VOL.. XL VI.- XO- 14,567.
PORTLAND, OREGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST . 16, 1907.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
BOXTDN SHOWS
ANGER AT HENEY
Forced to Admit He
Took $500 Bribe.
SNARLS OUT HIS ANSWERS
Wrathy, He Hurls Aspersions
at Burns and Spreckels".
DRAMATIC SCENE IN COURT
Sensational Incidents in Glass Trial.
Former Supervisor Lonergan
Tells How He Was Trapped.
Prosecution Scores.
SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 15. Sensa
tional incidents marked today's close of
the .Glass trial. Ex-Supervisor Dr.
Charles Boxton was asked by Attorney
Delmas as a flnel question In cross
examination for the defense: "Did you
accept $500 offered you as a bribe by G.
M. Boy in the matter of your vote in the
skating rink ordinance?"
Dr. Boxton replied sullenly: '
"I don't see what that's got to do with
this case." '
"Very well." said Delmas, ."I shall not
insist upon the question. You need not
answer It, Doctor, if you do not wish
to, unless the prosecution insists. That
is all."
"Without hesitation. Assistant District
Attorney Heney took up Delmas' ques
tion and put it to the witness.
"Did you accept that money?"
"Question Is legal and pertinent and
the witness must answer," ruled Judge
Lawlor.
Boxton turned' in his chair, glaring sav
agely at Heney.
"Yes," he said, "I accepted it.
Spreckels Marked the Checks.
"And I'll tell you this, too. Burns
told me Rudolph Spreckels gave that
money to Roy and caused the bills to be
marked. And I'll tell you something else,
since you want it all."
"Yes," interrupted- Heney, "we want it
all; go ahead."
"I will. Burns told me to deny that I
took that money, and he tried to get me
to sign an affidavit to that effect. I told
you that, Mr. Heney, and you said. 'Well,
I didn't tell you to do that." I did deny
to newspaper reporters that I had ac
cepted money from Roy. Burns wanted
to keep it from the papers. I presume
he wanted to protect Roy. I understood
that I was to be protected, too, but evi
dently I am not to be."
Heney Replies With a Smile.
Boston's face was Hushed, his eyes
blazed with anger at Heney and he
snarled rather than spoke this testimony.
When he had finished, Mr. Heney said to
him smilingly:
"Well, well. Doctor, all I wanted to get
was the truth. What are you mad
about?"
Boxton did not reply. He was excused
without further questioning.
Earlier cross-examination elicited from
Boxton the declaration that when he
signed, last Fail, an affidavit that he had
been guilty of no crime, he was entirely
ignorant of what he was signing; that he
affixed his signature at the request of
Senator George Keane, who at that time
waa clerk of the Board of Supervisors,
on the understanding that it was "some
thing to bolster up some of the weak
kneed. Supervisors." The affidavit was
signed by each of the 18 members of the
Board, all of whom; have since then con
fessed their acceptance of bribes prior to
signing.
How Lonergan Was Trapped.
Cross-examination of ex-Supervisor
Thomas F. Lonergan by Delphin M.
Delmas occupied the major part of the
morning session in the trial of Louis
Glass for bribery. After detailing
again the circumstances under which
he accepted $11,750 in bribes of from
J50o to J5000 each for his votes in
Tavor of corporation franchises and
privileges, Lonergan struck, a new
note in his narrative by Introducing
the name of Abe Ruef. He said in
answer to questions skillfully put by
Delmas:
"A few days after G. M. Roy had
paid me $500 at the Pavilion skating
rink to vote against an ordinance to
prohibit miners from skating within
certain hours, I met Ruef on the street
and he stopped me. He said Gallagher
had told him I had taken $500 from
Roy. I admitted It. Ruef said, 'My
God, Tom, you shouldn't have done
that; it may be all right, but I don't
like it. For heaven's sake don't do it
again. I'll look into this matter.'
When Ruef Got Excited.
"He seemed to be a good deal wor
ried, and so was I. I knew I had
committed a felony and was afraid I'd
be caught." .
Lonergan then told the story of how
he wa trapped at Roy's home, and of
the confession he made there under
promise of Immunity by District At
torney Lungdon.
