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EDWIN COULD TELLS
OF BROTHER'S PLANS
George Gould Says He
Will Complete Line to
a San Francisco Im
mediately
North Line Work to
Start at Once The
v West Great Railroad
Field
United Pitas Uuri Wire.)
Lob Angeles, May 21. Edwin
Gould, pathfinder for the "ocean to
ocean" railroad ambition of his
brother, George, announced that the
Gould lines will not only reach San
Francisco, but they will enter Loa
Angeles, and the ports of the Pacific
nortnwest tnrougn- rowana,. , mr.
Gould arrlted today from Texas in
his private; car "Pixie,!'? rr
Gould la a director t-th. Western
Pacific and. makes the positive an
nouncement that, the ocean to ocean
Gould line will be consummated with
the eariy;Uompietton of the Western
Pacific into San Francisco and, that
the lines of tW Goulds- will also be
extended to Portland In the near
future.' ' '
Further Mr. Gould declares that
the Pacific coast' will be the scene of
the most extensive . railroad .operar
tlons ever known,- .
For many month It has been ru
mored that the Gould Interests have
been securing options on , rights of
way along" the coast from the north
shore of San lfrftnelaco bay to Eureka.
The Northwestern railroad, which ends
at WlUets, Mendocino county. Is sup
posed to ba the property of the South
ern Pacific and Santa Fe Jointly, but
lately it has been reported that part of
ths right of way between WlUets and
Eureka had been found to overlap other
claims and litigation was threatened.
WESTERN PACIFIC
i MOVEMENT STIRS
' UPHARRIMAN
'
Announcement from a member of the
Gould family that the Western Pacific
Railroad company' Win' build into Port
land, Oregon; was received today by The
Journal over Its special wire from Pan
Francisco. . The news Is taken to mean
that the-railroad -from Reno to Likely,
known as. ths California, Nevada & Ore
gon, long regarded as a Gould line and
now under 'construction toward Lake
view, Oregon, will b extended by some
convenient route into .the Willamette
valley and Portland. . . ;..-
Kver since me western Paciric was
projected to the Pacif lo coast it has
been believed that the Gould people
must do more than - merely tap San
; Francisco to Justify -. the ' construction
of so large a mileage through the
numerous mountain ranges between
Bait Lake and the California coast
Tha road had hardly been commenced
when the little line running from Reno
to Madelalne, With-a survey to Lake
view, changed ' hands udder circum
stances that stamped the transfer as a
Gould purchase. , .
Ever elnoe that ttmslt has been ex
pected that the Western Pacific would
break Into Oregon. The news -that it
has determined - to do so wes sntlcl-
fated a-few days ago by the Harriman
ines, which ' have included Lake coun
ty in their scheme of railroad develop
ment In eastern and southern Oregon.
A ' week Sbga the chief officials' of the
Southern Iaclfic Incorporated a coni-
? any to build a line from Anderson via
he east shore of Goose lake to. central
Oregon. Yesterday Oregon of flclals of
the Harriman lines incorporated an
other company, at Salem, to build a
short stretch of road between Lake
view and the California line.. These
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CARMEN AT ' GHC AGO
THREATEN TO STRIKE
K ; TO PROTECT UNION
, (Colted Preas Leeaed Wlra.1 - -
. Chicago.- May- Jl. "Discharge these
11 non-union men or S,5oo union men
will walk out and tie up every street
car on the' west side; and .the north
'tnae.' - . r. ' v"; : . .-- -
This Is the' strike' ultimatum dellv.
red to the Chicago Railways company
.by the Amalgamated . Association of
prraet Railway Employes on , behalf of
hm rain- wVirt AmmunA a atrllfieL . -
Cruisers Coming .
to See Festival
I t Washington, May 81. The bu
4 reau '' of navigation' announced
positively today that the Charles-
' ton and Torktown, cruisers, and
fourth flotilla of torpedo boats,
4 ' Ave In' number, making seven
. Ships 'iri all, will go to Portland,
arriving there June 1, and re-
malnlnc until June 6.
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BABE KILLED
Mrs. L. 0. Hogue Faints
Vhile Carrying Infant,
and Child Loses Life.
(Cnlted Prem LMMd Whw.
Tacoma, Wash., May 21. Falling in
a. faint while carrying her 19-day-old
baby, . Mrs. I u. wogue oroppea tne
Infant to the floor and when "she re-.
vlved a few minutes later the child
was lvlng by her side dead, from a
fractured skull.
