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THE MORNING OREGONIAN, THURSDAY. AUGUST IS, 191. 16 . W. W. SCOFF AT VIEWS ON UNREST GLIMPSE OF GREAT PHOTO PLAY PRODUCTION AT THE HEILIG. Crowd Packs Room While Col onel Blethen Urges Giving Jobs to Idle. ORGANIZER ALSO IS HEARD , or. W. Rwspapr Publlcher Would Pro hibit Street Speaking 'Revolu tionise Would Put End to Wage System. SEATTLE. Aug. 12. Scores of In dustrial Workers of the World crowded Into the hearlnfr room of the Federal Industrial Relations Commission today, and. silenced by a rebuke from Com missioner Lennon. reflected their views of testimony by laughter and mutter Ins;. The testimony of two witnesses. Colonel A. J. Blethen. publisher of the t-'eattle'Times. and James P. Thompson, who organized the Industrial Workers f the World, of the Lawrence (Mass.) striKe, loucnta irenuenuj on iuc wi Kanlzation. Colonel Blethen. who has fought the Industrial Workers of the World move ment through his newspaper, caused amusement with his account of gather ings of members of the organization under his office windows, often with the purpose, he said, of telling what a "aon-of-a-gun" be was. His employes en an upper floor frequently left their work to hear him attacked, he declared. Vigorous applause followed this and the Colonel laughed. "The way to cure social unrest is to give men Jobs." Colonel Blethen told the Commission. I'urrst I.al.l to Idlenrso. "Men who are employed are happy and tnose wno are mie are ..u ..... . Idleness Is the cause of social unrest. and out of It grows street speecnes, - - . . 11 t. fl,o taU- nf r -,- I. W. T Mm .htnlr t h t ncrltatnrs should :,., unnlr in rmhlln streets. JICIUI"u if' - r The strike, the lockout and the boy cott ought to be written into the law. The day has arrived when employers and employes should arbitrate and con ciliate." Mr. Thompson told the Commissioners that they had been Interrogating "a bunch of hypocrites" and persons who were afraid of losing their Jobs if they told the truth. He suggested as a means of getting at the facts inter rogation of "revolutionists" like him self. Wsuce Sj-stens Blamed. "Until the wage system Is abolished the world will not be at rest." be said. "The working class should organize as a class and enforce Its demands. The way to do away with child labor is to refuse to work with children. The working day should be shortened and the work divided." J. G. Brown, president of the Inter national Union of Timber Workers, and Henry Pauly. business agent of the Itinerant Workers- Union, were other witnesses. All of the witnesses agreed that the greatest difficulty experienced here was finding employment for men thrown out of work by seasonal in dustries, such as lumbering. Lumber workers suffer from worse conditions than any other class of la borers in America. J. G. Brown, presi dent of the International Union of Tim ber Workers, testified. "Wages are low, hours are long and the work hard," he said. "The men are victimized by tmployment agencies to the last degree. WutN About $26." "Ordinary laborers are paid about $26 a month and board, ir they are mar ried and board themselves they are al lowed 10 a month for board. But when a single man is ill or otherwise Incapacitated for work he is charged 20 a month for board. "When penniless men are sent out on jobs their baggage is held for their transportation and fee. When they finallv earn enough to recover their baggage they can change their clotli- '"sir Brown produced pay slips to show that 'two wage reductions have been made, among unorganized sawmill workers within the last year. Sim ultaneous with the last reduction in one camp, the witness declared, the rrice of wood, which is sold to em ployes, was raised. There has been no attempt to lower wages in organized camps, according to Mr. Brown. E B. Ault, editor of a local labor paper, declared that many laws bene ficial to labor in this state are not en forced. " CABIHIA."" r you MORE