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13 THE MONIXG OREGOXIAN, TUESDAY, MARCH 17, 1908. GRAND JURY MAY nvolve mm Senator Mentioned in Connec tion With Charge Against Southern Oregon Men. NAME USED BY LAND FIRM District Attorney Tells Court of Evi dence Obtained by Postal Inspec tors Against Prominent Men. Grand Jury Is Called. MEMBERS FEDERAL, JURY. GRAND I.. C. Stratton tforeman). Albany. Unn County. Franklin E. Turner. Portland. I. N. Krtmlston. McMlnnvllle. Yam hill County. Danle! T. Sherrett. Portland. James Olson, rortland. :. A Frants. Kings Valley. Ben ton County. Fred Holiapfel. Tangent, Linn County. Svlrester B Paddock, Cleone, Mult nomah County. Frank M. Orr. lone. Morrow County. A. C. Miller. Kinka Valley, Benton County. Charles O. Woodward. Portland. Otto K. Rummel. Portland. George Ormsby, Portland. Gordon Voorhlea. Portland. E. M. Savage. Brooks. Marlon County. Joseph P. Newell. Portland. Georre G. Vaughn. Portland. George S. Stoddard. Kern Tark. Portland. C. H. McFarland. Brownsville. Linn County. S. V. Barr, Sweet Home. Linn County. Alexander Wagner. Portland. Benjamin Scholfleld, Cornelius, Washington County. Slda B. Walker, Independence, Polk County. United States Senator Tillman, of North Carolina, may be connected unfavorably with a charge against certain Southern Oregon men, alleging fraudulent use of the malls, that will be Investigated by the Federal grand Jury which was called in the United States Court yesterday. The first intimation that the investigation would Involve men of such prominence as Snator Tillman came yesterday, when United States Attorney Bristol, speaking In the Federal Court, made the following announcement when discusing the urgency of a grand Jury: "A large number of criminal cases are pending, and in addition to them a num ber of important matters await investi gation. On a recent trip the postal in spectors discovered evidence Involving men high in the counsels of the United States that should be presented to the grand jury." Nature of Charge Not Known. JTelther District Attorney Bristol nor Pustal Inspectors Clement and Riches would shed any licht on this sensational announcement, but it was learned from reliable authority that the prominent offi cial alluded to Is none other than the Sen ator from North Carolina. The nature of the charge with which he may be asso ciated can only be surmised, but In view of the recent disclosures it undoubtedly relates to the scheme of various citizens, through a Southern Oregon organization, to acquire tracts of valuable timber land included in the grant to the Coos Bay Wagon Road Company in Ccms and Doug las Counties. Several months ago Mr. Byron R. Dorr, as representative of the St. Paul & Pacific Timber syndicate. located in Portland, where he was visited later hy agents for Rceder & Watkins. attorneys at Marshfleld. and induced to represent that Arm. which was general counsel for an association of prominent men who had united in a scheme for acquiring some of the land included In the land grant to the Coos Bay Wagon Road Company, now held by the Southern Oregon Company. The scheme Involved the payment by the individual of $200 as the preliminary expense for filing on a quarter section of the land and tender ing payment at the rate of $2.50 an acre to the Southern Oregon Company for the land. When tender was refused, the plan proposed that when a sufficient number of applicants had been secured a suit was to be brought in the courts to com pel the company to dispose of the land in accordance with the terms of the grant by which the land was received from the Government. Dorr afterwards learned from what he considered reliable authority that Sena tor Tillman in October. 17. applied through the Marslifield lawyers for ten quarter-sections of the land for himself and members of his family. He recog nized In the fact splendid advertising matter for commending the plan and did not fail to incorporate in his circulars an announcement of the participation in the scheme by so eminent a man as the Senator from North Carolina. These cir culars were distributed generally through out the state and resulted In letters of inquiry being forwarded to Senator Till man at Washington. It was then that the Senator reported the matter to the portal authorities, vigorously denying that he had had anything to do with the transaction or had consented to the use of his name in the circulars for ad vertising purposes. In this way the matter was referred to the local postal Inspectors who. after an investigation, caused the mail for the Paul syndicate and its president, Mr. Dorr, temporarily to be withheld from