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THE- DAILY JOURNAL RTLAIJD AT 1 ft MORE HELP WANTED? ' REAL.ESTATE FOR SALE? BUSINESS FOR SALE? e - f - .Advertise in Th Journal - The'' Weather Fair tonight; ' - Wednesday; Increasing cloudiness. v' JOURNAL. CIRCUIATION Aoi 'JJ W ?j I J d sn WAS. -1 i 'v ' v. ' ' t I 4 Portland; Oregon; " Tuesday," -September i, i908. sixteen pages. '.-"' VOL. VII. NO. 153. price -two- qent' ' ttJ2"irt;ll7i 30,025 ROAD FT A OREGON mm ti PORTER JOWL'S PROPOSED EXTENSION r J. D. Porter, one of the three Por ter brotheri, railroad contractors who for tome years have been build ing or starting railway. lines through out the Pacific northwest and. turn ing them, over to J. J. Hill, stated this morning that a railroad through the Deschutes river canyon to Bend is a certainty. His etory, when an alysed, fully bears out. The Journal's -story-of yesterday that central Ore gon is to see a great struggle be tween Hill and Harriman for . en trance into one of therichest dis tricts In the state and that there is to be one of the most spectacular faces on record between the two in terests for control of the situation. Although Mr. Porter denies that Hill has bought the Oregon Trunk lln and that Hill's surveyors have been thrown Into the field to lay out ft H1U line Into Central Oregon by way of the Deschutes - pass, he virtually admits as much ' by Inference. Admits Owasrsnlp. MiV Porter states tn so many words that he himself and his brothers are the owners of the Oregon Trunk, though he denies that, Hdl's money bought the road. He says that a road Is to be : Butte Knew BeJIe ..Gilchrist as Charitable Woman With Gmfortable-BankrAccouniTestimony Against " . . . Man "Who Dismembered Her Body. T .(tTaltea frtn teated Wlra.) BUtte, Mont.. Sept 1- Belle Gilchrist, In connection "with whose death at Nome, Alaska, her husband Lee H. Johnston", a miner, Is under arrest at Seattle, wai well known ' In this . city and many facts of importance bearing on the case are In the possession of of ficers who 'hays been making -an in vestigation here. Four years ago Belle Gilchrist was matron at the Anaconda mine and had charge Of the officials' mess. 8he pos sessed a little fortune, which she had accumulated by hard work. She . was prominent, tn church affairs and was widely known amd respected. It la altered today that after she was murdered Johnston sent a request to FOUR LIVES IN PANIC 4 (thdted Prtas UMd Wlre. Zxndon, Sept 1 Four persons were r " drowned In the scramble for the llfe boata when 100 passengers, most , of them women and. -children, were rescued from the excursion steamer Queen, hlch ! became disabled today off the Beisey- in a ternno storm mat is sweep ing the English channel. The crew of the ship refused to leave when the lifeboats returned for them. They said they woUlA rather go down than desert the ship, and there is grave danger, of all being lost. - - The Queen was' loaded with excur sionists starting out for a day's pleas ure trip, when the gals suddenly swept - down upon her and her engines became disabled. The ship's officers' had great trouble to prevent a panic when the danger be , came apparent - By heroic . efforts or 4der' was fairly well maintained -and all but four of the passengers were taken off safelv in the lifeboats. . The -storm Is Increasing in fury and - the Queen is in the gravest danger of being swpt upon the rocks, as she U unmanageable. RESULTS . -- - The fame' of Journal advertisements is so great that it seems ' Iike. a second nature for people to have recourie to. the people's , popular paper's small ad pages-wrhen thev lose anythinar. iind anv lathing, want to sell anything, want requirement. . ihe Journal gives quick results, and there is a par ticular reason-for it d6irvg so. Being an. independent newspaper,-it - reaches the homes of the great masses irrespective of creed, nation-, ality tr politics; thereby having a much larger home circulation than ;any other Portland papeJrV " -': ! -V f-: ? v-. .; iv"."