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PORTLAND, TUESDAY. AUG. IS. 1907.
REASON OF THE 8CNDAY LAW.
The Jewish Tribune (Portland) con
tinues its criticism, say rather attack,
on enforcement of the law for closure
of liquor saloons on Sundays. It treats
the act as a concession to the Christian
churches, led by their clergy, whose de
mands are acceded to by the public au
thorities for the sake of winning sup
port In politics. The act, says the Trib
une, "Is not for the purpose that one
day In the week man may rest, but is
merely a case of politics from start to
finish." This on the political side. On
the cclesiasttcal side it is said to be "a
favor to the clergy, who "strive to press
the observance of the old Sun service
of Constantine, garbed in a robe of
Christian piety, with police force. This
Sunday closing appears upon Its face a
tendency to unite church and state, a
unity which is contrary to the Ameri
can spirit." And so, "our District At
torney, representing the law, uses it for
the purpose of eradicating the spirit of
American liberty."
We think this view does not repre
sent the opinion of the body of our Jew
ish citizens. Moreover, it is only a
theoretical view, springing naturally
perhaps out of study of the union of
church and state under Constantine,
and opposition to its historical conse
quences. That was a tyranny, to be
sure. It led to the extremes despot
ism, continuing during many centuries,
ever known among men. Sunday was
the day of pagan observance, in the
Roman world. Constantine identified
and united it with the day of Christian
worship, based in its turn on the legend
of the resurrection of ' Jesus. By a
strange but perfectly intelligible pro
cess the command of the Jewish law,
"Remember .the Sabbath day to keep it
holy." was transferred from Jewish
Sabbath (Saturday) to Sunday, and
converted, in the consciousness and
practice of the Christian world, into an
additional sanction of Sunday as the
holy day. But our modern Sunday laws
are not enacted and enforced through
such Ideas as these. No doubt, how
ever, these Ideas account, in part, for
the activity and earnestness of num
bers of the Christian clergy, in their
advocacy of closure of business on Sun
days. Just now their denunciations
fall specially on the liquor saloons, for
two reasors. First, the saloons, in
keeping open on Sundays, were an ex
ception to the general rule of closure.
Second, they are wholly opposed to the
saloons and would abolish them utterly
if they could, but since they cannot,
and since they find on the statute-book
a law for closing them on Sundays,
they invoke It; for the further reason,
moreover, that sale of liquors is pe
culiarly, apt to give rise to disturb
ances, on the day of social intercourse,
worship and rest from labor. This last
Is at once the Bource of the law and the
main reason that prevails with the
massof the people. The ecclesiastical
or dogmatic reason, that Sunday is
"the holy day" of the week, alone
would be powerless.
Our towns and cities of the North
west, all or nearly all of them, are now
adopting this American custom of for
bidding the sale of liquors on Sundays.
They have been slow about it, for the
custom has long prevailed in our East
ern and Southern States. It might, in
deed, have been expected sooner here:
but though it came late it never will be
abandoned. Nor is there need of alarm
for liberty. Whatever traces may be
observed in ancient English or early
American law of ecclesiastical rule or
religious purpose in the law govern
ing conduct on Sunday have disap
peared from modern law, as practically
administered. Sunday is named for the
rest day because the masses of the peo
ple have for centuries observed it, more
or less fully, and the Government can
more easily secure and protect a day al
ready popularly designated than estab
lish a new one not, however, because
the law undertakes to enforce a divine
command. Protection of individual lib
erty is the real object; protection of the
liberty of the many, for rest, recreation.
social intercourse, culture and worship,
against encroachments and interrup
tions from the few. It is because the
masses desire and need the day for rest
that the law forbids the few to prose
cute and exact continued labor. The
liquor traffic falls under special ban on
that day, because of its special liability
to abuse. It is a conclusive fact, and
must be regarded as beyond debate.
The law could not stand at all if its
basis were ecclesiastical tyranny. The
mistake 'of the Jewish Tribune is in
looking at it as if itwere. Of course our
Jewish brethren cannot assent to the
idea that Sunday should be or can be
made by law to supersede the Jewish
Sabbath, or given higher sanctions by
the state. Nor could the great body
of our people tolerate Sunday laws, if
the Idea were to support an ecclesias
tical rule or theological dogma. That,
however, is not attempted. The idea of
the law Is not that one day is more
"holy" than another. The purpose is
to guarantee, impartially" that the
masses shall enjoy a slated day during
which there shall not be. needless de
mands of ordinary business, or inter
ruptions of noise or tumult, or any
thing to Interfere with the rest and
quiet of the day. .The law is neither
that ot Moses, nor of Constantine, nor
of Pagan Rome, nor of Puritan Eng
land; but Is simply the exercise of the
police power of the modern state.
