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THE- OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY - MORNING. AUGUST ' 8, 1CC9. -
OCEAFJ L1NET0
HELP HILLTO
Traffic Agreement Reached
" by Which North Pacific
Steamship Co. Will Haul
Northern ; Pacific Port-Land-Frisco
Freight
' Tha most Important traffic ar
rangement entered Into on th Pa
cific coast this year; with the single
exception of -t the h Hill-Harrhnan
agreement concerning the Portland
Seattle road, became known yester
. day when detail of the agreement
whereby the JBpokane, Portland &
Seattle and-the Inland Empire ays
tem wljl pubUah. throBBh tariffs in
connection with the North . Pacific
Steamship company was made pub
lic " ? "'r1'' ; ' ' ' '
By this agreement heHill business
out V PortUnS for Calif ornia ,wtll be
handled by tne isorin
Grge W. Elder. Tha arransemeap.
plies to- both passengers and freight
bound for California paints. The "team.
ah"P. oY the North Pacific cornj frj
between ronnnu uui - J"
ing at San Francisco on the way.
' '. Saw Steamer t-;Coaa, .' r:-:''..'
ment is thatas soon as the. business
warrants U the present steamers u tM
service enau oe auine"ww " .Tr.-f. mi
all the freight from tha eaBt sent oyer
the Hill ltnec will come by war or the
North Bank ana r oriumu '
Puget stund the sa for Urge;
steamers win - -. r
The agreement between the H 111 road
' and the North Pacific company is iden
. tical with that existing jktween- the
HUl lines at oraiiw " ' L
Coast Steamship company, which oper
ates a large fleet of steamers between
Puaet sound points and California.
Much, of the through freight business
for California -which has heretofore
:. '.T, n the. Pacific Coast, com
pany's steamers will now leave by way
fc ttm jColumbla river and the. North
Pacific company. ,t ' ' .
. "We have oompleted an arrangement
to publish througn rates diww
fornlt points . and points on the; Spo
kane, Portland & Seattle and the Inland
Empire system."- said General Freight
and Passenger Agent-Harry Adams of
the 8.. P. S. : . " r:
, Bates TPttMIshsd Boon.
. ' "Th ratea will be published as soon
as possible and in order to hasten the
matter aa much as possible we have
asked permission of the interstate- com
merce commission to put the new tariff
Jn effect on less than statutory notice.
. "For the nresent -Martin's dook. at
tha-foot of Seventeenth-ntreet -and the
new Weldler dock of the 8.. P. S. will
ie used by the steamship companyi - The
rates are to bemuch the earn as those
!n effect Between tne jNortnern i-acmo
and. Great Northern railroads and the
'. Mr. Adams' stated that nothing had
. been done so far as he knows, coneern-4
ing arrangements for nana ling .Trans
pacific business for the North Bank
road. - 'v - -
Much of the wheat 'that the Inland
Empire and the- North Bank will bring
- Into Portland Wilt go to California and
will be carried, of course, by the Roan-,
oke and the Elder. Besides assuring
to Portland the leading place as a
wheat shipping- point for the coastwise
trade as well as the orient It will make
this city the principal point of shipment
for general freight from the east.
Portland will have f ullv - as advan
tageous-combination rail and -water rate
as ruget sound cities ana -in addition
' will have the supreme advantage of the
water haul down the Columbia river
furnished by the North Bank road.
;',.,;, '.Hew Manager to" Hew.,"!' '
"-n, Charles Dee, president of the North
Pacific-Steamship company, has moved
to Portland and will make his home In
- this city In the future. The manage
ment of the line- will be conducted by
bim.. personally---.''..''.;.'-'-'....'.-.... . .;.;..-,: .
The announcement of the selection of
the North' Pacific comhany as the con
necting water line with 'the Hill reads
at Portland leaves' unexplained the
mvstery of the Portland-Sah Francisco
steamship line which T. VS..'- McGrath
- talked of In San Francisco .last winter
and which he- Was quoted as saying
.would -handle the. HUl business --out- of
Portland. It is understood, however,
that Mr. McCfrath's proposed line has
not been riven up and may. yet become
a certainty. . - . . .- ' '--
mm PENSION BY . .
- - FjUUD 18 YEARS
. Bloomlngton. IU.. Aug.. 7. After de
frauding the government for 18 years
through the receipt of a pension. , to
which he was hot entitled. Albert Reece,
age 78. bf Danvers, this county, has
been sentenced to'on'eVear'in the federal
penitentiary at Fort Leavenworth, Kan.
- The story of the old man's swindle Is
remarkable. He probably would have
been able to draw his monthly stipend
.. up to the day of Ills death but for his
greed in trying to have the original
-allowance Increased. v
He made no defense and" displayed n
emotion when sentenced. Reece was a
resident of Leesburg, Ohio, at the out
break of the civil war and went to Co-
lnrvil.il. t r. unll.t hut wit A
through a physical Infirmity and re
turned home. In 1S91 he made a pen-1
. si on application, but Inserted the name
of WlUlara H. Reece, who had enlisted
at the same time that the Danvers man
attempted to do so. William Reece.
however, died come years after the war,
but this fact was not known to the pen-
. slon authorities. Reece drew 12000 from
the government at the rate of $S a
month. .
. When he tried to get a larger pension
lie was detected and sentenced.
