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M . mm m . 14 MM mm mm M a I1ARR1 MAN'S PUS IE : " t ' '-'.,.. " ; : , ' J , . : ' ' . ' I i ' AAA i Stubbs X "bma BtlMmu." r ' . A ' I ' J. C stubbs, trafTio manager lor the Harriman lines, calls himself , J tha corporation' "bead salesman of transportation. lis is the virtual - bead of tha -Harriman- system during Mr. Harrlmaa's absence in Europe. - A - He ayr ' - " . . y. - A ... "Harriman ,i an overworked railroad genius between two flres the ' A stockholders and th people.iH mustrmake th?.stockhoidersbellevs ' -that. a railroad even up Deschutes river into central Oregon must par returns before he can get the money. If he should fall In foresight hs 'would loss bis "bead like any other Tnaiu-V-i,. - ' a ' ,- - ''-"A corporation Is a commercial enterprise which must make returns. A '" "Trains of the Harriman system may not be operated into Seattle before September J. or even later, pending the completion of terminal , autim!---,;-1 M:-:'--z'- v ' V Trouble trackage oil the Northern Pacific, between Portland and Se attls ha become an Immediate necessity and will probably be construct- A ed at once. Part, Indeed, Is already quietly under way. -v . ,;, ' "The people of Oregon must bars patience as to the Deschutes line. A It is Inevitable and will pay for Us construction. Two Brothers have opened up headquarter and work wHT proceed as: Tapidljr -v9oaHll--4 But progress depend on Oregon people themselves. - Portland in less than 25 years will have near 1,000,000 people. It Is the moat conaerva- A tlve, solidly built town on the Pacific coast and this in view of recent visits to all coast cities. 1 . V " "The west 1 the land of promise.. You can't keep the west down. It la to become the site of future centers of population. - "Bumper crops are to be expected this year." ; ; ." : .-. '--'i'. 7 ' ' ' . ' Determination to Hear Tes itimony Behind Closed Doors Willi Greatly Com plicate MattersAnnapo lis Adheres to Suicide. Results in construction; in progress. and In harmonlaftig the relations of tho people of thebacifle northwest with Harriman wlllllow the tour of J. C Stubbs, trafn nanager ajid second in Influence in tbirHarriroan railroad sys tem. ,Thls became evident when Mr. Stubba -returned this morning from tour of Oregon, Washington and Idaho. - Seeking realisation of true northwest ' traftlc possibilities the Btubbs party nHntratAl country - before untouched. h Irfahn Minntrv became the subject -of close attention. A daykWarf spent in the ilood River country. ,t- , Striding nervously up and don th spacious private orrice or k. b. wuer, urumi frotirht sirent of the Harriman fines in the northwest,' Mr. Stubb spent n hour this morning pouring out opln- - Ion AS to tne local suunuun Mo ra terFpersing his statements with a quaint bhilosophy which he declares a railroad , career always incepts. . v Btubbs X Mock Impressed. "It would takers, volume in writing and days of your time for me to tell 'ait my impressions oi mis mmaweii country.", said Mr. Stubbs to his-in terviewer.:- "What I feel is cumulative, ' tlve result of several visits to this coun try, yet now I understand as never be fore that this .country is inexhaustible. The crora this year are a a-ooa a ever saw. Nowhere did I see the least appearance of - barrenness. Of course, th raina mav have done some harm. but not so far as I saw. I noted, how- ever, the luxuriant growttv or stem on tlia wheat. And-wondered If - -all the strength wasn't going that way rather ' than to the grain, but I was informed that ' the wheat was not to suffer in . productiveness for such a reason, be- cause the soil is so rion that develop ment Is great In. every part of the tilant." Mr. Btubbs said be visited tbe expo sition and thought its floral display , me nest ne naa ever seen at any ex- : . position. ii3;-rs: jr mJ:.. vy---- Talk of SaUroad Bltaattosw "I failed to see the exhibits, howev er, be said, "because I was so busy : attending to business matters." Then without stopping hi ' stride 'up and 'down the office for a moment, he i plunged Into a description of the trans- iporraiion suuauon as ne louna it, . better than In Tacoma. - Much work in the way of building depots and build ing tracks must be done before trains actually begin running Into Beat tie. The contract with th- Northern Pa clflo provides for use of the tracks north of Portland only as far as Korth Taooma, but until the Harriman inter-, sets lay