The Seattle Star Newspaper, August 8, 1908, Page 3

EA HARRIMAN 6 IN ACTUAL CONTROL TODAY OF RAILROADS THAT SPAN THE NATION, HAVING ZLINGL AMBITION,” WEST CALLS GOULD DEFEAT A GREAT PUBLIC DISASTER ) a SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. §.—-Har-;trade and chambers of commerce. ; ated ones bag riman’s victory over Gould wit | But while they celebrated, Harri J man worke: » of the financial | >Fing Kreat disappotntment to the copies at ime tie viens ro ago Edward | west. It will be regarded as @ dle | rerivet his grasp on the coast. For that the = fag ~ months it seemed that Harriman Re would con-| Harriman’s coup means that alli was overlooking the altuation tal railroad | present hope of real railroad compe-| Gould went on with his track build the railroad | titien to and from the west may 4% ing But Harrin He has fought well be abandoned. His monopoly |key jay in the Pacific coast termi war and won hie | Means that the Pacific coast states nal. Without that key Gould could patter than he predicted. are to be at his mercy, which is an | not unlock the commerce of the far pas ever been his undiscovered quantity. | went ee Only yesterday the prospects of | loomed up like this railroad competition seemed bright! As is his oustom when pressed. to the Pacific coast business man, | Harriman first turned to his polltt who had been the victim of impo |cal machine in California, It ls an sitions on the part of Harriman’s | organization without principle and aang Southern Pacific, unbeltev: | without mercy to eastern people, and because | : of the railroad king's hold on! Whee Gould attempted to get a politics and publicity, the com ins lap, and now | plaints of the victim shippers were bad spider has drag-|of no avail. The Southern Pacific ‘ his web, worked hand in hand with the San-/ ta Fe. Conditions were almost tn-| tolerable ,or all but the Rtandard | Oli and other favored corporation But Calffornia was with Gould, When along entne Gould. |tooth and toenail, and he finally got 1 will rescue the business men | !# terminal. ower of the west,” he promised will| Then it was that Harriman, un- § expertence.|put in my Western Pacific be wnted, began to lay the basis for the Gould prop-| tween Salt Lake City and San Fran-|the capture bodily of the Western actually now con-|cfico. Then you will see the fur! Pacific, which he did in character. OWnership cannot, of My. Besides opening a vast, rich |!stic Harriman style. Instead of but everywhere /country, | will establish real rail- | controlling the terminal and so tak admitted that Har-jroad competition, something un-|!ng toll of the Gould road, thereby the opportunity of-|known to the west and great south: | being able to bleed It to death at failure to enlist | west. he adopted the simpler but method of knocking stress of the! hour His name was toasted by as-|it in the head and appropriating tremendous | sociations of shippers, boards of | the carcass Western Pa- ’ yt 40 | Service.) Aug. &—-The with his 20,000 railway high the sting of Czar ge harpoon, «Another th waged and won to ganyon. Harriman is today of the rail mm. the nation | the full his daz} ha ie nervous hand Qnaacier controls Vator and nes, Oregon | : & Alton, was #0 across the bay from San Francie the Harriman-controlled state leg tslature of California fought him by every means known to rafiroad poll Uetans the financial game, Agere oy the on a Wall st. training to Oakland, Cal. 1 am just confplet- tag the inst link of the structure from Salt Lake west. to build or| “In a year I would have finished times | {t, but meantime the people of thie e way |Country hed beep enraged and the his capt! gold of _—- had ee horo: by the revelations of the fren: . is prtsonge say ance of railroad mantpulators.