Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 30, 1910)
4 KAISER'S POLICE RIDE DOl PEOPLE Correspondents Not Spared. One Badly Slashed and Others Injured. STRIKERS ARE UNDAUNTED They March In Thousands ITnder Jl-d flag". old Meetings on Streets of Berlin and Shout Bloodhounds" at Troopers. BERLIN. SepL 19. "Suppress dis jtirbances without merry." were Police Commissioner von Jagow'a orders yes terday. The police followed out their instructions to the leuer. They rode down and sabered mercilessly wherever n small group or people had (fathered in the district of MoablL For two days this district lias been the scene of grave riots. Hundred., of persons have been Injured and pitched battles between strikers and their sympa thizers ami the police have occurred. As a rc.-ult of the e?vere repressive measure, scores of persons, some of them mere pasersby. were bruised or wounded durtnB the evening. The cor respondents of Reuter-s Telegram Com pany, the New York Times, the New Tork Worid and the New York fcun were among the victims while watching the progress of the events from a motor car The police swept down upon them with drawn sabr., apparently without provocation. Correspondent's Hands Slashed. The Reuter representative was wounded everelv in b..Ul bands, while the other correspondent were badly bruised. They were saved from further injury by dash ing at full speed to he nearest "ftr l,r station, where their wounds were bandnged. From 5 o'clock in tlie evening ever saloon in the locality was closed by orders of the autltoritiee. Orders also were given that windows of houses must remain clowd.. In spite or the strictness with which the cordons were maintained, the strikers mi their sympathizer?, held meetings at the street comers, which in several in stances camrd Woodshed. Workmen Beaten Doun. ' The police charged rurlously and beat down the workmen on every side. In this way they rod through Kmden rhstrasse and Turmsstrasse. which were blocked with excited crowds. Traces or the police charges were left In the dozens of persons lying severely wounded on both sidewalks. A coal wagon driven by strikebreak ers under police portectlon was at tacked and the police replied with vol levs rrom their revolvers. tJeveral thousands marched in pro cession through the little Tlersgarten. carrying' a red flag. The" police flashed at full gallop among the paraders. cutting down and galloping over them. It Is estimated that at this place mlone more than 100 were severely wounded.. Police Called Bloodhounds. "The hospitals are crowded with those who were Injured here, but most of the victims who dropped before the blows of the police went to their homes or to other rlacea or reruge in order to prevent arrest and certain punish ment. The police were greetted everywhere with shouts or "Rloodhounds." This only served to Incense them and they charged repeatedly. Lively skirmishes continued late into the night, but at midnight comparative quiet prevailed. Six battalions of lnrantry were held throughout the night under arms in readiness ror a sortie. AUTOISTS NEAR DISASTER Klectrlc Car Stops Suddenly and Auto Jilts Protruding Rail. X. 1". Carpenter and hi, wife, of 101 East Twenty-eighth street, had a narrow escape from serious if not fatal injuries when the automobile in whicli they were driving crashed into a steel traction rail which extended several feet over the end of a work car at Grand avenue and E.ist Burnside street, at 11 o'clock Wednesday night. The wind shield of the auto was demolished by the rail, which passed be tween Mr. and Mrs. Carpenter, on the front scut of the auto. According to witnesses the work car operated by Motorman Shipley and Con' ductor Tunnlson. came to an abrupt, stop at the Intersection of the streets. It then starte.1 and was again stopped abruptly, causing Carpenter, who was at the wheel of his auto, to drive Into the protruding rail. An auto veil worn by Mrs. Carpenter protected her face from tie shower or glass when the rail hit the windshield. LIFE CHEAP IN CHICAGO Only Two Men Hans fop 693 Mur ders In Four Years. CHICAGO. Sept. 19. Persons outside who wonder why hu nan l'te Is the cheapest commodity in Chicago may discover a reason in the crime statis tics Just