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..1 THE DAILY JOURNAL IS TWO CENTS A COPY Sunday Journal 5 cents: or 15 centa i week,, for Daily and Sunday Jour nal, by carrier, delivered. .. The weather Fair tonight and. Thursday; westerly winds. JOURNAL CIRCULATION YESTERDAY WAS ' VOL. IX. NO. 15. PORTLAND, OREGON, WEDNESDAY EVENING. MARCH 23, 1910-TWENTY-TWO PAGES. PRICE TWO CENTS. ,wrVVBcM 7 4 ' : " " . r'"- ,.....u,-, ,,,!.;, 1, ' ' ' . i . ' " , , . 1 1 , ---w m" - APPROVES BROADWAY t ' ill 3kr IM NUNS MEASURE TO FOIL 10 DELAY II LOCK MONOPOLY UP OF CONSTRUCTION Sale of Bonds, Right of Way Suit and Permission to Build Across Railway Grounds Are Matters Pending. CITY READY TO BEGIN PRELIMINARY WORK War Department" Formally Ap proves Plans Action Is Final. I Waihlnstcn Bureau of The Journal.) Washington. March 23 The wr de partment today formally approved the I'lsns for thi Urondwav bridge. The action Is final so far as the federal gov rnmrnt Is concerned. Now that the Broadway bridge plana hnf been approved by the war depart ment at Washington, three things re main to be done locally before actual i'oni ruction can be commenced. Ktit. and most Important, Is tbe sale nf the bonds. An amended bill filed In 1 r u 1 1 court by Frank . Klernan. oppos ing the bonds, must first be disposed of it Is believed that this matter may he speedily adjudicated Second, Is the pressing of the right of way suit brought against the dock owned by Maria Flanders. It Is neces sary to cut through this dock about In Its center. -Mayor Stinon, Judge Munly, and others Interested In the success of the Broadway bridge construction plana, have declared that delay has been brought about In the granting of ths right-of-way, because of the reluctance of the owner to grant any concession without liberal compensation. Third, la the securing of the railroad company s permission to build across the terminal grounds. Mayor Simon has announced that he will not hear to the granting of any further concessions In the matter of the new railroad bridge until permission to build the west ap proach of the Broadway bridge serosa the termlnftl grounds has been granted by the railroad company. City Beady to Begin Work. The city is ready to proceed with the work. Engineer Weldtnan, representing Mr. Modjeskl, Is already busy with the plans. His office Is at the foot of Broad way. Telegrams came from Senator Jona than Bourne to Judge Munly last night, confirming the announcement that the chief engineer of the war department had approved the plans. "All that remains now," said Judge Munly, "Is to see to the routing, filing of the plans and the adjustment of other uetalls. It Is assured that there will be no federal opposition to the plans." MOTE Bourne Obtains Rivers and Harbors Amendment Provid ing for Purchase, or New Locks at Willamette Falls. KELT TELLS TEACHER'S STORY $300,000 FROM NATION AND SAME FROM STATE Purchase Old Locks or Build ing of New, at Discretion of Secretary of War. (Washington Bureau of The J in mil.) Washington, March 23. After three weeks" of hard work, Senator Bourne this morning succeeded In Inducing the senate commerce committee to accept an amendment to the rivers and har bors blU providing for the purchase of the Oregon City locks or the building of new locks around Willamette falls, In the discretion of the secretary of wsr. Although the amendment must yet pass the senate, so far as known, no one will object. The bill will then go -to conference. Bourne's amendment In full Is: "For the purchnse of existing cnnal ocks taround Willamette falls. Ore gon city. Or., or fur the purchasing of necessary lanfls and the construction of new cnnal locks. In the discretion of he secretary of war. 1300,000:. Pro vided, that no part of this appropria tion shall be expended except for the acquisition of necessary land and rights of way and for such antece dent surveys and preliminary work as may be necessary In this connection. until the state of Oregon shall appro priate for the aforesaid purpose a like amount, and the purchase of the ex- sting canal locks or the actual con duction of new canal locks shall not be undertaken until the secretary of war shall be satisfied that the ' state of Oregon will deposit said amount in the treasury of the I'nlted States in such sums and at such times as he may require. Provided, further, that the