thlr own tracks use of . the Northern Pacific line between the Puiret sound cities will be granted as a matter of courtesy. At that It .wiii be September 1 or later before trains are operated through the Portland gate-1 way. Double tracks are V necessity I and must be laid at once. In fact the j mireaay oeen commenced on Lewiston and Orangeville In Idaho, a section of the country Mr. Stubbs bad never before seen, but where be tremendously - Impressed with tbe pos- siDuuies. - i . The running description brought' the account of the Deschutes canyon and here where local Interest Is rreateat. Mr, Stubbs' comments became less definite and his answers to questions not so ready. - "One reason . I cannot talk finally about building a railroad -Into central Oregon . Is ' because I have little to-do with the construction work," the traf fic manager exnlained. "I am a sales man of iraneportation. - Did , you- ever look at it in that wayT " "We don't go around' building rail roads from one place to another for the fun of it not .Just because a particular state or a iartlcular city thinks that that is the proper thing to do. Thre must be an assurance of returns on the money. ; - ; . Harriman Most Make Good. , ,- -. ""People think of Mr. Harriman as a center of a corporation, a thing without soul or heart o feeling one who lets hts fancy or whim dictate whether he shall favor one-localltv or another. As a matter of fact he Is only an, agent, handling other people's money. Tl'he Union Pacific properties are held by some 15,000 stockholders. Including the Southern Pacific and other lines, the stockholders number several times that number. They have . put their money into the railroad enterprise be cause they want something out of it. Suppose, T-tbetrr Mr." Harriman should oome before a meeting of the stockhold ers and propose to build a railroad from Huntington . to ' Corvallls, across cen tral Oregon. All rlaht- the atockluddara would say, "build your railroad; we'll rurnisn the money.' Then buddoso the railroad never paid expenses. . wen. Mr. narriman s reputation as a brilliant railroad man would be lost. His head would go -of f- Junt like any Other man's who fails to make good." So in : putting the railroad- through that country these . things must be conald ered. It is 'altogether a commercial en terprise. The stockholder don t care about the Oregon country. what they want is returns on their money. - That is what they clamor for: that is what the .man who handles their money must provide for them.- He's got to do' it or ne arops unaerneaui ana a Better man takes hi place- XaUroaA Will Ooms Eventually. - "Twenty-five 'years ae-o the land in that country couldn't have been given away.-' Now it has been exploited and it has been shown that Irrigation and de velopment will make transportation fa cilities inevitable- and the railroad, as SUTTON CASE DELAHEY HOT IS BEC1IG : SURPRISED ; PUD AT JEFF Ex-Champ Will Not Fight Colored -JlanProbably; a Contest Uetween Johnson and Kaufman ' but Bi? Event Will Xot Take Place matter of course, will be built. But as railroad ; builders we .: bad to "be shown." That is all.' v "I. understand now that Twohy"Bros. have oDened- uo headauartnt anil that Sll that constructors sre waiting on is the government right of way. which will Thai fn irantTRnh. l an mm i - I - Mnaltiniu W "nVfc. .L" iia uii iron crown, - m tne tT J1'-tl1L"d lhem- Mm8 wy' uneasy is the man who bears Seattre. then over to Spokane, . then . Special Pifttatrh to The Jnornil.l Annapolis, July 1 2. Unfavorable comment Is heard here on. tne inten tion jto hare th Sutton Inquest be hind closed doors. , - Many naVal men think - the , doors should be - opened that ' people may hear what trans pires and remove the effect of what every, one now admits was an Inex plicable course pursued at the first inquest Facts are coming out dally that tend to strengthen the claim of Mrs, Sutton and Mrs. Sutton Parker that the lieutenant was killed, although few here look for a reversal of the former verdict of suicide, "I am amazed to hear- the seconds In quest is to be secret," said an official. Such severe censure has - been riven the first board . for Insufficiency of methods and failure to call certain ma terial witnesses that ' a . second board would better throw the doors open, oth erwlae it is almost certain that a sec ond ' verdict will remain open to suspicion.