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THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND. SATURDAY EVENINO, JULY 11, 1908.r
TO HIE PE
H SQUARE
RUN
DEAL
Eyeningr Editor of Oirgonian
"'Hastens to Apologize for
Printing Fake Story of
"the Pacific-Home Tele-
phone Merger.
Sensation Rewritten to Suit
Local Conditions Offici-
als of Both Companies
Show No Combination Has
Been Even Suggested.
Jnlal from every hand, even that
r. Which wrote the first report of a mer
ger of the Pacific and Home Telephone
companies, show that the "reliable ar
ticle printed in the Oregonlan's even
ing Issue of Thursday as to the combi
nation of the two companies was a bald
fake.
Not only have the officials of both
the Portland companies denied the truth
of the article, but John W. Ullkyson. di
vision superintendent of the Bail com-
rany, has written a public denial, and
ha head officials of the Pacific Tele
phone & Telegraph company at San
"" Francisco declare they have no Interest
nd are planning to acquire none in any
: Home or independent concerns. All
unite in declaring the newsy item to
"riav been inspired by the frantic ef
forts of the evening issue to print some-
-tning or anytning mat. xne juurnai imu
noi usea Deiore.
. Old Tale Revived.
'" A telegram was received from San
I Francisco this morning entering a de
nlal on the part of the Bell officials
that any combination or arrangement
between the companies had even been
'suggested. General Manager Alfred L.
jTetu declares the article to have been
,ta old canard frequently sprung before
. and containing no more truth now than
t It had When first originated. General
; Manager J. H. Thatcher made a similar
statement, saying he had never even so
Bonaparte SihIs a JIan, Fol
low ing Perrin's Visit
to Oyster Bay,
(lulled Vremm I--1 Wire.)
San ImihuIsco, July 11 -William R.
Hnrr. nslNlant ntomey under United
j Siai g Ai l.irney-tlenei Hi Bonaparte, is
hi Sun Fram-lsco Investigating the rase
of It. Kdwurd F. Perrln. who was
I coi.vlctlnn of lund frauds and has ap
' p.Mlf.1 Ills case to the higher federal
courts.
1 r. IVrrln recently returned here
from Oyster Bny, wheer he Interviewed
i'rt-slclriit KooNovolt, and the vinlt of
Hurt' to this clt Is taken to mran that
the president Is determined to ascertain
whether there is any truth in 1 r. l'er
rln a.ssertlon that he was convicted
by mnnufnetured evidence.
It Is known that Harr is looking into
the refusal of the federal grand iury to
reconciler the case when Dr. 1'errln
asked an Investigation at the hands of
the Jury Harr a report will be made to
Washington.
CONNECT HOTELS
WITH WIRELESS
Managers Plan Vast System
to Serve the Travel-'
ing Public. .
QUIET GAME WITH
SLOT
(Unite Ft Leud Wire.)
San Francisco, July 11. It was made
public today that managers of the prin
i cipal hotels in the United States have
i formulated a plan whereby the main
l caravansaries In the country are soon
; to he connected by wireless telegraph.
I If the plan Is a success guests at the
! hotels will not only be able to commun
I lcate with other hotels, by wireless, but
people will be ablo to engage rooms at
any hotel In the country while they
are at ea.
The Idea started with Manager M;i
resch of the Bellevue-Stratford hotel
at Philadelphia, and George Boldt, man
ager of tli Waldorf-Astoria In New
York. The line of wireless stations
constructed on the roofs of these hotels
will run through the principal hotels of
the country. The JaSall hotel In Chi-
cago will furnish communication with
the gulf.
The St. Francis hotel here Is to erect
a station at once, and the principal ho
tels of Portland, Seattle and Los An
geles are expected to Join in the circuit
FAREWELL
DEMOCRACY
Old Things Passed Away
Forever, Says William Al
len White, When Gray's
Nominator Sat Down and
Platform Was Carried In.