treasurer of the United States is hereby authorised to receive from the state of Oregon any and all sums of money that, have been or may hereafter be appropriated by said tate for the purchase herein set forth, and when so received said sums hereby appropriated for said purpose to be expended under the direction of the secretary of war and the supervision of the chief of en gineers." , (United Prats Lease Vr.) Luxor, Egypt, March 2i., Colonel Roosevelt made his last public appear ance here this afternoon when he ad dressed the teachers and pupils of the American Presbyterian Girls' School mission. His remarks were along the same lines as other addresses made dur ing his trip through the land of the Pharoaha. He praised England's rule of the country and complimented the missionaries for their civilizing work, in the east and In Africa. The 'colonel spent the morning hours In his apartments at the hotel prepar ing the lectures he Is to deliver while In Europe. He left Luxor for Cairo at 7 o'clock today. At the station he was greeted by the American residents, who had as sembled to give him a godspeed on his Journey. Butte's Mayor Denounced, Rpedal DUiiatrb to The Journl. Butte. Mont.. March 23.-In a most remarkable set of resolutions the Hi- publican city convention yesterday sf fternoon denounced Mayor Charles P. Nevln as maintaining city headquarters In the California Brewery saloon snd wine room Joint, which resort the mayor owns and In which he maintains his office. A captain of police and another officer are denounced for going to Helena and shooting up the town, for which they were arrested. Eight can didates for aldermen were nominated... COLONEL ROOSEVELT IN A HAPPY MOOD S 0 1 LANE SOUNDS ! NOTE OF WARNING BIG STRIKE MAY IT BE CALLED Californians Must Unite on Ex position Site, He Says Los Angeles Mediator. (United Preci Leased Wire.) Los Angeles, March 23. Interstate Commerce Commissioner Franklin . K. Lane sounded a note of warning today when he declared that If the people of California did not unite Immediately upon a site for the proposed Panamn exposition. New Orleans would get the plum. "It is absolutely certain that the gov ernment wtW not make appropriation for two expositions to celebrate the completion of the canal," Lane said. "The people of New Orleans have al ready obtained appreciable results through the work of the commission they sent to Washington. Unless Call fornlans can get together and settle this intercity controversy at once, the Pacific coast may, as well give up all hope of being hostKlo"tle world in 1913." Railroads and Firemen Have Practically Agreed on Plan of Settlement. Chicago, March 23. Although the danger of a strike of 27,000 railway firemen on western roads has not been entirely eliminated, It Is considered Im probable that the men will go out. Both the railway general managers' committee and the officials of the Brotherhood of Firemen have practical ly agreed on a plan of settlement and the outlook for peace Is brighter to day than at any other time since the strike was voted. OFPHAROAHLAND I . ' " s Ix ; V :.;':. - f- A n rnnniT m air ma inn 01 nniinio h:iy;- ;: y n LLuntni hi am inuun oluuuivi o iwiiiiiiM PHrVrHVK rH Wlrr Kill HI IN LT---- i i iiLULiiiLu i iiuiis mi l itiLLLu 111 fmm-Tmt mw m IIFI If I ITA NAIINTI IT" k , V ..".'.'..' I nni ji I mill i iiiiii i w nn i ii ami win b ii ai:?;. -- mm nutrt tu w uMUKn k TN N SOLVENT N JANUARY 1 908 After Lively Legal Tilt Won by Prosecution, C. B. Pfahler, Expert Accountant Gives Damaging Testimony. DEFICIT OF $72,860.27 JANUARY 9, 1908 On That Date Witness Found Assets of $2,135,594.88; Liabilities $2,208,455.15. HILL WILL EXTEND UNITED RAILWAYS TO TILLAMOOK BAY Line Now Built to Town of Bur lington Will Be Extended Along Wilson River; Tunnel Being Built in Rich Valley. SURVEYING PARTY NOW ENGAGED IN THE WORK W. H. Swett, as Result of 15 Years' Experimenting, Dis covers Process Which May Revolutionize Industry. Centuries ago Egyptians preserved flesh, fish and cereals, so that when the pyramids were opened In modern times, grain taken therefrom grew; small animals, moistened by rain, re sumed their original size, and the meat In appearance was fresh. "I have discovered the secrets of the ancient Egyptians," said William H. Swett, 194 East Seventh street north, yesterday. His works were evidences of his sin cerity. He had