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PORTLAND, OREGON, M AY 11, 1912
I. W. W. CRUSADERS HAVE LEFT
SEATTLE, VANCOUVER, GRAYS HARBOR
PORTLAND MAY BE NEXT STOP
The press dispatches announce
that the I. \V. W. bunch of lead
ers and camp-followers have fold
ed their tents and stolen away
from Seattle, the reason given be
ing that it was unprofitable and
that no progress was being made
in the organization o f the labor
ing man into the new labor move
ment : that public opinion, having
expressed itself on the occasion
of the desecration of the flag,
which the leaders of this move
ment reviled and cursed some ten
days ago, and the same public
opinion having expressed itself to
the effect that seditious talk and
treasonable utterances must cease,
the sponsors for this new “ ism”
thought it best for their health
and pocketbook to seek fresh
fields.
Price 5 Cents
Senate Titanic Committee
Questioning J. Bruce Ismay
bility is thust upon him to see
that such form is purely admin
istered.
We, therefore, cannot
hope for any change for the bet
ter unless the individual citizen
will do his full duty. There is no
use entrusting this matter to such
part of the people as are asily
led by the unscrupulous politi
cian, who is always found self-
seeking, and who will always put
himself up for office upon a high-
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AUTO PARADE TO
BE GREATEST OF
KIND EVER HELD
Entries for the Rose Festival
automobile parade made during
Having exhausted their activity
the past two days give assurance
in Vancouver. B. C., and then in
that there will be 500 decorated
Gray’s Harbor, and finally in Se
ears in a parade more than four
attle, it can be reasonably ex
miles long, the greatest parade of
pected that Portland may have
its kind ever held in the world.
a visit from this gentry, particu
More than 10,000,000 roses will
larly as the field is so inviting
from the standpoint of protection be required for the decorations,
said Oliver K. Jeffery, chairman
that may be given them by the
preesnt administration in their se of the parade committee yester
day. There will be entries from
ditious and treasonable utteran
30 other Pacific Coast cities affil
ces, which they so freely give
iated with the Pacific Coast Festi
vent to under free speech ideas.
Some of the
Another reason for their leav vals Association.
ing Seattle has been that some floats will cost several thousand
judge up there has had backbone dollars each to prepare.
The trophies anil prizes for the
enough to express himself against
giving citizenship to applicants parade are commensurate with its
who believe in the red flag of an size. The parade will be divided
archism ; and. furthermore, that into five classes, according to Mr.
some who had been given citizen Jeffery’s plan. Five cups will bo
ship, and who had expressed given for first and second places.
themselves in language against Nearly every business house in
the ' Government and the flag, Portland will enter a car. There
would be proceeded against to will also be decorated cars from
schools
and high
have their naturalization papers the public
schools, and the care best decor
cancelled.
ated will be distinguished by spe
We have in this country a great cial prizes. Fraternal orders will
many individuals who have affect be well represented. A very active
ed to believe that they could talk interest in the Rose Festival is
in any way they pleased, and nn-1 being shown by the students of
der any and all circumstances the schools and the teachers. The
could
enunciate
their
ideas order of parade, which has just
against government and society. | been decided upon, together with
W e are having entirely too much the classes and prizes, was an
of this kind of talk, and if it is nounced today by Mr. Jeffery for
not checked, it will result in the the first time. It is as follows:
destruction of society. The aver
Formation and classes of auto
age citizen who means well has mobile parade; (1) Eight cars of
shown entirely too much indiffer policemen; (2) band. 10 pieces;
ence to what is and should be the (3) mayor and governor; (4)
plain duty of every man as an president Automobile club; (5)
American citizen. While these in Class A. electric vehicles (pleas
sidious assaults from the soap-box ure o n ly ); (6) Class B. runabouts
rostrums have been in progress and roadsters fall cars holding
most of us have stood idly by two people); (7) band. 10 pieces;
prating about the beauties of our (8) Calss C, touring cars (all
civilization and its benefits, etc., cars bolding over two persons);
while those who happen to be dis (9) band. 10 pieces; (10) Class
gruntled. perhaps having spent D. schools and clubs (Sunday
what they earned during the prev schools, etc., touring cars and
ious summer in a short time in floats); (11) band, 10 pieces; (12)
riotous living, finding their means Class E. organizations (business
gone, which, if saved, would have houses, firms, e tc.); (13) band.
taken them through the winter,
Grand prize, fine cup— Class A.
have joined the chorus of the dis
electrics. First prize, cup; second
contented. damning everyone and prize, cup. Club B. runabouts
everything, locating the blame for and roadsters. First prize, cu p ;
failure everywhere except where second prize, cupt third prize,
it belonged.
honorary mention. Class C, tour
The fact of the matter is. that ing cars. First prize, cup; sec
we are too much engaged in this ond prize, cup; third prize, cup;
country in proposing legislation j fourth prize, honorary mention.
