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PORTLAND, OREGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 9, 1907.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
VOL. XLVL. NO- 14,561.
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CHICAGO OFFICE
Western Union Opera
tors All Strike.
SPREADING TO OTHER CITIES
Dispute at Los Angeles May
Involve Country.
UNION OFFICERS IGNORED
JJefuslnp to Work With Nonunion
Men at Los Angeles, Chicago Men
Walk Out Cheering, and
Denver May Follow Suit.
TELEGRAPH OPERATORS' STRIKE
Los Angeles men strike because
union man is discharged for delay
ing messages and Insulting non-union
woman.
Company's officials refuse to treat
with union. .
Chicago operators strike against
working with non-union men on
wire to Los Angeles, not waiting for
sanction of National officer's.
Denver operators demand strike
against working with non-union
men In other offices.
CHICAGO, Aug. 8. The telegraph
operators who are employed by the
Western LTnlon Telegraph Company In
Chicago went on strike tonight at 12
O'clock. The trouble was precipitated
by the Los Angeles strike, which was
Started two days ago.
Tonight the local executive board of
the Commercial Telegraphers' Union
met and discussed the removing of the
men who refused to work with the non
union operators employed in Los An-
K eles. When the men were notified of
this step all operators employed In the
overland division of the local office re
fused to work any longer with the non
union men. When this action was
taken. Night Chief Harry Price ordered
ill who refused to- work to leave the
office. He then went Into other divi
sions and requested the men to go into
the overland division. In every case
he was met with a refusal, until over
70 men were sent home.
Walk Out With Cheers.
The grievance committee of the
union called on Mr. Price and notified
him that unless every man was rein
stated by midnight every union man
In the office would be called out. This
was refused and promptly at midnight,
;ty a prearrangement, a whistle was
Ifclown and every operator employed in
rthe main office, with the exception of
Bix wire and loop chiefs. Including Mr.
Price and his two assistants, left their
keys and with a round of cheers filed
jout of the office. The men employed
j!by the company at the various morn
rang newspapers had been notified of
It he contemplated strike and they also
(quit work.
The local officials of the union to
flight stated that the day operators
!mployed by the company, most of
whom belong to the union, would re
fuse to go to work in the morning,
Whig will Include all branch offices
throughout the city.
i Break Away iom Officers.
, The national officials of the union
jppent all day today in an effort to pre
sent the "rank and file" of the order
rifrom taking matters In their own hands
land calling a strike. The men for weeks
jjnave maintained a sullen attitude toward
ilhe company. The Chicago men were dis
satisfied with the basis of the settlement
p-eached at the time the strike at San
.Francisco was. called off. Ever since
fthen they have been visiting the office of
UNational Secretary Russell, seeking In
formation. Today his office was crowded
all day long with operators looking for
news regarding the progress of the peace
negotiations in the West, but were given
little satisfaction.
"1 am waiting to hear from President
Email. Until I hear further I can say
nothing," he said.
Such replies, together with the fact that
the men believe, according to their own
statements, that Mr. Small submitted to
defeat at San Francisco, were what
prompted the executive board of the local
union to take action tonight. It was
under these conditions that the strike
was called without the sancion of the
national officials.
Take Affairs in Own Hands.
After the men had quit work Mr. Rus
sell refused to talk about the controversy
except to say that the men had taken
matters in their own hands and undoubt
edly felt that they were capable of
handling their own affairs.
Secretary Ullrich, of the local union,
said:
"The men were utterly tired of the con
ditions under w.hlch they were working
and would not stand it any longer. When
the additional Insult of asking them to
work with non-union men at Los Angeles
was put to them, they refused to stand
Jt, and quit work.
When General Superintendent Cook of
the Western Union was Informed of the
strike he declared he was unable to say
'anything that would be of any Interest,
and that he would not outline the action
the company would take until tomorrow
morning.
WILL NOT DEAL WITH STRIKERS
Lamb Refuses to Hear Grievances of
Los Angeles Operators.
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 8. A settlement
of the telegraphers' strike appears as re
mote tonight as on the first hour of the
strike. District Superintendent F. H.
Lamb, representing the company, twice
today refused to receive or deal with &
committee representing the men who
walked out, and the latter are nrm in
their attitude of demanding the rein
statement of John E. Ryan, the opera
tor whose discharge was Indirectly re
sponsible for the strike. In a statement
to the Associated . Press tonight ar.