A COSTLY STRIKE.
This being a free country in which
most people do as they please, the teleg
raphers, of course, have the right to
strike. For the same season their em
ployers have the right to refuse to meet
the demands which they are making.
Thus far there is not much room for
argument, protest or objection. But
the telegraphers and their employers
are only a comparatively small propor
tion of the population of the United
States. For every one of the operators
and employers interested in this strike
there are thousands of innocent non
combatants who should not be dragged
into this controversy and forced to lose
money through a disagreement between
telegraphers and their employers. The
business Interests throughout the
United States yesterday were kept in a
tremor of excitement all day because of
the impossibility of securing prompt
wire service.
This excitement was aggravated by
the uncertainty of a speedy adjustment
of the difficulties, and in the course of
the day both the stock market and the
wheat market suffered fearful declines.
Buying and selling makes a market on
any commodity, and they, of course,
are always accompanied by speculative
influences. When the facilities for car
rying on this speculation are curtailed
and buying and selling ceases or sinks
to a low ebb, prices decline through
lack of support to which, in many
cases, they are legitimately entitled.
Wheat declined 4 cents per bushel in
Chicago yesterday. A small portion of
this decline was traceable to a decline
of about Hi cents In the Liverpool
market, but the change in natural con
dltlons which should govern wheat
prices was not at all In keeping with"
the overwhelming influence of the
telegraphers' strike.
The markets were fairly swamped
with selling orders from men who
feared a protracted struggle In the
course of which they were liable to be
left without means of keeping in touch
with the market. Accordingly there
was no safe course open but to get out.
from under, even though selling at a,
loss. In stocks much the same condi-j
tions were noticeable. The public, of
course, has scant sympathy for the
professional bulls and bears who might
get caught In a mixup of this nature.
But In stocks as in wheat, there is an
enormous following whose holdings are
perfectly legitimate. These people have
bought Pacific and Great Northern and
other shares which yesterday suffered
such tremendous shrinkage for an In
vestment, and when the disagreement
between employers and employes in the
telegraphic service brings on . such a
slump as is now in evidence, their in
vestments suffer along with those of
the speculators, who dabble only in
margins.
According to the dispatches, the Gov
ernment Is affected by the strike
through the difficulty of getting dis
patches through. Perhaps if the situa
tion becomes sufficiently strained and
serious political complications arise, a
system by which the many cannot be
inconvenienced by the few might toe
perfected and the Government step in
and insist on a speedy settlement of
these differences. There are objections
to Government ownership, but it is
emergencies like the telegraphers'
strike that la now hampering the busi
ness of the country that Is gradually
increasing the popular demand for
Government ownership of some of our
utilities. .
AN INDEX OF GROWTH.
The growth in school population is a
dependable Index of a city's growth.
There can be no true community
growth, or. in the long run, no substan
tial growth, in which family life does
not partake and of which family, life Is
not the essence. First the family, then
the public schools; and linked with
these a substantial community life that
has within Itself the elements of self
perpetuation and expansion.
We know In a general way, from the
evidences that abound on every hand,
that the population of Portland has in
creased substantially in the last two
years. Specific evidence of this basic
fact of prosperity is furnished in the
tremendous demands that have been
made upon the educational facilities
furnished by our public schools. It Is
yet- something over a month before
these schools will open for a session
of ten months, but efforts made by the
Board of Education, acting for the tax
payers, to furnish space and seats In
schoolhouses for the multitude of chil
dren that will -besiege them,' are noted.
Strenuous as these efforts have been
and" still are, it Is not at all probable
that the demand that they represent
will toe fully met by supply. That the
attendance upon the public schools in
this city at their opening will be the
largest in their history is certain.