- 1 " ' Mrs, Kary Stewart. Mrs? Mary Stewart of PlttKhura- wtfh whom Sutton spent the evening at Car vel Hall hotel, is reported, today to be ui vuirnun wnere sne Durooses to re main until the Sutton inquest ends. The report emanated from Pittsburg, but It is doubted by rnanv.. who balleva hnr admiration for Sutton sufficient to in- auce ner io appear as a witness. Dr. J. J;Murrhv. h1 Af u sency nospita.1 or Annapolis, who served in thy regular army in the Philippines, E.u tha It seemed strange to iiiiii mat ijipuien&nc n nrrnn uraa .ii1as with full military honors. Murphy said: I have . always understood that an army man was never : given military honors at his burial. "When the body was removed from the naval academy grounds to the rail road station a company of marines ac companied It, and at the station a volley "This was don after a naval lnvaatl ration hoard had declared, Lieutenant Button a suicide. Up to tho present da-te A..have been able to learn Why' this was done." ' John Tivn nH v t a --.....vv, uuumcr, in, an interview said I was a room mate of Bn rtnn era! months. His acquaintances do not w no wiuiuimni suiciae. WORK BEGINS ON BCflilSTliHE Bandon-Port Orford Bail road Will Tap EichFor- . ests on Sixes River. '(Continued on Page Six.)'. CLOSE CALL FOR '. . a - ' .,- . - HIBHTv PROWLER 'Brare Woman Guards House With Kevolrer Till Po lice Arrive. , In response to a hurry call last night, pollcs Sergeant Joe Keller found Mrs Prestos Smith, of 141 Eleventh street, standing outside her home and guard ing ma caii. irum ing Dasement with a larire roy elver, Mrs. Smith had heard aomcon aimer in me Dasement or trv- . and stood -at the exit and had a cull sent to police headquarters. Sergeant Keller invetlated and found that someone had tried to force an entrance through a -window and had knocked down some-bottles on a shelf. The noise evidently frightened the burg lar and caused his flight. As the win dow would not admit of his entrance. oiuiui, uraiing mi noise in the basement, concluded there was some one in there and proceeded- to stand guard until the arrival of the police. Mrs. Smith states that this is tbe fcthlrd attempt to enter her house re cently. She ssys she is perfectly abls to take cara of her house when she -is at home, but would like a watcb kept While she is out of the eltjv "By the way .she handles a grtn JI think there is no doubt that Mrs. Smith is perfectly sble to ruard tier own home." stated Serreartt Krller in his of ficial report to Chief of Police Cos, CITIZENS BLOCKED III figiiiat union Becorder JTeppner. Resigns andBecall Petition Can ': , not Bo Filed.:. f rSpeeial fiiapetck te The Jonil. . i Lnlon,' Or.j July 12. The- proposed recall of ex-Mavor Law and th nlt council - received a temporary setback this morning. 'when the administration called a special meeting at 7:10 o'clock and accepted the resignation of Re corder Heppner. This mova laavaa tha oiy- wimout irecoraw, tnil the recall petition now prepared cannot be filed, as the city is without a proper official to call the election petitioned for by the citizens. The matter will -be taken into the courts at once unless the coun cil snnoints a new rer.omor immedi ately. - . .. Mucn Dad reeling exists between the two factions snd both n.Uanir and Councilman Pratt are under ar rest. . Law Is charged with killing game out of season and . Pratt with assault In connection -with taking near beer away from on of the local ball players at the Fourth of July celebration. . To day a. warrant was Issued for Special Poirce Officer Wolfe on the charge of cenflFcatlng a bottle during the ceiebra- uun iran one oi me visitors,, which. Instead of surroned tntoxlranta Ulned soda, and , the complaint allege hishway robbery. - More sensational 'ilatdnmiunta pending and the end is not yt near. . (Special Dlptcb to Tha Journal. Marsh field. Or.. July 12. It la. an nounced by the promoters that work on the new railroad to extend from Bandon mto Curry county to Port Orford will begin at once: that tha fir.t u to Langler-s will be finished by falL The incorporators of the company are Stephen Sallier. - R. H. Rosa, 6. A. Jamison, and Stephen D. - Henderson, the latter being the promoter. The road is capitalised for S0OO. as an Initial Or ganisation, - and the incorporation pa pers provide for a steam, electric or gas oline road. - , Vi-, The line will tan' Imm.na. white cedar along the Sixes river, where several of the large lumber- companies have btjr holdings. Banrlon hi, i... trade from Curry- county, but at present