r CONSTRUCTION OF PROPOSED CR A LAKE STATE v WOULD IS Dcaatlful Crater lake TWO RAW MAGNATES DEAD v . :, : , ' Thomas F. Lowry of Minne apolis and Jose F. De Na varro of 'New York. (United Press LuHj Win.) Minneapolis, Minn., Feb. 4. Thomas F. LgWry, the millionaire railroad mag nate, died here today, 68 yean of age. He was president of the Twin City Rapid Transit company and the Minne apolis, bc raui sauit Bte. Marie rail road 'at the time of his death. Hs had other large corporate Interests. New York, Feb. 4. Jose T. De Na varre, builder of the-first elevated rail road. . and also cons tructor of the first modern apartment house; died here early today or heart disease. He leaves a widow and two sons, one of whom Is trie husband or Mary Anderson, the ac- xreas. HEVADA ffliiiE ' LESS MTMIP Senator,- Nixon Believes It Will Not Follow the - House's Action. . (United Press teased Wire.) Washington. Feb. 4. Senator Nixon. of Nevada was an early -caller at the White House today and notified Presi dent Roosevelt that according to. private a a vices tne state senate' would not. pass the anti-Japanese resolution, which, was fiassea djt me assemoiy yesteraay, un ess it was materially modified. . 1 Ha told the president that the meas u ure had been introduced after a confer ence between the author of the resolu tiori and the party leaders, and was not me result or a .concerted action. Bean Port Bill Passed. Salem. Or., Feb. . 4. The Bean port gVblll passed the senate by unanimous "vote yesterday afternoon, beside the cause inserted In the house that pro tects the Port of Portland from any Interference with Its work. The ob ject of the measure was explained by Senator Chase- of Coos and Curry, who had Introduced sn identical bill in the senate. - . Lincoln's Memory 4 The 12th of this month Is the one hundredth- anniversary of Lincoln's birthday. Next Sunday . 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', - ' - MD NATIONAL HIGHWAY BENEFIT ALL OF THE STATE that would b lost to tourists if the ROAD WOULD LEAD TO ONE OF NATURE'S MOST LOVELY SPOTS structlon of the proposed state and na tional highway to Crater Lake would re sult in benefiting the entire State of Oregon and amply Justify the expendi ture canea tor in tne Dill now berore the legislature was-the trend-of arguments made before the Joint session of the ways and means committee of h house and the roads and highways committee or m senate tate yesteraay Dy W. W. Henry McOlnn and Will G. Steel ol Portland; W. M. Colvlg and W. I. Vaw ter of Med ford; B. F. Mulkey of Ash- iana ana k. u-. emitn or Grants Pans. A delegation pf 80 Med ford business men who' arrived In the morning- to boost for the bill and an equal number of Portland and Salem friends of the measure packed the committee room. icedford to rront. President Colvl of tha Mrn Commercial 'dub opened the arguments in behaOf of ths bill, explaining that Jackson and Klamath counties hart ch appropriated 160,000 for . the construc tion of-the road to Crater Lake. Fifty thousand additional had been pledged by outside parties. The government had- agreed to construct that portion of the highway running through tha Cas cade forest reserve and the Crater Lake rational park at an estimated cost of 1350.000. The totaJoo.it nf tha rnari would approximate $500,000. and half or it wouia lie in government domain. The speaker touched on the legal phases of the appropriation, stating that the iuu,vuu asKea tor rrom tne state was not an unconstitutional . reauest. and filed with the committee a brief. quot ing decisions made by the supreme court definitely deciding the question. Judge renton Speaks. Judge -It-U '. Fenton . SDoke of the great tourist travel that the road would divert into-Oregon. "Southern Califor nia receives V40.000.000 a year as the result of Its tourist travel," he said. "There is no reason why Oreron should not receive a portion of this amount. Every person who comes to the coast for scenery or climate 'now amea tr California; although Oregon surpasses URiiiorma in ootn. in construction of a road to 'Crater lake will open up one of the scenlo spots -of the world. and ths greatest natural wonder we possess. It .is Oregon's one great at