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THE OREGON ' DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, FRIDAY EVENING, AUGUST 6, 1805.' OEMiSIS PROMISES FIGHT Ml DATES 10 li LI CAREY SMS II mm REFUGE .IS BHD f.lErJDRY "No Recollection," Constant I A SDOWII W OF THE Of! U 0 v, V . 1 , . PEOPLE Delegations Seek Board to Plead for Playgrounds in Various Parts of City Routine Business Trans acted Very Quickly. ' With the other delegations that ap peared before the park board this morn ing to; request that tody to buy park Bites wti one from the Seventh ward headed by Ben Rtesland. 80 Inalstent an e the demands 01 tne peopia in tie: ighbornood, compriaing - iv ; ' qer ilea of land and a population Of 60.000 mil that Mayor Simon promised to consider : their request as eariy m pvssioio. , . Mr. Riealand and , other said it x la the great desire of that part of the city tp secure for park purposes either tne w. ti. smitn tract oj'iano m -f""7 worth or a nine acre aite near. Last Thlrty-nlnth and Holgate. This la of fered now for $20,000 and the Smith tract can be secured for the exceptional ly low figure of $1T00 an acre. : rather Gregory Keada, . - v " Father Gregory and other residents of 1 Brooklyn asked favorable consideration for the request of that neighborhood for a park at the Junction of Holgate and .Milwauki streets. The site fronts ths river and comprise about 10 acrea The price at which It la held la said to be $ 2600 an acre. Father Gregory also de plored the fact that the city la to erect a barn for the street cleaning depart ment on a tract owned by it at Howell and Milwaukle streets. He said thia piece had a long time ago been prom ised to the people for- park by city ' official a. v . -v v ' ' The board also listened to L. E. Rice, who appeared for the people of the Wa-'verley-Ricfcmond district. They want a 'four-acre park owned by the Jesuits in ' ' Flalnfield addition. The price for which -this can be secured is thought to- be $1200. Mayor Simon assured all the 'delegations that their requeata would receive du consideration.' ;r, IScHary ' Has Tract, - . Among the propositTona submitted to 'the board waa one by Ii A. McNary who offered to sell S. acrea belonging Xa B. W. Bowman for $8000 an acre, -this tract being on the top of Mount iTabor adjoining the property already .selected there by the park board. -'-! , The board granted the- request of iMra. S. H. Burnett, concessionaire ;fof X.I. 1 . a kawA lia, rantal vu) II ''from $800 to $600. Mrs. Burnett mad the higher figure her bid for the priv ileges of selling refreshments, with the 'understanding' that concert were to be held there as frequently aa in the past. I A report from the Portland Railway, flight, & Power company charging that Special Officer Gibba, who doea duty tt city park, had refused to pay his .f are on a . streetcar and had abused the jtonduetor, waa referred to Superintend ent Miache. A request by cltlaen of the Peninsula tlhat ; Peninsula pwk be improved a i soon as possible was placed onifll. The Zhnnrd ordered that the Peninsula band Zb provided with free car fare to and 'from the nark on nishta when the mus ical organisation give concerts there. Superintendent Mlsche's estimates for the month 01 August were approved, a were the payrolls ror jury ana in puis of the department for that month. -, f in hi monthly report the superin tendent stated that ball game are al lowed in some of the parka on Sunday and prohibited in other. The board directed Mr. Mlsche to allow the games I to be played In all the parka, but to ex i erclse his own discretion in regulating them so that residents are not dls Sturbed or church services interfered: with. r '' ' - I W. Perry, who was dismissed from the park department with alx other la Iborers, . appeared before " the board to, Sprotest that his dismissal waa an in justice, but Mayor Simon cut the speech ;of the speaker short by telling him X that the board had no time to hear auch 'complaint.' The action of the superin tendent in discharging the seven labor--era waa approved. Mr. Mlsche explained that, he did not need them now a he Jhad othera better qualified tor the Swprk. - - I WORKMAN CRUSHED ' 5 BY CONCRETE MIXER ZfhJ-.'i:. -.i. - I Walla Walla, Wash., Aug. . E. I jCasey, an employe of the Barber As -phalt company, became entangled In a Sknuckle Joint of the main drive shaft : lof the concrete mixer this morning and waa terribly crushed and mangled be--fore he could be taken out For half an ghour Casey lay with both legs and arms -broken and his back wrenched, while Jhis fellow workmen tried to extricate v: ;him. J No one knows how the accident hap- opened. Caaey cannot live say the doc tors after a hasty examination. :0TT0 SPIEL'S SKULL 5 CRUSHED; HE MAY DIE I Vancouver, Waah., Aug. C. Otto Spirt 11 years of aite. while chaalnr loirs at ;th camp of the Wilaon Logging com pany, $0 miles from Woodland, on the , .north fork of the Lewis river, waa - I struck on the top of the head by a fall ;in stick and rendered unconscious. He . ;wa brougrht to Vancouver, - where hla ;kull wa trephined, it la likely he will -die. He had the address 661 Truman street South Portland, In his pocket :The Portland police can not find this ,; address. , GOT TO - ii . Bar Koary Br la Kowadays or ' Bros Back. i ' ; The man of today, no matter what hla ,'ealUnjr, needs a sharp brain, and to get ;this he need food that not only gives .muscle and strength, but- brain' and nerve power aa well. . . A carpenter and builder of Mar quette, who la energetic and want to advance in hi business read an article J about food in a religious paper and in .speaking of hi experience he eaid t J,'Vv to th.rfc Tr ago I had not been (able to atudy or use my thinking now-;!