THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL'. " PORTLAND. SATURDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY SO. 1909.'
SERVICE
General Superintendent of
New Line and of A. & C.
Koad Resigns-Actioii of
One of Hill's Capable Lieu
tenants a Surprise.
F. 8. Forest, general superintendent
of the North Bank end the Astoria &
Columbia river railroads, and one .?X,H!e
brightest-and moat capable or Hill s
. young men." realigned today and was
. succeeded by J. RusselL-formerly divi
sion superintendent 0 the Spokane,
Portland Seattle at Vancouver. Wash.
News of Mr. Forest's resignation came
as a surprise to every one In railroad
Hreles. excepting is intimates in his
own off loe. No reason was given for
It either by Mr. Forest or by mem
bers of President Claras office further
than that Mr.-Forest is tired of his
place ' and wants a rest.
. "Th ! nnthtnir that can be said
about mv resignation more than that I
have left and ' that Mr. Russell took
charge of the operating department of
the two roads this morning," said Mr.
Forest. "Whatever plans I have for
the future, I am not ready to state.
For the Immediate present I am going
to take a vacation.
When asked if he' would remain in
railroad work In Portland, Mr. Forest
aid that he hoped so.
Mr. Forest has been general superln
tendent of the North Bank and the As-
torla & Columbia river since the former
road began operation, and was one of
the rtrst or the general oinceis to es
tablish his headquarters here. Previous
' to accepting the position of general su
perintendent of the North Bank Mr.
Forest was general superintendent of
the western district of the Great North
ern, with headquarters at Spokane.
Although not over 35 years of age' ha
has held some of the nost important
operating positions that Hill has In the
West. He has been a Hill man ever
since he began " railroading and lias
an enviable reputation both as a busi
nesslike and competent operating man
and because of his personal qualities.
President Francis B. Clarke is in As
toria today and his office would make
no statement concerning the resigna
tion. There was considerable specula
tion over the reasons for it, however,
and those in the general offices in
- Portland have known for some time that
It was coming. It Is stated that rela
tions between Mr. Clarke and Mr. Forest
were most amicable and that there was
no friction there at least. j
J. Russell, the new general superln-,
tendent, came to 'Vsncouvean a few;
months ago from the ' Burlington. He
has been a division superintendent with
' the Burlington lines in Missouri and
Kansas for a good many years, and Is
considerably the senior of Mr. Forest
In age.
TAKES SOUVENIRS OF
.0KEG0NmTHR EAST
Dr. J. VT. Hill, who left yes-
terday for a trip . to eastern
A Cities. CarriAlt With him (inn. A
bcr of neat souvenirs of Oregon 4
mm trt nrmnmnt 1 1 K im ..l-.- ..... A
w- - " . . ih m uism
it the reunion which has been
called of this elass during the 4
4 Inauguration week; at.1Vashing- 4
4 ton, D. C The mementoes 4
4 which are to speak for Oregon' 4
4 are canes of Oregon maple, 4
. turned and stained, each in- 4
4 scribed "Tale '78. " President- 4
4 elect Taft is one of this class 4
4 the members of which are to have 4
4 a position of honor during the 4
4 Inaugural services. 4
4 Dr. Hill will visit the prln- 4
4 clpal cities of the east and many 4
w or the schools while he is away. 4
4 He expects to be absent about 4
4 five weeks.
4
illHH Vlbl III
OF CHICAGO THUB
Disappointed Suitor Is Sus
pected of Butchering
Mrs. Ida Cooper.
(Waited Prut Leaned Wire.)
Chicago, Feb. 20. Mrs. Ida Cooper.
It years old. a bride of two weeks, was
found murdered today In her lion.e. with
her throat cut and bloody finger marks
on her face and clothing. She had been
shot through the forehead. The body
as found n the floor of her bedroom
and was still warm. Th furniture in
the room gave signs of a terrific strug-
The police after a preliminary exam-
i7nUonKafi8rt , th8t the woman was
killed by a disappointed suitor, who
threatened her life when he found she
intended to marry Th.imas Cooper an
V????' the Unlon Siork com
KTrdlnJJSr" kePt a '0d,n "d
hliLl?arjfr? TT ,n th h"e when
out S ?S.trriVed All were examined
out as they were una Me in ....
leased eviuence mey
were re-
LEAVE FOR BXU
BTtlTII CONVENTION
the annual convention of the order h
Ing held at Oakland. They BfS- n, 5"
Wosessotin. deputy district att!L.MT
t-wetu A. Rosenstetn .Ta xt"!0!: L
David
ittomei
Wolf.'
lent of
M M
f wert is second vice president f .if
aolin Is assistant deputy Tt,. i.".086"-
mml convention of .ih -
Portland when some of th, ,n
inent Jews on the coast 22 .Prom
tendacce. . a at-
AVIIITE HAGUE
BILL PASSES
lay Jouratl UtW 1.).. .
fia'em. Or, Feh 2e.J--r X-
afternoon named th, I
this
sanitarium
lOSTS
entaMishm
liealtnent and cure cf "Vll" for-
i;t".1.n"tMtlos for.
tientu without debate u... J"" P""
!.i..n waa the ini hT 32. L"eb.,4r P
x. ted statnst th. hin'"w"U
It i lite intention im .... t
:::r.n,v Lny i
a new .1 . f,?r TlV!-"" '1.
