THE TIMES
Vol. I. No. 21
PORTLAND, OREGON, MARCH 9, 1912
JURY TO TRY BERT HICKS HARD TO
GET -MAY USE UP TWO WEEKS MORE
TRIAL MAY TAKE A FORTNIGHT
On Friday last, at noon, William
To give the attorneys an oppor
Kennedy was passed as the 12th tunity to recover from the exer
venireman in the jury under se tions of their strenuous talkfest,
lection in the Wortman murder Judge Gatens suspended the trial
case. The task of selecting these Saturday until Monday morning.
tentative jurymen began Febru
On Monday little progress was
ary 20th, and they were raked, made. One talesman was chal
as it were, with a fine-tooth comb, lenged and another passed for
in the effort to secure an able cause. William Eckles, previous
jury to consider the fate of Bert ly passed for cause, fell under the
Hicks. Before the final man was fire of a peremptory challenge by
passed, T. Tascher, R. Campbell, the defense— its first exercise of
H. C. Snyder, B. G. Wallace and the privilege— and was weeded
O. I. Neal were excused, after a out. 0. M. Barber, a carpenter,
rigid examination. In all 42 men and contractor, was passed for
were called for jurymen as to cause. It turned out that Eckles
their qualifications as jurors, and was challenged because he is a
member of the Carpenters’ Union
thirty excused.
The complete panel, as it stood and identified with the Socialist
with the selection of Kennedy, was party.
Charles Danford admitted that
as follow s:
he was formerly a union man and
John Farrell, retired blacksmith.
this let him out as a juryman.
Frank Capelle, collector.
Frank Wallace had his try-out.
B. A. Schaar, lathing contrac
It developed that he was affiliated
tor.
with some society that was objec
E. S. Park, street ear conductor.
tionable to the attorneys and was
F. A. Jacobs, grocery salesman.
prejudiced against capital, so he
William Palmer, salesman.
was dropped. Hugh O ’Brien was
George O ’Brien, artist.
another not measuring up to the
E. R. Hall, salesman.
requirements, and he was excused.
William Eckles, carpenter.
At the close of the afternoon
George Gamrnie, bank teller.
session Monday attorneys intimat
E. Belgeman, carpenter.
ed that it would take fully two
William Kennedy, retired res weeks before a stable jury was
taurant proprietor.
found, and that at least another
The foregoing constituted the
two weeks would be consumed in
line-up. subject to the peremptory the trial.
challenges of the prosecution and
E. A. Lamberson was under ex
defense. The first man to be
amination touching his qualifica
boloed with a peremptory chal tions as a juror when the court
lenge by the defense was Bruno adjourned Monday afternoon.
A. Schaar, leaving eleven men to
Mr. Lamberson was excused be
come into the fierce limelight of cause he was formerly a member
the inquisition. To fill the va of the Barbers’ Union, and was
cancy thus created five or six prejudiced thereby.
prospective jurors were placed on
At Tuesday’s session W. K. Hall,
the firing line. They revealed chief clerk in the dining ear sup
weak spots in their armor of ply department of the O.-W. R. &
availability as jurors and being N. Co., was passed for cause by
disqualified, “ went down and both sides. George Gamrnie was
out” .
excused on the first peremptory
When P. J. Conovan and Ray challenge o f the state. At the
E. Hall were examined, they re close of the session. E. Ilallingsby,
vealed
conscientious
scruples employed by the Portland Gas &
against capital punishment, and Coke Co., was being tested as a
they were retired.
juror.
R. L. Lamb, a member of the
Judge Gatens administered a
Carpenters’ Union, and C. B. Ra- rebuke to
Special Prosecutor
stall, of the Painters’ Union, then Davis, who objected to the inter
came to bat. They both made a rogatories made by Dan Malarkey
foul. They themselves doubted for the defense. The court over
that they could give the accused ruled Mr. Davis’ objection, which
a fair trial, and they were right, caused the latter to address the
so it was farewell to them.
court in a manner considered dis
C. ' C. Cannuto knows consider respectful by the court, bringing
Judge Gatens
able about operating gasoline sharp rebuke.
launches, but his early education ruled that hereafter attorneys will
regarding the practices in Amer-| be given less latitude in the ex
ican courts was sadly neglected, | amination of veniremen in the
so he wouldn’t do at all.
a minimum wage scale o f 50 cents
per hour.
We trust that you may find
space in your paper to print this
fetter, as we believe the public
should be informed of the facts.