- to any extent There waa eomething flacking, and. I know now that it waa due !to the fact that my food waa not re building ny brain. ' "About thia time I began the use of ,Grp-Nuta food, and the result has ;been that now I can think and plan with some success. it has not only rebuilt 'niT brain until it 1 stronger and aurer and more active, but 'my muscle are .also harder and more firm, where they 'used to be loose and soft and my atom :ach la now in perfect condition. ; "I can endure more than twice the .smount of fatigue and my rest at night ;aiway completely restore me. la other ;words, 1 am enjoying life and I attrib ute it to the fact that I have found a iperfect food." Read Tha Road to :VUville," in pkga Thr a Reason." : Ever read the above letter? A new 'one apixar from time to time. They -are Kunlne, true, and tall of human inU'reat, " - Beall Cdmpany Says City -Must Buy,-and Street Committee Does. ' In a letter to tha atreet committee of the executive board Beall & Co. notified the committee that unless it accepted ino gasoline roaa rouer wnicn in a 1 competitive teat met the city's require- iDwiu ana uwn wnicn uie ones was satisfactory to the city engineer that the company would expend $20,000 if necessary In fiarbtlna- to have it roller put in use on 111 e city street. , , This 1 tha machine which waa ten dered to the city in competlton with the Buffaio-Pitt road ' roller. That com pany' roller was favored by former City Engineer D. W. Taylor and al though the bid, $3260 was high tha old executive board accepted it Afterward V, hi. Bulllvan charged that a represen tative of the, Buffalo-Pitta people had rled to influence hla vote by a brio. wnen Air. ouiiivan reveatea mis ract to the board it rescinded its former ac tion and rejected the roller. , But the then city engineer had already pressed tha roller Into service although the con tract for it had not been signed by ex Mayor Lane. The company therefor Mm in uu n f o me airsst commltteo yesterday. Chairman Corbett announoed that the members of the committee were con vinced a bribe had been1 offered and ate-. cordlngly the action of the former atreet committee of Dr. Lane was upheld. The Bulfalo-Pitt claim was repudiated. The gasoline roller will be purchased, aa it makers have agreed to execute a bond indemnifying the city for five years in case it should prove 'unsatisfactory In ma i urac ON TRAIL OF MRS. REAL'S SLAYER (Continued from page One.) under the care of their family phyalclan alnce the accident and only the moat intimate frienda and -relative are per mltted to see them. , acrs. Drtaklll Za Beiirlona. Mra DrlskiU can hardly realise that her sister is dead. She waa delirious moat of last night, constantly moaning and calling "May, com to trie," "Oh, merciful heaven, don't tell me she is dead, don't tell me she 1 dead." Friends fear for her reason. The 12-year-Old daughter of Mrs. Real is also In a pitiful condition. She la with Mrs. DriBkilL Member of the Real party are indig nant because of a report In the morning paper to the effect that Mra Real had not been struck by another automooiie but that the party had atopped at a number of roadhouaes and were all pretty well under the Influence of liquor and that Mra Real fell from her ma chine. .. Bay Thy Were Sober. Charles A. Campbell, receiving xslerk for Meier & Frank; who was a member of the Real party and a hundred, feet behind her wnen she wa struck, ald: "Some of the newspaper report of this affair . have been so exaggerated that they give the Impression that members of the party were Intoxicated. Thia Is untrue. Nona of us waa in toxicated, pr even near intoxloated. "An idiot must have invented the story that Mra. Real fell from the au tomobile. We had had five punctures and the laat time Kelly said, 'tou folks can take a walk up and down the road to keep warm. It will take me IS tnlnutea to if Ix It t, I am going to take the tire off again and put on .another patch.' Chauffeur JKad Clear View. 7 "Mrs. Drieklll and I were 200 feet from the machine in the middle of the road and walking towards it when the big red car awung by us. There was no curve, no obstacle in the road, noth ing to prevent the driver from seeing John Elde and Mrs. Real, 100 feet from ua. between us and our own car and walking toward our car. "Elde waa about five feet from ' tha right side of the road, 10 feet ahead of Mra. Real. Mra. Real waa about 10 feet from the right aide of the road. I have no mean of knowing, of course, but I believe the chauffeur of the big red car turned to look at Mra Driskili and myself aa he flew by us and when ne turned ni eye io in iront again hi machine waa right agalnat Mrs. Real. I do not think the machine oaased over Mra. Real." ' MRS. REAL'S BODY THROWN 20 FEET IN THE AIR BY AUTO "The Idea la preposterous," aatd Miss Lofle Hallaska, when ahown a morning paper. "Why, I came near being killed myaelf. Just an Instant before the auto that killed Mrs. Real came dashing paat I had, stepped Into our car so that 1 might .be protected from the chilly wind.