- - ; " mute scnoou .
tin Mill WIPTin
siiw wreck aiid
DEATH III
Member of Rescue Party
Tells of the Loss of the
- ' Sloop Nugget
tCnlted Pita Laaaed Wta-s.l
Seattle. Feb. 20. Henry "Wagner, one
or the owners or the aioop ftoggei,
which was lost In the terrible storm
that raged along the Alaskan coast thla
week, has arrived In Seattle on the
.tMm.hin Mnrrhweatern. and tells
thrilling ltnr of the loss of his Ship.
the' death of 17-year-old Louis Jordan
and the heroic rescue or tne six men una
one woman by the crew of the North
western. The story or tne wreca was
reported by wireless last Monday, dui
only the most meager details were to
ha had at that time.
On the morning of February 8 the
sloop left Lituya bay with six men and
one woman aboard tor a trip of 60
miles to Juneau. Those who were on
the unfortunate craft when she was
wre"cked were Henry Wagner, Daniel
Wagner. Captain C. A. Bryort, John Fin
ley, a beach miner, Mr. and Mrs. Louis
Lukan and Louis Jordan.
Warned of Wreck fat BnuL
As Xhe sails'1 were hoisted and the
start made, Louis Jordan, a lad of 17
years, took "his sister, Mrs.' Luis Lukan,
aalde and told her of a dream he had
had the night before. - In this dream, as
the boy described it. was Included every
Incident of the storm- that overwhelmed
the Nugget the subsequent rescue of
the shipwrecked passengers and his own
death, exactly s it occurred In reality.
The sister made light of the story and
soon forgot the incident.
But the boat had not been ont half a
day when a terrible storm arose. The
sloop was in sight of her destination,
and it was thought no trouble would be
experienced in reaching shelter before
the fury of the storm was upon them.
But the little craft was driven back to
sea.
Four times was this experience re
peated. The last time they were blown
150 miles out, and It waa at this time
that the rescue was effected. The help
less sloop was sighted by the North
western late in the' afternoon of Feb
ruary 76,, with a terrible gale blowing
and a the Sea running mountain high.
After hours of desperate effort lines
were finally thrown to the small vessel
from the Northwestern, and the half
frenzied passengers were transferred to
tne steamer.
loads Bis Dream Come True.
As the last man waa balnir hauled
aboard a cry ef horror went" on. Louis
Jordan, th boy., who had foreseen his
own death, plunged overboard. Half a
dozen lines were thrown to him, but
with an Insane curse he Dushed them
away from him and sank from sight.
The Nugget was cut loose and the
Northwestern started again on its voy
age. When the steamer arrived at
Juneau, the orew. with the exr-entlow of
Wagner, waa put ashore. Mrs. Lukan
was out of her mind as a result of her
terrible exDerience. and was taken to a
hospital.
Valuable records ' belonging to the
Lituya Bay company which were aboard
tne Nugget went to the bottom with the
boat, vagner reports that two days
Deiore me rescue or tne iugget s. Das
sengers . a small schooner with sails
torn to nonons was sighted and he be
neves ane also was lost.
HAY'S TALK STIRS
THE LEGISLATORS
Bitter Fight May Be Precip
itated at Washington
State Capital.
(Cnlted Press Leased Wire.)
Olympla, Wash., Feb. 20. The sensa
tional address last night by Acting Gov
ernor Hay In Seattle was the sole topic
of conversation among the members of
tne legislature wno are spending the
week end in Olympia. The legislators
are as wiaeiy aiviaea in tneir expres
sions or opinion upon the governor s
attitude as they are concerning the lo
cal option bllL Those who are identi
fied with the. "wets" aasert that the
executive had no right to "but in" to
the legislative department, and predict
that the governor will be rapped on bills
that he favors. In other words, if the
governor is going to interfere in the
law tnaKing. the legislators will take an
equal interest in the executive functions.
On the other hand, the "drys" are Ju
bilant over the stand Hay has taken and
Insist that under his oath, and as the
leader of the party in the state, it Is
his bounden duty to use every effort
In his power to force the recalcitrant
legislators to carry out the platform
pledges and enact a reasonable and
enforcable local option MIL 8o many
of the legislators are absent from the
city tooay mat It Is Impossible to pre
dict with any certainty what the next
move will be in the local option fight.
Plans Are Suggested.
One plan suggested is for a Jolnc com
mittee r,f three senators and five rep
resentatives to frame an entirely new
bill based mainly upon the league meas
ure, but making first and second clans
cities units, and the whole county out
tide another unit. Another plan Is to
hold the senate bills in the public mor
als committee of the house and to con
centrate efforts to force the senate to
take the McMaster bill from the com
mittee and pass it through the senats.