Lamb said:
I cannot receive a committee of
strikers representing' any discharged
employe or his grievance."
At 11 o'clock tomorrow 'the operators
will hold a meeting to consider further
plans for the opening of negotiations.
Tonight there were about 20 men at
MURDERS WIFE AND COMMITS
SUICIDE.
Harry C. IJabe.
work in the Western Union office. Mr.
Lamb said:
"Business tonierht is in a very satis
factory condition. We are well up with
the business in fact, I think we are
ahead of the usual schedule at this
hour. The men at work are competent
operators and are working with great
enthusiasm."
Several men at the keys tonight have
been at work almost continuously since
the strme began yesterday afternoon.
According to the men, abont Bo out of
. total of 75 are on strike. Messages are
being received "subject to idelay." Ad
ditional operators are being orougnt
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CONTENTS TODAY'S PAPER
The Weather. '
TESTER ADTS- Maximum temperature, 69
degrees; minimum, B3 degrees.
TODAT'S Showers; southwesterly wind
Foreign.
Holy war preached In Morocco: rebels
threaten Tangier; French destroy Maza
gnn;; details of Cass, Blanca massacre.
Page 1.
King of Blam spends 11,000,000 on jewels.
Page 8.
Identity of Monte Carlo murderers. Page 2.
National.
United States ana Mexico call conference of
Central American nations - to end wars.
Page 4.
Taft's programme of Oriental tour Poge 4.
Politics.
Williams declared nominated for Senator;
Vandaman concedes defeat. Page 8.
Ex-Mint Director Roberts predicts public
control of monopolies. Page 8.
; Domestic.
Telegraph operators strike at Chicago and
may extend struggle, page l.
Skeleton of ' Barney found in Colorado,
where Adams said; arrests predicted.
Page 6.
Standard Oil fine causes slump In stocks.
Page 8.
Worcester - (Mass.) Library ' puts great
wrlterB under censorship, page 4.
Southern Railroad submits to Alabama
railroad laws. Page 3.
Huge bond for standard OH; railroads to be
Indicted. Page 4.
Rocky Mountain -"Telephone Company- or
dered to .operate, regardless -of. strike or
lose franchise. Page 3- . -
Neill abandons mediation in Colorado rail
road strike. Page- it-
Great extension of new steel plant at Gary.
page .
Pacific Coast.
Theodore V. Halsey dying of appendicitis.
Page Si.
Chinese sailors dramatic scene when ordered
back to hunger ship. Page 5.
Bill" Miner, notorious train robber, digs
out of prison, page 8.
Gambling permitted to run unmolested at
Baker City. Page 6.
Bill Quantrell, noted guerilla leader, lives
on ancouver Island. Page 6.
Commercial and Marine.
Canteloupe market goes to pieces. Page 15.
Eastern brewer's opinion of hop outlook.
Page 15.
Wheat markets in East stronger. Page 15.
Recovery in stock prices Page 15.
Bteimshlp Alliance rammed by City of
Panama at moutb of Willamette; no Uvea
lost. Page 14.
Overdue British bark Conway Castle
reaches Astoria. Page 14.
Sports.
Portland beats Oakland 5 to 1. Page t.
Irvlngtnn race track to be cut up into
building lots at once. Page 7.
Scandal grows out of postponement of Gans-
jaurns ngnt. page 7.
Gans and Brltt matched. Page T.
Portland and Vicinity.
Harry C. Liebe murders wife and commits
suicide. Page 1.
Southern Pacific and O. R. & X. boiler
makers strike. Page 11.
Southern Pacific to retrace Corrallls
Eastern survey through Central Oregon.
page lu.
Assessor's figures show marvelous Increase
- In real estate values. Page 10.
Governor Chamberlain will go on Inland
waterways commission's Junket. Pag
14. Council committee recommends anti-trust
rt$:jjtMtx m urminwrsil i m i ih-ti'"
ordinance for sassage. Paae 11
KILLS WIFE AND
ENDS 01 LIFE
Harry C. Liebe Com
mits Double Crime.
PISTOL ENDS LAST QUARREL
Tragedy Culmination of Long
standing Domestic Trouble.
BOTH OF GOOD FAMILY
Hnsband Until Recently In Jewelry
Business at The' Dalles, Where
Father Is Prominent Suicidal
Mania In the Family.
TRAGIC
EVENTS IN
FAMILY.
LIEBE
Alfred Liebe. uncle of Harry C.
Llcbe, killed himself In The Dalles
several years ago.
