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Vol. I. No. 2JL
PORTLAND, OREGON, MARCH í í f 1912
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WORK OF GETTING HICK’S JURY
SUDDENLY ENDS W EDNESDAY-
TRIAL OF CASE BEGUN THURSDAY
HICK’S JURY.
William Canady, retired restaii
rant man.
E. Balgemann, contracting car
pen ter.
E. R. Hall, laundry driver.
E. S. Park, streetcar conductor.
George 0 ’Brien, photographer.
P. E. Jacobs, salesman.
O. M. Barber, contracting car
penter.
U. K. Hall, clerk O.-W. R. & N.
Co.
N. E. Farnsworth, real estate $
dealer.
II. R. Eckert, contracting car
penter.
Frank Hailing, telphone company
laborer.
W. O. Walker, grocer.
Soldiers and Children Who
Figured In Lawrence Strike
Because he had freely discussed
the case made R. L. Campbell
form a fixed opinion that evi
dence could not shake, so he was
unavailable.
Since Paul Scheringsou was
not a citizen, he was soon ex
cused. There were also excused
j E. C. Hall, a liquor dealer, be
cause he sympathizes with organ
ized labor.
John J. Neal, a
steamfitter, who although not a
union man, professed an abhor-
ence fo r a man to replace a
striker.
V ery little progress was made
Monday. A fter wrestling all day
Frank Hailing, "ground-man for
a telephone company, was passed
for cause. The defense peremp
torily excused Albert V. Kasse-
baum.
The defense was not a
little surprised when the state
suddenly refused to exercise a.
peremptory challenge and pro
fessed itself satisfied with the
jurymen
already
in the box<
which led to the defendant’s at
torneys calling the turn and chal
lenging Kassebaum. This left the
defense with but five peremptor
ies at its command and four to
the credit o f the state.
These
can only apply to new prospee
five jurymen, in the case o f the
latter, for the defense has the
right to exercise the peremptory
challenge
on
any
venireman
passed for cause.
Those failing to come up to re
quirements Monday w e re :
J. Danielson, a planing machine
worker, because he is not a citi
zen, and also because he belongs
to the I. W . W .’s, which is as
suredly good cause for disquali
fication.
On Wednesday the attorneys
for the state and defense, in the
Bert Hicks case, in which Hicks
is aceused of the murder of W.
A. Wortman November 2, 1911.
finally agreed on a jury.
The
names o f the jurymen appear at
the head o f this column.
Seventeen days have been con
sumed and 82 veniremen exam
ined, before the sifting process
resulted in the choice o f the
“ twelve good men and true” .
When Dan J. Malarkey, chief
cousel fo r the defense, announced
that the ju ry as it then stood was
acceptable, it caused no little sur
prise. Thursday morning W. M.
Davis, special prosecutor fo r the
state, and Dan Malarkey fo r the
defense, made their statements
to the jury. The men in the box
visited the scene where Wortman
lost his life.
P h o to s by A m e rica n P ress A sso cia tion .
Events in the case prior to the
final selection of the ju ry follow.
HE children o f the Lawrence strikers—among them some who are strik
Carl Majeski, because he is a
A t F rid a y ’s session
o f the
ers themselves—have had an opportunity to tell tbelr grievances to the
of
Special
Prosecutor
Bert H ick ’s case, last week, the client
rules committee of the house of representatives. Their Invitation to
visit Washington catue through the efforts of Representative Wilson of
defense used two peremptory Davis.
challenges, and still had avail
R. O. Campbell, a grocer, for Pennsylvania, a workingman himself, and o f Representative Berger, the Wis
consin Socialist, to Institute a federal Inquiry Into the action o f the I^wrence
able six.
By this process Gus lack of citizenship.
police In preventing the strikers' children from leaving the city. One of the
Ihle, a cobbler, and Frank Copell,
H. C. Seammon. because he is witnesses, a Philadelphia Socialist, said that he had seen tho police at the
collector fo r a lumber company against capital punishment.
railway station pick up little children hy the arms and legs and throw them
were weeded out.
O f the six
The defense passed for cause Into patrol wagons and that the police had beaten women on the shoulders and
peremptory challenges allowable
W. S. Halmon, a real estate and breasts The lower of the two photographs shows strikers' children at one of
to the prosecution, the state had,
insurance man, and he was under the soup kitchens opened for them by sympathisers; the upper the militia per
up to that time, utilized but two.
examination by the state’s attor forming police duty In making loiterers "m ove on."
