue beginning at the south
end of, the Ford street bridge and end
ing at the . Intersection of Carter and
Twentieth streeta -S ! ' i
Overlooking the city, the ' proposed
driveway will extend along the hlllsld
for a distance of , i,00 leet, and will
eost to build about 100.000 , . . ,
Nearly 60 Heights property holders
and residents were present at the meet
ing and a number of them made ad
dresaes ent uilaMleally approving the
plan. A. H. Rlchmbnd, engineer of tho
lortIand Railway, Light A Power com
pany.' aSHdred those present ' that the
atroet railway system would' cooperate
with the property-holdere In carrying
out, the proposed improvement. 'Among
the other speakers were J. C. Alnsworth.
George C. Flanders. -Isadora Lang and
E. L. Thompson, all of whom promised
every assistance- in' completing" the
project ' . I . V "'
It was alsd proposed tnat a large area
of land on the north side of y lata ave
nue, between tha end of the Ford street
bridge and Terrace drive, bo purchased
apd set aside for park purposes, v
Before adjournment waa taken ' the
Portland llelsrhta Improvementassocla.
tlqn waa-reorgaplked and the follow
ing officers elected: President Isadoro
Lang; vice-president, J. C. Alnsworth;
secreUry-treasurer L.Thoinpson. 1
Lang, J- C. Alneworth, IL C. Campbell,
K.-, L. Thompaon ' and J. p. Hart were
named aa a committee' to have full
charge of the-preliminary proceedings
looking to the construction of the drive
way - t: . . - ' ' ' .
x-Clty -Attorney U A. McNary was
retained as counsel by the committee,
and at today's adjourned meeting of the
council will . present the , resolution
adopted at last night's meeting, asking
that the improvement be made.
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SALT LAKE ROAD IS . .
PLAYING "GOOD DpO"
(Cnited PrM Leased Wire.) ' ','
Anaeles. Anrll l.The first wit
ness . called at today's' seasloo of .the
sute railroad commission, which is in
vestigating alleged discrimination ' by
the railroads in the matter of freight
rated, was Fred K.. Wann. freight traf
flo manager of the Bait Lake railroad.
As he entered the service of the rail
road after . the : traffic . had become a
"good dog' and granted no more exclu
sive rates, be wae unable to tell the
commissioners, anything of Importance.
- E. W. Gillette, who . succeeded Wann
on the stand, .however, confessed that
the Salt Lake road had granted 're
funds'.' on shipments of the Union; Oil
company. Gillette Is general freight
agent of tbe Clark line. Oil was moved
from Blxby to San-Pedro, Gillette test -fled,
at a S-cent rate to the Union Oil
company, while the published rate was
8 cents. Asked if other companies could
have obtained a similar contract If they
had ' known of It Gillette said they
could. But they did not know about it
This was in. !90. There were special
rates In all directions In ' these days,
confessed Gillette, but since .then - the
practice has been discontinued. , . '
SEARCH FOR PARENTS
. . OF ALBERT MORGAN
Albert Morgan,1 a son of ' Albert and
Minnie Morgan, of Portland, is serlou"
ly 41L-t Rawhide. Nevada, and Post
master Mlnto received a letter tbls
in .n.itin that . an . effort - be
made to locate the- parents now living
In this city. The letter-from Rawhide
was written by tbe- Rev. wiuiam. ,
r..i. Af tha Methodist EDlsconal
church. He says the son does pot know
tha .address. of his parents In Portland
and that they should know of the con-
urn at ka .Vtif -- ... r .
anion , v.. :.,..' ,
The Morgana nave ,
ahoiit, six months, coming herefrom
Spokane, according , to. Rev. .Mr. Rule s
leer. Postmaster Mlntotoday. wrote
a general delivery Jetter to Albert Mor
gan Wltn ine-noptj- ""'"i ' , .
uailv be located and Informed of the
son's sickness. ' -. i .
EVIDENCE TAKEN IN"
VANDERBILT DIVORCE
' ir.iua Dm luud nirt.1
New York, April' .--Taklng of evi
dence In the vanaerDi" "ivorce. c"""
was 'resumed this morning and it is ex
pected that when adjournment la taken
for the 'day alUof the testimony will
have been Submitted. . The caae may be
ubmltted 10 4 uauca j
next week. , .-j''' '
' -laiaBpwaasaa-aeBalaaaWSaSeSas"" aaaaSJ MaaMBeSB
Indian Woman Sne Railroad,
T.n.r. tn tha ease of Minnie Joshua,
a Umatilla Indian wpman against the
Northern Paclffc railroad for 1 5,260
damages, transferred , from the xlrcuit
Sourt ot Umatilla county. , were filed
with. theWrk of the United States dis
trict court at Portland today. The ac
cident occurred Ootober , .19 : last ;yea,
on thftWalla Walla brancn
'til I!
it . " N.