- Continuing, she said: "Mrs. Real was my best friend. I'm so aorry. She wa standing about two feet from the car looking at the chauffeur mend the tire. Just before the car struck her ehe said: 'Hurry up and get that fixed; it' so cold.' Just then the car struck her and hurled her about 20 feet She didn't utter a aound, but when we reached her ahe waa dead. It waa terrible. "There la no reason why the driver of the car couldn't aee her. She had on a white dress and the moon waa ahinlng very origin; oesiaes, our car naa iignta on both the front and the rear ends. It waa gross carelessness, not to ay mur der. "It is evident that they want to Imply that we were drunk. The idea. Why, we took one drink each, and had aome lob ster salad. That is all we had. But of course It waa not. to be expected that the detectives would do anything In the matter." AUTO EXPERTS SAY DEATH WAS CAUSED BY A PASSING CAE After personal investigation from a number of automobile men into the cause of the death of Mra. May Real on the Llnnton road Wednesday night It 1 the almost unanlmoua opinion that when ahe was struck by a passing au tomobile it was probably an unavoid able accident. Thia is carried out large ly by the testimony of the member of the party of which Mrs. Rea was a member. t It is believed that several .'couple were walking back along the road from the machine trying to keep warm and that Mra Real and the man with whom ahe waa walking were probably 10 feet behind the first couple. In trying to dodge the first ooupl It Is believed the machine ran squarely Into the sec ond couple, killing Mra Real. Not much stock Is taken in the story that Mrs. Real fell from the machine In which ahe was riding. While it is not altogether Improbable that ahe might have broken her back by such a fall, it seems hard to Imagine how th skull could have been fractured also. Then. too. it-seems probable that she would have been much lesa bruised than she waa had she been only tbe victim of a fall, from the one machine. Tha theory that she-waa really run dows by a passing machine, but that she and her companions were in part ti blame in being out on the road and that she was probably hit In trying to avoid another ' couple la the ' one accepted among the automobile men who have investigated. . . At the present rat of increase in coal1 cvnuiuiiuun in (nis country, the geo logical urvey! figure that all "the eaally accessible coal will be exhausted tn- the year ef 2040 and all coal a cen tury later. - v - TIE WEST L Will Arrive in Portland Oc tober 2 ' arid Spend Two Days Here Tour Will Open Officially at Chi cago September 16. (United Press Leased Wire.) Washington. Aug. . President Taf t announced hi itinerary for hla western trip thia afternoon, lie will start from Chicago on the night of September 16, after spending the afternoon and even ing In that city. On September 11 he will be In Den ver' and will spend the afternoon, night and part of the next day there. On September 22 he will make a short top during the afternoon at Colorado Spring. , . On September ft he will also make a short stop during the evening at Pueblo. On September 23 he will make a short top at Montrose, Colo during the afternoon.. . - . On September 24 he will reach. Salt Lake City for a two day" visit . On September 27 be will reach Butte, Mont., In the morning and Helena in tha afternoon. On September 21 he wilt spend tht morning ana aiiernoon in ctpoxane. Wash. On September 21 ha will stop at North Yakima in the morning and reach 'Se attle and will divide the following two day between Seattle and Tacoma. On October 2 he will reach Portland, where he will remain two day. On October 4 he will arrive at Sacra mento, where he will spend the evening. On .October t he will reach . Oakland and pend the morning In Berkeley. He will spend tha afternoon and evening Jn San Francisco. - - On October he will start for the Tosemlte valley, spending the three fol Invlns deva on the trlD. ' nn rwnhap 10 he will snend three hours In the morning at Merced, Cal., and will spend the afternoon in Fresno. On October lib will reach Los Ansreles. where ha will SDend two days On October 14 ha will visit the grand canyon ef the Colorado river. On October 15 he will spend the even- m w in Ainunusraua On October la he will spend the morn In and afternoon In El Paao. Texas. ' On October 17 he will reach San An tonio, where he will spend the evening. He will then spend four daya at hia brother's ranch near Houaton, will visit Houaton and Dallas and return east by way of Bt Ltouis. He will then go down the Mississippi river to New Orleans. vmm Tunisian he will return north' ward, visiting eltlea In Georgia, South Carolina. Virginia and probably several other states. ' DEVLIN DPI GET: HIT in OPTIC (Continued from Page One.) nu.r tha nrlM of land offered to Ruff ner at Tigardvllle. Ruffner had called him a ' crook," and that he had warned Ruffner not