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THE DAILY JOURNAL IS. JOURNAL CIRCULATION YESTERDAY ' WAS , TWO CENTS R COPY Sunday Journal 5 , cents or IS cents , a week, (or Daily and Sunday Jour nal, by carrier, delivered. - . , Tho weather ilaln tonight, and Sunday; high southerly winds. . VOL. VIII, tfO. 307. PORTLAND, OREGON, SATURDAY EVENING. FEBRUARY 28, 1910. TWO SECTIONS 18 PAGES. PRICE TWO CENTS. EAlFhtP cxl ISC. IUL einiciiCH u mm APPEAR IBS SI I FEDERAL JUDGE H0FORD HURRIES TO DEFENSE OF SECRETARY BM.LIN GER wm S RELEASED ON (BtilUd Pnm Leued Wlrs.) Seattle, Feb. 26. Federal Judge C. H. Hanford, a friend of Secretary Ballinger, and District Attorney Elmer E. Todd deny the testimony of Special Agent Jones given before the Ballinger investigating committee in Washington yesterday. "The statements of Mr. Jones are absolutely and unqualifiedly false," said Todd this morning. "I did not say tlaat Judge Hanford was constitutionally opposed to land fraud cases and that the reason I did not want to prosecute was because I did not want to be humiliated by having them turned down. Mr. Jones was a per fect stranger to me. He is also a personal friend of Mr. Glavis and is trying to shield him. "I did recommend that the cases be taken to Tacoma before the grand jury there, where Judge Hanford was also sitting and which was a part of the district in which I was practicing." "The statement that I am constitutionally opposed to land fraud cases is utterly false," said Federal Judge Hanford. "I have been on the bench 20 years and I have never yet turned down a case which had any merit in it." Todd in further explaining the incident, said: "Mr. Jones presented to me, May 16, 1908, the question of criminal prosecution arising out of certain coal entries in Alaska, but I never suggested that he or Mr. Glavis take up the matter with the attorney general at Washington. I did suggest to. him that in view of the large amount of work to be taken up before the grand jury, which met in Seattle, May 19, this matter be presented to the grand jury at Tacoma in the July term. The statements made by Jones as to my reasons for not taking up the cases, however, are utterly false." LAW ft Speaker Cannon President Murphy Quoted as . Declaring General Strike of Union Men in Chicago Will Occur. HE DENIES STATEMENT; REPORTERS AFFIRM IT Philadelphia Street Car Com pany Will Hire Strikers as "New" Employes. (United Pram Leased Wlre.l Philadelphia. Fob. 2K. Three persons were reported to have been phot this af ternoon In a street car riot at Fifth and Glenwood avenues. Police reserves and constabulary were rushed to the scene. 1 4. ' a 4 fffv - 'V'jiv-r 'ft r ? .V - ' P GIFF ORD no T SAYS BALLINGER T OLD FALSEHOODS Coal Claims His Business, Be ing in Forest Reserve, but Records Denied Him; Mer ciless Arraignment. .1 -V-- V.: v-t Gifford Pinehot, who was on the stand in - the Ballinger investiga tion today. ' fPnlted Fnm Ied Wlra.t I i Washington, Feb, 26. A great I crowd listened breathlessly today while Gifford Pinehot, deposed chief forester, on the witness stand in the Ballinger Investigation boldly ac cused Secretary of the Interior Bal linger not only of overturning the conservation policies of the last ad ministration, but also of making a my connection as a government off! f-ico atotfrnnr to President Taft. In oer w,,n v.unningnam ooal cases ana r,.v. a. the GIavls charges. tdiiriui-uui .am. ,a sh h . Glavis sub "I desire to lay before the com- muted his facts to me. I believed then. mlttpft the consecutive storv of my I believe now, that he told the oTTinrienrfi with Mr. Balllncer In re- trutn a,oH r n,ir.i 1 nm convinced that Glavis was a liiiiou iu .uo uaL ,a faithful public servant and that the resources. facts he presented prove that Mr. Bal- 'Among these matters are three linger has been unfaithful to his trust nrlnolnol Imnnrtxipo no a vi.i oi ino jieopia anu as ine I" .uw!.... . Eruarnlnn of nnhlln tirmicrt of ennr. ine urm cuutcms uie lasi au- mous value. ministrations policy or protecting -i shall show that, in pursuance of water sites against monopolistic con- rny duty, I laid before the president. DOtn by word and by a letter of JJo- J-aAge Hanford. Judge C. H. Hanford, for whom the town of Hanford on the Co lumbia river was named, has long been n prominent character In th public life of the state of Washington. IleRldlng In Seattle for many years he has noted the development of the northwest and has accumulated a fortune. A few years ago he bought a large tract of land on the Colum bia river" and established the ftrpt successful pumping plant An. the Inland Empire. Quiet, digni fied and unostentatious Judge Hanford has been in touch with the inner life of Washing ton, D. C, and Washington state aa but few men have been priv ileged to be. BELIEVE VETO BILL trol. "I Bhall show you that Mr. Bal linger entered office with a clear de termination to make short work of that policy. That he reversed this vember 4, a statement of my convic tion that Mr. Ballinger was a danger ous enemy of conservation. "This letter was submitted to Mr. Ballinger by the president, and as part I ,. P L . 