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THE MORNING OREGONIAN, TUESDAY. MAY 7, 1907.
LABORERS STRIKE
BETTER FOOD
Night Crew Working in Port
land & Seattle Cut on'
Peninsula Quits.
DEMAND COOK'S DISCHARGE
Men Say Meals Are Unfit to Eat,
and When Clief's Dismissal Is
Refused, Quit Work Day
- Crew to Follow Suit.
.'ecause the ook did not prepare
their meals to suit them, the workmen
on the nipht shift at Northern Hill,
where the Portlarid A- Seattle is digging
a deep cut across tile Peninsula, quit
work yesterde.y and declared they
would not return until the cook is
"fired." The night crew consisted of
38 rn'.n an'd the day crew, numbering
b'i more, is expected also to walk out
today, with the same grievance.
The strikers were wotking on steam
shovels, which arc operated nlffht and
day In excavating for the Hill tracks
ai .toss the Peninsula. On the west end
of the cut the dirt is being handled by
hydraulic giants and the cook on that
division of the work apparently Rives
kttisfactlon. for no threats of a walk
;out have come from the hydraulic
:canips.
f The movement for better cookery at
the excavation camp began 20 days
iigo, when a delegation of the men vis
ited Foreman Davenport as a commit
tee ar,i explained to i,im that the cook
pas apparently incompetent, and tnat
tne meals served were not fit to eat,
because they were not. properly cooked.
Tho foreman was notified, that unless
the cook was discharged and a compe
tent chef hired by May 1 the men would
go out on strike.
I When that data arrived and there
was r.o change in the cookery, it was
thought b-st to postpone action until
May G. which was done. As the same
cook was on h:)nd yesterday to prepare
tne meals the men reminded the fore
rrian of their threat and left the job.
They declnrc they will not return un
less a competent cook is hired.
The work is being carried on by
Rrant smith, the contractor, who was
given tne Job of digging the cut by
the railroad company. -
Freeman to Be Manager of the Oaks.
The Oaks will probably be opened on
May 25 by the Portland Railway, Light &
Power Company. This date has been
chosen by the management and unless
the preparations for opening at the resort
require more time than Is expected,
everything will be in readiness by that
date. The Oaks is expected to offer more
"attractions than ever before. Klaborate
-improvements are being made and many
'new features will be Introduced this sea
son. It is understood that D. C. Free
man will be manager of the resort. Mr.
Freeman represented the railway com
pany at the, resort last season.
Guy 1j. Anderson Promoted.
'' Guy L,. Anderson, formerly chief clerk
In the office of Charles Malboeuf, district
freight agent for the Southern Pacific,
has been promoted to be chief clerk in
the offices of H. K. Uounsbury, general
" &gent of the freight department, tie has
nnved from the Worcester building to
Mr. Lounsbury's quarters on the ground
floor of the Falling building. Mr. Ander
'pon has had a long experience with the
Harriman lines and his promotion will
'be learned with pleasure by many friends.
Punkards Bound for Ios Anjreles.
A special car of Dnnkards from Chi-
;ago. en route to the Ios Angeles con
vention of German Baptists, will pass
through Portland May 10. The party
.--consists of 43 members and comes from
the East over the Union Paeitic and O.
It. & X.
Freight Agent Koors Arrives.
E. J. Koors. lately appointed soliciting
freicht agent for the Northern Pacific,
arrived yesterday from i?t. Paul and took
ur his new duties in Assistant-General
Freight Agent Fogarty's office.
', Annual Meeting of O. & ( It. R.
The regular meeting of the Oregon A
California Railroad directors was held
yesterday in the offices of W. W. Cotton
in the Worcester building. The regular
routine business of the month was
transacted.
WILL NOT RETARD WORK
Knur in Measurement for Koth
child Building Unimportant.
- There was a rumor on tht struts for
a day or two that work on the new
-Rothchild building would be delayed. It
.- was reported that when the ?teel girders
: arrived and were measured there was a
discrepancy of an inch found between
their length and the survey of the lots.