3IATBDI0NY ON THE
. INSTALLMENT PLAN
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Plalnfield. N.'J.. Aug. 7. The "Marry-:
Ing Justice.' Hezeklah Hand,- of this
city, had his first opportunity recently
to make . good : on his proposition to
perform marriage ceremonies on the In
stallment plan - ,.' , ..
About midnight a couple appeared-at
his home and told the plain facts about
their .financial condition and their ab
sorbing Jov for each other. ,
- A. Augustus Peck, ef Hobokeh, was
the bridegroom, and the blushing bride
was Gertrude Maude Bowers, of Vniou
Hill. The marriage was witnessed by
Christopher Meyers. id Mrs. Hand,
wife pf toe justice. - , ,
On the conclusion -6t the ceremony
Pet-k produced a lone dollar, which he
diienif ievlly handed to - the . Justice, re
marking as he did so that, barring ac
rldonts, be-would forward by registered
iia!l 1 each week until the full fee
Was aetUed ,
EXCEEDS SPEED
CONTRACTED FOR
Artillery Tender Captain
- Gregory . Barjett flakes
11.6 Miles Per Hour.
MADE PEELDIINAEY
. TRIAL YESTERDAY
to
Steamer Will B Tamed Over
Government on Monday, Aagnal
16 WiH Be Bent , to San Fran.
Cisco for Scnice at Forta There.
Rend talks on teeth, page 10, section t.
nritt. r'antaln J- Jr. Rlaln in command.
and officials of the Willamette Iron
Steel werks on board, the second and
last of the artillery tenders, the Captain
Gregory Barrett, built for the quarter
master's department, went out yester
day afternoon.,on her preliminary trial
trip, during which . phe developed .
miles an hour. . ,
The specifications of tha two tenor
ers called for only 10.5 miles an hour,
but they were exceeded in both cases by
1.1 miles, the Captain James Fornanoe,
which was turned over: to the govern
ment an Julv 14. having made the ame
speed on her trial jtrtp.
Tha Gregory Barrett ran over a meas
ured course this afternoon, which, had
bean surveyed by the government en
gineers, which extends from the govern,
tnent moorings to a point 10,300 feet
beyond LUlnton. or a little less than
two miles. She mad five double runs
over - this course to -standardise her
screw, and get the necessary numoer
of revolutions. A regular counter is
put-on the engine and when the craft
crosses the line which marks the limits
of the course, -the -whistle la blown and
the counter is stopped, the numoer oi
revolutions of the shaft being recorded
on it, the curves-giving 'the speed for
different revolutions and also the slip
jot tha propeller and the horsepower
of tha engines at different speeds.
The vessel is built entirely of steel
and is 98. feet long, as is her counter
part. ; jthe ; Captain. ! James Pornanee,
which is now In operation at the mouth
of the Columbia river -between Fort
Stevens' and Fort Columbia. .
As soon as the Captain Gregory Bar
rett is turned over to the government,
which will be Monday, August 18, her
trial trip coming on ths Saturday be
fore, she will be taken down to San
Francisco, where she will operate as a
tender to the forts in the bay there,
and -also should r occasion arise, - as a
mlrte layer, she having been built with
the Idea that she might be used for that
purpose sometime. For that reason
she is fitted up with powerful derricks,
by means of which she can lay sub
marine mines.
HAVE piP ON EIR
Willamette Iron & Steel Works May
Make Repairs on Steamer.-.
Bids for ths -repairing of tha Nor- i
weglan steamer Kir, which was badly
damaged while leaving Gray's Harbor a
few weeks ago, will be opened in Seat
tle tomorrow. One local firm, the Wil
lamette Iron A Steel .works, has put in
a bid for tha work.
B. C. Ball, treasurer of the company,
went up to Seattle, last week to submit
their bid, and also to look over ths
steamer, which Is at present on the
Quartermaster's dock at Tacoma.
He said that she is pretty badly dam
aged and .strained all over, and it will
be necessary to take off about 60 per
cent of her plates when she is repaired.
Her frames along the midships are in
pretty bad shape and It will-be neces
sary to replace some of them entirely,
while others will have to be taken out
and straightened, - and - a great deal of
other repairing will have to be done on
her before she will be fit to go to sea
again.
In case the Willamette Iron A Steel
works get the contract to repair her,
she will come down here under her own
steam as most 'of the. damage that was
dona to her Is confined to the double
bottom, and she could come down here
under her own steam all right but she
could not carry a cargo in her present
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TELL STORY
OF ROW
Mrs. Sutton,-"Who Has De
clared Her Cadet Sou Was
.Not Suicide. Expects' to
Produce" Proof of Her
Claim. '-
Geo. W. Under. San Pedro. .... .Aug. ft
State of California, S. T Aug. 1
Rygja, bepi
Selja, orient 8)pt.
Segniat Xiiaen Ttat to sepal's.
sua-H. Kimore Aug. 10
it
Argo, TiUamook .Aug. 11
Breakwater, Coos Bay ..Aug. 11
Alliance, Coos Bay ....Aug. 14
Rose City, San Francisco ......Aug. 14
Alliance, Coos Bay. ..Aug. 14
Geo. W. Elder, San Pedro .....Aug. 17
State of California. Ban Fran... Aug. zi
Rygj&t orient v.. .......... . . . . .Sept II
;; Vessels la Port. , ,
ieyland Bros., Br. sh... O. Vt. P.
