T H E TIMES
Vol. I. No. 14
PORTLAND, OREGON, JANUARY 20, 1912
WEEK S NEWS DOINGS FLASHED
FROM ALL POINTS OF THE COMPASS
EAST, WEST, NORTH AND SOUTH
Terrible
Loss
Involved
by War
Dear Ones
a i Home
Suffer
Mo/I
January 11.
From 200 to 250 acres will be set
WASHINGTON, D. C„— Polit out near Independencee. Oregon.
ical wiseacres state that presiden
PASADENA. Cal.— Pasadena
tial contest has narrowed down in hotel burns, causing a loss in
Republican party to two men— ¡property and baggage of wealthy
Taft and Roosevelt—the LaPoll- Easterners at about $250.000. No
ette boom having collapsed, that lives lost.
ft
ft
ft
ft
of Cummins never launched and
MADRID, Spain.— The Spanish
that of Beveridge they take mere Cabinet and Jose Canalejas. Pre
ly as a joke.
mier, resigns.
Rom an
B y the
WASHINGTON, D. C.— Post
TACOMA, Wash.,—Rumor re
Cath olic Car
M ost Rev.
ports that Mayor W. W. Seymour master-General Hitchcock decides
d in a l o f
JAM ES
will resign, the alleged reason be to recommend to Congress the re
ing illness, but the popular, belief quisition of the telegraph lines of
B altim ore
G IB B O N S,
is that he is tired of the office, on the United States by the Govern
@ Underwood & Underwood
account of “ knocks” because he ment and their operation as a part
ET us cherish the hope that the day is not far otf when the
cannot give everyone who asks of the postal service.
January 15.
for it a political job.
REIGN OF TH E PRINCE OF PEACE will be firmly
NEW
YORK.—Violet
Buehler,
TEHERAN, Persia.— W. Mor
established
on the earth; when the spirit of the gospel will
gan Shuster. American Treasurer missing Chicago heiress, is dis
so far sway the minds and hearts of rulers that standing
covered
in
New
York
acting
as
a
General of Persia, vacating his
nurse for a sick woman.
armies will yield to PE R M A N EN T COURTS OF A R B IT R A
office, leaves for Europe.
NEW YORK.—300,000 Catho TION ; that contests will be carried on in the council chambers instead
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind.,— Judge
Anderson, of the Federal Court, lics of New York and surrounding j of on the battlefield and decided by the pen instead of the sword.
in dismissing the kidnapping in country plan a rousing reception |
IF W E DO N O T I N S I S T T H A T B E F O R E M EN GO T O W A R
dictments
against
Detective for Cardinal Farley, on his return |
T H E Y S H A L L DO ’ E V E R Y T H I N G IN T H E I R P O W E R T O S E T T L E
William .T. Burns in .the McNam from Rome, January 17.
WASHINGTON, D. C.— United j T H E I R D I S P U T E B Y A R B I T R A T I O N . T H E N M I G H T B E C O M E S R I G H T .
ara eases, commended the great
sleuth and said that he had “ ren States Supreme Court upholds
The truth is that the most frightful sufferings of war are borne by
dered a great service to his coun constitutionality of employers’ li
the
W IVES A N D CHILDREN of those who fight in the field. The
try,” adding that “ if I or this ability law passed by Congress in
1006,
of
all
cases
embodying
the
bitter
agony of their waiting and anxiety is far worse than the mere
court had had anything to do
with the arrest of Mr. Burns in principle before the court. Also physical hardships and sufferings of the armed men. A wound to the
the first instance, I should cer decides state courts may enforce loved one in battle strikes MORE CRUELLY those who have to
tainly now tender him an apol the act when local laws are appro
priate.
wait at home.
ogy.”
P H Y S I C A L S U F F E R I N G U S U A L L Y D I S S I P A T E S T H E F E A R OF
PEKIN. — Reported massacre
January 12.
by rebels of 10,000 Manchus is D E A T H . M E N C A N S U F F E R A N D D I E B R A V E L Y IN T H E E X C I T E
WASHINGTON, D. C „—Taft, confirmed, occurring in the Shen M E N T O F W A R . B U T H A R D E R . M U C H H A R D E R . T O B E A R IS T H E
in view of the non-committal at Si district. Kan Su imperial army M O R A L A G O N Y O F T H O S E W H O M U S T W A I T . W I T H O U T P O W E R T O
titude of Colonel Roosevelt in re is within 60 miles of Sian Fu.