to call him auch names, when he wa struck. Several witnesses told the same story although there was testimony Intro duced to show that Devlin had grasped Ruffner by the coat oeiore tne diow wa struck. Tells stoma Jlirtory. During thetrial the transactions of Ruffner with the bank were brought out Ruffner testified that 12 days be fore the bank failed he waa vlaited by W. Cooper Morris and J. H. Trube, who purchased hla home, giving him a cer tificate of deposit on the Oregon Trust & Savings Bank subject to iu aay can and 21S00 in cash. He tated that they Induced him to olace the money (21600) tn bank alao, and that when the bank failed- he loat hla home and money, temnorarllv at leaat He atated that he went to Mr. Devlin for aid, but received little satisfaction. Then he stated his wife and child died and he asked for money for the funeral expensea, was promised aid by Mr. Dev lin, whom he says told him he had spoken to Mr. Reed, and that Mr. Reed would let him have 1360. Then. Ruffner atated, when he called later Devlin had left the city and Reed claimed never to have heard of him, and refused to give him any money. He told that he waa continually buffeted between Mr. Reed and Mr. Devlin, who atood him off on one pretext or another until the proposition wa made to hlra that he take a quantity of land at Ti gardvllle at the market value of $150. , Called Devils a Crook. He stated that when he called to set tle pn this basts, alarmed by the ru mors that the bank was on the point of failure, he waa met with- A demand for $200 an acre to his aurprise, and that the next day, when Devlin refused to treat- with him, he called him a crook and the assault followed. Ruffner'a testimony concerning the actual assault differed but little from that of the other witnesses. Relative to the land transaction Ruffner said: "I bad been buffeted back and forth between Reed and Devlin for a year and a half. They offered me bonds un- ill I became disgusted. Finally I told Devlin, 'You've offered me thus bum paper until I will hear no more of it.' and then they made the land proposi tion. I investigated that land and was quoted a price of from $125 to $160 on the land directly across the street Finally Reed made a propoaition of $150 an acre to me which I accepted. "The next day h sent m t Devlin and Devlin again referred me to Reed. ; I heard Reed say, 'Get $200 from him' and went away and aald nothing about overhearing the remark but when Dev lin made the orODoaltion to me the next day at. that figure I became exasperated and the . trouble started." .-, On the jury which tried the case were "Pop" Van Haltren and Toman, both umpire in tha Pacific . Coast baachall league. In commenting n their, aval 1- aDiuiy Dom aiiomeya ana ine juog said they should be especially qualified to act on a Jury.-. IDAHO SENDS DELE- : -t GATES TO CONGRESS 3 SBSBS-JSBBSSSSeSSSS (SpeeUl DUoetca ta The Joaraal.) ' " Name a. Idaho, Aug. . C R. Hlckev has received official announcement ef hla appointment by Governor J. 11. Bra dy as a delegate to the Transmlssisslp- pi Commercial congress : that will con vene August 16-21. The other delegate from Idaho will be: Bartlett Sinclair of Rathdrum; John Oreen, Culdeeac; Al Filson, Sand" Point; C. H. Heitman, Bplrlt Lake; Stanley Baston, Kellogg; E. A. Carpenter, Orangeville; Wsrrn Trultt, Moscow; Dr. J. A. Numbers. Welser; Tim DrlscoU,' Payette; - W. C Howe, Mountain Home; John M. Hainea. Boise; Wilbur D. Hill. Twin Fall; Leo Cramer, Halley; J. L Prleat, Boise; Daa McLaughlin, Mountalnhome; A. B. Moss, Payette: Fred Houston, Idaho Falls; EL M. Kennedy, Blaekfoot; F. A. Burrell, WEST OF BLUFF Central Oregon an'1 acif ic Company Is Incl yVated at Salem To Buu JFrom Brownsville to. Ontario Through Central Oregonr An east and west Una across Oregon, which has been the wish of central Oregon people . for years, has received another, boost through the . Incorpora tion of 'what is called the - Central Ore gon 4,Paclflo Railroad company at Sa lem today, with-a capital' of $20,000. Franklin Tv Griffith, attorney for the company.- stated this afternoon-that the intention is, to begin construction east ward from Brownsville, - oo the' weat side line of the Southern Pacific, at once. . " Charles H. Warner la In the vicinity of Albany today. The proposed road is to run from Albany to Ontario, on the' O. R. .ft N., In eastern Oregon. l cannot say wno is behind the com pany excepting that of course our pres ent directors are 'dummies,' " said Mr. Griffith. "But we have funds with which to do the work and hope to begin construction eastward from Brownsville by fall." - .