made public In the last four years there have been 1 murders In this city. Klve hundred and forty-seven persons were arrested on murder charges; 132 were convicted, but only two have been hanged, the others getting prison sentences or se curing new trials and delaying matters until they eventually were discharged. The report Is official, being made by Chief of Police Steward to Corporation Counsel Brundage, who will submit It to the Bar Assoctatton. so that the lawyer will have some light on the in sistent complaint that crime goes un punished In Chicago. THIEVES FIRE AT VICTIM Pair of Tramps Itansack Cabin and Hold Vp 0ner. Two hours after the robbery and holdup of Chlng Bing. a Chinese truck farmer. In his cabin a mile below Clin Inn, on the Llnnton road, shortly after o'clock Wednesday evening. James McDonald and Charles Peterson, suspected of being tramps, were captured at Beatty station, on the United Railway, by a posse of Chinamen led by Joe Britschjl and Max fVelthal. Austrian, at the muzzles or loaded rifles. The captives were turned over to Dep uty Sheriffs Hollingsworth and Beatty and were taken to the County Jail, where they are held on charges or highway rob bery. The thieves entered the Chinaman s cabin and ransacked the Interior. They stole a gold watch and a shotgun. Upon leaving the building they were confront ed by Ching Bing, the owner. While one ot them held the muzzle or the shotgun at the Celestial's head, the other searched their victim. They round but 30 cents. A dozen or more Chinese working In tbe truck garden hastened to Ring's aesist nce. The Intruders took to their heels. One of them turned and opened fire. The shot did no damage. Britschjl and Selthals were at work on the railway, a quarter of a mile distant. They heard gun shots and the cries of the Chinese. Britschjl secured a Win chester rifle and Joined In the chase. Commanding the Chinese, who hod se cured arms, to follow him, Britschjl led the posse. After some maneuvering Peterson and his companion were sur rounded In the underbrush. Britschjl aimed the rifle and demanded a surrender. The pair compiled. Peterson and McDonald were disarmed and under the cover of guns ' were marched to Beatty station, where they awaited the arrival of the Deputy Sher iffs. All the stolen property was found on McDonald. Chlng Bing had a similar experience several months ago. At that time his cabin was entered by three men, who best him unmercifully and robbed him of UOO in gold. Ching was removed to St. Vincent's Hospltay, where he recovered. STRAHORN IS QUIZZED KAILROAD SPHIXX" EVADES ALL LEADING QUESTIONS. Monosyllabic Answers Contain Xo Information on His New North ' Coast Line. Robert E. Strahorn. called the "Man of Mystery" and the "Railroad Sphinx." Is at the Portland Hotel. As little Is known about his visit to Portland as is known concerning who is backing him In his railroad building in Washington, where his road, the North Coast, begins and where it ends. About all anybody knows is that Strahorn has spent several millions of dollars cash acquiring termi nals in Spokane, building a bridge across the Columbia River at Pasco before he had a railroad to run over It, purchasing rights of way and actually constructing a road from Pasco to North Yakima. Last night Mr. Strah'orn submitted to one or his characteristic and Interesting "interviews." the main reature of which was his refusal to answer the telephone. However, the "Interview" wa"s about as satisfactory and threw as much light on the North Coast road as If he had come down to the lobby and taken part In a conversation which would have run' like this: "It Is reported. Mr. Strahorn. that the Harrlman Interests have purchased the North Coast." "Yes?" "Is It a fact?" "No." "Thsre Is also considerable gossip to the. effect that you are building for the Cana dian IVvclflc." "Yes?" "Is it truer' "No." "Quite a number say the North Coast is a Northern Pacific enterprise." . "Yes?" "Has tbe Northern Pacific anything to do with it T' "No." "Is the North Coast backed by the Northwestern T' ' "Do you think so?" "It so has been reported." "Yes?" "Will you either confirm or deny the re port?" "No." "It would be a great relief to the pub lic. Mr. Strahorn. If you would