A challenge for cause of prob
neys when
the
court session
able bias by the defense was con
closed.
tested by the state. This brought
Tuesday added another chapter1
forth a statement by the court to
the effect that the defendant was to the case. B y refusing to per
to be given a fair and impartial emptorily challenge, the attor
trial even if three weeks had neys fo r the state forced the is
been used in trying to get an ac sue, and the defense was com
ceptable ju ry together.
The pelled to excuse W illiam Palmer
H. R. Eekhart
court added that all concerned as a juryman.
should remain three months lon was passed by both sides for
cause. Then C. J. Schafer wa?
ger, if necessary.
Gus Ihle, who was subsequent placed under examination.
Attorney Dan Malarkey fo r the
ly excused on a peremptory chal
lenge, was first passed for cause, defense, when W . S. H alvor was
being examined touching hie
as was Nathan E. Farnsworth.
as
a
juryman
Because
he had acquired a qualifications
fixed opinion on the merits o f the brought in a reference to the con
case W . W Hall was opposed temptible actions o f the Social
Likewise Robert J. Ham ill, who ists and I. W. W .’s at General
meeting.
This
does not believe in inflicting the Baden - Powell
death penaly and because he had brought “ P ik e ” Davis, special
prosecutor, up with a jump. The
a set opinion.
attorneys shook their fingers in
When the law provided the
penalty
of
hanging,
Joseph each other’s faces. Mr. Malarkey
O ’Brien said he would not find said :
“ The galled jade winces,” to
any man guilty, so he was elim
which Mr. Davis retorted:
inated.
“ I ’ll make you wince before I
H. W . Hall has a prejudice
against strikers and M. D. Neer am through.”
Judge Gatens ealled the attor
doesn’t believe in capital punish
neys to order.
ment.
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Mrs. Isabella Goodwin Is a
Sherlock Holmes In Skirts
The action o f the Socialists and
I. W. W .’s who insulted General
Baden-Powell at his Ijoy Scouts’
meeting in Portland has brought
forth great indignation. The dai
ly papers have roundly scored
them, correspondents have de
cried them and the Mount Scott
Improvement Club passed a reso
lution containing tliis significant
paragraph:
“ The Alt. Scott Improvement
Club hereby condemns the act of
rowdyism and disorder at the
meeting at which General Baden-
Powell was advertised to speak
March 9, and likewise condemns
similar acts o f disorder at any
public meeting.”
One woman correspondent'says,
in p a rt:
“ A ll of my people were aboli
tionists and my father was a
union officer in the Civil War.
W hile I was born years after the
war, I ’ve got fighting blood in
my veins and it boils at the se
dition o f Socialists in Portland
and other cities. I have greater
respect fo r the secessionist of the
one-time south than for this mo.
dern seditionist o f nowhere. The
secessionist was at least an Amer
ican.
“ The disgraceful and disgust
ing outbreak o f the Socialist and
I. W . W . rabble at the public
meeting in the Gipsy Smith audi
torium Saturday afternoon, when
General Baden-Powell and other
men o f esteem and prominence
attempted to address the boys of
the city on the Boy Scout move
ment,
was
the
last
straw.
Whether I am fo r ‘ women’s
rights’ or not, I am for citizen
ship, and I have wondered how
business men, public men and
other citizens can ignore the se
ditious ranting o f ignorant rov
ers who nightly harangue a pack
o f loafers on the street.”
At
General
Baden-Powell’s
meeting in Seattle, an attempt
was made to, bring up the sanio
tactics as those employed in
Portland. An account from Seat
tie states:
“ When the curtain went up
one of the men arose and shout
ed at protest against the meet
ing.
He was instantly hustled
out o f the theater hy others seat
ed near him. When General Ba
den - Powell
was
introduced,
another man
shouted,
“ How
about Portland?”
“ I w ill tell you about Port
land,” coolly responded the Gen
eral. “ More boys joined the
Scouts there as a result of our
meeting than at any other place
we have visited.”
A fte r this there was no fu r
ther interruption, although the
disturbers frequently hissed the
speaker, but apparently failed to
annoy him.
SOCIALIST THUGS LUCKENBILL IS
COWARDLY BEAT SENTENCED AND
UP YOUNG MEN
FINED BY JUDGE
Reference was recently made in
This story, reprinted from The
Oregonian, is an apt illustration these columns to an outbreak at
o f the cowardly tactics o f Port the Albina oarshops incident to
the fag-end o f the railroad strike,
land Socialists:
instigated last fall.
