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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (March 16, 1912)
.7 Tlir: MOISXIXG OREGOXIAX. SATUItDAX, ; It STOKERS AT MIL IS DEMAND PAT RISE Decided Increase in Scale Or dered Which Means Aliens' Oustment." Jk The GlSmam House Fire MiiijF These MILLMEN TO FIGHT CASE Anton hy I. W. V. Willi Greeks and Austrian IovHop Into Iotcr nilnril Move for Employment In IHiturc of Americans. HOyCIAM. Wisli, March II. (Spe cial.) remands were made today ' on tt Northwestern Lumber Company and th lloqulam Lumber tc Shinftle Companr by the. striking- I. W. W. and ;reeks for increases In pay all along the tin from the rornmon labor up ward. The demand a.ks fnim rS rpn:J to 50 rrnta per day. with a minimum vac of 12. 1! per dr. At til former mill Ilia men were heard but they wtr Klven little datls f. lion. At the other plant Manager Al Kulm refused to listen to the men. declaring he would nt have anything to do with aliens, the committee which railed upon him being- made up prin cipally of Grreks and Austrian, none r.f whom, lie a. have made any ef fort to become American citizens. Only the, two mills mentioned are af fected thus far by the trlke. I. W. V. Herrelalle Ordere4 Out. An I. VI'. W. repreentntle appeared at the Gray Harbor Lumber Company's plant today and tried to learn the wane male paid, hut waa ordered out of the plant. No eftort was made to Inter fere at the K. K. Wood mill. IMckets were stationed at both the Northwestern and I.ytle mills today, but both were in operation all day. though only parts of the mills were running. Both will continue under present conditions. The manuKrrs of the two plants say they do not anticipate any difficulty tn setting- all the men they want when ever they are ready to use them, but on account of the condition of the lumber market are not particular whether they run mills full time for the present. A me lira aa ant Im He Kasployrd. One thine developed today as a, re sult of the strike and that Is that here, after only Amertcan-born or natural ized men are likely to be employed In the mills. Managers of both plants have declared they are of the opinion thejr will hereafter refuse to give em ployment to aliens. This will result In eliminating- the Greeks from em ployment In the plants. Thus far no effort has been made from the lloqulam I. W. W. to call a trlke In Aberdeen, but Indications are that uch a course will be attempted early next week. The belief Is that attempts will be made to make the strike general. A report issued by authority from the strike committee tonight Is to the effect that a sufficient number of strikers have pledged their support to tarry the atruatcle to the end. No ef fort will be made to rlose the Grays Harbor Company's plant, as that com pany Is paying a scale of wages cor. respondtns to the demand of the strikers. SURGEONS BID FOR CASES Spokane Ilijdclan-i Accused of Criminal Trafflo." srOKANR. Wash.. March 12. (Spe cial. That surgical patients are sold to the highest bidder In Spokane and other Northwest cities. Is the declara tion of the North faclfle Surgical As sociation, which was formed in Port land this week, for the purpose of stamping- out fee-spllttlna; between physicians and surgeons and of preventing- criminal traffic" of the sick. The association goes further and de clares that none of the unethical, dis reputable and dishonest surgeons In the Northwest, who practice the fee svstem with physicians or with voung surs-eons. shall be allowed in the as sociation. According; to Spokane charter mem bers of the association and others who hare announced their Intention of Joining1 the association. this vicious svstem of selling patients to the high est bidder has reached the point where a to and 4 per cent basis Is pretty generally the custom. It Is alleged that patients are brought here from Inland Kmptre towns and taken to sursrons. who work on either a half and half or a 9 and 40 per cent basis. These patlenTs. without their consent or knowledge. It is alleged, and wTten they are In sore need of surgical aid. are disposed of like so much merchandise. JAMES LUCK IS HALE AT 97 One of Eorol C.rnxc' OMesl Cltl icns Celebrates Illrthtla. FOREST GROVE. Or. March 11. Sp--laL James Luck. Forest Grove's oldest cltlscn. quietly celebrated his Tth birthday this week at the home of his daughter. Mrs. J. t' Bailey. Many friends called to offer felicitations, and the aged gentleman dellchted them with stories of acenes and happenings cf nearly 100 years ago. Mr. Luck was born In Suffolk County. England. In ISIS. Just three months after the battle of Waterloo. He came to America In 1S9. und waa married to a New England Elrl In IM4. He lived for some time In New York, but derided lu locate