HUSH FUND
(Continued from Page One.)
When Pomp of Oratory Grew
Stale Convention Further
Repudiated Old Things in
Roaring Down All Speech
makers.
San Francisco Gamesters In
vent Lottery Device and
the Police Are On.
(United Press Leased Wire.
San Francisco, July 11. Acting under dividend
gon. and the Hood River Electric Light,
Power A Water company. Ella May
Pavldson and Chipping are respective
ly, the sister and brother-in-law of H.
F. liavldson and Evans says they are
company. I made enthusiasm for Bryan died down
By William Allen White.
Denver, July 11. When the nand-
Watsrfront Deal.
In December, 1904, Evans asserts the
company began Its alleged illegal deals
py issuing 1,360 snares of stock 11
legally and dividing it among the di
rectors. Evans says that lie has stead
ily refused to accept hta share of this
divillftrwl ThrAft VAara a trf 1-hn T-I r.rwl
ordera from Chief of Police William J. . River power & Water company, the di-
Blggy, the police department today be- ' rectors of which are practically the
gan a erusa4e against slot machines i same as tnose of the light company
here. The pouce nave been quieuy
at midnight Thursday night the conven
tion listened with more or lesa patience
to the speeches nominating Johnson,
and when . the Johnson demonstration
came, showing, how with only a handful
of delegates a noise almost as large as
tne Bryan noise might continue Indefl
nltely, the organisation of the conven
Hon grew restive. After Minnesota had
" 7hat ' Do They Cure I
The fcbovs question U often asked mo
urnins lir PI true 'a two leading medi
cines, Golden Medical Discovery and
FavorlU Prescription."
The answer U that "Golden Medical
Discovery " a most potent alterative or
Dlooa-punnur, ana vonia or wvigorswr
and acts eepeclalljr favorably In a curs
tlve way upon all the mucous lining sur
faces, as oi ine nasai passages, wrost.
bromhlsl tubes, stomach, bowels and
bladdear-curlng a large per eenU of catar
rhal cakes whether e dlseese affects the
nasai pnsapes, the (moat, laryns, won
ehla, stomscUsras eatsrHti! dyspepsia),
ooweis(a rauXottireMaraj,' on
uterus or other
f iiiif,Uuna. LUa
6
ladder.
h Even I
ft flf. lllto
igcures.
1 he " Favorite Preier
lor ihorarA GLi'tie cJas oi
Eeouiiar
Ifregj22m
oftefl acet-eful In sltec
much as heard such a plan mentioned.
I i It . la the general opinion that the
evening Issue, having seen a similar ru
mor printed elsewhere. "decided; .to lift
the atory and apply ltto local condi
tions, thus finally getting something
I first From the tone of the apology
i printed yesterday it still 'has not got
J the last of the article, however.
i ' " CHlkysoa's Declaration.
tlMvlslon Superintendent Gllkyson of
the Bell company in a letter declares
that not only is the insinuation that the
two companies have or may form some
jtort of agreement untrue, but that
4 "furthermore, the subject matter of the
I article In question is erroneous through-
fut. Our business is growing steadily and
J we have no Intention of abandoning the
j field cr consolidating with any other
I organisation."
gathering evidence for the past few
weeks tending to show that several ma
chines about town offer prizes for com
binations of cards that do not appear In
the machines. Eight of these men were
arrested last night and more were ar
rested today.
Chief Biggy Is proceeding under the
section that defines a lottery as a de
vice for giving away goods by chance.
stump and platform campaign, leaving
the dignified utterances for Bryan, who
will probably make a tour of the prln-
bought some river front property, it is cheered for 10 minutes and seemed to be
claimed, for not more than 14.600. , good for a hundred more, the chairman
onuruy Derore tne directors or the : sent for John l. Martin, sergeant-at
power company got a long term lease : arms. "Make Minnesota sit down," said
iwui .1,, uwucia ui mo uuioiuing jhiiu j uiayion,
to lay water pipei, from the property i ilaking Minnesota sit down at that
.ura.uuuu, purcna6ja. a. J!. uavia- ; minute was like tickling a buss-saw with
t V -""". snipping, a straw to matce it jump. The pudgy
H. Ferguson. W.
Henderson, as directors of tho
light company, in the absence of the
-
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JOHN WKEKN
(Continued from Page One.
