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4 THE MORNING O KEG ONI AX, THURSDAY, MARCH 21, 1'JIO. 21 ARRESTS MADE; HINDUS ACCUSERS Foreman at St. John Pulp Mill Accused of Leading Anti Oriental Riots. WARRANTS FOR 190 OUT Bail of $2000 Furnished toy Five and Others Are Locked in Jail. Kegarding St. John as Un safe, Hindus Leave- MEN ACCUSED OF COMTTJCITX IV ST. JOItN" MOTS. Gordon Dickey, foreman Columbia Pulp & Paper Co.. charged with be ing ringleaders. Rojr van Je Bogart. employed by the same company and a half brother to Dickey. Richard Heisel, employed at city rock crusher. David Byerlee, reporter St. John Review. Ben Hoover and Lee Tollman, members volunteer Are department. Louis Perkill and John Pappas, Greek laborers. Otto Sundbeg, L. B. Womora, J. V. Graves, Graves Carroll, Willis- Hall, Ernest Rexson, Rax Chanless, : J. Powers, George Dearlove, John Prud ham, TV. G. Lytle, Dan Harrold and R. steicher. employed by St. John Lumber Company. Charged with beating and robbing 38 Hindu workmen in the hovels where they lived near' the St. John Lumbar Com pany's mill, 21 mlllhands, alleged to have been - members of the mob of 300 men who participated in riots Monday night were arrested Tuesday afternoon and last night by a force of Deputy Consta bles under the leadership of Chief Deputy Klernan. Nine gave 2000 baii each and the rest were locked up In the County Jail last nigrht. The arrests were made on John Doe warrants, there being 3$ separate com plaints, each making charges against five men. The number accused totals ,190 men. Efforts to arrest others will e made today. The arrests were made upon the rep resentations of leaders of the Hindus. Approaching a suspect the officers would Inquire of the Hindu whether the man was one of the attacking par ty and official action would follow the affirmative reply of the Hindu inter preter. Hindus Leave St. John. Many- of the Hindus left Bt. John Monday night. The others left . yes terday and when the few who accom panied the constables last night left, there was not a Hindu to be found in the place. They believed that the troub le of Monday night has made it un safe for the Orientals to live the.e again. The houses where the Hindus lived presented a sorry appearance yester day morning. Windows were broken, doors were torn from their hinges, bits of clothing- were scattered over the floor and everywhere the evidencs of riot and, in a fw instances, bloodshed, were seen. It was not until yesterday morning that the St. John authorities knew the extent of the trouble, and then not until the Hindus appeared before British Consul James Laidlaw and told their story. Of ficial action resulted in activity on the part of the District Attorney's office. Mr. Laidlaw, in calling the affair to the attention of District Attorney Cam eron, showed some warmth. In a state ment last night he said that all the actiqn taken by him was to call the affair to the attention of Mr. Cameron. When asked whether he Intended taking any further action he did not reply. All of the arrested men deny that any assaults were made or that any robber ies were committed. Sixteen of the 21 arrested assert that they have alibis. Gordon Dickey, foreman of the Willam ette Pulp & Paper Company's plant there, who was accused of having been the leader of the mob, is one of those ar rested. He declared that the representa tions of robbery and assault made by the Hindus were untrue. Trouble Beginsln Saloon. The greater part of the damage was done before the St. John police - were aware, that trouble of a serious nature was brewing. It was about 7:30 o'clock when the mob began gathering in front of Condon's saloon, -under the Exchange- Hotel. Just prior to this Gordon Dickey and Frank Jones, the latter employed by the Portland Manufacturing Company, had had trouble with two of the Hindus. Jones threw a glass of beer on one as Hie passed in front of the bar. It was said that the Hindus attacked Dickey end that from that time the crowd began gathering. For weeks the Tace feeling of which Monday night's riots were the culmina tion had been intensifying. Fiery speeches were made by the men and soon the crowd started down the hill to ward the HlnduB' nouses. Several men went to the Bitgood & Cole meat market, on Jersey street, over which some of the .Hindus have a room, and pulled the Hin dus out of their beds. One man was thrown out of a window, the fall break ing his ankle. He was brought to Port land yesterday and sent to Good Sa maritan ' Hospital. Others were beaten. Down at the shacks the Hindus were treated similarly. Soon afterward the two members of the night police depart ment arrived and 16 members of the vol unteer Are department, who were holding a meeting with Mayor Hendricks, went to the scene, under