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THE 6 REG ON SUNDAY , JOURNAL. PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 14. 1909. WTO DAv nncnnN EXTRA! FROST DEVILS IN VADE COUNTRY lOIUIIl'JESI RICH I HI UllLUUiy IIISII? Wizard Leaves Wall Street for Journey Through the r South and West and Is Ex -pected to' Extend Trip to . This State. " Edward H. Harrlman himself ' will : probably cam to Oregon . 1 noon after March 1.- Mr, . Harrlman has left New York for a. trip .through, the pouth and west, and although Oregon is not In cluded lii his published Itinerary. It Is the expectation - of General .Manager O'Brien of the Harrlman lines in Ore gon, that the railroad wizard will visit Portland. ' ; -i- The officials In Portland have not been officially informed that Mr. Har rlman Intends coming here, or even that ne nas started on a trip Irom Mew York. but while Mr. O'Brien was east last month it is probable that he was told that his chief would be-in Oregon in tarn eariy spring. , ' "While' T have 'not beon' nM nftt. daily that Mr. Harrlman has started on ms trip, i expect be will come to -Ore gon, if he goes to Ban Francisco" said Mr. O'Brien. "At least I should think the statural thing would be for him to -come norm ana go east over the O. R. Jir I " .. . . - . , ..kt- . - Officials here hope to have the cen tral Oregon line under way by the time Harrlman gets here. Mr. O'Brien stat ed yesterday that he regretted having "'wo iu cuunoer ox commerce meet ur, uui nam mm ut, motion s state ment of the difficulties that had beset in v. n. at . in getting the line started - wan Busuiuteiy correct. we nave aone -everything m our power to satisry au tne interests along the Hght of way up the Deschutes - Vlver' said Mr. O'Brien, "in order that there ' might be no trouble from that source, we raised our line 100 feet above the bed of the rlyer, all the way through the government land. Now if we are going to have to do the same thing for 40 miles more, it will nrov. in atiun. Ive that I doubt if. we can continue along that line. "We Ith t arted inkl e su are very anxious to get through with this feature of the thing and Jget vnriaq wnu our construction. and think it was with the idea of enllsUn i no support or tne punuo and the Of publlo sentiment that Mr.' Cotton told the members of the chamber , of commerce of our difficulties." Mr. O'Brien returned yesterday morn ing from an Inspection trip over the Washington division as far east as Spokane. It is believed that it will cost in the neighborhood of $100,000 to repair the damage done the Washington division of the O. R. N. bv the floods of the past two weeks. This amount Includes both the repair work on the washedout sections of the line and new lines to be built to avoid troublesome pots In the future, i j The Connell branch s still out of business excepting for 13 miles, and it Will bevthree weeks before the damage Aone by the high water In Lake Wash tucna can be repaired, ' Much of the line along the shores of the lake will be abandoned and a new road, further away from the water and out of reach of floods will ' be- constructed. This Will cost about SlS.000 ; . PICTURE MAKER LOSES IIS DOG Frank'' Souree Takes Photo graph of Pet Then the Terrier Vanishes. Having her picture taken did not pi ease "iaay jjove," SO she showeil her disrespect for her . owner's business by running away. iaay. ijove i -s a Hot ton bull 'terrier belonging to Frank Bouree, wno run an electric llgnt pic ture gallery at 15 Sixth street. A snap shot of "Lady Love" and her master was taiten tne other jay. Thirty min ute later the dog disappeared. ' Bouree has turned over the picture to the police department and asks the neip or tne orncera in rinding hi be loved terrier. For some reason there appears to be a runaway epidemic - among dogs In f oniana. J.ne numoer or lost dog re ports a: tne police station has been growing steady, until now It is a very considerable part of the business asked of -the department. J. J. Mackey. a policeman. Is mourning the disappearance of a deerhound, rather rare dog, while irs, vi. ... mcnes, isss Miiwaukie street, the wife of Poatofflce Inspector Riches, has asked the officers to help her find m v4uua.uiB ouuvca coins. ., FARMERS OF YAMHILL ASIC BETTER MAILS xammu county rarmera who are forced to rely upon cumbersome meth- oos or nananng the United States mails inave unuea in signing a petition asking the poatofflce department to have mail camea rr tne Oregon