LUMBER SENT PLAN CHEAPENS REGISTRY ew System of Listing Voters Is Submitted to County Clerks. EUGENE. Or.. Aug. 12. (Special.) A new system of registration, expect ed to eliminate 75 per cent of the cost of enrolling voters, is outlined In a b 11 submitted to the County Clerks of Oregon by the Kepubllcan Club of Marion County. The system is a card index dispens ing with binders loose leaves and equipments. The cost of printing is re duced one-fourth. Voters register on cards adapted to use in the metal card files every coun ty possesses. The cards are kept on file County Clerks are required to remove the cards of all electors who fall, to vote once in two years. For elections the County Clerks make lists of voters in every precinct as shown bv the card index. Only two electors instead of six are needed to administer oaths at polling places. LEGAL DEAD MAN SOUGHT Wilkcsbarre Asks Marslifleld to Find Resident Gone 1 6 Years. MARSHFIELD. Or.. Aug. 12. (Spe- ) Chief of Police Carter, of this ' , ,,niiilnTi from Wilkes- barre. Pa., asking for information abouU Mathews J. Jennings, ioraicnj i "" it v. Jennings has been missing from Wilkesbarre for 16 years and has been declared legally uead. The Inquirers avs they have heard that Jennings has been on Coos Bay and relatives are searching for him. No trace of Jennings has been found here. Bridge Falls, Pedestrian Hurt. ST. HELENS. Or.. Aug. 12. (Special.) Milton Creek bridge, in West St. Helens, collapsing as he was crossing It this morning, J. Case, superintend ent of the Columbia County Poor Farm, was seriously injured. Workmen were engaged in tearing down the bridge at the time of the accident. Hemoval of this bridge is the first step toward work on the St. Helens-Pittsburg high wav under the bond issue. Alaska Vessels to Take All They Can Carry. STETSON TO LEAVE TODAY Cargo Will Include 16,000 Cans and Other Goods X. F. Titus, Man ager of Line, Will Go as Far as Skagway. Lumber shipments from Portland to Alaskan cities have increased to sucb an extent that the next three vessels to be dispatched will have all they can carry and at the same time take care of other shipments, says N. F. Titus, manager of the fleet, who leaves on the steamer J. B. Stetson this morning for points as far as Skagway on busi ness connected with tne future move ment of tonnage. With 16,000 cans that went forward on the Stetson last night, the Portland Steamship Company has caught up with the orders of the American Can Com pany, though up to this time there has been a rush to make deliveries as fast as canneries demanded. Shlnftlrn Also Carried. The Stetson has aboard 75,000 shin gles as well as 100,000 feet of lumber. 10,000 box shooks and fully 200 tons of miscellaneous, while three horses are going to Juneau. The movement of canned salmon is on in full swing so southbound car goes are assured for some time, and since Portland lumbermen interested themselves in the Alaskan market and sent a representative to meet buyers, a material improvement has followed. In equipp.ing the steamers with tem porary shelters on deck so as to en large space for general cargo to be protected from the weather, sufficient storage room remains for large lots o lumber, so 200,000 to 300,000 feet can be carried. Others to Go North. Mr. Titus Is to be accompanied by Mrs. Titus on the voyage and others to go as far as Skagway include Mrs. Gans Miller and daughter, Mrs. Flora T. Enders, A. B. Wilmot, B. A. Labbe, Mrs E. Johnson and Mrs. Myrtle Clayson. Mrs. E. K. Merry is bound to Dawson, Mrs. F. W. Elliott for Fairbanks and J. R. Dodson for Juneau. The trip on the Stetson is proving popular with tourists and vacationists as she makes the run to fekagway ana return in about 14 days. BRITON GIVES GERMAN COAL Cruiser Leipzig Secures Aid From British Ship Prior to War. One of the ships in the public ma rine eye now, because she is on the hlcrh mmrnm with u valuable carcro of creosoted ties, is the British steamer Lord