tell who Is behind the North Coast." "Yes?" "Will you do so?" "The North Coast." And so on, the enlightening conversation might have run until time to go to press. COX NOT GIVEN LIST COX ASKS MISS BKEIIM ABOUT "BLIND PIGS' IN CITY. Answer Is Invitation to Call and He ICetnrns Compliment Reve nue Collector Sees List. Miss Marie C. Brehm. noted temperance worker, or Chicago, and A. M. Cox. Chler of Police, of Portland, discussed "blind pigs" over the telephone yesterday. Miss Brehm sat In her room at the Seward Hotel and the Chief remained at head quarters. There was more or less of a flurry about the police station yesterday when It be come noised about that Miss Brehm want ed to talk to the Chief over the tele phone. The Chief was not In when-Miss Brehm called up, but she left word for the head of the department to return the compliment when he arrived. When the message was delivered the Chief called up Miss Brehm. The conversation drifted to ."blind pigs." Miss Brehm told the Chief about the list of "blind pigs" she has In her possession and the Chief asked Miss Brehm for more definite information and evidence. Aside from the conversation relating to "blind Igs." Miss Brehm ex tended an invitation to the Chief to call upon her at any time and she would be delighted to furnish him Information. The Chief returned the courtesy by Invit ing Miss Brehm to police headquarters, and the upshot of It all was. that each now has a standing invitation to visit the other. "I had ' an unexpected caller " today," said Miss Brehm last night. "He was the revenue collector. He wanted my list or 'blind pigs.' I gave It to him and he checked it over. He tound several that had gone out or business since the list was prepared last June. He asked me for all the Information I had about 'blind pigs' and I gave it to him." New Tork Church Property. Christian Herald. In New York Episcopal places of worship are worth 12. 1.8 30.000; Presby terian. $16,400,000: Methodist, J10.500. 000: Baptist. J9.t00.000; Reformed. 17. 800.000; Lutheran'. $.S00,0oo. and Con gregational, $4.;i0.0oi. The value of church property in New York is $153. 9i3.T40. exclusive of parsonages, hos pitals and asylums. The debts In New York are $lv.0i:.419, or about 12.3 per cent. Boston has Invested In churches $27,000,000. with debts of 7 per cent of their value. Chicago has the same sum Invested, with 151 per cent debts: Baltimore. $14,000,000. with debts of 10 1 per cent: Philadelphia, $45,000. 000. with 9 per cent debts, and Wash ington, $10,000,000, with 10H per cent debts. Talk-Talkee of Conservation. Atchison Globe. The mert who stand for the conserva tion of natural resources do not seem willing to apply the same theory to talk. PORTLAND Hi LOSES DIAMONDS San Francisco Detectives Say Mrs. Day's Gems Were Worth but $500. HER STORY HELD FALSE Restaurant Man's Wife Declares Hotel Clerk Stole Valuables In vestigators of Ca.se Review Her Mode of Living. SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. . (Special.) Detectives McGrayan and Wren are in vestigating the complaint made by Mrs. Bessie Day, wife of A. G. Day, a Port land restaurant proprietor, who reported late Tuesday night that diamonds valued at $1800. given by her to the night clerk in the Hotel Dale to place in the hotel safe, could not be found In the safe. The detectives say that the jewels are worth only $500 and they have not been able to learn definitely that they ever were placed in the hotel safe or given to the night clerk. After having complained that she had left her Jewels in charge of Charles Ward, a clerk at the Dale. Saturday night, and that they were not there when she called tor them last night. Mrs. Day said she was going to stay with a friend. Mrs. Frances Dumphry, at 618 McAllister street. Investigation this morning showed that neither Mrs. Day nor Mrs. Dumphry was known at that number. Detectives McOrayan and Wren say they have established these tacts: Mrs. Day came to San Francisco About ten days ago and registered at the Hotel Dale; that she was a beautiful woman, wore diamonds or considerable value: that she met women friends at the hotel and upon several occasions did not re turn to the hotel for days and nights at a time; that last, night fhe