Looking about us, from Fulton Park on
the south to Woodlawn on the north,
and from the western limits of the city
on out to Lents and Montavllla, on the
east, new homes, family homes, the
homes of thrift and industry, every
where meet the eye. While the chil
dren in some of these new homes are
too young to go to school and in others
there are no children, the vast major
ity of them will send children to swell
the numbers that will clamor for ad
mission at the doors of the schoolhouses
of the district. Whatever may be said
In Just criticism of some of the methods
that go to make up our public school
system, the fact remains that the
Board of Education Individually and
collectively is a hardVworking boy.
and that those who manage the schools
and keep them in working order bring
diligence, Intelligence and earnestness
of purpose to the work. The enroll
ment hi the public schools of this city
will probably be not less than 20,000 by
the beginning of the second month.
September is the hop-picking and
prune-picking month, and in both of
these vocations boys and girls are alert
and useful. This is, Indeed, the most
pleasant, and certainly the most profit
able, part of the vacation season to a
considerable number of the older pupils
of the schools. Others will not return
from the Summer's outing" until later,
so that high tide in attendance will not
be reached until the second month.
THE STANDARD OIL REPORT.
The railroad rebate is like the
wicked Gerii in the Arabian tale who
assumed a new form of life every time
they were slain. When the good Prin
cess had killed him as an ox, he be
came an ass. When she slew him as a
bird he became a fish. Thus it is with
the subtle and elusive rebate. Slay it
as car rent and It springs Into new life
as an allowance for damage In transit.
Smother It as a terminal discrimination
and it springs up rejuvenescent as an
overpayment for lubricants.
The credit of unveiling this last dis
guise of the Standard Oil Company's
ruthless purpose to rob the railroads
and swindle competitors belongs to the
Commissioner of Corporations, Mr.
Herbert Knox Smith. Nor is the credit
small. Before reading his account of
the matter one would have said there
was no possible form of the rebate rob
bery of which Standard Oil had not al
ready been convicted. But this is a
new one. The Pennsylvania road, for
example, pays less than half as much
as most companies for lubricants. Of
course the monopoly does not sell to
the Pennsylvania road at a loss. The
excess paid by the others is a rebate
to Mr. Rockefeller's persecuted trust
Perhaps some of It went finally , to the
American Board of Foreign Missions.
Perhaps Dr. Day received a share of
the booty.
Commissioner Smith's statement that
Standard OH sells kerosene products
cheaper abroad than at home surprises
nobody. All of our trusts do that, par
ticularly such Dlngleyized infants as
the steel and watch trusts. The Euro
pean purchaser of kerosene products
enjoys an advantage of 33 per cent over
the American, while to the heathen Chi
nee and the benighted Hindoo the re
duction Is more than 50 per cent. This
is the price we pay for the glory of
harboring the beneficent Standard Oil
Company. It would be actually better
for America if our kerosene deposits
were in Asia, for then this would be a
foreign market and would receive price
concessions. It used to toe said that
the Tord had signally favored the
United Spates by giving us vast sup
plies of timber, iron and petroleum. In
practice the favor is rather dubious.
Doubtless it was the purpose of the
Lord In placing these treasures at our
doors to- make them cheap to us; but
his excellent intention, like so many
others, has sadly miscarried. American
lumber, steel and petroleum products
are all cheaper In foreign countries
than they are -at home. This speaks
volumes for our generosity, but not
quite so much for our common sense.
THE SI3f OF STERILITY.
We cannot entirely agree with the
Rev. Everett ' M. Hill that women of
the smart set are blameworthy for not
bearing more children. ' His sermon
last Sunday night was too severe upon
our upper classes. Their abstinence
ought to be counted among the bless
ings rather than the misfortunes of the
country. , Children are apt to inherit
the mental vacuities and perversities of
their mothers. A woman of the poodle
dog and polyandrous type, therefore,
deserves our gratitude if she limits her
offspring to a single child. Better still
were it If she had none at all.
There Is no especial merit In the mere
act of bringing human beings into the
world, regardless of their inherited
qualities and the nurture they are like
ly to receive. If a foolish woman bears
children they are likely to be fools,
and of that class the supply is already
generous. Let us praise our social lu
minaries, then, instead of rebuking
them, for this isolated piece of wisdom
among their abounding idiocies.