|P8Per. perhaps, will be coming e is swallowing a bitter | Distrust followed, and the railroad a“) ae so announce to the says: “We have ac-| builder suffered for the sins of the | ¥orld that Harriman says he Is go the superior quality of | manipulator. | found it impossible |'9% to buy every railroad in the ‘# abilities, and I be-/ to enlist sufficient capital here and | world See if they don't. That's stockholders of. the|! tried Europe. There I also fail-|‘R trouble In talking for a news ‘am interested |ed. Harriman is the master of the | Paper A man may give an exam ~{ situation, Hie xyetem from the At-|Pl¢ of some impossible Incident, and acquisition.” |lantic to the Pacific and also from |*0m¢ dreamer twists and turns it of saying: “1} the great Inkes to the gulf domi |*Toend until he gets it before the on: | nates my lines and must contro! my | Public as a fact forced me to sub-| Recently,” continued Harrim becanee I have to. pee J Tt te said in Wall st. that tn the! Japanese gover: near future every, Gould road will thats a eet "The have a Hurrimap representative in over the fact that some Japanese its directorate. If that if taken 48 /| cerictals called to see me, and some a proof of Harriman’s contro! of | question of Japanese bonds was up those lines, it would mean that bis) for public discussion party of capitalists would actually) 1 once said that if I could I | dominate 47,629 miles of railroad in| would buy all the railroads tn the the United States, with $1,426,819 | country, and 1 meant it But I 000 stocks and $2,018,126,000 bonds. | can’t—no man can, or any group of A representative saw Mr. Harrt-| men 1 think it would be a good man, Carefully avoiding but not thing for every one concerned if denying that he had Gould where | the ratiroads could be operated un- he wants him, Harriman sald: der & better system and under “I have yet to find or hear of the | standing But that is « long way man who made @ success by telling | off-—auch a plan.” of his plans before they were per “If the Union Pacific, Southern fected and put In operation. Pacific, Erie and the so-called “Will you admit, then, that ihe a Money Loaned (No Commission) On improved property « building purposes. Loa proved on plans and specifica ona. row. I might say I am going to buy every railroad in the country or the world. The public would no doubt be mildly Interested—-tnter ested to know how long It would be before | was under the care of phy sictans. “I suppose some one, some news call me up backing the Yea, sir, The report started £ | | the railroad situation knows it bas} been suggested.” | , “Will you admit that you have; the plan un hat it will materialize soon 7” | “| admit nothing,” answered Har. | iman, “Don't take any stock in a) ni ho tells the public what he is| going to do. The public is more in- terested in what he does; not what he te going to do. “Plenty of people in this country are going to do many (things, only o———< they always put it off until tomor- | ie || SUPERFLUOUS HAIR ‘This disfigurement and diteht Shing at ene a ime th te ja! preparation that positively removes halr without ecer or blem- lah VEN DRUG OO. Agente sth 14 Recon Av. for 2 ‘ NO DELAY IN CLOSING. MN \ vot A CAMPBELL 112 Columbia St. myn PUPA) vat) Ont yn % nA \ Private Safes Renters of our Safe Deposit Boxes are provid- With private rooms in which valuables may be ex Mmined, coupons cut, or consultation held, $4 and E SPWard per year, according to size. Our Vaults have protected by an arnied P Mebt watchman and vy other modern methods for _ome years past been Northwest Trust & Safe Deposit Co. Seattle, Wash. Wares ANDER A wai vier seCheTAnY & iH m knew that the) jterminal for hie line at Oakland, | REALIZED IN FULL HIS DAZ |}Gould lines were under one man j|agement, what would the effect be jon general transportation prob: Jems?” Harriman wan ‘asked. | “I don't know until the scheme n tried-—until it has been in pration for some tims,” was the Jreply, “I have an tdea what would happen. I think it would be good. T can tell better after it has been tried Will it be tried?” 1 don't know I don’t care to discuss tt, and by not discussing tt |1 do not mean to give any credit to jthe report. I just refuse to go Inte & public discussion of the question at this time | “A man tn the raflroad business ie naturally before the public went on Harriman. “I think the jUme has come when the public should understand conditions that confront the railroads of the coun try today. We certainly need a bet ter understanding all the way jaround, I think we should be on a | more friendly footing. And such a condition is bound to come. “We do not need more laws. we need the * that ox preed along sane lin Husinens jconditions have been tn an unsettled condition for # long