complained or having lost her jewels and charged that she had loft them with the hotel clerk last Saturday night, and when she called tor them the clerk declared that h knew nothing ot their whereabouts. The location or the valuables still re mains a mystery. WILLAMETTE HAS BIG ROLL Registration of Students Exceeds Record or University. SALEM. Or.. Sept. 29. (Special.) The first regular classes will start on schedule at Willamette University to morrow and this morning the rirst chapel services or the semester were held. President Homan hns as yet re fused to make a statement of the reg istration so far this year, but states that it Is far in excess of any first two days of school In the history or the Institution. The campus has been fairly alive with new students and Lausanne Hall Is crowded to capacity, a large number of students seeking quarters in various parts of the city. "While I have been expecting some thing big for the opening of the year," said Dr. Homan, -"the results have really been a surprise to me. not only In the number of the students, but in their character. In every department the Btudents who have arrived make up a splendid body of young men and women and there can be no doubt in my mind that this will be the most successful year that we have ever had." It Is believed that the registration will go to the 400 mark, although no definite figures have been given out and Dr. Homan desires to withhold them until he has secured practically a completed list of those registering. . YOUNG MAN DIES SUDDENLY Matthew K. Howard, Electrician, Drops From Steplndder. Death overcame Matthew R Howard, an efcctrlclan. 25 years of age, so sud denly while at work in an apartment house under construction at Fourteenth and Taylor streets Wednesday afternoon that it was first believed lie waa electro cuted. A post-mortem held at the county morgue last night revealed the fact that his death was due to heart disease. Howard was employed by the M. J. Walsh Company, electrical contractors. Yesterday, while wiring a bathroom in a new apartment-house, lie fell from a step ladder. In his endeavors to adjust a fixture on the ceiling of the room he was compelled to strain the muscles and blood vessels of the neck. This is be lieved to have superinduced weakness of the heart. Dr. W. R. Coffman was Immediately summoned, but Howard died before the physician arrived. The body was removed to the morgue. Howard resided with his father at S90 Alberta street and was a member of the Knights of Columbus, under whose au spices the funeral probably will be con ducted. PUSH CLUB WANTS SCHOOL Kenton Organization Names Com mittee at Meeting. At a meeting of the Kenton Push Club Wednesday night the building of a new schoolhouse was discussed. Over a year ago the club purchased a site tor the school, and it Is planned to erect a build ing before the Issuing or the budget or school expenses In December. In connec tion with this a committee was appointed consisting or F. L. Woodward, R. Sties and George Woodard. An effort will also be made by the association to have sewer laterals laid betore paving is done in that vicinity. To investigate this a committee consist ing of L. Wilkinson, J. A. Wells and J. J. Gee was appointed. Another subject which was discussed by the members was the attitude of the Portland Railway. Light & Power Com pany and the School Board in regard to issuing commutation tickets to school children. Another meeting of the club will be held nexf Wednesday.' KATHERINE ELKINS COMES Ambassador Bacon Sees Americans Off at Paris. PARIS. Sept. 29. Mrs. Stephen B. Klkinsf her two sons and Miss Kather Ine Klklns. departed today for Cher bourg, where they sailed later on the steamer Kaiser Wllhelm der Grosse for New York. They were accompanied to the rail way station by Ambassador Bacon and other frlenda. Copyiigtic Hart bchajfascr c Jkiarx 4 HURT IN WRECK Air Brakes Fail and Street cars Meet With Crash. FLYING GLASS INJURES Mother Willi Babe Hurled Through Window, Hurried by Carmen From Soene Others Itecelve Minor Cuts and Bruises. ' A score of lives were Jeopardized when a Sellwood streetcar, bearing several pas sengers, crashed into a Waverly-Rich-mond car on a crossing at East Eleventh and East Harrison