UNITED METAL TRADES
PORTLAND, Or., Feb. 2!).—To
ASSOCIATION.
the Editor of The Journal— In
F. C. Porter. Sec.
The Daily Journal of the 27th
there appeared an article from Los
Angeles stating that an agreement
had been reached between the
moulders, blacksmiths, machinists
and patternmakers unions, and
the Founders & Employers asso
ciation, whereby 15CK) men who
are on strike will return to work
SAN FRANCISCO — Nearly 600
as soon as industrial conditions men belonging to the seven local
unions of the Pacific Maritime
permit.
This article would lead the pub Federation were locked out here
lic in general to believe that the March 1, by an open shop ultima
strikers in Los Angeles had se tum of the Union Iron Works and
the Moore & Seott Iron Works.
cured their demands.
We have a telegram from the
The lockout is the result of the
Founders & Employers associa action of the unions in the Mari
tion. the members of which com time Federation in refusing to
prise practically all the metal take the places of striking union
manufacturing establishments of ship calkers.
Los Angeles and the immediate vi
The terms of the corporations
cinity, stating that they have include demands for the open shop
made no agreement with anybody, on all “ old” and new work on
and that they will continue the steel vessels. The men declare the
nine-hour day as they always have intention of the employers is to
in the past, and will stand for the discontinue the eight-hour day.
“ open shop” the same as they al The corporations also refuse to
ways have. Conditions are to re pay the union scale of $5 a day
main just as they have been dur for calking or repairing, which is
known as “ o ld ” work. The men
ing and prior to the strike.
The unions have won absolutely declare they are willing to work
nothing and on the contrary have for any employer who will pay
lost everything they struck for union wages and grant union
which was an eight-hour day and hours.
Winifred Stoner, Pittsburgh
Prodigy, Is Nine Years Old
Price 5 Cents
ALL CONSPIRATORS IN DYNAMITE
CASES SAYS JUDGE SANBORN
MUST BE TRIED AT INDIANAPOLIS
MILWAUKEE, Wis. — William
E. Reddin and German G. Seiffert,
officials of the Milwaukee Iron
Workers’ Union, will be removed
to Indiana for trial in the alleged
dynamiting conspiracy, Federal
Judge Sanborn, of Madison, today
having overruled their contention
that if they had committed an
offense it was committed in Wis
consin, not in Indiana.
Judge Sanborn held that every
shipment of nitroglycerine by Or-
tie McManigal or the McNamaras
was chargeable also to all the
other persons in the alleged con
spiracy.
“ So the offense, if any,” he
said, “ was committed in Indiana,
although it also may have been in
other states. The most convenient
place for trials, from the stand
point of all the defendants, is in
the District of Indiana. There
fore, these defendants should
stand trial there, with the others,
unless they have the right, under
the constitution, to he discharged
from arrest here.
Reddin and Seiffert challenged
the sufficiency of the indictment,
in that it was not explicit enough
in presenting proofs of guilt. The
court held, however, that in a case
where secrecy is of prime impor
tance a grand jury is justified in
not incorporating too specific
statements in the indictment.
Judge Sanborn’s ruling prob
ably will affect the efforts of other
defendants, two of them in New
York, to prevent extradition to
Indianapolis for trial.
W RIT IS DENIED.
NEW YORK.—Judge Hand in
the United States District Court
denied a writ of habeas corpus in
the case of Patrick F. Farrell, in
dicted with other labor leaders
for the alleged dynamite con
spiracy and ordered his removal
to Indianapolis for arraignment.
Frank ('. Webb, the other labor
leader arrested in this district, did
not seek a writ of habeas corpus.
COWARDLY STRIKEBREAKERS ARE
ROUTED BY GUILTY FOREMAN
AT ALBINA RAILROAD SHOPS
As an example of the extreme
ends of cussedness, ini' " and sim
ple, to which the strikers at the
O.-W. R. & N. Albina shops will
O the list of precocious prodigies which includes William James Sldls
and N'orbert Wiener, both sous of Harvard
ofcaaors, must now be descend, in prosecuting their lost
added Winifred Sackvllle Rtoiifet, a nine-year-old girl o f Pittsburgh. cause, an
instance,
occurring
Her mother gays that the child is proficient in a number of languages, Wednesday amply suffices. A me
talks intelligently on mythology, history, literature, geography and art and lee occurred, in which several
has published three books. Yet, according to the same authority, she Is “ouly
minor injuries are reported, and
a simple child who loves her playmates and dolls as well as her books." The
child's phenomenal progress in the acquisition of knowledge is snid to have that a murder did not happen or
been made through the medium of play. “ Every child,” says Mrs. Stoner, a serious injury take place, is no
“has a talent. It is the duty of parents to discover this talent and nourish it fault of the misguided union men.