taken roses and let them wither for a year. Then the pet- Automobile Struck by Trolley Car at a Washington Suburb General Franklin Bell Is Slightly Injured. (Continued on Page Two.) Los Angeles, March 23. The Los An geles chamber of commerce may act as mediator between San Francisco and San Diego in the Panama exposition con troversy, according to a statement to day by Its president, Joseph Scott. "Our consent to act as an umpire In the dispute followed a request from " ( Jeneral Collier, director general of the Kan Diego fair, in behalf of the corn-1 mlttee of business men of that city which he represented. While our or ganization had already Indorsed the San Diego project, many of the members later declared their belief that San Francisco was the logical site. There fore. .'I believe we are competent to handle the matter In a Judicial and lm- j partial manner.' All arrangements for the arbitration, Scott stated, m-ust be made by repre sentatives of the waring cities. The reprpspntativest hat will be choRen by the local chamber will merely Attend a conference and sit as umpires. It was reported here today that San Francis co's committee had already signified Its willingness to abide by the decision ot the IOs Angteles chamber. , .- . Cleveland, Wash., Growing. H visum. Wash., March 23. A lumber yard, planing mill and shingle mill are Improvements to bo Installed at Cleve land In eastern Klickitat county. REFERENDUM AGAINST 0. R. a N. ORDINANCE IS ASSURED, LONG PETITION IS FILED (t'dted Prea Leased Wlra.) Washington, March 23 Mrs. H. J. Slocum, wife of Major Slocum, U. S. A.. stationed at Governors' Island, N. T., was killed today in an automobile acci dent. The automobile was struck and demolished by an lnterurban car In a suburb north of this city. General Franklin Bell, chief of staff of the army, was In the machine. He escaped with slight Injuries. Mrs. Slocum died within 15 minutes after the collision. General Bell sustained a deep scalp (Continued on Page Two.) Colonel lloosevelt, showing himself as absolutely de-c-lighted with everything as he returns from the African Jungle to civilization. Be low is a biiKy scene at the water front at Khartoum, where Kooae velt arrived. The bird is "Clarice," a pet of the Sirdar's palace, where Colonel Itoosevelt was staying. Car toonist Fisher, the creator of Mutt and Little Jeff, got his idea for "Clarice," Jeffs pet duck, from the famous Clarice of Sirdar. CANADA AFTER State Senator Dan Kellaher demon strated Just how easy It was to get signers to his referendum petition for the repeal of the ordinance vacating portions of Oregon and Adams streets to the O. R. & N. company when he filed with the city auditor yesterday a document signed by 3882 voters of Portland, asking that the ordinance be referred. The necessary number of signers Is only 2693. but so eager were the people to affix thejr signatures that 1189 more than were needed were se cured by the circulators of referendum petition sheets. The Hlgnatures were obtained in about four days. The time for filing the referendum has not expired yet, but Mr. Kellaher and other-members of the East Side Business Men's club took no chances of the council's rescinding the ordinance today In order to nullify th&jwork of the referendum circulators, if the pe tition had not been filed before the council meeting today it would have been possible for that body to repeal the vacation ordinance and there would have been nothing to refer, thus ren dering Ineffective the referendum pe tition. The council could have then called another meeting and passed an other ordinance to give the railroad company valuable city streets for noth ing. Owing to the cleverness displayed by tnerrienns or the referendum, however the vacation ordinance is now effect ually tied up until an election can bt held and a vote of the people taken to decide whether the measure la to be killed or perpetuated. MEAT TRUS TS Government May Take Over Packing Plants Americans at Head of the Trusts BIG MILL SALE IS CONFIRMED After a keen legal battle between Dep uty District Attorney Fitzgerald and ('. V. Fulton, who Is defending W. H. Moore, the Indicted ex-prralltnt of the Oregon Trust Havings hank on trial In the circuit court. C B Pfahler, an expert accountant, was permitted Just before noon today to testify that th.j bank was insolvent as shown by an ex amination