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TITE MORNING OREGOXIAIf, THURSDAY, MARCH 17, 1910.
JAIL ONLY REFUGE
OF MAN DESTITUTE
Edwin Brown Walks Streets
in Vain Search of Lodging,
Meal or Bath.
CHARITY IS QUERULOUS
Reformer Urges Establishment of
Municipal Iodglng-House Men
Out of Work Forced to Be
come Tramps, He Says.
That the City Jail is the only lnstitu
tlon In Portland where a destitute 'work
ing man may obtain, a fr-e lodging over
night, is the assertion of Edwin A. Brown,
a Denver humanitarian, who is investigat
ing social conditions on the Pacific Coast,
and urging the establishment of muni
cipal lodging-houses.
"I devoted a large part of Monday and
Tuesday to trips- over the city," said
Mr. Brown last night, "and notwith
standing the large amounts of money
contributed to Eemi-public and publio
Institutions by the citizens of this city,
county and state, I could not get a free
lodging, a bath or a free meal.
Mr. Brown became interested in so
cial conditions through the adoption of a
section of the Denver city charter provid
ing that the city might maintain a free
lodging-house for the use of honest men
and women who were out of work and
without money. It is his practice to put
on a suit of overalls, Jumper, checked
shirt and rough shoes, and when thus
arrayed mingle among working men out
of employment, visit the places where
charity Is dispensed and investigate the
opportunities which a laborer, without
money- may have to keep alive.
Tramp Raises Question.
"1 arrived in Portland Monday." con
tinued Mr. Brown. "My visit was largely
Influenced at this time by the receipt of
a letter written by a man signing the
name of John Murphy and requesting
that a reply be sent In care of the Peo
ple's Institute. Murphy Paid that the
came was an alias, that he had
changed it many times, and wanted me to
answer the question: "What Is a tramp,
and why does a tramp keep on tramp
ing?" "On Monday I put on my working suit,
and-passing out of the side door of the
hotel sought the Free Employment agency
maintained by your city. There were 60
men lined up at 7 o'clock waiting for
admittance and at 8 o'clock the number
had increased to 100 by actual count. On
getting inside I found a list of 60 jobs
listed on the boapd. Of that number 43
were out of town Jobs requiring that the
applicant advance from 10 cents to $5 for
railroad fare. Seven of the places were
Inside jobs. On the wall were two signs
snowing a spirit or n arson ess out or
keeping with the character of the place.
One of them read: 'Don't loaf in here,"
and the other, 'Any man who takes a job
In this place and fails to report Is a
thief. I could not understand the neces
sity of reporting to a free employment
agency.
Free Jobs Scarce.
"I walked down to Burnslde street and
on the way counted 500 men out of work.
Most of them stood In the vicinity of Sec
ond and B-urnetde streets. Entering sev
eral alleged employment agencies operat
ing in that vicinity I found no chance for
a man without money. Only In one place
would the manager agree to "stake' me to
a position until I could earn the money
to pay the fee. While wo were talking
about that place, which, was a .job as a.
porter, . an acquaintance of the manager
came along and secured it.
XSoing outside, I was approached by a
Bohemian who asked In broken English
If I could direct him to an attorney who
would take his case. The facts related
were that the man had been sent to
Rainier to work for a lumber company.
Discharged after six days' work, the
Bohemian found $3.50 coming to him. The
company had charged him $3 for poUtax,
$1 hospital fee and IS cents for tobacco.
I took the man to the Assistant City At
torney for Portland.
"On Tuesday afternoon I donned my
garb and started out to see if I could
find a free lodging, or bath or meal.
Standing down near the Willamette "I.
looked across the river to the great sign
of the Salvation Army Industrial Home.
Passing over the bridge I climbed a long
flight of stairs and found a man cooking
a meal. I asked for something to eat and
a place to sleep. He replied that the
rules of the Home did not permit any
thing to be given away.
