Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1903-1919, October 01, 1908, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Text0uraal Irousyin. SALEM. OREGON, Till'HSBAY, OCTOBER t, 11)08 NO. iill. TT AILROAD SREOP EN ATTACK ON LOW RATES 1 HAW FIGHTING TO GET UNDER IPENNSYLVANlF JURISDICTION mm DOES NOT HURT TAFT BONSAYSBRYAN POWERLESS realttd I'rfft Leased Wire.) ! iMtn Mns.. Oct. 1 - ThoniUB W. won, who Is 111 of In grtppo nt his est it Egypt, near this city, today, ltiiver to Inquiries about im 5i, ive out a statomcni snyinc a; u believes tho oxposo of Sonn v ranker, of Ohio, lins not hurt j.1 in the presidential campaign iiniiLawson'j way of explaining lit be l not so 111 that he is ran- Vw attend to his affairs. lie Foraker exposure, Lawfion d wtm only to allow President twt to throw Foraker over wind int himself dlroutly Into h li'tiflon (Continued ou pngo flvn. , MUST PAY BIG SUM OR GOTO JAIL ORDERED TO RE FUND $118,000 (United Press l.cuied Wire.) Goldllold, Nfcv., Oct. 1. -tho Ne vada supremo court having decided against his potltlon for a rehearing on n contempt chnrge, T. G. Lock hart, president of the Florence ,GoId llold Company, faces tlio alternative today of paying to tho Esmornlda district court tho sum of $118,000, claimed by tho Florence- Mining Com pany, or going to Jnll. This Is but ono feature of n suit of the Florence Mining Company against the Florence Goldllold Company, in volving over n million dollars. The amount nwaidod U due on n' ship ment of ore. "oi which the Goldllold company rof'ised to pay. A counter claim for damages Ib ponding. mm.m DEMOCRAT WRITES TO ROOSEVELT t e ADMINISTRATION 15 ATTAGKED (United Press Lciucd Wire.) Los Angeles, Cal., Oct. 1. Demo crats hero today arc nwnltlng with Interest President RoosovoU'b roply to a letter sont him by Adam Dixon Warner, better known as "Silver Dick," in which it was nlloged that tho present administration and tho ono preceding it, know that a "pool ing nrgroomont" existed hotwoeu tho Southern California railroad (tho Santa Fo system) and tho Sou thorn Pacific Company, In violation of the was Inducted into ofllco nine mouths after tho signing of this contract. That thla contract wnH and always has been a 'pooling agreement,' in violation of tho law, has boon public ly known by you and your ad minis- MINISTER IAMENDE0 TOLE NINE COMPLAINT MILLIONS FORMER JUSTICE IN DENMARK (United Preis Vtnn Wln. Copenhagen, Oct. 1. Having fixed tho nmount of his nctual thofts at from $9,000,000 to $10, 000,000, tho Danish government Is attempting today to determine- to what oxtont the defaulting former minister of Jus tice, Albortl, profited by tho snlo of titles and decorations, In which ho Is nsiortcd to have dono a wholesale business for years. The inquiry promises to be Intense ly embarrassing to scores of promi nent men, whoso elovatlun to the ur Btocracy Is said to have cont.T-d on payment or heavy sums, which lit- nf forwards lost, along with his sten' Ings, in unlucky .iwillutlon. Tin ''till wlji which tho mlnUtor cov .Md up these transactions Is norl otik han'llenpplug tho lnvoHtlijatori. Frou Alburti himself they oro getting 'Ittle assistance, tho culprit having uttorlycollnpsod since his surrondor , to tho police. Phv-lr-inns sny thnro ) Ik no pretense concerning tho partial I loss of , his memory, and It Is the gon lerul opinion that ho will not live to I be punished. IS FILED TO QUASH HEPBURN MEASURE WONDERFUL BARGAINS In Ladies' Coats, Suits, Millinery, Dress Goods and Silks it Wo .ell the- unoiR, Jh our low itrlirs that does It, LAWKS' SUITS Priced Away Down $H.no, $io.5o, $f.no, $1-1.30 ami up. LAWKS' COATS Going at Small Prlcoo $1.05, $(1.00, $H.ftO $10.50 ami up. MISSES COATS At Bargain Prjcos $3.50, $1,50 $(1.50 mid up. DHESS C200DS Now Is Your Time for Bargains Yd. 25r, 35c, 40c anil up DUKSS AND WAISTIXG SILKS Going at Smnll Prices Vil il3c, !Wc, 10c ami up .Cliiaigo Store Salem, Ore. law. Tho lottor nUo scoros tho ad ministration for exchanging valu able timber In Oregon uud Cnllforn'.i for property which, tho writer al logos, wiib known to bo worth Iobb. Warner enclosed u copy of tho al- logcd pooling agreement, which boars the date of Juno 1, 189G, and was signed on behalf of tho Southern Cal ifornia railway by Paul Morton, sec ond vlco-presldont, nnd for tho South orn Paclile by J. C. Stubbs, third vlco-presldont. This ngreomont, ho doclnred to bo in plain