Yesterday Mr. Rothchild said the report
"bad enme foundation in fart, as his enjri
. rteer hnd discovered that the wall of the
.Perkins Hotel at the top leaned toward
' his lot about an inch, but that was no
. unusual thins in buildings of that height
i ar.d construction. Another explanation
was that two surveys had hen made of
the division line, one by Rothchlld s engi
neer and one representing the Perkins
interests. These surveys were initiated at
different monuments and a difference of
an Inch is noted in the reports submitted.
As to delaying thework, Mr. Rothchild
said yesterday thore was nothing in that
jptory. Put tine in foe steel work will
'esrin this week and b rushed as rapidly
fcs possible. An allowance of an inch will
be taken from the concrete foundation
Text the hot1! butldinjs and work will
go ripht along. YVhm the owner of the
-Perkins property arrives from Honolulu
it i now thought an amicable adjust
ment wiU result from a conference be
tween the two owners.
, Fleisrhner, Mayer & Co.'s new flve
tnorv brick warehouse on the northwest
Quarter block at First and Couch streets
is rapidly approaching completion. The
AViUon building occupying 100 feet deep
on the north side of Hurnsidp street be
tween Fourth and Fifth is about ready
ior occupancy. fire escapes are "being
pirt on ami the concrete front is receiv
ing its final facing.
Heath of William O. Dickinson.
i William Oscar Dickinson died at his
home In Milwaukie. May 2. and the
funeral was held Saturday last, the in
terment hein in Milwaukie Cemetery.
Rev. F. M. Fisher, of the Milwaukie
Cemetery conducted the ser vices. Mr.
xIckinson was a pioneer of He
vas born In Illinois November 18,
r several years he has been uuabie
to perform manual work, being con
fined to his house most of the . time.
He Is survived by the following child
ren: Mrs. Bettie Frances Barker,
of Milwaukle. Or.: Robrert Thomas
Dickinson, of Portland; Mrs. Mary
Rosella Mason, of L.ent. Or.
GILMER MAY BE PUNISHED
Man Who Shot Fred Nathan by Mis
take Out of Jail on Bail.
A charge of assault with a dangerous
weaptfn will be pressed against S. E. Gil
mer; who shot and perhaps fatally in
jured Fred Nathan late Sunday night,
mistaking his victim for a burglar. Na
than is in the hospital, where it is thought
likely he will recover, but as yet it is too
early to secure a definite statement. Gil
mer was arraigned in the Municipal Court
yesterday morning, when ball was fixed
at $100. This was furnished later in the
day and Gilmer is at liberty, pending the
outcome of the case.
The shooting occurred while Nathan
was standing with Miss Hermanie Holts,
his sweetheart, in an alleyway leading
to the home of William J. Prendergast.
461 Union avenue, where she is employed
as housekeeper.
Gilmer declares that he mistook his vic
tim for a burglar, and attempts to justify
his act by the statement that he told
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Nathan to stop. He says Nathan paid
no attention to the command, and the
shot was fir-.-d in the belief that a night
prowler was again endeavoring to get into
the house.
District" Attorney Manning has decided
to have Gilmer prosecuted on the charge
of assault with a deadly weapon, and has
so instructed Deputy Bert E. Haney. "The
case will be taken up In the Municipal
Court when Nathan recovers sufficiently'
PORTLAND GIRL TO ATTEND
WORLD'S PCNDAV SCHOOL
CONVENTION IN ROME.
lihs Brl Iw.Lurkey.
Misa Bessie K. Ltickv, (Jflughtcr of
Mr. J. C. I.uckei". of Portland, wiI
attend the World's Sundar School
Convention, which is to be held at
Rome May 18 to 21. The convention Is
held every three years. Oregon Sunday
Mrhools are entitled to' one delegate,
but as the state Sunday school con
vention will not met until next month,
" and as the delegate was not appointed
at the meeting last year, Mifts Luckey
only hods credentials from the First
Congregational Sunday school, though
she virtually represents this state.
One thousand delegates from the
Cnlted Platen. Canada and the Ha
waiian Islands to the convention left
New York City by steamer April 27.
to be present, if he ever does. In case
of his death, a more serious charge would
be filed against Gilmer.