Suppose each such woman had five
children by each of her live husbands.
as Mr. Hill reckons them, and each
child was like Its mother. How would
that suit our critical friend? We rather
fancy he would rusb furiously Into his
pulpit and preach a still more tremen
dous sarmon on the sin of having too
many children. Sometimes we are not
sufficiently thankful for our negative
blessings. It Is best to let sleeping
dogs lie. Our "smart" women do mis
chief enough as it Is without pouring a
swarm of degenerate children into the
world. There are plenty of sensible
pepple to perpetuate the human race,
and if we give them a chance to sup
port their families in comfort they will
attend to the duty without being
preached at. An ounce of fair eco
nomic dealing is worth a ton of ser
mons In the solution of the birth prob
lem. A MIRACLE WROUGHT BY WATER.
The National Irrigation Congress,
which is soon ot convene in annual ses
sion at Sacramento, will be composed
of men of experience in irrigation work
and of intelligent observation and
sound judgment in regard to results
that have been and are yet to be
achieved by bringing water to the
thirsty places of the great plateau.
The states that have arisen upon the
site of the Great American Desert of
the geographies of two generations' ago
Montana, Colorado, Wyoming, Idaho,
Nebraska, Nevada, Arizona - and the
Dakotas win bring tribute to this con
gress of the wealth that has sprung
from the once arid soil and of great
areas that have been redeemed to ag
riculture by irrigation.
A section where the annual rainfall
is adequate to all the needs of agrlcul
lure is a cnarming piace in wmcn to
pursue that ancient and honorable call
ing. But the section once a desert
now a garden; once a waste of dull
gray color now a landscape of vivid
green or golden harvest hue, to which
the irrigation ditches have brought life
and beauty and wealth, has an interest
all Its own. It is as it man had joined
hands with Nature and helped her to
work out a long-thwarted plan.
Just previous to the advance of the
reclamation . era, Hamlin Garland, an
ardent lover of the boundless West,
wrote: ,
I stood one day on a prairie height
And looked far out on the misty sea
Of midday grasses lying asleep
Atr silent as dim futurity.
Silent, majestic lone as the sea
Round the Southern pole, the land unmete
Awaited the plowman's stern decree
To laugh mid plenty benaath hi feet.
Ditches were dug and water was
stored and distributed over these
thirsty areas and the record proceeded:
I stood again on the self-same mound
Of swelling turf, three years between.
And lo, the land was a-hum with sound
of men and reapers, as sickles keen
Swept into the drowsy-headed wheat
With clatter and rash and jocund song;
While wide as the sea-green, yellow and
brown,
The grain fields endlessly rolled along.
This may not be poetry in an ethical
sense, but it presents a marvelous fact
in a pleasant . way and attests the
power of water in working out this
miracle of agriculture in the so-called
Great American Desert.
One of the most deliberate, brutal
and causeless murders ever committed
in this state was that of Ernest Bon
oml, the Italian rancher who was shot
while asleep in the dooryard of his
home on Mill Creek, Wasco County, a
few days ago. Experts pronounce the
murderer, Edward Gossen, a degener
ate, in order to distinguish him from
the criminal mercenary whom cupidity
Incites to murder. The distinction is
without difference so far as results are
concerned, and will probably- not be
urged in this case, to turn aside the
penalty for murder deliberately planned
and ruthlessly committed. It matters
little really whether the murderer is "a
degenerate" or a mercenary. The ex
treme penalty of outraged, law is his
just due. It Is gratifying to note that
murder in this case was not abetted by
a woman's perfidy and scheming. The
wife of Bonomi was sleeping quietly by
his side when the shot that made her a
widow was fired. The horror of the
situation in which she found herself
when awakened by the shot is beyond
imagination and Invokes for the woman
the pity of the pitiful.
The orchardlst who fears that apple
production may be overdone should
dismiss his fears. Good apples clean
and of varieties that will bear shipping,
and that are, withal, handsome, bright
and toothsome And a constantly in
creasing demand in an ever-widening
market. In evidence of this is the
opening of the Vladivostok market to
Oregon apples, to meet the require
ments of which It is probable that 20,
000 boxes of Hood River apples of this
year's crop will be sent. We can only
hope that the home supply will not be
seriously depleted by the demands of
the widening market and that horti
culturists will bestir themselves In in
creasing the apple orchard area of the
state.
It is now becoming popular for mil
lionaires to get out injunctions by
which one court enjoins another from
prosecutipg them. This is a fine idea,
and in order that all may have recourse
to it, the state should employ attor
neys to sue out Injunctions in behalf
of the poor people who cannot sue for
themselves. Many a -sneakthief has
gone to jail in Portland who might
have escaped if he had been permitted
the millionaire's defense by injunction.