It is announced that M. E. Hughes of Portland has accepted the poslUon of uyi nijiiim ox lav roaa. MEIIAKSUBVIVES : : ExoEMors snocK -.rtr,a' C1? Ju'y 13 Although 17,- " ricuirn;iiy passea through his body.H. H.. Hardin, superintendent of the Plttsbur. Hamby mine in Cai averas county, is going about bis work i"uw iiuiiw ma worse, wiin ir. m.mf.w of a few burns about the facs and head A. heavy transmission line bsed to vor m me mine, nad sarsed until within a few feet of the ground Hardin believed he . could pass beneath the wire, but it dipped and struck him on the head. An hour's work by mine ,;f Companies Incorporated. . ; (By Jnorssl teased Salrai Wtral -Salem. Or.. Julv 1 2- irii. i corporation were filed in the office "of the seereUry of, stats today as fol- (Dalted Preas taaaed Wire.) Oakland. . Cal.. July J.2.- . "Jeffries' Statement la nn mirnrliM tn tne" ..irl llJilly Uelaney this morning, "and I will iiuva iv enter too L toia you so' class myself. I have gone on record a doaeu times . aa.saying that the ex-champion will never fight "the "coloi-ed-mattr-and the story from the east confirms my words. .. Jeffries was always against fighting a man of color and those' who knew him best doubted his sincerity vnn ne -aeciarea ne was wining to meet Johnson. In regard to a match between Johnson and Kaufman, you can say for me that the colored man will be accom modated at his very earliest conveni ence. We have baeit An him trail alnna he returned from Australia, but be has consistently- avoided tne issue. While in the east I triad tn tin tiilMineaa with him on several occaalonn. and even enr as far as to get him to sign articles, but hen . the time approached for the match to take Dlace. he hedred and called ' off all ; negotiations. I posted I1O.000 with the New York Journal as a forfeit and also to go as a side bet. and the money is still no. Of couraa. when Johnson called off the match, the orig inal articles are void ana it will be nec essary to draw up a new agreement." "Will tho fide bet still go?" Delaney was asked. , "You can bet It wilr go," replied De laney. "and lust aa much monav - mm Johnson is willing to bet will be sov- erea.oy us. . xninlt that Johnson has nb lntention of liaeeting a man of Jils else, and as money talks, tin ahmihl da a little 'conversatlonlng for the sake of at least showing; his sincerity in tha .matter." i who la Kaufman! manager?" was asked; "there are rumors that Brady has taken hold of the bir blackandth "Billy Pelaney Is Kaufman's mana ger, asserted the maker of champions, "and Brady Is simply acting as my east. ern representative. He and I have been lifelong friends and he is doing for me Just what I would do for him under tne circumstances. Kradv has tha same confidence in At that I have, and tha reason he is acting In the east Is that I have tried to . do business with the colored man at close range and could obtain no satisfaction from him. and I am certainly not going to open nego tiations at Ion r ran are. Bradv wilt ho back from England this week, and Just as -soon as he arrives there will be something doing." -' SHORT ALLEGES THREAT TO KILL Mi-ty.;LaiGferfy This la a picture of Mrs. Anna V, Laff rrty, member of the Colorado legislature, who Indignantly repelled the advances of a lobbyist who tried to persuade her ' vote with present of flowers and candy, r'h fv, BULLET SHATTERS ILLICIT ifJICE Spokane .Man Commits Sui cide in Kestricted District of Paiouse, Washington. b Sue TOTTERS San Jose and Santa . Cruz Are Dropped and Moreing ' Offers to Consolidate With the Oakland Pacific Coast Club. Woman Testifies; EUa Gin- gles Admitted Her Story Was Untrue. jmpany, prln Odell; capital ii'iiiiwav jnercantiia win- clpal nlace of business. Od aAuca, i uuw; incorporators, - Wsud Connaway, H. Connaway and I. U. Laf- 'Gladstone T.n m her rnmn.nv' hHn.u.i place of business Parknlace: capital stork, $5000; incorpnratore. Georpe s. Vsilliams. Harrv E. t-lMm . . rJt ,,.11 , ' ---.