l THE DAILY JOURNAL IS TV0 CENTS ACOPY : Sunday Journal 5 cents; or 15 cents " ' a week, for Daily and Sunday Jour. by carrier, delivered.- ' ; , Th$ Weathers-Occasional fain'to- , night -and. Friday;-cooler Friday. "' PRICE TWO CENTS. ElIIF gl VOL. VIII. NO. 305.: PORTLAND, OREGON, THURSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 24,, 1910.i-TWENTYrTWO PAGES. HA J!f fflT 1 THOUSANDS OF MS IN BAKER CO. INVOLVED GROOm'S BLACK HORSE CAVALRY IS N CHARGE USES ORATORY TO Million Dollar Salt Lake Cor poration Said to Be Under Suspicion of Having Appro priated Claims. ' DAVID C. ECCLES, THE SUGAR KING, UNDER FIRE Names of Jurors Who Will Be Empaneled to Try Impor tant Cases. United States District Attorney John McCourt today made a special application for the calling of a fed eral grand jury to Investigate the acquisition of more than 100,000 acres of Baker county timber land by the Oregon .Lumber company, one of the largest logging and man ufacturing corporations in the state, and the Sumpter Valley Railway company. Federal Judge P. S. Bean granted the order, and the grand jury was called to report March 1. In an Investigation which promises to rival In Importance and sensational features the famous Oregon land fraud cases, David C. Eccles. the Salt Lake, (Utah) beet sugar king and mult! millionaire lumberman, will ..be put under the microscope. More' than a core of eastern Oregon Mormons, with W. H. Kccles, president of the Hood Klver railway company, will figure In the Investigation, which will affect all officers and stockholders ,of the two ,;com panlea. : . . '" - Hints at Purpose. Although Mr. McCourt'8 application for the immediate calling of the federal grand Jury gives only a hint of its primary purpose, the district attorney today corroborated today reports from Baker City, Or., which told- that eub poenaes were being served on all offi cers of the two companies, and on many land agents. The application charges the violation of the timber and stone act, and asks that the Jury be called Immediately as the statute of limita tions In the cases will soon expire. According to Mr. McCourt, more than 100,000 acres of valuable timber land lying in Baker county is In the balance. Not only will David C. Eccles, the senior, be Involved, but all officers of the two companies, as well as the local managers. Socles la President. D. C. Ecclea Is named as president and general manager of the Oregon Lumber company, which owns and op erates mills at the Oregon towns of Ingalls, Baker City, Hood River and Austin. Charles T. Early Is given as the acting manager of the company, with headquarters In Baker City, and Joseph A. West is named as superintendent and general freight and passenger agent of the railway company. The Eccles In terests are supposed to own more than 2,000,000,000 feet of timber In the Mate of Oregon. W. II. Eccles, son of D. C. Eccles, la president and general mnnager of the Hood River Railway company, which was built for the primary purpose of hauling logs to tho Hood River mill of the Oregon Lumber company, the parent corporation. The rond Is 30 miles In length, and at the present tlmo an extension Into central Oregon Is under contemplation. Officers of the Bumpter Valley Rail way company, who will be brought be fore the grand Jury, are David Eccles, Ogden, Utah, president and general man eger; Charles V. Nibley, Salt J.ake, PHILADELPHIA CARBARNS (United Press Leased Wire.) Philadelohia. Feb. 24. Leaders of th strikine platform men of the Philadelphia kapid Transit company today admitted that the arrival of four companies of state constabulary and the possibility of the callins? out of the state militia was a severe blow to their cause. The leaders were in conference nearly 111 night, and today an- nouncd that they, too, had been preparing drastic measures with which to meet the new turn of events in the industrial strite that has rent the city since last Sunday, and in which several persons have lost their lives. They declared that the arrival of state constabulary was regarded by them as a drastic measure on the part of their op p'onents and that equally decisive action would be taken by the unionists to win their fight, lhey refused, however, to reveal what action they would take or the nature of the measures under consid- ration. lhe city is filled with wild rumors today that every union man and woman in the city would be ordered to leave workshop, store and factory before sundown. Both sides admitted that Phila delphia faced one of the greatest industrial crises in her history. Already business in every direction