1 . . V. 1.1 I . 1 - 1 policy as far as he was allowed; that dent R 8tatement cncernin)r the Cun he restored power sues to entry nlngham cases, which statement Is without the remotest idea Of with- shown by undisputed documentary evt drawing them, and, finally, that when I charged him, last autumn, in a statement to the president, with being an enemy of the conservation policy, be capped the climax by giv ing the president an explanation that was essentially false. "The second feature has to do with dence to be absolutely false In three essential particulars. (Continued on Page Two.) W LL BE PASSED Asquith Bluffs King, Threat ening Resignation; Lords Must Act or Move. (United Prem Leased Wire. I London, Feb. 26. The supporters of the Asquith ministry assume, from tha attitude of the king, that tho veto bill will be passed even If King Edward Is compelled to swamp tho house of lords with newly appointed Liberal peers. The cabinet's success through its al liance with Nationalists and Laborltes depends on the Immediate consideration and passage of the veto bill. Premier Asquith has practically the king's as surance that if the lords balk at the curtailment of their prerogatives suf- liclent Liberal peers will be appointed by him to carry out the program of the ministry in the house of lords. It is understood that the premier told the king that he would be com pelled to resign the premiership unless the king agreed to the plan. Philadelphia, Feb. 26. President John J. Murphy, of the Central Labor I'nion, was r leased today on heavy ball. He had been arrested on a charge of In citing riot following the publication of mi interview attributed to him. In which trouble for the authorities was threat ened. Murphy, after his arrest, was quoted as declaring that a general strike of union men in Chicago would ulti mately occur. He was reported as saying that he had letters from rep resentatives of t,j,000 union men assur ing him that a strike of all Philadel phia's unionized men and women would meet with their approval. Murphy today denied that he had made any such statements In an Inter view, but a number of newspaper re porters who were present at the time of the interview declared today that Murphy was quoted correctly. , Police heAdnuarters today' remained quiet fr eevetal hours , following y -. Operation of the first cars from th company's barns. The indications were that there would be little trouble dur ing the day. The company mode a slight concession today when it an nounced a willingness to re-engage the striking carmen as "new" employes should they return to work by next Tuesdayi Speaker Joseph Cannon who seems for the once to be slightly under a political eclipse. Jroni time immemorial the speaker of the house has been acknowl edged and submitted to as a veritable cxar. "i:ncln Joe" seems to have exer cised no more than his ancient preroga tives, but for some reason or other ho has not been able to administer his of ficial "dope" with the same effect as his predecessors, and not experience a "come back." Just now the Insurgent Republicans In congress seem to have placed a crlm-p In the speaker that will have an effect on all his successors. A S BUS ED III AVALA1M CUI By FLOODS FEDERAL OFFICIALS CANNOT AGREE ON OFFICE CHANGES Postmaster Wants Courts to Move From Federal Building to Make More Room for His Department. OREGON TRUST '( RECEIVER HIDES MARSHAL REED DOES NOT FAVOR ATTIC QUARTERS Young Hopes Appropriation of $1,500,000 for New Post office Not Be Cut. CIIYILL FIGHT LIGHT COMPANY'S 1 OF 29,000 Attorney Kavanaugh Prepares Defense to Suit to Enforce Payment on Contract of the Lane Administration. Blockade in Mountains Con tinues on Northern Lines With Rains in Lowlands an Equal Menace. The World's News IS THE SundayJournal Three leased' wire report sup ply The Sunday Journal with, the latest telegraphic news of the world at large; Pacific coast hap penings are correctly chronicled through a corps of trained corre' spondents; while a capable staff of writers cover the local field. "The World's Highest Dam and Its Purpose" Is an engrossing story of the great Shoshone rec lamation project In Wyoming, and "The Rockpile An Institution for Reform" deals with the conduct of Portland's municipal reforma tory. Both stories are among the Illustrated features of the Maga zine and Women's Section of The Sunday Journal for tomorrow. A Splendid Issue ESS B UNITE 10 SUPPORT AVIATI BUSIN 01 MEET: PLAN 10 ENTERTAIN 50111 Business men at a meeting last night voted to put back of the aviation con test March 6, 6 and 7, their united sup port. Arrangements were completed to entertain 60.000 people at the meet. The construction of a 400 foot runway. 