farther west, and moved to a farm at Oconoinowoc. Wis. He soon went Into the milling business and followed thut line of work for 40 years, retiring at the ace of . He came to Forest Grove about 10 years ago. where he has been living; with his daughter. Mr. Luck has always been a man of vigorous health and great activity. At the age f 0 years he ascended nearly to the summit of Mount Hood with a party of friends. He has always been a great reader, and still keeps posted on current events. Mr. Lurk Is still In good health, and blda fair to reach the century mark In his life. SHELTERED LAMBS THRIVE Kestilt of Experiment to lie Shown at Stork Miov. OREGON AGRIffLTl lt.VL t'oLLKGR. Corvallis. "r March IS. i Special. I Trofessor K. 1. potter, of the depart ment of animal husbandry aj the ore- iron Agricultural College, has arranged an exhibit which will be of particular value to the sheepralsers who attend the second annual Northwest Pacific Fat Stock Shorn-, to be held at Port land March 1S-I0. Professor Potter's exhibit will be a carload of range lambs that were re ceived from the Portland stock yards ast Fall and have been fed all win ter. Cpon their arrival at the college farm on the Hth of last November the lambs weighed 0 pounds each. 1 ney were divided Into two lots one being placed In a large barn and the other allowed the runge of a pasture well sheltered by trees, ltoth lots were fed exactly the same rations, which con sisted of wheat and oats mixed, one pound per head each day. and two pounds of vetch and oat hay dally. At the present time the lambs that have been Wintered Inside weigh 80 pounds MUIAT ACKI. COI.I.KOB ME.V Kl.KfT M!W CAPTAI KOK 1912. 4 i frY- ii j y i jj MOUNT ANGEL. Or . March 13. (Special.) Coach Kassler. of the Mount Angel College baseball team, yesterday Issued a call for men and about 2i hopefuls turned out for the first practice of the season. John Scholer. last year's third sncker. has been elected captain In place of Captain-elect Melchior. who did not return to school. As only about four of last year's team are left, the stu dents are watchins: the new ma terial closely. Coach Ilassicr said tonight: "In Llndeken and Yarrow I am well fortified In the pitching de partment, while Ledwlrige looks like a good catcher. First, sec ond and. third base will be taken care of In fine style by he last yenr men. but shortstop probably will he weak. As for the out field I have noticed some of the new men fielding; like veterans I'll be well pleased if they hit half as well." Manager Iedwidge announced that he probably would arrange games with Columbia University. Multnomah. Dallas College, Hill Academy. Tacific University, O. A. C. ami C'hemawa. each, are well finished, and possess a high grade of wool; while those fed outside weigh but TS pounds each, are not fat and have an inferior quality of wool. Tt-.eso two lots of lambs will appear at the fat stork show next week In separate pens, placarded with the exact records of the experiment. The lambs are largely Merinos, with some Shropshire blood and as they were not acclimated to Western Ore gon. Professor Potter states that he cannot yet Insure like results In this district with Western Oregon stock. VERMONT MAN STRICKEN Patrick U'Mallejr Survived by Four Children and Widow. OREGON CITY. Or.. March 15. (Spe cial.) Word was received here today from St. Johnshury. Vt, by Mrs. Henry O'Matlcy. from Arthur O'Malley, brother of Henry O'Malley, sarins; that Ms father. Patrick F. O'Malley. one of the well known residents of that city, had died Monday of pneumonia. Mr. O'Malley was C7 years old. He Is survived by his widow nnd four chil dren, Arthur O'Malley. of Hoston, Mass: Mrs. George Francis. oP Itoston, Mass: Henry O'Mallev. superintendent of the bureau of fisheries of Oregon and Southern Washington, with headquar ters In Oregon City, and Miss Emily O'Malley. teacher In the Falling; School, Portland. OFFICERS T0BE ELECTED Ilemoeratic County Central Commit tee Plans Campaign. OREGON CITY. Or- March 15. (Spe cial.) The I democratic county central committee will meet Saturday morning; at 10 o'clock tn Willamette Hall to elect officers. Pr. A. L. Bcatie. the present chair man, will be urged to accept .re-election, but he haa said he would prefer that the honor went to another. G. F. Johnson, secretary, and H. K. Praper. treasurer, probably will be re-elected. After the election of officers the po litical situation In the county will be discussed and plans made for the cam paign. County Treasurer Jack and Sheriff Masa are Democratic candidates for re-election. FOREST GROVE FOLK BALK Opposition to Equal Suffrage Made Prominent at Club Meeting. FOREST GROVE, Or, March IS. (Special.) By a vote of St to 14 the members of the Forest Grove Woman's