THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL. PORTLAND, TUESDAY . EVENING, . AUGUST 25, 1008.
10
FAILURE NT
EXCHANGE
CHAMBERLAIN SAYS
STATE MAY
BUILD
A. 0. Brown k Co. of Sow
York Suspend Claim
JIaxio That Failure Xot
Put1 to Real Embarrass
ment and Firm to Resume
New York. Aug. 2fi.- Following 'li
announcement on the floor of the tdook
exchange of the suspension of A. .
JBrown & Co. today, violent changes
ware recorder! In the list. In the coun
ter movement Chicago. Mllwaukie & St. w
Paul, which had risen previously to
14214 on two or three transactions, fell
abruptly to 14 1. There were a num
ber of changes of Vi per cent and even
more between sales of some of the lead
ers. Smelter fell about two points from
the highest, and Union Pacific rallied.
The Hill stocks lost most of their early
gains, and the general list became un
settled. It is estimated this evenlntr that the
liabilities of the company are from
$500,000 to Jl, 500,000.
Declares flub of Taxation 31 ay Re IlM Over llarri
inan's Head If He Does Xot (Jive Oregon an Im
jtroved Railroad Serviee.
COAST CLUBS TO
act 111 unison
Fort land DeJ elation to Jojn
Conference With Other
Commercial Bodies.
GRADERS AT Ml II
S. P. OSWEGO CUFOFF
(United Press Leaned Wire.
New York, Aug. 25. It was an
nounced today that the firm of A. O
Brown & Co., large and Influential
' members of the stock exchange, have
suspended operations. The suspension
Is thought to be the result of an un
usual flurry in the stock market last
Saturday, when great excitement pre
vailed. Since that time a rumor had
been current that a big company had
(one under but it was not known until
today that Brown & Co. were affected.
The company announced its suspen
sion on the floor of the cotton exchange
at 2 o'clock this afternoon. Its out
Standing obligations there were not ex
tensive. A short time Inter the firm
. ordered all its trades in grain at the
board of trade closed, which Is equiv
alent to suspension of business in Uiat
-organization. John XV. Rhoades, cashier
of Brown & Co., was named as assignee
for the firm late this afternoon. D.
W. Noel, a New York attorney, is coun
sel for the assignee.
A representative of Brown & Co.
Stated iis afternoon that the trouble
was due not to financial embarrass
ment,' but to the physical Impossibility
of making deliveries on time. The com
pany had handled 750,000 of the 1,000,000
t shares of stock that changed hands In
;the "wash sale" of Saturday, leaving
less than 400.000 shares for the re
maining 1,098 members of the exchange.
. E. y. Buchanan, .a member of th
ml . - . . ".I ..ill UIVKUH
f""- "nay a s'sttiiieiit in wnicn referendum have
-. iv wiIjiui lilt inilUlO IB I11IL glUtt)
and that the company will psy ion cents
on the dollar. Ho expressed the assur
ance that the firm will soon resume
tuslnes. .
. " A representative of the firm this af
ternoon Issued the following statement:
"We did business Saturday amount
ing to over 1,000,000 shares of stock.
The amount of bookkeeping involved Is
enormous, but the bookkeeping did not
bother us so much as the form of some
of the certificates. We had certifi
cates of large amounts from Institu
tions end other customers, which it was
necessary for us to send back for cor
rection. It was impossible to securo
them for delivery tcdav but there Is
no doubt that the certificates are gen
4 iSpo-l: lHpnt'h In The Journal.)
4 Miirshrii-M. Or-, Aug. L'5. ?ov-
4 ernor 'h;i mberlaln was uiiexpeet-
w o.Mv culled nn this morning nt
4 the development eongrotm to sup-
4 piemen! his speech of Inst night
4 and lie aroused gnat enthusiasm
4 by declaring that If llarrlmiin
4 will not respond to the spirit of
4 conciliation and grant the de-
4 mnnd for new roads, then the
4 club of taxation should be vig
orously applied and If thnt falls
4 the people under the Initiative
4 and referendum have the power
4 to nppi oprtate money, or lKue
4 bonds to build the road theni-
4 selves. He suggested that elec-
4 trio lines might be most piac-
4 tlcable, or that It might be
4 deemed wiser to guarantee the
4 bonds of a road that will build
4 across the state. He declared
4 that he believed the state can
4 build and operate a road at a
4 profit. If such a measure be-
4 comes necessary.
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
(Sjko1h1 Dispatch to The Journal.)
Marshneld, Or., Aug. 25. Harrlmara
was the live wire at the meeting of
the Southern Oregon and Idaho Develop
ment congress last night. Each of the
three speakers. Governor Chamberlain,
Judge Stephen A. Lowell of Pendleton
and Colonel K. Hofer, president of the
Willamette Valley Development asso
ciation, gave the audience a Harriman
thrill, and the large audience that tilled
the chamber of commerce hall applaud
ed them to the echo.
Ask for Things.
The governor urged the people of
Coos bay to ask for things and keep on
asking until they are given, partlcu
larlv urging that a delegation be sent
to Portland to confer with Harriman
when the latter emerges from his hunt
ing lodge, to present to him once more
the justice of Coos bay's claim to a
railroad.
Judge Unwell awakened new enthusi
asm when he declared that the, people
of Oregon through the initiative and
referendum have in their hands the
power to compel Harriman to expend a
fair share or the pronis or. ntn iregnn
railways In the neglected territory of
Oregon.