16 feet wide, built of solid planking was authorised. When Charles, K. -Hamilton arrives in Portland he will find every arrangement mado by the Portland Fair & Live-, stock association, and the Country club to help him break the speed, altitude and distance records of the world. ; , Contest In Los Annlea. At Los Angeles the contestants rose from the ground, which was in many places uneven, and did not give" oppor tunity for the smooth gliding beginning which: is essential to successful flight. Hamilton will arrive in, Portland Wed nesday, It Is now thought. Special ar rangements are being made for his re ception and entertainment. The Hotel Oregon will be. -the headquarters. District (forecaster K. A. Beals has mapped out the road which Charles K. Hamilton must travel when he attempts his circuit of Mount Hood, March 7. Hamilton's roads are favoring cur rents of air. His success will be de termlned by the knowledge he gains of local conditions. As he glides In hfs Ourtlss aeroplane toward snow-capped Mount Hood, ho will carry with him the sheets of data, prepared by XV. L. Wyland. under the direction of Forecaster Beals. Mr. Wy land found, among other things, that the average amount of sunshine during the past five years, which has been on- Joyed by Portland between March 1 and 10 is Six hours daily. The average rainy days for five years is three days, with sn equal number of clear days. The maximum .temperature has hern 5(1 degrees Fahrenheit, and the minimum 40 degrees. . The general direction of the air cur rents at this time of year Is north west. This last bit of Information Is most important of all to- Hamilton. If City Attorney Kavanaugh and Vayor Simon at a conference lasting nearly al this morning planned the defense of the municipality against the suit of the Portland Railway, Light & Power com pany for $29,000, which sum the com pany alleges Is due on an old lighting contract entered Into between it and tho city. "I think the company will have a hard time proving Its allegations." said Mr Kavanaugh after loavlng the mayors office. "We will certainly demand con vincing proof before yielding a point I don't believe the company's case is very strong." Claim Shortage of Light. The lighting company's suit Is to re cover money it contends is due on a five year contract which expiree? last year during the administration of Dr Lam The company agreed to furnish a stipulated amount of Illumination, but afterwards the type of arc lamps In use at the time the contract wbji awarded was changed and the Lane ex ecutlve board deducted $29,000 in all from the payments made thereafter by th city until the life of the contract was at an end. (Continued on Page TwaJ "ASTRO" WILL HAVE TO BREAK BARS AND PASS UP THE HANDCUFF (United Prea Lmf4 Wire.) A Pan Francisco. Feb. 26. Be- 4 llevlng that the police of Hot Springs, Ark., have a stronger 4 4 case against Claude Alexander ("Astro") Conlin, the "handcuff -king," than the Ban Francisco police have. Chief Martin today ordered Detective Redmond to suspend extradition proceedings and return home. ChleT Martin holds that the Hot Springs" authorities have a 4 direct case of jallrireaking against the mystic and could mnrerasily prosecute the case than could the local authorities, who would have to prove grand larceny. "Professor Astro," wasj shot and seriously wounded lat yes- terday by a sheriff's posse near Okolona, Ark. 4 EVerett, Wash., Feb. 26. The snow blockade on the Great Northern rail road grows worse each hour, Instead of better. A heavy snow fell all night in the mountains, completely wiping out what little work had been done to clear the tracks. The six stalled passenger trains are standing today In the same spots at which they have been blocked for three days. While the snow was stopping all traf fic In tie Cascades, heavy rains were playing havoc with the coast lines. Two trains were wrecked last night between Seattle and Bellingliam. NorthbounJ passenger No. 278, due