time. Every one knows that. This condition has been brought about by a series of conditions that were wrong. I do not need to discuss them. The pub He knows about it as wel! as I do “If the so-called across the-contt nent railroad system is put through, it will be done with the idea that it Will be the best thing for the prop erties and for the public, or it won't go through-—that fs ome thing sure. And again I have not sald it will be put through--I say, afd say plainly, that ff [t does happen, the one Ides that will induce the men who would carry Out the plan, to make it « go, will be that it is a wise move for ev ery one.” “The political situation—will you discuss that, Mr, Harriman? “I wilt not.” and that ended the interview George Gould was seen at Missouri Pacific offices, He said Tam not at liberty to discuss any plans until they have been duly ap proved by the directors the lines The Wabash and the | Wheeltng & Lake as every ene knows, have been staggering un der & terrible load. This fact has caused complications The man |who tries to build or complete a |raflroad in bad times bas « job of | bie hands | “If a consolidation Is made with the Harriman roads, | think it would be of lasting benefit to all interests If the socalled Harriman roads could secure some of the outlets controtied by our system, thelr po [sition would be strength many jtimes over, and ff in return our roads had some of the connections of the Harriman roads, we would be te & position to’show improved re- the j ite ‘That te the situation as it ap pears to uw now What will be done I cannot say at this time, for 1 do not know” TRAIN WRECK WAS PLANNE (oz, United Press.) BELLINGHAM, Aug. § it baw Just leaked out that an attempt to wreck the Northern Pacific pas senger train due here at 10:30 Thureday night was made at Sun nyaide, on Lake Whatcom, a few miles southeast of this city. A section foreman found a huge pile of ties and railway iron on the track and flagged the traio. 4. 4. GINGLES, M. D, 40-92 Bye, Ear, Nese and Throat. sia Ss ts |Quintette of Royal] Neapolitans | Now at Hotel Savoy DIRECT FROM NEW YORK—BOTH PLAY AND SING Reserve Your Tables By Phone THE STAR--SATURDAY, AUGUST 8, 1908, RSPDERS W <j ed by ite trie iy be GEORGE J, GOULD. FOREST MONEY TO "BE APPORTIONED Announcement been has just made-of the amounts which each state containing national forests will recelve under the new law giv ing 26 per t of the grou re cetpts from forests to these states The total for the fiscal year is $447,068 Of this sum, Washington will wet $18,082.79, and Oregon $32 a9 The balance will be ap portioned among 15 other stat The law requires that this money be expended on public roads and schools by the counties which contain national forest land In thi# way the counties are com pensated for the reduction of tax able ares, brought about by the | existence’ of the forest reserves. COAL DEALERS Unless all users of coal In Se aud in to lay in thelr winter | suppl the elty will be tn {mtni. nent er of a repetition of the coal Ine of the fall of 1906, ac corditigo coal deniers, Coal con sumption has been light thie sum mer, despite lower prices, and as a resulty'when the time comes that the coal is In demand, there may be a startling deficit In coal sup plies, and prices will soar ap to the 1906 famine standard. High grade coals are now selling for $6.25 a ton, while cheaper grades are selling at $4.50, with nut at $2.50. There has been 25 cent advance in the latter grades since Aug 1. The light consumption has caused « close down in many of the mines which supply this market ‘ONLY ONE CASE OF THIEVING two Willlam Miller, assistant foreman of the Seattle Transfer Co. in to be prosecuted on a petit larceny jebarge for the mors] effect it will | bave on the reat of the office force. | according to Manager R. J. Keekle, of the company. Together with H. EB. Lippman, claim agent, Reekie does fot believe that any of the other employes have | been thieving. ‘PRIMARY LAW BEING TESTED IN ILLINOIS (By United Press.) CHICAGO, Aug. §.