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Thla lata of ' ' The Sunday Journal ' ' Comprises ' 5 Sections 158 Panes JOURNAL CIRCULATION , . YESTERDAY WAS - ' 30,845 The ., Weather Probably light , showers;' south to west winds. PORTLAND, OREGON. SUNDAY MORNING. SEPTEMBER: 6, 1908. .v. PRICE FIVE CENTS. 1, VOL. V. NO. 28. " ' ' " l .,-', ' f ' . ',''1'""' ' . ' ; :' -. "'' ' - - i - 'i ... "ALL WORK TO EE FMSMED --HMMiviAN , . : r V .I""' 1 r-r- : r- 1 ' - 'IHIIfllHUin FUfJD FOR CORRUPTION OREGON TO SEE GREATEST EIM OF RAIL CONS TRUCTION . tMtMM4 M .VIZARD'S PROMISE. QF RAILROAD ACTIVITY ii .i.,tniiv nntHned for Oregon. which was checked or discontinued last fall on ft,. fin.,M.i ritti-MBion. will be carried to completion at once. The central Oregon line will be bnllt tit- quickly-aa the materials and money can be gotten together. That branch li ;now out of my hands and In charge of the local trafflo managers. It will be started Immediately. "Tha Oregon and Washington , road, which Includes the peninsula tunnel, the Tillamook exten sion.1 the Klamath-Natron line, the removal o( the tracks on Fourth street Jn Portland, In fact all tne work projected .when we were compelled to withdraw from the field last fall,, will be. finished without lost of time. - , . ..... .... ' , '.,.,, 'a , ' "With the exception of the central Oregon roaa, mese outer m c wu u ... will besom months before we can get started on them, but all will be-ca" to completion. It Is not our. intention to. abandon any of the projected work In Oregon."-E.. II. Harrlman. Democratic Leader Apprised That Corporations Haye Millions for Aid of Repub lican party, Contributed as By Individuals. . . the Centra! Oregon Line firstNow in Hand of Local Officers. All Other Branches and Extensions Are to Be Rushed to Completion Tor th first time slacs real,. active railroad history Oiad its Inosptlcn 3nto Oregon, tlw ststo as a whole, and oat ticnlarly -ike vast oatwiEse of the lnor lor, oces relief approaching for tSs .trying- acd narosslnr trafflo probleais, tit congestion of freight cad t&a handi .caps to production. . Edward IE, Karri man, yhoc ayatoms for two daoades lar eoutroUca tho deatioy 'of of th largest 00m won wealth In tfas wa Ion, has afrtxad Ma official aeal to ti word which apoUa tha raataat r of .railroad ooastruction orer witnessed la ny state west of the Bookies. , . All the work, extensions, new Uses and "branehM ' oontemplated fey the Southern raolflo and O. B. S) W. sys terns will be completed without loss of time. Mr. Barriaan aas said so de ' finitely. ' Two weeks aro he promised as wnoh to Governor - Chamberlain's party who visited him at his headuar tors at Pelican lodge. He repeated the promise last alg-ht at the fathering of business" men in the parlors of the Conuneroial olnb. Construction work on .the Tillamook extension Is already under way. The line into central Oregon via the Des chutes valley la the next on the ached Ule.' .',:!...' VI. , "That road will be built just as quick lv as money and material can be (rath ered to(rether." declared Mr. Harrlman laat n!rht. "The matter of construc tion has left my hands and is now- In charge of the local offices. It will be built immediately." "How soon doeri 'Immediately" mean?' the railroad ; Hercules was asked. "A year, two months?:' What Immediately Means. "Work on that line may begin wltnln S hours, it may be, nowever. a period of several.' weeks; but- not longer. It takes time to gather the meana neces sary to build into that section, espe cially when we have to look coolly at the fact that physical conditions are such we-- must . in reality build four miles of road to secure one" mile of traf fic that is one mile at a stretch where every acre or every other acre is a producer." .... Mr. Harrlman Jokes short jokes pungent in flavor. He slips them off the end of his tonfcue.like a man count ing a handful of dollars from one hand to the other. He is not always the aus tere, vindictive and vrasplng being- the cartoonists picture him. "What route will the line into the Interior follow?" Mr. Harriman was questioned, . . r , mblio. Boon to Know. "Well, now, he replied, as his face wrinkled Jn a smile, ''if I knew I'd be foolish to tell you, and if my local traffic men knew they, too, wooldj.be foolish to dincloae the fact The public will be advised regarding that matter (Continued on Page Three.) ! No More Fear of G. 0. P.; De spite Big Oil Fine Honey to Be Spent Sub Rosa, Chiefly With Minor Part ies in Doubtful States. E. H. Harrlman. S. Pi ENGINES TO BE TAKEN OFF FOURTH STREET SOON Harriman Says Delay in Building Oswego Cut-off Has Been Occasioned by Tightness of Money Market Informal Beception and Auto Ride. Edward H. Harrlman, railroad km of America, has .come and gone, .fie nas seen, for anotner xime, mo vaucy the . Willamette, has sped over , the streets of Portland, has dined with, met and conversed with Portland business men, discussed the railroad situation, given assurances of things to come. and, leaving behind a gentle1 warmth of recurrent hope in the hearts of nls au ditors, has started on the return Jour ney to his caetern headquarters. ' Yesterday srternoon tne ran roaa mag' nate. escorted by officials of his Ore- f:on and California lines, reached Port, nd a short time after 4 o'clock. Im mediately his party, took an automobile and waa taken for a ride over the city and its vicinity. The railroad master waa shown the improvements that had been made to the city since last " he HONORABLE JAPS N AMERICA TO SNEAK WARSHIP COIN HOME (SpeeUl Dispatch t The JFoaraalt . Fresno, CaL, Sept I. From -the J sp an esa boes contractors associatton comes the announcement that the Jap anee in this country sre here for the fiurpoae of securing money with which o build wsrshtpa and to create a great ' army for Japan. This announcement is contained In a circular thit is being distributed by the hundreds throughout thla county and the other districts of :llforala whr there is a large Jap anese pormlailon. The bnse contractors' asociatlon 4s a amrt of union of the employee of Jap anese labor, which takes large con t rax 1 1 for v'lreyr and orrhard work, dictates wages, and heidr the gangs of labor ers like oo many sheep. It hse en countered trouble here through the en trprie of throe Independent Japanese contractors, who have takft' the con tract for the- big Tarpevlne-ard, ewnd by M. F. Tsrper. for many yrara snetobee of the Dm?rUc national rrvmism frem Csllforala and o of the leading rtne-rardlsle of the stat. The -ab eontrmctors teste takea the wo-k fr II ' pr ton. while tb union - ef the Vas eortrsrtors l II tl. The Hrviilar of the bfe ontrsftora arce1 1a s'l Jtr "'sent !ren"' to ork wlta them for higher wages, Tbe appeal for higher wages Is not for the benefit of the men themselves, accord ing to thla official document, but for the Ing to thla glory of the Japanese army and navy. This la an exact quotation from the circular: ''Money la necessary for every un dertaking since Japtfn te In ''need of warships, and since she nas -no money. wnica is absolutely . necessary tlia whole country should awaken to the fact, and do all In their power to raise money. In looking over tbe situation along tbe Pacific coast we ahould aee Japanese doing all In their power lo make Japan a strong ant great coun try; but alas! not so. Instead we find some very oowerfal men fattening thHr oeme at brothers. The Ja the expense of their felioi Truly these ere bad men. The Japanese newspapers of the state have pitch Into the rght, all on the stde of the bossea. The lndependnt contractors are denounced as unpatri otic, because they ara leenlng the funds that should be nent to the Thome fiiwi for war stores. The effect of the circular hero is to Increase the feeling arstneSnethe Japanese. In view of the announcement that th little brown men ere bore for the onrpo ef rais ing money to boild battleship fleets' sd eouip armies fr' tfce expected straggle, with America. - , was here and was surprised at them. Looking at the Wells-Fargo building, the home of the northwest Harrlman lines, he turned to General ' Manager O'Brien and said with a smile, "we lead the way." Mr. Harriman waa Im pressed with the growth of Portland and waa frank to admit it. Dinner at Arlington Olnb. Tha Arlington cluh claimed Mr. Har rlman for dinner his tablemates- being J. P. O'Brien, general manager of the O, R. ft N.; K. E. Calvin, general man ager of the Southern Pacific lines; vv. D. D. Fen ton. Southern Pacific attor- npv TDr K A. I. Markensle. John .Muir, the noted scientist and guest of Mr. Harrlman; F. S. Stanley, B. . Jonselyn, C. E. S Wood and Alfred Hoi-man. It remained for the Informal recep tion, however, to give finishing touches to Mr. Harrlman s visit to the city. At the Commercial club at 8 o'clock he met with a large number of Portland busi ness men. talked with them informally of Portland. Its progress, its railroad needa and the accomplishment of ita hopes and ambitions. To these men he gave encouragement promised tranapor tatlon relief and the early completion of the Harrlman projects now under lan or course of construction. averytUsaT Purely Informal. Mr. Harriman had not 'desired any re ception bordering on the formal. He desired to meet the people of Portland, not as a railroad official but as a citl en, and accordingly there waa no pro gram and no ostentation. - He cam Into the reception hall quietly and root the business men assembled there as snan to man, frankly. ' Before the evening