Alfred Liebe, brother of Harry C.
Liebe, shot and killed himself In
San Francisco two years ago.
A cousin of Harry C. Liebe shot
his uncle; Theodore Liebe, not fatally,
and then killed himself. In 1803. on
'west Park street, between Davis and
Everett streets, because of a business
dispute with the uncle.
Harry C. Liebe shot and killed his
wife and then committed suicide at
868 V, Thirteenth street last night.
Maddened by her refusal to live with
him on account of his dissolute habits,
Harry C. Liebe shot and killed his wife.
Etta Liebe, at 368ty Thirteenth street.
shortly after 8 o'clock last night, then
committed suicide by sending a bullet
into his mouth and through his brain
causing Instant death. Domestic infeli
city, resulting from the husband's uncon
trollable appetite for liquor, i brought
about the tragedy. Liebe was the son of
a wealthy and socially prominent family
of The Dalles. Or. His wife was the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Pitt
man, formerly of East Portland, but now
of Lyle, Wash. Liebe until recently was
a Jeweler in The Dalles, where he had
been in that business for years.
The tragedy was the culmination of do
mestic troubles that are said to have
begun not long after the marriage of the
Llebes In this city four years ago. They
were then living In The Dalles, where
Liebe acquired his taste for intoxicants.
Last February Mrs. Liebe came to Port
land, thinking to work a reformation in
her husband through the separation. He
soon followed her, here, and subsequently
AN IMITATOR
they met frequently, but could not reach
an agreement. Last night, evidently,
Liebe decided to end It all by killing his
wife ana himself and carried out the
plan to the smallest detail.
Arranges to Meet Wife.
Yesterday afternoon Liebe arranged a
meeting with his wife at the house, 868
Thirteenth street, which was rented from
the Liebes and occupied by Dr. and Mrs.
H. A. Sturtevant. At 8 o'clock Liebe ap
peared, and a few minutes later his
wife reached the rendezvous. After a
brief chat in the dining-room, where Mrs.
Sturtevant and her mother were eating
dinner, the Llebes went to the parlor,
where the tragedy occurred.
When the Llebes met last night, Mrs.
Sturtevant feared that a . tragedy was
brewing and endeavored to prevent an
exchange of angry words that occurred
during their brief stay in ' the dining
room. It was evident that both were in
an angry mood, and that their troubles
were no nearer settlement ' than at any
time before. . After a few moments
spent with the Sturtevants, Mrs. Llebo
made the move to retire to the parlor..
KILLED BY HUSBAND BECAUSE
SHE REFUSED TO LIVE t
h i rir unf T
Mrs. Harry C. Liebe, Formerly Etta
Plttman.
"Oh, did you wish to see me tonight,"
she Bald, addressing her husband.
"Yes, come Into the parlor," he replied.
and walked out of the dining-room, fol
lowed by his. wife.
Loud Word's Are Heard.
. Loud words were heard by the Sturte
vants as soon as the Llebes entered the.
parlor, and an Instant later a cry of ter
ror rang through the house.
"Oh, Mrs. Sturtevant, come help me;"
Mrs. Liebe was heard to call.
"Without hesitation Mrs. Sturtevant
rose and departed . toward the parlor
door, but Just as she reached it she heard
three shots. Fearing to enter, she turned
back In terror and quickly resolved to
avoid danger by waiting for assistance.
She leaned out of the window and called
lustily for help. Her call was answered
by Levi Young, of 447 Montgomery street.
When he rushed into the house the par
lor door was opened and he and Mrs'.
Sturtevant entered, finding Liebe lying
on the floor with a pistol clutched In his
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FANATICS RAGE
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All Morocco "Sum
moned to Holy;War.
DETAILS OF GREAT MASSACRE
France Attacked Casa Blanca
-With Small Force.
COULD NOT CONTROL CITY
Arabs Slaughtered and Plundered
' Jews and Others When Governor
Surrendered Mazagan Laid In
Ruins Hurry More Troops.
SITUATION IN . MOROCCO.
Moorish fanatics preach holy war?
French ' ' bombard ' Mazagan and
almost . destroy It; Moors massacre
Jews there.
French land more troops at Casa
Blanca and bombardment drives off
hostlle tribes.
Angers tribesmen surround and
threaten Tangier.
Eyewitness describes bombardment
and massacre at Casa Blanca.
French - may send expedition to
Fe.
Moorish court In panic, keeps news
from Sultan.