"I do not favor confiscation, the de
struction or Jeopardy of property," he
declared, "but I stand for freedom and
not for thraldom. 1. for one, am not In
favor of waiting forever, for Mr. Har
riman to build railroads. We can and
should, unless his treatment changes,
force him to return a fair share of his
profits into the building of new lines
where they aro so badly needed, and I
believe this can be done by law."
llki Trail of Serpen.
inbuilt Ji.'ift nilleu In 20 years
i 1 1,, ',:, mo fcku niilen were hullt by loia I
people with local capital, 70 mile h
'loiiil people with the O. It N buck
, ,,,i o, ,iui,.i, inn miles ! the
Hairlmaii lntcri-ata.
' The people of Oregon are under no
obligations lo Mr. lliirrlmaii If he has
ever done anything fr the '"'
books of his companies show he has
been well paid for it. It 1b the policy
of Mr. Hill to develop new leirltory by
building; new railroad, but It l Mi
Hnrrlman's policy to await develop
,. ,,r ili eiomtiv before building.
and in the meantime to bottle It up by
Theodore R. Wilcox will head a Port
land delegation of business men who
of this ni i,.,ivo tho first week In October to
iiiteinl a conference of the various com
menial holies of the Pacific cuast to
be held lii Han KranelHeo. The plan Is
tor all ttie commercial bodies or tho
Important Pacific coast cities to unite
In one , entral body so as To be able to
net ipilekly and easily In case, any na
tional legislation Is desired by the Pa
i lib ( cast hs a whole.
Thlii conference will be held Imme
diately following tho meeting of the
'1 r, ins - Mississippi Commercial congress,
which iiccurs October 6 to 10. In Han
l-'raivlsco It Is proposed to have a
special train of business men attend the
scouring all strategic points aiong meetings from the northwest and Kort
avallabFrt routes to prevent any oilier hand w ill send one of the biggest of
road from carrying off the oyster be-!,,. ,1,1, gallons.
fore he Is roady to eut It. i It Is believed that If all the commer-
"Mr. Harriman gave out u Intenlen tNes of the coast have some cen-
ln Chicago recently, In which he .-.'it i I tral congress to net for them In coast
If railroads nrn to go on e x t einil n K ,a 1 1 ,.ra that much nioro will he accom-
thelr lines, improving the ones they in-w ipllsln ,1 than If the various local bodies
ooeriiln ml, I 1 in) vliilll H lieW Colli men
to take care of the business oT the
country, they have got to gel more rev
enue.' ,
"If all the net earnings of the Harri
man lines In Oregon had h.eii expended
In railroad extension In this state we
would have so manv miles of railroad
that the railroad company would have
trouble In employing enough men to
flag the crossings.
"Let me show you something, taking
the O. It. & K. company as nn example
This eomnany operates 1,245 miles of
railroads in the northwest In lS96ltas
pet n ion for some desired Improvement.
THOrSANI) FAMILIES
COMING TO OREGON
tie on tin
in the bands of a reet iver. but was In I ami Harney counties
One thousand central Illinois farmers
are packing up their household goods
and preparing; to move to Oregon before
next Miiinir Thev have made their ar
rangements to come out by special
trains to southern Oregon and will sel-
mllltary mad grant in lake
Notwithstanding his assertion at Pel
lean lodge that the projection of the
Central Oregon railroad would be serl
ously handicapped If the city of
Portland compelled the Southern Pa
cific to remove its line from Fourth
street upon the expiration of Ha fran
chise November 1. Edward H. Harriman
Is assembling a large force of both
men and teams alnmr the lln of ii
Southern Pacific, cutoff between Oswe
go and HUlsboro, by way of Tlgard-
Workmen began making camp yester
day nt different points along the route
of the new cut-off and It Is evident
that extensive grading and construc
tion work will soon be under way. The
new cut-off to he built will connect the
present west side line with the now
bridge near Elk Rock, below Oswego,
bflngtng the trains now reaching the
city bv way of Fourth (street into
Portlnnd on the east side of the river.
Rights of way have been secured over
the new route and the steam road will
parallel the Oregon Electric for a por
tion of the distance between Tlgard
vllle and Durham station.
When questioned regarding the work
about to be started, Southern Pacific
officials this morning denied that the
new ramps were a part of the road's
construction forces.
"The work Is not being done under
my supervision," said Chief Engineer
HoBChke. "We nave received no orders
from Mr. O'Brien and the -matter would
necessarily come through his office.
The Southern Pacific has no Intention
of doing any work along the line of
the cut-off for some time to como that
I know of."
The Oregon Electric road Is the only
other transportation line Interested nt
present in that section of the country.
The electric road, however, has Its own
forces at work, but at a point remote
from the Oswego cut-off. In fact. .con
struction gangs have been busy for the
new electric line about Beaverton and
HUlsboro for some time, and it Is ev
ident that none other but the Southern
Pacific would place new oanirs in the
field In the vicinity of the cut-off
route.
LAW JUST BE
B i If
mi LAWIilflfttK
President of Bar Association
Tuts Finger on One
Source of Evil.
DIVORCE FEATURE IN
FEDERAL TIMBER SUIT
that vear reorganized and launched upoi
a new and successful career. The new
company was capitalized at 3:..ouiU""'.
anil there was a bond issue of about
$20,000,000. That was but 11 years
ago, yet the net earnings of the mal
in thnt short time amounted In round
numbers to about 48.r,i". . and would
have been far greater had nn! vast sums
expended fur Improvements and new
equipment been charged to operating
oxpen.-es. The books show J I . . oo. oi n
to have been expended during this
period for maintenance and equipment
and charged to .operating expenses.
How much of this was for betterments
and equipment 1 am unable to say. Tho
true earnings are. therefore, many mil
lions more than the hooks of the com
pany show them to be.