Sefton, Which .left here over a month ago and finished loading on Tii,rr KminrT ff-pttlnr to sea Julv 16 for Karachi, India. She has 3.785,839 feet of the material that Is destined for the British government. The Lord Sefton, laden with coal, made Magdalena Bay on her way up the Pacific, and there she sold 2100 tons of coal to the German cruisers Nurnberg and Leipzig, which are now off the California coast. Of course, that was early In May, and other than the inner circles of Continental Europe there was no thought of war. From there she went to Unalaska andgot rid of 900 tons and discharged the remainder here, loading a part cargo of ties and completing on Puget Sound. One subject of King George remarked yesterday that If it had not been for the fuel delivered at Magda lena Bay by the Lord Sefton the Kai ser's sea fighters might not now be off the coast .menacing shipping. PORT OPERATES MULTXOMAH Commlslon Will Pay Government Dredge's Operating Expenses. Realizing that a most serious delay to channel work In the Columbia would follow the withdrawal of the entire ,..,-,, HroriiHnc nlant. the Port of Portland Commission has come to the aid of the War Department by setting j Vo mnninir eXDOnses ttsmc iiviijr . ...... " , , . . , j i ,t,,iM,Miali workintr Ol tne uicuiic . KLJ lately at waiKers isianu, one ti..i..i in service at least two months. It is understood that in return for the assistance, the Multnomah will dredge at Slaughter's and complete the -1 of TnniT1l TMint to a depth of 25 feet and width of 300 feet. ... By so doing the dredges Columbia, Willamette and Portland, of the Port of Portland fleet, can continue on the up per bars so as to obtain a depth of not less than 30 feet this year. The Port of Portland also diverted $475,000 to . i . M Imnrnvinir the mOUth Of Lne iuiiu wva ' " ' i - the Columbia early in the year, so that project was kept going unwi aivuw and the last $50,000 will be paid this week. PORTLAND FLEET IN CHILE War Holds Grain Vessels at Valpa raiso Until German Cruisers Go. ama- cn vAaspln tied ud at Chilean ports because their owners fear to have them proceed to sea is a swan wc listed for Portland to load wheat and i nrivntp Advices have been received as to the prospect of getting any of the ships started northward, further than that with assurances that the German cruisers either leave me Pacific or are saptured, some of the British ships will venture out. ... th.w.. listed to load here is the British bark Crown of India, lying at Valparaiso since June o; me xji :usw bark Englehorn, which reported there July 14: the Russian ship Thomasino, there since May 22, and the British Vnio-ht nt the Thistle, wnich reached Valparaiso July 14. The British bark Invercauia is Douna mere susu sailed from Geelong July l. GRACE LIXERS IX SATURDAY Buyers to Be Entertained at Lunch eon on Santa Cecelia. Detained at San Francisco to dis charge part of her New York cargo, the Grace liner Santa Cecelia did not sail for Portland until yesterday, so a luncheon, arranged aboard to permit buyers from the interior to view a mod- ern vessel that is to ply through the Panama Canal, has been postponed until Saturday noon. The steamer will be In port in plenty of time for the preparations to be made. . G. M. McDowell, Portland agent of the fleet, was informed yesterday that the departure from Tacoma of the British steamer Colusa, of tlfe Grace South' America service, has been de layed, so she is due here Saturday as well. It Is supposed that many buy ers interested in shipping will also visit the Colusa, for, while under an other flag, she is controlled by the same Interests and is one of the largest and most comfortable vessels of her class on the Coast. Like the Santa Cecelia, she is strictly modern. Her passenger accommodations are like those of an exclusive passenger vessel. STRATHALBYX AT SEATTLE Five Australian Lumber Cargoes to Be Carried by "Straths." Safe and snug at Seattle is the Brit ish steamer