"About 6 o'clock I reached the office
of the Associated Charities. It was
locked up. Going down to the Rescue
Mission. I was informed that they did
not run a- lodging-house. At the Peo
ple's Institute they did not take care of
people, but In the main reading-room
hung a sign advising visitors that talk
ing was not allowed, so I went on.
Commons Denies Admission.
"My arrival at a beer depot at Sec
ond and Burnside streets was coinci
dent with the ejectment of a 20-year-old
young man at the hands of a police
officer who was performing his duty.
The officer advised me to go to the
hall of the Holy Rollers for lodging.
It did not look favorable when I looked
over the hypnotized persons rolling
over the floer, so I went to Portland
Commons. Admission was denied me
because I had not attended the mission
Bervlces In the evening. When I asked
the man In charge If I could secure a
bed, bath and meal by being prompt at
services, he stared at me and wanted to
know what kind of a place I thought
they were running.
"At 9 o'clock I was still without a
place to sleep, and went to the Y. M. C.
A., asking for a bed. for a man who was
broke.' The young man behind tha
desk was sorry, but their rooms were
all full and the bath was locked up.
He thought if I came around the next
day they might arrange to give me a
bath.
"Again approaching a police officer, I
was advised that I could secure a free
bed at the police station without a
charge being placed against me, but he
advised me to keep away from there
unless it was the last resort. I have
slept in the bullpen at Denver and in
the stockade of . San Francisco, and
passed horrible nights In the cells of
other jails since I undertook this work,
and I thought it was not required that
I should go down to that smelly place
in order to Interest the people of this
city in the establishment of a munici
pal lodging-house, where an honest
man without means may receive com
monly decent food, lodging and baths
until such time as he can begin again
to earn money. It must provide for
the care of women also.
Mayor Is Sympathetic.
"What I want to do Is to get the city
government of Portland to build a mu
nicipal lodging-house on modern lines.
Yesterday I called upon Mayor Simon
and was assured of his hearty sympa-
. 1 . .Via vrifwarrt t T Virm . - ..
range meetings with several pf the
women's clubs, the labor assembly and
other institutions which I find to be in
terested, and will be glad to receive
callers in relation to the subject.
"It Is my contention that fully 90 per
cent of the men who are Idle are hon
est, and that It is our duty tp assist
them to get started In the world. A
tramp keeps on tramping in this world
because there seems to be no place
where he can get a permanent foothold.
"I am paying my own expenses In
this attempt to do some good in the
world, but I want to remove the im
pression that I am a millionaire.. I am
spending a small Income. The chief
item of assistance which I have re
ceived has come through the Interstate"
commerce Commission, which allows
railroad passes to be Issued to me when
I can get them."
Mr. Brown believes that a municipal
lodging-house could be built in Port
land at a cost of J200.000.
TALESMEN "SEEfJ,"
LAWYERS CHARGE
Suspicions Expressed and Im
plied Mark Jury Selection
in Moore Trial.
SINGLE TAX MOONSHINE
Correspondent Supports Crusade of
Mr. Fels, Soapmaker.
PORTLAND, March 15. (To the Edi
tor.) In The Oregonlan of Monday ap
pears a characteristic tirade of my friend
George Washington Dixon as to Joseph
Fels and the latter's donations to extend
the Idea of the single tax.
Mr. Dixon abuses Mr. Fels for making
his money from soap, and then accuses
him of making it from real estate specu-
BOTH SIDES ARE AROUSED
Attorneys for Defense Insist Selec
tion of List Irregular; Prosecu
tion. Declares Detectives Have
Sounded Prospective Jurors.
Suspicions expressed or implied yester
day by attorneys for both the prosecution
and the defense upon matters relating to
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EDWIN A. BROWN, DENVER. HITMAN ITARI AN, IN BUSINESS DRESS AND
IN HIS DISGUISE AS WOR.K.INGMAN SEEKING LODGING FOR NIGHT.
latlons. If Oregon obtains any. consid
erable approach toward the single tax.