The ihlrd alternative is to take the sen
ate bill up In the house and amend It to
conform with the league bill, except aa
to unitB.
It is practically conceded that the
'drys" are willing to permit amendment
to the league bill, which will mke sep
arate units of first and second class
cities Instead of having the entire coun
ty as a Bingie unit.
E
EH
The North East Side Improvement as
sociation last night appointed a commit
tee of five prominent men of their sec
tion of the city to Investigate and-report
on the garbage question. The club
held a long discussion of thla oue.stlon.
an? leclaea that by letting the work
out b" contract the greatest amount of
money cou'd be saved. Tli nrhiH
committee is to do Its best to have such
a measure acted upon by the council,
At present the city is running behind
on Its work of burning up the garbage,
and it is costing the city approximately
tional charge of $1 a month placed
upon the householder for carting refuse
wyv The ciub thinks that by letting
out. the work at contract it could be
done Just as cheaply to the householder
uu wudwi lose to tne city.
WIFE SAYS KELLElT -
SPOILED HER PRESSES
Rudolph Keller, learning that a war
rant for his arrest was about to- be
TX' c?m? to th police station this
V1"111 ? e arrested, v His wife. Mrs.
Joste Keller, yesterday swore to a
complain Sfwtnst him. charin ' that
Inlt over her dresses , after
cutting them to pieees with a rir of
slieare. Rudolph , M released on his
W-n JT."0" lisaJ:e? "nt he hearing in
AGAIHST GARBAG
00
n m vine
MlfflJBIfJED
v - ;'""'T.
Williams Avenue Citizens
Begin Suit to .Block3 the
Proposed Improvement.
A complaint was filed in the circuit
court this morning asking for an In
junction to restrain the city of Port
land and the Oregon Kasaam Paving
company from signing & contract for the
improvement -or wiuiama avenue rrom
Kllllngsworth to Alnsworth streets.
tne piaintirrs, j. u. oibson ana otn-
ers, are the owners of most of the
property included In the assessment
and allege that the work will cost ac
cording to the present contract, an
amount greatlv beyond what is reason
able.
The comnlaint sets forth the fact
that the Hasaam Paving company,
through certain patents. Is the only
company able to lay the particular kind
or pavement called ror in the contract.
That the company's bid was the anty
one received by the city auditor for
the contemplated Improvement, and that
owing to the -fact that there was no
competition, the cost will be exces
sive and exorbitant
When tha council first discussed the
advialbality of ' paving "Williams avenue
the property owners affected .. protest
ed vigorously against any such - meas
ure, but in srjlte of this fact, it is
alleged, and over the mayor's veto, an
ordinance waa- passed the first part
of thla month authorising the auditor
to call for bida on the work. The Has
aam company submitted the . only bid
received, offering to make the necessary
Improvements for $18,240.
The property owners in ane assess
ment district claim that any such ex
penditure Is unreasonable and ask for
temporary injunction to restrain the
city rom any further action in the mat
ter. ANGRY ill HITS
DOCTOR ON NOSE
"Your wife didn't keep to the exact
truth," said Dr. Ira P. Beeman in the
corridor of the Justice court shortly be
fore boon today.
ttirr. Dang: a. nara rist at tne ena
of J. Hlnlon's ritrht arm collided with
Dr. Beeinan's nose. The physician went
to the floor and took the count while
the constables dashed out and held
Hlslop.
ill slot), an automobile man. had Biied
Dr. Andrew C Smith for repairs to the
doctor's motor car. As it developed
that although the auto was owned by
Dr. Smith It was Dr. Beeman who had
used It most frequently, that physician
Was also brought Into the case.
The case was threshed out before Jus
tice Olson today. After It was an
nounced that the matter was under ad
visement Beeman and Hlslop met In
the hallway outside the courtroom.
There Dr. Beeman, it is said, said that
Mrs. Hlslop had not told the exact truth
while on the witness stand.- Hlslop re
plied with his fist. Hlslop waa taken
back Into the courtroom and charged
with contempt of court. Dr. Beeman,
however, said ho did not wish to press
the case, and after both had shaken
hands the new charge was dismissed.
poruaIgIts',
e;
The Tuet Hound excursion to Cali
fornia, consisting of a special train of
Pullman sleeping, dining and observa
tion cars, reached Portland at 2:20
nVlnolr thla afternoon and waa met
by the special reception committee from1
the Commercial club including 6lg
Slchel, R. B. Sinnott, H. Beckwlth and
W. J. Hofmann, and by the Oregon
A-T.-P. commission, including M. D.
Wisdom. W. H. .Wehrung and K. w.
Rowe. There are 13K in tne excursion.
of whom 70 were from Tacoma and
68 from Seattle. Representatives of
the city of Seattle, the A-Y.-P. ex
position, the chamber of commerce or
Tacoma' and other organizations -Jire
with the excursion.