Thus do innocent men get into the pen
itentiary. Of course now, if Mr. Ladd's editor
couldn't Are his blunderbuss in the di
rection of The Oregonian, he would
have no occupation. In his powerful
style he lets off a charge from his mud
mortar, labeled "The Scriptural Sow."
This animal, we think, "returned to
her wallow in the mire." Tet this
wasn't the very worst, Mr. Editor, nor
by comparison so very bad, if you will
turn back to think of it. For there
was also the Scriptural dog. He "re
turned to his vomit."
The President classed Haywood with
"undesirable citizens." The Socialists
are still harping on It. The President's
remark was made before the trial, and
Haywood was acquitted. But does the
proof which the trial developed beyond
any question, that Haywood had long
bWn on intimate terms with Orchard,
the murderer, show that Haywood is a
"desirable citizen"?
A woman suffering from cancer was
out picking huckleberries near Point
Jervls, N. Y. so runs the story and
was bitten by a rattlesnake. In this
case "it was the snake that died." At
all events, the cancer was cured.
Whether this is a plain, ordinary snake
story or a sensational cancer story the
public is not advised. ' .
With all this corporation slime ad
hering to some Republican and Demo
cratic candidates; with the labor
unions against Taft and the New York
machine against Hughes, and with
Roosevelt definitely out of the race,
who will assume the role of inspired
prophet as to the outcome of the next
Presidential election?
Suppose somebody who desires to
succeed Representative Hawley should
pray for his death to make a vacancy.
What would be said of him? But it
shocks nobody to learn that our
younger naval officers hope for a war
to kill off their superiors and- hasten
promotions. Where is the difference?
The Department of Agriculture urges
farmers to kill rats. It tells them that
the rats cost the country not less than
$100,000,000 a year. That's a good deal
of money. But it's so much less than
Rockefeller and the trusts get away
with that the farmers rather pity the
rats and let 'em go.
The American people may as well get
their pocketbooks ready. The amount
of the fine against the oleaginous oc
topus is Tather large, tout we can pay it
if we work hard and save strenuously.
i -
Of the $400,000, of stocks, appraised in
the Goode estate, that of the Oregon
Life Insurance Company was the only
one appraised at par. A fact worth
noting.
To avoid misunderstanding and con
sequent worry, it may be well enough
to say that the Democratic -state ticket
has been only nominated.
To be effective this season, the Coun
cil should use more speed in passing
the automobile ordinance than it
grants to motor cars.
Here's hoping that Commander Peary
and Walter Wellman may meet at the
real farthest north and get back home
safe and sound.
This country is Interested not so
much in John r3. Rockefeller's alleged
father as In the future conduct of his
posterity.
In selling its products cheaper abroad
than at home, Standard Oil" is not
worse than the steel trust.
It looks as if all hands wilt have to
give their telegraph business this week
to the postal authorities.
NEW YORK MEN QUIT KEYS
Stop Work Without Moment's No
tice Both Companies Affected. j
NEW YORK, Aug. 12. The strike of
the telegraph operators which has af
fected many cities, was extended to
New York today, when men employed
by both the Western Union and Postal
Companies , quit work. The Postal i
strikers said that 90 per cent of their
men were out. The Western Union
officials declared that 50 per cent of
their day force left their keys. Extra
police were called out to protect those'
In the vicinity, but there was little
occasion for their services.
Go Out Without Warning.
At 1 o'clock this afternoon many
operators in the main office of the
Western Union here went out. There
had been rumors that such a move
was in contemplation, but up to a few
minutes before the men quit work there
were no signs of the Intended action. At
exactly 1 o'clock a shrill whistle was
sounded through the big operating-room,
and a large part of the force at work left
their keys. As the men left the building
they were cheered by other operators who
had gathred in the street. The, cheers at
tracted passers-by on Broad street, and
In a few minutes a large crowd had gath
ered. There was no disorder, however, and
the police of the traffic squad soon put
the crowd in motion. One man disputed
the right, of tho policemen to compel him
to move on, and he was arrested.
It was stated by a general officer of the
company that out of 400 on the day force,
201 refused to go out. The men, he said,
are now at their keys, and the officers of
the company said that by 6 o'clock this
evening they would, have a full force at
work.
Within a short time the strikers dis
persed to their homes and by 1:30 there
was no sign of anything unusual in the
vicinity of the Western Union building.