so that It will bear good fruit. With concentration and observation implauted
Patrolman Goltz, stationed at
early la any child's mind I believe that child will succeed in some line."
this point to prevent friction be
tween union and non-union work
ers, was called away to hunt up
a little girl that was lost. Tak
ing advantage of his absence, like
the wretched and contemptible
I cowards that they arc, a hunch
,o f pickets laid low to await the
coining of some
independent
T
Bust of Admiral Peary For
Museum of Natural History
workmen as they left the yards at
the end of the d ay’s work. Some
of the latter made their way
through the gates only to he met.
by a shower of rocks. Gallantly
several of the independent work
men advanced, and W. C. Lukcn-
bill, who is an old offender, and
a virulently active and contempt
ible picket, got a number of wal
lops. .1. P. Krentz and John
Cyphers (cypher means nothing),
both of the ornery picket class,
got a few cracks, which they un
doubtedly deserved. Then it was
that W. C. Howard, hacked by a
revolver, who is a foreman, in
terested in the preservation of
law and order, compelled the mis
erable unionist picketers to sneak
behind the stockade.
As usual, the pickets showed
their utter cowardice.
NON-UNION MINER NON-UNIONISTS
ASSULTED BY
ARE GENEROUS
UNIONSTRIKERS
TO UNION MEN
CIIEHALIS, Wash. — Because
the owners of the Superior coal
mines will not recognize the union,
the miners have gone on a strike.
Charles Dunn, secretary o f the
union, warned non-union men
from going to work, hut in spile
of the warning the mines resumed
operations.
OPEN SHOP AND
NINE HOURS WIN
AT LOS ANGELES
IRON WORKERS
LOCKED OUT AT
SAN FRANCISCO
Frank Hterrasniek, a non-union
man, was assaulted by Joe Lako-
viteh and Joe Starr, two strikers,
yesterday, and severely beaten.
The men are being held at the
Auhin was convicted on a
Lewis County jail. Further trou charge of disorderly conduct, in
hie is anticipated by Sheriff I’r connection with a recent clash be
quhart.
tween the strikers and Southern
Pacific employees and was later
fined in the sum of $17. lie in
formed the court that he was ii
striker and had a wife and six
small children dependent upon
him for support, lie further ad
mitted that he was practically
VANCOUVER, B C Five men penniless and would lie compelled
arrested by the police at the time to pass the alternative of eight
o f the frcc-speech disturbance days in the city jail.
on the Powell-street. grounds, .lim
Aiibin’s circumstances were dis
itary 2rt, were sentenced to three covered by the non-union men.
months’ imprisonment by Judge and they immediately protested
Melnnes today.
against his confinement in jail,
The free-speech war was ended and offered to liquidate the fine.
two weeks ago, when a comprom The attitude displayed by these
ise was reached under which the workmen in the ease at issue has
speakers can talk in the public caused much favorable comment
squares if they refrain from in Rosehurg, where the factions
preaching sedition. Speaking in have been at war since the strike
the streets, however, is prohibited. was called.
KIBOSH PUT ON
STREET RANTERS
AT VANCOUVER
MARHI..E bust of Hear Admiral Hubert E. I'eary will goon he placed In
the American Museum of Natural History In New York. It is til*
work of William Couiier, to whom the explorer gave sittings soon after
his return from the discovery of the north pole. It represents the ad
miral clad In furs, a garb more fitting than that of bia rank In the navy. It Is
fitting also that tbe buat should have a place In tbe museum, for Peary's ex
plorations were rendered possible largely through the money contributed by
the institution and those connected with' it. It will be remembered that the
esmp pitched by Peary at the pole was caUed Camp Morris K. Jesup after the
principal pat ran ef the Mneeum of Netursl History. Tbe commission for the
bust was given by t wealthy rtsldent of New York who Is deeply interested
in science, hot prefers that his name shall not be made public. Other niches
In the hall In which it will be placed ceataln the busta of such aciaatista as
Audubon, Faraday and Franklin.
A
ROSEBURG, Or. — Evidencing
an attitude o f kindness toward
the striking Southern Pacific shop
men, a number of non-union work
men recently appeared at the city
recorder’s office and informed the
police judge that they would glad
ly pay the fine of if' 17, imposed hv
the court following the conviction
of Alex Auhin, a striker, in the
event the money would be ac
cepted.