;f RINGLER'S NEW NATAI0RIUM :V
(20x60-ft. white enameled tank), Bull. Run water, constantly chang- w
. - !, ine. uniform temperature of T6 degrees . , . ,
Urm5 5AiUitUAY,-armL 11 v
SWIM, ' 25c
y lHours for - men women .and .children. , ;. .;
swimming ticket to every visitor Saturday may be usedat
an time. - ' .
Free
386V2 EAST MO.iRISON
GARS TO STOP OH
NEAR SIDE 0I1LY
New Rule Regarding Street
cars at Crossings . Lncc
. tive May 1. ' . .
Friday. May $t .
all ca-a of the roruana ""-' -
I p"w" r companx will(begln .topping
on the near aide of tha alreete-, j..,--
Jn the meantime the new ru.a
f advertised eslenslvely. so that whan
ha advertised e(
the order nnauy
traveling publlq
foes .into '"yv ,
il be well Informed
on the aubject. LrAt was la-
Several' weeks ago, an order w
AJL-J.Sri.!l0.trt5:
wt h the approval of ""'jZ.
decided to make the final change.
.. The system baa been trioa in ni
other cities, and IS atlll nef fart-
Los Angeles the street rajlway wmj
claims that the number o f eec (dent
since the near-side stops began, nav
dlmlnlahed 80 per cent. . . ,.vti the
The principal advantage In haVla n
..str.
Be?: making toSSdU
selyn took tha astlon, undar tt vise
mmt The matter wss thorougniy c"
SdrUand This morning it was decided
that the near-atop order should go into
Mr! j'o.wlVn recel ved many mmunij
catlona from persons wh.?KL,If hat the
deal, and they agreed witlj '
nearside stop woo id be for he,B'"
TWnking thit It waa the wlah of the
iubllo and for ba conveniences of the
people and an advantage to the com-pany-
as walk -the officials made tne
final decision today. " . - ' .;; .
WILL ASK STORES
TO CLOSE AT 6 P, II
' asaaBsasaMseMSBSBBSBBasssajBSB i
Ae the open meeting of the Consumers-
league last night at Trinity, parish
house,' Dr C G Chapman eppke on the
responsibility of the consumer for ex
isting conditions in-factories and gar
ment manufactories. . He aald of the
Oregon 10-hour law for women that it
marks a distinct 'epoch In labor con
ditions for women lie intimated that
when woman wanU to vote she Is con
sidered too ethereal for, such heavy du
ties, but In the faotorlea she Is obliged
to perform the same labor as man and
'"Chatt spX-of the olvlo work
which Is being done by the Conaumer,
learue In eastern cities, espeolally tn re.
rard to bill boards, ne aso piw
fhe responsibility of the cltlsen In re
gard' to compelling storekeepers to de
sist from blocking - the sldewalke with
boxes and goods. It any of us. he said,
were to go'lnto a atere and awroprlate
a bolt of. ribbon w wotild be wth'
clutches of tbe' law, but merchant
may appropriate the space ieath th
sidewalks which belongs i to the city and
be-eafe from disturbance., : t r ' ' '
The jtetltlon which Is to be presented
to the Ketsu Manuriin ..--asking
them to lose-th stores In the
retail district i Saturday afternoons
through July and Ausuat received many
signatures. 'Mrs. Millie Trumbull gave
an Illustrated talk on child labor, show
ing elides representing factory condi
tions In the south, scenes. In the Penn
vlvania coal 'mines and glass works.
Local conditions were also presented,
showing the (advantage of Oregon s
ehild labor law.. , '
BIG TIMBER DEAL IS "C
MADE AT VANCOUVER
".' , (United Press tested V7re.)
.Belllngham. -Wash.. April 9. A tim
ber land .deal involving 250,000,000 feet '
of Umber within U miles of Vancouver,
British Columbia, , was closed today by
D. Van "Wegener and J. Q. Mich. The .
former-Is one or, the best-Known mm- ,
in engineers on the contUient. and has
of f icee In London, New Tork. Chicago
and Loa Angeles, Pitch renresente Call
fornia capital, and It Is chiefly Califor
nia money- tnat la being handed over
for the timber, ; , ''' "
The namea of - the principals were
withheld by .Wegener. It Is learned,
however, that the tract of . land on
which we timber has been purchased
comprises x 12,000 acres, and OS .been .
held for 1 0 yeara y one family. Seven
hundred thousand dollars is the price
to bepatd for this tract, and in June a
1400,000 mill wlll.be erected and opera
Jtntia commenced. The cypress cut from ;.
Lthls tract will be shipped direct" to Cali
fornia to be used aa piles for docks.
AMERICAN CROOK IS C
yiRELEASED AT LONDQN
- - j -' . , 1 . 1 . ' '.' ,,' , j ' i , .'. -
r-: (TJnlted PreM Led Wlre.t ' ,
London, April . 9. Eddie Guerln, the
notorious American crook, who was ar- -rested
late last month, on suspicion of
being connected with numerous bank
robberies In the provinces, was released
enm .mintndv todav. 'i . , " 'L - v
LESSONS, 50c
STREET, MEALY BLDG.
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