Shortly after 1 o'clock most of the West
ern Union men working on the Produce
Exchange went on strike, leaving only a
few nonunion men at work. The opera
tors employed by the Broad-street branch
office, belonging to the union, also left
their, keys.
Union Officers Protest In Vain.
Secretary-Treasurer Mclnerney, of the
local ' Telegraphers' Union, said that the
local men had walked out without any
order from the union officers, and had
taken the matter in their own hands. He
said the officers of the union, though,
would stand by the strikers in their ac
tion. Secretary Mclnerney, said that he
realized that the feeling of the men was
strong against the company, but that the
local union officers had done all they
could to prevent the men going out. He
said:
"The officers regret this action of the
men going out at this time. We did all
we could to restrain them, tout they were
slmp'ly goaded into going out. The last
straw that broke the camel's back today
was when three men, who had been dis
charged last week for declining to work
wires on which strikebreakers were em
ployed, went to the main office of the
Western Union to get their time. They
were told by one of the chief operators to
get out of the office and the man accom
panied the ejectment with abusive lan
guage. The fault is with the company,
for we have done all we could to prevent
this trouble. The local union will stand
by the men."
Secretary Mclnerney said that the local
union was well provided with funds and
that the Order of Railway Telegraphers
had today assured the local men that
they would aid them in a financial way.
The Western Union operators employed
in the hotels also walked out.
No One Knows Who Blew Whistle.
Four hundred and thirty women quit
work in the main office of the Postal. A
few employes remained at their keys.
General Superintendent Brooks, of the
Western Union, said:
"I understand that the action of the
operators in walking out from our offices
was not approved by the officials of the
local union. As a matter of fact no one
knows who blew the whistle which caused
the men to leave their keys.
"We know the man who was authorized
to do so in case of an authorized strike,
but this man did not act In this case. It
appears that some one blew the whistle
in the hallway and that was taken as a
flash.ibr the men to quit work."
General Manager Barclay, of the West
ern Union, said his company had 400 op
erators at work in the main office at 3
o'clock this afternoon. He said that all
business was being handled as usual, and
that the company had not found It neces
sary to accept business with the "delay
agreement."
The Western' Union strikers declared
that not more than 10 operators of the
320 composing the night force of tHe
main office of that company reported
for duty at the usuaIshour this afternoon.
Atlanta W. V. and Postal Men Out.
ATLANTA, Ga.. Aug. .12. A long-distance
telephone message from Savannah
says the operators in the Western Union
and Poetal offices went out at 10 o'clock
this morning.
Philadelphia Joins Ranks.
PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 12. The
union operators in the main office of
the Western Union went out at 4:10
P. M. Only a small proportion of the
force left their keys.
Keys Sleep In Quaker City.
PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 12. At 4
o'clock this afternoon Western Union
operators walked out of the office. At
Baltimore, the Postal men have struck.
Managers Only Remain.
COLUMBUS. S. C, Aug. 12. All West
ern Union and Postal operators walked
out this afternoon. Only the managers of
the two offices remain.
Denver Postal Men Leave Keys.
DENVER, Aug. 12. The Postal opera
tors walked out at 10 o'clock. Twenty
four out of 25 night and day operators
went out.
Columbus Men Take Typewriters.
COLUMBUS. O.. Aug. 12. Ten union
operators at the Postal walked out at 11
o'clock, taking their typewriters with
them.
Fourteen Out at Baltimore.
BALTIMORE. Aug. 12. Fourteen of the
operating staff at the Western Union
main office here struck late today.
Baltimore Postal Men Strike.
BALTIMORE, Aug. 12. The Postar
operators In the main office struck this
afternoon.
IN MANNER OF KENTUCKY FEUD
Fred Macklin Shot by Lew Smith at
Aberdeen.
ABERDEEN-, Wash.,yAug. 12. In a row
yesterday as the result of an old grudge,
Fred Mechlin was seriously shot by Lew
J. Smith, who was Immediately arrested.
Mechlin was shot through the body, the
bullet passing just 'above the heart and
lodging in the shoulder blade. Smith says
Mechlin would have "got him" eventually
and seems unconcerned over the tragedy.
Wrant the Value of -Their Wood.
OREGON CITY, Or., Aug. 12. (Special.)