"After spending vast sums for bet
terment and equipment, the creation of
renewal funds, and dividends on its
preferred stock it had n June 30, 1007,
a surplus of J29.onrwiiiii. Its earnings
for 1907 were as follows;
Income from ..operation . $I5,S72.S3.93
Income from other sources. l,2o4.3ti-.3 1
On the subject of land grants Lowell
uine and will be good for delivery an was equally emphatic. He said that
soon as the clerical errors are corrected, the land grants are like the trail of a
"Meanwhile, we have made arrange- I serpent and that unless the govern
ments with those who have bought ment succeeds In legal action to compel
svocks irom us io aeiiver tnem in tne ineir saie 10 me peopm n- uusnunj
Dear future, or have borrowed stocks i contemplated
ana made delivery in that way
Total
Int., rents and taxes....
. $7,1 77. 36ii. 24
. 1,383.572.04
Net Income $5,703,784.20
111 v. on preferred slock.... 440,000.00
This is probabl v the largest emigration
from i tie point to a western state since
the davs of tho old Oregon trail, and
will bring a particularly desirable class
of farmers and residents Into southern
( iregon
Several years ago, in 1903 to be ex
act, Mr. and Mrs. Claes W. Anderson
squatted on timbered land In Coos coun
ty. Mr. Anderson had 160 acres, Mrs.
Anderson took 80 and was satisfied.
Later there was a little dispute In the
Information of the proposed move- , Mr An(Wnin ,har
ment reached the uiamuor or coranierre -
this week through a letter from Henry ' duds together and hiked over into the
I Wallace of Clayton, Adams county, I state of Washington. While there she
Illinois, who asked for additional In- . ,,. - ... . .
formation regarding the military road ot a divorce from Mr. Anderson. Mr.
grant and said thai over 1.000 families I Anderson didn't seem to care about the
from Adams and neighboring counties j divorce a bit.
had completed all their arrangements After a while, however, one or the
to come to Oregon this year. other of the two repented. Perhaps
I they both did. Anyway, there were a
.T-, t-,-, tirvT''l Tr'TO few letters written. Then Mrs. An-
UJlhM iHUKLrjlo . I derson hiked back to Coos county and
' tt .. nn rn 1ATMr 1 -TT i tC1 her llttle S0 acrps of land- n,i
T G RE T DEM NT) ' Mr- Anderson's shantv. Along about
i iinu.ii j'ijji. i' Uils tlme tho prealdent marle fore8t
, reserve in this part of Coos county
Demand for the new booklets on : which Included land on which the An
Oregon published by tho Portland Chr.m- ! dersons had squatted. The Anderson's
ber 'of Commerce has been so great that i claims are being contested. Mr. and
the chamber has had to cut down the I Mrs. Andersqri are still living there, dl
number of books that can be given any I vorced, though, but ns happy, it Is
one firm This morning A. M. Cleland, said, or happier, than ever before.,,
general passenger agent of the Northern .But now Mr. Anderson has more trou
Pacific at at. Paul, asked for 2,000 cop- Mes. He says It Is worse than the dl
les for distribution through the middle vorce. Says he It will cause him to
west wlJbi 5.000 books have been given i worry more This is the feature of the
iL ii ,r-tm iinoa for dutrlbiitlnn. story, In fact. It should have been said
1.000 eaclf to the board of trade and ! n the beginning. But If It had be.e it
The timber cut Is worth something ! wil I be received the reports of the
like $500. The nenaltv for such actions standing- committees. Tomorrow evening
as are charged against Mr. Anderson Is Frederick Pnusninn of Seattle will pre
a year In jail, or thereabouts, and a, sent a, paper on "Whether Our Laws
.$5,863,784.20 J commercial club ami 2.000 to tho land! would have been difficult to bring In so heavy fine. Ar Responsible for the increase of Mo-
Thursday will be devoted entirely to
much about Mrs. Anderson, the divorce
and the return to her former husband.
And also the fact that the divorcees
are now living together.
Here's the meat of the story, at last,
honest.
United States District Attorney John
McCourt filed a complaint in the United
States district court this morning charg
ing Claes W. Anderson, that's the man,
with having unlawfully cut and de
stroyed 400.000 feet of government
timber. This Is all in the forest re
serve. Anderson says he had a right to cut
the timber, which Is unusually fine, as
he has a prior right to the claim that
the president didn't sign the proclama
tion making the forest a reserve until
long after he had taken up the claim.
Mrs. Anderson save that Mr. Anderson
is right.
'1 he timber was Bold to a sawmill.
There are several hundred acres of
land In the forest reserve, too. SoiiSt
day there will be a coal mine there,
maybe.
A. R. Clinton, Cecil C. Carter, T. R.
Hillings. Q. W. Morris and W. .1 Ander
son, who live in rbat neck of the woods.
are named as witnesses for tho govern
ment
4 Untied TreM I e-d Wirt )
Seattle. Wash.. Aug. 26. With det
gates from every state In the union In
attendance and before a crowd that
packed every corner of the big auditor
ium of the New Washington hotel, filled
the galleries and lined the speaker's
platform, tho thirty-first annual meet
ing of the American Kar association
whs opened here this morning
The important event of the day was
the annual address of the president.
Judge, J. M. Idcklnson of Chicago. IHi k
Iiihoii attacked ruggedly and fearlessly
what he considered perilous conditions
existing throughout the country, dwell
ing at length upon the causes of re
cent bitter attacks upon the courts. He
called upon the lawyerH to perform
their duties u doing their part toward
restoring the public confidence In the
Judiciary, which ho declared Id rapidly
being lost.