"Roy sent for me," said Lonergan,
"and I went to his home at 9 o'clock
in the morning. He took me into the
parlor. We were alone. He said it
had been, fixed up that thereafter, he,
instead of Jim Gallagher was to act as
jro-be tween whenever money was to
be paid to the Supervisors for their
votes. Then he said an ordinance
would soon come up to extend the
times within which oil might be
stored in the city, and there would be
$500 in it for me.
"He took a bunch of bills out of his
pocket and began counting them out to
me. I said: 'You don't need to
count it. Roy. I'll take your word for
it." But he said: "No," he would count It
out. He did so and there were $500. I
took the money in my left hand and I
want to state that I suspected Roy.
Caught With the Money.
"I had an idea he meant to job me,
and that he had been jobbing me. I got
on the chair and walked to the wall
wtiere a picture was hanging. 'Who's
this, Roy?" I asked. "That's my wife and
kids,' he said, and then 'what have you
got here," I cried, taking hold of the
folding doors and trying with all ny
strength to pull them apart, for I felt
there was somebody behind them, but
the doors were held against me from
. A v N iff
Mayor Edward R. Taylor, Whose
Supporters Won ! the Republican
Primaries in San Francisco.
the other side. Roy spoke up then. "They
work on springs, Tom," said he. 'You
can go out this other way.
"Then the folding doors sprung open
and William J. Burns stepped Into the
room and grabbed me. "We have got
you now, Lonergan," he said. 'No, that
don't work," I said. 'You haven't got
me; you take this money,' holding out
the $500 Roy had given me, 'and arrest
that man for trying to bribe a supervisor
of the City and County of San Fran
cisco.' " That won't work,' said Burns. v'Now
Lonergan, nobody wants to hurt you fr
injure your wife and family; , they are
not after you. Take my advice and come
through."
Wanted to Shoot Burns.
" "If I had a pistol," I told him, 'you
and me would both be on the floor of
this room."
"He said, " you, I've half a mind
to shoot you myself." I told him he waa
afraid to.
"Then Mr. Langdon told me I did not
have a chance on earth: my first
thoughts ought to be for my wife and
children and my old father. He's dead
now. In the afternoon I began my con
fession. They had sent out for a sten
ographer and a notary public, a woman,
and everything I said waa taken down-
"But before I agreed to confess, Mr.
Heney said: 'Well, If he hoesn't want to
make a confession, ring Mr. Oliver, the
foreman of the grand jury. I under
stood by that unless I confessed I would
be indicted and prosecuted. Mr. Heney
said that sending- a few supervisors to
states prison wouldn't clear up the . at
mosphere of San Francisco; that the
ones they ' wanted to get were the men
who had debauched us."
Prosecution Scores Point.
At the morning session the prosecution
won an important victory in a decision
by Judge Lawler. that evidence was ad
mlssable of acts committed after the
actual bribery; for instance, the return
of a portion of the Pacific States Tele
phone Company's bribe upon demand.
STRIKE OVER. SAYS GLOWHY
OPERATORS IX NEW YORK GO
ING BACK TO KEYS.
Board of Trade Reopens Wire in
Chicagoi Both Sides Remain
llrm in Windy City.
NEW YORK, Aug. 15. General 'of
ficers of the. two telegraph companies
said today that business was moving
to all parts of the country and that no
difficulty is experienced in handling
everything offered. President Clowry,
of the Western Union, said: .
"The strike is over. . We are receiv
ing applications from strikers today,
but we are filled up and cannot place
them."
The Associated Press service is mov
ing under steadily improving con
ditions. Officers of the union still ex
press confidence and deny that any
union oporators have applied for re
employment. TRADE WIRES ARE REOPEXED
Brokers' Operators In Chicago Xot
Expected to Join Strikers.
CHICAGO. Aug. 15. The telegraph
companies, reopened their offices at the
Board f Trade with comparatively
few operators. It is predicted that
the strike of brokers' operators will
not materialize. ' Both the employers
and strikers declare they will not
arbitrate anything.
Small Passes Through Omaha.
OMAHA, Aug. 15. President Small of
the Commercial Telegraphers' Union
passed through the city, this morning
enroute from San Francisco to Chicago.