-. . - . -. -Th three men named in the director- i ate are Franklin T. Griffith, Dorse 1 B. Smith and Charles H. Warnen Grlf- flth has handled the railroad end of the Portland Railway,. Light ft ..power company's - legal buaineas for . soma year. Smith was formerly assistant general superintendent ' of the O. R. ft N. company, and is now general man ager of the Open River Transportation company, a company In cloae sympathy witn a project ror a rauroau irom uo tarlo .to Coo Bay. , - , (Special Dispatch ta Tn JeoraaL , Tacoma, Aug. . At a largely attend ed meeting of Republican politicians her thia -Afternoon, It was. deoldad. to request; the Republican central commit tee to Issue s, call ' for : a primary to aelect a Pierce . county . candidates for congressman from the Second Waah ington district to succeed the lata Con gressman Francis W. Cushman. This decision followed the receipt of a letter from General James M. Ash ton, declining to be considered a can didate at th request of a ' committee appointed at a previous meeting ana tointing out the fact that be would pre er to have th request corns from a more representative source. - The decision of today' meeting la a distinct rebuff to .the "regulars? the wnson-rerKins clique in fierce county politics, which sought to have a man named who would perpetuate the Can non rule so far aa this district Is con cerned. It now,- becomes extremely firobable that a man of "Insurgent eanlngs will bs the choice of this coun ty, tha most populous in tha second district ' It la generally accepted as a certain- y mat wnen governor May presents to he legislature the Question of provid ing for the special election to fill th vacancy, the direct primary plan ' for the entire district will not find favor, but that the nominations will be mad by the old style convention. In this case the real fight for the honor will be between Pierce county and a possi ble combination between southwestern counties In the district Republican con vention." The dlatrlct Is overwhelming ly Republican. QUICKLY KIIOl'JII (Special Dispatch to Ta JearaaL) Mora, Or, Aug. 6. Hearing of th In junction recently secured by Porter brother agalnat th operations of Twohy brothers on the Gurts land 1 today before Judge Butler of the cir cuit courts . The case involves the right of Porter brother to prevent the use of a roadway supposedly controlled by rwony oromers, me iana naving peon bought by the Porter before the rail road had assumed the proportions of a long drawn, out struggle for right-of-way up the Deschutes canyon. Each aid to the hearing ia well represented by counsel. Activity Among Crew. Orasa Valley. Or. Aug. . Several laborera of Porter Brother are in town Setting their eheck cashed, and a num er left on the morning train. Twohy brother are sending to Shanlko eaon day for three and four coach loads of laborers. - - - - - Four, weeks ago Grass Valley had on hotel, today there are i0 new restaur ants, and all ar well patronised. . - hear wreck on GREAT NORTHER!! Calted Free Leased Wit.) - Everett Wash- Aug. . It was ! learned today that on th sam night that the many incendiary fires occurred which threatened the destruction of th city, an attempt waa mad to wreck th Great Northern "Owl" train at the point of Everett peninsula. The lock on a switch had been opened with a key that fitted It, and a terrible dis aster waa probably averted when a freight train, backing Into the open witch, waa derailed. Had it not, been for this fortunate elrcumat&nce tha heavy passenger train running at a high rate of a peed would have c fa shed through the switch and many persona would undoubtedly have been killed in the wreck. Railroad officials who have Investigated ' think - revenge may have REBUFF DEALT .. .... " .t'- c f ..'. W .".''t IN PIERCE CAYO RIGHTS ueen tne motive tor if act Oregon Trunk - Attorney . Charges Harriman. With ' Working Holdup Plan in Deschutes Says His Road Began Work First. "The Harriman policy In th Deachutoa controversy, is now to delay Jbbth their own road and that of the Oregon Trunk Lin by extended legal battles over ricnta or way." declared - rormer judge C. H. Carey, attorney . for the ' Trunk jine, wno returned rrom tne seat oi tne trouble on th Deschutes this1 morning. Judge Carey and Johnson Porter of forter sros. arrived in me city togemer this mofnlng after holding a conference with President . Williamson of the Ore gon Trunk Lane. , Mr. Porter Is buying supplies a-nd additional instruments for his camps in th canyon or tne uescnuie and la planning to go ahead with the work of building the road aa rapidly, as legal difficulties can b cleared out of the way. it does not seem to no-areneraiiy tin derstood," said Judge Carey, "that th Oregon Trunk wa the firt Una sur veyed tnrough tne canyon or tn ues chute, our survey having been made in 1D0S. as soon aa ii was oegun Harri man followed hia well defined policy of throwing his own men along the route, with Instructions to make a paralleling survey,-Maiur maps were nied witn tne departiSCot of the Interior at Waahlng- ton prior to any ruing by tne Harriman people, and both maps were approved at exactly tha aame time;' ; ' "Again, It should be remembered that we were the first to begin actual con struction work, and aa waa the case in the surveys,. Harriman did pot do any thlng until he found that we were going ahead with our part of the work.' From this it would look as though we were not obstructing the work -of Harriman, but that Harriman 1 obstructing th building of th Oregon Trunk Una "This matter of jumping In with a creat ahow of men and energy . when- fver any one elae tart to build, but of onaiatent neglect until some one elae does start to build, should be an old story to the people of Oregon. "The Coo Bay road Is a good example of their work in thia line. There wa strong demand for a Coo Bay rail