under what is termed progressive Clas 1). schools and clubs. First
ideas, and not giving thought > prize, cu p ; second prize, en p ;
enough to the putting into office Ihird prize, enp: fourth prize, j
o f honest and competent men. honorary mention. Class E. or
The trouble is not with our form ganizations. First prize, cup; sec
of government as originated by ond prize, cup; third prize, cu p ;
the founders of this Republic, but fourth prize, honorary mention.
it is that we have run so largely t
to commercialism, and that eer-
tain men in the chase after thej
dollar have become so sordid that i
they have not given the proper
attention to political matters, and j
have left the Government to run
itself. The more initiative and)
BERLIN.—For the first time in
referendums we have, the morej
recall and eommisison forms to the history o f the Prussian Diet,
run a community; the more ad-1 a member was recently forcibly
vanced ideas— all the more rea-j ejected from the chamber by or
son that the citizen must givei ders from the president, of that
more hed to the operation of such 1 body. The member ejected was
ideas and must lend his presence i Deputy Borchardt, a Socialist
at the polls and work for the who had frequently interrupted a
carrying out of such ideas The! speaker during an anti-Soeialist
Government will not run itself, speech. The president ordered
especially the free form of gov Borchardt to be seated and on his
ernment.
The freer the form, refusal four polieemen carried
the more work it entails upon th« him. violently struggling, to the
individual, and the more responsi- street.
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SAN DIEGO, Cal.— The renewal
o f the campaign by police and citi
zens yesterday against the Indus
trial Workers of the World.
| brought about by the wounding of
| two policemen and the shooting of
I one of the agitators night before
j last, resulted in the discovery of a
cache containing eight rifles and
! revolvers and two flasks believed
to contain nitro-glyeerin, and the
subsequent arrest of 50 men. Joe
Mikolash, the wounded Industrial
Worker, died late this afternoon
at the Emergency Hospital. He
was shot three times by one of the
policemen after the attack on the
officers.
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I. W. W. BATTLE FATAL-AGITATOR
SHOT IN REVOLVER DUEL-DIES AT
HOSPITAL - SAN DIEGO STIRRED
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Photo copyright. 1912, by American Press Association.
T
HE circumstances of the Titanic disaster are likely to be thoroughly In
quired Into on both sides of the Atlantic. The American Investigation
was begun in New York by a special United States senate committee
the day after the arrival of the survivors and has been continued In
Washington, while Lord Mersey, a distinguished admiralty lawyer, has been
appointed chairman of the British commission to take testimony regarding the
wreck and its causes. Naturally very great Interest attached to the testimony
given in New York and Washington by J Bruce Ismay, managing director of
the White Star line, who was saved from the Titanic. Mr. Ismay (the second
from the left In the photograph) testitied at length before the senate commit
tee, whose members are Senators Smith of Michigan, chairman; Perkins o f Cali
fornia, Bourne of Oregon, Burton of Ohio, Fletcher of Florida, Simmons of
North Carolina und Newlands of Nevada The Washington sessions of the
committee were held In the senate office building.
M rs. David Beach Starting on
Her New York to Chicago Walk
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City Is Searched.
Every available policeman was
called to headquarters early today
and a thorough search of the city
begun. Twenty-five men were ar
rested before 7 o ’clock. Two hours
later, the number of arrested men
was 50 and the search still was go
ing on. Every known rendezvous
of the invaders, including saloons
and lodging houses in the lower
part of the city, has been searched.
At one saloons 10 men were taken.
The lodging houses in the neigh
borhood where the shooting oc
curred. and in another section of
the city which was known as a
favorite resort of the bunted men,
were empty when the police ar
rived. After the shooting five men
were found in the attic of a lodg
ing house near the place where it
occurred.
The supposed explosive was un
earthed in thi‘ cellar of a lodging
house on the outskirts of the
downtown district. One of the
rifles, found in the same place, was
equipped with a Maxim silencer.
Scores of special policemen, citi
zens. I’nited States sailors and
marines are aiding in the search,
and it is believed to be the inten
tion o f the police to take all the
men seized to the outskirts of the
town and send them across the
desert with a final warning never
to return.
Habeas Corpus W rit Unserved.
A writ o f habeas corpus issued
at the residenee of Judge W. R.
Guy. o f the Superior Court, at the
request of an attorney for the In
dustrial Workers, directing the
Chief of Police to produce in court
members o f the organization ar
rested at Old Town and taken out
of the city after the shooting by
tin1 citizens’ committee, was still
unserved this morning.
Patrolmen 11. C. Stevens and R.
M. lied don, who were shot from
ambush while on duty night before
last near the lodging house at
Thirteenth and K strets, are be
lieved now to he out of danger,
and will recover unless complica
tions set in. According to their
statements today, about six men
stepped from the shadow of tho
building and fired simultaneously.