Electrlo trains Instead of by the '"star" routes, as at ? resent, thus enabling them to get mall he same day It is ent from Portland, instead of one day late. At present mail 'that reaches Bher- wuuu wvr ma ouuinern f acinc in tne morning does not get to Wilsonvllle until the afternoon. From -there the farmers are supplied through the Wil- eonvuie postorrice and mail is at least a day late. Tlgardvlll has a rural free delivery from Hillsdale on the Southern Pacific jet Tlgardvllle Is on the Ore- Son Electric and has trains nearly every our from Portland panning through it. A petition has been circulated in Wll aonvllle Juid will be distributed to other points along the line of the Oregon Klectrlo asking that the mall be given to that line where better time can be made than by tb Southern Pacific, i . For most of - the distance between Portland and Salem the Oregon Electric runs considerably west of the Southern Pacific? yet all of that country west of the Southern Pacific is still served by rural free delivery instead of the rail road. It Is this condition which im poses slow mall service on the farmers and they are trying to get the depart ment to- remedy the evil. . . SPOKANE EXCURSION " A? LOS ANGELES Lea Angeles, Cat, Feb 11 The Spo kane Inland Kmplrw excursion consist ing of 218 travelers from 'Washington, Idaho and British Columbia arrived In this city this afternoon via the Southern Pacific coast Line. . The excursion was 2 hours late, having been delayed by washouts above Santa Barbara. ' Seven hundred billion matches a year. It lias, been estimated, are consumed by American smokers. . , - , , . .r -'- K ' i 1 NEW PLAN FOR WIDENING OF VISTA AVENUE TO BE ADOPTED The much discussed boulevard lead ing to Portland Heights will in all prob ability be settled very soon and actual work on the Improvement started if the feople of that district have their wishes ulf llled. Plans for this boulevard were reparea some time ago by Olmstead Iros.. the. Park ene-ineera o nH 1 an hv City Engineer- Taylor. The assessment of damages due to the widening of Vista avenue, where the present car line is, : making it a boulevard 60 feet wide, was recently reported - upon and the damages were so great that many residents of-the district objected. Several weeks-as-n n t a mnna mate. Ing of property owners on Portland Heights, a committee composed of J. A. Cdrrey, H. C. Campbell and W. 8 Tur ner was- appointed to consider the plan and endeavor to reconcile all interesta. Tne committeemen have found that a number of properties would be damaged. In fact some houses would have to be torn down to make way for the im- trovemtnt to provide a 60 foot street or - the entire lentrth. Runh a atreet would also be 15 feet wider than the iresent Ford street viaduct. They hereXore abandoned the old nlan anil will recommend that a street 4 5 feet wide, starting at Ford street bridge and widening 1 foot in each 30 until 60 feet In width Is reached be laid out. In this way it will be unnecessary to condemn valuable .property, as under, the old. pians, and wm materially, save in exr pen so, and at the ' same time give the city a boulevard that- la practically the same as that arranged bv Olmsted Rrm. and the city engineer. Along tne outside eage of the street 111 be built a - retaining wall nf re. enforced concrete with the sidewalk THIS MAN CAN GO SOME f r) . - ' ' V v 1 . : j t s 8 , 1 ,. ;". ,"s '.' - -f,-,.s. t- o - " . v l a ' " - y "'" 1 f-V' ' ' -----.i. ::. ::'-..:' ' - ' 's V " . ... ,-- ...V f- y. S...-i; '"' xv- is , . irtj fir , ' - . A . t -.i V - - - j 1 4 ' . I - M ' . ; f , V " ' - ' ' Xmm-. V, ' ; ' : f ' s v- s. : v t 1 ' v Z ' X ' 1 , "4 ' ' ' v - . i I - v s - X. 4 " , ; x - 1 X -V . - V K ' ' 1 j, -i , . r . i Egil Gahrsea ot Norway. A snapshot taken for the Hearst News Service, showing, htm making leap eight feet -wide, cantllevered. This will make a continuous walk from Ford street ' viaduct to Carter street. The sidewalk will be raised 15 Inches above the roadbed so that It will act as a f uard should an accident happen to a rolley car or automobile in coming down the bill. The raising of the side walk will also deter people from going out Into the roadway and running th danger of getting hit by passing vehi clea. By making the sidewalk contin uous on one side people will not have to cross the roadway and get into dan ger from passing wagons, cars or autos. The cost of the proposed Improve ment, including the condemnation of the