Dickinson deplored the making of too
many laws. He declared that the source
of the evil lies In Institutions, which
make It possible for young. Inexpe
rienced and Incapable men to become
legislators. He commended the use of
the direct primary, but declared that no
form of legislation can work reform
until the Individual awakens to a full
sense of his duty. He closed his ad
dress with an eloquent appeal to law
yers. To Make Courts Sespeotea.
"The duties of the American lawyer
are broad and touch every phase of hu
man arrairs," he said, "but In no field
of service is there more Imperative de
mand for his patriotic efforts than In
reserving the independence and Integ
rity of the lourts and respect for them
as an essential part of our government."
The addresses of welcome were de
livered bv Mayor Jftlin F. Miller of
Seattle for the city, United States Dis
trict Judge ('. 1 1. Hanford for the state
of Washington and Juoge Frank 8.
Dietrich of Idaho for the Pacific coast.
One hundred and forty-four new mem
bers of the general council were elected,
the reports of the secretary and treas
urer and the executive committee were
read and with these matters disposed
of adjournment was taken, with tho
decks clear for the real business of
hearing the' reports of committee tomorrow.
For tonight's session the program In
cludes a paper on "National Progression
and the Increasing Responsibilities of
oal Our National Judiciary," to be presented
by Judge C. H. Hanford of the United
btates district court, and an address
by Edgar H. Farrar of Louisiana on
"Tho Extension of Admiralty Jurisdic
tion by Judicial Interpretation."
Tomorrow morning former United
States Senator Oeorge Turner of Wash
ington will dellv'er an address and then
Balance
"Investigation shows the Shanlko denartment of the O. W. P. Co. En
branch to have been built for less than j velopes for tho books have been de
$12,500 per mile; the Condon branch signed by Acting Secretary Mosessohn j
101 im.unu, me iiioi hock ornneri lor
$22,000; the Sumpter Valley for $15,000
The uproar in the press reeardlnar
manipulation In the trading of Satur
day resulted in a meeting of the govern
ors of the exchange last night at which
a committee was appointed to ascertain
who the offenders were.
6,000 MILE HIRS
REACH Lit GRANDE
(Special rJigpatctt to The Journal.)
La Grande, Or., Aug. 25. Hays
and Jackson, the Scottish-American
athletes of the Seattle
Athletic club, who are walking
6,000 miles In 160 days on a
wager of $2,500 reached here to
day at noon. They are looking
cheery and give no sign of fa
tigue. Thev have until Septem
ber 4 to reach Beattle. They
must not beg on the way. They
maintain they have kept close to
the requirements. They leave to
night for Pendleton.
BAKER CITY MAN
TAKES OWN LIFE
(Special Dlspitrb to The Journal. i
-Baker City, Or., Aug. 26. D. M. Dob
bins. 25 years of age. shot himself
through the heart this morning at thl
city. The cause was despondency. He
was a brother to K. K. Dobbins, man
ager of the liaker City Iron & Supply
company.
K0RTH BANK ROAD
SUITS DISMISSED
the people of Oregon
should amend their constitution to give
the state the right to condemn tne
lands under the right of eminent do
main, take them over, and sell to the
people on fair terms.
No Landlordism Wanted.
"We must prevent the curse of land
lordism in Oregon. said the speaker.
"The single tax will come unless alien
ownership or our land is wipeu away.
If we are quiescent the few will con
trol, and the cycle will bring the feudal
age again."
Colonel Hofer declared that the Wil
lamette valley Is Interested In a rail
road for Coos bay because It wants a
back door to the commerce or mo worm
as well as a front door by way of
Portland.
, Describing Harriman rrom personal
observation, he said that the rallway
A ! king's face reminds him of a keejn. pol-
! Islied broad-ax. He said that Harriman
! is a man without sentiment, the great-
j est business man in the country, alid
' for that reason he should build into
A ; Coos bay, where the profits would be
T i $10 to $1 as compared with any other
I line that , could be built in Oregon.
Temporary Organization.
The congress effected a temporary or-
ganlzatlon last night, with Judge John
H. Scott of Salem as president, and
Walter Lynn of Marshneld as secretary.
. I A committee of seven on resolutions
I consists of Governor Chamberlain.
! Judge Lowell, William Orims. F. H.
j Clarke, P. W. Johnson, K. Hofer and
j Senator Chase. The committee on per
j manent organization will report lit the
closing session tonight. At the meet-
j lng this morning. Chairman Scott Hpoke
on the good roads government, touch
ing the need of legislative act Ion ami
general highway improvements. He
announced that lie will return later to
organize the good roads government at
Cobs bay, where a special meeting will
be called.
Resolutions adopted favor the bulld
. ing ol permanent state and county htgh
; ways and the imposition of taxes, wher
i ever possible on Ijie big land grants
'and alien-owned lands to construct them.
! State Railroad Commissioner Oswald
West made an Interesting address. In
which he presented statistics bearing on
railway development.
i 'iovemor Chajnberlaln left Marshfield
on the Alliance this mornlr.g In order to
attend the n fMU at Astoria.
of the Chamber of Commerce and should
prove of particular value in advertis
ing the state because the .word Oregon,
printed In large letters, is the biggest
word that can possibly be placed on the
envelope and attracts the attention as
soon as the envelope is seen.
and the Corvallis & Eastern for about
$20,000 per mile, or an average of
about $1 7,000 per mile. As these roads
traverse a country similar to that lead
ing into central Oregon and Coos Hay
it gives one a good Idea as to the prob
able cost of these new roads.