road. Finally th people, of that dis trict got together and planned to build their own line. Harriman hurried up and sent men and euppllea and built 25 miles of railroad. In the meanwhile th Coos Bay people said they wanted a railroad, and didn't care who built It so dropped their plans. As soon as this was done Harriman withdrew his man and not another mile of railroad has been built - It looka very much to trie a if the Descbute is a similar gams ox oiuit ' - PRESIDENT PLEASED WITH TARIFF BILL Washington, D. C, Aug. President Taf t last night gave out a statement embodying his views. Of the Raw tariff act. The statement follows: . "I have signed the Payne tariff bill because I believe it to tie the result of sincere effort on the part of the Re publican party to make a downward re vision and to comply with the promises of the platform aa they have been gen erally understood, and as X Interpreted them In the campaign. "Thia-la not a perfect tariff bill or a complete compliance with the promises made, strictly interpreted, but a fulfill ment free from criticism in respect to a subject matter involving many sched ules and thousands of articles could, not be expected. It suffice to say. that ex cept with regard . to whlakey. liquors and wines, and in regard to silks and to some - high classes of cottons, all of which may be treated aa luxurie and f roper subjects of a revenue - tariff, here have been very few Increases In rates. , Bevisioa Satisfactory. - "There have been "a great number of real decreases In rates and they consti tute a sufficient amount to justify the statement that this bill is a substantial downward revision and a reduction of excessive rates. Thia Is Mt a fre trAm Hill Tt waa not Intended to be. The Republican party did sot promise to mane a free trad bill, it promised to max tne rates pro tective, but to reduce them when they exceeded the difference between the cost of nroduction abroad and here, making allowances for the greater normal profit on active investments nere. i oeneve that while this excess has not been re duced In a number of cases, in a great majority the rates are such as are neces sary to protect American Industries, but are low enough, in case of abnormal in crease of demand and raising of prices, to permit the possibility of importing the foreign article- and thus to prevent excessive prices. The power granted to the executive under tbe maximum and minimum clause may be exercised to secure the removal of obstacles which have been interposed by foreign governments in the way of undue and unfair discrim ination agalnat American merchandise and product. - "The Philippine tariff section I have struggled to secure for -ten years paat and It gratifies me exceedingly by my al mature to glv it th effect of law. am sure it will greatly increase the trad between the two countries ana it win do much to build up tbe Philippine Isl ands in a healthy prosperity. . "The administrative clauses - of th bill and the customs court are admir ably adapted-no secure a more uniform and a more speedy final construction of the meaning of the law. -f - Cost of rrodnotioxu : . "The authority of the president to use agent to assist him in applying the maximum and minimum sections of the statute and to enable off iciala to administer the law gives a wide lat itude for the acquisition, under circum stances favorable to Its truth,, of in formation in respect to the price - and cost of production of goods at .home and abroad, which will throw much light on the operation of the present tariff and be of primary Importance in the way of officially collected data upon which future executive action and executive recommendations - may be based. ; ....'..:-, "Th corporation tax ia a just And equitable excise . measure, which it - is hoped will produce a sufficient amount to prevent a deficit and which Inci dental will secure valuable statistics and information - concerning the many corporations of the country, and will constitute an lmportat step toward that degree of publicity and regulation which the tendency in corporate enter- prises in the laat 20 years has Shown to O neceary. RIVER PIRATE FINED ' ; F0RJJSNG KNIFE ' Walter Donaldson, a river pirate who ha been before the police on many ou cajsiona, was fined $60 tn municipal court this morning for an attack upon D. F. McCafiern with i a knife -laat month. The. charge of assault with a deadly weapon placed against' him was dis missed on his Plea of guilty to assault and. battery. The trouble between -the two men resulted from a disagreement over th payment of a bill. . - - Reply to the Crucial Question. . . , (Uaitsa Pre leased Wire.) " Annapolis. Md.. Aug. 4. The aeoond day' a proceedings In the examination Into the death of Lieutenant James. N. Eutton started with 'Lieutenant Harold Utley still on the stand. Utley waa present when Sutton was killed. From the first, Attorney Davla, reoreaenting Mrs. Sutton in the cast). attempted to get Utley to throw some iigni. on me mystery . surrounding me Identity of the man who gave Sergeant De Hart the revolver on the night of the irageay. - e aia not aucceea. He led up to the question a score of times. , ttacn time utley replied: "i have no recollection of - such a thing." Seeing