It will only be by the will of the people.
probably repeatedly and deliberately ex
pressed. It will not drive American citi
zens from Oregon to Canada because
they are already going there by many
thousands, and some students of econ
omics believe It is because in the West
ern provinces there are already strong
steps. In practical operation, toward the
Blngle tax. It will not depopulate Ore
gon because the practical testing of it
to a considerable extent in New South
Wales, 200 German cities and various
other localities In the world, has demon
strated beyond question that it a tracts
population and investment of legitimate
capital and discourages speculators.
Mr. Fels Is contributing like amounts to
other countries as well as to the United
States; to Missouri as well as to Oregon;
to Australia and to Canada. The pros
pects are better in some of these other
states than In Oregon. A very attrac
tive campaign is now being carried on
In Manitoba for advancement In taxa
tion along the lines in which Mr. Fels is
Interested. He has a right to do so, just
as much as he would to contribute money
to any missionary society, library or
school. Mr. Dixon will' have to combat
the single tax with something more than
contradictory abuse and assertions. If he
expects to down the matter in 1912, for
its advocates will then appeal to the
reason and to the financial interests of
the great mass of the people. Until then.
George Washington Dixon can "keep his
shirt on." . ALFRED D. CRIDGE.
NO WATER FOR PLAY PARK
Commission. May Abandon Proposed
Playground Plan.
Because there is no water to be had in
Peninsula Park, there is danger that
Mayor Simon and members of the Park
Board will abandon the proposed con
struction of a children's playground there.
Councilman Ellis has made an unsuc
cessful effort to secure signatures to a
waiver for an eight-inch water main.
Unless the people in the district take
some favorable action and lend their as
sistance, it is probable the project will be
dropped and the money used elsewhere.
NEW CORSET STYLE.
The world extends its admiration not
to those who accomplish what no one
else attempts, but to those who do
best what others do well.
In years gone by corsets have been
designed which gave the wearer a cer
tain degree of comfort others were
produced which though possessing
fashionable lines. Inflicted upon the
wearer such discomfort as to make
the horrors of various instruments of
torture of the . Spanish Inquisition
seem mild In comparison, until with
many it became quite the accepted
opinion that if correct style and beauty
of figure were obtained, comfort must
De sacrificed or vice versa. While
rapid strides have been made, never
before have style, comfort and health
been so ably safeguarded as in the
Modart "Improved Front Laced" Corset.
Front lacing Itself Is not new, but
front lacing the Modart way Is, and
the beautiful body curves created by
this exquisite corset have hitherto been
unapproached.
The chief aim of the manufacturers
of the Modart Corset has been, and is,
to offer a corset which Instead of hid
ing woman's greatest charms of figure
will on the contrary accentuate the
same with full regard for her comfort
and health. The other important re
sult that of obeying fashion's dic
tates is attained at the same time.
for a corset which will at once con
serve and reflect wpman's natural
graces produce the very effect which
style seekers desire.
In this age people think and act
more understandingly than ever be
fore about the different prerequisites
of dress and find that the closer they
get to nature's lines of beauty, the
more satisfying the result.
No sculptor ever took greater pains
to produce perfection than did the de
signers of Modart Corsets and the end
justifies the effort, for new as it is.
the Modart Improved Front Laced"
Corset Is widely known and loved by
thinking women.
A grand exposition sale of these
celebrated corsets, with fittings by a
prominent corset expert, is scheduled
for two weeks, commencing Monday,
March 21st, at the store of Tull A
LGibbs, Ino, .
the trial of Walter H. Moore, who. as
president of the defunct Oregon Trust &
Savings Bank, is accused of permitting
the bank to receive a deposit from one
Minnie Mitchell after banking hours on
the afternoon of the day before it sus
pended payment, and who is being tried
before Judge Bronaugh in Department
No. 1 of the Circuit Court, enlivened the
second day's efforts to select a jury
which Is to pass upon Moore's guilt or
innocence.
Deputy District Attorney Fitzgerald
Implied throughout the day by questions
put to the talesmen examined that the
defense had resorted to the practice of
employing a private detective for the pur
pose of sounding out the entire list of
jurymen from which this panel is to be
selected with ' a view to aiding them in
selecting talesmen to comprise the jury
who might be leniently Inclined in their
viewa toward Moore.