Both fell at the first fire, and in
spite of their wounds managed to
draw their revolvers and return
the fire.
I. W. W. S IN
MANAGER OF
JAIL FOR SETTING HUMANE SOCIETY
MILL ON FIRE
ISSUES REPORT
Strikers in Bellingham District
Arrested for Assaulting
Men at Work.
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The report of the manager of
the Oregon Humane Society sub
mitted Friday to the board of di
rectors shows the following facts;
The new automobile was driven
BELLINGHAM. W ash.-Three
in anHW«‘.r <" «’«J1" : 287
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animals were examined; <(> horses
Industrial Workers ot the World ,m,| mules were for....I from serv-
agitators are
in jail in Sumas. ice, as they were not in a fit con-
charged with the burning of the dition to work; thre o f 14 stables
.+15,000 plant of the Cline I,lira- ‘*xa,,,im‘' 1 were condemned; 295
her Company, at the border of !,lw * H ,o f Pavement were sanded
fm ‘
, in 1 i hnurs.
lorn! smim I in " 1H{
town.
I he men were permit)........ locks: follP iirn.sts nn,| ,.or* .i(,a
to sleep in the mill over night (ions for cruelty to animals were
and about 5 o ’elock in the morn- made; the horse ambulance (rav
ing the tire broke out. The dry
"dies in answer to calls
kiln
and sheds were saved, but. - rT!,.‘‘
" f .,Im‘ so,-i,;t.V, 175
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Mail won street, is open day and
the
mam 1 part, o f the plant
was
tl;,rilf
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fli gh t in readiness
t o r serviee.
totally destroyed.
The society is busily engaged in
Agitators are spread through organization a parade of work
out the county seeking to bring horses during flu* Rose Festival
about strikes in logging camps !" " i '! :'1! prizes aggregating +300
to "-..pines offered by
and mills, Two men were arrest- !"
eil at Acme for threatening bodily I ',,lsm,,ss njen are offered. The
harm to employes o f tin Boleoin-1 Pr,7',’s W|" not be given for ap-
Vanderhoof Company in Acme, pearanee of the entry, but for the
because they would not quit work I eare which lias been taken o f tho
The men are now in the county horses and harness. An old horse
and old harness has an equal
jail here.
.lodge John A. Kellogg, of t In chance with the very finest. Ilu
Superior Court, has place« 1 a mane showing will he the basis
largì- I'liited States flag in his for the judgment. Certificates of
courtroom and
will
fot... ail horsemanship will he awarded to
aliens applying for eiitizen ship drivers deservineg them.
The response of superintendents
paper to sw< ar allegiance to the
and teachers in the schools in
emblem in th ■ future.
presenting humane education in
the schools has been particularly
gratifying. Several large dona
tions have hen rec'ived by the so
ciety during the past month
I. W. W. STARTS
ANOTHER STRIKE
ATLOWELLMILLS SAWMILL STRIKE
OECLARED OFF
SOCIALIST IS
EJECTED FROM
PRUSSIAN DIET
Photo by American Press Association
iO test her theory o f tie- nutritive value of raw i■ i Mr- David Beach,
a rmiHl. Inn. Is making tier way on foot from New York to Chicago, at
tended l>y an automobile bearing tier maid and the newspaper men oral
photographers who are to keep the records of her trip of approximately
1.000 miles Her dally bill of fare will consist, for the most part, of wheat,
raising and nuta. She will eat no meat, and none of her food will be rooked.
She will follow the railroad routes aa closely as possible, taking the highway,
however She expects to be examined by physicians In the different cities—
among which are Albany. Buffalo, Cleveland and Toledo through which ahe
passes, who will take note o f her physical fitness The examinations will have
to do with weight, pulse, blood pressure and ten.[»eratore With good fortune
Mrs Beach ho;** to reach Chicago by Juue 1. Edward I’ ayaon Weston, the
veteran pedestrian, has coached her for her task and expresses confidence in
her ability to (lerform It
LOWELL. Mass.
Five him
Jre.l members of the Industrial
Workers of the World remained
out of work yesterday at the
.Merrimae Manufacturing Com
pany’s mills, marking the begin
ning of the second strike in this
city in the last few weeks. The
strikers’ action was in accord
ance with a vote taken to strike
in support of their demand for
time and a quarter for work dur
ing hte noon hour at. the mills
which they claim was promised
when they resumed work at the
end of the reecnt strike.
MDOITA.M. Wash. The I W
A . strike on Gray’s llarhor has
hen officially called off. all mem
bers being told to return to work
until they ean gain sufficient
force to make a fight effectively.
'I he leaders closed up the soup
houses and paid the hills.
The kidnaping o f Thorn and
Biscay cast a gloom over the
the members of the organization,
and more than 50 leaders of la
bor were about the streets until
a late hour last night to prevent
another attempt at kidnaping