"It Is about 300 miles from Natron
or Detroit to the eastern boundary of
the state, and a road at $17,000 per mile,
would coat a llttle over $5,000,000 or
less than th amount thrown into the
surplus for the year 1907 by the O. R
& N. company after paying all oper- ind., purchased yesterday the Property , f ul ''' to ronstruct a line of railway
atlng and other expenses. Interest on on EaSt Morrison street, near Union -""struct a line oi ran ay
INDIANA MAN BUYS
EAST .SIDE PROPERTY
-
Major W P Gould, of Vlncnnnes,
MAYOR LANE READY TO
SUE UNITED RAILWAYS
The T'nlted Railways company will
either, have to rY thn city $100,000 for
bonds and a dividend of four per cent!ftvenue. occupied by the Donnelly Hard- between Portland and Salem or stand
on preferred stock
We have
t ware company.
The nronertv formerly suit noon the matter. This was made
said nothine- about the i,i..r,o t n naiv onH T TeViAH ! . . ...
earnings of the Southern "Pacific com- entbat n wm sold for T.b.000. The ' T, r "e.T h,
pany. The Southern Pacific earnings i DU,WnK improvements on the property i Mavor Lane to tho council In which
reported are for the entire system and , consgt of a three-story frame, which I he asked the councilman to authorize
omn .k ; 1 ,s i, a iciii.h iui loouca a. ion hm to Institute suit to recover. tne
a,ih. tj i . , return on me purcnase price.
system abounts to
imoo 0111.C. , , . . . . ...
iii. r-i.,1,1 ( moli Imnraaon . UlOIiey WlllCn IS KUHIUHLOtU uy lOO uuin-
ahout $5.77(T per mile or about $1,460 .t,v, ih. livrnitnirM offered bv Plirt-I nnnv with a bond.
invest- Th comnnnv was riven a franchise
return to ,,v luiii; nnH n treed to have its
?eri'e llf tha" the 9reon "allroi7d i land for profitable real estate
fhiJ'if11"", r!?Tn.Ra"' a. liV'lf3 ."iments. that he has decided to n
this state and in view of this It will
not be unfair to assume that the
Southern Pac ific earnings In Oregon aro
as much per mile as they are for the
entire system. With 666 miles of line
earnings In this state for the year would
amount to over J3.S00.000 anrl nfter
paying Interest on bonds and a dividend"
on tne jl'4,ooo.OOO watered stock there
would still be a surplus of $2,300,000 or
nearly enough to build a railroad to
Coos Ray.
"A comparison of a few figures for
the years 1 SK7 and 1307 may be of inter
est to show how traffic and earnlngi
have Increased during the past 20 years.
The O. R. & N. Co. will he. taken as an
example:
1 887. 1907.
Pas s e n g e r
earnings . .S 73 4.061 fifi t a 764 SKfi r,
Freight .... 3,ir, 9.5x8.3 1 8, 946, 604. 90
All sources.. S.JM.C92.37 14.147.177.80
-Vet earnings ,uO,3i4.40 5,793.784.20
Freight car
ried (torisi 600.102
Indiana, close up his business affairs , 1)nes ln operation within two years. The
in that state, and with nis raniuy come tlmR has .,assed and the line is not fin
back to foruana ana maun n ins iu
ture home. -e
JUDGE REDUCES
EXECUTOR'S BOND
Ished, and ln fact the company has
diverted its efforts to building a line
to HUlsboro. To guarantee the Salem
line a bond of $100,000 was deposited
with the city, and which City Attorney
Kavanaugh recently declared forfeited.
In order taaffcWect the money suit will
be necessary unless the company volun-
. . ; tarilv pays the amount or tne bona.
Judge Webster this morning granted t js Had, n will not do. Acting
a motion on behalf of Mrs. Hansen, ad- ; ,, 'thi presumption Mayor Lane has
ministratrlx of the estate of William j .lS(e(j authority to proceed with the suit
M. Ayres, to reouce her bond from !n tho following message to the council :
$8,000 to $1,000. A. Iv i.oiinardt. attor- .., am informed by J. P. Kavanaugh,
ent
convention business nnd the feature of
Friday morning's session will be the
efrritUL of officers.
Arnvrng the men of note who are ex
pected to deliver addresses before the
association proper or before some of
the sectional meetings are President
Duvld Starr Jordan of Leland Stanford
Jr. university Judge Simeon E. Bald
win of Connecticut. Oeorge W. Kerch
wev of Columbia' Law .school, Andrew
A. Bruce of the University of North
'Uakota, Robert S. Taylor of Indiana.
'Wallace R. Lane of Iowa and Karl von
of railway to the city ef Salem, Oregon,.' Lewinskl. .iw eminent Oermun lawyer.
- .i. . . . . , . One of the most Important matters
within the time agreed upon, and that wh wr, ,,"," "on jidered at the meet
In consequence It has forfeited a bond ,,gs wj he the report of th especial
given by it to the city in the sum of commltco appointed by the convention
at t'ort ana ust vear io suggest leuie-
$100,000.
"I am also informed by him that suit
may be ordered entered upon by the
city for an enforcement of the terms of
the contract or a forfeiture of the bond
dies and draft proposed laws to pic
vent delay and unnecessary cost in liti
gation. This report, which undoubted
ly will be followed by a long and lively
r ... ,, , oiscussion. opens witn a siaieinoni inai
br lVJ,ht' Ml T!". V'. HV. 'r the existing evil which seems most seri-
or by joint action from both the legls
latlve and executive beads of the city
government. "
"If it Is deemed advisable to enforce
payment upon tills bond 1 would re
spectfully suggest thnt inasmuch as th
mayor was authorized by your honor
able body to outer Into the contract and
accept the bond, thus making a joint
action of the affair ln the first Instati
ous to the committee is ine disposition
In many Jurisdictions to dispose of ap
peals or writs of error, both in eill and
criminal cases, upon technical grounds,
and not to decide them upon the mer
its The unrestricted right to n writ of
error in criminal cases is rbaractei ized
by the committee as a flagrant abu.-n
in judicial procedure. ''These writs
it wouia in my opinion oe out n sarn'n,. ,,.! ,i,i , ,.o,wt , i UH.i
procedure for the city to again follow out on)v for (1,.jHv. Tho punishment of
the same course and trio city council ,,,,inri,',- ,.,i,i,;i. Hum u ,-,o,t-i,i i
aumorize inn mayor io enmr upon a heinar nosttioned
Hutt to collect the moneys due unnn
said bond.