In retaliation for this and following
upon their formal objection of the first
day of the trial to the selection of the
Jury list upon the ground that it was
drawn from the personal assessment rolls
solely and not from both the personal and
the realty assessment rolls as they Insist
it should be in order to give a represent
ative list, the attorneys for the defense
asserted that the drawing of the list had
been connived at.
McGinn Slates Charges.
Henry E. McGinn, of counsel for the
defense, who on tha first day was unable
to attend the Moore trial but who joined
Charles W. Fulton yesterday, asserted at
the close of the session yesterday after
noon that the drawing of the jury should
be investigated.
No further progress was made In the
case. At the close of the first day 11
talesmen had been passed ' and the Jury
panel stood in exactly the same condition
yesterday afternoon, the day having been
passed by the examination and chal
lenges of prospective Jurymen who had
already formed - opinions of Moore's
guilt or innocence and were excused by
Judge Bronaugh because of these set
opinions. ,
The opening of i the hostilities began
when Mr. Fitzgerald, of counsel for the
prosecution, pointed out a private detec
tive sitting in the courtroom, who is al
leged to have gathered Information for
Moore's attorneys about the Jury list, and
demanded of the Juror if he had been
approached by the detective and talked to
about this case. The juror said that he
had not.
Not Approacned, Talesmen Insist.
"Have you been approached by anyone
who wanted to discuss this case without
or who wanted to feel you out as to your
opinion about Moore's guilt?" Mr. Fitz
gerald next propounded. The Juror said
that he had not. Each of the talesmen
subsequently questioned by Mr. Fitzgerald
were quizzed closely along these lines, but
the answers of all showed that the detec
tive had not spoken to any of them about
the case. "I am confident that In some
way effort has been made to learn the
feelings of this Jury list."
At the opening of the morning session
11 men were In the box who had been
passed by the defense. After these had
been catechised by Mr. Fitzgerald, for
the prosecution. William Trevor, man
ager of a mining company in this city
with offices in the Allsky building, was
selected. Temporarily the full jury
seemed to have been completed. At this
point, however. Judge Bronaugh excused
H. G. Utely, a .traveling salesman for the
Slmonds Manufacturing Company, who
Insisted it would injure his business po
sition to be kept away for so long a time
as the trial of this case seemed to prom
ise. Several of the men drawn from the Jury
box were employes of the Portland Rail
way, Light & Power Company and it was
at this Juncture that Mr. McGinn arose
in court and walking over to where the
clerk was taking the names out of the
box, asked some questions as to the list.
Each of the men examined following the
excusing of Utely were challenged and
excused, with the exception of y. L. Rob
inson, a cornicemaker, living at' 964 Mon
tana avenue, on the Peninsula. Mr. Ful
ton challeged him, but the challenge was
denied. Besides Robinson, H. D. Port
wood,, a conductor for the streetcar com
pany, who lives at 765 Savior street; E.
L. Pettis, of the firm of Pettis & Gross
mayer, insurance agents In the Board of
Trade building, who Uvea at 739 Wasco
street, and Fred Amacher, who works In
the bottling department of the Gambrlaus
Brewery, and who lives on East Seventy
fifth near East Glisan street, were passed
upon to take the place of three men
peremptorily challenged, and one man ex-
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THE AMERICAN TOBACCO COMPANY
cueed. A. H. Faber, an architect who
had been passed the day before, was
peremptorily challenged by the prosecu
tion, while George E. Boos, a carpenter,
and Robert L. Pollock, a contractor, and
formerly a private detective, were per
emptorily cliallenged by the defense.
Talesmen Form Opinions.
Among the talesmen who were exam
ined and excused by Judge Bronaugh
because challenged for cause were: A.
L. Stevens, an agent for the Pacific Coast
Coal Company, who lives at 735 Johnson
street, and who formerly worked in the
Commercial National Bank; A. L. Levy,
a partner In the Amalgamated Film Com
pany, of Fourth and Alder streets; J.