Club, at their monthly meeting; this week, decided that they -were opposed to equal suffrage. After a dtsrursion of the topic and a somewhat lengthy debate the vote was taken, thus declaring the organi sation against the "Votes for women" movement. It was expressed by some present that If women could voto on the question throughout the country the result would likely be the same as theirs. White Sainton Dam Delayed. HI NO EN, Wash.. March 15 (Spe cial.) Stone Webster, the Seattle contractors w ho are building a dam on the White Salmon River live miles north of t'mterwood for the North western Power Company, have been compelled to move half a mile north of the present site, being- unable to find bedrock. They drove a tunnel 150 feet Jong bark from the river, but were unable to find anything but gravel. They have been at work there for al most a month, and the search for bed rock Is proving; expensive. With lNo Roof Over Their Store The threatening weather necessitates our CUTTING DEEPER than ever the RIDICULOUSLY LOW PRICES already quoted. THE ONLY MEANS WE HAVE OF GETTING A CENT from our stock, now that the insurance companies have adjusted our claim, is To Sacrifice the Entire Stock Beyond AH Idea of Profit Prices Will Surely Do the Work Monogram Whisky; regular price $1.0 per QCC bottle, NOW BOTTLED IN BOND WHISKIES Such as Sunnvbrook, Overholt, Lewis Hunter Rye, Old Glenn, Rosewood, Guckcnheimer, Normandy Rye and Old Kentucky, while they last they will be sold gQc of rwr linttW1 'i .... t m 2500 bottles of Whisky (lull quarts; C . anf yilp sneciall v miced now at only, a bottle UUt dllU ' ALL WINES 45c, 60c and 80c Per Gallon (Including Jug) 5000 Bottles of Port, Sherry, Muscatel ir J OA, and Angelica Wines priced at, a bottle lJLti.HU LVi, 75c to $1.50 grades of Port, Sherry, OA J if Muscatel and Angelica Wines at, bottle OVl dllU Wt All Bulk Wines and Whiskies Reduced in Proportion All of Our $3.00 and $3.5 O Wines Per Gallon $1.00 The Contents of Every Bottle Is As Good As ; Ever, Only the Labels and Wrappers Are Damaged by Water BR UNN CCX5 First and Alder Streets ..- H1PHRYS TELLS WHY HE CONFESSED Philomath Murderer Says Now He Didn't Intend to Rob ' Woman He Slew. BROTHER'S NAME CLEARED Man. AVlo Admits KilHns Mrs. Ellxa Grirrilh. a He Told All Re ran? Officers Scorned to Know All About the Cc. CORVALLIf. Or.. March 15. (Spe cial.) "I didn't Intend to rob her. I wouldn't rob a woman, but when I found I had killed her the money wouldn't do her any good, and I mlsht a, well hav It. I found $2 and took It." George Humphry, the murderer or Mr. Kllaabeth Griffith, thua accounted for his runaacklnit the Griffith home last June. In deacrlblnir his crime to an Oregonlan representative today. He talked readily aa he sat In hla cell here, havlnc been brought here today from lllllsboro. where he was arrested yes terday. . . When asked .how he felt when he learned that Dr. North had beeu ar rested for the crime, he said: "Pretty good. If they fixed It on him they wouldn't think about me." He was questioned whether Governor West's policy of commuting the death sentencea of murderers had Induced him to confess, and replied: - Meat's Paltry "Sonoded Good." "No, they didn't say anything- about that. I didn't know about It. You are the first one to tell me. It sounds pretty Brood. I don't read the papers much. Sometimes I take The OreRO nlan to see what farms are advertised for sale, but I don't read the other part. For a while after I killed Mrs. Griffith I read the county papers to see what they said about It. 1 told the officers how I killed her when they arreatod me. because they knew all about It. anyway. 1 didn't Intend to kill her. but I guess I tied the rope too tight around her neck and she choked." Humphry Insisted that his brother, who lived with him near Philomath when the crime was committed, was not a party to the deed, and did not know that Georere was guilty. -We never talked about the affair at all." he declared. Hnmphrya CI Year Old. Humphrys. who Is 61 years old, was born In Wisconsin, and came to this part of the country 30 years ago. living- first near Amity. He lived In Polk County for 10 years, and then moved to Yoncalla. Douglas County, where he stayed three years, and In October, 1910. he and his brother. Charles, hnurht nlare near rhllomath. ad joining; the Griffith farm. He was arrested near musDoro yes terday and brought to Corvallls todny. tr.Hrl atunlri creature, with a facial expression Indicative of moral detreneracy. "1 confessed because the officers seemed to know all about the case and how I killed the woman." saia numyu rys. "They said they had a letter my mother wrote to my aunt telling: about me killing Mrs. Griffith. I don't know how that' could be. for my mother couldn't