French predict permanent occupa
tion. LONDON, Aug. 8. The horrors of the
looting of Casa Blanca by native tribes
men are becoming known tonight and
their recital Is Inflaming the minds of the
natives against all Europeans. The situ
ation in various coast towns is worse.
The natives are excited. A holy war is
being preached at Rabat.
Anti-foreign sentiment is growing as a
result of the activities of fanatical aglta
tors. There is fear of a general out
break. A number of European families
are preparing to flee from Tangier. The
Angera tribesmen in the immediate vicln
ity of Tangier are restless and may break
out soon. The Moorish authorities have
practically no control over the situation.
France. Attacked Too Soon.
There are many complaints among the
Europeans that France acted ill-advisedly
at Casa Blanca In bombarding the town
before protection could be arranged for
the Jews and Europeans there and else
where on the coast and in the interior.
The news from Casa Blanca as to the
situation there today unites In showing
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that the bombardment was continued for
longer than was first supposed and that
the lack of an adequate French force to
afford protection resulted in an oppor
tunity for barbarous looting, rapine and
pillage, with all the accompaniments of
murder and horror. The French landing
parties could not control the situation.
Moorish authority vanished with the first
French gunshot and lawlessness reigned.
It Is now reported, however, that be
tween 2000 and 3000 French and Spanish
marines and bluejackets' are ashore at
Casa Blanca and that order has been re
stored. The Europeans there .are all safe.
The loss of life among the Moors result
ing from the bombardment ' appears to
be much greater than was first indi
cated. France and Spain, the two powers re
sponsible for the maintenance of order,
are sending in reinforcements, and cruis
ers and transports are proceeding with
all speed for Casa Blanca and other coast
points. France, in order to restore se
curity and order, may be forced to oc
cupy a number of Moorish ports and per
haps even send a punitive expedition to
Fez.
There has been a native outbreak
B. B. Comer, Governor of Alabama,
Who Has Forced Railroads to
Submit to State Rate Law.
against the Cald at Mazagan. This port
has been bombarded by the French
cruiser Du Chayla. A large portion of
the town was destroyed. The consulates
were not damaged. Many Jews are said
to have been killed at Mazagan.
The Sultan of Morocco, It Is reported,
has not yet been Informe.d of the gravity
of the situation.
HOW CASA BLANCA WAS SACKED
Eye-Witness Describes Bombard
ment and Massacre Following.
LONDON, Aug. 9. A long dispatch has
been received here from an eye-witness
of. the recent events at Casa Blanca. It
Is dated August 8. The writer says that
Saturday and Sunday passed perfectly
quietly in Casa Blanca, Muiey Amin, the
Military Governor, having employed sol
diers to guard the town from Arab at
tacks and done everything possible con
scientiously to secure Its safety.
"There were a number of Arabs 12
miles distant," the writer goes on, "but
the majority of them had returned to
their Interrupted harvesting and It was
supposed that the French would attempt
nothing with the small force 'available
from the Galilee.' We air retired to rest
with quiet minds.
"At 4 o'clock Monday morning, : how
ever, we were suddenly alarmed by a
summons to repair to the British con
sulate, owing to notice from the Galilee
that it was intended to land a force and
occupy the town at S o'clock. It was un
derstood that the Galilee had been In
wireless communication with the other
warships and had received Instructions to
get a party Inside the town In order to
facilitate subsequent operations. An
American resident of many years. Cap
tain Cobb, declined to take shelter at the
British consulate, consequently the (Con
sul sent part of his guard of soldiers to
protect Captain Cobb."
Town Bombarded All Day.
The correspondent .then . describes the
landing of the French force between S
and 6 o'clock and the subsequent events
as narrated in former dispatches. Con
tinuing, he says :
"Singly and carrying disjointed rifles
TRIBES THREATEX TANGIER.
TANGIER, Aug. 8. The Angera
tribesmen were camping two miles
from Tangier at half-past 11 tonight.
The European . residents. Including
the British Minister, Gerald A. Low
ther, and his family, have left their
mountain dwellings and returned to
the town.
concealed in valises to avoid suspicion, a
party of the Galilee's men had been con
veyed Saturday to the French Consulate,
where they took up their position on the
terrace of the roof that commanded the
foreshore and a corner of the town, and
also took in the Watergate batteries from
the rear.