is damaged by the car strike. Stores are suffering from lack of customers. Some schools have been closed because of danger in the streets to children who are compelled to walk through the disturbed section of the city. its full Pear Groat Strike. The calling out of from lbO.000 to too. 00 laboring people would completely stagnate the commercial life of the city and would add fuel to the fires of riot that break out spasmodically. The first disturbance today resulted n the injury or several rioters wru stoned a car in West Philadelphia. Tht; police charged the mob and dispersed It, arresting a ringleader. Tho four companies of constabulary were ordered to northeast Philadelphia, the section where most of the laboring people live. The Frankfort car barn was sur rounded by a detail of constabulary and a line of tho state troops was thrown along Kensington avenue to give- pro tection to the cars of the company In operation there today. . The massing of the constabulary In the northeastern section of the i city enabled the' police authorities to dis tribute their 6600 men with better ef fect In other sections. The increase of the police force by ddition of-the constabulary, indicates that the authorities have responded - to the transit company's demand for police I protection to enable it to run quota of cars. Mayor Reyburn has announced that the company ' will be given adequate protection and that if the forces now on hand 'are unable to control the sit uation he will call upon the governor to send the state militia Into Phila ,delphla. More Cars Canning. More cars were running today than at any time since the strike began. The number, however, was nowhere near the normal, according to atrlke leaders. In most cases the cars were manned by strikebreakers while a few were operat ed by powerhouse employes. The opera tion of the cars was perfunctory, how ever. So great has been the danger that few have dared to board them and risk death at the hands of a mob., Every car crrrtes a police detail, while the streets through which It passes are pa trolled by police or c6iistabulary. Large bodies of men are held In re serve at the police precincts stations to respond to riot calls. "Groom's black horse cavalry," as the state constabulary Is called. Is feared VACJESTREETS Attorney Zera Snow Makes Plea Before City Council fo Vacation of Parts of Oregon and Adams. Sad Aftermath of Deep Sea Mystery 0. R. & N. WANTS STREETS FROM PEOPLE Judge O'Day Opposed Reques of Railroad Company in Behalf of People. "Gentlemen, the trouble with Oregon and Portland In particular. Is that It has too many people who mask as public benefactors to promote private Inter eats,' too much Initiative, too much re,f erendum, too much U'Ren and too much O'Day." Conelunlon of speech made by Attorney Zera Snow before the city council this morning In argument for the passage of an ordinance vacating to the O. R. & N. portions of Oregon and Adams streets. (Continued on Page Eighteen.) TAMA 8 EASTERN ROAD T IE OF IT. ST. HELENS LM FJ (Continued on Page Eighteen.) TUFT SLUMBERS; TRAFFIC CEASES Extraordinary Consideration Is Shown by Washington Terminal Officials. tt'nlted Press Leased Wire. Washington, Feb. i!4.: All traffic was tied up for an hour today at the big Union station because President Taft wished to sleep. When he retired in his private car "Owl" last night after his speech at Newark,' he gave orders that he should not be disturbed until 8.30 today. The "Owl" special car reached the Union station at 7:30 o'clock. The yardmaste-r gave orders that no whistles should be blown, no bells rung and no ca-r couplings made In the yard until the hour appointed for the cessation of the presidential slum ber. The request of the president had been transmitted to the terminal officials, and" after a hurried conference early this morning it was decidodf that Taft's wish should be caretully respected, at the cost of anydelay to tijaffic. The "Owl" was put upon a siding In the quietest part of the xkrii, and the president was not disturbed in the rest which he desired after bfis trip to JVew York and Newark. That the Tacoma & Eastern will head for Portland over a route to the east of Mount St. Helens Instead of to the westward, as predicted by many, is the opinion of men, who, during the past few months, have been watching survey- Ine narties active In the Isolated dis trict back of the old snow-capped sen tinel of Skamania county. May Cross Cowlitz. These men believe that tho road will be built from the headwaters of the Cowlitz river across r narrow strip of land to the headwaters