THREE DEAD IN
SAWMILL BLAZE
Fatal Fire in Springton,
Idaho.
FLAMES SPREAD TO TIMBER
Fatalities Occur on Mountain
Side.
BODIES ARE BADLY BURNED
Bunkhouse, Cook Shack, Sheds and
Schoolhouse Destroyed With Half '
the Lumber In Yards--Los ,
Estimated $50,000.
SPOKANE. Wash., Aug. 15. (Special.)
Fire, accompanied by the loss of three
lives, wiped out the entire mill and
nearly one-half of the lumber piled In
the yards of the Springton Lumber Corn
many on Wednesday afternoon. The
plant was located on the O. R. N.
Railway, three .mile up the Coeur d"
Alene River from Harrison, Idaho.
Roy Wooster, son of President W. W.
Wooster, of the company, returned this
evening and said that the blaze un
doubtedly started from sparks dropping
from the smokestack of the works into
a pile of Cottonwood. Fire wag carried
over the tracks of the railroad and Into
the timber on the mountain side. The
bunkhouse wae also' destroyed.
It was while trying to save property
that a Japanese and a man whose Iden
tity could not be learned, as -he had been
In the employ of the company but two
days, lost their lives. The fire drove
them beyond the bunkhouse and In their
efforts to escape they ran up the moun
tain side and were overtaken by the
flames. They were probably suffocated
by the dense clouds of smoke, but the
bodies were terribly burned.
bthp C. Acton, one of the mill em
ployes, in company with his brotiherMn
law, H. L. Besse, were engaged In re
moving an organ from the school house.
They had succeeded in transferring the
instrument from the house and were
well toward a place of safety when the
strong wind drove them from their task.
The men separated, Acton attempting
to escape by running up the mountain.
He met the same fate as the Japanese
and the unknown man. Acton was a res
ident of Cpeur d' Alene, where his par
ents reside.
The sawmill, the bunkhouse, ' the cook
shack, sheds and schoolhouse were
completely destroyed. The general store,
which was owned by the company, was
saved as was about half of the lumber
piled In the yards, valued at $50,000. The
loss is estimated at - fully $50,000.
.For Postmaster of New York.
OYSTER BAY. N. Y.. Aug. 15. Edward
M. Morgan has been appointed postmas
ter of New York City to succeed Mr.. Wil
A FEW THINGS THAT MAY PERHAPS HAVE HAPPENED WHILE THE WIRES
ARE NOT WORKING-THEN. AGAIN PERHAPS NOT
Perhaps Rockefeller Is giving his
fortune back to the people.
Perhaps fhe President ha. Announced
his candidarj- for a third trm.
5
cox, who resigned to become a member
of the New York City Public Utilities
Commission. '
HARD WORDS FROM CARTER
Intimates Hawaiian Federal Build
ing Site Was. Tampered With.
HONOLULU, Aug.., JS. Spectal'.) As
soon as Governor Carter returned from
his recent trip to Washington he dictated
a statement for the local papers In regard
to the matter of a site for the Federal
building, In which he said: "I consider
that bad faith has been shown me, offi
cially and privately, by the representa
tives of the Manuka site owners."
The Mahuka site is the one selected by
the representative of the Treasury De
partment sent out here for that purpose.
The Governor, while In Washington, tried
to secure the selection of the Irwin site.
After reciting his efforts in Washington
in the matter Governor Carter said:
"After all this t-find that the offer to
withdraw the Mahuk'a'slte. marl a to ma
in good faith nersonallv'stnd amMa.lK- tv-,
correspondence, has not been carried outf
ana I do not . see how the officials in
Washington can 'square" with me in any
other way than by accepting the Irwin
site. I did not force myself into this mat
ter and only undertook it upon their re
quest.' Robert W. Shingle, the representative
of the Mahuka site owners, says of the
Governor's statement:
"This Is a serious charge against the
representatives of the Mahuka site own
ers and Secretary Cortelyou and Assistant
Secretary Wlnthrop; the former Is ac
cused of acting In bad faith, and the lat
ter of not' being 'square." "
, Noted Violinist Dead.