County Judge Grant B. Dimlck today
overruled a motion for an Injunction in
the suit of the Sunnyside Fuel Company
against Bert Jonsrud, et al., to restrain
the defendants from crossing a right of
way owned by the plaintiff near Sandy.
The court ordered that the defendants
might be permitted 'to travel the right
of way in dry weather, providing they
kept the road in repair. Immediately
after the decision was rendered, the plain
tiff commenced an action to replevin 150
cords of wood, valued at $500, and for
damages in the amount of $100 to the
road. The Sunnyside Company alleges that
Jonsrud and others came upon the right
of way, breaking down a gate' and injur
ing the road, and carried Off 150 cords of
wood. Deputy Sheriff David Caufield
leaves tomorrow morning to serve the
papers in the suit.
Sues for Chemical Work.
TACOMA, Wash.. Aug. 12. (Special.)
Dr. Rose Bebb will sue the city for
$80 fees that have been refused her.
The $80 account was refused several
months ago. Dr. Bebb was employed
as city bacteriologist and all chemical
work was being sent out of the city.
The doctor learned of it and suggested
that she would buy the necessary in
struments and do the work providing
the city would entrust it to her. She
did so and some chemical analysts of
water and milk were made by her.
When the bills for her services came in
the Comptroller and "Mayor held them
up and the Council finally decided not
to pay them.
New Wharf Completed.
ASTORIA, Or., Aug. 12. (Special.) The
wharf which Ferguson & Houston are
building for the Government at Fort
Canby Is nearly completed and will prob
ably be finished tomorrow. The piling
used in this work was creosotec and cop
pered. In order to protect it from tore
does, and the contract price is about
$7000. The same firm has completed the
laying of tile drains In the portion of the
reservation surrounding Fort Stevens bar
racks, but the grading contract will not
be completed for about three weeks.
Pastor Goes Into Real Estate.
TACOMA. Wash., Aug. 12. (Special.)
Rev. A. H. Barnhisel, ltely pastor
of the First Presbyterian Church, has
taken the management of the invest
ment department of a real estate firm.
Speaking of the work, Mr. Barnhisel
said he wanted something that would
give him a chance to "get out into the
tall timber," so to speak, chiefly to
recruit his health, and he decided to
undertake the work at least for a year.
DEAD OF THE NORTHWEST
Jacob Jacobson.
M'MINNVILLE. Or., Aug. 12. Jacob
Jacobson died at Sodaville of rheuma
tism Inducing heart failure, and his
body was brought home Friday evening
for burial. The funeral was held Sat
urday under charge of Undertaker
Macy. Two services were held, the
first at the undertaking parlors, where
Rev. Mr. Johnson spoke In the Danish
language, and the second at the South
Yamhill Baptist Church, whee Rev.
Mr. Adams, of the First Baptist Church
of this city, preached the sermon. Mr.
Jacobson expected to return to his
home here in a day- or two. as he was
feeling comparatively well when he re
tired at night, but his wife awoke to
find him dead. He was born in Den
mark but had been, a resident of Ore
gon for a number of years.
Henry Long.
OREGON CITY,, Or.. Aug. 12. (Special.)
Henry Long died Saturday at the min
eral springs on the Upper Molalla River,
and his body was brought to Marquam
for burial. Mr. Long, who was well along
In years, had gone to the springs In the
hope of the waters effecting a cure for
rheumatism. His niece, Mrs. Thomas, re
Bides in this city.
Mrs. Hannah Mary Feathers.
OREGON CITY. Or., Aug. 12 (Special.)
Mrs. Hannah Mary Feathers died yes
terday at her residence near Damascus,
aged 63 years. She had been ill only a few
days and is survived by a husband and
four children.
Ulrlch Kaufman. .
OREGON CITY, Or., Aug. 12. (Special.)
Ulrlch Kaufman died at Beaver Creek
yesterday from the effects of Injuries to
his spine, sustained about one week ago
by falling from a hayrack.
Boilermakers' Strike Extends.
SAN LUIS OBISPO. Cal., Aug. 12. The
boilermakers of the Southern Pacific here
went on strike today.
LEMON, LEMON, WHO'S GOT THE LEMON?
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DISASTROUS FIRE IX SEATTLE
Car Manufacturing Plant and Part
of Youngstown Destroyed.