"A furious musket fire broke out along
the waterfront, and a dull booming from
the old Moorish battery showed that after
all Muley Amin and his soldiers were
doing something. They made, however,
a poor resistance, and their fire soon
ceased.
"In the meantime the roar of the Gal
ilee's guns was heard and shells were
seen bursting all over the Moorish quar
ter. Wounded men were all along the
streets. In 20 minutes the Are was over.
This was only a lull, for the firing soon
was resumed, and was continued inter
mittently until half past six In the even
ing. Moorish Governor Gives Up.
"Then Muley Amin, with a number of
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CONTINUED ill
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Wheat Farmers: Fear
Heavy Damage.
HARVEST WORK IS STOPPED
Heavy Downpour in Eastern
Washington and Idaho.
MUCH INJURY IS DONE
Pendleton Growers Are Gloomy, and
Unless Kalns Cease They Will
Suffer Thousands of Dollars
Loss Showers 'Predicted.
WEATHER FORECAST FOR TODAY
For Eastern Oregon. Eastern
j Washington and Northern Idaho J
4 Showers and warmer. f
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PENDLETON, Or., Aug. 8. (Spe
cial.) With the finest and largest
crop of wheat ever raised in this coun
ty less than half harvested and with
rain falling almost continuously for 12
hours, and every prospect of its con
tinuing another 12 and probably long
er, a gloom has settled down over the
County of Umatilla which nothing but
Immediate sunshine can lift.
Already the quality of both the ,
wheat and barley has been damaged
to a greater or less extent, and the
more rain that comes the greater will
be the bleaching of the wheat with a
corresponding loss of gluten and the
discoloration of the barley, making It
unfit for brewing purposes. The im
mediate danger of damage is all to
standing grain, as it would require a
heavy downpour to Injure that in the
sacks.
The storrri began with a mist this
morning, but toward evening the water
was descending In copious quantities, .
about half an Inch having fallen before
1 o'clock. Farmers who yesterday were
smilingly wondering If the banks
would have room for their money, are
now praying for the rain to cease.
HARVEST OPERATIONS CEASE
Heavy Rains Over Eastern Washing
ton and Northern Idaho.
SPOKANE, Wash., Aug. 8. (Specal.)
Bain which began this morning and
threatens to continue all night, is fall
ing on the harvest fields of eastern
Washington and north Idaho, and In
nearly every section threshing and har
vesting operations, which were in full
swing, have ceased temporarily.
The wheat crop, estimated to be the
most valuable ever grown In this region.
Is not endangered if the rainfall is not
prolonged, but the downpour of several
days will mean the loss of thousands of
dollars. Except around Davenport, in
Lincoln County, where the grain is ripe
and will be cut next week, threshing and
cutting was In progress everywhere In
the wheat belt.
In the Palouse country the rain con
tinued all day and drove the combines,
headers and threshers out of the fields.
There Is much shocked grain In the)
Palouse. In Walla Walla Valley rain Is
reported exceptionally heavy. In Adams
County, where the crop Is heavy, and
harvesters were generally engaged, rain
fell all day. At Wenatchee the rain was
light, although indications are for a.
downpour all night. Rain fell copiously
at Davenport.
In the Colvllle Valley, north of Spokane,
some damage has already been done by
the rain, as cutting of the fine hay crop
already Is In progress.
JACKSON COUNTY DREXCHED
Rain Benefits Apple Crop Carnival
Gaiety Stilled by Downpour.
MEDFORD, Or., Aug. 8. (Special.)
Jackson County has had a thorough
drenching. Rain begun falling last night
at 11 o'clock, since which time there has
been a continuous downpour of Inesti
mable value to the orchardists, it comes
too early for the grain growers, as
threshing Is at its height and the second
crop of alfalfa In many sections Is par
tlally cut.
This city's gay red and yellow decora
tions significant of the famous Newtons
and Spltzenbergs, hang Badly drenched
and variegated, and the merry carnival
of last night will for this evening be
stilled.
KLAMATH FARMERS REJOICE
ill
GRAIN
Heavy Rain Will Be Great Benefit
to All Growing Crops.
KLAMATH FALLS. Or., Aug. 8.
(Special.) A soaking rain is falling
throughout the Klamath basin tonight
and has been since noon. It is most
opportune, as the first haying is prac
tically over and the grain cutting Is
hardly started and grain is In condi
tion to stand for some time. Upland
crops of all kinds are splendid, and
the yield of grain and root crops, par
ticularly potatoes, melons, barley and
wheat will be largely increased by the
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