Strathalbyn, which put out of the Columbia River at daylight Tuesday and reached the Pugef Sound city yesterday, not being bothered by any of the German cruisers that are reported skulking outside waiting to prey on Great Britain's tonnage. The Strathalbyn has a part cargo of lum ber for Australia and finishes in the north, also bunkering there. The Strath endrick, of the same fleet, lies at As toria with a full load of lumber for the same destination. Both were held for several days because it was feared for them to go to sea. The Strathbeg, Strathesk and Strath alrly are also on Puget Sound to load with lumber for Australian delivery. The Strathbeg has been Instructed not to leave the Sound until specific orders reach her and it is supposed that the same plan will be carried out with the others when they are fully loaded, their departure depending on the whereabouts of the German cruisers. should use the Famous 20th Century Limited TO New York and Boston Lv. Chicago 12:40 Noon Air. New York 9:40 a. m. Arr. Boston 11:55 a. m. Ten Other Fast Daily Trains Between Chicago and the East, including the ever popular Lake Shore Limited and the fart morn ing train, Lake Shore Number Six, completing a service unapproached in excellence. All trains arrive in New York at Grand Central Terminal, the world's greatest railway terminal, the heart of New York, and the only terminal on all lines of local transportation. The surface cars, subway and elevated service, are all at its very doors. NewYork&ntral Lines Lake Short Ry."The Water-Level Route" Apply to your local agent for tickets and sleeping car reservations, or for complete information, call on or address our PORTLAND OFFICE, 109 Third Street W. C. Seachrest, Gen'l Agent Passenger Dept. DOCK PLANS ARE APPROVED Astoria Commission to Open Bids About First of Month. ASTORIA, Or., Aug. 12. (Special.) At the meeting of the Port of Astoria Commission, the plans for the super structure of the municipal docks were approved and bids on the construction work will be opened about Septem ber 1. . The main building will be two stories high and will contain accommo dations for both freight and passengers The plans also provide for the storage of about 20,000 tons of fuel coal. Xeivs From Oregon Ports. COOS BAY, Or., Aug. 1 2 (Special.) Heavy fog obscured the Coos Bay bar this morning and vessels which arrived at 5 o'clock did not enter until after 10 in the morning. The steam schooner Nann Smith ar rived from San Francisco today with freight and passengers, at 10:30. The tug Roscoe sailed for Florence today at noon with the barge Freder ick in tow, having 600 tons of coal. The steamship Breakwater arrived from Portland this morning at 10. with passengers and freight, and will sail tomorrow at 12:30 on the return trip. The gasoline schooner Roame'r had been off Coos Bay bar two days and was out of provisions. Fog had held the craft outside. This morning, be fore the fog cleared, the Nann Smith WALTER E. PERKINS IN HIS FAMOUS ROLE OF AUGUSTUS KEENE SHAVER. SCENU FROM "MY FRIEND FROM INDIA." SHOWING AT THE MAJESTIC UNTIL SATURDAY NIGHT. lowered a boat and sent the Roamer supplies, but the Roamer crossed In at 11. ASTORIA, Or.. Aug. 12. (Special.) The steamer Geo. W. Fenwick arrived during the night from California and went to Linnton to load lumber. While in the river she will be measured to get her rating for the Panama route. This fact indicates that the Hammond Lumber Company, her owners, are about to establish their contemplated service between the Columbia River and Atlantic Coast points. The tank steamer Catania arrived during the night and the tank steamer W. F. Herrin arrived this morning from California with oil cargoes. The British steamer Hazel Dollar shifted tonight from Knappton to the Hammond Lumber Company's mill to take on lumber. Up to a late hour tonight no further instructions had been received from the charterers of the British steamer Strathendrick and the vessel Is