Portland Capitalists Interested.
HOOD RIVER, Or.. May 6. (Special.)
The Hood River Development Company,
organised and supported with Portland
capital, which recently purchased 700
acres here which it is clearing for small
investors, lias worked quite a transform
ation in its holdings. A crew of T4 men
is busily employed in getting the timber
off the land and it is expected to have
considerable of it cleared by Fall. It is
said that investors in Oregon fruit lsnd
prefer paying a higher price for the
cleared, rather than a cheaper price for
the unimproved land, and that much de
velopment along this line will be done
here in the future.
Stork Dividend of $1,000,000.
H.OXOLULU. May 6. Brewer & Co.,
the oldest established plantation agents
In Hawaii, have declared a stock dividend
of tl.0G0.ti30. thus doubling their capital
stock.
KJSER FOR SOrVTMR PHOTOS.
Northwest Scenery Imperial Hotel.
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PLEAS OF NO AVAIL
Judge Cleland Insists on Jurors
Serving.
FEW OF VENIRE ESCAPE
Jury Cases Will Occupy Coming
Fortnight, to Be Followed by
Court Cases Throughout Re
mainder of Month of May.
Of the 75 jurymen drawn for the May
venire. 69 reported to Judpe Cleland in
the Circuit Court yesterday. Many of
these made various excuses for not serv
ing, but the Judge was not inclined to
SCENE OF STRIKE OF
IN THE BIG CUT ACROSS THE TENINSI'LA EAB ST. JOHNS FOR THE PORTLAND ft 8EATTI.K RAILROAD.
consider many of the pleas offered rea
sonable. Those excused permanently were
John Jones, an elderly man. who said he
had to wait constantly on his sick wife,
C. H. Robblns. because of personal ail
ment, and A. C. Froom who runs a
milk wagon. Milton E. Brown was ex
cused for a week, because he liad to
take charge of his business in the absence
of his partner.
T. E. Hagerdorn said that if he served
his employers would require him to work
at night.
"Show me any employer who will do
that, and It will not be good for him,"
replied the Judge severely.
Two others with gray hair asked to be
excused on the grounds of deafness, but
Judge Cleland thought if they could hear
his voice as distinctly as they appeared
to. they were able to listen to court cases,
and they had to Remain.
Another aged veteran said he was deaf
part of the time, especially when he took
cold.
'I guess you had better serve." said the
Judge, "and I hope you won't take cold."
he added grimly, and passed to the next.
It was laughable to watch the woebe
gone countenances of those in line, pre
paring some excuse by which they could
escape service, but in each case the Judge
was exacting and it ended by very few
being let off. In fact, the next man in
line, seeing the fate of his brother, did
not push his arguments very hard, for
fear that he might hear something from
the Judge to his disadvantage.
The jury cases will be tried this week
and next The balance of May will be de
voted to court cases. From June 3 to
June 2S will again be devoted to jury
cases, and the trying of court cases will
follow, ending the May term. The juries
which served yesterday were 1n the libel
suit of John C. Iogan against. E. .D.
Cannady, before Judge Gantenbefn. and
the case of the Oregon Electric Railway
Company against C. D. Crawford, for
condemnation of right of way.
ARGl'E DALTOX EJECTION SUIT
Attorney Contends That Tenant
Never Claimed Ownership.
The final arguments in the Cardwell
Dalton case were begun yesterday before
Judge Sears, by Lawyer Dan Malarkey,
counsel for Mrs. Helen R. Cardwell,
trustee of the estate, over which a fierce
legal battle has -been waged for the last
three days. The case is based on the
effort on the part of Mrs. Cardwell to
eject Mrs. Martha Dalton from the
family property on Alder street.
Mr. Malarkey based his argument prin
cipally on the law that an act of adverse
possession cannot earn a life title to the
estate out of the fee. He declared that
because Mrs. Dalton occupied the prop
erty as a home, it did not signify that
she had a legal claim on the place. He
said:
"To secure a life estate, one must
plant his or her flag in the face of all
the world, and protest anyone taking pos
session, by hostile occupancy. Any one
of us who might have an aged mother,
father or sister, would naturally care for
them, but because tills property is given
them for a home, does not follow that
thev own It.