traction. The passage of this bill win result In benefiting every portion of lag iwie. i Judge Cotton's Tlews. Judge Cotton expressed himself alornr similar lines. He - said that Oreaon had neglected the greatest tourist re source, while California had- developed. those tnat wouia not compare with those of this state, and that If Crater lake was In any other state In the Union, ths expenditure of millions, if i necessary, by that state would be eager- ly made. The appropriation . asked for 1 TT Emmanuel Church Has Had DURRANI'S PASTOR REINS i Blanche La Mont and Minnie Williams Were Murdered in It. San Francisco. Feb. 4. Rev. J. George Gibson,- for years pastor of Emmanuel Baptist church, has tesigned. The res ignation of the paator recalls the turbu lent financial times of the church ever since the body of little Minnie Williams was found In the church library, hacked to pieces, and later . the - corpse . of Blanche La Mont wa discovered in the belfrv of the edifice. Theodore Durrani paid the penalty of the murders .on the gallows at San Quentin one yea and a half later. . Pastor G'hson had a hard row to hoe following - the terrible murders. The city was aroused-and for a while sus picion pointed to him as an accessory, but Chief of Detectives Lees held that Gibson. had nothing whatsoever, to -do wlt-h the crimes anil that hs had estab lished complete alibi. , . w J? - tfcijn n .a-in-a.- i il state refused to build highway leading to this scenic wonder. was a mere baaatelle. and It was a bus iness proposition to Invest where th returns) wouia amount to aunureui ui dollars for each dollar Invested. Will G. Steel, who has Just returned from Washington, stated that both Sec retary Garfield. Chief Forester Flnchot. and the department of agriculture have promised the full cooperation of the government in roaormiuaingnn tne re serve and park. Make Iake AeossslUs. On the first of July the government will begin its work or roaa ouuamg If Oregon makes tne appropriation asked for to make the lake accesslDie, anil lmnrnvamenta. In the Dark will be -begun upon an elaborate and extensive scale. The officials or tne oepamment of agriculture have agreed to rumrsn an ano-inaer tn take rharire of the . road and construct it Aing scientific lines both In and without? the reserve, so that all the money furnished by county and state would be spent under government iitn.rvl.1nn. C. 8. Jackson of The Journal told of tha ina.ua-iirat.on of the Crater lane roaa 'movement last summer by the appoint ment of a provisional commission Dy Governor Chamberlain upon his return from a trip to the lake. The governor had been so Impressed with the scenic grandeur of the lake that he took the Initiative In the move to make tne lake accessible. "No camera ever made can begin to portray a millionth part of the heautv and grandeur of Crater lake." said Mr. Jackson. "One feels near to the infinite in gazing upon this lake. Persons who have circled the globe tell me that Its duplicate cannot be found anywhere. Only One Crater Lake. "The scenes Of the Yellowstone, -the Tosemite and-the Grand Canyon are du plicated -In ether-countries. but.therft.-is only one Crater lake. The people of Oregon should cheerfully give 10 times the amount apnea tor to make it ac cessible. "I have never been to Crater lake,' stated Judce McGinn, "but I know southern Oregon, and I think the Rogue river valley has the most delightful climate of any place. For 12 years I have been going south to California each winter, and each year I wonder at the lethargy of our state which per mits the expenditure of millions In Cal ifornia which misht be spent here, through sneer neglect or opportunities, The Crater lake road would benefit the entire state. It Is a state wide nrolect Gentlemen of the committee, vote the money that is asked, give them all they want. South Wants Boad. ' B. F. Mulkey, of Ashland, and R. ' G. Smith of Grants Pass, spoke for the omer cities of the south to show that the proposed road was not desired by Medford alone; but desired by all of (Continued on Page Five.) Hard Struggle Ever Since T " Notwithstanding the confidence that was reposed In the pastor there was something of the memory of the mur ders - that haunted Emmanuel. Baptist church. The hornt-rs of the brutal tak-. Ing of the lives of two Innocent young girls ' seemed to throw a shadow over the congregation. It struggled hard for existence, and no man struggled with tt harder than ItsJoyaJ minister. He was assailed by scandal notwithstanding his character had been cleared . of stain. The fire came and the church was wiped out; It was rebuilt, but not without much sacrifice to money ..lend ers. Funds became low and Rev. Gib son found- that he cnuia not live without a salary, which was fariln arrears. He resigned, much as he would have liked to set the example of dotng without a salary "aa Jesus would. " i . ' j TER a :' -''- iiniHf DEFENSE OE HASKELL Resolution in Legislature Accusing Kooseielt and Hearst. (United Pri Leased Wire.) Guthrie, Okla., Feb. ' 4. Accusing President Roosevelt and Editor William Randolph Hearst of conspiracy to de fame Governor Charles N. Haskell of Oklahoma, a resolution was today Intro duced in the legislature but action on it was deferred until tomorrow. The resolution says the Indictment voted against Governor Haskell yester day in connection with the Muskoge townslte land fraud Investigation was indirectly Inspired by the president and Hearst, as the result of bad feel inn. growing out of the presidential cam paign of, last November. Senator Hoddle objected to any con sideration of the resolution, which was introduced by Senator D. M. Smith. The indictment or the governor has aroused bitter feeling in administra tion circles here. Governor Haskell will determine later whether or not he will go to Muskogee In person. It is said arrangments are already being made there for him to enter hia ap pearance. AIL ANTI-JAP MEASURES DEAD (Soctl Dispatch to The Jearaal.1 Sacramento, Feb. 4. The two John son anti-Japanese bills - dere de feated In the house todav. In the vnit On the bill preventing Japanese from becoming members of corporations the vote was 64 to IB against the measure. Ths Drew anti-aliens bill . was de feated yesterday afternoon by a vote of i' i ii. This settles the fate of all anti-Japa nese measures. GRANGE OPPOSED TO THE CONVENTION 'Br Journal Letted t!em Wire.) Salem, Or.. Feb. 4. The Oretrnn aioi. grange Is opuosed to a RonaHtiiinnni convention In 11. Its leaders believe mat me sections needing amendment can be reached by the initiative, If not remedied .by amendments submitted bv the - legislature, and that if i called, there Is danger that It might be uominuiHi uy men wnose interests are not wholly with the people.' Statements to this effect are mads by Eugene Palmer, CL K. 6penc. and Austin T. Buxton, members of tae ex ecutive and lerlslative committee of the grange, who are here to further leg islation in the Interest of the producers on the farms. . They, have conferred together and with other memht- t the arrange, and have reached h oc clusion that a constitutional conven tion la not desirable. t FLEET FOR HOME SATURDAY Qnlo Kentucky and Missouri finished coaling today and ths entire fleet will be ready to sail Saturday. The local Masonic lodge last Bight entertained ths Masons of the fleet. " r -y , ' Board of Charities. ., f, (By. Journal Leaied gal-rn Wire.4 Salem,. Or.. Feb. 4.A bill creating a state board of charities has been intro duced - by Representative Farrell of Mujtnomah county. -The duties of the hoard shall be tn investigate, especially the prisons, infirmaries, hospltalii, poor farms and tnylumii NA -mamhnr of - tie board Is to receive comoonsatlori for IjIh or her labor. RECEIVED Italian Barber Gives Threat . ening Letter, to Police Detectives Believe Organ- - ized Gang Is Operating in Portland. With the appearance of a second Black Hand letter this wfek the po nce aeycuves nave become con vinced that they have a new element with which to deal. Portland here tofore has been practically free from the depredations of blackmail ins Italians who prey upon their fellow-countrymen, but now it la all too evident that an organized ef fort to intimidate and blackmail is being made. An Italian barber who Is 'known as Bill Gates was the recipient . of the second letter to be turned over td the police department This letter, de manding from