—The new di | rect primary law of Ilinois, dectar. js to be the most ef. fective instrument on statute book, te receiving its first t day. The initial trial of the jaw |precedes an election in which are |to be chosen & governor, general of |ficers of the state and a legisla |ture, which, In turn, wili choose a | United States senator and 26 repre sentatives REWARD FOR MURDERER. (By United Press.) ELLENSBURG, Aug. 8 Gov Mead@'Had offered a reward of $500 for the arrest of ZA\lavich, | who murdered Ed Theroff in a Mil |waukdée constriction camp east of this aity, It believed that the assasdty Ie being concealed by some lof his countrymen ANNOUNCES CANDIDACY Peter D. R. Bullock, of Spokane, now {in Seattle. s announced his can | didacy for nomination of st |insusidoe commissioher on the re-| | publican Ucket | Mr. Bullock has been engaged in the insurance business for nearly 22 years i VISITORS’ DAY AT THE NAVY YARD Tomorrow you can visit |ahips-at the Navy Yard tharleston, St. Louis, Tennessee Pennsylvania, Colorado and Wash ington are there. Boats leay foot of Yosler way, every Fare, round trip, 606, We make DE LUXE De Luxe » Ine. } 100 ARCADE) one | “SOUND ALARM t to} Catholles Gather in Boston. BOBTON, Aug. 8.—Hundred« of prominent Catholics arrived here | today to attend the seventh national convention of (he American Federa tlon of Catholic Societies whieh be gins tomorrow, The sessions will continue for three daya ‘Love Story of | Lovers will wend thelr way to the MPa Christian church tomor row evening to hear the pastor, Jo seph L. Garvin, deliver a mesnage eepectally for lovers, taking for his subject The Love Story of Inaac a dramatized Old Testament idyll POLICE SEEK COLLECTOR Onee caught appropriating the funds of the company by which he was employed and given a second chance, H. Berger was today charg ed with larceny by embezzlement tn & complaint sworn out by W. 8 Grinsfelder, the wholesale cigar dealer at 04 Mirut ay, 8. Berger seoured $100 on hin ffret try, but was allowed to make good Last Monday he was sent out to col lect several large sums, most of which were paid In checks Joe Wilber, on King st., how pald his bill of $36.40 in cash it disappeared with the collector Berger was seen last at the race |track on Tuesday, when It is sate he was more or less under the in fluence of Hiquor, The police are now on the lookout for him HEAR FROM THE GRENLOUIS. er and The British ship Greniouls, which jleft Beattie on March 30 with a load of grain for the United King dom, passed the Lizard yesterday according to a dispatch received by | the Merchants’ Exchange. ‘TO PUSH WORK ON PIPE LINE | Grant Smith Co lthe contract for constructing the second Cedar river pipe Mne, was |today given permission by the board of public works to erect and main |taln work camps within the city | imite along the right-of-way for the proposed pipe line. Work on the second pipe line is \to be rushed as rapidly as possible and before another summer season arrives Supt. Youngs says that all danger of a water famine during the hot months will be ended which secured “OFFICIALS INSPECT RAILWAY TERMIN Several Canadian Pacific railroad | jofficials arrived in Seattle last |night, and this morning A. B Calder, local representative of the railroad, took the men to inspect |the local terminals and the new | wharf. | The party consisted of Wm White, second vice president; J. A M. Aikens, solicitor; C. E. EB. Usher jassistant traffic manager; T. C Irving, manager of Bradstreet's, from Winnipes Cap J W. Toup, general superintendent Victoria, and EB. J. Coyle, general [passenger agent, Vancouver. Mem bers of the party state that no ac | tion war taken on the rate war be eae Seattie and Victoria and Van couver, B. C. PARKHURST FAILS TO GET BAIL | R. FP Parkhurst, confessed em | beasling cashier of the First Nation al bank, will spend another Sunday in the county jail, the expected $12 000 bail not being forthcoming | Whenever Parkhurst gets an op- | portunity, he uses the phone tn the loffice of the county jail to call up ie f ds in a vain endeavor to get their aid, but without results. Patent Attorneys MASON, FENWICK & LAWRENCE | | C, P. R. Says Thousands of Workmen Will Soon Be | Put to Work. (By United Press.) WINNIPEG, Man. Aug | Canadian 8.