Donna Franceses, Br. bk Astoria
Churchill, Am. sch....... Astoria
Alvena, Am. sch....... ...Astoria
W. F. Jewett Am. sch... Astoria
Washington. Am. ss. l.Linnton
Neotsfleld. Br. bl. O. W. P
Brabloch. Br. bk.i..... Oceanlf
Rose City Alnsworth
Compeeh. Am. as. Ralnlar
Mabel Gale, Am. sck...i Astoria
Matterhorn, Br. sh. Centennial
Olenalyon, Br. sh Oceanic
C s. Holmeti, Am. sch. ....... .Astoria
Carmel, Am. sa Oak Point
William H. Macey. Am. sh. .Tongue Pt
O"" Stream. Br. bk ...Elevators
Qlenholm, Br. ship Astoria
En Boute to Zka4 I, umber.
Wellesley, Am. sa ..... . San Francisco
state.
FRENCHMEN ARRIVE
Carlos, Am. sa.,.. San Francises
Cascade, Am. sa .Snn Francisco
Olympic Am. ss Baa Francisco
Casco San Francisco
Tnca, Am. sch .San Francisco
Bftwdoln. Am. str San Francisco
E. H. Wood, Am. sch ....San Francises
Marhol'fer San Francises
Stratheyre, Br. ss .Newport News
H. B. Bendlxen, Am. sen. San Francisco
Johan Poulsen. Am. as.... San Franclsoi
Northland. Am. sa . . . . . .San Franclaon
M. 8. Dollar, Bn ss. .San Pedro
tiasei uonar. at. ss. ......... .japaa
Xa Xonte With Cement and CMnsral
Poltallock. Br. sh. .......... 1 ; . .Antwerp
wsvertree, o-. n.. jLuesmereport
p-ibln Chevuya Fr. t Antweqp
urown or uermany. sr. oil. .. .Antwerp
Oencvleve Mollnos, Fr, bk Antwers
raarecnaei ae uiiinesr rr. OK..uiasgow
General Faldhenbe; Fr. bk. Antwerp
uaei, rr. on. i.onaon
T.a Rochajsquelln. Fr. bk. Antwerp
P--- ne.Fr. bk .....Cherbourg
Bossuet, Fr. bk.. Antwerp
Ernest Legouve. Fr. bk Hamburs
Notre Dame d'Arvor, Fr. bk. . . .Antwerp
vrnion, rr. ok. Antwerp
sn Houte to xioaa orau.
Le Peller, Fr. bk oublln
La Hermlte. Fr. b... Newcastle, N. 8 W.
SCHNABEt HAS
THIUGS TO SAY
Writes Open Letter on Sub
ject of Oregon Trust &
Sayings Bank.
CHINA HELPLESS
AS
AP
Her Reliance Is Once UTore
Tpon Intervention-of
the Powers.
Najilly, Fr. bk
Cornll Bart, Fr. bk...:
Ltsbeth, Ger. sh.
Mlchelet, Fr. bk.
Turgot, Fr. bk
Andre Theodore. Fr. bk. . . ,
Montcalm. Fr. bk
CoL VUlebols Mareutl. Fr. bk
Bayard. Fr. bk.
Colonel Villebois-Mareuil and Bidart
Are at Astoria.
According to reports received at the
Merchant's .Exchange . yesterday, an
other of the grain fleet arrived at Am.
torla at 1:20 o'clock in tha fl.rnnnn I Vlncennes. Fr. bk
and another was reported outside at 5 I Bidart Fr. bk
O'clock. I Marechal Castries, Fr. bk..
; The one which arrived In daring the Pierre Iotl. Fr. bk
afternoon was tie French ship Colonel Manx King, Br. sh
d; . Vlllebols-Mareull. Captain Quemper, OS0"- f.
of 1783 tons net register. She came dl- Vvl. Angers, Fr. ship.
Limerick
...Hobart
San Diego
Fleetwood
Hull
. . .laulaus
. .Adelaide
. Australia
.Australia
. .Limerick
.Nagasaki
. .Glasgow
.Falmouth
. .Antwerp
...London
London
rect-lv from Newcastle. Aimtra'li. Th ! Altalr; Br. bk. ..Newcastle. Entt.
other, which was outside at S o'clock iomnteoanK. ur. sn., rvewcastle. n. b. w.
Is the French bark Bidart. Captain Pin-1 orown?K Germany, Er. bk. .. i. Antwerp
sonnett. arriving here from iciiti
Japan. She is a vessel of 1917 tons net
register. With the arrival of these two
windjammers the ships in port for
i.1,5...11. are increased to three, the
British ship Glenholm having arrived
several days ago. . ,
ALONG THE WATERFRONT
. - V-V'-A-- :. ':i ; .- -
With passengers and ' freight, the
steamer Sue H. Elmore. Captain Schra
der, arrived yesterday from Tillamook.
Tha Standard Oil company's steamer
Asuncion arrived last night from Bau
Francisco. ..
With passengers 'and freight, the
steamer Alliance, Captain Parsons, left
last night for Coos Bay.
ar,f, ,of lumber, the steamer
Northland will leave this morning for
San Francisco. - ;
After finishing her Work at Carey's
Bend, theedredge Mathlomn will mov
up the river to Five Fingers' shoal. She
wiu . prooaoiy move aoout . the latter
part 'of .the -week. -. : r ,
-J.lH.-' Barbour, Immigration - Inspector,
will leave on Tuesday for a trip to the
eaot. He will visit Washington. D. C.