H E L P T H E I R D E A R O N E S IN D A N G g P
gard to 1 he Republican presiden AD JAN. 15
Men will not fight if they have time to grow cool. Nations will not
tial nominal ion. is stirred to an
PEKIN. China.— A bomb is fight if they have time to think. The penalties and degradations of
active campaign, and hy hi* de thrown at Premier Yuan Shi
termination to stay in the game,
war are too great, the agonies o f the weak and helpless, the aged and
(Continued on page 4.)
shows himself to be a good fighter
other noncombatants are too horrible, the waste of wealth, the de
TACOMA. Wash., — British
struction of industry and commerce, are too V AST to be endured
steamer Stratabyn and American
when there is a W A Y TO PEACE.
Hawaiian liner Virginian, collide
in Puget Sound, halfway between
Tacoma and Seattle.
LONDON.— Italian war vessels
in Red Sea overtake and sink
seven Turkish gunboats.
SALEM. Ore.— State taxes for
1012 will equal $3,063,815—a to
The work of securing a jury in
tal
exceeding
the
combined the Wilde case still drags wearily
amounts for the vears 1906, 1007 along. Perhaps some day “ twelve
and 1908.
men. good and true.” may finally
SAN FRANCISCO.— Mark A. fill the jury box and then the
Wilkins is hanged at San Quentin case may go on to a final conclu
GEORGE B C O R T E L Y O U , F o r m e r l y
penitentiary for the murder of sion.
S e c r e t a r y o f th e T r e a s u r y
Mrs. Vernie Carmen, committed
Surprising features have devel
in 1007. Wilkins protested his in oped in this case. Among them are
TIATEVER may be the reason, law
nocence to the last.
the statements of two prospective
SANTA BARBARA.
Cal — jurors who have declared that
with us is not held in as high regard
John Rech. Italian rancher, is sen they were approached by some
as it should be. I do not mean sim
tenced to life imprisonment for man. name unknown, whom they
ply law in its narrow sense, as the
the murder of his own child, com believed to he working in the in
terest o f the defense, who attempt punishment of petty offenses or the mere rou
mitted November 2. 1011.
ed to sound them on their views in tine administration of justice, essential as both
January 13.
ASTORIA. Ore.— Four-masted the case.
Back of all this were the long are, but 1 mean law in the B R O A D SENSE
schooner Admiral, propelleed by
@ CUnedlnst
o f general and willing conformity to the well
terrific wind drives through south delays before the defendant would
come
here
from
California.
settled
teachings
of
our
experience
as
embodied
in
those
rules which
jetty of the Columbians turned
Then, again, there was the mys have been established for the regulation of our social and industrial
bottom up, and lies a complete
wreck on the sands off Peacock terious breaking into District At relations.
torney Cameron’s office one night,
Spit. Entire crew are saved.
It must be admitted that the somewhat lax attitude of our people
WASHINGTON. D. C —The and into that of Special Prosecu
tor
Clark,
and
the
abstraction
of
toward
law in certain o f its aspects is NOT WHOLLY W ITH OU T
chances of Governor Woodrow
Wilson of New York for Demo certain valuable papers in the CAUSE, and. though this cannot be excused, it can at least be par
ease.
cratic
presidential nomination
More recently still th en was tially explained by the way in which many of our laws are made.
seem to be weakening. Reasons
♦he
murderous attack upon Spec Along with obedience to law must go wisdom and moderation in the
assigned are numerous. Principal
among these are a former letter ial Prosecutor Clarke, at Salem, making of law.
signed by Wilson placing Bryan by an unknown man with a revol
But it too often happens that laws are PASSED IN A H ASTY
in the political nuisance class; ver. and the wounding o f Mr.
Clark.
AN
D
SLOVENLY M AN NER, with no proper study or considera
Grover Cleveland’s denunciation
There
are
still
more
ramifica
tion
and
with little or no thought for their effect on the general wel
of Wilson and his utterances in a
baccalaureate address charging tions in this case. Down in San fare.
labor unions with giving em Diego, Cal., the Labor Council,
E V E R Y Y E A R 3 E E 8 T H O U S A N D S O F N E W L A W S P U T ON O U R
ployers as little as possible for having its interest in this case,
sought to secure the aid of the S T A T U T E BO OK S , M A N Y O F T H E M I N S P I R E D BY P A R T I S A N OR
their nmnev.