"It is proven .in the testimony that
Mrs. Dalton never paid the insurance,
nor any of the repairs on the place.
When the roof was covered with moss,
and a man called, asking that the city
ordinance be complied with, and the moss
removed. Mrs Dalton told him that it
was not her property, and that he must
go to Mrs. Helen Cardwell, and collect
the money.
"It -was perfectly natural for Byron
Cardwell to provide a home for his sister
before his death, but that does not give
Mrs. Dalton a legal title to the estate.
And still the defendant comes into this
court and sets up a claim that will deprive
the rightful owner of property "worth
t20O a month."
Mrs. - Cardwell said that she regretted
very much the family dissention. and had
always been willing to provide Mrs. Dal-
ton a proper home, but that the way the
matter has been standing, she could
secure no use of the property, nor make
anything out of it by which to keep up
the taxes and insurance.
Mrs. Dalton. on the other hand says
that the property was lef her as a
home for her natural life, and she does
not think it fair that she should be
ousted. She asserts she has given up
everything for the care of her aged
mother. Attorney Hughes will take up
the arguments for the defendant this
morning. m
ADVOCATE LIBEL SUIT OPEXS
J. C. Logan . Asks $500 0 From
Colored Editor.
A wrangle "between the lawyers on the
admission of testimony was the feature
of yesterday opening of the Logan trial.
John C. Logan is sueing E. D. Cannady
and Howard Sproull, proprietors and
editors of the Advocate for. alleged
libelous statements made about Logan in
that paper, and asks that damages m
the sum of J5O0O be awarded him. The
parties in the suit are all colored people.
It appears from the testimony thus far,
that Logan and Cannady have been rivals
for the leadership among the colored peo
ple of Portland, and Cannady. took the
apportunity to "write up" Logan in a
RAILROAD LABORERS
very uncomplimentary manner in his
editorial column.
The first wrangle occurred over the ad
mission of testimony that Logan had
borrowed $10 from Cannady, and never
paia it oacK. juage t-antenoein nnauy
permitted the story to come out. It was
testified that Logan. Cannady, Sproull
and others had contributed $10 each to
start the Advocate, and that the money
was not a loan, as declared by the de
fendant. NEGRO WINS IX LAND SC1T
Gets $500 for 1 7 -Foot Strip ill
South Portland.
Aftr being locked up but 20 minutes
last night the Jury in the Oregon Elec
tric Railway Company's condemnation
suit against C. D. Crawford, brought In a
verdict for the defendant and awarded
ihim $500 for a 17-foot strip of land across
his property in South Portland. This
land the plaintiff has been endeavoring to
secure as right of way -for its electric
line. Crawford is a colored man. and bit
terly contested the right of the railroad
company to enter his property.
In the original complaint, the plaintiff
set up a claim for condemnation proceed
ings, in which was asked right of way
through the property named. The com
pany was willing to pay $250 for the
strip required, which offer Crawford re-,
fused. The Judge in charging the Jury,
pointed out the points in which they
could base the verdict.
At the time the verdict was brought
in. Judge Frazer was absent, and Judge
Cleland heard the reading and discharged
the Jury for the night.
PLEADS GUILTY TO CHARGE
Lloyd Burtis Will Be Sentenced for
Serious Offense.
"Lloyd Burtis."- cried the clerk in Judge
Fraier's department of the Circuit Court
yesterday afternoon.
No one by that name answered, and the
Judge notified the defendant's attorney
that unless Burtis put in his appearance
by Friday, his teail would be declared
forfeithed.
The attorney for the defendant then
asked that the plea of not guilty be
changed to guilty, agreeing that he would
have Burtis In court Friday for sentence.
This was allowed by the court. Burtis
was tried by a Jury on a statutory offense
against a 16-year-old girl, and the jury
disagreed. The motion for a new trial
was allowed, and the case was to have
been reheard yesterday.