delivery at the Postofflce. That embargo lias since been raised, Mr. Dorr ap parently having convinced the Govern ment officials that lie was acting In good faith. The Inspectors, it is learned, after wards visited Southern Oregon where it i supposed the operations of the firm of Reeder & Watkins and their clients were Inquired into, also the relation of Sena tor Tillman with that firm. It is the results of that investigation undoubtedly that will be presented to the grand jury this week or next. While the incident may have had no connection with Senator T'llman's alleged relations with the Marshfleld legal firm, it will be recalled that the Senator and members of his family passed through this city last Fall. Mr. Dorr contends that SVnator Tillman made his application for the ten-quarter sections through Reeder & Watkins last October. The retirement of Mr. Bristol as United States Attorney, If it should take place before this case reaches the grand Jury, will not prevent its investigation. Evi dence In all such cases has been collected by the Postal Inspectors and the task of presenting the facts before the Jury will fall on District Attorney-elect Mc- Court. Judge Wolverton convened court promptly at 2 o'clock yesterday after noon when a grand jury of 23 members was selected after the following jurors had presented valid excuses and were ex cused: William P. Van Bibber, John Ogilbee. Prank C. Waeserman, Louis E. Swetland, Thomas J. O'Brien, of Port land; G. H. Coshow, Brownsville: Fred Crawford. Dayton; G. H. Bodine, Albany. Several others were disqualified from serving on the grand jury for various causes. They were: William' M. North rup, Charles G. Oberg, John A. Versteeg, George R. Stephenson, John Jielson. Ad rian MeCalman, George W. Patterson, of Portland; J. F. Goode, Salem, and George F. Bayne. Slredds. Linn County. When the usual oath had been ad ministered to the members of the grand jury by Clerk Sladen. Judge Yvolverton appointed L. C. Stratton, of Albany, fore man and. at the request of District At torney Bristol, the oath was adminis tered to Mr. Stratton in that capacity. Retiring to the grand juryroom. the jurors received their preliminary instruc tions from the United Slates Attorney J and adjourned to meet at 10 o'clock this morning when . the examination of witnesses in the cases awaiting investiga tion will be taken up. The same exhaustive instructions that were presented to the last Federal grand jury a year ago, were read .by Judge Wolverton to the jury selected yesterday, at the request of Mr. Bristol. Aside from the usual instructions as to their duties, the jurors were given a detailed inter pretation of the land laws, particularly the timber and stone act. The in ference is that the jury may be asked further to investigate the public land steals in this state. Bristol Calls for Delay. "If the court please," interrupted Dis trict Attorney Bristol when Clerk Sladen had completed the rollcall of the jurors and Judge Wolverton had directed the selection of a grand jury, "I desire to call the court's attention to a matter of great public concern. I am advised that the judiciary committee of the Senate this day has confirmed the appointment of John MoCourt as United States At torney for Oregon. I am further in formed that confirmation of that appoint ment, ratifying the action of the com mittee, will be taken by the Senate on Wednesday. "Now 1 do not wish to embarrass any body in the discharge of the Government's business, but I consider it a matter of serious inexpediency to select a grand jury and at this time proceed to an inves tigation of the pending cases. Such a pro cedure might embarrass the Incoming offi cial, who might not approve of what had been done. It is not my desire to shirk any responsibility, but in making this sug gestion I feel that I have only the best interests of the Government at heart. On December U I received a telegram from United States Attorney-General Bonaparte instructing me to continue my duties as I You don't believe the Lab or -Social 1st "class" are really trying to take away the savings and property of the thrifty, Home-Owning "class," do you? Probably there will be a loud chorus of. wails and entreaty when the new laws go Into effect and the "Home Ownprs" wake up to find themselves bound hand and foot and "trimmed" of their saving's and property by the deft h:ind of the leaner-Socialist "class' and aceordltiK to laws paused while the H o me-Ownera slept, and which the courts mnnt execute. "Impossible" you say. but the game Is on and the Labor-Socialists are right now actively at work before Congress and the various State