The distressing - accident occurred
Tuesday evening and Mrs. H6gue has
been prostrated
. grief since and
will be unable to attend the funeral.
ic unai
Hogue
Mrs.
is
subject
to
rainting
ape 11a.
FIGHT
Bloodshed was ' averted in tha, Good
Samaritan hospital yesterday afternoon
only by; the prompt arrival of. a husky
attendant who grabbed C. O. LeMasters,
a patient- in the convalescent ward, - Just
as the latter, with a drawn Jackknlfe,
was In- the act or springing on. Axel
Johnson, another patient in the. same
ward. - .
Patients In this ward are thrown to
gether a great deal and become well ac
quainted. LeMasters had discovered
that Anderson was not of American
birth, and was wont to jibe him' about
his ancestry. Tne two naa -many argu
ments on ths nationality question, Le
Masters claiming , to be an American.
Eventually I this engendered, a bitter
feeling- which came to a: climax last
night when, after some hot words, Le
Masters dared Anderson' to throw down
his crutches and fight him. .
Anderson compiled, and instantly Le
Masters Tan behind him and, picking up
one of the discarded crutches, he began
to belay Anaerson over ine neaa ana
face. Anderson. Tielpless without his
crutches because of a broken leg, was
forced to take the beating. He Is a
well-built man. however, and the crutch
in L Masters' weakened hands did lit
tle serious damage.
La Masters saw this, and.' reaching
dorrn In his pocket, he bulled out a mur
derous-looking -1ack-knife. With the
blade open to its nve-incn , tengtn, he
was Just on the point of making what
would have no. doubt been a fatal lunge
when, he was pinioned from behind by
tha attendant After a short struggle
he was subdued. ,
Tne hospital patients In the vicinity
of the fight were badly frightened, and
for u. while the atmosphere In the insti
tution was surcharged with apprehen
sion, but when it- was learned that no
one had been killed the usual quiet was
restored. .
Le Masters was this morning fined
J50 oy juage Cameron on. ine cnarge
drawing a dangerous weapon.
LA GRANDE EEADY
FOR BOOST CAMPAIGN
(Special Diapatcb to The Journal.)
La Grande, Or., May 21. The board
of managers -, of the Commercial club
have almost perfected their plans for
expending the booster fund of several
thousand dollars subscribed by tha busi
ness men a short time ago. A contract
has been let, conditional upon the ac
ceptance by the publicity firm of sev
eral minor amendments to the original
proposition. The plan, followed will be
similar to those that have proven ef
fective in other localities. '
". William D.; Mabon, president of the
rtaa tin rasa t fstftlsvek iMalA a nKIiiA a
PATIENTS
UMtlVUSH UUIVH,, iU 4 IWU , tV Vi'tMtfU IU i. N .'-
direct tha struggle, leaving thaVCleve
land strike In . charae of minor of- f -
flclals,' because ho. regards Chicago as
the greatest labor storm center in the
country. So serious are the relations
here, Mahon tblr.ksy that unless tin
possible - to. prevent a walkout, wbtch i
w '. .uome&tarlly Expected,-- ;.k
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RflAt WOOD ' STATELY
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BY COURT
Justice O'Gorman Finds
That Senator Thomas C.
Piatt Is Not Husband of
Woman Who Filed Suit
for Divorce From Hira.
Omaha Adventuress LTnsuc
cessful in Attempt to Get
Money From Aged States
man Reporter Tells the
Court of His Interview.
(Colted Preas IaaeS Wire.)
Yew York, May 91. Mae Wood was
sent to Jail tM afternoon, after Justice
O'Oormaa bad found for Senator Thomas
O. Piatt in the divorce suit instituted
against him by tha woman. Eenato
Piatt's contention that he bad never
married tha woman was upheld by tha
oourt.
Charged with perjury, Maa- Wood lies
In Jail today, while Senator Thomas C.
Piatt, the aged statesman, to whom she
claimed to nave been married, is freed
from all suspicion of having committed
amy.; v ' ...-.
.'he decision of the court finding for
the defendant and eo'mmlttinr the Dlaln.
tiff to. Jail came after the BubmlsHlon
of- most - aensational testimony,- com
pletely throwing Miss Wood's cane to
the l ground and .leaving her side of the
contest without a, leg to' stand on.
The blow that broke the plaintiff's
back was. tha submission' of' tha deposi
tion of the stationer from whom the
plaintiff purchased the , alleged mar
riage certificate, in which It was sworn
that the certificate was not printed un
til at least a year subsequent to the
time that Mies Wood claimed that the
marriage ceremony was performed.