still here awaiting orders before proceed ing to sea. It is now practically settled that the one thing which is preventing the steamer 'from sailing is the financing of her cargo. Marine Xotes. Captain Canty left the harbor last night with the oil tanker Catania, after she had discharged 19,000 barrels of fuel oil. After working a portion Oi." her Ori ental lumber cargo at Knappton, the British steamer Hazel Dollar shifted yesterday to Tongue Point. Plans are afoot to shift the steamer Rochelle from the upper harbor to St. Helens to have certain repairs made, after which she may be returned to the Alaska trade. Operators of the steamer State of Washington, which made her first trip to The Dalles Tuesday night, returning here last evening, say she had a fair number or passengers anu as mu freight as they expected. Numerous rats have been captured along the waterfront during the past week and so far none have been found with rodent plague. Traps are set on all of the grain docks so specimens may be obtained from different local ities. i-nmlne from kan Francisco via Coos Bay, the steamer Daisy Putnam entered at the Custom-House yesterday. The Johan Poulsen and San Ramon left last evening for Rainier to work lum ber for California, and tho Yosemite went to St. Helens for the samo pur pose. . Harbormaster Speier made an inspec tion of vessels at Linnton yesterday afternoon in the interest of quarantine regulations. The Alcides and Dalbek, lying at the ballast dock, have rat guards on all lines and their masters are complying with the rules. Vessels arriving there and at St. Johns from ports where plague abounds must abide by the same protective measures as at rprtland. MARIXE IXTELLIGEXOE. Steamer Schedule. DUE TO ARRIVE. Name. From .J"1 Geo. VV. Elder Eureka In port Rose City '-Los Angeles I" p0,r: Breakwater Coos Bay. Aug. 14 jjear Lo Angeles Aug. IS Yucatan an Diego Aug. 18 Beaver Los Angeles Aug. 10 Roanoke San Diego Aug. 2Z DUE TO DEPART. Name Fr Date. San Ramon San Francisco Aug. 13 Paralso Coos Bay Aug. 1J Yale .8. F. toL. A Aug. 14 Yosemite Loa Angeles Aug. U Rose City -Los Angeles Aug. 1J Multnomah San Diego Aug. lo Harvard S. F. K L. A Aug. U Breakwater Coos Bay Aug. It, Geo. W. Elder Eureka Aug. W Yucatan San Diego Aug. 1 Bear LosAngtles Aug. 20 Beaver .Los Ang ;les Aug. j!.", Roanoke San Diego Aug- EUROPEAN AND ORIENTAL SERVICE Name. From Dte- Monmouthshire London Sept. j Andalu3la Hamburg bept. 13 DenofAirlie .London Sept. iji Merionethshire London Oct. Belgravla Hamburg Oct. la Cardiganshire London Nov. Ij Brasilia Hamburg Nov. 13 Name. For c.Date-; Monmouthshire London Siept. 10 Andalusia Hamburg Sept. 16 Den of Alrlle London Oct. 1 Merionethshire. ... London Nov. - Belgravia Hamburg Nov. 1- Cardiganshire London Nov. IS Brasilia Hamburg Nov. 2S ALASKAN SERVICE. Name. For Date. Thos. L. Wand. . . . Skagway Aug. -7 cinlnflnlt Skaewav Aug. -'1 j. B. Stetson Skagway . . . . Aug. 15 Movements of Vessels. PORTLAND. Auir VI. Arrived Steamers Geo. W. enwlCK, irom anu ream; w. F. Herrin. from San Francisco; Daisy Put nam, from San Francisco: Catania, from Port San I.uis. ballea steamers snosnone and Villapa. for San Francisco: Catania, for Port San Luis; Roanoke. Jor San Diego. Astoria, Aug. il. Arrtvea at ju ana len up at 11 D CIOCK last nignt, steamer iaiauia. from Port ban l.uis. jueit up at ax o uwh last night, steamer Daisy Putnam, from San Francisco, via Coos Bay. Arrived and left up at 7 A. M , steamer Geo. W. Knnwlck. from San Pedro. Arrived and left up at 4 A. M.. sttcamer w. F. iiernn, trom aan Francisco. San Francisco. Aug. 12. Arrived at 7 A. M.. steamer Beaver, from Portland. Arrived at noon, steamer Bear, from San Pdro. Sailed at 4 P. M . steamer Santa Cecilia, from New York, for Portland. August 11--Salled at 3 P. steamer Alvarado, for Portland. Sailed ut s P. M.. steamer Colum bia, for Portland. San Pedro, Aug. 12. Arrived Steamer Klamath, from Portland, via San Francisco August 11 Sailed Steamers Gen. Hubbard and E. H. Vance, for Portland. Seattle, Aug. 12. Arrived. British steam er Strathalbvn. from Portland. Port Angeles. Aug. 12. Arrived Steamer Wasp, from Portlanil. Coos Bay, Aug. 12. Arrived at 10 A. M.. xtnnirt, nrcakn&tiT from Portland. San Francisco, Aug. 12. Arrived SKim- cr, Rslam r Krltlsb from ruze urwnua Beaver, from Portland; Lurline, from Hono lulu. Sailed Steamers Rainier. lor uw low: 1.. w.. Luckenbach, for New ork Congress, for Seattle; Newport, for Pana ni. M:M.