New Tork, Montreal and other -cities on
Lilt? AUHQU6 VU&BL,
MARINE NOTES . A
Actoria. Aug. 7. Condition at tha
mouth of the river at S p. m.. smooth:
wind, northwest; weather, clear. Ar
rived at 10:39 a. m. and left up, steamer
Elitrore, from . Tillamook. Arrived at
1:20 p. m., French ship Col de VUlebols
Mareull, from Newcastle, Australia. Ar
rived at 3:ao and .lert up at 4 p. m.
steamer Arro. from Tillamook. Arrival
down at 3:40 and sailed at t:80 d. m..
steamer State of California, for San
Francisco. Arrived at 4 and left up at
i.iv p. m., iiraoOT Asuncion irom Ban
Francisco. Balled at 4:80 d. m.. ateamer
Nome City, for San Francisco. Outside
at a p. m French bark Bklvt. from
Nagasaki. . . '
ban J-'ranclsco, Avm. 1. Arrived at 7
a. m- steamer, George W. jClder. from
Portland. Sailed at 7 a. m, steamer Ar
gyll, for Portland. Sailed at a., m .
steamer Catania, for Portland. Sailed
at 18 noon, steamer Rose City, for Port
land. Arrivea at J p. m., steamer Fal
con, from Portland! Balled at 8 -p. m
steamer ftSemite, from Portland, for
Ban Pedro. Sailed at 10 a. m.. ateamer
Atlas, for Portland.
Honolulu, Aug.. 1. Hailed yesterday,
Frencu ship, Amiral Ceclle; : for. Port
land. ' i . i . ' - . ft '
Seattle, Aug. 7. Sailed yesterday,
British steamer Suveric, for ShanghaL
MARINE INTttLUGENOi
- auiar Unsrs Due to Arrive.
Roanoke, San Pedro Aug. 8
Breakwater. Coos Bar.;.. An. i
Sue-H. Elmore. ..j,,,, Aug. S
Argo, Tillamook .Aug "'- 9
Rose City, San Francisco ....Aug. 9
Alliance .Aug. 11
Babln Chevyae, Fr. bk ..Antwerp
Gael. Fr. bk London
Cen Fard herbs, Fr. bk. ...... .Antwerp
Roche. Fr. sh. ..... .Newcastle. N. S. W.
La Rochajaquelln. Fr. Jbk Hull
Pottaloch, Br. sh. ............ .Antwerp
Wavertree, Br. bk Ellsmere
Leon Blum. Fr. sh. Hull
Kene, it. dk Hull
Scottish Glens, Br. sh.i..8&n Francisco
H. D. Troop, Br. bk Yokohama
Harechal d'Noalllea Antwerp
rarnmu, uer. snip. ... .can ta rcosaiis
Jordanhlll. Br. bk.. .Gnavmaa
Walkure, Ger. ss.. ....... . .New Zesland
Duquesoe. Ft. bk.i. ..Point Pirie
Nan tes. Ft. bk Hobart
Emilia Siegfried, Fr. bk..San Francisco
Anne de Bretagne ......Hobart
Sully, Fr. bk.. .Dunklrke
jean Bart, ft. bk... .Ipswick
Amlral Cecllle, Fr. ship . .Honolulu
JSn aonts With OoaL -'
Hoehe, Fr. bk. .... . .Newcastle, N. 8. W.
Jolnvtlle. Fr. bk Newcastle. N. 8. W.
Bongalnvllle. Fr. bk . . . . , Swansea
, OU Carriers an Bout. -Atlas,
Am. ss...... San Francisco
Asuncion. Am. ss,, .San Francisco
Argyie, Am. s. ...Ban Francisco
MILLION DOLLARS : ,
? J. FOR REST CURE
New Tork. Aug. 7. Outof JNeW Tork
City's 860,000,000 payroll, a little more
than 11,000,000 Is paid out every year
In "Vacation aioney." , Thla year the
amount has been Increased . by about
$260,000, to meet the expense of allow
ing "per dlera" emDloves vacationa. nn
der the law passed by the legislature
last winter. '
In the past no men employed by the
day were allowed vacations with sal
ary, owing to the provisions of the law
which required certification that the
men . naa worxea every day ror which
they were paid. Under the new svatem
these menemployes of the park, docks
ana zerries, Dorougn president s, street
cleaning and water -supply departments
will get'10 days'wiln pay, ,
TWO THOUSAND INT .
IN SUMMER SCHOOL
-.'-i.e.-.''.' f, h: '-1 . .', -j. - ,
New Tork.' Aug. 7. Columbia univer
sity's new departure, a summer school,
has 2000 students on - its roster, - of
whom 1930 are ; taking' the ' regular
course of lectures and studies and the
balance are attending - the College of
Physicians and Surgeons. ? ...
The students come from every sec
tion of the country. Under the new
order of things it becomes possible for
one to get the university degrees toy at
tending one regular - and two summer
sessions of the university, or for those
who cannot afford this four summer
sessions win answer.
Portland, Aug. 7. To the Editor of
The Journal Kindly yield me this
space for self vindication.