his brother $600 at once, is dated January 80, the date written on the letter received by Vitlo Vitti, the Italian grocer of 294 Sheridan street this weeg. The letter sent through ths mails and received by Gates 'reads as follows: "Your b(r)others house will be robbed and - they will be treated. Unless he places 600 Hundred Dollarjr Jn -asack veary bad ley put IBs- lack fn ine -curb me aao sad Fa; stone at Bl Indlna sad Fay- stress. And save trouble. Black Hands, Bxother Well-to-do. Gates' brother lives at Blandina and Fay streets, and is reputed to be well to ao. iae wnier or ine leiier iook mucn pains to disguise his handwriting, for the letters are printed and formed of double lines throughout, except for the date and tne figures "suo. Despite the phraseology, the formation of the let ters gives the Impression that the writer Is a person of intelligence and not at all unskilled In handling a pencil, A piece of oiled paper was used. Gates was wdrking In a barber shop on south First street until a few days ago. The letter was addressed to him there. He takes the letter seriously, fol lowing as it does close upon the letter received by the grocer, Vitti, whose store Is but a short distance from the barber shop where Gates has been working. Gates has not been known by his Italian name for some years, it seems. Strangers, Bays Vitti. Detectives Coleman and Hyde are try ing to find. the two men who entered Vittis' store Tuesday afternoon and asked him if he had received the letter demanding $600 Immediately. Vitti says they are strangers In the Italian colony. It is believed that several members of one of the gangs of Black Hand blackmailers who recently caused so much trouble among Italians In New York have emigrated to Portland, con sldering this a new and profitable field. In New York they carried out their throats. It remains to be seen whether they, will be tracked down and arrest ed by the Portland officers before they nave committed any outrages in this city. Doubtful at first that an organized gang of blackmailers was operating in Portland, the detectives are now in clined to the belief that the two letters which have come to light thus far re not sporadic cases of attempted black mall, but show that a systematic ef fort to transplant to Portland the Black Hand methods which have proved suc cessful in other cities Is being made. Smith Bill Defeated. (By Jottmiil Leased Snlem Wire.) Salem, Or.. Fb. 4. An effort to re vive the bill of Smith of Marion to pro hibit the payment of money for the circulation of initiative and referendum petitions was defeated In the senate yesterday afternoon by 14 to 16. RUSH EXTENSION TO J. I). Fan-ell, Washington Manager for Harriman, Says Oregon & Washington kW Will Be Completed in 18 Months Link "Portland and Seattle. J. P. Farrell, general manager of the Oregon, & Washington railroad, the Har riman extension to Puget sound, an nounced this morning; that through trains would be In operation between Portland and Seattle over tha new-line In from 15 to 18 months. . The work of laying track out of Ta ronia already has been begun and the line could be In operation in less than a year, accoramg to air. Farrell. were it not for the Tacoma tunnel. . Mr. Far rell said that reports that no work was htng done on the Tacoma tunnel were untrue, that the Contract , had been awarded.and that the contractors were at work now excavating and blasting rook. . - We are hard at work on both the tsound extension, and the Grays Harbor extension and will push one as fast as the other," said Mr. Farrell. i "The Ta eoma tunnel la the only thing .that de lays us, but we are laying track out of Tacoma now toward Portland, and as we have our -right of way completely secured the construction -work of the line can be completed In short order. -We have not, decided yet when we will begirt work on the tunnel across the peninsula In Portland; but that will not hold us back to any extent. It Is a romparatlvely short, tunnel. In the first place, and there will be no dlffk nit excavation In connection with it. I doubt. If we start on that for anmatime because our intention la to use the Wt 5 IKES FIGHT : FOR ASTORIA BUT LOSES , " . t : - " . Only