Legislatures, and will establish these laws quickly unless stopped. Their plan is based on one principle. If any man has worked and been economical and self-denying and has bought a home, take it away and divide up the proceeds among those who are unthrifty, drinking, profligate or sim ply "failures." Take money away from the man who has it. Give it to the man who hasn't. But th!3 must be done cunningly and by passing; some shrewdly drawn laws which hide the real meaning. The Labor-Socialists are working hard to frighten and force public men to pass at least a dozen bills, each of which has, away down at the bottom, a pian to take away a part or all of the thrifty man's savings and give them to the unthrifty. They will surely succeed unless the 'home-owners" wake up and protest In numbers enough to win. "Don't believe a word of it," the average reader says. Naturally, because the average read er seldom examines bills offered to Congress and the Legislatures and if he casually reads of these bills they look harmless enough. Some will only wake up when, under the new laws, (if the Labor-Socialists succeed in having the bills passed) they find their property and savings ooze away and the courts powerless to prevent. This is a contest between the un thrifty "class" trying to wrest money, property and power from the Home Owning "class." Now let the reader sort out the dif ferent characters in society and as they are defined, locate each man in one or the other of these "classes." One class earns and saves and the other seeks to take what it doesn't earn. The discontented, surly and botch workman tramping from one job to another. The Labor Agitator. The man who poured acid in the mouth of an independent workingman in Chicago after he had been beaten unconscious. The steady, well-trained mechanic who owih a home. The tramp. The professional criminal whose pic ture the police keep in the rogues gallery. TVhen you see him reading a newspaper in & saloon, you can not only name the newspaper that nour ishes his criminal instincts but can accurately locate him In his class and probably make a close guess at what ticket he vote. The Successful ' Merchant. The Well-Trained Physician. The Wild-eyed-dirty-f inger nail chap over his second pot of beer. The Labor-Socialist. The Farmer. The Minister of the Gospel. The Anarchist. You see you can pick them out and put each one in his class. There are only two "classes. One thinks thoughts of hate, jealousy and revenge, seeking money it docs not earn, property which has been earned by the sweat of other brows, and in disappointment and anger, these social "failures" natural ly tend towards disorder, law-breaking nnd a general upheaval in which they hope to take away the savings of the other clas- The members of the "Other Class" think thoughts of work, sturdy, well directed, intelligent work; work which brings good pay, because it is good servic to mankind. The sober, re sponsible Locomotive Engineer. The Skilled Mechanic, The Farmer, Mer chant, Doctor, Lawyer. Banker. School Teacher, and Minister. The capable, successful and well es teemed among these belong to one class. The failures belong to the othrr. The "Home-Owning" class seek peace, steadv operation of industries, protection for every man who wants They United States Attorney until my successor was appointed. "The United States Supreme Court has held that the confirmation by the Senate of the appointment of an officer nominat ed by the President completes that ap pointment and clothes the appointee with the authority of the office for which he has been named. In view of the probabil ity of the early confirmation of my suc cessor's appointment, it seems inexpedi ent at this time to select a grand jury and proceed at once to an investigation of the cases awaiting consideration. I would suggest that a grand Jury be selected and an adjournment taken until next Mon day, by which time Mr. McCourt undoubt edly will have been confirmed and be ready to assume the investigation of these matters personally." Judge Wolverton would not consent to any adjournment "of the grand jury, inti mating that the congested condition of the court demanded immediate relief. He an nounced that if any condition should arise affecting the regularity of the Inves tigations of the jury, he would order an adjournment, but until such a contingency should be presented, insisted that the jury proceed to discharge its duty with the greatest possible expedition. AUCTION FIRM AVIXS POINT Court Holds -as Regular Complaint Against Furniture Trust. In the Federal Court yesterday the Gil man Auction & Commission Company won the first preliminary