"By doing this all parties connected
with the city government would be
parties to the suit and no question
could arise as to whether the proper
authority had been invoked In the
in violation of everv
principle of Justice. 'This is especially
flagrant in the suing out of ,viits of
error from the .supreme court of the
I'nlted States to review the decision of
the highest courts of criminal jurisdic
tion in the several states. Wo recom
mend that no writ of error returnable
ney for the administratrix stated thatr)lV .ttorriBV. that the United Railways issue. I therefore respectfully ask that i in rrimin.i ease m 'th. snnr.n.i. -t
. I KnH f t a nt nnn .iiralu ; . - .. . .,,,,., ,. .. .i. l . . - - -,. .
has ratiea to ruirui us con- you lane such steps us aje necessary , of the United States should be allowed
.1 1 .1 I 1 n X" .1 I .wi 1 C,.At.r
me uiu uuiiu oi um iinni'iini 'oomnftnv
company had expired. I he appraised t t jth thllJ clty to complete Its line I to this end."
value o the estate, he said. Is $16. 24, .,0 1 .,.
and tile total claims against It. exclu
3,442.651
ing about the increased cost of
slve of interest, amount to $17,295.63
There are now on hand cash assets
amounting to $4,645.84, but the admin
istratrix desfres to pay Hie money out
as soon as possible as a dividend upon
tha rlainia flfrulitut the estate Th !
I "". '.' I 1udge approved the request of the ad-
Ihe railroads are continually howl
inera
lion, i neir reports ftiow that tho aver- i", ,C,, .' '.. . I
HITf, , V riinn.,ii.lliin il,l all m 1 1 " 1 ' . ' -"7 l-'''"Vc"
Dloves .excludl.-- K....ep'l nVfleel In 1 891 1 Py of I . a.1 once .the rla.1P1 r tllp -
JANITOR FORGETS TO WORK DURING
SCHOOL VACATION-JOB IS VACANT
to the same class of amounting to $r,49.70. He also or.
7 Certalnmc!asses the surety company released fron
ward Holman Undertaking
bond
The two suits Of the Spokane. Port
land Seattle Railway company agmr.st
the Northern Pacific Terminal company
for condemnation of right of v
through the yards of the latter com
pany nave been dismissed In the stale
circuit eourt, on account of tie f.,rt
- It fs stated, that the plaintiff rr.ratunv
hss" decided to enter Portland 7n . r
other property.
The suits were filed Augi.s: l. :;.(
The Spokane, Portland a- s. an
the first suit asked the cert r,
troct ths lurjr to estimate the .Un -the
plaintiff should pay t,e d. r. .j..,..
com pan r In case It shouii ,,z- a
trip of land 44 feet w4d from Sco,
teenth and Vaughn street. v r ,,, .-.
street la North Portland 'In . r :
ult was for condemnst.on ? : .,
joining this strip.
Tha defendant company. .1
wer, contended that It j -.v1 , t:r
)nd for its tracks and a,,! tie ;d -
- lift could fo around to the mrr to , -its
tennlnua The defendant .-
tip tha claim that the plslntir. tr, t n j.
Ins; Its line from Pesttle to Sp"kir,
-4 rlolatlns: the Sherman :n.
ct. betnjt Inoorporat'd by the .Northern
J-acifla' and the Ort Northern r,pr-
tin- ostensibly as separate cortir
tloas. all hough tneir rick owned
OSWALD WEST ON
0RE(iOX RAILROADS
iHrrlnl PlFpatb t' Th Jeumul I
Marshfield, Or., Auc it - n of the
mr.pt Instructive addresses of the' pres
et:! development eocgress was that de
livered by Oswald West of the Oregon
r!l!oal commission, who took for his
ti r-r.e Htrrlmari orpcon polio-
was $2 n 1 no
compensation pn hi
em il(u ,"i w is $2.2
employes nt,. receiving better pav. but
otlurs are receiving less.
"Th. aveiaipi percentage of operating V A 7 1 IROS K' Y MY GET
expenses to operating Income for a 11 ! Jl ' Kij 1 ' n ' ,n lx 1 AL' 1 ,Ujl
roads In the Lnlted States is about 66
per cm:. On "the O. It. & N. for 1907
the percentage was only 63 per cent and
on the en; he Southern Pacific system
only f.?.fi per cent. And all this in the
face of enormous expenditure for bet
terments ami equipment, all of which
hai been charged to operating ex
penses, otherwise the percentage of
company.
lereil
om Its
The school board has been conducting
an investigation of Janitors durjng the
summer months ln an effort to find out
how the Janitors spend their time while
TIME ON WATCH DEAL rtra""nfi a"d ::""lU?f-J;-
" - I from the Portsmouth school this morn
Samuel Mazurosky, proprietor of the ing Eastman was reported by Special;
National Jewelry company. 242 Ilirn- officer White as not attending to his
side street, was arrested yesterday for duties and the board at once declared
keeping his store open on Sunday. He the position vacant.
was released on $0n ball and will be i.-ictmnn however, has his warrant
operating expenses to operating Income,1'" " l. A a W - .U. for his July salary, wnicn win De aue in
would have been much lower. Mr. Har- I deputy district Attorney Page this 8t!Verai dayai and the board ordered pay
riman has no complaint to make as to I morning read the JeweUr a severe lec- mcnt withhMd.
the cost of operating his Oregon lines I ture oulflde the courtroom Complaints According to the report of Officer!