!he was . a member, for United States
.'senator, and once snowed under in a
campaign for state senator. He has
Jheld the offices of state senator, city
J prosecutor of Kokomo, reporter of the
state court of Indiana, which corre
spends to the supreme court of 1111
Jriols, and was for 10 years city attorney
of Indianapolis.
The Bias of John W. Kern.
' At the age of 19 he was graduated at
the University of Michigan and at once
trwtlr nn fhf nmrtlee of Inw. Hp be-
Jcame prosecuting attorney for his home
dual cities.
Charles W. Bryan, when asked to
voice his views on the choice said:
"Mr. Kern is absolutely satisfactory
to w. J. Bryan, mere is no one wnom
he would have preferred above the In
diana man. He is a perfect candidate
and adds great power to the ticket.
Ha Is an expert on the antl-mjunction
law and has figured In the important
development of that law In his own
state.
Admits Taggart Made Him.
He ran for governor In 1900 and fin
ished ahead of Bryan; again in 1904
he was defeated, running well ahead of
Parker. Senator Beverldge out
marshaled hinr iu a campaign for-the
aenatorghip and the first time, that
Kern Was a candidate for the stato
senatorshlD he was out voted. Kern
had ambitions to become a member of
the national committee. Despite his
close alliance with Taggart, hi a am
bitionn led him to venture a test of
strength. Taggart, apparently, was
not confident that he could muster
more delegates than Kern, for he called
mm on witn tne attractive proposiiior
to maker him the candidate for the
vice-presidency. Kern, without any re
serve, today said that Taggart had been
his Warwick.
"I owe my elevation to this great
honor to Thomas Taggart, who stood
for ny nomination from the first, and
refused to back down before the claims
of any other state," he said after the
nomination. "I did not ask him to act
for me, nor did I 'urge anyone to get
me the nomination," he contlued. "I
am happy and gratified, but I made no
efforts to win the prize. The fact is.
1 did not think the convention thought
enough of my qualifications to return
me a winner. I am not rich; I am not
brilliant; I am not distinguished. My
friends, however, seem to have been
convinced, and to Mr. Taggart and the
ttown and later sought larger rewards in others T am indebted' and deeply grate-
. iiiuiniiayuitB, nncis hts uuw )'.'. ' 1 1
-house of some pretensions on Penn
sylvania avenue. Kern was elected to
the reportership, a lucrative office, and
during a number of years In which
Jie was suffering defeat for higher of
tSces he remained city attorney tn the
o- capital. He gave that post up when
his practice, aided by Taggart and
Crawford Fairbanks, became large.
Kerr, has always been regarded in
his
tartv as an old line Democrat. That
Is. he has been an avowed sympathizer
with the reform movements. He was
cne of Parker's staunch supporters for
nomination nd election in 1904. He
has been twice married and has four
. children, of whom three live. His old
est son died of fever In Cuba In 1898.
,-Of his first marriage a daughter, Julia,
now 12 years of age. Is alive, and the
two children of the second marriage are
.. John W. Kern Jr., 8 years of age, and
Xavld Cooper Kern, S years of age.
His wife is a daughter of a physician
. evnd her name before marriage was Ara
xnanta Cooper.
Xtra to Be Chief Campaigner.