It was an
W ithout further provocation instance o f pickets interfering
than that he was trying to wend with well-behaved and industri
his way up Alder street and ous non-union workmen. The o f
crossed a Socialist demonstration fenders were J. P. Kreutz and J.
parade, George Ilickel, a 19-year L. Bowers, under the leadership,
old boy, was jumped on by twn o f a loud-mouthed bully, W. Ci
members of the long line and Luckenbill by name, who is a bad
-mauled until his face was hardly actor. As a result o f the melee
recognizable. Absolutely no eon W. A. Holt and A. C. Allen re
sideration for the youth o f the ceived wounds n the bead. They
pedestrian or for his size was en would have fared even worse,
tertained and he was thrown vio bad it not been for a shop fore
lently to the street before the man who routed the attacking
surrounding crowd could save tin- party with a revolver.
hoy from the maltreatment o f the
Luckenbill has been a constant
two ruffians.
, breeder of trouble and has been
Ilick el was going up Aider before the court before for active
street in the direction o f Sev belligerency. He delights in be
When be and li ih
enth. The Socialist demonstra ing a bully.
tion was wandering north on companion were placed under ar
Sixth street and the string ex rest, they retaliated by securing
tended fo r two or more blocks the arrest o f Holt and Allen.
The case came on for hearing
along the street. The boy tried
to pass through the ranks of tin* Tuesday before Judge Tazwell.
so-called “ laboring” men. As ho The court gave Luckenbill the al
crossed the line some remark was ternative o f remaining away from
made to him. lie did not under the picket line or serving a sen
stand it, Imt imagined that it was tence o f 90 flays and paying a
a caution that he should have $200 fine. As to Holt ami Allen,
waited
until tile string had they were quickly dismissed.
passed.
“ Don’t you like it? ” was Ilick
e l’s retort.
FIASCO R. R.
STRIKE NOW A
GLOSEO INCIDENT
Immediately and before the as
tonished crowd along the side
walks could gather the signifi
eanee o f the affair, the hoy was
thrown to the street and a few
Considering the shop men ’a
kicks added.
The spectators
promptly wrenched the hooligans strike ended some time ago, by
reason o f having a full eomple
away.
incut of mechanics at work, offi
eials o f the O.W. It. & N. com
pany have decided to abandon
the mess houses at the Albina
shops next week.
“ The strike is over, so fa r as
we are concerned here,” said As
sistant General Manager M. J
he persisted in his effort and the
Buckley. “ Conditions are normal
chairman sustained his right.
Photo by American Press Association
S A N FRANCISCO. On the re at the shops. A number o f old
employes have returned to work,
Fenelson explained that he rev
RS. IS A B E L L A OOOUW IN Is the first woman In the history o f th# quest o f the defendants, proceed some have remained away and
erenced the international red flag
ings
in
the
fight
to
prevent
ex
New York police department to he made a first snide detective t’ ntil
others the couqiany refused to
which was displayed in the hall,
recently she was a police matron; then she was detailed to itet evi tradition to Indiana made by
but he thought it should share
dence against fortune tellers She was successful In that work, hut Olaf A. Tveitmoe and K. A take back,” be said
honors
with
the
Stars
and j her best chance came when women suspected of knowledge of a $2.r>.iss) taxicab Clancy, labor leaders, charged
Mr. Buckley indicated that
Stripes, the banner o f a G overn-1 robbery were under police scrutiny Mrs. tjoodwlu wormed the truth out of with complicity in a national d y while a few pickets are still try
ment founded on the principle o f j them, and the arrest of the robbers followed For this service she was pro nainite conspiracy, were cunt in l i ng to harass the employes, the
equal rights. The motion was I moted end now enjoys a salary of I2.2.V): her police matron's salary was $1,000. lied to April 2 by Cnited State« city authorities will lie expected
defeated three to one and the ! Mrs. Ooodwln belongs to a family of policemen, so to «peak. Her husband, Commissioner Krull
The Gov | to maintain law and order.
At the Southern Pacific shops
convention resumed its work o f 1 who Is dead, rose "to be a sergeant; her son Is now on duty as an acting de emmerit did not resist the eon
tective sergeant, and her daughter was once a New York store detective.
revising the constitution.
(Continued on Page Four.)
tinunnee.
SEATTLE SOCIALISTS’ CONVENTION
REFUSE TO PERMIT OLD GLORY
TO BE UNFURLED IN THEIR HALL
S E A T T L E — The State Social
ist Convention was thrown into
tumult. March 11th, by O. C. Fen-
elson, a delegate from Hoquiam.
who moved the convention ad
journ until an American flag had
been procured
and
displayed
The motion was received with
hooting and jeers, and the chair
man ordered the sergeant-at
arms to enforce order. Then- was
no disposition to permit Fenel-
son to speak on his motion, but
DISTURBERS OF BOY SCOUTS
MEETING SCORED BY THE PRESS
BY CLUBS AND CORRESPONDENTS
POSTPONMENT
IN TVIETMOE-
GLANGY HEARING
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