legal skirmish in its suits against F. S. Harmon & Co. and other f-lleged members of the furni ture trust under the anti-trust law for $150,000 daTiages. Judge Wolverton an nounced a decision overruling the motions of the defendants demanding that parts of the complaint be stricken out and that the complaint be made more definite and certain. In dismissing these motions Judge Wolverton held that the terms and nature of the alleged conspiracy charged by the plaintiff had been adequately set out in its complaint. The defendants demanded that the plaintiff be required to set out in its complaint the names of all associations, firms and corporations that combined and conspired to create the monopoly com plained of. Tn overruling this request, the court held that "it is competent to sue one or more of the persons or asso ciations engaged in the tort, as the pleader might see fit. and It is enough if the complaint shows that the parties .sued are- liable without combining all others who may also be liable. So it is not absolutely essential that the pleader should set forth by name all persons, firms or corporations that might be as sociated in the commission of the tort. The defendants are presumed to know more of their associates than the plain tiff and no surprise can come to the parties sqed that the names of such as sociates are not set forth." to work, and a guarantee of his right to enjoy the fruit of his labor; just laws which hold each and every man accountable to the law and to do his share towards the support of public worke and charities. The Labor-Socialists are opposed and their measures are right now beta a; pressed with ureat strength to make them into laws. The intent underlying each one of them is to directly, or in a round about way. take money and property from the Home-Owner.' Now let's have a look, and in con sidering each bill or act, keep in mind the underlying plan. "Extract from the thrifty and home nwntnsr people at least a part of their savings, to be divided among the un thrifty Labor-Sociallsis." You may have to search step by step through the apparently harmless part of these proposed laws, but carefully follow the steps and it will be seen that the final end and aim Is to take money away from the House-Owning, thrifty "class" and give it to the un thrifty "class." Let's first consider the "Employers Liability" movement. They have adroitly sought to have It apply first to Railways for it is now popul ir to attack them. Any employee hurt, even by his own negligence, is to be paid a sum to be extracted from the stock holders. There are over 77,000 stock holders in one American Ry. Many are widows and in some cases their hard earned money and savings invested thus. Is the main source of their bread and butter. But a part at least is to be taken from them to be given to the unfortunate "Unthrifty." That would be benevolence if it was not a legal robbery of some to make gifts to others. Then it is the plan to extend this forced benevolence to the individual employer, just as the Labor-Socialists have succeeded in doing in England. It is an active working law-there now in operation under which, if, for in stance, a house servant has an acci dent no matter whether about the house or elsewhere and becomes dis abled, the employer's property is held to pay one pound (about $5.00) a week for the balance of the life of the servant. Thus in a few years with a bad run of "luck" the home-owner might have saddled on him a half dozen such pensioners and his property held to pay perhaps $25.00 to $50.00 a week. Do you see how adroitly this ex tracts money from the thrifty? We will all admit that the injured should have help; that is human benevolence. Every permanently in jured poor man should have a public home to live in free, all the balance of his days: he has, we will say, done his share of the work of the world and Is entitled to its care. The law should provide that he had, during his well days, contributed Ills share, small or great, towards the support of auch homes. That is the German law. In other words, every man. La bo r-So-cfalist and Home-Owner should con tribute for this pension. But the Labor-Socialist plans to take only the money of one elass, the thrifty, and give it to the unthrifty. That would be a fine levied on the man for being thrifty and offer a re ward of immunity to the man who would "drink up" his extra money. It says, "don't own a home or you will become a member of a class which we propose to milk." Later on we are to have 01d Age Pensions for every man when he reaches ray SO years. That law is under consideration in England now. The plan is a noble