of the north fork of the Lewis river and then follow that stream to the Columbia for a water level route into Portland as the final link of the Chicago. Mllkaukee & Puget Sound, which has been reaching out for this city for some time and for the accom plishment of which It took over the Taooma & Eastern property. It has been surmised that the route of the road would follow the course of the Cowlitz to the Columbia, but while this would be feasible. It is Bald the Lewis river route would be far prefer able because of Its easy grades and few bends. It Is also said that a pass has been found through which It Is an easy matter to cross from the headwaters of the Cowlitz to those of the Lewis river on the eKs Blope of the mountain. Would Tap Fir. Another reason why It Is believed- the road will choose the Lewis river route Is that it would tap what is perhaps the finest body of fir now standing. One object, and an Important one, of the Chicago, Milwaukee & Puget Sound to get to tho Pacific coast, it Is said bj those closely In touch with the situa tion, Is to get a share of the lumber traffic that will be offered through the development of the country. It Is pointed out that nowhere could better prospects for such traffic be found than in that district, to the east of Mount 8t. Helens. This vast belt of timber has not been touched by the logger's axe because of its Inaccessibil ity, but conditions in the lumber market are now becoming such that It could be handled to good advantage if within reach of a railroad. Syndicates Have Timber. The bulk of the timber Is said to be in the hands of large syndicates holding it for the opening up of the country. Adjoining these large private tracts Is the large Rainier Forest reserve which would give considerable tonnage to the railroad since it is customary ' for the government to dispose of its merchant able timber from time to time, so long as It does not Interfere with the plans of conservation, or the protection of the water supply sources. The railroad would also operate In very close proximity to the promising and already well developed mines In the St. Helens district In which a num ber of prominent Portland people are interested. These mines would have been sending out valuable ore long ago but for the fact that they are too far from the railroads now in operation. Defeated at every turn when It came to reat arguments, attorneys for the Harrlman interests this morning re sorted to oratory, a sample of which is quoted above. The city council, af ter listening to the arguments of the railroad attorneys and a number of rep resentatlves of the people, adjourned out of respect to Chief of Police Cox, whose wife died this morning. Will Visit Bite. The councilman will visit the pro posed sits of the west side approach of the new steel bridge In a body next Saturday afternoon and the petition of the railway company will be acted upon at , the next regular session . of the city eglslators. A large delegation of business men representing the East Side Rusiness Men's club filled the council chambers when the special session was convened to consider tho vacation ordinance. Judge O'Day, attorney for the business men who aro protesting against the pas sage of the ordinance granting conces sions to the railroad without compensa tion for such concessions, was accorded the privilege of the floor, and In a plain. (Continued on Page Four.) laborers' wages at Spokane are increased to 13 Chicago, Feb. 24. All hope has been given up by the family of Commander Croghan, of the navy tug Nina, of ever again seeing him alive. The case of this dashing young commander Is most unfortunate for he leaves a young wife and a 16-monlhs-old babe to mourn his loss. A cousin of his, J. A. Hawkins, living at 7125 Perry avenue, voiced the sentiments of his parents and two broth ers and sisters, all of whom are grief stricken over the apparent fate of their relative. He said: "I received a letter from Mrs. Crog han, inclosed In which was a picture of her little son, Alvln, aged It) months. 