of its assets and liabilities in January, 19011 Fulton used his utmost effort to shut out the testimony of Pfahler. who had experted the books of the bank under employment by Louis J. Wilde, prior to the making of the deal whereby the German-American bank took over the affairs of the Oregon Trust. This tes timony is Important because it follows and confirms the statements made by Receiver Thomas C. Devlin yesterday as to the bank's condition. Part Taken by Moore. It was also shown that Moore him self had a part In estimating the values of the bank's securities, having made out a list that was used In preparing the Pfahler report. Pfahler testified that he found the assets on January 9, 1908, to be 12,136,- 694.88 and the liabilities 13,208.466.18, a deficit of 172.860.27. But In the list of assets appears the valuation of the Moore lands at $116,900, which were never a part of the assets of the bank, but were turned over after the failure, and a valuation of $101,606.26 on Home telephone stock, rating it at 26 cents per share. The state contends this stock was worthless. Subtracting the telephone stock and the Moore lands, but rating the telephone bonds at face value, the bank deficit would be $290,- 366. One witness for the defense was heard this morning by permission of the court to accommodate George H, Mayes, once In charge of the Golden Eagle, who de sired to leave the city. From him Ful ton endeavored to prove the stock of the Golden Eagle, properly managed. would have paid up its creditors. Part of General Plan. This was part of the general plan of the defense to discredit the manage-, ment of Receiver Devlin and show he did not make the most out of the assets. Judge Bronaugh ruled out the things the defense most wanted to bring out from Mayes, who was placed In charge of the Golden Eagle by the Oregon Trust In July, 1907, after Its badly In volved state had been confessed by Lowlt. Lowlt had surrendered the management. This was when -the Gold en Eagle overdrarts on cne Dante naa run up to $101,000. and Deputy District Attorney Fitzgerald gained from Mayes the admission that an arrangement ex isted with the bank from the time he took charge whereby further overdrafts were permitted. Mayes said these further overdrafts were to be settled from the dally, re ceipts of the store. Some of the cred itors of the Golden Eagle were offer ing to take 40 and 60 cents on the dollar for their claims, he said, and he was permitted to make overdrafts to settle with them up to the time the receiver took charge. Tries to Qualify Hayes. Fulton tried to qualify Mayes to tes tify as to the value of the Golden Eagle stock. He had made no Inventory, and the most of his experience had been In Route From Glenwood Not Def initeJy Known; May Follow. Dairy Creek. Built Shortly Tillamook bay Is one of James J. Hill's Important objective points In western Oregon, and early resumption of work on the projected extension of the United Railway down Wilson river will mark the first move In this direction. a surveying pany or so men is now In the field, and It Is believed that active construction will begin this summer. Hill gained control of the United Railway several months ago and at that time it was supposed by many that ha had acquired It only for the ter minal facilities which It would afford In Portland and as a means of access to the waterfront in the west side busi ness district. But subsequent develop ments showed that his plans were much more far reaching. won on Tunnel unaei way. The United Railway runs now a few miles beyond Linoton, to the little town -of Burlington, where a tunnel was to be driven through the hills Into the Tualatin valley. Not until very recently, however, was work actually commenced upon the tunnel. It is now evident that It Is to be pushed to completion and; It Is supposed that the line will run westward to Gtendala. ajt nrlrlnntli projected. Whether the road will run northwest erly irom tiienwooa aiong uairy creex, y or whether a more southerly rout will be chosen. Is a matter of conjecture, but there is no doubt the purpose Is to make connection with 'the valley of Wilson river, following that stream down fo Tillamook bay. Route Is Feasible. It Is believed by railroad men that the route chosen is far more feasible than that of the P. R. & N., which Is vvniinuiiij nuvnii cm o uu uj iiti iuau, ntiu