one, for It would remove that awful ghost of fear which haunts most people. Every roan should pay a small tax towards this desirable benevolence. But notice, when the Labor-Socialist leaders in England were asked if the members of their class would con tribute, the answer was, "Not one farthing.' They propose to secure the en tire sum from the Home-Owner "Class." Back again to their principle, you see. It seems benevolent to vote large sums for public work for the "unem ployed."' That class is made up large ly of Labor-Socialists and incapable, botch workmen. The worthy workmen are seldom "unemployed." Many of these "unemployed" are the noisy chaps who called strikes during the prosperous years. They wouldn't work themselves and kept thousands of good men from work. They boycotted - factories and de stroyed business, compelling other WAR Ofl BETWEEN QPPQSINGPACKERS Independents Declare Com bine Is Trying to Bar Them From Portland. POSITION OF ARMOUR & CO. Smaller Plants Will Be Erected on Peninsula if Abattoir Is Allowed in the City, Says G. B. Robbins, Director of Big Company. That a packinghouse war is imminent in Portland is suggested by the opposing packing interests. Swift & Armour are said to be waging an active campaign against the Schwartzschild & Sulzberger Company, which seeks an ordinance from the Council allowing a packing plant to be operated In South Portland. In the hostile attitude of the two former pack ers, the Independent company sees the machinations of the beef trust. Opponents of the Schwartzschild & Sulzberger project urge that the company should put up a bond with the city to protect the municipality against imposi tion by the substitution of an Inferior plant for the modern establishment prom ised by the company's agents. In answer to this suggestion, J. S. Heisey. manager of the Schwartzschild & Sulzberger interests on the Pacific Coast, thinks such a request is unfair He said: Thinks Bond Is Unnecessary. "Considering the fact that we are not asking a franchise from the city or a bonus, -why should we put up a bond? I do not say that we would not put up a bond If requested to do so by the city, but it seems to us that the request should not be made. If we were to get a bonus from the city, that would be a different matter." '.'We are satisfied where the opposition is coming from and rival interests in the meat packing business may be pardoned workmen to lie idle. They stopped the loading and un loading of ships and Ry. cars: stopped work on buildings, ' the mining of gold, silver, copper and coal. Stopped the manufacture of millions of dollars worth of American articles which for eigners stood ready to pay money for. It is believed by many that one of the chief causes of the panic and pres ent hard times was the persistent and wide-spread interference with, and stoppage of industry brought about by these same Labor-socialists in driv ing away business and preventing the steady distribution or money among the working ch?sses. Every million dollars' worth of Steam Pumps. Farm Tmolements. Boots and Shoes, Steel, Iron, Locomotives, Cars, Cotton Goods, etc., rtc., spnt abroad, brings back a million dollars to be distributed to the workmen, who dig ore and smelt It: moulders who cast the Iron, ma chinists, wood-workers, cotton mill employees, etc., etc. But the Labor Socfalfsts have time and again stopped up the source of this flow of money and have entailed on this country mil lions upon millions of dollars in losses and. consequently, much misery upon work-people. The Labor leaders have brought strikes to force all employers to kick out independent American workmen and employ only "Union men, thus to give absolute power to the leaders, secure fees to pay tneir own salaries first and. in order to keep their slaves interested, force higher and higher wages. Here we reach the foundation fact again. Now, when the jobs tho Labor-Socialists threw away, are taken by others, or the business has been killed for the time, and they are "unem ployed," do- they pay their own ex penses or do they besiege the authori ties to tax the class of Home-Owners to pay extra money towards a public fund to be used to pay the "class" of unemployed Labor-Socialists? Here the line between classes Is clearly drawn and you get back again to the same old spot, "Take from one class and give to the other." "Make the consumer pay extra money and give It to the Labor-Socialists. "Charge the Howe-Owner extra wages for all labor which enters into the building of his home." "He has been saving, now let's take away part of It." 1 High wage for skillful work is desir able for all, but when a Labor Union