that Utley either knew nothing regarding the oeraon who handed th gun to le Hart or had no Intention' of telling, - Attorney -. ijavis -' auuaemy switched his tactics and proceeded with the regular lioe of questions. In relating the incident leading up to the death of young Sutton, Utley tea tlfieu that he waa at Sutton's head and was trying to secure hold on Sutton'a hand, which ' was pinned - under his Druast, wnen Button raiaea mi nana and fired., . - . - V., ' Davis then interrupted and pointed out several discrepancies between Ut ley original testimony ana tne 'present Replying on cross-examination.. Utley said he did not mean to say th shoot ing was intentional.. - Davis then inquired if Utley meant by sulfide that Sutton merely shot him- eir. not meaning it waa .intentional. This flustered the witness, but hla self-possession soon returned when Da vis continued nis inquiries. Davis asked Utley about the Incident when, aa alleged, he warned Private Kennedy to keep silent after th fight otl the campus. . ' . ' Utley strenuously- denied miking the reportea statement. From the trend of ' th examination it Is indicated that Mrs. Sutton pur poses to show that her son's revolver. which it is alleged waa used In the campus fight was found In Sutton's suitcase ' the morning .-following th rignt in wnicn ne cuea rrom tne DUiiet wound in his neaa. IRRIGATORS ME Unlted Pre teas Wire.) DDouaa. tv B.A11.. auk. n. norneiicr. N., T.; expects to secure the. votes of the entire eastern ' and southern dele gations for the meeting of the National Irrigation congress next year. Roches ter's boosters are already arrivins:. A delegation of 21 men from Rochester 1 expected tonigftt A larg delegation from New York city and on from South Carolina ar due to arrive, W. A. Beard, chairman of th execu tive committee, will be in from Sacra mento, Cat, this evening and th com mittee will meet tomorrow morning. Delegates "wlll be pouring in from every direction during the night and early hours tomorrow. The city is fill ing up and private rooms are at premi um prices. The hotels, however, . by mutual consent have agreed sot to raise their rate. -.'U-- .vi - ."..." -;'-'. All delegates who ar her ar await ing the announcement of Secretary Bel linger's reclamation policy and the dis tribution Of government funds for the work. It is predicted that the liveli est kind -of a row will develop over the secretary's report' -my;-.;1v...-- ,J . GR0SSCUP STRIVING v r TO AVERT STRIKE - (Special Dispatch ta Tbe Joarnil.i Chicago. Aug. S. Judge Peter 8 Grosscup Of th United State circuit court; where receivership ' proceedlnga affecting th Consolidated Traction company are pending and In which in direct supervision over north and weat side lines still exists communicated this afternoon with President Roach of the Chicago Railways company, urging that everything possible be done to avert a strike. Roach hurried to Highland Park to confer with Judge Urosscup. The judge's home la guarded against Interviewers. - ' -'" TRAIN CRUSHES LEG OF LAWRENCE ELLIOTT . ' R. Lawrence Elliott, who has been working in a shingle mill in Rainier. waa Injured- in attempting to alight from a train on which he had been rid ing on the brake beams last night Just a the train pulled Into Portland the man jumped and suffered a crushed leg and arm. which were serious but which did not necessitate amputation. - The man was taken to the- Good Samaritan hospital for treatment Ha waa coming here to visit his father, L. H. Elliott, at Sellwood. He- Is a , single man. It years of age, m . LOOKS AT PICTURES; i FALLS INTO CELLAR BBBBeaSBBBBasjBw --.-. " ' " Hla attention attracted by the Interior decorations of the Louvre restaurant R. J, Devlne, a viaitor in Portland from Vancouver, made a miastep and fell half way down the stairs at the entrance of the Louvre leading to th basement HI head struck upon th marbla stairs, ahd his face . and head ; were badly though not- seriously cut and bruised. Dr. L. J. Wolf wa summoned and De vlne waa removed to St Vincent's hos pital. . ' 8 '.' . WORLD NOTIFIED OF NEW TARIFF (Crated Press Lested Wire.) Washington, Aug. (.At the direc tion of President Taft the state depart ment this afternoon notified all am bassadors and ministers from foreign countries trading witn the united states that the new tariff law has gone into effect Similar notice Is being- sent to all American representatives in those countries. - " - - FILLIIIG SPOKANE ' - ' ' ! JOSSELYN OFFERS TO SELL PARK SITE AT- LOW FIGURE TO CITY BOARD V President Jo'sselyn of the Pdrtland Railway. Light Power company sent a communication to th park board this morning in which he effered to sell to th city th tract of land adjoining that already purchased for a park south east of the Daka, for $10,000. Aa the knoll said to be owned -by a Kansas City Investor Is prloed at - $5400 i and consists of .64 of an acre, the price for which the five acre now owned by the railway company is offered Is $900 an acre. - '--j-' . - --;.