During the month of December, 1907,
the -writer was roundly abused- in Inter
views In the press of this city, by the
officers, agents and paid rupners of the
Oregon Trust & Savings bank (of taint
ed memory) and by hundreds of people,
who honestly thought that I was wil
fully and ignorantly obatructlng the
reorganisation of this Institution, de
laying the opening of the doors of a
"solid banking institution'' of this city,
and thereby Imperiling the savings of
Us-numerous and needy depositors and
so fierce grew the heat of the flame
of prejudice against me under the sklll
fufanning of these gentlemen, that the
mails brought to me letters threatening
personal violence.
Amid this storm or abuse and dire
threats, I sat (aa calmly as my nature
permitted) fixed and Immovable, In the
resolve to force a fair settlement of
the 880,000 of hard earned money that
my clients had'left for safe deposit wltn
this ' institution and which had.- br a
blind and silly, and as a matter of fact. I
criminal policy; been -absorbed and
wasted In utterly gaseous speculative
'securities Omaha bonds not excepted
which bonds at no. time, did I value
more than 30 cents on the dollar.
-1 . watched and waited while the
scheme of rehabilitation unfolded, hav
ing scented the plans and their finality
and the necessity therefor to protect
the "higher ups.".
I saw one judge decline and another
yield to persuasive pleadings and sign
the order that created a receiver and
felt that shock of surprise that every
good lawyer of this bar openly con
fessed to have experienced, and stead",
ily viewed the plans and public offer
ings, aa they slowly, yet skilfully were
lashloned to meet ths court's annroval
fand bank depositors' credulity and ac
ceptance and nnally i beheld the run
Working of all the machinery which
changed good sound currency into gas
eous 30 per cent and finally no per
cent securities, ana now, Dreaxing my
long silence and redeeming my promise
made to the press in sn open letter, I
wish to say that I take pardonable
pride in the fact that my clients, by
waiting and declining to surrender their
claims, in exenange ror uie so caned
"securities" have forced agood settle
ment and vindicated my Judgment and
decision. j
To the gentlemen. Inter alia, those
constituting the depositors' committee,
sn called, who "solicited depositors to
"sign off and fall in line with the
plans of this reorganisation,.! have no
apologies to offer they will, however,
not . miss them. Their only loss Is' In
the bonus that they would have been
paid for getting depositors to line up
and enter the fold end help open the
bank for the benefit of the few spec
ulating stockholders while the deposit
ors themselves were being damned.
And yet, their loss is only in filthy
lucre, for of glory they had much for
were they not press heralded as pub-.
tic oeneiaciors, nnsemsn patriots mat
they were? -
Among them there should be no "wall
ing or gnashing of teeth" for have they
not been paid all that' the dear public
was ' led to believe that they were to
receive f
So. In conclusion, permit me to close
with the words of the old motto:
, "To my real friends, champagne;
To my sham friends, real pain."
' It is a sad commentary on our bank
ing institutions that whenever banks
fall their first appeal Is to the deposit
orsto help them out not mindful of
the fact that hey have betrayed their
confidence in permitting their money
trust moneyto be ' loaned on insuffi
cient and often securities filled with
hot air. It Is like adding vitriol to
bleeding wounds . ......
CHARLES 3. SCHNABEL.
COBBLESTONES AS "
FIRE ALARM GONGS
i Caldwell, N. X. Aug. 7. Caldwell has
a fire alarm system that Is one- of the
most effective In the country. It con
slsta of 18 cobblestones and 18 hollow
Iron - trolley poles." ' Fully 100 of the
Caldwell systems could be purchased
with the money that has been voted by
New York city merely for the plans of
the system proposed there. .
One of the beauties of the Caldwell
system is, Its simplicity. When a fire
is discovered the man who discovers' it
runs out into- the road, picks up a cob
blestone and begins pounding on the
hollow iron trolley pole at the curb.
That -arouses everybody In that Imme
diate neighborhood, and In a fw sec
onds tne street , is nnea witn men and
women beating tha trolley poles with
cobbles. By that process the alarm is
carried down the line to the fire engine
house.- and soon the volunteer -firemen
are racing toward the scene of the blaze. :
xnev are guiaea oy tne Duning or tne
trolley wires, which vibrate from the
terrible beating tha trolley poles re
ceive, ' .-''-.
Another feature of this simple, ef
fective and economical system is that I
if there- is an Erie railroad engine In
town-at the time the first alarm Is
given the engineer begins to toot his
whistle, and keeps It -ud until every
body goes down-and asks him to qurt
it, because the fire has been out half
an hour. To protect the community
against false alarms an ordinance makes
it a misdemeanor Tor any to pound a
trolley pole except for fire alarm pur-
(Onlred Press Lcaaed Wire.)
Peking Aug. 7. A dispatch received
here tonight from Mukden savs a Jao-
anese detachment of 1600 soldiers is now
en route to thaa-clty to serve as an ad
ditional .guard along the 150 miles of
the Antung-Mukden railway, the recon
struction of. which Japan began today in
defiance of China.
Already nearlv 1000 Jananese aoldlara
disguised as workmen are on the scene.
While China is greatly aroused over
Japan's summary abandonment of dip
lomatic negotiations, there is little dis
position on the part of the government
to resort to -force until every other
agency has been exhausted. China's chief
reliance is in Intervention by. other in
terested powers, which she is '- sure will
be forthcoming if Japan follows up her
commercial aggressions by establishing
a political suzerainty. Without this in
tervention China is In no position to
resist Japan.
