THE OREGON ' DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, FRIDAY EVENING, AUGUST 6, 1805.'
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PROMISES FIGHT
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LI CAREY SMS II
mm REFUGE
.IS BHD f.lErJDRY
"No Recollection," Constant
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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
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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
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