had passed, how ever, he was persuaded to make a short addsess in which he promised the early comnletion of ail Harrlman protects of otenslnn under plan or construction, and relief or the congestion or onrth atreet in Portliind. He expressed sorrow that he would not be able to pobi with Port land as a cltisen smd not as a railroad man In the Jollification over the open ing of the north bonk med TT have been at a loss whst to ay." saH Mr. Harrlman in commencing his talk. "1 did not Intend to make any ad dress to voa and heralr know now o begin, but lead b" been In "krated to me bv a fellow criminal here ft g. JosselVn. president Of the Portland Kali way, Light A Power company, to whom he bad be talkinrt. who har sug gested that vow ntlght like M know hw nwm we are going off 'Fourth olreet. Too Ttrr.sps. sorie or you. live on Fottrta street or trsnsact fcuaine there. I (rw there was oTn 4on akottt Fourth street, but I d4 not (CoBttBuod on Fags Three.) By John E. Xevlns (Staff Correspondent of United Press.) Falrvlew, Lincoln, Neb., Sept. 5. That a mammoth corruption fund, aggregating several millions of dol lars, has been subscribed "to defeat his candidacy for the presidency was the news that reached William Jen nings Bryan tonight. " Among the alleged contributors, according to the report that came to Fairview, are the directors in every big corpora tion that the Democratic candidate has assailed in his speeches during tha past four years. Further, ' the story, goes, the .money -,was not se cured until the entire situation had been thoroughly canvassed and It had been decided that the socalled special interests" would be at least a trifle safer under Republican than under Democratic rule. Tha Bryan was much concerned over the story was snown by tne fact that he called up national head quarters at Chicago over the long distance telephone as soon as It reached him and asked that it be thoroughly investigated and all the facts be ascertained so that he could consider them on his arrival at Chi cago next Monday. The intimation is conveyed that among tne contriDutors are several members of the group of million aires known as the Standard Oil crowd. Not Afraid of Republicans. This, despite the fact that it was under a Republican administration that the largest fine in history, $29, 400,000, was imposed on the Stand ard . for violating tbe . anti-trust law and rebating. But thls.fine has been set aside by the higher courts and the matter is still in litigation. Bry an is assured that the' Standard financiers believe they will have no trouble getting the decision setting aside the fine upheld, 'and that the precedent set forth in the decision of the reviewing authority will pre vent further prosecution under the evidence now in the hands of tbe government prosecutors. The com pany has, since the tine was im posed, lived up to at least the letter of the law. as its attorneys see It, so that it does not fear any addition al legal action unless a Democratic president is elected, when it natural J . . ... .... . . .. IN THE LATEST THING GOLF STICKS MANY NORTHERN TOWNS BURNING; 4.000 HOMELESS: DAMAGE MILLION! Towns Destroyed Chisholro, Minn., 7,000 inhabitants, loss $2,000,000; dead, one woman, Mary Fisher, many unaccounted for; Bayfield, Wis., 2,000 inhabitants, loss $l,00O,0O0; dead, none known. Ewey, Wis., 500 inhabitanfVloss $150,000; dead, none known; Beacham, Wis., 400 Inhabitants, loss $100,000; dead, none known. Towns in imminent danger Ilibbing, Minn., 3,000 Inhabitants; Naeh awauk, Minn., 600 inhabitants, surrounded by flames at midnight; Wrens Hall, Minn., 1000 inhabi tants, surrounded by flames at midnight. The fire loss in the entire sweep In the northwest Is esti mated at from $5,000,000 to $10,000,000. . 1 I (Continued on Page Three.) MUD TALK TO MOB MEfl Democratic Candidate to De liver Principal Address in Chicago Tomorrow. Tatted Press Lease Wve.ti Chicago, Boot. (. Will lam J. Bryan will be the guest of labor In this eity neat Monaay, ana i is expectea mat 2,S working en will torn oat to do htm honor. With his party will ar-r1-e over the Rock Island road at :4 In the morning and wUl be eocorted in an antomontie to imocriic neoo quarters whore bo will oonfer with Samoel Ooenpere and other labor leaders. refore noon a paouc inception win ba hold and ia the- afternoon the candidate wi; creepy a stand on Miehlgasj avoave, where ke will review the Labor dar fa rad, la which It la expected thai JS.eO nlon men will aaarra. Following this b win tee harried to Forrest Park, where he will diores the baKor oeeotioo In set rca. Iiaiol- taeeooa.r - with the dejtrerv Of tMi tr-! ? the ejsntda'e. grarboremee rox'ainmg rerore f the trr U trw e'ane ts aii falls throne-he I (be titr, wcff sbi6W"sbi wvt