Despite these things that separate
him from the Bryan end of the party,
or perhaps because of them. Kern is
Vi r-v n - rhli nralnr r a wnll A Yilm mm. I
Vilrg mate. Charles W. Bryan today i day
aumorizeri ini KLHiemt-ni. i n muni
tions are now that Tammany and the
Other powers that thought Bryan was
wsitlng upon their decision to ratify a
candidate, were playing a forlorn hope,
for Kern had been the certain nominee
for four days. Kern, who In a small
war has been reg-arde'i as a powerful
"convincer. s they ay it in Indiana,
will probably do the heavy work of the
ul."
What Xern Looks Zdke.
Kern Is a tall man, 68 years of age.
He affects a broad tan. hat of felt and
is more vociferous than at any other
time when ho is greeting the rural
voters of his state. He wears a beard
which Is black and Btreaked with gray.
His cheeks are shaven and the mous
tache merges into the beard with no
visile boundary line. He was born on
a farm near Kokomo, birthplace of the
famed "Man from Home," in 1650. Two
generations before him his progenitors
were Germans. They settled at Win
chester, Va.. and later moved to Koko
mo. When he was four years old his
parents removed to a farm near Des
Moines, Iowa, and he was a resident
of that etate for 10 years, until he re
turned to the old farm.
CONFESSES TO THEFT
(Continued from Page One.)
Inclined to hold the proprietors of the
Merchants responsible for the condition
of affairs there.
Patrolman Charles Tennant said to-
pialntlff. bought this land which they
naa just purchased for I4,b00 or $6,000
as directors for the power company for
$25,000, taking '$10,000 cash and $10.
000 in capital stock of the light com
pany. Having purchased the $5,000 land
ror 2a,uoo the directors declared a
dividend of 33 1-8 pier cent, although
according to the secretary's statement
at that time there was $89.50 cash on
hand and an outstanding indebtedness
of $38,390. the chief asset being the
land Just bought for $25,000.
Uff&t Company Milked.
Later the power company purchased
another piece of land for $2,000 and
sold the right to drain It to the light
company for $2,000, the land was
drained at the expense of the light com-
fiany and the power company now owns
t. It having Increased in value two
or three times by the drainage.
It la claimed that the money neces
sary to complete these deals was fur
nished by the Portland Trust company,
$35,000 having been given in all, and
that to cover this loan the trust com-
f any procured an issue of bonds on the
lght company, of which it sold about
$f,700.
It Is claimed that December 14, 1904,
the light company voted to place in
the hands of the Portland Trust com
pany as trustee $10,000 of the capital
stock, and on December 20 passed an
other resolution authorising Mr. David
son to handle this $10,000 In any way
that he biiw fit. It is claimed that this
was simply a lobbying fund to be used
in corrupting the citizens and members
of the council of Hood River to Induce
them to purchase the power company's
plant for $60,000 and convert it into a
municipal system. The question was
put to a vote and defeated, however,
although it is alleged that a large part
of the $10,000 found Its way into the
pockets of some of the most prominent
citizens of Hood River.
Trial Bet for Monday.
The case is set for trial next Mon
day oef ore "Judge Bradshaw, although a
contlnuacce has been asked for by the I
aefendants and may be granted.
President Benjamin 1. Cohen of the
Portlad Trust compay said today that
while he had been called as a witness
and would attend the hearing of the
case that his company was not at all
concerned in the matters charged in the
complaint. He said that the $10,000
spoken of was simply held in escrow
by his company and that he had no
knowledge of how or for what purpose
it was to be used.
Since the filing of the suit the di
rectors of the light company have met
and decided that the duties of the offi
cers have become so much more arduous
o flate that an Increase of $2,000 an
nually In salaries shall be made to all
officers of the company. They also
decided that as Evans had brought suit
needlessly against the company that
his shares of stock should be declared
confiscated to provide the expenses of
defending the suit. They confiscated
85 shares of dividend stock and an
nounced that the rest of his stock, tr
enough to pay ail expenses or c.eren.1
ing the suit, would be taken from him
little sergeant went to Minnesota and
asked it to sit down, as one who posts a
trespass notice against a cyclone. Then
he came back and sighed, and the chair
said: "Well," and the sergeant reported
progress, but that was all.