8he apoke of being happy, because this was practically the last sea trip that 'Johnnie,' her husband, would have to make for a year, as he was to be trans ferred to shore duty at the Brooklyn navy yards and he would be able to bo at home so much hereafter and play with baby. She told of receiving a let ter from her husband Just before his de parture from Norfolk, where the Nina had towed two boats from the Bronwlyn navy yard. The missive said that the commander would arrive at his home In 4 v:4.:(..,. J , ,. . ,- f I '':.. . : M ; W 1)''' Jtjm wx J Mayor Pratt Wins Fight in Which His Enemies in the City Council Sought to In ject Politics. CONSERVATIVE INSURGENT URGES G. 0. P. TO TARIFF AT NEXT STAND BY ELECTION (Coltud rreiw Leased Wlre. Washington, Feb. 24. Representative Gardner of Massachusetts, who is known as a "conservative Insurgent," today urged all Republicans to stand by the protective tariff principle In the coming elections, and, even If defeated. not to heed the cry of "high prices. ' Gardner Mndertook to- prove to the house that the tariff had nothing to do with the high cost of Hviflg. He accused the Democrats of incon sistency, saying that In 1898 they charged th hrfrd times to low prices, and now they blame high prices and the tariff for the present difficulties. Gardner showed charts of prices In America and in England and declared that the fluctuations in prteca had been the same in both countries. He quoted the prices of meats in this country and In Canada, declaring that the cost was greater at Montreal than In Washington. As -one of his strongest points Gard ner gave the prices of Iff, articles of food used by the training ship Massa chusetts on a cruise around the world. He showed -that 12 of the 16 articles were obtained at a lower price at Bos ton than at any other port visited in the circumnavigation of the globe. (Special DI.Dateh to Th Journal. Spokane, Wash., Feb. 24. On the strength of Mayor Pratt's showing of the facts concerning the city laborers' conditions, the city council last night Immediately directed that an ordinance be drafted allowing a 25 cent Increase In the wages of the men on city work. The counter petition filed against the 'remonstrance of the chamber of com merce and manufacturers by 800 busi ness men and firms was not read, the council having learned of the over whelming support the laborers had se cured. It is popularly believed that Pratt's enemies In the city and in the city council sought (o throw him Into an embarrassing position by dropping the whole controversy Into his hands after the council had twice1 favored and twice withdrawn its support from the pro posed Increased wage measure. Pratt Is declared to have beaten the council- men at their own game by Immediately starting a systematic Investigation among the laborers' homes and by fil ing his sensational report. A peculiar feature of the fight was the fact that after the chamber of com merce and manufacturers had filed a remonstrance, against the adoption of an increased wage scale, several of the largest business firms of the city turned champions of the worklngmen and circulated a counter petition in their behalf. The new scale will give common laborers J3 per day and team owners $6. Chief Boatswain John 8. Croghan, who is in command of the missing naval tug Nina, diagram of the search being made for her; Joseph Carrington and Ferdinand Urace of the crew (the former shown' next to" Croghan), and tho missing boat. The Nina left Norfolk for Boston, and has never been heard from. the boats tied up for a day or two at Memphis, Tenn., an Informal reception was held for the benefit of the citizens. At the reception Crogran met Miss Ol- ; He Thompson and before cnother month had elapsed murrled her.". Maiden, Mass., In two days. As the let ter whs written a week ago last Sunday night his wife expected him the follow ing Tuesday nlglit. "If her husband has been drowned, as we fear he has, Mrs. Crogiian's romance Is certainly brought to a sudden and sad termination. When the two met, it was a case of love at first sight. Crog ham was nt that time commander of the Wasp, which boat was In the fleet which steamed up the Mississippi river. When SHIPWRECK ON PEOPLE MUST PAY GOODWIN SANDS FOR UPPER DECK Unknown Steamer Is Breaking Up Efforts to Save Crew May Not Avail. (t'nltfd Preas Leased WUf.1 DoA-er, Del., Feb. 24. Five tugs and three llfehoats are struggling desper ately to rescue the crelv of an unidenti fied steamer that is being broken to pieces on Goodwin Sands. The sea Is running high and it appears Improbable that the llfesavers will beble' to reach those on board the wrecked vessel. The steamer Is supposed to have been driven upon the saml3 during the night. A heavy wind has been blowing and the tugs and lifeboats are driven back every time they approach 1lie wreck. On ac count of the mist and the high seas which are washing her the name of the steamer has not l een learned. DF STEEL BRIDGE Compelled to Shoulder This Burden Because of Liberal Terms of Franchise Granted to 0. R. & N. Co. o UITS MYRTLE CREEK SAFE YIELDS ROBBERS $100 CASH, $7000 IN NOTES (Sterlal