TMm afternoon the members of the
party were met at the union depot with
streetcars and were taken over the city.
Tonight they will be tendered a banquet
followed bv a reception at the Com
mercial club d will leave for Cali
fornia tonight at 10:30 o'clock.
VALLEY II0BSES TO
RUN ON ALBANY TRACK
(Bpeclnl Dtspatck to Hie JoorusL)
iih.rv nr.. Vm.yi.-io. The Willamette
Valley Racing .Circuit association held
a meeting yesterday afternoon with
Piuijni T-nhmlre and Messrs. B. a.
Bailey, D. O. Woodworth. 3. H. Simpson,
Fred Woodcock. W. H. Hogan. Frank
Hackleman and John Kirk present
The meet will be neia nero ocpienwr
2 I and 4, and purses to the amouat of
$1800 were agreed upon. Among ine
available horses reported are: ,
a R. T?allev Tiday Wave, 2:04:
Doc Mundy, Seattle. Cap, Apperson, Mill
Rat, Omar A., 6 a Tear oras, inrw iroi
ters and three pacers.
Vwrt wnnnrArK -run not. j r.. Diau&
Mare, Florida. Kitty Crawford. Fuah. n
W. H. Hopan Oregon voy, f Tana
Hackleman, Hogan, 1 years: J. E- IJm.
Oregon Babe. 2:2114; M. McAlpin, May
Tildes, 2:25; Dick Klger, Lady Iiove-
R F. Baker Corvallls Maid, John
Kinger, Palot Jane, Mr, BSisberVe, Zanbo
MLonl Fisher Miss Ixroise, I I
Thomas, King Lovelace.
- K. BurwicK iliac x nun,
R. L. Tracy Bay mare. ,
CONCANNON'S FIRST
- MEASURE VETOED
ThA , flrat " ordinance -ever Introduced
hr Councilman Concannon was vetoed
by Mayor Lane today. The veto mes
sage -naming me Droiuoiiw nmi u.jiiuu
lng why Jt was disapproved follows:
To the wonoraoie t;ny council, uen-
tlemen I return herewith ordinance
No. 18985 not approved. This is an
ordinance which grants to the Carman
Manufacturing company the privilege
of erecting, constructing nd maintain
ing a,n elevated , sidewalk In front of
their premises on Eighteenth street, this
city, - , -: . - "J ' ' ... -
This grant is cieariy megai ana voia
and the - Carman Maauiacturing com
nanv has exactly as much right to erect
and maintain an elevated sidewalk with
this permit rrom tne council as iney
hv without it and no more, and no
such right can be conferred upon them
Dy any one. .
For this reason I return the .ordin
ance not approved. Rewpeetfully, t
CU 0 s
HARRIMAK CAK CALL :
AGAIN WITH HIS BILL
'" ftTattea Frasi Leased Wire.
' Washington. Feb. 20. The' senate
committee today : decided that H was
too late-to attempt to secure the pas
sage of a bill to reimburse E. II. Har
rlman for his expenditure In saving the
Palton sink from the overflow of the
t-oiorado river In California three years
X ' -
BUILDING IS
WRECKED Bf
EMOlfr
Gasoline in Union Avenue
Dyeing and Cleaning Shop
Takes Fire A. L. Guthrie
Badly Injured Fire Fol
lows Accident.
Ten gallons of gasoline exploded with
terrific force in the Model Cleaning A
Dyeing works, at 621 Union avenue, at
12:30 this afternoon, blowing the front
out of the. building and hurling A. X
Guthrie, an employe. Into the middle of
the street. Guthrie was badly banted
About the hands and face and guttered
terribly. The building was destroyed by
the fire which followed.
Guthrie waa at work In the shop
alone, aa A. J. F. Valgt, the proprietor
of the shop, waa at lunch. Just what
caused the explosion will not be known
till Guthrie has recovered from the
state of unconsciousness into which he
lapsed while being taken to the hos
pital. The akin and flesh were torn
from his hands, and his face was badly
burned. He suffered terribly all the
way to St. Vincent's hospital, to whiobj
he was taken In a Red Crosa ambulance,
but became unconscious shortly before
reaching there.
- Tunis la Fire Alarm.
The explosion occurred shortly before
12:30 and It was but a few seconds till
an alarm of fire was turned In from box
8 1, at the corner of Union and Rum-A
ell.
uun-or rt. an. muart, wno owns a
Cigar store next door to ths rlnnln
shop, was in his store at the time and
at the sound of the explosion ran into
the street Just in time to see the whole
framework surrounding the windows In
the front of the shop come crashing to
the ground and Guthrie fall In a heap
on top of it. He called to a hvstamier
to turn in an alarm and turned his at-
iruuun io caring tor uuthrle.