- -U-Wftlt (United Press Lmsed Wire.) Chicago. Julv 12. Threats strainst tha lire of Assistant State's Attorney Shor. who is prosecuting Ella Olngles, have been made since the trial began, ac cording to a statement made-by blm today, fcihort announoed In court to- dSy that he had received an unsigned letter In which - tbe writer said: "If you do not let ud on the singles girl there will be need of an . under taker in your home. The prosecution today Introduced tea- timony tending to disprove,; the story told by Ella Olngles about an all ered attack upon tier Dy miss Agnes Barretts, ner rormer employer, and the prose cutlng witness in the present case. Mrs. Edna Wolff matron in the La Salle street railway station., was the first witness called. She testified that lla told , her that she had not been assaulted on the night of January 4. when, according to the story she told In court, -she was enticed to the (Well ington hotel and. attacked by Miss Bar rette ana her mends. Mrs. wolf also said Ella denied that an effort had been made to compel her. to become a -white siay- r - - . . , t . - , FIREMEN INJUBED AT : i SAX FILXCISCO FIRE San Francisco, Juty If. Three fire men were seriously, injured, one of them probably fatally, and a score of occu pants or a rooming house narrowly caped death early today when a block of wooden buildings. In Clement street, between Sixth snd Seventh avenues, was destroyed by fire. The property loss eaumatea ai ao,uuu. -J. J. Christy, in whose butcher shop the fire originated, wa summoned to police headquarters - this afternoon and questioned as 10 tne cause or the blase. The injured firemen are Lieutenant Michael Drury and Edward McGon igle snd Louis Andrews, hoseman. Drury and McOonlgle were crushed by a fall ing wan ana Anarews received probab ly fatal injuries when he cara In con tact with a high power electric 'wlra. -The buildings were the property of in oaui neai r.Biaie company. -They "era wcupiea u w w. kAnniHfVi rooming bouse, the Saul companv's of- iices t.nrisiy outcner (nop. Harrlk Brothers shoe atora. ,)nha fenkerv u Oregor billiard parlor,- the Olympla res taurant: Prague A Oreen' saloon and H. F. Allen's shoe store. - - - ' Sfew Notaries, -r. Salem. Julv Kotarial havs been lasued bv the wovernor to Robert' O.,' Smith. Grants Pass: A. E. Wilson.'' K II. Hall. MrPanta fit.--. r. N. K. Smith. Portland, """ (Special niapatcb to Th. 7oarnal.il Coif ajt. Wash, f July .., If .Edward Travis of Spokane, 2s years old, trav eling representative in ; the I'alouse country for the International . Cotre spondence Schools, committed suicide about 7 o'clock last night by shooting himself' in the head with a-.82 calibre revolver-at the house of Ruth Ander son, la the restricted . district at Pa louse. .Coroner .Bruning -was notified, but after.' talklncr with -Chief jt PAiica Hopkins, decided 'that an inquest was not necessary, and ordered the body- re moved to the morgue Travis' parents, .who live at Spokane, where ' his father is employed in the postal . service, have been notified and will arrive at Paiouse at noon today td take charge. of the remains.- - Travis wa in the room of May Campbell,- one of the inmates of the house, when he killed himself, v He had known the . Campbell woman, who is said - to have recently deserted her busband and two small children, at "Troy, Idaho, for soma time and he la said to have be come Infatuated with her. following her to Palouae. - where, according to a state ment he made to a friend yesterday be fore killing himself, he had spent all of his own money and 1100 of the schools', on her during the last two dav. Th supposed-money hortage, and a bitter quarrel he had had with the wo man,, are, believed - to - have been the causes or nis- suicide.. ... . . , 'By Hiland Baggerly.i San Francisco, July 12:- The Cal ifornia league la tottering. At a meeting of .tbawdtreetora, held- -at Stockton last night, San Jose and Santa" Cruz were dropped and It was voted to finish the season with four clubs. Cy Morelng . has already made overtures to the Oakland Coast league club, looking forward to con solidation. It Is understood that Morelng Is ready to' sell or bur. That Is, he will take over the Coast league club across the bay or dispose of bis Interests to Walters. Already he has broached the matter to Tils competitors. The Coast leatrue maamatea holdlnar the whiphand Just now, did not warm up to Morelng's overtures, though some Dargain may oe strucK Derore the weeK is over. - The Stockton magnate has lost a, fortune in baaehall. It in ha hn haa been the principal backer of the Cali fornia league. But for his long purse, the. outlaws would have sued tor peace ere this. Morelng . has- kept them on their-feet, for be has spent money like the sailors we read about. Ha is pay ing players- right now" larger salaries than many are drawing in the ma lor leagues, and toe money bas not been coming in at tne gate.' - - - Why the League railed. '; i ThO only cities