SEATTLE, Wash..- Aug. 12. (Spe
cial.) Fire started in tho plant of the
Seattle Car Manufacturing Company
this morning at 1 o'clock, totally de
stroying the plant, together with .
large quantity of lumber, and also de
stroying a part of tho town of Youngs
town, where the plant was located. It
Is estimated that the loss will be about
$100,000. .
The Are started in the yard of the
factory, spreading to the building,
where a large tank of gasoline was
stored. This exploded with terrific
force. At 2:20 this morning the fire
was v.nder control, but it was thought
that the plant of the Seattle Steel
Company, which stood next to the car
manufacturing company, would be
saved. ,
The town had no fire department, and
help was summoned from Seattle,
across the bay. This was rractlcaily
useless, however, becaupe there was no
wat4r. The tide was out, and no water
could be got .fro mthe bay. The citi
zens of the town formed a bucket
brigade and passed water."
TAKES A BRIDE IN SECRET
Nephew of Theodore P. Shonts
Weds In Iowa.
CHICAGO. Aug. 12. (Special.)
David Shonts Campbell, of Chicago,
nephew of Theodore P. Shonts, of
Panama Canal fame, stole a march on
Cupid Saturday and brought his bride,
to this city today. Mrs. Champbell
was Miss Isabel Alice Livermore, of
Roseville, 111., until Justice of tho
Peaoe Huneker, of Burlington. Iowa,
performed the marriage ceremony.
The wedding resulted from a romance,
which started in Monmouth College.
Mr. Campbell met Miss Livermore
while a student in college last year.
Saturday the two, accompanied by mu
tual friends, went across tho river to
Burlington and were married. The
principals at first vigorously denied the
report, but later admitted It. After
receiving a parental blessing from tho
bride's parents, they started for Chi
cago. There was no opposition from Mr.
Campbell's people except, as the groom
said, they thought he was too young
to be married.
ENDS BANK'S BRIEF LIFE
President Mather Lays Failure to
New York Capitalists.
CHICAGO, Aug. 12. (Special.) James
S. Mather, Jr., promoter and tentative
president of the Four Percent Savings
Bank ended the flickering life of his near
financial institution today and the banking-rooms
at Madison and La Salle streets
were closed. Lack of acumen and enthu
siasm by New York capitalists Is as
signed by Mr. Mather as the cause.
"I returned ifrom New York today," ho
said, "after failure to Interest capitalists
who were to have been behind our bank.
The exceptionally depressed condition of
the money market there has left them
fearful of any Investments and men I
had relied upon, failed me so to close
was all I could do. I did It."
Mr. Mather strongly criticized Chicago
capitalists and Investors and hinted of
conspiracies to crush out the life of
fared and hated rivals. He also con
templated revenge.
WORST CAVE-IN EVER KNOWN
100 Feet of Canadian Pacific Track
Is Lost at Phoenix, B. C.
PHOENIX. B. C. Aug. 12. (Spe
cial.) The worst cave-in ever known
in the Boundary country occurred Sat
urday night on the property of the
Dominion Copper Company. Much of
the company's property sank out of
sight and about 100 feet of the C. P.
track were lost.
A large force of men is employed
about the works of the Copper Com
pany, but at the time of the cave-in
none of the laborers were about.
She Dances at the Age of 1 1C
NEW YORK. Aug. 12. Mrs. Esther
Davis, an Inmate of the home of the
Daughters of Jacob in this city, was
112 years old Sunday, and the day was
duly celebrated In the home. Mrs. Davis,
to show that she was still spry, danced
a few steps for the guests. Until a
year or two ago, Mrs. Davis made her
own living by selling candies in the
Ghetto.
Seattle Man Attempts Suicide.
SEATTLE. Wash.. Aug. 12. (Special.)
R. J. Reid, a prominent attorney of Seat
tle, attempted to drown himself at the
West Seattle ferry tonight. He was
pulled out of the water and a bottle of
chloroform was found in his pocket. This
was taken from him and he was locked
up In jail. In his pocket was found a let
ter to "Susy." bidding her good-by and
saying that he would end his life.
Riot in Seattle Car.
SEATTLE, Wash., Aug. 12. (Special.)
A riot occurred on a Ballard car tonight
because a conductor would not issue
transfers to a party of soldiers who
wished to go to Fort Lawton. The police
were called and arrested Privates -Olson
and File, and Fred Weller, a miner. The
rest of the soldiers got away.
-From the St.. Paul Pioneer-Press.