-- When - President Josselyn spok of selling this property last week to- the mayor and members of th park board he Intimated that It would coat in the neighborhood of $8500 per acre. Hla offer today waa somewhat of a surprise to the board. It was placed on file a wa on by him to U th city th 1 William .Kirkpatrick, Aged Visitor to City, Steps, in Front of Mount Scott Car and Is Very Seriously in jured. . , Traveling all th way from Saa Jos to attend a family reunion at Under wood ataUon. William Klrkpatrtck. aged (0 years. Is now in Good Samaritan hospital and may die.' A Mount Scott car changed the pleasure journey to one of pain early this morning, by running the old man down at -7:49 this morning, rolling him along for quite a dlataace In front of th fender, battering hi head end body nd perhaps fatally In juring him internally. It I feared that these internal hurts .WlU cause hi death. ' .. - -; -. -V -. - Mr. Kirkpa trick had come to Portland to attend the reunion of his family, at the horn of hi brother, E. L. Klrkpat- ' rick at underwood station on tne Mount Soott line. He was th first of eight brothers and staters to reach the city from their distant homes and has been staying with hi brother. This morning they planned a trip . to th city, but wanted to stop oft at Sunny aide. The conductor had left the Inside gat open and the visitor, not familiar with the regulation here, stepped off on the side facing the -other track. Inatantly he was struck by an outbound ear and hurled to the ground. New ties are be ing laid at that particular point and he was rolled ever these for a distance of several feet. Witnesses say that had the outbound car bad greater speed nothing but a miracle would have saved the man from Instant death. S. O. Law. grocer, saw Kirkpatrlck step off and In front of the approaching oar and immediately notified Dr.' C M. HolopeUr,' who ha an office in the building on the corner. Kirkpatrlck re mained unconscious for some time. E. L. Kirkpatrlck was about to step off the car when th accident occurred and cam near meeting the sam fat aa hla brother. Th injured maa Is a widower. The other brothers and sister ef th family are expected to arrive here any day. one coming all the way from Miasouri and another from Montana. ' 0VERlV0RKEDr,1EH This Is Theory of. State at Spokane and Inland t , Inquest' ' : , . , r. Mil .,' -- (United Press Leased Wire.).. Spokane, Wash.. Aug. . Th theory that tn brake on the extra train were defective and that the men on both trains were overworked, was followed by the prosecuting attorney today at tbe coroner's Inquest on the victims of the Coeur d'Alene wreck on the Spokane & Inland that cost IS live Saturday. Superintendent Bowdlah was unable to say whether or not the brakes on tha ex tra were Inspected before the fatal trip. Testimony waa offered to show th men were worked 15 hours dally during th land rush. . EDWIN CAMPBELL IS J5ELIEVED, OF DIAMOND - Edwin Campbell, a eapltallat with office in the Commercial block and who who lives at 1 Willamette boulevard, wa held up and robbed laat night at midnight at the corner of Delaware and Klllingsworth avenues by two young men who relieved him of a gold watoh valued at f 160. a diamond pin valued at $800 and $30 in money. Investigation of the case this morn ing developed the fact that two young men answering the description ; fur nished by Mr. Campbell, boarded a St Johns car at Klllingsworth avenue and rod to Portsmouth .where they alighted. Mr. Campbell often makes thia trlD him self and from the remarks of on of the young bandit he believe h wa known v . . .... . uiii v. tuv uviuuui one was leaving, the other remarked.' . uon x rorget in oiamona, ana . tnat was also taken. , THREE YOUNG MEN r ARE SENT TO JAIL " Earl, Rockford, George McKun' and Edward Raleigh were each sentenced to six months in- tha county Jail bv Judae Bennett this morning for the -robbery of the Violet Pressinsf parlors at Sixth and Yamhill street a - The three young fellow went to a restaurant and or dered a meal and offered to sell a coat On refusal they tried to leave th coat in payment but Officer Bunn was called . and arrested the trio. Sergeant Jo Keller- traced tha clothing to th press ing parlora One of the boys confessed. UNITED RAILWAYS HURRIES CONSTRUCTION , -. (Bpeelal Dfopatch to Tn Journal.) V, ' HUlsboro. Or.. Aus. t Thu United Railway company is showing great activity In work on its proposed lin through Cornelius Pass and across th northern part, of Tualatin plain. The road passes near Phillips and through Glencoe and is to reach Forest Grove. Men and team are being employed as they can be secured. , BRAKES AHD alt occupied by th company's carbarn on Twenty-third street or ' $100,000. Thl property Is da!rabl for an .en- . trance -to City Park. Another proposition that waa file; and which Is looked upon with favor by the mayor and th-' park board la one ro.m i.n. Laurelhurst company, of . . which 3. K. Henry Is president offer- Ing to sell at leaat 26 acres in th tract ' formerly known as Haaelfem farm, for $3060 an acre. Tbia i the price which ' Mr. Henry state ha paid for th prop erty only a few weeks ago. -He say the city may aelect any part . of the tract so long as it buys at least ; ii acre but that th price mentioned I conditional On the agreement by ths city to Improve the park. The option . extended by Mr. Henry will stand for 16 daya ....... , . . "- , .. -. ; -' '' -(; ;. .. k : '''.: ' - ':- 7 , i A