streets shortly before 11 o'clock Wednesday nlfiht. Four persons were painfully lacerated by flylnR plass. while a dozen more are nursing aching bruises caused by the violent impact. Those injured were: Miss Ruth Stearns, 3!H East Harrison street, lacerated about the face by flying glass. " M. J. Hull. 410 Fourth street, cut about hands nd face. Mrs. M. J. Hull, his wife, scalp injured bv flying glass. Ray McMire. conductor Sellwood car, right hand painfully cut. All the Injured were removed to their homes bv attaches of the traction com pany. The names ot several persons who were known to have suffered in juries of a minor nature were withheld. This is especially true of a woman who carried a 6-months-old babe In her arms. She was aboard the Sellwood car when the crash came. ' When the car careened to one side by the force of the collision the mother and babe were hurled bodily through a window and suffered a number of cuts. According to witnesses the In jured mother and child were hurried from the scene, by employes of the trac tion company. The Waverly-Richmond car was west bound and in charge of Motorman D. Ellis and Conductor Abbot. The Sell wood car, to which the accident Is at tributed, was northbound and operated by Motorman Ellisworth and Conductor McMire. H was conceded by members of the train crews that the Waverly Richmond car had the right of way over the crossing. Both cars approached the crossing simultaneously and the respect ive motoimen brought their oars under apparent control. Motorman Ellis, of the Waverlv-Richmond car. believing he possessed e right of way, continued over the crossing. Ellisworth, the mo torman of the Sellwood. contends that his air-brakes failed to work and his car dashed over the crossing, striking the Waverly-Richmond broadside and hurled It several feet Into the street. Passengers aboard the latter car, of whom there were 15. were thrown from their seats. Several who were so unfortunate as to loose their equilbrium were thrown against the windows, sustaining injuries. Both cars were demolished and were put out of service. It required an hour for a wrecking crew to clear the tracks and resume traffic. The accident marks the second within 4S hours in which the lives of dozens of persons were placed In Jeopardy. 'DmYS" T0 have parade OCTOBER 22 CIIOSEX'rOK AXTI MQVOK PAGEANT. Various Organizations to Co-Oper- ate Affair Will Be State xWide In Character. Flans were formulated in the First Presbyterian Church last night for a great state-wide "Oregon dry" parada October 22. The organizations which are listed to take part In the parade are the. Young People's Temperance League, Salvation Army, Volunteers of America, . Portland Commons. Good Templars, Anti-Saloon League, the Pro $12.50, am'l hibition party. Women's Christian Tem perance Union, Y. M. C. A., Young Women's Christian Association, Mu nicipal Association, Ministerial Asso ciation and the Oregon State Sunday School Association. Superintendent Rlgler. of the city Schools, will be asked to have the school children In line, and other organizations that will be asked to participate are the Grand Army, Knights of Pythias, Masons. Oddfel lows and other fraternal societies. With only one dissenting vote it was agreed to make the parade a state-wide affair, so that societies and organiza tions outside of Portland may partici pate. The railroad companies will bs asked to make special rates for the occasion. The different churches and organiza tions will carry an insignia of identi fication, as well as banners and plac ards, and several will have floats. Thero will be prototypes of the drunkard, the drunkards' wives and children, or the real wives and children of drunkards, as were exhibited in the Chicago pa rades, which Miss Marie C. Brehm as sisted in organizing. With the excep tion of numbers. Miss Brehm expects of make this parade equal to those held in the big city on Lake Michigan. One of the livest spectacles suggested was for all young women to ride in automobiles and carry banners with these words in big letters, W want sober husbands," the feminine delega tion to be followed by young men hold ing aloft the inscription, "We will be sober." MURDER CHARGE IDE DR. THOMPSON HELD BY JURY FOR DEATH OF EVA SWAN. Courts Are Asked to Stop Mal practice In Medicine, "So Common at Present." SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. 