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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (March 16, 1909)
. FBEHGH TEtEGHAPH OPERATORS STRIKE 2 - f System Under Direction of j ?ostoffice Department Is Badly Demoralized. RIOTING FOLLOWS CHANGE Men Going Off Shift Refuse to lt Others Take Their Places Strike I Protest. Against Meth- . ods of Director. PARIS. March 1C A general strike of thn telegraphers of the. Postoffloe De partment was declared tonight, follow ing a meeting of the general Association "J ro8' Telegraph employes, at which Stt were present. A resolution to strike was voted without a single dissenting voice and orders were Issued for the withdrawal of all operators employed in the department. The resolutions say the strike Is or dered as a protest against the arbitrary administration, and that the decision was precipitated by an insult addressed by M. Slmyan, Under Secretary of Posts and . Telegraph, to the association officials. Blame Chief Slmyan. A statement was Issued protesting vig orously against M. Slmyan's charge that the movement was anarchistic. The reso lution provides that an urgent appeal shall bo issued to the telegraphers in the provinces to Join in the movement. Bight railway mall clerks were brought up In a police court today, charged with having Insulted M. Simyan, in the dis charge of his duties. The hearing was tumultuous. M. Thibault. one of the leaders, made a stump speech in his own lehalf. He declared that a system of tyranny existed in the postal service, and that promotion depended upon favoritism. He said men holding socialist or clerical opinions were kept down, and insisted : that the real cause of the trouble was to be found in this injustice. All of the accused were sentenced to imprisonment for six days. All the operators who refused to work at the central station were suspended and expelled from the building. Service Badly Tangled. The Government put forth every effort to preserve international communication but the Central Telegraph Station was de moralized today and praetleallv out of communication. The Bourse Station, how ever, was almost normal and there was not much interference with the telephone service. M. Palaud, secretary of the Electricians" Union, who had openly threatened to cWl out the electricians, made no move to so do. Both telegraphic and telephone com munication with London was greatly in terrupted, not so much on account of the strike, however, but because of a fleros storm which prevailed during the night. Some of the London correspond ents are sending their dispatches by way of New York, to which both land lines of the cable remain open. Rioting Does Damage. PARIS, March 16. The difficulty "re sulted in rioting today, when at noon the new shifts came on duty. Windows in the building were smashed, many instru ments were demolished and amid a scene of great excitement and confusion the police who had been concealed in the basement of the central station, rushed In and made many arrests. A number of women fainted. Detachments of police and muni. 'pal guards surround the branch postouice and a regiment of Infantry Is camped In the courtyard of the general post olTice. Matl wagons are being driven through the streets under military escort. MAYOR FRIEND DF ANIMALS OPPOSES MAKIXQ WIM BEASTS PRISOXERS IX PARKS. 1 Announces Objection to Practice, but SSlgns Requisition for Kew Municipal Ape. Mayor Lane has come out as a cham pion of liberty for wild beasts, and if he had his way about It there would be no animals or birds held In captivity in the City Park Zoo. or in any other place under the control of the municipal gov ernment. He declares that It Is posi tively cruel for civilised people to capture these creatures of the Jungles and forests and look them up in cages so that they are held from pursuing their natural lives in their natural surroundings and environment. "Look at the poor, caged creatures at the City Park." said the Mayor. "See what a miserable life they live. It Is ;rruel to keep them -onHned. far away ;trom their natural homes. It is about on a par with taking a little child and put ting It off on a desert island in Alaska, and. leaving it to the tender mercies of the wild beasts or to the natives; the natives would care for it. but it would 1 have little chance with the ferocious ani mals that roam the country, or it would . freeze to death." The Mayor's remarks were called forth by the appearance of Animal Tender Best, m charge of the City Park Zoo, who called at the executive office to se cure the signature of the Mayor to a requisition for the purchase of a new ape for the Zoo. "How long will that ape live after being shut up in the park?