In Kverctt at 7:20 p. m., ran Into a washout south oi iwuKiueo, ine engine turnlnsr over and the mall car leaving the tracks. Fireman Miller jumped and was In jured, but not seriously. Passengers walked to Mukllteo and took a boat to Belllngham. The next train ran into a washout south of Belllngham and was ditched. The line will be cleared today. Tho two men who lost their lives in yesterday's snowsllde at the west portal of the Cascade tunnel were John Olson, a cook, and Harry Klllnker, a waiter. Olson's body has been found. Officials of the Federal building are apparently hopelessly ut odds over changes which Involve the removal of the federal courts to the Customs build ing. Postmaster John C. Young is very anxious to have the courts movnd out of the building so that both first and second floors ran be used for poKtoff Ice purposes. Judge Robert 8. Bean is will ing to move down Into the Customs building, but Judge. C. E. AVolverton de sires to remain In the present Federal building. The most strenuous of all protesters against u change, however. Is Marshal ('. J. Reed. Postmaster Young thought tne marshal's offices could be moved to the attic of tho Federal building. Marshal Reed declared this morning with no little heat that such a pro cedure would be ridiculous. Objects to Attlo. The attic quarters are altogether unsuitable," he nfflrmed. "Tliero is no provision for light, heat or ventilation. We would bo hopelessly cramped. 'Nor do I think tha.t the courtrooms in the Customs house would be suit able. Judge Bellinger refused to bo re moved down there, not because he was attached to the 'gloomy' c.urlxooiu in the Federal building, as has been said. but because no chambers were pro vided there. Had Judge Bellinger con sented to a removal he would have had no place In which to do his work. If IN CA LI FORM I A Health Breaks Down Because of Worry Over Tangle Grow ing Out Bank Failure; Could Give Sensational Story. HOW MADE CERTAIN MEN PREFERRED CREDITORS It Is Said Devlin Would Not Ex plain Mysterious Instances to His Credit. (Continued on Page Two.) PIONEER RAILROAD CONTRACTOR DEAD Butte, of the Mont., Feb. 26. All attempts Chicago, .Milwaukee & Puget (Continued on Page Eleven.) George W. Hunt Dies After a Long Illness; Resident of Portland for 20 Years. George W. Hunt, lor many years a leading figure in the railroad construc tion work of the northwest, died at his home, Sll Irving street, this morning after four years' confinement to his bed with pernicious anaemia. The funeral will be held Monday at 1 o'clock from Finley's parlors, Rev. Mr. Chrisman of ficiating. Mr. Hunt was born In Chautauqua county, New York, In 1842. He came to Oregon In 18&3. He first engaged In freighting business between The Dalles, Boise and Ogden. Later he constructed more than 500 miles of railroad for the Oregon Railroad &yNa vigation company, Northern Pacific and other railroads. He also built a system of railroads near Wnlla Walla with his own capital. He has mada his home in Portland for 20 years. He Is survived by his wife and four children, Charles W. and Guy U. of Half Way, Or.; C. C. Hunt of Nyssa, Or., and Lily M. Hunt, who has been making her home with her father. Thomas C. Devlin, receiver of ths Oregon Trust & Savings bank and cash ier of the German-American bank, Is In California for his health. That Is known. He will not return to his home In Portland until after tho disposal by the courts of the criminal trial against W. H. Moore and other directors of tha Oregon Trust & Savings bank. That U" believed. It Is freely asserted that he is stay ing away because th strain to which he would be subjected as a witness at that trial, having been subpoenaed as such, would be greater than his strength could bear. Many Cnuinal Things. That is also believed, and. the belief comes from the allegation that there ara many things so unusual, so mysterious and so out of line with the course of conduct normally expected of him receiver, that he could not well explain them with credit to himself or satlsfac- -tlon to the court or to the depositors of the Oregon Trust & Savings bank. .