This statement was corroborated by
the testimony of the lithographer who
printed the certificate, the plates from
which they were printed being pro
duced, showing that Miss Wood could
not have obtained the certificate at the
time she said she did.
More hard blows were struck at the
foundation of Mae Wood's contention
that she is the wife of Senator Thomas
C Piatt when 'the annulment proceed
ings were resumed today. One of the
principal witnesses was the defendant's
81
n
son
Frank, who was present when the
lantlff
was paid
110,000 : for , the re-
turn of the "Tetters.
The first witness called was Lawrence
HU1. a New York newspaper man, who
Interviewed Mae Wood soon after the
appearance In a Chicago . newspaper' of
the woman's first story of her alleged
marriage, accompanied by a 'reproduction
of the alleged marriage certificate.
"Miss Wood told me." said the- wit
ness, "that Senator Piatt's matrimonial
affairs were of no Interest t her; that
she wss not concerned whatever. She
said she respected the senator, but that
was all." ,J
Frank Piatt was the next witness. He
told of witnessing the payment of $10,
000 by Attorney Nlcoll to the planltlff
for the return of the letters which she
had Intended -to produce In book form
under the title "Love Letters of a Boss."
"Did you see those so-called love let
ters T" the witness was asked by At
torney -Stanchfleld for the defendant.
"I did."
Did thev contatn any endesrlnsr
terms, such as 'My bride-to-ba' and 'My
dear little one'?"
They did not."
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OF FLEET
Great Fighting Machines of
the United States Navy
Pass in 'Beview Before
Crowd of Excursionists
Who Greatly Enjoy Scene.
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Nearly Everybody on Board
Steamships Roanoke and
Alliance Keeps His Feet
in Heavy Seas Until the
Men-of-War Pass North.
After all, old Pacific does not appear
so terribly big when $75,000,000 worth
of Uncle Bnm's fighting machines are
out rtpplog It up and tearing its long
undulating swells into frothing foam.
A fecllr.g of pride over the glorious
sight prevailed among tha 1,000 excur
sionists on the steamships Roanoke and
Alliance yesterday afternoon when Ad
miral Sperry's Atlantic fleet of battle
ships passed north in review off the
mouth, of the Columbia river, and so
DerhaDS the ships seemed laraer than
they really are, but' in any event the
impression went abroad that they would
make' any hostile fleet feel small should
it come to a case of the survival of ths
fittest.
viewed from the excursion steamers.
the battleships appeared to fine advantage.-
They were only - a few hundred
feet distant as close at it was con
sistent to navigate under the circum
stances. A severe storm of several days'
duration stirred up the ocean and the
sequence was still in evidence. So nim
bly did the big craft shoot through tho
water at a 13-knot clip that to many
thev seemed like a school of monster
frolUcklng porpoises speeding on their
way. There was Just enough of a swell
to give the craft an opportunity to
plunge and rise to the danger point.
, Socks Swept by Waves.
It was rroticeable that the older craft
of the fleft labored harder in the sea
tnan tnosq or newer construction, the
flagship .Connecticut keeDlnsr almost
above board all the time, whereas the
Kentucky, which brought up the rear,
Dlunxed and tossed until at times tha
entire forward section was burled In
foam. But It Is only a habit of hers.
for the next moment she would rise
from the deep, shake off the foam and
be safe and ready for another bound.
The Virginia displayed a tendency to
toss her forefoot high Into space, and
the familiar Kearsarge at - times bad
her . decks swept by rollers, much to
the discomfiture of the Jsckles. For1
tnem , it is to remain below while un
der 'way in heavy weather or keep busy
dodging, seaa. The Louisiana wallowed
and plunged but somehow managed to
throw the spray over her bows without
shipping a drop of water and the
Jackies were engaged in' sport on deck
while - the fleet passed the Roanoke.
The hospital ship Relief, in its con
spicuously solemn coat of white and
green, glided along so smoothly and
silently that it seemed she must be
aware of her important mission.- Per
haps the seas were more considerate
in her case; at any rate there was no
commotion when
commotion wnen sne came alone.
derly she passed on, the last in line.
Aside from dlDDlnz the colors as tha
fleet met the excursion boats and a
few blasts of the whistles there was
no demonstration when the fleet hove
In sight. No one cheered himself
(Continued on Page Six.)
Qtt Columbia liar.