BERLIN, Aug. 15. Joseph Joachim,
the celebrated violinist and director,
died today from asthma.
CONTENTS TODAY'S PAPER
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 7
degrees; minimum, 52 degrees.
TODAY'S Fair and warmer; northerly wind.
TelesTmphers Strike.
Superintendent Clowry. of Western Union,
eays strike Is broken In New York.
Page 1.
Both telegraph and telephone wires tied up
In Montana. Page 4.
Both sides firm in telegraphers strike.
Page 1.
Foreign.
Strikers agree to arbitrate and quiet Is re
stored at Belfast. Page 4.
Alarm felt in Casa Blanca regarding safety
of Europeans. Page 4.
National.
Bonaparte will confer Monday with Chicago
District Attorney regarding the Alton
case. Page 4.
Domestic. '
Widow , of Stanford White to marry late
husband's partner. Page 2.
Montana increases taxable value of rail
roads, which now totals $43,000,000.
Page 5. . .
Pacific Coast.
Dramatic scene yesterday close of day's
proceedings in Glass trial. Page 1.
Theory that the telegraphers' strike is fight
for Government ownership. Page 1.
Old San Francisco parties vote reform tick
ets: laborites for Schmitz-Ruef faction.
Pago 6.
Sport
San Francisco beats Portland. 8 to 5. Page 7.
Commercial and Marine.
Oregon hopgrowers discouraged. Page 17.
Investment demand helps stock prices.
Page 17.
Wheat firmer on export orders. Page 17.
Schooner Antelope goes ashore on Sandy
Island. Page 16.
Portland and Vicinity.
Local trusts to feel new law prohibiting
combines. . Page 10.
Five firemen overcome by smoke at Sixth
street fire. Page 1 1.
W. W. Mcintosh elected secretary of Civil
- Service Commission. Page 9.
Quarterly dividend of Portland Gas Com
pany Is at rate of 6 per cent on $1,500,000
capital. Pago 10.
Executive Board takes up delaying by street
car company of Grand avenue improve
ments. Page 11.
Water mains' can' soon' be laid under' new
. district assessment plan. , Page
Perhaps Bryan has quit talking.
Perhaps Harry Thaw has been put
to work on the roekpile.
T NAT
TO OWN LINES
One Reason Assigned
for the Strike.
WOULD MAKE BETTER WAGES
Operators Say They Would Be
in Civil Service.
SMALL IS MAN, OF PEACE
Not His Nature to Order Generaf
Tie-l'p of Telegraphic Service.
Organization Had Its In
ception in . Seattle.'
SEATTLE, Aug. 13. (Special.) The
strike of the telegraphers had its
origin in Seattle four years ago; the
basis for the Commercial Tele
graphers' Union was laid here, and the
Associated Press operators were given
advice through a local operator nearly
four years before they abandoned their
keys and insisted upon better wage
conditions.
President S. J. Small, who is at the
head of the telegraphers' organization,
organized tho telegraphers' union
while working an Associated Press
key In Seattle four years ago. He
sent out his first preliminary plans
for an organization here, working
through the Associated Press . opera
tors and planning at that time to
make an organization that would have
the purpose of improving Associated
Press conditions. Small's idea in 1903
was not to organize the commercial
telegraphers or even to strike. He
merely wanteM more favorable hours
and ttrms and believed if the Asso
ciated Press operators were organized
that a concession could be had. - -
Small's, Nature Peaceable.
. ikti accident resulted In Small's leav
ing his key here. At study of the
strike of 1&S3 which resulted dis
astrously that was incidental to his
Associated Press movement led to his
effort to organize the operators
throughout the country. There are
telegraphers on strike who could tell
of the manner in which they for
warded Small's bulletins and ad
vices four years ago if they wanted
to do so, but it is Improbable many
will tell the story. From Seattle he
went to Chicago and directed his or
ganization work from that point, and
gradually built up an organization of
the commercial telegraphers. . It is
improbable that he ever planned a
general strike. ' It was not Small's
nature to anticipate trouble of that
kind and he never believed from the
time he began his movement that a
strike would be necessary. - The fact
that he held back and did not order
a universal strike until the men were
out in the Important centeVs shows
Perhaps Harriman will commence
immediate operations on those
promised railroads In Oregon.