Minnesota was mad because the band
didn't help It, as muslo had stimulated
the Bryan show. Finally thla got into
the heads of the Bryan people, and the
band, which had remained mute and
more or less inglorious, started up, and
then, after proving to the convention
how easy a thing it was to do, Minne
sota sat down.
Conservatism's Farewell.
The nomination of Judge George Gray
began. The convention and the galleries
were tired. The orator was appealing
to the conservative, and the crowd was
radical. Three hours of cheering for
Bryan had put a maggot In the brains
even of the politicians who were there
to vote for Bryan If not to go wild over
him. So when the orator told them how
to win with a conservative, they thought
of the glorious victory with Parker and
were disrespectful to the point of in
decorous language.
The platform committee marched In
worn and fagged and glum looking after
48 hours' work, and the orator for Judge
Gray was again Interrupted. He saw
the temper of the men before him and
gracefully gave up a bad Job. And as
he walked with some dignity from the
piatrorm the Democracy of Bayard and
Cleveland and Seymour and Tilden and
Thurman and Old Bill Allen bade good-
uye io irua vain wona xorever.
Federalism Everywhere,
Then the platform was read. In a
father pompous and punctilious manner,
y Governor Haskell, who typifies the
new Democracy as Judge Gray typifies
the other. It was a platform radical
enough for Danton, If not for Murat,
and It discussed everything under the
shining sun and recommended federal
control and supervision for banks, rail
roads, politicians, waterways, forest
waterfalls, post roads and the publio
bellyache.
No such program of federal Interfer
ence was ever lormuiated in a national
platform of any great party before.
The platform was adopted cheerfully,
and then the convention passed, at 1
o'clock, to the real business for which
it had assembled. It seems that a dozen
statesmen and their admiring friends
had traveled 500 to 1,000 miles seething
with speeches in their lnstdes second
ing the nomination- of the peerless can
didate. These speeches were more Im
portant to them than the object which
they advocated, and for perhaps an hour j
the crowd good-naturedly stood the
Niagara or oratory.
Tunny Bide of Convention Zdfe.
But a time came when tho patience
' i ureai crowa strained and
snapped, and then for two houra half
a donen men made the greatest sport
that this world knows An angry man
tJrtTTficClenl to IvAmen onlV.'
It A powerful vet gently (cilna invlJuFs
Ing tonic and nervine. For weak worn
ont, over-worked women no matter what
hat caused the break-down, 'Favorite
Prescription "will be found most effective
In building up the strength, regulating
me womanly functions, suDauing pain
and bring) ne about a healthy, vigorous
condition of the whole system.
A book of particulars wraps each bottle
giving ine rorrauiaeoi Dotn medicines ana
quoting wast scores or eminent med
ical authors, whose works are consulted
by physicians of all the schools of practice
as guides in prescribing, say of eacn in
gredient entering Into these medicines.
ine woras oi praise oeetoweaon tne
several Ingredients entering Into Doctor
rieroe's medicines Dy sucn writers snouia
have more weisrht than anv amount of
non - nrof Asslnnal testimonials, because
such men are writing for the guidance of
ineir meaicai oretoren ana gnaw wereoi
they speak.
Both medicines are non-aleohollo, non
secret, and contain no harmful hablt
forming dn'gs, being composed of glyceric
extracts of Jho roots of native, American
medicinal forest plants. They are both
sold by dealers In medicine. You ean't
afford to accept as a substitute for one of
tnese medicines oi Known composition,
any secret nostrnm.
Dr. Pierce's Pel leu, small, sngar-coated,
easy to take as candy, regulate and In"
vigorate '"- -h. nTcr ana bowels.
ground the west and the Mississippi
valley, and still go on the theory that
Ohio, Indiana. Illinois, Kansas and the
Dakotas, Colorado and the Rooky moun
tain states are debatable ground. The
platform and the candidates both are
put forth with this territory In view
and in this territory the fight will be
made.