Every provision of the treaty of 1905,
by which Japan was given the right to
reconstruct the road, will be adhered to.
Minister IJnln said, and the road will
revert to Chlnaat the end of U years.
(Dili ted Pren Leftwd Wlra.V
Washington, Aug; 7. Although tha
action .of the Japanese government be-
Snnlng the construction of the An tun g
ukden railroad is of moment to the
United States only in its general bear
ing upon the Chinese-Japanese '. rela
tions, it is likely to add to the compli
cation fOf the present attitude of the
powers' -toward railroad administration
In Manchuria. .
If the Japanese attempt : to exercise
political functions by the levying - of
taxes in the ..railroad sons, , the United
States and other powers will Intervene.
The United States has been on the
alert with the powers to prevent this
In Harbin, where Russia attempted to
levy railroad taxes.
MILLIONAIRE BEGS
FOOD AND SHELTER
Denver - Man Tests Philadelphia'
Treatment of 'Down-and-Ontera."
posea.
Philadelphia, Aug. 7. Although his
fortune runs close to the million mark
and he stops at the finest hotels, Edwin
A. Brown of Denver, doesn't let that
stop him from getting first hand Infor
mation on several problems.
Leaving the Bellevue-Stratford, where
he is a guest, he spent one night In tha
Wsyfarers' lodge, Lombard wtreet where
he mingled with that class of humanity
which chops wood and does odd chores
at the lodge In exchange for a bed and
breakfast... .. "
. He did not go to the lodge merely as a
spectator, nor to make a formal inspec
tion of the place. Attired in a ragged
pair of overalls, a shabby, dilapidated
hat and a pair of rough shoes, he start
ed out to see how Philadelphiana would
treat a "down-and-outer" trying to get a
night's lodging and a bits to eat
Brown says he started east on Market
street. At Twelfth street ha' met a po
liceman and asked where he eould get
a place to sleep and a free meal. He
was promptly -referred to a station
house. There were several men standing
on the corner, and to these Brown made
known his plight
; Ten Cents foe a Sandwich.
."Here's 10 cents, old man," said one
of them, tossing Brown & dime. "Buy
yourself a sandwich or something before
you turn in." -..
Brown wandered about the -center of
tne city until zmauy ne struck the Way
farers' lodge. There he waa given a
bath along with the- human -derelicts
who asked aid at ths place,, and, waa
put Into bed.
He was routed out Of bed at S o'clock
next morning with the others and given
the regulation breakfast of bean soup,
bread and coffee. Then he attended re
ligious services. : -..,-..
Following the services those, in the
lodge were divided into two squads, one
going to the yard to chop wood; - the
other, in Which waa Brown, to the wash
room. . . , -
- For more .than 'an' hour -the million
aire washed towels and napkins. When
he had finished he was told that he bad
paid tha regulation price for his lodging
and waa permitted to go. : -. -
Brown says he is convinced that the
only solution of the vagrant problem Is
tha establishment of municipal lodging
houses. He visited several other -cities
in the capacity of, a "down-and-outM
and he says conditions are almost Iden
tical everywhere!
BIG PRICE PAID i
v . ;:;for darringer
Saginaw. T Mlch..: Aor. 7. Clifford
Darringer, star third baseman- of the
Michigan league, was sold today ty
President Burkhardt to Los Angeles in
the Pacific Coast league, for the larg
est amount ever tald for a class r
player.- "Burke' will not admit what
Aucfcioii Sales
Wilson's Auction
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House
Cor. Second and Yamhill Sts. .
Monday, Wednesday and Friday,
V Each Day at 10 a. m.: .-
' We will sell a . fine assortment of
furniture, etc., consisting of parlor, li
brary, dining-room, . bedroom, kitchen
and rtffin ftirnl tura. in ertlden. oak.
blrdseye maple and mission oak, etc;
carpeia, . ruts, oeouiog, . piciurna (iu
kitchen utensils, etc. ;
4V WTX80ir, Auctioneer.
Of the Great Closing-Out Sale
v . of the' ; , f
Covcll Furniture Stotk
, AT 186 FIRST STREET
'V' -' -Vi.''''1'. .."'-;:' -.,-;-...v; .;;. : -.
' Positively your last chance t btrw
'furnishings at HALF PRICE ANO
LESS. The stock includes MAHOd.
ANY MUSIC CABINETS, mahogany
and -golden oak PEDESTALS, BOOK
CASES.' CHINA CLOSETS. Chafing
dish cabinets, also Batchelor cabinets In
weathered oak, record cabinets for dlffk
records, magatine racks, MAHOGANY
CARD TABLK, center tables, hall seats
and mirrors, medicine cabinets, shaving
stands, brans costumers, BRASS and
IRON BEDS, folding beds, a large
stock of CARPETS, ATTINGS, por
tieres, : etc.,., also 'a ..complete line- f
high grade STEEL RANGES. Don't
delay if you can use any of tha above
goods, as this will be your last chanoa
to buy these goods at less than cost
at "tha eastern factories. - .',- ,
9, X. VrXXSOir, Auctione.j
:r-; ; groceries v-s i
Ws are soiling' out in" our RETAIL
GROCERY DEPARTMENT an assort
ment of fresh groceries, etc:, from-tha
Nick ' Costa and Gibson stocks (bank-runt).-
We also have granlteware. tin
ware. ' hardware, - leather .'goods, etc.
comb wnne tne stock is Tresn. Benin
now at "WHOLESALE prices. ,
It "'Ton' want CASBf for-Ycrur furni
ture call us up Main IJ2IJ- A-4143.
j. t. . viuoi. Auctioneer. ;
iCattea Tivm Lease Wire. .