gains power enough to force home owners to pay two, three or four times what hod-carriers and other workmen are actually worth it means Just so much .extra money extracted from the home-owner, more than the service Is worth. It pomes back to the same old place, you see. Look at the purpose of all the anti-injunction bills introduced by the Labor-Socialists. Each and every one seeks to tie the hands of the peo ple's courts, and for what purpose? No Injunction Issued In labor strikes ever harmed an honest cltfsen In tending to peacefully pursue his occu pation. Injunctions stop mobs, Jntent on in sulting, assaulting- and perhaps mur dering other citizens, from congre gating. The Labor-Socialist raises a loud cry because he is commanded by a court to keep off the public street near a factory employing independent men. The injunction always directs the man or men to stay off certain streets or refrain from doing other things, when it is reasonably well known they Intend to go on those streets or do those acts, to insult, or assault citi zens or destroy property. The peaceful citizen Is never hurt by an injunction in a labor case and the courts have a right to prevent injury to the interests of any community. But injunctions do prevent Labor-Socialists from terroriz ing people into submission to the Labor trust. Therefore, in order to secure submis sion and power to extract from the employer extra money, they contend the injunction must be done away with. Every public man who supports any incasnre seeking to reduce the power of the courts in order to make It more difficult for them to protect property and the person of the common cltisen is an enemy of Home-Owners and an ally to the Labor-Socialists. Watch such public men particular ly those who want to revise the crim inal code injunction laws. They want to make it easier for mobs to do damage and escape punishment. Their names will be printed broadcast later on so that the people may know. Some public men are like some After You for attacking us. for they doubtless real ize that the site in South Portland -we have selected is the best one obtainable in this "locality. The dockage facilities at the Zimmerman site and the ease with which the buildings there can be erected far above any danger of high water make the location an ideal one. "There is no danger that our company will erect plant on the South Portland site that will be anything but entirely acceptable to everyone. We cannot afford to antagonize the public, for we expect our business to develop a market right here for our products. "The ordinance itself that we submit shows that we do not expect to operate a slaughter house, for it repeals th4 former ordinance providing for slaughter houses and specifies that a modern pack ing plant shall be operated." Trust Would Rerise Plans. G. B. Robbins, director of Armour & Co., and president of the Armour Car Lines, who is said to be very close to Swift Co.. so close in fact that t'.ie two packing interests may use the same plant on the Peninsula, advises strongly against permitting the independent pack ers to gain a footing in South Portland. Mr. Robbins says both his people, who may erect a large packing plant here, and Swift Co., will build smaller establishments if the Schwartzschild & Sulzberger Company is allowed to build a plant in South Portland. "We 'will not openly oppose thef Schwartzschild & Sulzberger people in getting a location inside .the city limits." said Mr. Robbins. "but we think the city will make a mistake in permitting - it. Portland will gain nothing in Industrial importance by permitting the pew com pany to operate its plants In South Port land, for if the plant is placed outside the city limits, the city will have all the advantages resulting from it Just the same. "I can say with the authority of our people and with a good deal of certainty for the Swift people as well, that neither of us will build on anywhere near as big a scale if a rival plant is to be estab lished within the city. We will either establish smaller plants or use one plant Jointly. "Other cities are fighting the establish ment of packing plants inside their limits and the same may be true here after the injury has been done. It is all right to talk of sanitary plants being built and operated, but it cannot be done so that there will not be objectionable features." Discuss New Packing Project. There will be a meeting this morning of a special committee from the Cham ber of Commerce to discuss the ques tion of the location of the new packing plants in South Portland. The delib erations of the committee will later be contained in a report to the trus