Guthrie's only thought seemed to be
ot nis waicn, wnicn must have been in
the store, but which was not to be
found when searched for by the fire
men. Although suffering excruciating
pains he kept crying to the men who
were carrying mm away rrom the
flames, which were rapidly burning up
the building, to go Into the store and
eei ins wuicn.
Building Total Loss.
It took but a short time for the de
partment to put out the flames, once
they arrived, but the gasoline had set
fire to the whole interior of the shop
at onpe and it is practically beyond re
pair. The building belonged to the
Beck estate and was valued at $600. 'The
Biiop was owned Dy A. J. F. Valgt.
Guthrie was taken tn rti hn.nii.1
where his burns were dressed by Doc-
tor zeigier. But little Is known of
in in as no was a stranger in the neigh
borhood and had only been employed
C
nunc
SIMPLE mi
The new city charter commission
met this morning, elected a chairman
and secretary, appointed committees,
discussed I general plans, decided egainat
radical changes In the form of govern
ment and adjourned to meet again next
vy t-uiioBuy evening at 8 o clock.
V
P. It. Willis, chairman nf tl, nlvll
service commission, was elected chair
man and Deputy Auditor Wiegand. sec
retary, of tie commission. The work
will be divided up among three com
mittees, but each member will reserve
the right to suggest revisions in any
part of the charter. The committees
are: Judiciary, J. P. Kavanaugh and
1 A. McNary; finance, D. W. Taylor
and T, C. Devlin: public improvements,
A. Ij. Barbur and Edward Werlein.
City , Treasurer Werlein made a
strong effort to have the committee
agree upon a general plan which would
contemplate as Its main feature a de
cided departure from the present mode
of government. He declared that the
taxpayers of the city are not getting
as good an administration for their
money as they are entitled to.
"I think the executive board should
be Abolished," said Mr. Werlein. "our
Larovernment Is too complex. We should
gei nearer tne people, i am In favor
of putting all the power In the hands
of a mayor and council, also all the
responsibility. The tedious and num
erous delays caused by our cumbersome
system eost the taxpayers 80 pet cent
more than they ought to pay.
"The argument that the executive
board is a check on graft has been
advanced. But its advocates-, will not
point out another city where this has
been found to be true.
I am assuming
that our public officials are all hon
est, but If they were not the executive
board could not prevent graft. The
"interests" always approach the men
who have the spending power and the
executive board ' has this function.
"I am strongly in favor of a simple
form of government and one that will
fix responsibility."
nliiTli
is Dl
Mayor Lane vetoed this, morning the
ordinance passed at the last -regular
council session appropriating money
to pay the salary of James McDonald,
a former bail ft f of- the municipal court.
The veto message reads:
- To the Honorable City Council Gen
tlemen: I return herewith ordinance
No. 18946 not approved,
r This is an ordinance making an ap-
Jropriation of (1045 for payment to
ame McDonald for services as Janitor
and bailiff at the municipal court in
this city. V
In ' respect to this ordinance I have
to say that the supreme court of Ore
gon has decided that this claim is not
a legal obligation upon the city, .and for
this reason I do not gee how the city
can pay it as' such. .....
.Respectfully, '
HARRY LANK, Mayor.
DOMESTIC ANDLAL
: COMMISSION ABOLISHED
' , (By Journal Leased Salem Wire. - :
-' Salem, Or., Feb. 20. The senate fin
ished the work of abolishing the domes
tic animal commission this morning by
adopting amendments to a pending bill
repealing the law that established It
The - $6000 appropriation provided for
Its support in the original budget was
stricken out previously.; Two years ago
the legislature made no appropriation
for. the commission, but it drew pay anl
Incurred expense Just-the same, so that
oyer 17000 had to be provided, for it in
the deficiency bill at this session.- . 4
FAVORS
pinn
I
SAPPROVEB
TURMOIL OVER
PBIIITEIi BILL
What Hcases Senate Does
. Not a t AIL Please House
Sent to Conference.
(Br Joursal Leased Salem Wlra.i
Balem. Or.. Feu. - SS 0. tieiisallonal
charges and counter charges were made
In tne house this morning during the
cunsiueraxion oi tne state printer bill,
which had com back from the senate so
much amended that its author. Bean.
could not recognise it and asked that
the house rvluse to concur in tha
amendments.
As a result of this motion tha house
did refuse to consider the bill and Bean
and Abbott were appointed as a confer
ence committee to visit the senate in
an effort to patch the measure up in a
manner acceptable to Dotn nouses.
Bean objected to Abbott's serving on
the committee, contending he was di
rectly interested with biate Printer
Dunlway in the Anderson-Duniway nlant
at i-oruana and that tie was prejuulcetl
in i-mniway s ravor.
Hughes BDratur to his feet and called
Bean down for the statement, oontead-
ng that Bean had made the assertions
before and they were not true
said, "if Abbott and Dunlway had sup
ported Bean for speaker this bill would
never have beea introduced in this
house."
Bean sprang up In turn and said he
could tell the history of that trans
action if he desired, but he did not want
to bring it upon the- floor or the house
unless he was jompelled to do so and
he hoped Hughes would not compel him
by making such charges.
