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About The times. (Portland, Or.) 191?-19?? | View Entire Issue (May 4, 1912)
if Vol. II. No 3. PORTLAND, OREGON, M AY 4, 1912 Price 3 2 ; ' ts ------------------- HOW LONG WILL PORTLAND ALLOW THIS GRAFT TO CONTINUE? MAYOR AND POLICE TO BLAME Many favorable expressions in taking any sides unjustly, nor the form o f letters are coming in does it want to do any man an to THE TIMES office in appre injustice by misrepresentation. ciation of our work in the line of We aim to tell the truth about publicity, one correspondent say matters that pertain to the public ing that we realize the gravity of welfare. We ask only for that the situation and the danger this which is right and fair and ex fair city is facing in the upbuild pect no favors. This has been ing of the machine which the the attitude and policy of our pa Honorable Mayor and henchmen per, and we expect to go on along in his power are trying to cre these lines to ultimate success in ate. This letter goes on to say : the matters undertaken. Wo “ I say to you, go on with your make no bones about the intent noble work, even if you cannot and purposes o f our plans, and defeat them; at least, show them that is the purification of tho up. The majority of the good body politic and the removal people are bound to stay with from office of the grafting poli you, and at last you will win. tician, so that freedom o f con Any fair-minded workman, manu tract to the wage-earner and em facturer and tradesman (that ployer alike shall be gained, and does not include the Kellaher that any man wishing to work type) knows that the “ Open for a fair d a y’s wages and give Shop” poliey should be preserved therefor a fair d ay’s labor shall and must be preserved under all have the right to earn his living hazards for the good and welfare for himself and his loved ones* under the conditions he believes o f this great city. “ When attention is given to in. We are in politics only to the administration o f the various purify and remove those who are city departments, one notices dishonest, and not for self-ag most strikingly how the schemers grandizement or for the seeking are trying to build up a machine. of favors. In response to the many ex-* In behalf o f the Police Depart ment, an ordinance has been in pressions coming in to us of the troduced to give the patrolmen work we are doing, we thank tho two days off in the month. The writers and take this means of ordinance is loaded with a joker acknowledging our appreciation. in the shape of a demerit sys tem. Any one can see what that means for the Portland Police De partment. It will mean down with the civil service. It will give the Chief and his favorite, but unlawful Acting Captain Kel ler, full sway, and the honest, faithful and trustworthy but un favorable to the administration Posts of G. A. R. Evolve Plan to Rid Country o f Noted patrolman will be crowded out. I. W. W. Nuisance. “ Favoritism to a certain few is being played right now in the The posts of the G. A. R. have Police Department, and graft is being extorted from the hotels on taken up a general campaign to upper Stark, Washington and crystallize public opinion in favor Morrison streets, and from the of some penal settlement on an combination houses on Seventh island in the Pacific, where the street, and various gambling dens. I. W. W .’s might be deported, By the enlistment of a few good and where, at leisure, they might patrolmen and other citizens who apply their particular talents, are not in favor o f the adminis with a view of a practical result tration's policy, you can secure It is prposed, through the Heint- the best and most competent evi zelman Post, G. A. R., of San Di dence in relation to these matters ego, that the public display of the red flag of anarchy shall be just referred to .” made a felony. That all alien We are thankful to our many anarchists shall be deported to readers for the kind expressions the countries whence they came, in behalf of the work we are un and that one o f the islands owned dertaking. THE TIMES stands by the United States shall serve only for what is right. It is not as a penal colony, to which citi zens of this country, who have be come anarchists, shall be trans ported and detained, together with sueh other state criminals and enemies of this Republic as may be sentenced thereto by the courts. SAN DIEGO TO SHAKE UNDESIRABLES A King’s Ransom Lost In the Destruction of the Titanic HE terrific lose of life In the sinking of the Titanic, which makes the disaster the most memorable In the history of the sea, causes the T money loss, to the general public, to seem an Insignificant consideration. Yet the Iceberg which sent the giant liner to the bottom destroyed property of probably more value than that represented In the Spanish armada destroyed by Elizabeth's ships and the gale which aided them. The Titanic was the largest ship ever built and In