tees of the Chamber for their consid newspapers, they make the mistake of believing the Labor-Socialists are a majority because they make the most noise, but it has been shown time and again that when a public man prosti tutes his ideas of right and justice to the common citizen, and supports meas ures which seek to take money, property and liberty away from the home-owners and the people find it out as they will, the cowardly ofticial is generally defeated at the next election, for the Liberty-loving, peaceable Home-Owning class of Americans heavily out number the Labor-Socialists, and these Home-Owners are the principal readers and supporters of the newspapers. The law-defiers are organized and able to present organized effort ogfilnst, ' heretofore, an unorganized public. Now, however, the Home Owners have effected an organization known as the Citizens Industrial Ass'n of America with a Central body in New York and local oodles in many towns and cities. Competent lawyers are employed to watch the vicious measures introduced In Congress and th Legislatures and defend the rights of the common Citizens from these insidious attacks and to prevent the enactment of laws which rob one class, the Home-Owners, and pass' over to the Labor-Socialists, money and property which th-y do not earn, and power which would enable them to en slave the common people and force them to "obey." All of this work re quires money for legitimate expenses. Every reader who feels a desire to help in this organized work of protection can forward to the National Citizens Industrial Ass'n, St. James Building, N. Y., such contributions as he de cides upon, from .$1.00 to $500.00. The work is now being carried on and with gratifying results. It can be widely extended and more certain pro tection insured by employing a larger force of active workers. The Labor Socialists contribute liberally for the support of their organization and the common Home-Owners are but just now beginning to learn that they are in danger of most serious consequences unless a determined organized stand is made and the work of protection car ried on intelligently, skillfully and with means enough to make it ef fective. The officers and directors of this National Ass'n are sufficiently well known to insure carerul and honest, use of funds. A statement will be sent to each contributor from time to time, and the "Square Deal" magazine mailed each month. This is a clearly-drawn contest be tween the Common citizens and Home Owners seeking protection and the Labor Trust seeking to obtain control of affairs and take money and prop erty from the Home-Owners. The strongest organization will win and if the Home-Owners fail to stand together they will certainly lose at least a part of their properties and more or less personal liberty. There are communities now where organized labor has gained control and every man must "bow" and. contribute and implicitly "obey," quU . work when toid. patronize those whom the labor leaders designate, and in various ways act the slave. It has gone so far that juries fear to convict known murderers and whole communities are terrorized. U. S. Jadge Wm. H. Hunt, of Butte, Montana, was brave enough to say: "God geve man his hands, his back and the right to us them as he pleases. It is an inalienable right. No power can take It away from a man. No power can compel him to work. No power can compel him to stop working If he desires to workl When a man, or any set of men, take It upon them selves to say that they are the law, and to defy the process of the courts, to defy the police authority of the land, to usurp the authority of the established government, to upset the very base of society in which we all live, there is a power which will come to the rescue of the man who Is wronged In that way; and that power Is that which protects you and pro tects me. and must continue to afford us all protection, else government is destroyed." For these principles our ancestors laid down their lives. But they stand In the way of the Labor-Socialists who now seek to enact laws to overset them. The Common Citizen nas before him the organized machinery for protec tion. Will he support It? Communications can go to The Nat'l Citizens Industrial Ass'n. St. James Building. N. Y. "There a Reaaon." C. W. POST, Battle Creek, Mich. eration. The members of the commit tee are: S. H. Gruber. J. C. Ainsworth, J. O. Rountree, John A. Keating, K. M. Pendleton. WORK FOR BETTER STREET Owners fear plan to Block' Willam ette Improvement. Residents of the Peninsula are at pres ent agitated over the proposed reg-rad-ing of Portsmouth avenue, and the pav ing of