Mahone said Dunlway was lobbvins
against the bill and he had-been at
tacked on the floor of the house by
Duniway because of his attitude on the
measure. He did not think Abbott
hould be on the committee.
As a result of the trouble the house
directed that Abbott be removed from
the committee, and Bean withdrew also.
uer Siemens una nuuie a motion lor
uch action. Brattaln and Haw ley Were
then substituted.
Bailey and Beach were named bv the i
senate for the senate committee. The
result of the- scrap will undoubtedly
be that there will be no change in the
present law governing the state printer,
unless it should be the passage of the
Bailey bill, revising- the rules to bfc nnlrt
by the state printer under the present
sysiem oi running uie orrice. since
Bean and his friends are set on their
tiouse Dill and the senate is also equally
set on Its bill, which is not acceptable
to Bean.
The conference committee will meet
this afternoon, hut it is not believed
even by the members of the committee
that- an agreement can be reached.
FEDERAL GRAND JURY
HAS REPORT REAj?Y
The federal grand Jury, which has
been Investigating an unusually large
number of criminal charges. Including
postofflce robberies and illicit sale of
liquor, as well as counterfeiting. Is un
derstood to have nearly completed Its
work, and a report of indictments found
Is expected soon. Several murder cases
have been under consideration.
T LOSES
101 III RIVER
Because of a heavy current in the
river and failure of the Madison bridge
to open promptly, a heavily laden rock
barge had to be cut adrift from the
towboat Hustler this morning to savo
the steamer from colliding with the
bridge. The barge was carried under
tha bridge without causing damage. .
'The HustUr was coming down stream
and signalled for the draw. The
bridge crew was making some repairs
to a piece of machinery and so were
unable to respond promptly. Being too
close to the bridge to stop the momen
tum or tne oarge against tne current,
the captain of the tow boat gave or
ders to let go the lines in all haste.
This was accompllKhed when the steam
er was within a few feet of the draw.
Then the towboat succeeded in backing
away.
The draw was opened In time to let
the boat through in time to pick up
the barge before It reached the Mor
rison bridge ,
VETOES ORDINANCE
VACATING A ST-REET
Following is a message of the mayor
sent to the Council today in which he
disapproves an ordinance vacating a
part of Olln street:
To the Honorable City Council
Gentlemen: I return herewith Ordi
nance No. 18942 not approved.
This is an ordinance vacating a por
tion of Olln street at a point between
Princeton and Butler streets.
I referred this ordinance to tne city
engineer for information in respect to
the necessity or desirability of making
such vacation of this street, ana a copy
of his report Is attached hereto.- He
states that a better solution of the
Droblem Droduced by the difference In
the width of the street could be ac
complished by extending the west line
or Olln street nortn rrom me norm line
of Princeton street to the south line of
Butler street, spproprlatlng a portion of
lot 13, block 76, for street purposes.
The ordinance Is returned for your
further consideration
Respectfully,
HA
IABRV
LANE,
Mayor.
JUST TO CIIEER UP
A QUAKE PROPHET
Paris. Feb. 20. Astronomer Mar-
chand's prediction of a terrific earth-
quaxe ror today was paruauy vindi
cated by shocks felt at St. Georges, a
village near Grenoble. No damage of
serious nature is reported.
Marchand predicted several days ago
that the earth would be shaken to
day by a quake that would leave con
ditions similar to those caused by the
great shocks at San Francisco, Val
paraiso, Kingston and Messina.
He said this afternoon that he was
confident the greatest shock would
come before midnight. '
The astronomer bases his prediction
on the position of the sun and moon
witn reierence . to in meridian, tie
says it is such as to cause the maxi
mum influence of the rays of the sun
and moon to affect particularly weak
spots of the earth's surface. I
LAND GRANT SUIT MAY
END IN INDICTMENTS
Barorlsinar criminal indictments may
follow the adjustment of the civil case
features of the Ore iron Sc California land
grant cases to be tried in Portland be
ginning witn aiarcn i, saia special
Prosecutor Tracy C Becker this after
noon. Mr. Becker has Just returned
from Los -Angeles where he has been
engaged in Investigating features of the
litigation which Involves 2,tO0.000 acres
of land on which a low valuation places
a pries or 40,000,000. Attorney B. B
Townsend will be associated with Mr.
Becker-in the trial trt these eases and
he will be opposed by '.Attorneys W. F.
Herrin and P. F. Dunne.
puring bis absence from Portland Mr.
Becker visited Buffalo and ether east
ern cities.. He was in consultation with
Attorney General Bonaparte- regarding
the Oregon land, cases.
CRATER LAKE .
HIS III SEDATE
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Twenty-Three to 7 Is Final
Vote on $100,000 Ap
propriation; .
. (By Journal Leased Balem Wire.)