Eleven Dissenting Votes in House and It Is Conceded That There Will Be No Material Opposition in the Senate to the Measure By Ralph A. Watson. (By Journal Leased Balom Wire.) Salem, Or., Feb. 4. The Port of Portland pilotage bill passed the house this morning after a hot de bate with only 11 dissenting votes. It Is conceded that it will have little or no opposition in the senate. The bill removes the compulsory pilotage provisions of the existing laws, gives the control of the Columbia river bar pilotage into the hands of the Port of Portland and carries an emergency clause. McCue of Clatsop made the only speech In opposition to the bill, con tending that Its provisions were against good shipping policy. In opposition to the accepted laws of the great shipping centers of the world, and were unfair to the sections of the state outside of Multnomah county. It was simply to legislate a few citi sens of Astoria out of employment, he said. He alao intended that the re moval of compulsory pilotage on the bar would raise insurance rates - on shipping until those rates would be a greater tax than the pilotage charge had been. McCue, by the friends of the bill, was forced to take the floor before the champions of the measure had made their arguments la order that they might have the last word. , Tots is Torced. . . V"; The house,' wearied wlfh the" long speeches. cutoff debate and forced the vote, which lost the bill by two votes. those of Bones and Eaton. Hahone opened discussion on the bill. He said It meant as much to the commerce of the state as any bill ever before the legislature. When Portland took up deepening the river only 14 foot vessels could be brought up the river. The size of the veaaela had increased with the deepen Ing of the river. Now Portland wanted to go Still further. It meant much to all the state. It wanted to take out of the hands of Clatsop county people the control of the pilotage. If the peo ple of Portland did nineteen twentieths of the business, they ought to be.able to say who the pilot commissioner ana the pilots should be. The efforts of Portland organiza tions and men had secured a provl ional reduction on the existing differ ential charged against the fortiana shipping. Means vpxo juvsr. Tha hill means that the shipping can be sent out with the least delay and under DrODer care. ll means an open river from Oreeon City to tne sea. Davis said it was the most Important bill of the session. It affected the resi dents of the entire country tributary to the Columbia. It was to put the control of the commerce in the hands of the people who handled the ship ping. The history of the shipping had bMn that it had been grafted by Incom petent pilots. This bill would put it on a fair and eo,ual basis. Portland is now the second wheat rshipplng center in the UniW States. With tne coming oi ine nuiiroans now headed there it will be second to none. MeCue-of Clatsop was the chief oppo nent of-the measure. The people of As toria, lie said.- were lust as muclr in terested In the growth of the state and its commerce as Portland. Much has been said about Portland being the largest city, and tt was argued that the rest of the state was subservient, but It was only right that all parts should be equal. Faults of System. The bill was simply to-do awav with the compulsory pilotage. The fact that the shins were not got In or out was due to the fault of the pilotage system. For years Portland has controlled this. Troutdale branch between Portland and the Columbia river and to cross on the North Bank bridge into Vancouver. "I think we will have trains running between Portland and Seattle over our own tracks within la months ay from 16 to li at the outside." The line to be followed by the north ern extension of the Harrlmon system will be from the union depot across the steel bridge, down the river to St. Johns and around the Troutdale branch to the joint track near the Swift plant on the peninsula. Here they cross tHa Colum bia on the North Bank bridge and In Vancouver strike the right of way of the Oregon and Washington. Mr. Farrell is the general manager for Harriman In Washington state, and has had charge of the projected Oregon & Washington railroad