- asked the .Mayor. ,. "Oh he will live a long time years," replied the animal tender. "If he lives many months it will sur prise me. commented the Mayor "The best thin to do would be to' reshin him and let him go back to his home and turn him loose." However, the Mayor signed the requt- thelty Park8 Zoo " "W ta --There is a difference of opinion among park officials as to the advisability of retaining the uo feature. Superintend ent Misohe is inclined to the Mayor', view, but the Commissioners feel that t is- a good attraction to have animals and birds In the parks, and from time to time, they have added some specimens There, are many people who take the view thaCvas long as the animals and birds are ' welt 1 cared for. they are all right in capavtty;. out it is the Mayor's belief that when.; removed from their natural environment they become 111 and die very soon. -- Bridge Proponed, for Jorth Ftork. WOODLAND. WashMarch TT6. (Spe ' ctelO-B. nthulaatio:peetlp;.. oC tha Commercial Club Saturday night, which ...-...01 EinoKer ana least, was at tended. The County Commissioners of Clark and Cowliz counties discussed the question of a bridge across the North Fork of Lewis River. Such a bridge would accomodate people of both counties, for during high water and when logs and tics are running the ferry cannot be operated, thus cutting off a large number of people from market, and inconvenienc ing both sides of the river. SAYS SWEET WAS THERE Juror in Martin Harder Case At tacks Plea, of the Defense. The statement that Charles J. Sweet, one of the Jurors who tried Edward H. Martin for the murder of Nathan Wolf! was not present with the Jury on the occasion of their inspection of the mur dered man's premises. Is denied by B Versteeg. of East Thirty-fourth street near Knott, one of the Jury in the case. Mr. ersteeg says he was the last man taken on the Jury, and that his ex amination was finished about ten min utes after 12 o'clock on the day the Jury visited the premises. "I was the last man accepted, and shortly after 12 o'clock the Jury was excused until 2 o'clock. We then went down to Front and Morrison streets and examined the premises thoroughly. All 12 men were there. I counted them. We were in charge of a bailiff, who took us there and returned with us to the courtroom. "After we returned to the courthouse we took our seats in the Jury-box and there were no absentees. Every man of the 12 jurors was in his place. The opening of the trial began by the state ments of the attorneys for the state and for the defense, and, according to my recollection, there was some little testimony taken. "The viewing of the premises and what we saw there was one of the feat ures of the various discussions in the jury-room, and formed one of the means of arriving at the verdict, to gether with all the other evidence in the case. Mr. Sweet was one of the most active participants in the "discus sions in the Jury-room, and a fluent talker and debater. He never inti mated or suggested at any time, or in any way, shape or manner that he had not seen what the conditions were at the Wolf premises. "Mr. Sweet is simply mistaken If he' says that he did not accompany the jury to Front and Morrison streets the day the jury was chosen, in their view of the premises." Attorneys for Martin seem to differ in their versions of the affair. Seneca Fouts, one of Martin's lawyers, says Sweet informed him that he (Sweet) had not visited the Wolf pawnshop with the other Jurors. Attorney John A. Jeffrey, also counsel for Martin, says he had a long talk with Sweet and that Sweet was there with the others. Attorney Jeffrey said yesterday that it is a fact, substantiated by the testi mony of the city detectives themselves, that they talked to the jurymen at the scene of the crime. The attorney said that this, of itself, constitutes reversible error, and that he expects to have no trouble In securing for Martin a new trial. In that case he can be charged with no greater crime than man slaughter, for the law provides that a man may not be placed in Jeopardy for a crime but once. EXTRA JUDGE IiAW IS UPHELD Appointment of G a tens Found Legal by Judge Bradsliaw. The law creating a fifth Circuit Judge in Multnomah County, passed at the last session of the Oregon Legislature, and under which Judge Gatens was ap pointed by Governor Chamberlain, waa upheld by Judge W. L. Bradshaw. The decision was sipned Saturday, but was not