land, but not including the finished roadway, will be approximately $110,000 J i nis amount win ne assessed against the district and as this Is about one half the cost it would have been under the former plan. It is believed that the improvement will go through. A mass meeting of the property owners will be held at the Portland Heights club to morrow night when the committee will make its report together with the sug gestions as to how the improvement can be hurried along and the work of get- ring a oQjievara to tne neigbts com pleted this year. . Up in the Air. "Mrs. Witherby .says her little boy stands high in his classeH." "And so he does. He attends a sky scraper school." It has been estimated that if the flea, could keep up his speed without bein obliged to stop between jumps he coul cover ten miles In a minute. on kMs la the Bronx, . . . .. . t iii mm roil Columbia .Basin Contains One Third of Country's :37;OOO,000 Horsepower. ; : By John B. LethropT -. ' Washington, Feb. IS. Supporting his contention- that there Is great danger of the monopolization of water power sites, the president has caused a fur ther compilation of figures to be made by Maurice Lelghton, engineers at the head of the hydrographio service of the geological survey, showing that Oregon, Washington ' and Idaho have one third of the total possible water power of the United States. For the entire country .the possible power Is 37,000.000 horsepower and for -the Columbia river basin 12,600,000 horsepower. - Lelghton, commenting on the figures, says: "In the ruture industrial sys tem these states, will possess something rriceless because of the scarcity - of uel, will give water power . site own ers industrial control." . ; , ) Roosevelt's fight to' prevent the ac quisition In fee simple of , any more power sites from the federal govern ment will be carried- over to Tart's ad ministration, congress holdine the bill glvim power sites in Missouri, which President Roosevelt vetoed, ovej to the special session, when the lsue will be put up to Taft to ascertain If he wiU uphold that particular policy. , TRIAL CALENDAR WILL DE CALLED Cases Set Tomorrow Go Be- fore New Judge of the Circuit Court. . Presiding Judge Uantenbeln an npunced yesterday afternoon that the frial docket will be called tomorrow and that all cases on the docket will be set at the rate of one additional case a day beginning with March 1. Provision for trying the additional canes it made by the appointment of Circuit Judge w, n. uatens. No definite arrangement has yet been made for a room in which the new circuit judge will hold court A room may be provided In the city hall or In some building near" the courthouse. For a few days at leant Judge Ganten bein will bear cases in bis chambers and his department will be occupied by one of the other Judges. TTntU March 1, the dBte for setting additional cases on the docket, the work will be made as light as possible for the judges now having cases under ad visement in order to give them a chance tb catch up with their work. 1600 D'y MIES FORK LIFE Joshua Tarkjainen of As toria Starts Suit Against Columbia Company. (Mpeclal DUpttch to The Joornl Astoria. Or.. Feb. IS. Suit was filed In the circuit court this afternoon wherein Joshua Tarkiainen, as adminis trator of the estate -of Henry Tarkiainen,-seeks to recover damages in the sum of $7500 from the Columbia Contract company of Portland, owners of the steamer Daniel Kern. Tarkiainen lost his life last May while out fishing as a result of his boat being run down by the steamer Kern, and the present action alleges negligence on the part of those operat ing the steamer. At the time, a coroner's jury returned a verdict declaring no criminal liability. The case la of interest Inasmuch as an effort will be made to clearly define the respective rights of sailing boats and those impelled by power. Attorney Henry E. McGinn of Port land is associated with Smith Brothers of this city for the complainant. MISS LELA MARSHALL SPOKEN OF HIGHLY (Special Phpatcb to The Journal.) Spokane. Wash., Feb. II. In a let ter to the press today, B. E.Ftsk, the Portland optician, exonerates Lela Mar shall, alleged to be Mrs. J. 8. Corcoran No. 2, ana under arrest her for big amy, of any crooked work in Portland. He mentions Corcoran as a man who won the girl s confidence and misused it He says Corcoran secured about $75 worth of merchandise from the Fisk store and some from the Columbia Optical company. All the goods, taken