his leadership.. Then the assaults were stopped. Sentiment was aroused yesterday in some quarters against all foreigners. Suggestions were made that the Greeks and Italians should be driven out. There are about 150 of these two nationalities In the mills. Word of this was carried to the camps last night and watches were established. Chief of Police Brede eon said that he Is using every pre caution to prevent trouble. Manner of Arrests Criticised. Much criticism was voiced last night by business men and city officials, in cluding members of the City Council, of the manner in which the arrests were made. Two of the arrested men were members of the volunteer Are de partment, all of whom were deputized by Mayor Hendricks to assist in quell ing the disturbance. They were Ben Hoover and Lee Tollman. Another was a newspaper reporter. David Byrlee, employed on the St. John Review, who was present 'as the representative of his paper. At a special meeting of the St. John City Council last night City Attorney Collier was instructed to appear in court in behalf of the firemen. It was rumored last night that civil actions may follow for false imprisonment in several of the cases. Others who assert that they can prove alibis are James Hill and Roy Phil lips, who showed employment certifi cates made out yesterday afternoon at the Portland Municipal Free Employ ment Bureau for work in St. John; Louis Perkili and John Pappas, two Greek laborers, who say they were in the Greek camp in bed; J.' Powers, vouched for by E. O. Magoon, a St. John merchant; George Dearlove, newly married, who was ill in Portland and had been, he said for a week, return ing to St. John yesterday afternoon; John Prudham, newly married, who said he had a party at his home, and Dan Hkrold, vouched for by Councilman Johnson. G. W. Dunbar, a St. John policeman, who, with J. T. Murphey, proprietor of the Modern Iron Works, was arrested Monday night, was fined $10 in the Po lice Court yesterday morning. Dunbar and Murphey quarreled, finally ex changing blows. Chief Bredeson yester day said that he - would file charges against Dunbar. Constable Wagner is in San -Francisco, and his chief deputy, Klernan, was In charge of the force, which in cluded Deputy Constables French, Ren nick, McCulloch, Gardern, Justice Court Clerk George Qulnlan and Deputy Dis trict Attorney C. W. Garland. The cases will" be called in Justice Court this morning. An organized ef fort was made by St. John citizens last .............? & - , is I Buf jsgfai ' J.I 1 I I Father Lambert LouIn Conrardy, Well Known Here, AVho la Said to Have Contracted Leproajr at Can ton, China. night to secure ball for all of the ar rested men. PRIEST DYING AS LEPER FATHER Jj. L. COXRARDY, WELL KNOWN HERE, STRICKEN-. Letter From Sllsslonary to Friend In Chicago Tells Pitiful Plight in Canton Colony. CHICAGO, March 23. (Special.) That Rev. Father Lambert Louis Con rardy is dying of leprosy among the lepers near Canton, China, is the pa thetic story that reached here today, conveyed by a letter from the mission ary priest to a friend. He first went to a leper colony 20 years ago. It Is not known when he contracted the dis ease. Father Conrardy was born in Bel gium in 1841 and was educated for the missionary priesthood in Paris, being ordained in 1867. After his- ordination he came to the United States and la bored among the Indians of the North west. In 1888 he heard of the illness of Father Damien, the young Belgian priest whose life and death in the leper colony of Molokal evoked Robert Louis Stevenson's famous letter. He wrote and asked if he could be of assistance, and on receiving an af firmative reply, sailed at once for Ha waii. He was Father Damien's compan ion for a year, and after the latter's death continued his work for seven years. Hearing of the pitiful plight of lepers in China, he decided to take up his work there and to fit himself better for the task he returned to the states to study medicine. He went to Portland, Or., where, after four years' study at a med ical college, he obtained his degree. He then went to China and took up his work there. He soon found, how ever, that he could accomplish nothing without money. He went home to Bel glum, but after two years at the age of 66 years, he came to the United States, determined to raise the necessary money and launch a mission for the Chi nese lepers. In two years he had raised $30,000 and set out for Canton. That was about a year ago. He bought an island in the river 60 miles from Canton, transported there 600 lepers and built them shelters. This took $10, 000 of his money and from the remainder he had an Income of $1000 a year. Father Conrardy was well-known in Portland, having studied medicine here for four years to fit himself for his self assigned