'While the records show the Harri- ! are colnf,,t0 u ",.thlHl,S i1 I White. Kaslman has been In the school I
man lines to be among the best, if not "re swindling people rig ht and left , . .
th. i,. ..,, , -ji. i .I,. I'.ii.j down there. Where there Is so much I
going to prosecute you Just as hard as
I can every time you can be arrested.''
he declared. Mazurosky's denial was
very feeble.
Three separate complaints were made
to the police Saturday night bv men
who declared Mazurosky had defrauded
them on watch deals. Similar com
plains are made almost weekly.
that Oregon
bv Harriman Interests has
also show
He
at
r. ow ,-d
by th f.g-ires he
rhat the Harriman
had j I107
State.", the
domln.iteil
bu' 4.' ii s of railroad per lo.noo In
hab!t;i!.ts w h:le Montana and the I in -km
e ithai ks to .Mr. llilli have an
average of : on miles of road per 10.0'"J
Iriiinhoants
The people of f iregon have all these
renin ien the railroads the beM of It
Until the law treating the present rall-rn.-ol
com mission wa passed they had
been f:-e to eniuluct their business and
fix th'it i '.argi-s an they aw fit lhi-1
tfje-- been fair In their dealings with th
public, th railroad conim lesion act of
unless a Justice of that court shall cer
tify that there Is probable cause to be
lieve that tho defendant was unjustly
convicted."
In support of this recommendation
the report of the committee quotes an
address of Andrew 1. White. In which
he stated that while murders were In
creasing rapidly, yet the procedure
against tnem was becoming more ami
morn ineffective, and in the light of
recent cases in New York and else
where was seen to be a farce, adding
that he favored preventing anneals
based on mere technical matters ,and
upon errors of trial Judges in trifling
matters of procedure and the like which
building but very llttle during the time
since the schools closed for the sum
mer vacation, and White was sent to
the school to learn Just how much time I have nothing to do with tho question of
he gave to the city while drawing sal- gut it or innocence
ary. White reported that Eastman was '
not present very often.
Other Janitors are being watched and
ft..ts .expected that changes In the force
may be made by the board. Inquiry was
made by several members of the board
as to the conduct of certain Janitors.
but White reported that In all other
cases where he has visited the Janitors
were present attending to their duties.
These men will be watched, however,
and any found derelict ln their duties
will be dismissed.
CIRCUS DAY MEANS LONG HOURS
FOR MEMBERS OF POLICE FORCE
DEMAND LOIVER
TELEPHONE TOILS
REPORT THAT JAP
wouM lu vor have bfn L-aM?od.
Sfp1 on t' avrRr at shout Jejuni
per n.!:, anil ?ii' 1n-ln.T-1 dpot
p ro ii i,1- a tvI r"U ini-M'-ck For t Urn
0, 1 . . thMr net
r:aye1 a remarkable knowledge of thejalit n;- rmo ,,. r miie fjite,',- f,w
"'"O o o- lc...-ifv Miir. Kav KbH I.oIiK,.
htr.d
: a 1 ea n ed In Oregon an.i tow th
e-arnlngi were spent in other state.
v ,.w tf e po!ic- praitice.l by the
ijii,.u iiin"i " " i-.j-.iwh year eid'n
t Itched right Info his subleet and dls
The visit of a circus to the city means
Fttia work for every member of the po-
TREATY HAS FAILED department, and though nearly ev-
i erv nollceman has a chance to see the
show, there would be no sorrowing In
the police station If a circus never came
to town
Knding yesterday's work St midnight,
the members of the first night relief
reported for duty along the line of
march of the circus parade St .I0 this
morning This afternoon helf of this
it Just 4'i run sgo thit work
strt-1 on Oreson s flrft railroad,"
id Mr V st ""Twenty yesrs later It
co-.intv assessor have had
enouifh to raise the assessment, with
tl'e re. ult that In some of the coun
ties the railroads lire only dedans
inn in or-rsi'-Mi rrr, , rni,-oi roan . fct0,lt ore hmlt of tri,lr ,ase, in other
or't1 hy sxen different companies ',,,,,.. . .....t i. ..m
a f-lb.r
"Northern Uarlfle II rnll
..'tt I. Ine KM miles. O R
47
A X On
lrosiv low The people of vh state
want the rpilroai to have fair treat
ment in th. matter cf tain'iori. and
A W
i n ' ' w ' iaiirc-n-1. i'ii!ir, want to tb-m make rr.nnev. but
' '"mniUI railliBT. IIH miles ;o,v 4tr...rl .r. .nlnr l .l...4
iiiy, ?1 miles: W V a'.c.ni ,r.tm.n in r..
C.i,t t,llr1. $ I re-lies, total. 1.212.41 i -r...-,, ..a. i:.,. . ,.
Is up to Mr. Harriman to build them. I
H hen for jeara milked this state to
build rllr-ed In other states The
railroad commission rn account of the
Washington. Aug. 15. Attempts are
being made today to verify a report that
leaked out of diplomatic circles yester
day to tr," effect that all efforts to efTc
an immigration treaty between the
United Stales and Japan have failed !