flled until yesterday mornnlg. It says that the Circuit Court has no juris diction over the case as brought by Henry B. McGinn against the County Commis sioners to enjoin them from paying Judge Gatens' salary, and that the complaint does not state facts sufficient to con stitute a cause of action. . As there was a question whether or not Judge Bradshaw had gone into the merits of the law, Presiding Judge Gan tenbein telephoned to him yesterday morning. Judge Bradshaw's reply to the query was that he has decided that the emergency clause in the law does declare an emergency. It will not be necessary, therefore, for the Legislature, at its spe cial session, to amend the clause. Judge McGinn said yesterday that he would carry the contest of the emergency clause in the law to the Oregon Supreme Court. GENERAL BOOTH COMING Commander-in-Chief of ' Volunteers or America Here Next Week. The visit next week of General Balling ton Booth, commander-in-chief of the Volunteers of America, has aroused considerable interest among members and friends of the local branch. Gen eral Booth, accompanied by Major-Gen- . . 1 1 ii iiiiii ii uii.iini Limmww wjuum j $ : ; j ? " " ' I I : "it S t t t I : N A t X General Balllncton Booth. eral Edward Fielding, vice-president of the National organization, and Colonel Walter Duncan. Pacific Coast command er, will arrive in Portland Wednesday, March 24. There will be two meetings during General Booth's sojourn, a noon meeting in the Y. M. C. A. auditorium and a meeting the same night at the White Temple. Dr. J. Whitcomb Brougher presiding. The distinguished officials will also visit the local head quarters on Burnslde street. The Vol unteers of America is one of the best known philanthropic organizations in the United States. During the past year over 10.000 children have been re ceived at the various fresh-air camps maintained by this charity. Other features of the work carried on by the league are employment bureaus, woodyards, clothing stores, milk de pots, reading-rooms. hospitals and fresh-air camps, thousands of people being assisted annually. 5'.!w Tork'5 lst novelties In One tootwearjRoenthara, , PROTEST BY BECKER Will Voice Objections to Fulton for Judge. CALLED TO WASHINGTON Chamberlain Presents Protest of Lawyer in Land-Grant Case and Bourne Helps Him On Cham oerlain Remains Xeutral. OREGONIAN Xsra-a dt-di.' a tt ington. March 15.-The appointment of will eaeral Judse in Oregon probably 7 " -"""""t unm next weeK. Senator Chamberlain today presented to - a. icipgrara irom Tracy C. ... " government prose cuting officers at Portland, in which Mr. t," v. vivssea a desire to come to v ashlnetnn tn . . . n,, .1 nuirai against the appointment of ex-Senator Fulton to I IIIO 11lHnAnkl - ..uec.VIV. un Mr. Chamberlain's represents tinn i..... . , - "'"'i i " i iv - ui wnat .air. Becker might care to present, It is un- me -resident decided to take no aMlnn i . i i . . , . . tKr! cnarges are heard and answered. , it is understood that Mr. Becker, If ne ha.R nut aii-n.i,. . . - . ; f - - , "L ior wasning- ton. will leave immediately, for Senator """seu wnn me Attorney General trt hav. V,; . . ' . : mm Bumuionea to Wash ington ostensibly for conference with ref- Prpncp tn f V." 31 . -.V L against the Oregon & California Railroad Company, which was argued last week. Coming to Washington under such orders, Mr. Government PaW by th Mr. Chamberlain, after presenting Mr. Becker s protest to the President, insisted hand in the fight on -Mr. Fulton, though he said he could not commit himself as to the action he might take hereafter POrNTEXTEiR OX BLACKLIST Joins Insurgents Against Cannon and House Rules. " ORBGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington. March 15. Representative Poin wV T fucc6Js Senator Jones, of Washington, in the House, was one of the active insurgents today during the tight on the House rules. Not only did he vote against the re-election of Speaker Cannon, but he voted for all Democratic ?ref, l0kln8r to Postponement or modification of the rules. He was spotted by the House leaders. S,.K,re tonlSht Inclined to punish all Republicans who acted with the Demo- wm darS ?ght- Mr- Polndexter will probably be given no desirable com mittee assignments. Chehalis Bank Approved. OREGON IAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington, March Io.