W. Euston, a bookkeeper for the Inde
pendent Coal & lee Company; P. S.
Reeder, a logger and timberman who lives
at 1119 East Tamhill street; John Urle,
79 years old, a retired dyer, who lives
at 628 East Harrison street; Fred D.
Flora, a jeweler at 191 Morrison street;
Otto W. Metschan, son of the proprietor
of the. Imperial Hotel; and E. J. Coffin,
a conductor for the streetcar company,
who lives at 410 Dover street.
Nearly all of these men had formed
opinions as to the defendant.
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The Best Irrigated
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Lands of the Pa
cific Northwest
Are Those of the
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County, Oregon,
on the Columbia
Butt e'r Creek lands of this
project are the most fertile and
richest lands in the world. They
are noted for their exceptional
productiveness. These lands pro
duce as high as 1200 bushels of
onions to the acre, and other
things in similar proportion. What
they produce is phenomenal, for
Intensified farming there is no
better land. Here a five or ten
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independent living. For those
wanting to locate on land of the
height of perfection, on land hav
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there is no place to compare with
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Here there is not only the oppor
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dent to a semi-tropical climate,
here is the opportunity of all op
portunities. Here you have the
most favored climate, as well as
social advantages and the like. In
this connection the following Item
clipped from The Oregonlan of
March 9 will be of interest. .
"COYOTE CUTOFF AUTHORIZED
"Money Appropriated! Route
AwaltH Rlitht-of-Way Adjustment.
"Work onathe Coyote cutoff of
the O. R. & TJ. in Eastern .Oregon
Is to begin as soon as right-of-way
Issues can be adjusted. Authority
has been given for the construc
tion of the road and the money has
been appropriated, according to J.
P. O'Brien, vice-president and gen
eral manager.
"The present route of the O. R.
& N. follows the Umatilla River
from Echo to the Umatilla and
then turns at right angles down
the south bank of the Columbia
River. Coyote is a station 16 miles
west of the Umatilla, and the cut
off runs In a straight line 'across
lots' to Echo. The cutoff will be
23 miles long and will reduce the
mileage of the main line 12 miles
in addition to eliminating- many
degrees of curvature, Part of the
right of way will cross lands re
served by the Government for
reclamation purposes, and it will
be necessary to have the maps ap
proved by the Interior Department.
Work will begin just as soon as
this approval is given."
The analysis of the soil shows it
to be superior for fruit than that
of our now famous districts. We
are now prepared to take contracts
in five and ten-acre tracts up.
When you know what this land is
you will be surprised at the ex
tremely low price and the easy
terms at which it is sold. Don't
fail to get at the bottom of this
opportunity, the PREMIER Irri
gated land of the world.
For all facts, write or call on
TEEPE & SMITH
414 Hepry Bids., Portland.
Government
Owns Lots at
Fort George
The British Columbia govern
ment owns one-quarter of the lot3
at Fort George, selected from our
townsite.
Their lots are not for sale at
present. The lots which we offer
for sale are from one-quarter mile
to one mile and a quarter from
where the railroad terminus will
be located. There are no other lots
to be had except ours nearer than
two miles from the railroad terminals.
The nearest railroad now in op
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miles distant.
Seven lines of railroad, includ
ing the main line of the Grand
Trunk Pacific are building, and
projected to Fort George.
The first railroad will reach
Fort George in 1911.
"When this railroad reaches Fort
George it will make capable of de
velopment the immensely rich ter
ritory along the 1000 miles of navi
gable waterways at the junction
of which Fort George is located.
Three lines of steamboats now
ply on these waterwa3'-s. More
steamboats are building.
The future of Fort George does
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railroad.
These railroads must build
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Fort George is at the junction
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We have already spent $50,000
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"We expect to spend five times
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Because every well-posted man
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Lots which we offer today for
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Only those who act quickly will
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Maps, plans and full informa
tion on request.
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413 Winch Bldg., Vancouver, B. 0.