from Fisk have been recovered and that taken from the Columbia company la being - brought back from Bt. raui. He saya further that Miss Marshall had full charge of the cash in the B. K. Fisk Optical com pany s store ana or tne Dank accounts. with the privilege of drawing and slim ing cnecKS. ana mat ane was never a cent short. Corcoran will reach Spokane In a few days. Miss Marsnau was arraigned Wednes day, but -the case .was continued until February 24. - SEEKS TO "RECOVER A BROTHER'S ESTATE Lc-s Angeles, Feb. IS. In the belief that she will be able to establish title to valuable real estate In Los Angeles that was once held by her brother, Fred Andrews. . Known in tils lifetime as good spender at San Francisco. Mrs. M. Saunders of Portland, Or., Is In Los Angeles and has begun the quest which ahe claims will make her rich. The story related by Mrs. Saunders deals with allleged plots. against her brother while the latter was Incarcer ated In a sanitarium for the insane, dur ing wnicn time, she aneves. ha deeded away 11 lots In the Washington, Bird and Williamson tracts. This was eight years ago and It was not until a recent visit to Pre sco tt. Arls that Mm. fimm- ders learned of the existence of the property In this city. tart of which ah claims, remains In her brother's name, the remainder being In that of other partlea ' ... Nothing' Is known P Ur RimA.ra In Portland. PULLMAN CLAIMS : THE LARGEST FLAG . fSpHlTt1ite T Jeernatt Pullman. Wajih XVh. Ilbu W R Mitchell, wife of ths military Instruc tor at Washington State college. Is mak ing what is claimed to be the largest flag In the United States. When com pleted It will be II bv IAS fet- with each of the stripes on irard wide. Mrs Mitchell is to present the flag to the State college regiment for use at the military ball on Washington's birthday. It will cover one entire. slda Sf the building. s PEACE COMES WITH com SALVE Asphalt Trust Recovers Its Venezuela Property and Agrees to Pay Government $60T000 Indemnity-Ordat - Diplomatic Feat, - (United Press teued Wire.) Caracas, . Veneaueula, Feb. 11 The signing of the protocol today settling the differences between the United States and Veneaueia has caused gene ral rejoicing in administrative circlss ana Dotn president Gomez and the Uni ted States Special Commissioner W, C. Buchanan, are given unstinted praise. W nile It has never been feared that an ; impasse would result, there was apprehension that Veneaueia. would ul timately be forced to a settlement that woul" spread dissatisfaction by reason . the indignity it would offer to Vene zuelan pride. Today's conclusions are believed to avoid any such result. The claim most difficult of settle ment was that of the New York and Bermudes Asphalt company, which bad been deprived of the right to take as phalt from Lake - Felicidad and was fined 9a,O00,000 for its alleged insti gation and support of the Matos revolu tion. The civil court of first Instance, In Augimt,-1807, found the company guilty of complicity in the revolution and taxed the cost of putting down the re bellion. S5.000.00O. against the com pany. The court of cassation affirmed the lower courts findings. Terms of Asphalt Settlement. After Commissioner Buchanan and Foreign Minister Oulnan had accepted the general principle of arbitration for the settlement of the various American claims, Buchanan raised three points, the question of the validity of the judg ments of " the " Veneauelan " courts, the awards of the mixed commission and the complicity ot the company in the Matos revolution. President Gomez, however, demanded arbitration as to the preliminary ques tion . whether th umpire really com mitted such errors as to justify revision. Buchanan finally waived the objection to arbitrating the awards of the mixed commission but held out firmly against any review of the highest court a re view. He acted binder orders from Mr. Root, secretary or state. "We are Intending to uphold Vcne cuelan dignity and the honor and sanc tltv of her courts." the United States state department declared. By permit- tied by the payment of 13000 to jaurr.tt. asphalt company's claim, Venexuela nas practically oeen won ever to tne United States' contention.. roar Other Claimants. Aside from the asphalt company's claim, the principal claimants were the Orinoco corporation, which was de prived of iron mines, asphalt privileges and hard wood concessions,' the Orinoco steamship company, which claimed navigable rights on the Orinoco river. and