that thoroughfare with Belgian blocks Or macadam from Willamette Boulevard to the river. Those directly interested in the project assert that there Is an effort on foot to thwart the im provement by resorting to a technicality as to the abutting property on four of the blocks affected. In order to watch their case and to see that the matter is given fair and Impartial treatment, com mittees from the University Park Board of Trade, the Peninsula. Arbor Lodge and Willamette Push Clubs will be pres ent next Friday afternoon at tbe meet ing of the streets committee of the City Council. Those who are promoting the improve ment of Portsmouth avenue maintain that It Is "the only thoroughfare that can be properly graded and made into a flrst class roadway to the river, where it is intended to build a dock, and that the improvement would open up an immense district now held back because there Is no good graded street to the river. It is the contention of those favorable to the project that certain large owners of realty along the street are trying to de feat the plan by means of a remon strance. whlh la said to lack the re quired one-h ilf of the property-owners. WILL OF BERNARD ALBERS Estate or $175,000 Left to Rela tives, Except $2500 for Charity. The will of BemRrd Albers was admit ted to probate in the County Court yes terday. Tt disposes of an estate valued at Stto.OClO. The executors of the estate, as appointed yesterday, are: Mrs. Ida Albers, the widow; Henry Albers and Alfred R. Wascher. The executors are to spend CSOO among charitable institu tional which ones is left to the dis cretion of Mrs. Albers. St. Joseph's Catholic Church, the Home for the Aged and St. Mary's Home for Orphans are, according to the will, to be Included in the Institutions which are to share in the $2M0. The remainder of the estate goes to the immediate relatives of the deceased. Anna Terheyden, sister of the deceased, is to receive $10nn. Alfred R. Wascher, a C Two World Famous Artists With but a "The execution of expression one can produce in piano play ing by means of the Pianola is marvelous, and the Metrostyle enables one to play in the exact tempi interpreted by great pian ists." Fritz Kreisler. 2 tVWWUl''Mm'.W- , I , M .A rr 1 W ' u Kreisler and Bauer are not alone in their opinion of the marked superiority of the Pianola. The world's greatest composers, the foremost living virtuosi, the most distinguished musical critics and musical authorities everywhere have unreservedly praised tbe mar velous Pianola. Yet the keynote of this mass of approbation is the Metrostyle device, an exclusive feature with the genuine Pianola. There is but one Pianola and Pianola Piano, made only by the Aeolian Co., and so marked. ' All others are imitations. Biggest Busiest Best 353 WASHINGTON STREET This Evening at the Heilig Theater Fritz Kreisler and Harold Bauer will give a joint recital, under the auspices of the Misses Steers-Coman. This is unquestionably the greatest musical event in recent years. n- AIL The only Genuine POROUS PLASTER All others are imitations. Brand ret hs Tk Grtat Ltxttlvt and Blood Tonic NONE BETTER MADE St. Patrick was born about fifteen hundred years ago. All his admirer? can find special advantages in our store today. New Spring shapes in Rain coats. New Spring styles in busi ness suits. New Spring blocks in hats. New Spring waterproof shoes. CLOTH HSGCO SusKuhnProp' 166-168 Third St. brother-in-law. 20 shares of stock In Albers Brothers Milling Company, while to the widow is given the home at East Twelfth and Schuyler streets, the house hold goods and jewelry. The remainder of the estate Is to be sold and the pro ceeds kept as a trust fund for Mrs. Albers. Three daughters, Agnes. Theresla and Hermina. are to receive $16-) when they become of age, and the children will receive that part of the estate belonging to the widow when she dies. Mr. Albers died at Arrowhead. Cal-, March 4. Patterson Elected President. ABERDEEN. Wash., March 16. (Spe cial.) W. J. Patterson, manager of Hayes & Hayes' Bank, was elected president of the Chamber of Commerce tonight. The secretary's report showed that the receipts last year were $5000. gee ad of J. A. Reid Co., pace 2. Single Thought I consider th. Pianola is superior in every way to all other pianoforte play ers, and I am convinced that no In etrument. can b considered complete unless equipped with the Metrostyle. One Is amazed to And how closely It is . possible for an absolute novice to ap proach the Interpretation of a great artist by means of this Invention." HAROLD BAUER. ) ) Tlie House of Highest 1 i 1 M F pi.wor.Kofcilitr Vy uuamy Pills Established 1752