Perhaps Jonathan has repudiated
Statement No. 1.
WAN
ION
that his origlnial idea that a presen
tation of demands has clung to him.
AH -this has an important bearing
upon the assertion that the men who
aided Small in his earliest endeavors
have figured out their own solution
of the trouble. They were eager for
a tie-up that would attract the atten
tion of the Federal authorities, and
there Is a strong impression out that
if the United States Government can
be induced to interfere, the telegraph
may pass into Federal control. There
may be some significance attaching to
the fact that telegraphers who are out
here now . have planned all along that
some radical action that would arouse
popular criticism throughout the coun
try would result in a forward step to
word Government ownership of the
telegraph lines. The men who pre
dicted 'such a thing would come to
pass and who wanted to strike when
San Francisco was ordered out two
months ago were Small's advisers and
I A
Charles Boston, Former Supervisor,
Who Was Provoked to Anger When
Questioned on Witness Stand by
Heney.
associates in the preliminary organ
ization four years ago. It may be
they know what Small has planned
all along.
Whether this Is true of not, it is In
teresting to follow the reasoning of these
operators. They suggest that if the
telegraph strike ties up communication
thoroughly, even for a brief period, con
gress will not fall to take notice of the
situation at the coming session. They
Insist . there . Is a possibility the Govern
ment might step in during the vacation
period, and. take charge of telegraph
lines. In either event, the step would
be toward Government ownership.
Better Salaries Possible.
. Despite the fact that postoffice sal
aries are very low, telegraphers here
figuae that Government ownership of
the telegraph lines would result in put
ting them on a civil service basis and
lead to competitive promotion and a
betterment of salary conditions. They
declare that Government control or Fed
eral regulation would work out better in
the long-run for the operators, and that
they have been willing all along to suf
fer Inconvenience and loss to accom
plish this result. They declare they are
willing, it necessary, to lose. If private
ownership can be done away with, for
they show that the maximum telegraph
salaries is to small for an operator to
live comfortably.
Plenty of Operators In Seattle.
The actual situation In the local tele
graph offices Is that they can get plenty
of operators for temporary night work.
There are scores of persons in Seattle
who have handled a key in the past.
Some of these are willing to work In
the telegraph offices now to keep the
lines of communication open. They will
not neglect clerical pursuits or profes
sional duties during the day time, but
will work temporarily at nights for the
bonus and salaries offered. They are
not real strike-breakers. In the sense
that they will remain at work. They are
a temporary expedient and keep com
munication open to those other cities
where eimllarily situated operators are
to be found.
There are more of these operators In
Seattle than the service demands. It Is
probable a piece-meal service of this
kind could be kept up from Seattle for
several weeks. The day service would
suffer, but the night force would be
strong. There are not men or women
anxious or willing to accept permanent
places, for If they were, most of them
would have been at work In the past,
for there Is always plenty of opportun
ity for new telegraphers here. How
ever, the presence of this class of help
will enable local offices to keep open
and continue sending. Insofar as facil
ities in other cities permit, for an In
definite period. This Is one of the con
ditions the telegraphers face.
DAUGHTER RETURNS FIRE
3Ian Wounds Wife and Is Shot In
Turn by Own Child. '
NEW YORK, Aug. 15. George "Was
ser, after four years' absence, returned
home today, shot his wife probably fa
tally, and was shot and wound
ed in the head by his ' daugh
ter. The latter pursued the fa
ther, firing several times as he fled
i'rom room to room. Wasser turned
several times and fired at his daughter,
but without effect. He finally fell,
wounded, in the parlor. His wife
meanwhile lay in a similar condition
In. the kitchen. Both will probably die.
Wnsser. en entering his home. up
braided his wife for unjustly causing
his arrest on a charge of halving tried
to assault their youngest daughter.
Chinese Dowager Will Abdicate.
LONDON, Aug. 15. Dispatches from
Shanghai state that the Dowager
Empress has announced her determin
ation to abdicate at the next Chinese
New Tear and hand over authority to
the Emperor. Since 1898, when the
Dowager took control from the
Emperor, she has vigorously kept him
in the background.