- Annapolis. Md., Aug. 7. With. Mrs.
Sutton on tha witness stand Monday,
the crisis will be reached In the naval
eourt of Inquiry into- tha death of Lieu
tenant Sutton. She is ex Dec ted to dis
close the basis for her charge that her
son was not-a suicide but tha victim of
a cold blooded murder, tier story win
cover the details of her personal in
vestigation of tha case. - ; " .-'.
When it was suggested today that
Monday's session might abo bo secret.
Mrs, Sutton entered a vigorous pro
test. , , , --- '.. '. - . -
- "If my letters are made a part of tha
records, she said, "I want them made
public, and' -that the same publication
be given . my .testimony concerning
tnem.'' -.- .
. That tha letters read In the star
chamber, session today were written-by
the motner oi tne aeaa ueuienmni, not
to the naVv denartment as supposed.
but to' an individual outside of publio
life, whom Mrs. Sutton thought was the
former friend of her son, and that they
wera turned over by him to the present
court was .the Information that leaked
out here, this afternoon. . He la reported
to be a wasbingtonian. , .
('Penned Just four months after Sut
ton is alleged to have taken his life in
a campus fight, they are saia .to con
tain sensational .allegations against
soma 1 of tha officers , with whom he
lived. Only a portion of Mrs. Sutton's
letters 'Will be made public, tsne wui
Srobably occupy the stand' all of Mon
ay, and Mrs. Parker, her daughter,
will follow Tuesday.
Bjr Jamea F. Dorrance.
(Hearst Nw br Longest Lcaaed Wire.) '
Annanolla. Md.. Aug. 7. Behind
closed doors the naval inquiry Into the
death of James W. Sutton.-late lieuten
ant in ; tha marine corps, heard read
today four letters written ,Dy jars, put
ton, the mother. Tha fact that the
trend of these letters were published
thla morning precluded any Idea-of a
star chamber session. The naval court
sent for a copy of a paper shortly aft
er the court opened and for a few min
utes It seemed that the exclusive pub-!
llcatlon of these letters would open the
court to all other newspapers. Taking iplAte mirror; folding davenport, double
refuge -In tha fact that he had not ae-J parlor rugs, dining-room' suite in quar-
-iv i urHiw9Q unit, vvry aiyiisn iron nnua.
complete witn pest springs, sun rioss
ana otner nmiirBp, inainrr pniows
and comforters, several fashionable
dressers' enT chiffoniers,' Axmlpster
rugs, oak hall ' tree, oak pattern lin
oleum. Jewel gas range, kitchen treas
ure and several other useful lota Also
davenport-In oak frame, weathered oak
pedestal dining table. English Break
fast table, folding cots, bamboo- furni.
ture. etc. - On . view tomorrow. Bale
Tuesday at . 10 o'clock. ;':."
On Tuesday Next
Wa have received Instructions from
Mrs. D. R. Barnsley to sell the' Parlor
Organ and -fine furniture, carpet and
rugs removed from her private home to
Baker's Anotion House for convenience
of sale, comprising .. Hamilton Parlor
'organ In oak case,. Sleepy. Hollow rock
er in genuine xeatner, several -gooa par
lor rockers, center tables, large French
nollv nreaanted Mrs. Sutton's letter
United States Senator ; Raynar, to tha
court, the Hearst news service corres
pondent waa not called to the stand to
tell whence came the secret letters. The
court went into secret session at -10
O'clock thla morning. ' The flrat hour
was spent reading the excited , utter
ances of Attorney Davis for Mrs. Sutton
and Judge: Advocate Leonard of record,
of ,Frlday..-..; -s. .--. v
Jtewspaper Benortera Barred.
Before reading the letters written by
Mrs. Sutton, which caused tha naval
court to close the door, the charge-was
made that the letters had ."leaked;', At
the doors the newspaper army, 10
strong, were clamoring for admission.
The court, through Commander Hood,
frowned and growled and finally decided
on a closed session. Mrs. Sutton, all in
black, was on the stand.;' One by one she
Identified the . letters, which were of
fered by Major Leonard. This was the
only testimony, taken, .during the day.
Jsut why Mrs. 8utton's attorney should
have objected so . strenuously to the
reading of her own letters has not ap
peared, and Mr. Davis refuses an ex
planation, on the ground that he . is
under . the Injunction of the court to
say nothing. ,' ".. .
- The letter which seemed to Impress
the court most forcibly, according to an
informant of tha Heart news service,
who was in the sealed courtroom, was
addressed to Colonel Charles A. Doyen,
now 4n command of the Annapolis ma
rine station. In this letter Mrs. Button
charges- deliberately that her aon was
iractlcally beaten to death before a but
et was fifed into his head. v
Doyen Kay Be Conrt-Msrtialed.