-V.Mr$. Keays, 22 North Eleventh street, had the misfortune to lose her valuable gold watch and at once thought of the wonderful results that The Journal gives to all its. patrons, j She inserted an advertisement in the "Ist" column Monday. As a result-the time piece was returned to The Journal Office' within ah hour of publica tion, by O. E. Clark, ' 487 Taylor street, afiother Journal- reader. . - The Journal isunequalled for. giving;quick results. No matter - J what you want or- when, yott'want it, rememBeV The Journal an ; supply your want in. the lqukkes't warrft ad habit' It pay. -. ' ' Z' v COflR&IS STORY OF built through the Deschutes, but I not very clear as to who Is to build this road, which he says will be of Inesti mable value, not only to Central Ore- gon. but particularly to Portland. And ha states that there is no other way Into Central Oregon from this side except through the Deschutes river canyon. Mr. Porter says that the two parties of surveyors which were thrown Into the field last Saturday, In addition to the Harriman forces already there, are not his men. The Inference, tnererore, is plain, that they are Hill s men. Conference at The Dalles. The .Porter brothers, W. F. Nelson, from whom they bought the Oregon Trunk line, and W. N. Bethel, locating engineer or the nortn oanK, neia a con ference at The Dalles something over a week ago. Thar recent sudden activ ity toward Crook county -is apparently consequent upon . that conference. Since rorier states empnaucauy inai me par ties of surveyors are not his own. they must e Bethel's. And W. N. Bethel Is Hill s engineer. Ergo, the surveyors, must be HKl's. James J. Hill is not surveying a road into central Oregon without a more or less definite Intention of building It wnicn means a violation on nis part or tue tacit agreement, mat ne would confine his operations to-the north bank of the Columbia. Consequently the as sembling or Hill men, sucn as the Por ters, Bethel. Kelson and others. J. D. Porter denies, that he Is a Hill man. But he certainly Is not a Harri man -man and no one 'can have tho (Continued on Page Five.) 1 E. G. - Smith.' her business adviser here, saying his wife had broken her arm and he was writing at her dictation. - In response to such requests twi drafts aggregating J1.100 were sent to him and they came back indorsed In her name. Suspicion was first aroused when Johnston came here and endeavored hv threats to get hold of all his wife's property. It is alleged that it then was learned that Instead of "Belle Gilchrist another woman appeared as Mrs. John ston. The idea that Belle GUchrlot John ston committed suicide and left a note requesting Johnston to bury her bodv secretly and take her property la scoutwl here. - Her former friends are greatly aroused over -the reports of her body having been partlallv burned, dismem- perea ana rinauy cremated. LOST ABOARD CRAFT The worst of the excitement was dur ing tne efforts of the women and chil dren to get into the small boats. Thev were half Insane with fright and fought with each other In their wild attempts to reach the boats. The officers of the snip-Jiad to Use force to compel them to obey .orders. ' The , four who were - lost went over board during -the mad rush and there was no possible chance of saving them from the water, which was running in mountain waves. Greatest credit is given the crew for successfully getting all but four ashore. s ii was oeuevenor a time mat scores would perish. -i - Two other steamships and several sailing-vessels are known to have ben stranded on the coast by the storm and the fate of their crews Is questioned. An unknown vessel which was in dls. tress eet off rockets off Nab. last night signaling for aid. . Nothing has been seen or the vessel since and It Is feared sne was ipsi -witn ail on noara. Advices from the coast sav the storm has done great dams e to amsller craft ana as tne wind isstiu raging it la expected that the reports of damage and losaes wiil. be increased. wwww4444f to secure help, or want any other possible time. -Get The Journal 'f::,i::: - , " Vr I-' ' . :';;-; -; PAST TINKERING , J " T " TXi '' f SALErTl : . " " -- cw. ' r. ve got i . ill nnrnnun FURNITURE $85,000 LOSS IN Fire destroyed- the factory and wholesale department, of the Peters & Roberts, FurjittureomanyJFrojitand, Davis streets, at an early hour this morning, entailing a loss of $35,000 which is covered by Insurance amount ing to t5,000. The fire originated ; in the ablpping room opening on Davis street from unknown causes and rapidly spread to all parts of the building. Patrolman Rupert discovered the flames in the shipping room about 4 o'clock and turned In an alarm. Al though the fire department made-, a hurried run the flames had spread to all floors' of the three-story building by the time the firemen arrived - and the place was a roaring furnace. The fireboat was called into service and for three hours the department fought the fire which was fed by the Inflammable materials. - Total Z.OSS of Stock. The stock of parlor furniture includ ing chairs and couches of, which the company made a specialty was entirely consumed by the fire. and the only equipment saved was the machinery in the south end of the building which waq separated by a fire wall from the por tion of the structure in which the fire originated. J. C. Roberts, president of the company, stated this morning that .. i ex? !!: - -wry: .rsv;. '1 ''tl '!'tK"w1" jr - Building, at Trout ux& .tZllxtZS&Ji.JiJ?lzjlita. The Flr UU 4JS,0ft6loi Damase, CompTelely Cutting I Better Give It Up, Senator COMPANY he estimated . the- stock at 180,00 on which Insurance amounting to 140,000 waa carried Ha said that he considered the entire stock a loss. The building, which covered a space 100 by 100 feet, was badly scorched by- the fire but it is believed that with the exception of the west end of fhe wall on Davis street it will not be necessary to rebuild. This portion was cracked by the fierce heat from the ground to the roqf about 20 feet from the western end of the wall building. The building was erected in 1830 by the Alnsworth estate and was for many years usl by the O. R. & N. company as an office building and has been oc cupied by the furniture company for the past seven vears. Mr Roberts stated this morning that he- purchased the building three years ago and esti mates tbe loss on the structure result ing from this morning's fire at $26, 000 which is the amount of the Insur ance carried. X,odj-en- Have JT arrow Escape. Mr. Roberts stated that the company would rebuild as "soon as possible and In the meantime would rent temporary offices In which to handle the business. The company employed about to people, at the time the fire came but often X .- V"- -. r (jt) $M ! yrxz. t SUFFERS FIERCE FIRE ran the' number up to more than 100 during busy . season a. I Next Qoor to tn bulldinaven Dav4s street is a lodging Mouse frequented Dy laboring men and they were given the scare of their lives when awakened by the fire. One man lost a watch in his hurry to get out but no other loss or damage to the occupants or the build ing resulted. A stream of water broke one of .the windows in the lodging house, ducking several of the SO lodgers. Across Front street la the .Allen A Lewis company and for a time It was feared that the flames might Jump the street and eat into tfie grocery store. The firemen, however, prevented this and the fire was confined to the one building. No other buildings are fiiacerm to the one occupied by the fotnilure company, which Is but one blk away from " the plant of the Portland Gas company. Mr. Roberts was unable to account for the flie. He said that the last thing in the evening is to cut off the electrical connections bo- that none of the current enters the building at nlrht. He 'also said that there, was no . fire In the furnace and was at a loss to account for the flam's. The only known cause for the loss is that one of the (Continued onfPage Five.) Hi UKEbUl f Dominance of Rival Repub lican Factions Scheduled for Settlement Xext Satur dayQuestion Whether Cake Will Accept Crnmbs, "VVho Is who in Oregon politics Is to be determined Saturday next or at least, a stab In that direction Is sched uled when the Republican State Cen tral committee meets in Portland. At that time it Is to be settled whether Senator Charles W. Fulton and his friends are to be dominant in the con duct of the Republican party move ments, or whether W. .M. Cake and .In ferential Jonathan Bourne, are to remain at .the helm of the organ! ia-. tlon. Fulton's Mends want to seise the reins of, party government and Cake's friends say that there" will be nothing doing. There will be a strenuous time during the latter days of the- week unless something bobs ud to change the face of things Mr. Cake Is still some place between Portland and the east, and nothing- has been heard from him re garding the acceptance by him of tho kind offer made by Mr. Fulton and Na tional Committeeman WlllUma to re lieve him of all responsibility" in the management of the presidential cam paign In Oregon. Instead of a response word has fil tered back that Senator Bourne is ex pected to reach Portland about the last of the week. Chairman Cake was ex pected to return home during this time but so far nothing has been heard from him'. 1 Before the departure of Mr. CBke for' the east; nearly a month ago, the Fulton people 'were talking drastic measures for the removal or supercedence of the pres ent chairman and the control nf the Taft campaign by Fulton. Senator Ful-H ton, nowever. sioppea- tne execution and the offer was made to Mr, Cake to ap point a committee, the members of wnicn were surrested to him. for tha purpose of starting; the Taft battle. ' Just what la to be-done Saturday no one knows. It is believed bv-those wtw have been watching the pusale that the national committee, or Chairman Hitch cock, has not looked with favor on the eiijuna to- loroemiiy mist - cake - from the control of the campaign. not that he Is much in love with the present chairman, but that he doe not con, elder H, to be wise to start anr more trouble than Is already on hand here in Oregon. - . , : . . . From this fact It Is believed.1 here fore, that a strenuous effort .1FT1P be made, to compromise ..things'- so that both the- Fulton and Wis Cake people will be aatlsfied: How this Js to be done is the pUEiIe, It is ant believed that Ful ton's friends will dare to boot Cake out of -the chairmanship. The laupposltion Is thfin that some sort of a) truce will be patched tip, much an tt,wiil disap point Senator Fulton and bis Heiilen sntJr not to be U cgr.trul ttf the sud-i tlO.T. ' ' . ' f- i fl! v PIPE LIRE City Water Board Decided to Put Fonvard Work in All Material and Legal As pects, Under Xew Charter Amendments.