—The | Pacific officials today jgave out a statement that they! EQUALIZATI Settlements Made by Assessor Parish Make Board’s Work Lighter. | The first week of the meeting of |the board of equalization came to jan end at noon today without any having come up for cases of note naideration | County Assessor Thomas A. Par jish says that a good many of the jcftnes usually coming be the board have already been settled | which will make the work of that | body considerably lighter Andrew Prentice, living at 1323 FOR U.S.SENATOR | ST. LOUIS, Aug. 8.—Col, Richard | Kerens this afternoon announced | that he is 4 candidate for election | to the United States senate Col |Kerens is a republican and has | eh voted for in the legislature for ited States senator three times. Kerens has been a member of the | republican national committee since } 1892, and has been identified with public enterprises for yearss. BALDWIN IS READY FOR TEST | WASHINGTONyAug. §.—Captain Thomas Baldwin announced § this| jafternoon that he is ready to make the official test Might in his dirig- | j!ble balloon, and the special board | of signal corps officers went to Fort | Meyer to witness the test. Bald-| win's success yesterday led him to predict that he will win the prize jot $12,800 by n ing a wpeed of 24 miles an hour in the dirigible. Captain Baldwin expects to fly from Fort Meyer to Alexandra, where he will alight, and then make a return flight. He expects to #tart late in the afternoon, when the atmos pheric condictions are most favor able. | PORTLAND, Aug. &—Demand for a jury trial in the juventle court | for Jackson Reid, the 11L-ye youth who shot and killed ( Demars at Guilds Lake, was for mally made to the circuit court this afternoon by C, M. Idleman, who ap- | pears as attorney for the boy | MONDAY’S GR ROUND STEAK, PER LB. Tonight (Saturday) jump ket. Save yourself from 25 to meat. | all of it of the best ON BOARD H ENDED WEEK'S WORK of | Puget Market Big White Market 50 per cent on your Sunday's The widest selection in the city to choose from, and Join the crowd and visit BIG WHITE MARKET MAIN FLOOR PUBLIC MARKET BLDG. OPEN UNTIL 10 P. M. TOREPLACE STRIKERS. IN SHORT ORDER would fulfill their promise to re place the strikers on the road in short order. A few more men were put to work today in partial fulfill. ment of this promi The rallro officials refiee to state where they expect to get the strikebreakers, but say that they are looking for thousands of workmen to arrive soon for distribution all along the line to augooent the Japanese force already working in the shops. Sd d who owns the Pren tee Reserve of 8% acres at South Park, was the big kicker this morn ing, asking to have his assessment of $14,960 reduced to $9,350, claim 13th ay, § ing that the property had been put ai too bigh a value. The case was referred back to the assessor's yuncilmen Frederick Sawyer and James Conway, County Commission. er Charles L. Beckingbam and Aw sensor Parish took an automobile trip to South Park yesterday after noon for a personal inspection of the district, preparatory to a raise in the assessments. Ballard and West visited this afternoon Seattle were 'KERENS COMESOUT TQ) HAVE LIGHT BY JANUARY 1 Columbia City and the Rainier valley districts will be supplied with light and power from the mu nicipal lighting system by January 1, 1908. This statement is made by L. B. Youngs, superintendent of the light and water departments, after @ trip inspection to the Cedar river power station. According to Mr. Youngs, the force of men engaged In the work of installing machinery to increase the present output of the lighting station has been enlarged to a point where he can pésitively promise the additional supply of light and power by the first of the year. At present the Rainier valley suburbs secure thelr light and pow- er from private companies. The promise of municipal light and water was an incentive to secure the annexation of these districts to the city proper. TO FORCE REDUCTION | IN FIRE INSURANCE, (By United Press.) NEW YORK, Aug. 8A ¢on- certed movement is on foot today among the business men of New York to take measures to force a reduction of fire insurance rates, which they claim are much too high. The rates in the busi section were raised after the Francisco fire from 20 to 26 per cent, yet and have not been reduced 4 Private ‘5s. New Method. ‘opyrighted ENS, the man whe her how to dance Foorth und Pine At Minin aptty beatae. Co.’s EAT SPECIAL on the car and visit this mar-