So when the gavel fell on the oom
nleted work of tne Democratic conven
tion, the echoes of the last cheer were
expected to reach only to the Alle-
ghenles.
GIVEN TILL JULY 30
TO FILE AN APPEAL
(Salem Bnraaa of Tb Journal.)
Balera, Or., July 11. Thorburn Ross
has been given until July 80 to file
transcript or appeal m tne supreme
court. The cases against T. T. Burk
hardt and others will not be taken up
at the next term of the Marlon county
circuit court as was at first arranged.
-They will be postponed to October when
the term opens aionaay ana win proo
ably be carried along on the docket un
til the supreme court reaches a decision
In the Ross case.
Cholera Morbus and
Bowel Complaints
"Over 95 cases in every hundred
of summer complaints could.be
avoided, says a leading spCialist,
"if everyone was careful to keep
his system toned tip with Duffy's
Pure Malt Whiskey. It's the most
effective grm destroyer known
to the medical profession.
i
1
f
Again
& Again
aSTLin'
par m bm sfay ia
1
eyery sick
man and
woman tn
tr i commence
jUtakinsr the
L -r- JDitters.
L st sv ' - - "a awav
V-vV.i'it tvillhrln
Rj '.'v j.v.l ' o u won-
VVdoiTt delay
Get bottle from your Druar-
p'st or Dealer and let it prove
loyoo personally how enod it is
m cases of Dyspepsia, Indiges
tion, Costiveness, Cramp. Di-
arrnoea. jiiwousneu arid Majar-1
! Few. - - ----- - I
r arrested a man at the Merchants
nearly a year ago on a charge of robbing
an ex-soldier of J80. I saw this man
go through the pockets of the Kuldier
and then go behind the Imr where W il
liam "Weber Jr. was working at the
time. Weber saw me and cautioned
his companion that a 'cqp- was In Bight.
For this reason I think the proprietors
of the hotel are In on the robbery
''Hoi-ton appeared before Judge Van
Zante this morning to answer to a
charge of assault and battery on Ks
tella His case was postponed until
Monday morning. He is being held In
I jail ostensibly, for assault, but in real
l Ity until the police can have time to In
i veatlgate his possible connection with
1 the robberies.
i Will correr, jonn nol anu jren?
Ross are in Jail on a warrant charging
them with robbery, and Estella Is also
held as a witness.
i. District Attorney Cameron will rec
ommend the immediate closing of the
Merchants hotel if the people now ac
cused of robbing Patrick: Joyce Thurs
day night are found guilty
COAST STEEL PLANT
SOLD FOR MILLION
BUTTONS FINED FOR
FIGHTING REPORTER
(Cnited Pren Lcued Wire.)
Honolulu. July 11. Lieutenant Com
mander t'Hrter of the naval training
station here was fined $25 in police
court for an assault on a reporter In
his office at headquarters. Carter ob
jcoted to a statement made by the re
porter in his paper and. proceeded to
take It out in the good, old-fashioned
way
He jjledd guilty In court and took
his medicine.
Pan Francisco. July 11 Control nf
the Pacific Hardware A Steel company
S Biased out of the hands of Louis and
otvph Sloes today. A I gcott. H J
Morton and W. T. Smith, who have been
associated with the Pines brothers, now
have complete control of the great con
rm. Although It Is admitted that the trans
action Involved nearly ll.eon.snn. the
exact figures hare not ben mad pub
lic Joseph Finns will retain hi poi
tl"n ss manager of the company for
some Una.
Ttirre) Killed m a Handcar.