Dtspatcb to The Journal.) Myrtle Creek, Or. Feb. 24. At an early hour this morning the general merchandise store of Rice Brothers was broken Into and the safe blown. All of the contents were taken. The rob bers secured about $100 in money and J7000 In notes. There Is na clue. The Bare was drilled In three places. Black 'powder and nitroglycerine were used. PINE CREEK PLACERS TO BE PURCHASED (Special Dispatch lo Tlie Journal.) Raker City. Or., Feb. 24. - Final nego tiations are being ifule by Seattle cap italists, represented by V. O. llanna, for the purchase of the famous Pine Creek placers on Burnt river. The deal in volves a vast area of rich pla.er gold. The' company now owns a laj'ge tract of rlrh land adjoining the Pine Creek claims.- and with the coming of spring will Install a huge dredge with a ca pacity of 4800 cubic yards of dirt a day. An immense gasoline pumping plan; has been purchased and Is now on the groflnd and will be used to pump the waters of Burnt river to the higher level, where the rlrh gravel Is located. Notarial Commission. Salem, Or., Feb. 24. Notarial commis sions have been Issued to J. W. Max well, Hflines; R. W, Masters. Uoseburg; Floy McNeill, Ashland; Kmll I.. Tschie gl, Brogah; Ralph A. Hoi te, Stanfleld; A. M. Stanford, Glencoe; S. V. Knox, Weston; W. J. Moore. I.akevlew, and A. & Morten, Marshfield. East side business men find further Justification for the demands which they are making at this time on the Oregon Railroad & Navigation company, In the very liberal provisions of the franchise granted to the company by the Port of Portland In August, 190D. It is pointed out that under the terms of thlh franchise the people of Port land will In reality pay ultimately all the cost of the upper deck of the new steel bridge and the approaches there to, ;hd In addition, they must pay in perpetuity an annual rental of five per cent on the entire cost of the upper portion of tho bridge and the ap proaches Say Terms Oeneroas. Representatives of the Kast Side Business Mens club Insist that the terms granted to the railroad company by tie Port of Portland were so gener ous that it is. Incumbent upon the com pany to show eui) liberality in the negotiations now pending. Under the franchise granted by the Port of Portland last August the rail road company Is required to construct, an upper deck' with suitable approach es for the use of the general public, and while the Initial cost is to he borne by the railroad company, 4jt is to be amply reimbursed eventually. The city or county must. In the first place, pay to the railroad 6 per cent upon the total additional Investment occasioned by the construction of the upper deck and ap proaches. In determining the amount of this additional Investment the company Is permitted to Include each year "H ex- F IN FATAL FIGHT Leonard Palm, 62, Shoots Ma- thlas Zettle, 50, When the - Latter Tramples Him. (Continued 'on Page Eighteen.) Speclt nispateb t The Jonroa!. McMinnville, Or., Feb. 24. Leanord Palm, 62 years old, was this morning bound over to await the action of the. Yamhill county grand Jury for th shooting Monday of Mathias Zettle, S'V years old. Zettle Is carrying two btil, lets, one in the side and one In the breast. His death Is expected momen- ' tarllv. Neither man will rexcal thet real cause of the fight, but it Is known that they had been bitter enemies for years. The shooting followed a fist in encounter Monday afternoon In which Palm was worsted. The aged feudists reside in the vicin ity of Bear Camp, on the Slle.ta road,, close to the Tillamook county line. Palm lives with his daughter, Mrs. Agnes Knoble. Monday afternoon. Palm was walking along tho road to- ; ward his daughter's house when li saw Zettle approaching. Palm was unh armed and ran into, the house, wltr he secured a revolver. He then walked back and met Zettle, and the two fought fiercely for several minutes. , Palm says 'he would not have ueert his tevolver had not Zettle got him down on the ground and commenced . to trample him. He Bays Zettle guvs no heed to his entreaties to desist. ' Palm is convinced that Zettle woulrt have killed him had he not used ths gun. ' - Palm and Zettle are well-to-do farm, ers. - ' Palm this morning waived (examina tion before Justice Hopfle.ld. S23 Acres Bring fSf.JWtO. (Special l)lptcti to 1 JonrnaM Hood River, Or, Kr h. 24--1 Broti of Portland hat) closed dt J I thruug t B. B. Duntan Co. "of Mood ttiwu f r acres of fine orchard Uny t' miles est of Mofctr, The tr i ! Was $31,600, One hundred, err r Im proved. ..The tract formtitty tit!T$ ilit tfeorge Selllnger. i -