write. I haven't thought much about the killing since I left Philo math, and my arrest was a surprise. I supposed people had forgotten about her." Humphrys answered questions free ly, displaying no feeling, and expressed no Interest In the outcome of his trial. His preliminary hearing will be held next week and the trial In April. BKOTHER PKOVKS CHAMPION' diaries Hnmplirys Says, "'Tis a Lie," When Told of Confession. HILLSBORO, Or., March 15. (Spe cial.) Charles Humphrys, brother of the confessed murderer, George M. Humphrys, did not know of the arrest and confession until this morning at 11 o'clock, when he talked over the tel ephone from the town of Banks, where Humphrys had gone In company with his brother. Lee. who returned to Mos cow, Idaho, tonight. When told of the developments In the case his first question was: "What did he do with the horse?" This referred to the fact that when George Humphrys left the two brothers at the mountain ranch he rode one of tlie horses Into Forest Grove. The arrest was made under a ruse, the original warrant, being sworn to, charging the Humphrys with cruelty to animals. When told that George had confessed to going to the Griffith home at S o'clock in the evening the night of the killing, he responcieu: "It Is a lie George was home every night In June It Is a lie." Ho admit ted that the telephone conversation was his first intimation that the broth er was In trouble. Upon hearing the confession, Charles Humphrys returned to the mountain home, cancelling an In tended trip to Forest Grove In search of his prisoner brother. MICKLE TELLS HIS PLANS Candidate for Dairy Commissioner Anxious to Aid Oregon's Interests. FOREST GROVE, Or... March 15. (Special.) J. D. Mlckle. candidate for State Dairy and Food Commissioner, living at Hillside, four miles north of this city, returned the fore part of the week from a trip through Yamhill, Marion, Clackamas and Multnomah counties, where he addressed meetings of the farmers and dairymen. Mr. Mickle expressed to his audi ences the harmonious relationship which should exist between dairymen and consumers. He Impressed every one with the sincerity of his desire to place the dairy interests of Oregon on a better footing as regards the re lation between the producer and con sumer, and he met with much encour agement In his race for office. Next week he will address the dairymen of Tillamook County. Xcw Investment Company Formed. SAT.F.M". Or.. March 15. (Special.) Articles of incorporation have been filed here by the Meier &. Frank In vestment Company, of Portland. The companv is capitalized at .$175,000 and the incorporators are Jeanette, Ab' and Julius L. Meier, Fannie M. Lloyd and Aaron M. Frank and Leon and Ludwisr Hirsdn. ti rr" 1 1 . SJ? H El Aowdv o BcU LO shoe is tliebimmgota veiy comfortable friendship. One of the popular new Crossetts. Made in dull gun metal with a short vamp and seven buttons. Cleverly perforated. High arch, high heel. Style in every line. rasset "MAKES LIFE'S WALK EASY Lewis A.Crossett.IncMdker $4 to 9 6 everywhere Not-tk AS5ioit. M. c ySS" Style 122 rl JUST .5 MORE LEFT Must Be Sold Today Only One More Day Nearly Two Carloads Sold Already Balance Will Surely Go Today $400 PIANOS FOR STOP! READ! $5.00 DOWN $S.OO MONTH ACT! slsii.wr'fliisWM.i1.ITi.j ..... jar,7ii;ii ii i ! ijl XT ft? Since our first announcement Sunday nearly two carloads of these pianos have been snapped up. That fact alone proves that this is an opportunity extraordinary. In a nutshell, we were in a fix. We've received notice from the railroad company that two carloads of pianos arrived and must be unloaded at once. This is a shipment that had been delayed over two months. Our present quarters are crowded to the limit right now. What to have done with these two carloads was a problem. There was only one thing to do, and that was to sell them, and sell them quickly. To do this we -fully realised that we must make prices and terms never before dreamed of. These pianos are from one of America's largest and finest factories. They are strictly high grade in every respect. Beautiful tone easy action snperb case designs and mottled mahogany, burl walnut and genuine quarter-sawed oak ano fully guaranteed for . ten years. Never before have they sold for less than $400 anywhere. But if "X- ji " t we must do business quickly. Prices and terms have been lost sight of. We're not going to ask you $325, or $300, or even $275. Take your choice for only $246. Pay $5 down and $5 a month. Did you ever hear of such low prices before? Did you ever hear of such low terms before? Our los3 is your gain. These prices and terms should do the business. Ten pianos sold yesterday. The balance will surely go today. You must act quickly. USI sMait?stic Theatre UNQing 6