Salem. Or., leu. liO.-Miy a vote of 2)
to 7 the senate . yesterday, afternoon
passed the Crater lake road Nalll carry
ing an appropriation of 1100.000 In four
equal installments. The bill has been
engrossed and will probably be signed
by the governor today. ' - ,
Passage of the bill followed ' the
slaughter of. the normal schools. The
majority report of the ways and means
committee favored the measure. A min
ority report by : Wood of Washington
recommended an appropriation of. 50,
000. Nottingham stated that Oregon
could not exnand 1 100.000 to areater
advantage than in aiding the construc
tion of the proposed highway, opening
scenio Oregon to the tourist travel. -
An errort to substitute the minority
renort for : that of tha malorltv was
led by Berlins', who nleaded for ecou
omy. While admitting the benefits that
wouia accrue rrom tha crater laae roaa.
he favored the expenditure of the money
for a railroad survey Into csntral OreA
gon. Barrett of Washington also fa
vored cutting the appropriation, but' the
effort to reduce the amount met ' de
feat bet eight votes being recorded in
well, Kellaher, Miller of L4nn, Scholfleld,
eel I in and wood.
- Norton of Joseohine and Mullt of
Jackson led the supporters of the. meas
ure, in forcible speech comprehensively
answering opponents and explaining the
pian-or construction.
me majority report was adopted ty
vote or zv to s. ana on tmra read
ing the bill was passed by the follow-,
lng vote;
Veoa .Ahrahim Alhee Ttallev -Reaeh-
Mingnam, caiaweii, crmse. uorrey, uoie,
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of Linn end Lane, Mullt, Norton, Not
tingham. Oliver. FarrlRh. tilnnott. Bmitn
or Marlon, Smith of Umatilla and Pres
ident Bowerman 2S.
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ler of L4nn. Scholfleld, Selling. Wood
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Victory for Southern Oregon.
Passage of the Crater lake road bill
shows that the people of southern Ore
gon are awake to their opportunities.
They have conducted a persistent and
effective campaign In behalf of the
measure and maintained a volunteer
lobby throughout, headed by Dr. J. M.
Keene and George Putnam of Medford,
Judge Baldwin of Klamath Falls, EL
V. Carter of Ashland and W. O. Steele
of -Portland. The bill was Introduced
by Purdtn of the house Januaay 27 at
the request or the .Medrord commercial
club. A week later, when the measure
was before the committee, a delegation
of SO boosters arrived from Medford
They were 'olned by an equal number
from Portland and the campaign for the
passage or tne Dili Degan in earnest.
Later an illustrated lecture on Crater
lake was given at the opera house, at
which members , of both bouses were
guests.
Nearly every prominent man who has
visited the capital in the past three
weeks has worked and talked for the
road and no bill passed by tha present
legislature seems to have' given more
satisfaction.
$25,000 FilORE
FOR THE A.-T.-P.
(Ry Jnrrnal leased Salem Wire.)
Salem, . Or.. Feb. 20. Twenty-flee
thousand dollars , additional for the
Alaska-Wukon-Paciflo exposition at Se
attle skidded through the senate this
morning with little difficulty. There
were 17 -votes In favor, with several ab
sent. There was no debate.
ANTI-PEDDLER BllL
TO BE TONED DOWN
Salem. Or.. Feb. 20. An animated de
bate over Representative Greer's bill
requiring deposits by poddlers, In addi
tion to license in each county where
they sell goods, took place In the senate
this morning. It was supported by
Hart and Johnson as affording protec
tion to merchants from those who trav
el about and sell outside goods, while
Selling expressed astonishment Ahat such
a bill had ever gone as far as the
printing office. He denounced It as a
Wow at the poor man and Bailey said
it should be called "an act to create
tramps. .
Finally the bin was sent back to com
mlttee wltli the understanding that some
of Its sharpest teeth should be removed
and the deposits provided for be rt
duced.
BANK EXAMINER " ;
BILL YET LIVES
(Rt Journal Leesed Salem Wire.)
Salem, Feb. SO. The senate last night
refused to indefinitely postpone house
bill 302, to provide an additional bank
examiner at a salary of $1800. Smith of
Marlon. Miller of Linn and Belling, a
majority of the banking committee, fa
vored killing the bill, whila Johnson
and Mulit presented a minority report.
The minority contended that the Inter
ests of depositors would be ravored by
the btll.tas it provided two examinations
per yeai instead of one. Miller of Linn
argued; that bank examiners were fail
ures, -Mil that nothing could be gained
bv addtlng another. By a decisive vote
the Senate decided to keep the bill alive.
WANT FREE GRAIN,
WOOL AND HOP BAGS
Salem, Or., Feb. 20. Without debate
the senate this morning adopted a me
morial to congress. Introduced by Rep
resentative Mariner, asking that the
duty on grain, wool and hop bags be
removed. A hearing was given weeks
ago by the senate committee on resolu
tions when several manufacturers pre
sented protests, but their arguments
were overborne by the cry of the grain
growers of eastern Oregon for relief.