since Its incep tion. He has bought extensive termi nals In both Tacoma and 8eattle. He came to Portland this morning to con-j fer with General Manager J. P. O'Brien of the Harriman lines In this territory, and to meet J. D. Isaacs, construction engineer for the Harriman lines in Chi cago, who brought th .preliminary plans for the new Harriman depot in Seattle for Mr. Farrell'a Inspection. -Architect Patterson of tha new-riannt accompanied Mr, Isaacs to Portland. Bolh'nm tt the Portland fhotel. Mr. Farrell returned to Seattle at noon to day, but will be in. Portland again next Sunday. . . . , SO through Its rich corporation, the 0. R." & N. company. Every-great commercial center main tatna compulsory pilotage. Without 4t pilotage is a failure. They nay the., pilots are Incompetent; that they are ; Astoria pilots; they have the' oontrol ef the pilots. They have, the .commis sioners and that they - can control them. What has Portland done with the money It has spent for thw Port of : Portland? They have -spent it for Port land commerce taken to Portland docks. , That Is all right, but they should be fair to the rest of tha state. Portland Host Be Fair. Th differential has existed but it haa been because of natural condition ' of the bar. It is all right for Portland to try to overcome things but they should be fair In their statements and in their efforts, and not forget the other sections of the state. He knew from experience that the shipowners of the world wanted com-' pulsory pilotage and the insurance com- ' panies demanded it, and if it was abol- -ished the rates would be raised. The old laws, the new laws, the courts and the shippers uphold the-principle of compulsory pilotage. ,, . - , ; - All of the seaport Btates of .the coun- try with the exception of a few small ports have compulsory pilotage. ' Bays Pilots Often Drank. Jaeger. In discussing ' ths--question,' Btatef that the pilots at, Astoria often were drunk. 'For this he was callod sharply to account by McCue, who said the ntatement was a reflection on the personal character of citizens of As toria. . Hs said be would .force Jaeger to prava-what-ha- saidr "We want no personalities here," he said. Jaeger contended that he had mentioned no one by name. r h w,n insist that you do,", retorted MOCue. - "And prove it afterward. Be sides, he concluded, "Astoria is not tha only place where people get drunk." McKinney. chairman of the committee v on commerce, which considered the bill. 1 contended that the bill affected the freight rates of all the state. The tes timony of some pilots from Astoria had failed to convince ths committee, Mc Kinney said., that the present pilotage system was an efficient one. At the conclusion of McKlnney s ar gument the previous question wa called for and riehnia h,,t r tu changed the votes of Bones and Eaton, who protested against the action' of the majority, contending that . the question -was- Important and the members enti tled to the enlightenment of debate. Bean and Calkins Droteated aa-ainat tha emergency clause being attached to ths ' As Tots Stood. . The vote was; - , ' , AVeS AhhOtt. illman lnnl.,,U . Barrett, Bedlllion. Belknap, Bonebrake! Brady. Brandon. Rrattain Rrnw. c! . ana, Buchanan. Calkins, Campbell, Car ter, Clemens, Conyera. Couch, Davis, Dimlck, JDodds. Farrell, Greer. Hatter berg. Hlnes, Hughes, Jackson. ' Jaeger. Jones (Lincoln and Polk), Jonea (Clack amas), Llbby, Mahone, Mahoney, Mann, maimer, miLrunaio, MCtyinney, Muncyi Munkers. -Orton. Palton. Phllnoti- Pup. din, Reyaolds. Richardson. Rusk. Mr. Arthur. . . . . .. , , . . - Hawley, Jonea (Douglas), Leinenweber. McCue, Meek, Miller andJSmlttt . seug was aosent. .- CONSTABLES WILL HAVE L0XGEE TEEMS (By Journal Leued Salem Wire.) Salem. Or.. Feb. 4. ReDreaentatlva Brady's bill extending the term of the constable "In cities of more than 100,000 lnnaoiiants- rrom two years to four, and Increasing the salary passed the houau after a short discussion. Every member of the Multnomah delegation favored the bill except Representative Couch. Th Dm was strenuously opposed by other members. in the Want Ad Sect Hon of Today's Journal g .dvertise for v . 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