which is a part of the Harrlman sys tem. Heavy grades and sharp curves characterize the Lytle road and will of necessity seriously lessen Its value as a means of transportation for the Tillamook region. The United Railway, on the other hand, will follow a water grade for more than half Its length. If Hill fol lows his usual custom the railroad will be built in the most approved style' of modern construction and will be capable of handling the immense traffic which ; the territory is expected to develop. CALIFORNIA STATE VACCINATION LAW MAY BE UNCONSTITUTIONAL Change of Ownership of Aber deen Mill May Affect Han ify Line of Steamers. (United Precis Ideated. Wire.) Winnipeg, Man.. March 23 Public ownership of the packing houses of Canada Is one of the plans of the gov ernment meat commission, meeting here today. The commission was appointed to Investigate charges that a meat trust, fostered by American packers. Is oper ating in Manitoba. The commission first recommended that an abattoir bo established by the government for the slaughter of ani mals at slight public Post. Later It Is expected that the government will go ino 'the whole business of meat pack ing and that It may take charge or ap point a number of packing house supervisors. (United Press Letced Wire.) Aberdeen, Wash., March 23. The sal of the big American mill to Edward Hulbcrt of this city and Subden & Chrlstlanson of San Francisco, by J. R Hanify of San Francisco was confirmed today. 'The new owners are also Inter ested In the old United States mill, now known as the Hulbcrt. The transac tlon may have Its effect on the Hanify line of steamers, operating between Grays Harbor and California ports. Ileine Case April. 25. New York. March 23. Judge Holt has announced that on April .'5 he will hear testimony on the merits of the Indictments returned by the federal grand Jury against F. Augustus Helnze. The Indictments resulted from a fede ral Investigation of the United Cop per company. $500 an Acre for Unimproved- Land. Husum, Wash.. March 23. J. C. Ham ilton of British Columbia, purchased a 0 acre tract yesterday from R. D. Cameron, three miles down the river, for $600 per acre. The land la unimproved, I i . 'V' - , (Continued on Page Five,) WANT INSURGENTS T ON COMMITTEE (United Press Leased Wire.) Santa Cruz, Cal., March 23. According to a decision of Super ior Judge Lucas F. Smith the California state vaccination law Is unconstitutional. The ruling was made in connection with a petition of the state board of health for a write of mandate to exclude all public school pupils from the Watsonvllle schools who had not been vac cinated. The petition was de-,: nied on the ground that the law was discriminatory. ' . DM JOHNSON Representative Hayes De mands That Rebels Be Rep resentedMay Win. (United Preo Leased Wire.) Washington, March 23. The demand of Representative K. A. Hayes, one of the leading house insurgents, that the Insurgents should be represented on the rules committee in ratio to their nu merical strength, is being seriously con sidered by the revolting wing of the Republican party today. The majority of the insurgents seem ingly do not care for representation on the committee. Hayes, however, har come out flat-footed and declared that insugents are entitled to at least two seats on the rules committee. He wants to occupy one of ttiem. . Hayes is the chairman of the cam paign committee and of the floor com mittee, and Is likewise one of the floor leaders. It is said he may succeed' in ffalnlnar the desired positron. OF TO EUROPE Ex-Mayor of Cleveland to Bo Examined bySpecialists Malady Not Stated. (United Prets Leased Wire.) New York, March 23. Tom -Johnson, former mayor of Cleveland, sailed today for Europe on the liner Mauretania. Am Johnson walked up the plank to hoard the steamer he appeared to be weak and looked like a ghost of his former self. His health Is broken from continued illness of several months. He was accompanied by Mr. and Mra, Joseph Fels of Philadelphia. ; Johnson refused to be Interviewed. He said, however, that Js i to b Fi-lV guest while in Europe. - Johnson will be examined by European specialists, in connection with the malady which Is re 'sponsible for his poor 'health. The nature, of the dl) is being kt,$ secret.; .' -XU'-' : ' i v-'.-'-V,;' - i Johnson did not slate when he ' t pected to return: to the United ft(, 4 :