post among the lepers at Can ton. He -lsited Portland a little over two years ago and delivered several lec tures to raise funds for his isolated Can ton mission. HIGHER WAGES GRANTED SWITCH AND TOWERMEN WIN BEFORE ARBITRATORS. Increased Cost of Living In Last Four Years Estimated at 2 5 Per Cent by Board. : CHICAGO, March 23. An increase of 8 cents an hour' to switchmen and of $5 a month to switch.tenders and towermen of several railroads is granted in a decision of the Federal arbitration board, announced here today. . The increase is retroactive, going Into effect February 10, 1910, on the following railroads, which became in volved in a wage controversy with the Switchmen's Union of North America: Chicago & Eastern Illinois, Chicago switching district; .Chicago Great West ern, entire system" except Twin Cities district: Chicago, Rock Island & Pa cific, entire system except Tnver Grove, Minn.; Terminal Transfer Railroad, en tire system: Lake Shore & Michigan Southern; yards only; Michigan Central, west of Detroit River; Fere Marquette, entire .system; Wisconsin Central, Chi cago switching district.' The advance is justified by the arbi tration board on' tha grounds of in creased cost of living, approximated at 25 per cent' in' the" last four years. An increase in the pay of assistant yard masters was denied. STRIKE IS STILL. ON Local Leatherworkers Say Non-Union Men Join.. FOUR FIRMS ARE AFFECTED Employers Deny That 50 Walk Out, 7 Their Estimate Is 3 6 Closing of Shops Not Expected. East's Action Awaited. The situation locally as to the strike of the leatherworkers was virtually the same yesterday as when the union men walked out Monday. Responsive to the vote that was taken unanimously at a special meeting late Monday afternoon, the striking workmen returned yesterday afternoon to their former places of em ployment, packed up their tools and left the factories'. The strike leaders said last night that in addition to all the union men employed here, 50 -in number, several of the non members had been induced to quit their employment out of sympathy for the de mand for better conditions. On the other hand, the. employers of the largest factories in the city Insist that their working forces have been de pleted only to the extent' of the number of union men that were working. They deny the claim of the 'strikers that non union men, have been persuaded to join the strike. The manufacturers further assert that the number of men that have actually Joined the strike to date do not exceed 36. As nearly as they have been able to ascertain, the 36 strikers are dis tributed among the following manufactur ing firms: The George Lawrence Com pany, 2; Breyman Leather Company, 8; the J. P. Cronin Company, 12; John Clark Saddlery Company, 16. "The Portland manufacturers of leather goods are not opposed to granting the de mand for the shorter workday and an in crease in the scale for piece work," said a manufacturer yesterday, "but it is out of the question for us to take the Initia tive when the strike is general through out the country. Many of the large factories in the East are today working their men ten hours daily as against nine hours on the Pacific Coast. Certainly, we cannot submit to an eight-hour work day unless the same concession is made by the Eastern manufacturers who now have the better of us by one hour dally. If we should concede the eight-hour day under these conditions, it would be suicidal and we might just as well go out of business. For that reason we will wait and see what action the manu facturers in the East take in treating with the demands of the strikers. "The shops of this city are running and I do not think we will be obliged to fthut down. Of course, our output is re duced necessarily in proportion as the number of striking workmen reduces the number of our operatives. "Workmen who have been employed at piece work certainly have no occasion to complain. It is true many of them work perhaps more than nine hours a day but the payroll of our plant for the week ending last Saturday shows that two of these workmen received $29.65 and $35.40. respectively, for their week's work. Of course, others employed at the same kind of work drew not more than $15 or $25. The larger figures show what is possible for these men to make. All of the leath erworkers we had in our employ were good workmen and there was nothing to prevent any of them from making from $25 to $40 a week if they applied them selves to their work." ROLLER AND POLE DRAW Wrestlers Struggle for Hours Till Police Interfere. KANSAS CITY, March 23. For two hours and 17 minutes last night Dr. B. F. Roller, of Seattle, and Stanislaus Zy bszsko, the Pole, wrestled here without a fall, and then the police stopped the contest. Referee Dave Porteus declared the