that have drawn to speak of have been Oakland. Stockton. and Fresno, and Oakland has drawn only when It bad a strong attraction like Stockton. The California league might have been successful if it cut its coat according to its cloth.. It attempted to it a class. A league on a class R, In come. The money was not in sight. The California league also made tha fatal mistake of not jolnlngr hands with the Coast league last winter, when the latter orterea to aiiow - president Her man's league to hold Sacramento and place a club in Los Angeles, in place ef Vernon: These were generous terms and should have been accepted. More lng 'figured that he was powerful, or rather, his league was to bring the Coast league to his knees, and it pre pared for a fight to a finish. A for tune was spent signing players from tho Coast league and other leagues. . It cannot be said that Morning and his associates have spent their money stingily JChey . have . made- a iatron g fight. They have done their best, but luck played in the hands of the Coast league, which chanced to have the greatest race in its history. . Morelng counted on San Francisco having a LEADTDR 1912: Oregon Elks at Los Angeles Strive With Three Other Cities for Xext U. P.. 0. E. Gathering Oregonians Doing Things. losing club, which would start the fan 10 crying xor an ouuaw cuiD playing nome. instead ox tne seals belnir also "at rans, they have been In front most all the season, so tne fans have bad no oo casion to murmur. . -. . - , . . lESEDOII'I -MAKE 1 BALLTEAM Salemites ,Chalk . 9 Scores Wliile; "Brownies" Are Keeping Clean. Sal. 0, tuly IX Nina Japanese m;wimmjm mi iAe eaiem independ ents on the Asylum avenue grounds ye- lJ. uui were unaDie to demonstrate that they knew anything about playing the national American game, though they bad evidently studied the baseball guides- At the end of the fame in. seora stood to 0 in favor of the Inde pendents, and might have been worse had anybody tried to tlav baseball . The Japanese were well fitted out with Dew suits, new alovea nd Ka. but were unable to hit the ball, to run bases and were too slow i to do any thing elaa required In a game of baae hall. If a Japanese 'schoolboy' hap pened to lose his new can whiia ning from one base to another he could go no farther until he bad recovered it The spectators, as well aa h m... era od both teams, seemed to enjoy the gam Immensely, nevertheless. i - - - . . Florence Roberts Improving. . San Francisco. Julv IS s-ir,rn Roberts, tbe actress, who was reported to be dangerously 111 vesterd&v I. im proving steadily today and it is thought she will escape aa. operation. Mlas Rob erts is suffering from Inflamed th,Mi and stt-mach and it was feared her only safety would be aa operation: Dr W F. McNutt, manager of the sanitar ium where she Is being cared for aairi today that he believed aha wnul.i tinue to Imnrove without the iitin of surgeons and that he hoped she could return to th stag at th end of two weeks. V '. . i SECOXD ELECTI0X AT MYETLE POIXT (Special Dlapatch to Tha JonrnaL) ' Marshfield, Or, July 2.-r-Morrls Brothers & Co., a Portland firm, which was to have taken up the $23,000 issue oi Aiyrue rointa water Donds, has no tified the city officials : that it cannot accept the iaane because of defects In me metnoo or conducting the election. Another special election will be called this fall and in tbe meantime some tern, porary improvements on the system will be made. , Diphtheria Victim Dies. " Arlington, Or., July 12. The son of C. P. Patterson died of diphtheria at an early hour Saturday morning. He had been sick but a short time Mo other cases have developed. Chicago's Hot Wave Continues. Chicago, July 12. One man died to day as the result of the heat and score were prostrated. The thermometer reached 82 -degrees before noon and mounted higher later in-the day. . (United Praaa leased Wlra.t r, Los Angeles, July 12. Portland is to be the scene of the Elks con vention In 1012, At least that is what over 200 of the antlered herd from Oregon say today.'