Taken by Journal
PASSU
CHAMBERUUN ClMEDUPi
SMf LAND OFFICE MESS
r
Oswald Wesf Nails Campaign Ue
Oswald I: West, .'who was state land agent during Governor
Chamberlain's first terra, gives the lie direct to the charges. pub
lished yesterday' in the Evenings Telegram, impugning the gov
ernor's record in connection with state school lands. Mr. West
was appointed state land agent in the fall of 1903, and was th'e
governor's right-hand man in the stupendous task of reforming the
abuses which had grown up in that department under the adminis
tration of Governor Geer. No man in the state is so thoroughly
familiar as is Mr. West with the history of the frauds which have
been perpetrated in the past in connection with the state's school
lands and with the earnest, persistent and successful efforts of
Governor Chamberlain to pu a stop to these frauds. to punish
those implicated and to protect the school lands from further spolia
tion, Mr. West has issued the following challenge:
''An article appeared in last night's Telegram under the head
of 'Chamberlain and. Land Frauds,' which, by garbled letters, mis
statement of facts and innuendo, attempts to blacken the character
of Governor Chamberlain.
"I hereby agree to pay to W. M. Cake, chairman of the Re
publican state central committee, for the use of his brother in his
present campaign, $500 if, upon the submission of all the state
records having a bearing on this case, to Mr. John F. Carroll,
managing editor of the Evening Telegram, he (Mr. Carroll) does
not admit that the course pursued by the governor was wise and
commendable, actuated by the purest motives and for the best
interest of -the state, and that he would have done the same had
he been in .Chamberlain's shoes. OSWALD WEST,
"Salem, May 21, 1908."
WESTERNER
TELEGRAPH CUCKS
. .(United Press Lesaed Wire.)
Washington. May 11. The "shortest
operating telegraph line In the world"
haa got its operators into such a pack
of trouble that a movement Is on "to
disconnect the batteries.
This line begins on the desk of
nn,iM Aaalatant Postmaster-Ueneral
DeQraw of the postofflce department
and ends on tha desk of his prlvaM
secretary. Benjamin Allen, In the next
rnnm. Roth are exDert telearaph oper
ators and ever since DeOraw was put
in charge of the postofflce work the
little line has ticked out message after
message from one desk to another. '
The other day a western congress
man came In to see about the postal
service in his aistncu . Kurw win
busy as' a beaver in the Inside room
when Allen announcea wie congron-
60 KILLED III
I
Hundred Seriously Injured
by Collision of Fast Trains
Near Antwerp.
(United Press tested Win.)
. Antwerp, May : 21. In one of ths
worst railroad disasters that ever oc
curred In this country a great number
of . passengers,' the number being es
timated as high as (0, were killed to
day and at least 100 seriously Injured
In a collision between two passenger
trains.
The trains were running at a high
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COIIIICII
WRECK
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Potographcj' as Warship Was Passing Steamship Roanoke.
REFUSES
man's . arrival . by means of. tha tele
s-ran h line.
. . "Choke him off." clicked back the llt;-
ue macnine.
Am. I Urn .(..... M.AWaiV ItlM
Can't see him; you'll have to get rid
or mm, ueuraw is saia to nave re-
Dlled.
The congressman, without a word,
drew forth a metal -paper -knife and be-
fan to tap the metal lnKstana on
esk In front of him.
Allen pricked up his ears and heard
the visitor click out, in the finest Morse
code: m
"Oh. rats, don't xlve me that guff?
Almost Immediately the congressman
was ushered, into DeO raw's office.
Both Congressmen Cooke of Colorado
and McDermott of Illinois are tele
graph operators, but neither will admit
that he recently called at the postofflce
department.
rate of speed when the crash occurred.
They came together with great force,
throwing tfie cars from the tracks and
piling them up in heaps of ruins. Great
difficulty was experienced In releasing
the imprisoned paaaengera Twenty
two bodies have been recovered and
search for more is being made In ths
ruins.
The collision occurred at Contleh,1 six
miles southeast of Antwerp. One train
was bound for Brussels and the other
was going to Lierre. Three coaches
of the latter train were crushed Into
kindling wood. The accident, which is
thought to have been due to mistaken
signals, took place on a crossing.
JAPAN FAVORS AN
OPIUM CONFERENCE
(United Freaa Leased Wire.)