Indian Widow's Right to Dower.
In the Indian cases which came before
him lapt week from the Grand Ronde In
dian agencv Judge Wolverton yesterday
held. in his decision, that the right of
curtesy and dower on behalf of the hus
band and wife obtains in land allotted to
Indians by the Government. The dower
question came up in the case of Sarah
Wheeler against the Government, and the
curtesy point was involved in the case of
Ellen Parr against ttoe United States.
The decision is Important in determin
ing Indian rights on the Grand Ronde and
other reservations.
Accused of Improperly Using Mails.
On a charge of sending obscene litera
ture through the mail, William Sherman,
a United States prisoner, was committed
to the County Jail last night by Deputy
Nicholson." Sherman wll be arraigned this
morning before the United States Com
missioner, and his bond fixed.
Two Indicted by U. S. Grand Jury.
The United States Grand Jury yesterday
afternoon handed two Indictments to
Judge Wolverton. the names) of the per
sons indicted not being disclosed. It is
understood that bench warrants were ls-
sued and that arrests probably will be
made today.
GREAT DANE KILLS TERRIER
Murder Results From Quarrel Be
tween Dr. Zan's Prize Dogs. ,
There was a terrible tragedy in Portland
dogdom yesterday when Leif. the im
mense prize-winning Dane which belongs
to Ir. J. C. Zan. killed Dandy, his best
friend. Dandy also belonged to Dr. Zan
and was a Boston terrier. He was an
other prize-winner and was one of the
most valuable dogs in Portland.
The murder occurred at the kennels at
Eleventh and Lovejoy streets yesterday
morning. Leif and Dandy have been
bosom companians for several months and
their friendship was often commented up
on. They were as warm friends as dogs
could possibly be.
But yesterday morning they quarreled.
Just what it was over no one knows.
Dandy, with his natural fighting instinct,
lost his temper and attacked the great
Dane. Leif also forgot himself and before
he had realized what he had donepoor
little Dandy lay upon the ground dead.
Leif had merely closed his enormous jaws
over him once, but that was enough.
Leif Is the most miserable creature in
Portland. He deeply feels his disgrace.
or at least he acts that way,' as he seeks
the seclusion of his kennel, and all the
joy of life seems to be fled from him
with the soul of poor little Dandy.
WOMAN FLEES TO OREGON
Mrs. Martin Takes Step-Children in
Defiance of Court.
LINCOLN. Neb..- May 6. Mrs. B. E.
Martin, a widow, of Chapman, Neb., yes
terday created a sensation by defying an
order of the court and taking: the first
train for Portland, Or., with her two
stepchildran. William Patterson, father
of Mr. Martin's first wife, is trying to
locate the woman.
Mr. Martin died some time ago. Mrs.
Martin had become greatly attached to
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the children of his first wife. Their
grandfather also desired possession and
the court decided he had first right. .Wes
ley Raniser, father of the widow, bought
a house at Central City, where the chil
dren were to be kept, that Mrs. Martin
might be near them. While she was
packing her goods she was seized with
the Idea of flight and ran for a train
with the youngsters.
Must Pay Vncle Sam for Power.
DENVER, May 6. The News today
quotes Senator E. E. Taylor, of Glen
wood prings, Colo., as saying that on
Friday lest at a secret conference held
at Colorado Springs, attended by El
wood Mead, chief hydrographer of 4the
Federal reclamation service, the latter
stated that the Federal Government
would soon begin to charge royalties on
water secured from or near Federal
forest reserves when such- water is used
Xor power- manufacturing purposes..
Senator Taylor is credited with say
ing that Miv Mead announced that reg
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Meningitis Claims Boy of 16.
VANCOUVER. Wash.. May . (Special.)
Henry Kauffman. aged 16 years, a resi
dent of this county, and son of Joseph
Kauffman, died yesterday afternoon from
meningitis. The boy had been ill but a
short time when the nature of the dis
ease was discovered. It was decided to
bring him to the St. Joseph's Hospital In
this city. When within but a short dis
tance from the hospital lie died while In
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