Hammond, Ind.. July H T. K. Tre
ftilne. 24. of Plta, Ohio. E. E. Wll
llftitia, J, of Hickarllle, Ohio, and an
ur k w man. sr& on a nands-ar oa the
I-k . J-i.nre track eeer this city, were
run Jnrn by a paeengr train that
was making tts time, and all wore
Truth and
Quality
appeal to tne u eu-iniormed in every
walk of life and are essential to permanent
success and creditable standing. Accor
ingly, it is not claimed that Syrup of Figs
and Elixir of Senna is the only remedy of
known value, but one of many reasons
why it is the best of personal and family
laxatives is the fact that it cleanses.
sweetens and relieves the internal organs
on which it acts without any debilitating
afw effect and without having to increase
the quantity from iraie to time.
It arts pleasantly and naturally and
truly as a laxative, and its component
parts are known to and approved by
physicians, as it is free from all objection
able substances. To get its beneficial
effects always purchase tle genuine
manufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co-, ocJy, and for sale by al leading druggists.
trying to talk to a laughing crowd,
the rrnnk hnntpd an A anil an,iA
and still the waters of oratory flowed
over tne cataract.
Strauss of Marvland. onnoslnir n ra
olution recommending the celebration
of Lincoln's birthday, tried to explain
in hta speech that he was really ob
jecting because the convention did not
celebrate General Lee's birthday also
Hut the crowd ran over him and the
silver tongues from the south, from
Mississippi, Louisiana and Alabama
and one of the Carolina stood proud
and glorious while the unfeeling crowd
roared on.
Jim Heed, a southern spellbinder
from Kansas City, also was soused In
the cooling shower of popular rlslbles
and his fervid oratory was drenched,
and he quit vanquished. "Oet the
hook." yelled the crowd. "Speech,
speech," It, howled, as the orators
wriggled and grated passionately before
It ' Iouder," it bawled as the victims
squirmed. see tn talking pictures,"
cried the mob "Nominate him; he's
the man," Jeered the bedlam, and
speaker after speaker was ducked in
common merriment.
Quiet Crowd Sears masnjt.
It was fine snort. A human betn
battling against a laugh makes finer
sport than a fish struggling with a
hook. It is cruel, but w hav not
civilised that strain of our blood, and
so thut remains the last vestige of real
port men hav since thev quit burning
each other at the stake, and pillorying
them and putting '.hem Into the stocks.
But all good things must hav an
end. and when the end came and the
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PORTLAND RAILWAY, LIGHT
& POWER COMPANY
Bulletin No. Ir-Part 2.
MORE ABOUT ACCIDENTS AND THEIR BY-PRODUCT,
THE AMBULANCE CHASER. 1
Fajnlllmrity with rapid transit breeds carelessness. The average
man is more, or less forgetful, and children are notoriously so.
Drivers will cross tracks from intersecting streets without giving; a
thought to tha possibility of an approaching car. Frequently a
pedestrian will cross on track when his vision of the other is ob
structed. If it so happens that there is an oncoming car, the usual
consequence la a distressing and sometimes a fatal accident, which
the motorman could by no possibility have avoided.
THE COMPANY'S POLICY.
Our motormen and conductors are required to make a con
temporaneous report of all accidents, giving (ull details and the
names of all witnesses who will permit their names to be used.
These witnesses are forthwith interviewed for the purpose of veri
fying the report, and thereafter an effort is made to effect a prompt
and fair settlement with the claimant, not only where the company
- is clearly responsible, but also where the facts show a reasonable
doubt about the company's responsibility. All cases are settled
out of court except where, afte careful Investigation, we believe:
(1) That the claim is a manufactured one;. (2) or that the injury
was due to gross carelessness on the side of the claimant; (3) or
that the claimant is demanding excessive damages.
HOW THIS POLICY WORKS.
Statistics show that in more than half the cases tried the plain
tiffs get nothing from the jury and in a large proportion of the
verdicts for the plaintiff, the amount recovered is less than the
sum which could have been gotten without litigation. In addition
the plaintiff must divide with his lawyer and the lawyer's "runner"
and Snedlcal expert."