the United States and Venezuela company, which had a concession to mine asphalt and build railroads. All of these claims. It is understood, go to une Hague triounai ror settlement. A fifth claim, that of A. F. Juarett, an American newspaper man, who was expeued rrom Venezuela, tras Deen set tled by the payment of 18000 to Juarett The New York and Bermudes As phalt company's settlement provides for tne recovery or tne company s property. The company agrees to pay the govern ment tzo.uuu annually and u,ooo in demnity for its alleged participation in the revolution. Buchanan will probably leave La- Guayra for the United States on Tues day, OFFICER SEIIT FOR Mil Alleged Forger Will Be Taken Back to Vancou ver, B. C, for Trial. Chief Grltsmacber received a telegram late- yesterday afternoon from R. G. Chamberlain, chief constable at Vancou ver, B. C, stating that an officer had started for Portland to take charge of Jehan Anne de Llmesay, alias T. Brienne, wanted in Vancouver for for gery. The dinpatch also said that pro ceedings to obtain extradition papers had begun, but as both Ottawa and Washington must be communicated with, this will require several days. De Limeaay has practically admitted that he was never a colonel In the French army, as he had declared at the Hotel Portland. He was arrested Fri day afternoon when about to take the steamer to San Francisco in company with his wife. A telegram received by The Journal from Seattle last night says that De Llmesay Is wanted there for check swindling, but in view of the fact that his operations were larger In Vancouver than in the sound metropolis. It Is not likely that the Seattle charges will be pressed. SPOKANE PRINTERS WILL FIGHT TRUST Aictal DUratch to Tb. Jonrntl.t Spokane, With. Feb. It. The Inde pendent printers of this city are prepar ing to wag a legal fight against the local printers', association, which is a branch of the trust extending all over the northwest. - The association, it is alleged, by threat of boycott of the paper concerns, has made it impossible for the Independent shops to get mate rial for about two years on the Pacific coast, and now has. caused them to be cut off in the east. J. Miller, propri etor of the Star print shop here, started a damage suit against the association some months ago, - but after the jury had been impaneled the case was com promised, the association agreeing that supplies could be sold to the indepen dent shop. .... , PITTSBURG GKAFTEItS SEARING THE PEN rt'nlted Preaa Tms t Pittsburg, Feb. 1 3. Wholesale at tempts to tamper with the Jury drawn for the local criminal court, where the seven city councilman and two former bankers, charged with bribery, will -be tried next Tuesday, are alleged to have been unearthed by . the district attor ney's offic. Mne Jaformations charg lnr conspiracy havs been sworn out by Chief of Detectives "Waggoner, and the warrants on these have been or are being served tonight as rapidly as the defendants can be found. i , - ' "" ' -m" "' i ' 1 - ' A new English steam launch, though 75 feet long, draws but :0 Inches when carrying 19. ton load . .. OUR position as Portland's Larg , est Clothing House and Lead ing Authority on Correct Clothes for Men of every walk and station in life .will, be more emphasized this spring than ever before. ; For weeks we've been receiving the advance stocks of spring, and the display made here tomorrow will interest and appeal to thoi sands. Tomorrow ought to be a good op portunity to study the new, styles for spring,; 1909. They're all here, direct from the hands of their creators, ready for inspection. S pring Suits and Overcoats et.oo A Memory of St. Valentine's pay By J. H. McC. "Please, ' Mister, won't you give me one of the pretty pictures?" The billposter in the act of sticking "the foremost actor of the American stage" In a conspicuous position on the great billboard, cast a surprised glance at the ragged little figure poised diffi dently on one foot at the edge of the sidewalk, and scowling at the forlorn waif be slapped the paste brush vigor ously over tne scarraa boards and with a gruff admonition to the small boy to be on his way he smoothed the edges or we mnograpn ana descended tne stepiadder. . "Well, why aren't you hiking r he de. manded, for the tattered lad had made uu mgw in ooey me oraer to depart. tin, Mister, won t you please iet me nave one? Mamma Is sick and my papa is way. war orr and la never coming home any more and we have no money, l