Tha fact that Colonat Doyen will pos
sibly coma up- for cOurt-martial, ac
cording to Attorney Davis, has prevented
open comment on- hla record. "Thla
agreement of silence on ths part of the
newspaper men - was ' ended when the
court went Into, secret . session this
morning. In ' her . letter to Colonel
Doyen, Mrs. Sutton ' unburdened . her
mother's soul. She openly accused fel
low student officers of murdering her
son. She mentioned names and cited
facta that caused Major Leonard to ask
for closed doors. The naval members of
tha board were more than willing, In
deed, to say they would have - been
& leased had the whole inquiry been held
ehind closed doors. They considered It
a shame that any of the navy's linen
ahould be. washed in public. -
. wrot 300 Xiettars. '
Mrs. Sutton' went 'into Court today
not knowing which four letters of the
300- letters, were In the hands of tha
judge advocate. That she had written
300 lettera and more, she readily ad
mitted. - "I am no turncoat," she said, "I stand
by everything I have written "or said.
My son was murdered, I know who did
It, and unless they are punished, I am
no mother. :
-The secret court opened in the as
sembly room at the appointed hour. The
first struggle waa over the charge mad
by Henry fi. Davis, attorney for Mrs.
Rutton. that Major Henry Leonard was
acting in bad faith. The major wanted i
"those few remarks" wiped out or the
record.; Attorney Davis would not - so
move. -The court finally ruled that
nothing' had been said which needed ex-
?unglng, - so the record stands '."bad
alth," "hallowed grave," "military rep
utation," and -.alL . -, . - s
i'-i - Xonday Session Open. -
"Ths court finished' reading Mrs. Sut
ton's letters' at 11:80 and promptly ad
journed to Monday. .' At first there was
some doubt as to whether or not Mon
day's session -would be opened. While
the afternoon newspaper men were send
ing from tha telegraph - offices- a fran
tic protest against such secrecy, the na
val board reconsidered and - sent word
that Monday's session would be 'open as
usual. - , . ; .' .
On Thursday Next
Ws shall, have a -select assortment af
household furniture, carpets, etc., re
moved from Hunnystde. , gale on Thurs
day next at 10 o'olock. . Also very com
plete set of carpenter's tools. Strang
ers and parties furnishing will save
money by attending thene sales.
BAXTJB as SOW, Auctioneers.
Office" and Salesrooms 152 Park St
A RECKLESS S
AUCTION SALE
of Furniture at 211
First Street
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Tuesday next,-1 at 10 a. m.. fin furni
ture and other household goods are com
ing In on us dally, and we are going to
make a grand clean-up at this sale.
We have round" and square extension
tables, steel ranges. Iron beds, folding
beds, dressers, chiffoniers, pretty rock
ers, -'chairs, center stands, pictures,
clocks, refrigerators, ROLLTOP DESK.
GAS RANGES, kitchen cupboard, treas
ure, and many, -many other articles no
room 'to mention here, but come early;
nest gooas: soia nrsi. our otner reg-
Auction. Sale
of furniture will . be Thursday next at
10 a. ra. at 21t First at. by
Theford Auction Co.
S.LN.GILMAN
PERSONAL
Pat McArtbHir, Governor Benson's
private secretary from Salem, and At
torney G. C -Fulton from Astoria, are
guests at ' the Imperial.
Thorwald Lund and . Miss Kdyth
Holmesi daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M.
E. Holmes, were married at "the resi
dence of the bride's parents, 410 Jeffer-son-
street, at 8:80 o'clock, last night.
The ceremony wss performed - by Rev.
E. S. Muckley. pastor f the . First
Christian church. ' -- -
- Surgeons in charge -of ' the case" of
Orton E. Goodwin, the young newspaper
man who Is to have the operation of
skin grafting performed upon him soon,
have not yet decided Just when the op
eration will be tried. It Is probable
that Thursday will be the day. A num
ber of reporters on the Oregon Ian, the
paper on which he Is employed, are
each to contribute a portion of epider
mis, uooawin's arm was Daaiy jpurned
Auctioneer ; '
Salesroom, No. 128 Second St.
; Between Washington i
' ' and Alder
Salcsdays, Tuesday and
Friday, at 10 a. m.
We are selling this week Household
Furniture, Rugs, eta; also the stock of
Ladles' Underwear.- Ribbons, .-Velvets,
Skirts, Gentlemen's Silk Ties,' Hosiery.
Blankets, Notions- all the Dry Goods
stock to go at any price, at bargains,
at 128 Second st. Main 247J.
- 8. XV GIUCAJT, Auctioneer. ,-
theqilmanIauction
sr l.iivi 11 1 ii iri i ll -
v,;, a), t- a. uuaiM, aoctionaar.
are" at their ne - convenient, place of
business. 128 Second St.. between Wash-
i lngton and Alder, and are prepared for
consignments ana win paynne nignesi
S rices in cash for. stocks of merchan
Ise, household furniture, etc' The real
estate department," conducted' by Mr.
Gilman, Is eminently successful, and If
you wish to make a sale of city or su
burban properties you will do well to
consult with him. The - property et
Garden -Home-he off ers, for' sale will
enrich sny one who- buys the 6 acres.
Offices 128 Second st, between Wash,
lngton and Alder eta.' Maps and plats.
Phone -Main tm',,
' S. . V. OZXJOAa;, Anctloneax.
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tne exact -consiaeratton waa but' It is by carbolic acid some time ago. The
probably $2000, aa he bad previous of-I acid waa used to cure, the effects of
ters U4 tiavv. - - - i mosoul to bites.
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