ROSEBT'RG. Ore — C. F. Mc Central Labor Council of Portland P R I V A T E M O T I V E S . U N T I L T H E C I T I Z E N IS B E W I L D E R E D A N D
Mullen receives word that he has in the matter. It desired the Port D I S C O U R A G E D BY T H E I R V E R Y M U L T I P L I C I T Y A N D BY T H E I R
land body to use its influence to P E R P L E X I N G A N D O F T E N C O N T R A D I C T O R Y P R OV IS IONS .
inherited money and property to
prevent any nonunion man being
1 he value of ¡tsJOOO.nOO.
When this process has gone on for a considerable time RESPECT
placed on the Wilde jury. The
WASHINGTON. D. C.— Post
Portland Council, it is said wisely FOR ALL LAW IS IN D A N G E R OF BEING WEAKENED. So,
master-General
Hitchcock, the
bat helor nnonber of Preside*1* declined to mix in the matter. while we appeal for a FULLER AND MORE THOROUGH OBE
However, some subtle influence
Taft's cabinet, receives a propos
DIENCE TO L A W , we must couple with it an appeal for more
al of marriage from a Texas wo has been at work with thp result sane and conservative and patriotic methods in the making of laws, for
that during the week Louis H v rt-
man. who exercises her leap-year
lin, a non-union moulder,employed MORE SIM PLIC ITY in their construction, for a material reduction
rights.
bv the Independent Iron Foun in their number and for the highest standard of ability and integrity
January 14.
dry. was eliminated from the pan
SALEM. Ore.— Eastern brew el. In legal parlancp, Haertliii,. in our judiciary.
ers. seeing necessity to strengthen gotten rid of by the defense, al
their position on Pacific Coast ap though passed for cause previous
Appearances go to show that union proclivities is desired by
propriate $500.000 and plan the ly by both the prosecution and de
__
1 , 1
. . . „
. .. ¡that side of this somewhat eele-
planting of 1000 acres of hops in fense, was released under a pre orgamzed labor is friendly to the hrftt(l(1 P|we_
California and Oregon this year. etnptory challenge.
defense and that no man o f non-
c an anyone tell whyT
DON’T WANT NON
UNION JURORS
IN WILDE CASE
Laws A re So Numerous
ThatWeBecome
Bewildered
Price 5 Cents
MASSACHUSETTS MILITIA PUT TO
ROUT HOWLING MOB OF TEXILE
OPERATIVES WHO ARE ON STRIKE
LAWRENCE, Mass..
Disor
ders before the gates of the great
textile mills o f Lawrence became
so frequent and menacing Jan
uary 15th, that seven companies
of militia were ealled from tin-
armory to assist the police in con
trolling the turbulent foreign op
eratives.
The uproar at the mill gates
was so great that seven o f the
big plants were shut down. Sever
al shots into the air were tired hy
the police and some arrests were
made. The militia charge I with
the bayonet and a battery of ar
tillery was ordered out.
A dozen or more operatives
were injured, hut none seriously.
The trouble began with an at
tempt hy the strikers to rush the
doors at the Wood Worsted Mills
and the Prospeett Woolen Mills.
The attempts at both places were
repulsed by the police, who used
| their clubs and made several ar
rests.
| The strikers raided a train of
coal cars and bombarded the win
dows o f one mill with chunks of
coal, injuring six operatives. The
police then charged the mob and
fired into the air, hut the shots
did not scare tlie strikers and or
ders were given to turn on the
water in the mill hose. At this
time two companies of militia un
der Captain Randlett were order
ed out.
Captain Randlett’s orders to
the crowd to disperse were not
obeyed immediately, and he ord
ered the militiamen to charge
with lmyonetts set. In the charge
many o f the lmyonetts were pross-
ede against the crowd, hut the
militiamen were careful not to in
flict wounds. Two rioters were
hurt, hut not seriously.
Battery C. Light Artillery, was
ordered, whereupon the crowd
dispersed. Additional police were
requested from Boston, Lowell,
Salem and elsewhere.
Vincenzo Lamarest. who. the
police say, was one of tin1 most
violent in 1 ho crowd, was arrest
ed charged with assault. He car
ried a revolver and 92 cartridges,
a large dirk and a st i 1 let to About,
30 other arrests were made.