29 Dr. Al bert Thompson, alias Grant, was form ally charged by the Coroner's jury to day with the murder of Eva C. Swan, the young stenographer whose muti lated body was found burled beneath the cement flooring of a vacant house last Friday night. The verdict charges that Thompson performed a criminal operation upon the young woman which resulted in her death. In conclusion the Jury requested that the authorities take steps to stop malpractice in med icine, "so common at present," and pre vent the display of signs advertising "this criminal practice." Immediately after the rendering of the verdict Paul Parker, the former Stanford athlete who has been held since last Sunday, was released. No ITCHED ALL SUMMER. Skin Troubles Cause Great Aggrava tion In Hot Weather Unnecessary If Poslarn Is Used. Frequently a skin trouble appearing In the Spring and allowed to remain unchecked will afford cause for Intense itching all summer long. When pos larn. the new skin remedy. Is first ap plied all Itching is stopped, inflamma tion is allayed, the burning skin is cooled and comforted. For the prompt relief and cure or the manv forms of eczema, acne, tetter, barber's itch and all other skin trou bles poslam has proved the most effi cient healing agent yet evolved. In the lesser affections, such as pimples, red noses, complexion. blemishes, rash, scalp trouble, itching feet, etc.. results are seen overnight, but a small quan tity being required. (Nothing l so good for sunburn and mosquito bites.) A special 50-cent package or poslam is prepared for minor uses, and this, as well as the regular 2 Jar. Is on sale by all druggists, particularly the Owl Drug Co. But no one is asked to pur chase poslam without first obtaining a sample package, which will be sent by mall, free of charge, upon request by the Emergency Laboratories, 32 West 25th street. New York City. YOU'LL find here the richest array of new fabrics you've ever seen for men's clothes. The new browns and grays are fine, beautiful, and we'll fit you. HART, SCHAFFNER & MARX Clothes are all-wool and tailored right, arid their name is a sign of correct style. Suits and Overcoats $18 to $45 Young Men's Suits In many new styles are here foryour choosing; new colors in grays, tans and browns; new patterns in stripes, plaids and checks; tailored right, fit right and modestly priced. $15, $16.50. osenblatt Co. Northwest Cor. Third and evidence tending to connect him with the case was presented. Dr. Thompsan already rests under a murder charge preferred by the Dis trict Attorney. Cheap English Census Work. Indianapolis News. In England a census is taken every seven years. In the United States the work costs some J5.000.ono: in England, with a population of 42.000.000, the work WILLAMETTE IRON AND STEEL WORKS MANUFACTURING ENGINEERS STEEL SHIPBUILDERS LOGGING AND HOISTING MACHINERY, MARINE AND STEAMBOAT INSTALLATION The most modern tools and equipment on the Pacific Coast OPERATED ON THE "OPEN SHOP" PRINCIPLE. EDUCATIONAL "yfE are now located in our new home, Fourth and Yamhill streets. Everything strictly up to date. Perfect light and ventilation. Business men as teachers,1 BUSINESS Portland, L M. WALKER, President-Principal. riuRC THIS SCHOOL AS THE B Tenth and Washington Sts. A 2554, Main 513. - $18 and up to $25 Morrison St. is done by the regular public officials, without extra cost. There the census is taken on a certain day at a certain hour, usually Saturday at 11 P. M., hecausa most people are then at home. Printed circulars have been sent by the police to every family and to tho owners of all lodgings and hotels. These circulars con tain blanks, which must be filled. The average weight of a man T feet InchfS in heinht at the le nf K."i to 40 years Ib 117 pounds. The feminine average Is flva pnu n.lj lean. New Home COLLEGE Oregon 0. A. BOSSERMAN, Secretary-Manager. irm ivn kvtdywhfdp DOIVTrMflTO 7 EASON FOBTHEIR PENAKKABI.E SUCCESS. Best Equipment Best Light and Ventilation Best Teachers Thorough and Efficient Instruction Up-To-Date Methods SECURED FDR STUDENTS WHEN ,UittXiuu iiiiiiuui uuwvil sryv i JL