Toklo, May 21. Tba Japanese gov
ernment has signified its Intention of
Joining America. In the latter's efforts
to secure the calling- of an international
opium conference
V K e k
FOUND ROOT
OF SCANDAL
Through Governor's Vigor
ous Action Wronged
Land-Owners Were Given
JusticeFacts Now, Dis
torted to Injure Him. j
In all ths excellent record of George
E. Chamberlain as governor of Oregon
there la nothing mora to bis credit and
honor than hla management ot tha state
land problem. Almost simultaneously,
with bis assumption of tha governor's
chair ha began the herculean task of
reforming tha abusea which had exist
ed In tha state land department under
former administrations, and which were
left, for his solution and settlement by
those who had preceded him In office. -
Working from the first for the pro
tection of the people of Oregon wronged
by adverse aota on the part of Washing
ton officials, and by land sharks ever
waiting--about the land offices, ha ac
complished a task in atraghtening out
the affarls of the state land office
which should entitle him, more perhaps
than any otner aeries of official acts, to
the honor end admiration of the people
of the state. r -
Gamed facta printed.
In spite of this condition of facts, a
garbled mass of misrepresentations and
Intentional deceit has been - published
attacking the honesty and integrity of
na
nr mm wittt
fraud
in the management ivf state lanrl.s
under the control of the state land
toard or
lea be as governor was
chairman.- This article, the result of an
extensive Investigation .made by - A
Portland detective in the employ of H.
M. Cake. Governor Chamberlain's oppo
nent In the senatorial race, la false and
misleading.
Sent by H. M- Cake to make Ms In
vestigation with a view of finding
something to the discredit of the gov
ernor as chairman of the state land
board, the Portland detective wasac--corded
full access to the files and rec
ords of the land board and allowed to
pursue his investigations unhindered by
Governor Chamberlain. The result of
the Investigations pieced together in a
distorted mass, is a charge that - the
governor waa responsible for the fact
that some thousands of dollars paid by
bogus applicants for state land were
paid back to them, to the loss and dis
credit of the state. . , , , , ,
Tangle Waa Tears Old.
As a matter of fact, borne out bv th
records of the state land office, tho
tangled condition of affairs existina- in
the state land office in ' l0f and beforo
that were due not to Governor Chamber
lain, but were Inherited by him from
the administration of Ex-Governor T. T.
Geer and his . state, land agent and
cousin, "Bl''; Geer, the latter working in
conjunction with W. H. Odell, former
state land agent, in the crooked manipu
lation of state land base. : .
Governor Chamberlain entered Int..
the Investigation of land board abuses
and followed the Instructions of tha
general land office to the letter, to se
cure Justice - to - those- who had been
wronged by the former state officials,
When Chamberlain became rove rn or
he found the state had sold over 100.00U
acres of land . to which, it had not and -could
not secure title. This condition
of affairs waa the result of the opera
tion ot Odell and others who were sup-
dying base lor lieu or indemnity seiec
tona which were being made by State
Land Agent Geer.' '
; School ZAttd's Xlstory. . ;.
When Oregon was admitted to i the.
TTnlon if received a grant of two sec
tions (sections IS and 36) in each town-
shiD to be sold br the state Tor tno
benefit of the common school fund. The
federal laws provided, however, that In
the event that a school section proves
to be mineral in character or was oc
cupied by , a settler, claimants caul I
hold the same as against the atate And
could perfect their title under the fed
eral laws. - .To indemnify the state for
the losses -thus Incurred the govern
ment permitted the state to select other
vacant government lands of equal acre
age. --.' .'"'
- It was the duty of the state lan.1
agent to keep a record of these loMxe
(called base) in order that other Jami-t
might be selected and the Interests! of
the state duly protected.-but he fflllej
to do so. ' It was the custom to select
a tract only when pointed out by aoma
one who declared hla willlnfrnenn t
purchase the same and upon- ins rnmg
his aDDlication to purchase, making hi
first payment to the state, and paying
a commission to some lana Droker lur
supplying the base. , -'
The great rush for Oregon lands dur
ing the ' year 1800 created an unumial
demand for state base, and Odell an1
others friendly to the state land ait'int
were soon busy looking up allK'l
losses which mlKht be useil for
for ihdemnlty selection and worked
through the aenaral . land office at
Washington. ,
Odoll'g AotmUes.
The result was that ths lUtt !an1
agent Tnaje selections to ths xtrit i,t
over lOO.iTJO acres urn be mir.i.llc-1
by Odell and others,' a nri for whk o ih
had received a com ml ion nf n
11.50'per acre. The ba. Hum fun,,' i
proved to be worttiietia sn l ths ' i
lists were rejectej an.! !!, f.ir ,,,.!.
lation bv the g!nt-r:i Iwl aft---, ti
Washlnrton. Manv of t(:-,.i h. ! f ... . ,
ftnallr .cancelled. n.l, thr n : i,. ? , -
ure of Stsw Lati'l Agent- lie r t , . - r
the purchtsrs from t'i , ...
tCoutlnuei. oa 1-. I