Its luxurious appointments excelled any vessel afloat She was valued at *7.500,000, and the Jewels and other personal effects o f her passengers are estimated to have been worth $5,000,000 more. She wns a flfteen story floating palace, built for an uveruge s|>e«d of twenty- one knots. Two of her suits cost each $4,350 for a single trip. She was 882V4 feet long. 105 feet high, measured from the bottom of the keel to the top of the captain's house, and had a displacement of 00,000 tons. The survivors owo their lives to the Carpathla of the Cunard line, which was the first shit) to reuch the scene of the disaster. Chillicothe Is Host of Ohio Constitutional Convention FLAG LOVERS NOT WANTED BY SOCIALISTS Member W ho Called for Old Glory at Convention Is Expelled. HOQUIAM, Wash. — Declaring that local members of the Social ist party are “ a bunch of cow ards and anarchists,” O. C. Fen- losen. who made such a fight in Seattle last month at the Social ist Convention calling for the Stars and Stripes before the con vention could open, attempted to defend himself at a trial held last night. Although Fenlosen got the floor for a few moments, he was declared out of order and a sergeant-at-arms was appointed to escort him to the door. His friends left with him. Fenlosen says he was given at trial prior to his expulsion because he called for “ Old G lory” at the conven tion. The Socialists say the rea son for his expulsion was because he was a member of the Ray mond special police. “ No bunch o f anarchists who do not uphold the Constitution of the United States, or respect tho flag, can try me on any charge. I wanted a hearing but this was denied me,” he said today. The meeting came near ending in a riot. Fenlosen telling the serge ant-at-arms that if he went out the officer would go too. Central W. C. T. U. met as usual Wednesday. After an opon- nig devotional exercise, conduct ed by Mrs. M. Christian. Mrs. M M. Sleeth and Mrs. L. II. Addi ton occupied the time. The sub ject under discussion was the need of social centers in our city Mrs. Additon showed the need of a meeting place for the labor ing clases. In many cities the public school houses are used for such purposes. Mrs. Additon told of the good of social settlements in the great cities, and also the use the public school buildings can be put to in our city and suburbs. Lectures can be given and fine concerts furnished. Mrs. Additon spoke of the recent legis lation passed by congress in re gard to the manufacture o f dan gerous matches, and the appoint ment o f Miss Lathrop as super intendent of the child labor bu reau. Mrs. Additon also empha sized the great need of a munioi pal comfort station in this city. Mrs. Sleeth also spoke in favor o f these reforms. ___ EMPLOYERS SIDE OF STRIKE SUBMITTED BY SECRETARY OF ELECTRICAL TRADES ASSN. That the employers’ side o f the controversy with tin* Electrical W orkers’ Union might be put be fore the public in full, Secretary John R. Tomlinson o f the Elec trical Trades association, compris ing 14 big electrical contracting firms, gave out the following offi cial statement recently: “ From interviews given out by the workmen’s representative it would appear that the employers were wholly to blame for the strike and that the only point at issue is the alleged breaking of a contract by the employers. Few Sign Agreement. “ On May 1, 1911, a very small minority of the members of our association signed an agreement to raise their journeymen’s wages from $4.00 to $5.00 per day be ginning May 1, 1912. Others signed the agreement with the distinct verbal understanding that the agreement would not hold unless all of the other ‘ fair contractors’ signed, while the contractors employing the great est number o f nten have no agree ment whatsoever. “ It is a well established rule, founded on common sense, that for the employer in this or any other industry, agreeing to pro tect the members of the craft in his employ, protection to the em ployer by the union shall be given in return. It is one of the rules of the Electrical W orkers’ Union that none of their members shall be permitted to solicit or perform labor in competition with the em ployer, yet this very vital stipu lation, although not expressly written into the agreement, has been ignored by the union, des-* pite the fact that our association has repeatedly directed their at tention to the matter. “ They have knowingly permit ted much of this work to be done at less wages than demanded from our members. We havq places o f business to maintain, hence cannot possibly compete and they have assisted thereby in reducing the standard of prices for electrical work below a fair and legitimate figure. “ Their organization has also established a cooperative shop, backed by their individual and organization funds, to engage in the electrical contracting busi ness, and although their members declare it lias been organzied for Ihe purpose of competing with the ‘ eurbstoner’ and the open shops, our members recognie in it a com petitor against our members as well. Compromise Refused. “ Their representative lias made a public statement that as the ‘ fair shops’ knew a year ago that the $5.00 a day wage was to take effect May 1. 