There were no dissenting votes In the
senate.
PORTLAND BIGAMST !
, CONFESSES CRIME
(Special Dispatch tn Sns foornaLl .
Spokane, Wash, Ten. SO J, B. Cor
coran, the Portland Digamist, arrived
with the sheriff from Zl Paso, Texas,
today. Ke confesses the crime and says
he is ready to take the punishment.
plan to Visit
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LEGISLATURE
ILL CLEAR
IDE DESKS
Midday Recess Finds Both
, Houses Squared for Some
Sort of Action on Every
thing Fending iJig Busi
ness Out of the Way.
. fc ,(Bf Jonraal Leased Salem Wire.)
Salem, , Or., Keb. SO. .At li:30 this
afternoon the senate took a fecess un
til 1:S0 for lunch.. Several house bills
at that' hour had not been acted on
though the senate worked with feverish
haste last night and , thla morning to
clear the decks. , . . , -
Shortly before adjourning th senate
voted, on motion of Bailey.- to call out
from committee ' every bill that is
lingering in the pigeonholes, with or
without report, the intention being to
make a clean sweep before the gavel
falls for final adjournment.
Although the time set Is 1 o'clock
for . the finish, the official clock will
be stopped or ' turned back and the
senate will work until it has finished,
this meaning several, h6urs overtime,
in all probability.
xweniy nouse duis were passed this
morning In the senate, four were in
definitely postponed and one failed on
passage.
The house Is also behind and cannot
complete its work before or 10 o'clock
tonight It took a recess at noon, to
1:80 this afternoon, -when It will begin
the last lap. Most of the lmnortant
bills are now out of the way in the
house, the game code bill being passed
Just before noon, practically as it came
from the senate. The work of the
afternoon wilt be to consider a number
of the smaller senate bills yet remain
in a-, to fight out the normal I achnnl
question and to close up amendments
made by the senate to house bills. All
senate bills have been called from com
mittees and the desks will be cleared
before the final gavel falls. .
WATER POWER
CHARGE GOES
Senate Gives Irrigation Com
mittee Majority Jolt
of the Session.
(By Journal Lraaed Salem Wire.)
Balem, Or Feb. 20. The ruling ma-
Joxjty In the senate irrigation commit
tee was given a Jolting surprise .this
morning when the senate passed Repre
sentative Eaton's bill authorising
charge on water powers ranging from
25 cents to $2 per horsepower per year.
on all future appropriations. The bill
waa strenuously opposed by the power
company lobby, but the vote was 27 to
8, the negative votes being cast by the
dominating trio of the irrigation com
mittee, Merryman, Boach and Parrish.
These were the same men accused of
obstructing the progress of the water
code bill, demanded by the Irrigation in
terests of the state and the conservation
commission. Merryman opposed the
bill on the ground that it would be un
just to tax future appropriations and
leave present power users untaxed. Ho
also attacked the provision allowing
the board of control to regulate charges
within the minimum and maximum lim
its. Beach argJied that the bill would
handicap development of water powers.
He was not In favor of experimenting
any more, after the passage of the water
code.
Hart answered by saying that no
man should be permitted to use one of
the state's great resources without pay
ing something. The charges should
vary, because the value was much ,
greater In some places than others.
Miller of Linn snd Lane pointed out
that the Merryman argument- would
lead to nothing, for If a beginning waa
not made water powers never would be
taxed. '
Bingham said the bill would Impose
no hardships.
Johnson favored the bill, his only ob
jection being that it did not go far
enough, He said this would be a revc- .
nue producer and he thought the senate
should be willing to do something to
bring income.
Miller cf Linn also appealed for the
bill on the ground of revenue and the
roll call showed the Irrigation commit
tee majority had no support. t
DEATH THRUSTS
s IN THE SENATE
(By Journal teased Salem tvire.)
... . uHfiiic uui fiuviMuiK note
holders' exemption from taxation.
Another measure slain was house bill
ji. providing ror purchase of school
text books. Senator Cole mvlncr u
would be unsanitary to allow books to
pass from one pupil to another.
proposed.
barren's bin for protection of salmon
was Indefinitely postponed.
ANTI-COUNTY FAIR
BILL IS KILLED
(By Journal Leased Salem-Wire.) !
Salem, Or.. Feb. 20. A bill inrnr!ii
to end the county fair
bills In the legislature was passed bv .
the senate this morning, then reconsid
ered and given its death thrust It la "
Bryant's bill, authorizing county courts
to appropriate any sum up to $2000
for county agricultural fairs, Johnson
failed in an effort to cut the maximum
limit to $1000.
No State Fire Marshal.
(By Journal Leased Salem Wira.)
,r..,, v ., " ... xopreneiiiaLivn
Reynolds' bill to create the office of
state fire marshal was buried in the
senate this mornins. It cnnnunM
only two vote Barrett and kellaher.
i ne senate naa aireaay passed aTToreet
i protection bill and did not look With '
: -favor on the addition of new officers. .
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