The statement was made hy a visitor
to Washington who g thoroughly con
versant with affairs in the far eaut
after conference with a member f the
state department. ,
The pmxlmlty of th national election i
end the dipoitlon shown to make thei
Japanese question s political Issue on '
the I'acifie coast have prompted the tit-
most secrecy r'gardlna Japanese af- I
fa !'? here and It Is lard to determine j
the present attitude of the government. '
With the completion of a direct rail
j route between Portland and Iewlston.
Idaho, over the new Iewlston cut-off
of the . H. & N . Uewlston merchants
are demanding a better telephone service
between Uewlston and Portland and a
fairer rate In competition with the
Icwiston-Spokane service. The board
of governors of the commercial club
took the matter tip at Its meeting this
noon end an effort will be made to
have the telephone company reduce the
Portland-Ijcwiston rates
Since the completion of the new cut-
th business done by Iewlston
has more than doubled
CALL OF THE SAWDUST RING
GAVE STRENGTH TO HIS. PLEA
r tha same pertona The defendant ml;s
e-orrpSTT Baked to be awarded II ,& I "A nurxbr of these roads were at that
l4inif la rase tbe fret suit should be j 'me in the co.iree of construction and
!flill la- far of the plalntltT and I Prrar ." rrim wer added during tbe
tt.n ev m rM in- rposana. f-or and 4V i - " "", '""t . r rv mti with , r.nt flnsnnal fi.irrv. he hesitated st
t-eattls ais om the ecnd salt 1' MfTf!"i of the 5 -i1l-s nwti, btu'ting too de.r tito tb. rlnad earn-
, ' ' - I" northern Pncif'- lnr-. pae4 1 b-,t th. ,,srr Is r ow ,,t ard
tVranarT State ueaf ; -7- - , . L . mrrmnn and , hietnr i reovrtn. and unle M
- f- , r . w , .m ppiii, ,.. i., , i ,ja n i. i urt ner . t -
and central Orfgon linen th-e is nora
" "-'I r IIU.U ?r..A I I .r. Fernando Asrls. a native of Chile, ts
TO INSPECT TRACK1 h"rpT ,"ir
so of a well to do merchant of Chile,
hut the ..orth American brands of liq
uet hie tra4n aflra H hs spent
I 'i"' parsing irto riJ-aH further -: ii, ..... iIk, m. -: t,. ..j. . ..
t mi.r4 l Us Wy t I fnlop rji. pmrti-a ly inwl as 1rUnil rnttll Oriinn lltin thr. 1,'nA ru. n.. .ini. TU. T j-,,
etT-ct on fcts lines should not be re-1 shown all the places of interest wtilch
aueed." j he desltVs to visit whlls her.
i!nri sa.ews: Re-let. I tlwa were till mlls of road tnctar
rvitii t'a.ea, there are 2.S&0 m!ls. or as Increaa f
r B Tardrll of the Seattl chamber
rf oornmcne and the head of the Se- ' uor
altlA Raring aavnclation will arrive lnpea'lT every day of th last nine month
i eriuin i Tomorrow mornirg to visit tne tn the rltv Jail. Ir io socnr fhiim r.
tiew fit of the Country club on th eautleerve out his time thiin the whiskey
rravlrg would set him on tbe downward
path araln
In tall Fernando Is the most trmctahlo
ef prlponert end works as a trusty
splitting weod aad c leaning tbe, polio
relief Is on duty at the circus ground,
and thin evening they will have thelr
regular beats to walk.
Th day relief under Captain Moore off
will be continuously on du;v until 6:45 with Portland
thi evening, when the second night and much of the trade that ppokane
relief men. whose usual hour for com- formerly enioyed with the I.ewlston
menclr.g work la ll:Sn p m., lll take district has lwen diverted to Portland,
their rlaeee After tbe circus In over The rates charged by the Pacific Ptates
and th rest of the city safely put to Telephone Telegraph company are de
bed, these second night patrolmen will rlared excessive however, and an Im
walk the streets until 7.15 tomorrow pediment to more complete business re
morning. latlons htween Portland and the north-
. ern Idaho metropolis.
I In a letter received ny the Portland
i Commercial club from J A Cook. sc
j retary of tbe Iwlston Commercial
club and In mhlch the assistance of
the former organization Is asKel In
securing s reduction of tbe Vatcs It is
claimed that the present rates between
Hpokane and I-alston are half what
they are between Portland and lvewls
ton The present Port land-lew Iston
rate Is $1 for the first minute and 29
cents for evry additional minute. The
Ppokane tt Is iO cr u for tbe first
minute sn 1ft cents for each additional
minute The Commercial club Is going
to try and have the Portland rate r-
. , .1 ln ' - Mftta 9nr f Ira Ml....
m Off toJav. S few,.-. 50 ,n,. fr.r Men ..Utlon.l rln.
sentence expired. In .
I-t Out on Bail.
MIHe Brink nd Myrtle Tlllla-wi to
women vli.is manners a re said to he
more affable than moral, were released
from the ewiaty tail rterdr txr
soon fn bonds They wlil ret ara la a
few days for tria.
-
His dsn-r lies out-
ststlon erery day
sioe.
Femsndo once worked with a rlrena
and learning of the sppmarh of Hartium
palley's show. pfeadM with Judse '
in znt to let r't
dars before his .
oraer tnst h might olr, the snow snd
get hark to the lite of the sawdirst ring
again.
Before leaving for Pesttle last evsrt
Inr Judge-Van 2an -ranted Fernando s
reest and he left the tall, hls onlv
home tn Portland, af'er Wddlnf aa a
fectlonate fareweil ail aroaad.