It is estimated that nearly 30,-
000 hands are idle, half of whom
are actually on strike, ami the
others were forced out by tin1
stopping o f tin1 machinery. 'I’ ll •
trouble, which began last Friday,
when a mob stormed several of
the mills and injured employes
and property, is due to a general
reduction in wages necessitated,
the manufacturers say, by a cut
in the working time from 56 hours
to 54 hours a week, and by a new
state law governing establish
ments where women and children
are employed.
The mills closed are the Wood,
Ayer an I Washington, controlled
hy the American Woolen Com
pany, and employing 15,000 per
sons; the cotton mills o f the Ar
lington, Everett Pemberton Cor
poration and the mills of the Law
rence Ducy Company, employing
8000 more. Other woolen and cot
ton mills, the employees of which
aggregate 9500 are running on a
small scale. It was believed that,
practically every mill in Law
rence would he forced to close.
W.C.LUGKENHILL
EX-PIGKETER GETS
10-0AY STRETCH
dumped him into the “ pen” lie
realized that monkeying with the
courts o f law isn’t an easy game.
He will now have an opportunity
to feel flu1 fangs of remorse, un
less his hide is too thick.
One time W. ( ’. Lukenhill had
n job. even if it wasn’t n very re
spectable or manly sort of a job—
that of a pieketer at the Albina
earshops in Portland. Even the
Lukenhill and laid him off. But
there was the force of habit hang
ing over him. and he simply
couldn’t resist to iiievliiiation to
loiter around that vicinity and
become a general nuisance. In
fact he has so much in evidence
that lie lias been a source o f much
annoyance to policemen, which
culminated on Tuesday at Kus-
sel avenue and Delay street, when
he showed no regard or respect for
constituted legal authority as per
sonified in the blue coat and brass
buttons of Sergeant Harms. He
belched forth words that were not
nice, and the Sergeant took him
in tow.
CLASH BETWEEN
THE MILITIA AND
THE STRIKERS
A night’s sleep in the city ’s
palatial quarters at. Second and
Oak streets didn’t improve Luk-
enbill’s disposition. In due course
lie was yanked into Judge Taz-
well’s court.
Though the ease
was clearly proven against Luk-
cnbill. showing him to he a chron
ic trouble-breeder and the court
imposed a fine of $10, the Judge,
desiring to show a lenient spirit,
suspended the sentence.
Being of shallow calibre, Luk-
cnbill didn’t have sense enough
to appreciate a good thing
lie
yelled: “ Don’t suspend sentence
on my account.
You might as
well put me in jail while you are
about it.”
This was a little too much for
the judicial dignity to hear. Still.
Judge Tazwcll in a spirit of fair
ness to the swaggering Lllkkcn-
hill, told him that he could pay
his fine. It was very weak and
foolish for Lukenhill. after the
manner o f his class to defiantly
hurl out, “ Go ahead, put me in
jail.”
The only thing Judge Tazwcll
could do was to order his incar
ceration for ten days in the has-
tile. After Bailiff Butler had
LAWRENCE, Mass., — Three
thousand striking textile workers
and in i I i t i a in ei i clashed Wednes
day when the former refused to
change the line of march of a pa
rade and attempted to force the
soldiers’ line.
The militiamen belabored their
assailants with clubs, hut no one
was seriously hurt, although many
were badly bruised and several
women and children were tramp
led on.
At the central power plant of
the I’m itic mills 1 <MI strikers made
an attempt to disable the machin
ery hy throwing junk through
the windows, hut were unsuccess
ful. The militia responded to a
call for help and the strikers fled.
The authorities at Washington
have instructed Immigration In
spector F.
Gordon, of Haver
hill. to come to Lawrence and de
termine whether the alien con
tract labor law Inis been violated
hy mill corporations.
Many of
the strikers claim they were in
duced to come here from •a i rope
hy certain corporations.
Increased numbers of opera
tives went to work in the security
thought to lie guaranteed by the
continued presence of the mill dis
trict o f eight companies of (In
state militia.
There were slight disturbances
early at two small mills, hut no
actual clashes between the troops
ami the strikers then.
Progress toward bringing to
gether representatives of the 15,-
000 strikers ami the mill owners
came to a halt, the latter refusing
to delegate representatives to
meet the strikers. The mill own
ers maintain they have nothing to
discuss.
Arrangements were
made for a parade o f all the strik
ers Thursday.