want on or the nice pictures to give my mamma for a valentine. She would be awful glad, 'cause she said her valentine days are over. " Something In the tear-choked vnlc nf tne iituOfDoy. or mayD the wistful ap peal In the great brown eyes aroused memories of other days In the heart of the man In the paste-covered overalls. for when he spoke again the voice was not gruff and the small hand of the pleader found Its way trustfully Into the calloused one of the brush wlelder. bt. valentine's day! The billposter's eyes looked into the distance. The sunklssed outline of old Mt. Hood met coins DOES HOI LIKE BILL Taft?s Recommendations of Knox Are Not Well Re ceived by Congress.. Washington, Feb. IS. The friends of Philander C. Knox worked strenuously today with members of the bouse to prevent bitter criticism of the bill re- leallng the bill Increasing the salary of he secretary of state, the purpose of which is to enable Senator Knox to ac cept the position of secretary of state In the Taft cabinet . r,,,.. The relief bill will pass the house. The committee on election of president, vice president- and representatives in congress today reported It favorably by vote or rive to tnree. An opportunity to bring it before the house Is now awaited by its friends. It is the pres ent plan to attempt to pass It under suspension of the rules on Monday. i ne telegram rrom i art urging tne assage of the bill was not well received iv members of congress. It had little srssrs . ........... For Owners of Edison j Talking Machines AmbcFiLvH- E&ecords I 4 Have your machine equipped at' a moderate cost with the J four-minute Amberol attachment. , You; will then be Me to enjoy the splendid list of Amberol Record tbey play longer and better and last longer than any other record. v ' All Edison Records on sale is soon as issued. e X All the Records v jui Ine RIalics J: i:v--;V::': - All the Time I: ' Edison' .. Victor ' : Columbia Machines 353 Washlnaton $4022 his gaze, but a vision of scenes far off and of long ago passed befora- bis eyes and blotted out the snowy peak. ' ri saw again the old Maine farm with its rocky hillsides and barren flats; the endless succession of days, each marked by toil harder than the one before; th weary struggle to wrest the necessities of a bare existence from the scant soil and the hard words of an unappreclative stepfather at the day's end. Then his determination to leave It all and go out Into the world. How , it all came back to him, that day of departure! How the little sister had clung to his hand as he stopped at the crossroads to say goodbye! And would he ever forget the dear little valentine earned with the pennies that had been saved carefully for weeks, or the picture of a loving, tearstained lit tle face as the memento was pressed Into his hands on that Valentine day of the long ago time! 1 .'; , The billposter drew a Dasteaolled sleeva across his eyes and, dropping brush and bucket, turned down Wash ington street with the little lad of brown eyes. Presently they came to a shop window in which gay valentines of many colors flared and flaunted Jor- ously In the faces of the passing crowd. The oddly contrasted pair disappeared through the storm doors of the shnu. and when they emerged a little later tne nttie- cnap was smiling napptiy. in his arms he carried a great bundle nf the "pretty pictures' which would mak sick mother glad. ' ' effect on Democrats, who are opposing the bill ort the ground of Its unconstitu tionality. Republicans are Inclined tn resent the interference, it ' la charged, of Taft in legislative matters. There is no- hostility to Senator Knox any where., .: :.. HARRIMAN VIEWS NEW POSSESSIONS . (Heaiwt News by Laagest Leued Wlre.l ' -Bristol, Va.. Feb, IS. K. H. Harrl man and J. T. Harahan of the Illinois Central and others were here this morn ing on a special train. The presence of the party strengthens the rumor tht Harrlman has secured the Seaboard Air Line and that . this - system - and - the Carolina, CUnchfield A Ohio, Just com- &leted by the same Interests, will soon i Harrlman lines. . '. - . , Mr. Harrlman was accompanied bv his daughter. Miss Mary Harrlman. P. W. Oillett, an official of the Harrlman lines, and others. - Benjamin Ilurtig Bead. (Hearst News h Lenses Leased Wlrs.1 New Tork, Feb. 1J After a long ill ness Benjamin Hurtlg, : senior member of .the j theatrical firm of Hurtlg Beamon. died today at his home in this city. 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