violation of the Shormnn law, which has boon In forco for nearly 22 years. Tho loi ter In part says: "You havo beon President of tho United States for sovon years. Your predecessor, whose policies you car ried out In your first administration tratlou, and tho ono preceding It, and the entire peoplo of the country during nil this tlmo. Tho Paul Morton who slgnod thU contract was afterwards placed In your cnblnotf and for several years he held a cabinet position. "You ny in your lotter to Mr. Ilry an that you and your administration I haB destroyed a number of trusts. "Will you explain to tho American people what action you havo ever taken to dostroy this pooling agree ment ono of the grontost, most far reaching and vicious trusts In Amorl ca? And ono that cost the peoplo of California $25,000,000 annually In oxcess'vo freight rates? "In addition to this will you ex plain to tho American people why hundreds of thousands of acres of worthless lands hold by those com natiles that woro Included In the San Jacinto nnd other westorn forest re serves (landB that wero and are ab solutely worthless) have bepn ex changed for hundreds of thousand! of acres of tho most valuahlo timber lands In Orogon and California, to the ndvantago and benotlt of those nllroad corporations of hundreds of millions of dollars? "And whethor or not that trans action had anyth'ng to do with Mr. Harrlmnn's subscription and dona tions to tho Now York campaign fund of $268,000. at your roquou and Mr. Harrlmnn's later donation of $25Q,000 moro chocks for which ho exhibited In N'ow York to the Now York Herald, mediately after your nretended falling out with Mr. Har-rlman?" KIDNAPED FHOM IDAHO OX 1.I1IKL CIIAKOli (I'nltoil l're l-flfed Wlr i Snokam. Wash., Oct. I. -Maurice FlWinaurlc. editor of a er in Gar Held county. Is today In tho custody of tho authorities of 'Dayton, Wash ington , on a libel charge after being a principal in an exciting kidnaping i plsode In which ho was dashed across the Idaho-Washington state line last night. ' (United Press Lcnicd Wire.) San Francisco, Oct. 1. Charging that tho Interstate Commerce Com mission misconceived tho Hepburn rate law In assuming tho power to compel n railroad company to moot water competition, and to forco a carrlor to iiBiumo what Is tcrmod nn unreasonable low rato. tho attorneys for tho Southern Pacific railroad and tho Orogon Hallway & Navigation company tills morning Died nn amend ml complaint bofore- the United Stntos circuit comrt In the Oregon luinbor rate enso, i(nd the legal bat tle which wu lost to tho railroad com pnny yesterday will ho rcoponod In court this afternoon', when the attor neys tor Loth r'l lll begin argu ment on the iiuw bill. The attorneys for the Interstate Commerce Commission announced today that thoy will fllo a demurrer to tho amended hill of tho railroad attorneys, nnd-tho nrgument. wlllbu on tins iiemiirror. The amended bill filed today moro explicit than tho original potltlon for an Injunction asked for by the rail road company, and tho railroad at torneys hope to roopou the question ns to tho roaBonablonoss of the rnto on tho hearing on this bill. Hat' Almost Confiscatory. The now bill contend.! that the In torstnto Couimorco Commission has put tho rnto on luinbor from' tho WIN Ininetto rlvor valley to San Francisco bay points so low, that It amounts al most to confiscation, Tho attorneys for tho railroad companies do not contond that the rato Is confiscatory, but say that It Is so nearly confisca tory that It comes Into "the pool of Tantalus." Tho bill further alleges that It can bo shown that the lumber men In tho affected area derive a profit of $2,000,000 annually from tho luinbor buslnos-, whllo tho railroad gets $00,000 from tho shlpmont of luin bor. Tho railroad company Is entitled to a countorvlow of the acts of the Intorstato Couimorco Commission by tho very language of tho Jlopburn law, says tho complaint, nnd'iinloss sueh examination Is granted hero, tho rnilroad company will bo deprived of nu Inquiry into the reasonableness of tho rato. Tho Southern Pacific attorneys take tho attitude that yostorday's decision simply compelled thorn to fllo a moro explicit complaint and think they can force another de cision of tho constitutionality of the rato law. Luther M, Waller, attorney for tho Intorstato Comniorco Commission, will fllo n now doimirrer on tho ground that tho court has nlrondy docided that