. ,rheyar- rived In . the . clty yesterday and be-' foVe night had ' begun their- cam paign for the 1912 meeting? But they have encountered considerable opposition; In fact, so strong la the enemy that the Rose City . has no less than three metropolitan points that are urging their claims for the same dlstlnetonv Faraway-" Cincin nati wants the meeting. Effete Bos ton thinks .the grand lodge would be a nice thing to have that year and has sent a crowd of her sons to bid for It. Next Inline is St. Louis, and it is seeking the' convention with ardor. But Portland is in the lead. ' Oregonians' Strong Campalrn. The Oregoniaha "have " taker. Los Angeles fos their own. The Urst move was to .select one of th suiter most in demand ?at-Hh "Jfloiel Angela three room In ail, and establish headquarters. "BUly" Moore is there with his photo graphic eye, while -'"Doe"- Cornelius, Vr. Harry McKay, Phil Holbrook and a few others are acting as his aids. The war they or pulling for the -convention U causing all manner of - comment and when' the grand' lodge opens Tue.laj and the quest of the Beavers is official! v made known It is promised there will be strong support accorded it. - . ,..';.. Booted, and Portland Won. Just to show thoy are here to dd things, the Oregon aggregation - prom ised the Cincinnati crowd, headed by "Garry" Hermann, the Ohio baseball magnate, that they could hoodoo the Vernon ball team, and win the day for Portland.:A party of Rasa Clty visitors went to the-ball-pak yesterday after noon, selected seats in a box and began to root. Portland won, 5 to 2. In the morning ; they took the game S to 2. riven cai awing aamitieo tn visitors played - good ball, but Bays he cannot account for them taking both games. . Two- Hundred Oregon Elks. But the Oregonians went further than that. ThelrrspeeiaHrain- was scheduled to arrive at 7 o'clock Sunday morning. -A majority of the party wanted . to s-e suited and it was arranged. While hun dreds waited at the Los Angeles end of the line, for , the Portland .special the visitors were enjoying automobile rides and a dip in the surf at Santa- Barbara. In addition to members who left Port land on the special many others have joined who traveled In advance, and-at headquarters it is stated that more than 200 are here from the Rose Cityt lode and those of outside towns.-- - This Is Pasadena day and after hav ing spent yesterday touring the city and at the ball game, the Oregonians , con cluded to Join t their - brethren in - the neighboring city, where everything Is to be turned over to the Elks. IIAXDCAR IX C0LLISI0X; 2 KILLED; U INJURED' IPnlted Pre lad VTtr. Denver. Colo.. Jul v 12 Two men nun killed and two others were fatally and 13 seriously injured when a handcar used for -small excursion , partit-.s col lided with a freight train near Plntta Canyonj 45 mllea north of this oitv, late UUBl 1UKUW-- . : I V ? Requisition for Perkln. (Br Junrnal tested SaK'm Wlre. mrui, aa. n . i-eiiuismon was isaued this tnornlnar from tha mvm'. office asking tbe return to this state of Fred S. Perkins, wanted on a atru. tory charge. Perkins 1 nn.iue m r-au at Flagstaff Arls. W. A. Jones wa appointed to return" blm "to Oregon. TO BUILD SI Oil Kodern Skyscraper Is Practically Assured for "Site of Old Marquam Rooming House, Corner Sixth and Al ler Tenants Expect Oiders to ; Vacate 1 Soon." ; That preparations are under way for beginning the construction of a mod- era steel skyscraper at. the southwest corner of Sixth and Aider streets with in th next to or SO days is a practi cal certainty, ben 6elling, who owns a controlling Interest In the property, said to a representative of The jour nal today that he i ready to go ahead with the erection, of the structure at once, but that he had been unable as yet to hold a conference on th subject with his associate, owners, one of whom lives In San Kranelsoo and the other at Klamath Falls. Ho also atd that he expected to brin about this conference,, at an early data and inti mated that the coming tngerter ef the owner of the property would result in an agreement to proceed with the erec tion of - the building as soon as the 1 plan caff he .prepared snd other pre liminary details arranged. The tenants occupying tha prem!.- are entitled to 60 daya' no tic tn vm and while non of them win ji-it.ut having received this nini.-e. It In kn,w i that they are on the l.MkOut for ru-v quarters ami- are expecting any day t.i be told to vacate. llr. felling expects to li-sva frr Sw Tork this week and It b a1'--.-!, r probable that while mt l.e ill j,, t wbaJeVer finsm-ial arrns-ni,i 4 neceasary t carry the bul.ilm .1 ,i prise to . completion.' Vhlle nothing definlta' hn beer .. public CS to Ihe K-.)-l.)l i-u . 1 , propose-! skyM'raper, It In !. Mr. .Kelling it in favor ,f 1 , builillng nn lUnt !'' '. u,,; keeping with tf-e aiue',f i i- 1 , i , and the importante at It I-.i'.,,.,