match a draw. There were few idle moments in the contest. Roller was on the offensive the greatr part of the first hour. In the second half of the bout Zbyszsko showed the better form. The Pole had his opponent tired out at the end, but opinions differ as to whether he could have won the fall had the police not interfered. At the end of two hours' wrestling Jack Curley, representing Roller, an nounced he was willing to call the con test a draw. His words infuriated Zy bszsko. "No, no," he shouted. Jumping out of a clinch. "I wanted to finish it." Both men used rough tactics at times. Tbe and head holds were used almost exclusively by Roller. The bout was for a purse of $7000. It was evenly di vided. Yusiff Mahmout won in straight falls from Raoul de Rouen in a preliminary. "STRANGLER" SMITH MATCHED Portland- Wrestler Accepts Chicago Man's Challenge. "Strangler" Smith, the local 145 pound wrestler, has arranged for a bout here some time during the next month with J. S. Hermansen, who was travel ing with the James J. Jeffries-Frank Gotch party, and who then wrestled Smith 15 minutes without throwing him. Hermansen has written to Smith ask ing for a return match 'here and Smith agreed, providing the terms state all the receipts go to the winner. Her mansen's manager, Baumgartner, want ed transportation for two, but Smith is sending today only fare for one from Chicago to Portland. HEINZE- TRIAL DATE SET Forty-seven Indictments Confront ' Copper Man and Banker. NEW YORK, March 23. The trial of F. Augustus Helnze on charges of over certification and misapplication of the funds of the Mercantile National Bank, was set yesterday for April 25. The demurrer interposed to the most recent indictment filed against Heinze was withdrawn yesterday and the cop per man formally pleaded not guilty. There remain altogether 47 different counts charging overcertification and mis application of funds. FARMERS CROWD TRAIN Demonstrators Pass Day in Powder River Valley. NORTH POWDER. Or., March 23. (Special.) Exhibiting in a district where agriculture takes a diversified form, the O. R. & N. and Agricultural College farming demonstration train was jammed at the-three points visited today. The day was spent in the Powder -A Public Benefit Portland People Greatly In , terested in the Generous Offer of The Owl Drug Co. The people have already demon strated that they would rather trust a man who is naturally honest than one who ' is honest only because he had to be. The Owl Drug Co., Inc., have a firm ly established reputation for square dealing and sterling honesty. When they told the people that Rexall Reme dies are the purest and most depend able medicines that it is possible for modern science to produce, and that they would tell the public what each one of these 300 or more remedies con tained, and that they sold Rexall Remedies on their personal guarantee that they would give entire satisfac tion or they would not cost the user a single' cent, they were believed. Ever since this announcement the Owl Drug Co., Inc.,, store has been largely patronized by people buying Rexall Remedies, all of which proves that this store has the confidence of the people and that honesty iS""the best policy. There is no "cure-all" among the Rexall Remedies. There arp different and separate medicines, each one de vised for a certain human ailment or a class of ailments closely allied. For instance Rexall Dyspepsia Tablets are recommended for the positive relief of stomach irritation, indigestion, flatu lency and dyspepsia. They are rich in Bismuth-Subnitrate, Pepsin and Car minatives. They are prepared by spe cial processes which perfect and en hance the great remedial value of these well-known medicinal agents. This remedy sells for 25 cents, 50 cents, and $1.00 per package. Every one suffering from stomach disorder should try Rexall Dyspepsia Tablets, inasmuch as they cost nothing if they do not satisfy. Remember, The Owl Drug Co., Inc., cor. 7th and Washington Sts., store is the only store in Portland where these remedies m.T- lo obtained, and every one in ir' "" medicine is urged to investlgn-f ' fake advantage of the frank ap" -i:iotis manner in which they a: e yrl '. River Valley, beginning with a demon stration at Baker City, following- with one at Haines and ending with North Powder. Haines produced the record crowd of the first two days of; the tour, the streets of the town of 500 people, being lined with scores of farmers, giving it a circus-day aspect. Fully 850 persons passed through the train at that point, and the greater majority of them were farmers. The 'business houses closed and the twonspeople turned out also. At Baker City, whose population of 11,000 gives it a metropolitan air, the train did not prove a strong attraction for the townspeople, but