H SIDES FIRM IN
OPERATORS' STRIKE
No Defections from
Ranks of Union.
WORKING FORCES UNCHANGED
Dumars Refuses to Treat With
Strikers' Committee.
CRISIS IS EXPECTED TODAY
Employers Say They Will Increase
Force of Strikebreakers Rail
way Telegraphers Remain
Strictly Neutral.
LOCAL . STRIKE SITUATION.
'Both the striking operators and
the telegraph companies In Portland
are standing firm, and each expresses
confidence in the outcome.
No desertions from the ranks of
the strikers.
Today expected to mark tbe crisis
In the war between the companies
and their operators as far as the
Portland situation Is concerned.
Manager Dumars, of the Western
Vnlon. refuses to treat -with the
grievance committee of the strikers.
The railroad telegraphers remain
strictly neutral, but resent aid lent
by O. R. A X. superintendent to the
crippled Western Union and notify
him to stop It.
Manager Dumars invokes police
protection for strike-breaking messengers.
With both the strikers and the telegraph
companies claiming the victory In the
local strike, conditions in Portland are
much the Same as they were yesterday
morning. Today is expected to mark the
crisis of the trouble and each side an
nounces Its confidence In the outcome.
. Managers of the telegraph companies
say they have the situation well in hand
and that the strikers have lost. On the
other hand the striking operators say
they have the local companies tied up
and the ranks are standing firm. They
say the telegraph companies are using the
malls to dispatch their messages and that
unless the operators are takgn back at
their own terms the present serious tie
up of all lines of business will continue
indefinitely.
A feature of the situation yesterday was
an appeal to the police by Manager Du
mars, of the Western Union, for protec
tion to messengers hired as strikebreak
ers. He asserts that striking union mes
senger boys interfere seriously with those
hired to deliver telegrams.
Strikebreakers are being quartered In
the Western Union office, cots having
been placed there and after their trick at
the keys is finished, they sleep there,
ready to begin work again as soon as they
awake. The strikebreakers are said to
be well cared for and Manager Dumars
says he Is feeding them porterhouss
steaks. Their meals are brought In to
them.
So Defections From Union.
It Is said by the strikers that there wers
no defections from the ranks yesterday.
They say that the force In the Western
Union office is composed of Mrs. J. Hen
nessy Murphy. George McMahon, formerly
chief operator, Mrs. A. Laura Knapp
Campbell, wife of a mallcarrler at station
A; Day Traffic Chief Charles Anson; Wire
Chief W. E. Brooks; Night Chief S. W.
Wlngate; All-Night Chief William Humph
rey; Chief Operator W. A. Robb. F. G.
Churchill, formerly of Salem, and Charles
Springer, brother of John Springer, travel
ing freight agent for the Great Northern.
This Is said to be the full available force
of operators out of 50 keymen who walked
out when the strike was called. Manager
Dumars said last night he did not know
how many men were working, so this
estimate of the Western Union's working
force Is considered accurate.
At the Postal office. In addition to Man
ager John Annand, Assistant General
Superintendent J. G. Blake. Chief Ope
rator B. S. Durkee and John Humphrey,
an Oregon City bank clerk, who mans a
key In the Portland office at night, are
said to comprise the available working
force. The force of operators usually em
ployed in the Postal office numbers 12.
It is understood that telegraphers in
the O. R. & N. office In the "Worcester
building have served notice on their
manager, W. O. Ashley, that if he per
sists tn going to the Western Union office
to help the company operate its keys',
there will probably be a strike of railroad
operators in his office. This. It is said by
the strikers, has had a salutary effect.
Companies Expect Break In Ranks.
Officials of the telegraph companies as
sert there will be additions to the ranks
of the strikebreakers today from the
union forces. The latter as stoutly main
tain this is an Jdle boast. If the day
passes without desertions from the union
ranks. It may be considered a strong
point for the strikers.
Union operators assert that the Western
Union handled less business yesterday
than any previous day. Manager Dumars
himself says business offered by the pub
lic is very light, and makes the assertion
that It Is all being cared for without no
ticeable delay.
"There Is no sign of cold feet among
iConcluded on Page 12.)
i.