-The application of Ar thur S. Corey. Nathan Noble, John S. Ba- rfw V,Pritchard' "t Schooiey and IX W Noble to organize the ChehaHs Na tional Bank of Chehalis. Wash., with 50, 000 capital, has been approved by the Con troller of the Currency. HUDSON'SJJ AY CO.'S Imperial Mixture. An excellent pipe tobacco. On sale at our three stores. Big. Sichel & Co. - ANNOUNCEMENTS. . forn. the optician, 8d floor Swet- land blag., guarantees satisfaction or money refunded. No fancy prices. Webfoot oil blacking (a shoe grease), softens leather, weatherproofs shoes. Ridgways Teas Are in Town Old Line English House Selects Port land as a Distributing Point for Its Products in the United States. RIDGWAYS SELL ANNUALLY MORE TEA THAN THE WHOLE OF AMERICA USES. Ridgways, Limited, Rated at Over tfrrt fists rvstsx . - m,uuu,uuu, was xistaDiisned in Lon don During the Reign of Kong Wil liam the Fourth. Pioneer of the Tea Trade Company Opening Offices in Portland. Ridgways, Limited, of London, Eng land, is one Of the oldest Ten hmiaac, ? ih,?trade established in 1836, in King v illiam street, London. inrougn mree generations. Ridg ways have sunnlied Tea tho families of the British Empire, their ueing soia in an parts of the United Kingdom. More than th virt sand employes are necessary to carry on the great business of Ridgways. The late Queen Victoria drank Rldg w,a's H. M. B. Brand (Her Majesty's Blend) for over forty years. The Empress of Germany drinks Ridgways Teas, and the House of i.uiua iuuks to mis. source ror Its Teas Sherry of New York sells no other. China and .Tn nan fnrmerlv atmnTUj 9a per cent of the Teas consumed in Great Britain. Today these countries supply only a small portion of the to tal consumption. Twenty-five years ago England drank five times as much coffee as she did tea. Today she drinks several times as much Tea as coffee. This condition was largely brought about through the cAkciicuvc ui xiugways A eas. Ridgways Teas are grown In r-. Ion the plantations being in the High lands, where climatic condition o. most favorable for the production of 'Kii graue leas. Ceylon produces a. Tea. far t.nno-A in aroma than Tea grown In China or japan, ueyion lea in the cup resem bles coffee in its rich anneamnoo About 85 per cent of the Tea con sumed in America today comes from China and Japan, and it is only lately that America is awakening to the fact that Ceylon Teas are far superior to the Teas grown in China and Jni n Ridgways revolutionized the Tea uaue ui uicni ciiiuin, ana Will ao the same in the United States. There Is little doubt that this wil be accom plished more quickly in this countrv than in England, due to the fact that the average American is more suscep tible to innovation than his English brother. Ridgways Teas are invariably sold with the distinct understanding that if uu bip ui9saiLiu your grocer will refund the purchase price. Ask your grocer for Ridgways Teas. For sale by leading grocers. The Portland office of Ridgways Is In charge of Mr. Henry O. Wootten, ex port director for Ridgways in Canada and the United States. Ridgways were the first firm In the world to advertise package Tea -as far back as 136. AlAMEP A P AM ' . . 1,M,"SSSSSSSSSSSSSSBSsSSSMi IS AN ABSOLUTELY SAFE INVESTMENT NOW AN ABSOLUTELY SURE INVESTMENT FOR THE FUTURE This Mag-nificent Scenic Addition Adjoins Irving-ton It Lies on a Slig-ht Eminence, Thus Affording- an Unsurpassed Panoramic View of Rivers, Mountains, Lakes and Surrounding-CountryThe East Side To day Is Rapidly Growing-Northward. Kestricted Property in This Section Is Very Limited and Will. Be come Very Valuable. IN TH OF 1 E CENTE PORTLAND' EXCLUSIVE RESIO: DISTRICT OF ONE S MOST NCE Where Everybody Strives to Own as Attractive a Home as Possible Far Enoug-h Away From Business to Allow Freedom From the Cares of the Day, Yet Only a ' ' . Short Car Ride Throug-h Well Paved Streets t This Is Alameda Park And we invite your inspection of it. As an investment, property in this addition offers one of the safest and surest investments in Portland today. High-class and restricted property is always in demand and finds a ready market. The terms for Alameda property are very easy and the prices reasonable. We believe that the prices at which this property is being offered are low enough to allow the buyer a handsome margin. This is a positive fact, for opening prices of any addi tion are always considerably lower than are asked after the first few, lots are sold. We invite you to see Ala meda Park in our automobiles. The trip will cost you nothing. If you are looking for a location for a home, or land as an investment, we want you to see Alameda Park, for it is both and you will be convinced after seeing it ALAMEDA LAND CO. Suite 322 Corbett Building Fifth and Morrison Street, V