1912, they should have prepared themselves for it. This statement is really amusing. How we could prepare the public to absorb the increased rates when some of their members as well as the open shops are oper ating on a much lesser wage scale is more than we can figure out. “ Our association submitted a compromise proposal o f $4.50 per day but the union tias refused to entertain it. Apparently, they are unwiling to concede that they are in any measure responsible for the situation. “ We regret having to break with their organization for such industrial disturbances always re sult in financial losses and strained relations between em ployer and employee, but to at tempt. to grant their demands for a 25 per cent increase under Ihe present unfavorable conditions would mean business suicide for our members. “ We are not disposed to enter into a newspaper controversy over this affair, but we desire the public to know from our view point the stand we have taken, hence the above brief outline of the situation.” o f all concerned, make everybody work, and make the profits sub ject to distribution so that, all can share. Finally, after everyone had become sated with the good things ill life, and had gotten all they wished, it is intended to cut down Ihe number of hours o f la bor, so that all who are idle may Seattle Is Birthplace of New Pa be employed. This figure, three per Advocating Only Three hours, would be ample as a work ing day to feed everyone and Hours of W ork per Day. clothe them, satisfy with luxuries, What Next? etc. NEW ISM IS BORNEO IN SOUND CITY There is a pamphlet being in troduced at five cents per copy under the subject o f the “ Three- Hour-Day for Wage-Earners” This pamphlet is printed in Seat tle, gives ideas how to solve the labor problem, and is addressed to all revolutionary working-class Socialists. The idea is to lake possession of the means of pro duet ion, turn out the master from the business, and run the shop and the fateory in the interests W. C. T. U. ADVOCATE SOCIAL CENTER j ’y The subject does not merit any particular comment, because of tin* ridiculousness of the demand. We only wish to point out the ac tivity that is going on by the leaders of the movement, and tlicir intentions to create discord and strife, ami we firmly believe that there is a wel-ilefined move ment backed by some unknown power for ulterior motives, so that the form of government may be destroyed, and (tod knows what oilier form substituted! DEATH OF NOTED ANARCHIST PHOTOGRAPHED BY MOVING PICTURE MEN IN GAY PARIS Paris.— With the slaving of charges o f dynamitc lo onc cor Jules I loti not. the “ (lemon eliauf ner o f fhc garage. Dii boi* wa* killed atei Honnot feur” o f the “ phantom death died on thè way lo thè hospital. car,” and Dubois, the world-fa The thousands who watched thè moils anarchist, hy police and de fighi riished thè policc willi rrb-s tectivcs here, tin- reign of terror of “ Death to Honnot,” and at- of the notorious automobile ban tempted to tear lite bandii to N' fitting recognition of the old town's historical claims the fourth Ohio <1 its in and about Paris is be piece*. He was si rock sevcral constitutional convention will hold Ita session May 11 In the Floss county tifnes before thè poliee could res courthouse In Chillicothe. The building occupies the site of the first capl lieved to be al an end. e l l e him, tire! died on Ihe wav tol of Ohio. In which the first constitution of the state was framed. Here Hundred* of policemen and to thi* hospital. Oenera! Arthur St. Clair set up his government ns executive of the Northwest Territory. Here the agitation for statehood gathered force, the movement being armed citizen* surrounded the I While thè dynamitc cari was led by four Chillicothe men—Thomas Worthington, Nathaniel Massle. Kdward building, being repeatedly driver \ being drawn tip to thè garage, Tiffin and Iiuucan McArthur. At Chillicothe, too, after the adoption on Nov. back by a fusiladc from a smal* i Ile* click of Ile* moving pieture 29. I8,i2. of a constitution, the young state was ushered Into being, Kdward window, while 10,(XX) person» ' maehine* could he plainly heard Titfln lielng chosen as the first governor. The 1Í112 convention accepted the In watched from outside the danger \ as thè operatore calmly I urti ed vitation extended to Its members by Mayor Cahill snd the Chillicothe board of zone. Finally a cart was rigged a way, so as not to miss a sitigli* trade One o f the pictures Is of the courthouse, the other a general view of the up with protecting mattresses ateg feature o f thè drama o f death street In which It Is r* »ted. a venturesome officer applied two| being enacted before them. I