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Portland; Oregon; " Tuesday," -September i, i908. sixteen pages. '.-"'
VOL. VII. NO. 153.
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OREGON
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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
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(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.
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- reaches the homes of the great masses irrespective of creed, nation-,
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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. .
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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)
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WRIGHT SELLS
HIS AEROPUflE
French Governnient "' Be
lieved to Have Bargained
for Machine.
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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 . .' '
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