- From the examination of the records of transactions under the receivership, it is charged that Mr. Devlin and. through him. the German-American bank, maris - preferred--creditors, of a large number of persons who had claims against the defunct Oregon Trust? that . he has paid out large sums of money In casfj to meet preferred claims dollar for dollar; that other depositors have been pushed back and practically forced to settle their claims for from 60 to 80 per cent of their face, that he and the German-American bank knowingly oper ated in conjunction with bond brokers In the purchase of claims against ths Oregon Trust below par; that the stock of the German-American bank has been Juggled, and many other things. Paid 938,000. It is charged, among other things, that some time before the German ' American bank took over the assets , and liabilities of the Oregon Trust & , (Continued on Page Two.) M'CARTHY SAVS HENEY IS LIAR San Francisco Labor Mayor Riled by Attack Made Upon Him by Ex-Prosecutor. , COURT TELLS GRAND JURY PUBLIC BUGS ARE VIOLATING ORDINANCE Violation of the law requiring doors on public buildings and all places of amusement or business where large crowds gather to open outward was forcibly called to the attention of the grand Jury by Presiding Judge Morrow n the circuit court tills morning. You will see by a casual examina tion," said the court, "that this law Is not being observed, although it was passed about a year ago. This is an inportant matter, affecting the public safety, and It should receive your atten tion. Whether you shall return Indict ments for violation of the law or mere ly Investigate the conditions and pre pare the way for your successors in office is a matter for j'ou to determine for yourselves. "This law applies to all public build ings, theatres, halls and stores. I know myself of one theatre where, during a performance, the outer doors are barred with an iron bar. I have examined and seen that for myself. I think you will find that uffectlcally none of the the- atres or other places devoted to public use have complied with Ihe law." Judge- Morrow read the statute re garding prizefighting; to the grand jury, but offered no comment beyond Invit ing the nttentlon of tho jury to it. The local option law was also called Into tho vision of the Inquisitorial officers, and they were directed to return in dictments if lawhrenking by sale of liquor in dry precincts' is brought to tnelr notice. Frank Wllmot was appointed fore man or the grand Jury. Tho other members are W. F. Roberts. W. J. Zim merman, W. H. Scidmore, Warner Pet terson, Getfrge -Porgee and W. H. Black. The grand Jury will meet and begin work next Monday morning. It will have only one week of life, as tho Feb ruary term of court will expire next Monday. District Attorney Cameron says he has only four or five criminal casea to present, so the grand jury probably will find time to visit the theatres and public buildings and examine- the workings of the doors. i. 'I (United Press Leased Wire.) ', San Francisco, Feb. 26. The pot pourri of political squabbles, newspa per requiems over the recent "graft prosecution" and public attacks on champions of both sides in the con- ; troversy over municipal ownership of a street railway system has been en livened by the reply of Mayor P. H. McCarthy to a recent public attack of Francis J. Heney. McCarthy spent yes- : terday afternoon formulating his reply and the gist of it follows: "He was saying what was not true, , knowing that he was not telling tha truth, when lie made those remarks vn ' Wednesday evening. In other words, ,. he Is a liar. The only alliance exist ing Is that of P. H. McCarthy Wltlt the people to wit: For the' people' interest. What Heney does or does not say about me has absolutely no weight witn me. Any falsehood disseminated by Heney cannot disturb my useful ness to the people. "I havo my regards for the dead, ' and very seldom care to discuss uVnd ones. Heney seems to be under th impression about the people continue la ' think about him, and seems to thinlc w that there is nothing else to think about. The people's choice has been heard, as far. as that Is concerned. "I intend to do right as I think rtght and do not care what Heney think about me. I will also compel him hi do what is rtght. as I think I an. big enough to be mayor of alt th people of San Francisco, Heney includ ed. "As to my position with reference to Calhoun, the" records show, of tha car strike which Heney and Ms supf porters-and associates fought to biek, -v that I raised l"f,08t 50 through th San Francisco Building Trade eoint'll ' ' ' in five months,-to support out mei., , and fight the United Ha 11 roads. "His statement that I fought against the CJeary street road rn the meeting at the Building TradeH council Is pro I . a lie by the reference to my Ulk t that time. Three times I referred to Tveltrooe's point, lf In voters went . to work Instead of voting, and allowed the measure to rest with 4hir nelah hors, tbf issu woulqV b defeated.' Ht Heney is a dead ne, and h dot nut ' seem to 'realist It -w -