et "1 8t Paul. Minn., Sept 8'.r-l a. m. Governor Johnson of Minnesota re ceived word at midnight that ghouls were pillaging in tne ruino or mis holm and bv long distance telephone ordered out Company N, Minnesota na tional guard, of -,ibblng, to patrol the ruined town. Duluth. Minn., Sept S. One city has been destroyed, four towns are sur rounded by walls of flame, several vil lages are believed to be wiped out, more than 4.000 people are homeless, and more than Jl.OpO.ooo worth or property naa been destroyed In a great forest fire which is raging in the vicinity of Chls holm, Minn. Bavfleld. Wis . Is In flames and Chis holm Is a mass of biasing embers, while the people of Bual and Scanlon, Minn., are fighting desperately to save their homes. Telephone and telegraph Wires from Chlsholm and Bayfield are all down and It Is impossiDie to get aeiaus. ine taai advices received from Bayfield were that the flames had reached the out skirts of the town and that all the in habitants were struggling to keep the fire from reaching the thickly settled other email towna had peen caught in the path of the flames. They reported that they had started counter fires at tbe outskirts of the town and were lay- Inr the country waaie in me nope oi saving the business section. The lire as mianigni naa iium-a aver area more tnan z miles square. Minneapolis. Minn.. Sept. I. A spertal an to the Journal from HlbMng. Mlnn says: t A forest fire which for three days has menaced thla district swept down upon Chlsholm. seven mile from Hlbblng. thla afternoon ana oerore mKinigni in town wks completely wiped out and tta t,S0e residents rendered homeless. A snill tn in mnq vavva nioomn from destrueiion and la swe-ptng the lire directly Oown opon Virginia, 1 mltea from Chlsholm. Thousands of people have hn made homeless, prop erty valued at severe! million dollars a as been deetroved and the flree are sweeping orer northern Wisoortsln and northern Minnesota. Th town ef Buel la thought to ha' been destroyed and aas been deserted by Its people. Many email i j la a ana mining m- csttons have oeei wiped tmt. , Mnc earlv this s "e-Ttoon people have tea pnurtng ta'O Hiomng ay tne nunorerta. ipr soeixrr in, irnni ir.a roaring firoa. wM-n at, one time wore bvt oalr a rn'ie rrewo mis enr. t A ar-eotet irato wee ra rroan min-i hola t Iffbbmg. pe'-teo wit a pore ; whit Kars their komee aed p-op- ertj,' l'thtvsjr fa t b rev epe all pub-j ne'lais and bmljdlag te aceom mlatst th rAfncee.a In the burned" district. All the saloons In Hlbblng were closed this evening by order of the mayor. The dry woods- have been on - fire to the rth on, wnit nf Illbblnsr for three days and small bush fires were report- ea to tne easiwaru. Little fear was felt in Chlsholm. as the town was thought to have ample protection on the east In Longyear lake and to the wast by mining locations. At noon today the three, walls of fire Joined, forming a semicircle of flames which swept In upon the min ing town with a roar, licking up every tree and stump In Its way d sending up a cloud of redhot brands which fell upon the doomed town and kindled in scores of places at once . The fire department was helpless. Part of the apparatus of the Hlbblng department had been sent to Chlsholm but it would have needed an engine toi every house to fight back th wall of fire that rolled onward. The people had time to escape with their lives but many were unable to save any property. The - roads from the town were filled with people In wagons, on horseback and on foot fleeing to Hlbblng. The shortest road to Hlbblng was directly in the path of the fire and the refu rcps were forced to take th longer road. . . . .. .. At the Monroe location two four-Inch streams of fire hose were used In fight ing the fire end at midnight hope was st rone that Monroe would be aaved. At the Glen location the fire came within 260 yards but a pipeline had been built around it and the water' sprayed stead-ilj- upon tha flames.' The fire first attacked; the western edge of Chlsholm about 4:30 in the af- (Continued on Page Three,) "- r Cbi Crrtifitf Zfyu The Oregon Journals?4' J rattM is nsrsaftt rattag si V . PT. Badar as esWseUy. Ct ffiftrrttfrr flat )Bee eCfxytSlt tfrffl CwtsathtdgAx . a fcstaag aflsrw sarry taaity tar a ssstateK tsssrotanes ef rkraUnsa, en '-! samstiWiS anrM IS tk kssas ask msrM af 1 scaamsnM Isr s tssraaa aSI Sb aaalreal. bws gat saanr serrkasrt ask issa n rorsafi tfst sstsUS si arras l as as itsssiU at imi Hsiisb is list basl usa ntttsts. sresaaTsss j ) ',1968. - M. - , tmmd orAu dwri ruvmJm -, mmd fi4 asaaea ( msa-ess prima a gm aoaiaa a he lMtly, touaoay auid M-mi-rkly Otrfn Jonrn!. Asm I pmi si kr wWm 1hnl mfmr.Ham eeeWt mrm t'T e-s iWlU reeW.-fcW tuut w 4 mwv tluu m'- ' " - 4escter 4 I