tho law Is constitutional and that the rnilroad must uttack tho methods of the commission In making tho rnto, and not tho law Itself, unless they are willing to tako the ground that tho new rate is actu ally confiscatory. The law tnakos nmplo provision for tho safeguarding of tho interests of tho railroads, Walter holds, with out turning federal courts into rate making bodlos. o LETTEHS CO TO IUHTAIN FOR TWO CENTS New York, Oct. 1. Outgoing stoamers today carried large consign ments of mall for Groat Ilritnln, as the rostilt of the decreased postago rates. The liner Amerika cnrrlqd 6G1 sacks and the Baltic took 110 Micks of lettors hoarlug two-cont stamps. Under the now agreement, begin ning today mnll for an postofllco In the United States can be sent to any it of the Ilrltlih Islos for tho do meetlc rate of two cents per outico. The rate ye-turday was five cents. BLOCK OF TOWX IS Bl'ltXKI) C'hico, Cal.. Oct. 1. Sevon fnml IIph were rendered homeless by a fire that destroyed all the houses on a block on Mulberry street early today The loss is estimated ui $25,000. DETECTIVE DEMANDS PRISONER BUT WHITES SLAV ER IS HELD (United Pre Lwwcd wire.) Whito Plains, N. Y Oct. 1.- Tho light to tuko Harry Thaw out of Now York stato through orders Issued in his bankruptcy enso at Pittsburg, be gan In earnest today whon Hogor O'Mara, trustee of Thaw's ostato, nr rlvod hero with his attorneys and Is sued a writ ou Sheriff Lane, ordorlnij him to turn Thaw over to tho Pouii-' sylvnnla authorities.' v Sheriff Lnue refused to rocognlzo the writ, and declined to surrondor tho pi-honor. O'Mara, formerly chief of detectives of Pittsburg, was em ployed bb Thaw's prlvato dotectivo during IiIh trltilB. Ho mndo a vigor hub demand for the release of tljo prisoner, r.l Sheriff Lane was firm In his rofusul. He said ho coujd not I'l'i'ognlrp the writ, coming from nn othor stato. O'Mk'h then sot out lmmdlatolv I lor Scrauton. Pa., whoro Judge Arch-jboldr-who Issued tho Ordor,- is hold I lug court today, and will endeavor to obtain an order for tho nrrost of Sheriff Unto ou tho chnrgo of con tempt of court. It Is believed tho Now York authorities will support tho sheriff In his attitude, and n hot legal battle may result. KIHST SAKE HOBBKItY IX MIXING CAMP Tonopnh, Nov., Oct. 1. Tho HrHt safe robbery evor recorded in tho Navadn goli camps was committed todny, whon robbers crnckod tho wife In tho Stag saloon nt Manhattan, near hero. Tho burglars scoured $000 and two gold watches, the property of W. 12. Stanley and his brother, Harry, who conduct a gambling place nj. Mnnhat-' tan. Hobhors havo frequently hold up snlooiiB crowded with pooplo, and robbed them In tho approved wild Wostorn fnshlou, but this Is tho first tlmo a "safo-cracklng Job" has over beon reportod. --4 DOUBT AS TO DEMOCUATIO NOMINEE IX WASHINGTON Olyntpln, Wash., Oct. 1. Who la Justly entitled to tho Democratic iiohi Inatinn for govornor Of the state of Washington, John PatMson, of Col fax, or A. J. Bfilawn, of North Yak ima? This question probably never will be setUed to tho natl-factlon of all the politicians, who are Just now showing they are much Interested In the mattor, , On tho fnco of tho roturnB of tho roceut primary election, Pattlson will rocolvo loss than 200 moro votes than Splawn on combined first nnd second choice. Yet accompanying features liidicuto thnt thero will ho a discrep ancy of more than in 00 vote bo twoou the total first choice and tho total second choice votes cast for this nomination. Tho fact that If tho votos ore prop erly counted, first and second cliolco should exactly equal raits a sorloub doubt ou tho question us to which is tho nominee. Pattlson has been conceded to ho tho nominee of tho Democrats, and has already hftgiiu his campaign. MONTANA LEVIES CATTLE OVA HAXTIXE (Palled I'rrtm (.ennui Wire.) Butto, Mont., Oct. 1. It wni an nounced today that this stato will ad ml,L nn shlpmenta of entile from tho Dnkntai or Wyoming as long as an thrax Is euhlomlo In those states. Tho new ruling will bo onforced rig nlly under, orders I med by tho state iiuthorltlob. COMPANY IN UKOHIVEU'S HANDS IS SOLVENT H'nllfd I're" I.eneil Wire I Minneapolis, Minn., Oct. I. The "lllshury Washburn Flour Mlllliu Company, which went into tho bunds of revivors 'about two mouths ug, has aaiOta over and above Its llabll -tics to the amount or $1,146,630. ac cording to the reports made toduy by expert accountants.