In the year 1907 only 12 cases reached the court Of these, five
resulted in a verdict for the defendant; four were settled before trial
began, and in three liability was admitted and the damage was as
sessed by the judge. .
THE EVIL DISCLOSED BY THESE STATISTICS.
No claimant can be justly criticised for consulting a lawyer if
the company declines to pay his demands, and it may happen some
times that the lawyer will be misled by his client as to the facts.
But when you consider that in 21 out of 26 damage cases (covering
in part the damage cases of this company) called for trial during
the last year, the plaintiffs did not recover one cent for damages
aggregating thousands of dollars, is it too much to say that most
of these cases were merely so many attempts to levy blackmail?
Moreover, great is the danger that the temptation to bear false
witness will prove irresistible, when it is considered that many, if
not most, of the cases are solicited by "runners," nursed by "medi
cal experts" and tried by lawyers all of whom depend upon the
verdict for their pay.
HOW THE PUBLIC CAN HELP THE SITUATION.
There are many ways in which the people interested in securing
a square deal for good serivce can help tne company.
(1) When you witness an accident, let us know whose the fault
was. This does not mean that you will be making trouble for the
conductor or the motorman, because allowances are made for mis
takes. Moreover, you or some member of your family may be the
victim of the next mistake, and it is to the interest of all concerned
that carelessness should be noted and checked. (2) . .When the car
you are about to take is crowded, wait for the next one, if you can
do so without inconvenience; you will generally find a half-f tiled
or empty car Just behind. (3) It is your right to have the car
come to a full stop before you get on or off; do not attempt to
board or alight from a moving car unless you are willing to as
sume the risk. (4) Remember that riding on the back platform
or on the running board is not safe. (5) Never cross a track when
your vision of a car or wagon that may be coming in the opposite
direction is' obstructed. (6) Teach the little children that the car
track is a danger signal. (7) Help ui in our fight against
blackmail by giving us promptly (whether for o against us) your
account of any accident which you may have witnessed; and re
member that we gladly receive at all times criticisms and sugges
tions for the safety of the public and the betterment of the service.
Portland Construction Company
Of PORTLAND, OREGON
ENGINEERS AND BUILDERS OF ELECTRIC
RAILROADS, POWER GENERATING
PLANTS AND CONCRETE DAMS.
CAPITAL STOCK, 5500,000
Par Value $100 Per Share
P100,000 PREFERRED, $400,000 COMMON
This company has contracts for the construction
of 200 milea of electric railway through Gilliam,
Wheeler, Wasco, Crook and Grant counties; also
contracts for concrete and steel dams on the John
Day and the Deschutes rivers; also for concrete
work on bridges and buildings amounting to over
$8,000,000.
These projects are being financed by a bond
Issue of the Wasco County Electric & Water-.Power
Co. to the amount of $15,000,000, and the money se
cured from the sale of this bond issue will be de
voted to the payment of the above-mentioned con
tracts. We Offer 5100,000 of the Preferred
Stock of This Company, Paying 8 Per
Cent Per Annum, at 592 Per Share;
guaranteed by contract with the promoters to turn
over to a trust company twice the amount of the par
value of this stock In bonds of the Wasco County
Electric & Water-Power Co., to be held in escrow
as security for the payment of this stock at the end
of 10 years. A sinking fund to retire this $100,000
of stock at the end of 10 years being a stipulation in
the preferred stock, which will pay, as above men
tioned, 8 per cent dividends per annum.
This stock controls the entire assets of the com
pany. The money secured from the sale of this pre
ferred stock will be used for the purchase of equip
ment and for actual construction of 40 miles of
grading and contractors' skeleton railroad to haul
material for construction of power darn at the John
Day river, and for all other purposes incident to the
carrying forward of the work involved in these con
tracts. We can recommend this stock to be a first-cla?s
investment.
' COOK 5fe TRUBY
511 Corbett Bid. Portland, Onega a
A-81M