- , Engineer Clarke Authorized to Proceed With Surv eys, andjty Attorney ta.Pre.. pare Ordinances Covering. Financing Plan. . '.. At one of the most ImDortant meet BEGIN If ings of the city water board ever held , the members . tbia-jnornlng, decided ta commence work on the new Bull Run , pipe Jine as soon as possible and also referred many matters to the city 'at torney for opinions which wilt define mo uw Bmenamenifs . io tne charter which have been declared valid by the supreme court , -- . The board autheHiearEiiglneer Clarke to proceed, with, surveys for the 'new pipe llee, " which will cost $3,000.000, and Instructed City Attorney, Kavanangh to draft - ordinances . which Viil allow the ' board , to - sell ae many bonds as are necessary rrom time to . time in order to complete the work. , One general or dinance has already" been introduced au- 1 thorixingo the sale-of the bonds, but in ; order to save the city from paying In terest on the entire bond issue from the present date, additional ordinances will b provided, so drafted that 'the bonds can be sold whenever a payment, is nec essary to carry- on the construction of ' the pipe line. , .'. . , . . In relation 1n the to- the city attorney -for opinions there are many noints to be determined which will make .the n rrxH 1 r w . ,hu - department legal. Under the new amend ments the entire plan of installing and maintaining mains has been changed and it is in reference to proceedings which were Instituted whwf h amendments were In litigation that the board also seeks information. - : a- Under the new scheme the new mains will have to be laid as are sewers, ac cording to City Attorney Kavanaugh. Districts will have to be created and the QOSt Will ' fall UDOn- the nmnortt, ! owners benefited and not upon the wa- ' uciJirunenu i nis in useit. throws the nroceedlnss nartlallv nut r.t ti.. Jurisdiction of the water board Into the ' council, m that the city engineer will have to act upon alt such matters ln : stead of the engineer of the water board. Furthermore. City Attorney Tfavs. naugh said that the council will have to pass, resolutions authorising th rr. tlon of assessment districts for water ma4asjaitthis .action una; nnlr hnr- -taken upon the recommendation of' thtt -water board., which will, largely leave the matter of Initiation and nmnn,!. billty in the hands of the board. Thj -board and council do not have to con sider remonstrances under the new nr. cksr any more than the council now does in the matter of installing sewers. . , une , 01 me most vexing questions which confronts the water board Is in reference to repairs and - maintenance. r-roviwona. tor sucn a runa wur be nec essary, according to the belief of the ' members and Mayor Lane. Certain re pairs, however, such as the relaying, of wornout mains, will have' to be -enred. -for by the property owners, according to the present understanding of -. the board. 1 r. v.;.. r . As an Illustration of the problems which confront the waters board In its " administration of the water department one arose todsy which was referred ti the city attorney. - This involved the replacing of a main, one " blfck Ion) (Continued on Page Five.) WRIGHT SELLS HIS AEROPUflE French Governnient "' Be lieved to Have Bargained for Machine. (Catted rrcM LMsed lr. Lemans, .France. Sepf i.-A fontr was signed today .betwetn -M. ; WetHfi and "Wilbur tv right under the terms .. which Welller agrees ro - pa v r' $100,000 for bis aeroplane -If it U -to make two flights, the trmi of are stimulated in the rtret It Is believed, tha -Welller Is r, by the - French-goverrment art the Wright-brothers' oilrT a t . tlon will soon adopted by v --e i ; aepartment of war. v The contract isl!- t t t' - plane Is to cartv two ssmj-u -the. operator. .It is to av " flights t $0. kilometers ea week The ma-hlne rrmt I Wlnd -ef l miles "a bn'ir flisht is to te,(ulre over f! -course is to be laid "'t 1 -the machine muxt f! V ScriKel ixiund - ' The colitrscl aio I'irrv that will, meet t) e. t .t- ro:ifrrt i-u r re -r . .' ' t'n.-t ih ' ft". ssi'od i'-l t:. k'rv U !. 1!