the farmers, who are the people the train officials and college experts desire to reach, came into the city in numbers and the demonstrations were given to 475 per sons. The North Powder visitors, number ing 325, were farmers of the prosperous class and displayed keen Interest. The day's list of visitors to the train num mered 1650, and owing to the numbers, difficulty was found in fully enlighten ing all who were there to learn. Visitors thronged the cars to the last minute before departure of the train. Poultry, livestock, dairying, horticul ture and even dry farming appealed to the farmers of the Powder River Val ley, although light moisture is not one of the elements that the farmers of the valley lands have to combat. On the higher lands, however, dry farming of grain is coming into favor and this feature in the train attracted many. The demonstrators were enter tained at dinner tonight at North Pow der by the farmers' union, which also brought out the local band. CONVICT ELUDES POSSE Ex-Banker Knocks Down Jailer, Swims Two Rivers, Escapes. ELYRIA, O., March 23. After knocking down his Jailer, eluding two bloodhounds, the Sheriff and a posse in automobiles, swimming two rivers and annexing various horses along his route, Robert Green, the former southern Indiana banker, who broke jail here yesterday, is still going south. He Is believed to be in Holmes County tonight. The Sheriff of Medina County went to bed exhausted today and announced that the posse could continue,, if it desired. The bloodhounds, sore-footed, have re tired from the chase. The whereabouts of the ma a is a mystery tonight, but it is said deputies will be left In farm PIANO BARGAINS Quality is an easy thing to claim. Less easy to give in an exchanged piano. - Exc h a n g e p i ano s aren't made to order the dealer has to accept them .just as they come from the public. Eilers Piano House re ceives a far higher class of exchanged pianos than other houses, because they offer the most power ful inducement ever known to exchange valu able pianos the PIAN OLA PIANO. Scores of the superior kind of exchanged pianos await your selection in our Piano Exchange and P a r g a i n Room (down stairs). All the good makes. And wonderfully little prices, quality considered. 353 Washington St. Authentic New York Styles SPRING AND S U M M-ER ' J SN 0 for MEN . AND YOUNGMEN Gain the 311 MORRISON STREET houses about the county. It is said, Green has not slept since leaving jail. Green, who was once a prosperous banker, later lost his money in stocks and was in jail here on a charge of horse stealing. CANADA-U. S. TARIFF FIXED Definite Agreement on Question Is Said to Have Been Reached. NEW YORK. March 23. The United States and Canada have arrived at a definite agreement on the tariff ques tion, according to an apparently au thentic report last night, the Tribune will say today. This Information was obtained from TURKISH B I E IM Ej "A man is known by his com pany and Fatima Cigarettes are good company. Distinct ively blended carefully mel lowed skillfully made. Fragrantly flavored character istic of the finest Turkish leaf. Inexpensively packed but ten additional cigarettes. Pictures of popular actresses now packed with Fatima cigarettes. 20 -for If? cents THE AMERICAN TOBACCO distinction conferred by cleverly designed and perfectly tailore garments. MADE IN NEW YORK BY Alfred Benjamin & Co. Styles and fabrics identical with those being worn on Fifth Avenue, New York, by the smartest dressed men of the World's Fashion Center and obtainable here. Buffum & Pendleton a man close to President Taft, it is un derstood, but no official confirmation could be secured. It was said that the agreement would be promulgated within a few days. DEATH LIST REACHES 47 Engineer in Marshalltown Wreck Adds to List of Victims. MARSHALLTOWN. Iowa, March 23. The list of the dead in the wreck of the Rock Island "Twin City Express" has grown to 47, several passengers having died as the refcult of injuries. Those who died during the night were J. S. Goodenough, engineer of the COMPANY vearin Opposite Postoffice second engine of the double-header, and Mrs. Lizzie Anderson, of Cedar Rapids. The following were today added to the list of Identified dead: William Ward. West Branch. Lizzie Purvis, Washington, Iowa. Louis Biebuch, Muscatine, Iowa. Mrs. D. F. Lyman, Cedar Rapids. Mrs. A. X. Brown, Waterloo, Iowa. I.eonore Brown, aged 18. Eva Brown, aged 6. A. X. Brown, Waterloo, died today. Moody, Menominee, Wis. Frank Hintz, Springbrook, Wis. Mrs. E. M. Worthingtqn, residence unknown; body ordered sent to St. Paul. The mountain of Nlmrod Ta(Ch Is about 10.000 feet high and la an extinct volcano, the crater of which is said to be the thirfl largest In the world, being over seven mllei across. I