(.n .i. lor Honoiu u. Hongkong, Aug. 11. Arrived Steamers Panama Maru. from Tacoma; iluu-iuiri.t. from San Francisco; Sado Maru. from la coma. New York. Aug. 12. Sailed Steamer Ad- mfml fifhlfv fnr Pnrllflnd Seattle, Wash. Aug. 12. Arrived Steamers Admiral Evans, from Soulliwesl ern Alaska: Shidzuoka Maru (Jaoauesei from Hongkong; Maverick, F. S. Loop, from Kan Francisco: Strathalbyn (British), from Astoria: Senator. from Nome. Sailed Steamers Alameda, for Southwestern Alaska ; Spokane, for Southeastern Alaska. Columbia River Bar Report. NORTH HEAD, Aug. 12. Condition of the bar at 5 P. M.: Clear; sea, smooth: wind, north 24 miles. Tides at Astoria Thursday. High. Low. 5:34 A. M 5.6 feetll:02 A. M....3.1 feet 5:23 V. M 7.7 feet Marconi Wireless Report-. (All positions reported at K I. M. August 12. uuless otherwise designated.) Falcon. Port San Luis, for San Pedro, off Cape Flattery. Argyll, port San Lata for Seattle. 40O mllss north of San Francisco. Leggctt. Grays Harbor, for San Francisco, off Columbia River. Buck, Monterey, for Everett. 652 miles frosn Monterey. Admiral Watson, San Francisco, for Se attle, 115 miles south of Cape Flattery. W. M. Chatham. San Diego, for Port Lud low. IS miles north of the Columbia River. Evans, Alaska, for Seattle, off Safety Cove at S P. M. August 11. Pennsylvania. San Francisco for Balboa, S07 miles south of San Francisco, August 11 Santa Clara, Port San Luis for Santa Bar bara six miles north of Point t.oncepclon. San Juan, Balboa for San Francisco, 414 miles south of San Francisco. Hooper, San Pedro for San Francisco. 24 miles west of San Pedro. Willamette, Kin Francisco for Han lv.tr". ofT Point Hueneme. Celllo, San Pedro for San Francisco. Mi miles west of Han Pedro. Hubbard. San Pedro for Astoria, 16 'miles west of San Pedro. Yale. San Pedro for Hail Francisco, passed Point Hueneme at 6:35 P. M. Admiral Evans, Alaska for Krattlr, off Smith Island. Queen. Seattle for San Francisco, 14 miles south of Cape Blanco. Lucas. Richmond for Seattle, &o miles north of Blunts Resf. Columbia. San Francisco for Portland, off Crescent City. Adeline Smith. San Francisco for Coos Bay, 286 inlles north of Han Francisco. Hllonlan, Seattle for lltlo, 675 miles from Flattery, August 11. Chauslor, Monterey for Honolulu, 074 mil's out. August 11. El Segundo, Richmond for Seattle, off Point Reyes. Lewis, Luckenbach. Han Francisco for New York, M miles south of Han Francisco. Newport. Han Francisco for Balboa, 4,i miles south of San Francisco. Congress, Han Francisco for Peattle, off Point Arena Drake. Keattlo for Richmond, 42 miles north of Point Arena. Grace Dillar. Bandon for Han Francisco, 06 miles north of Han Francisco. Hanalel, Eureka for Han Francisco, 20 miles southeast of Blunts Reef lightship. Whlttler, San Luis for Oleum, 12 miles north of Point Sur Coitilicr SucopK Scliooncr. NEWPORT. Or.. Auf. II. Tha schooner Enterprise, while entering this port at ll:3n A. M. today from Portland, was swept by a breaker and part of the deckload nf oil drums waa carried overboard. The vessel at tempted to make a short cut across the north reef and was just croaslng the reef when the big comber broke over her. Most of the oil drums drifted into the bay with the tide and were re covered. No serious damage waa done to the vessel. Cargo for Portland aboard the Royal Mall liner Monmouthshire, which Is detained at Yokohama becauae of the danger of capture ahould she croaa the Pacific, Includea 30 packages or pro vlslona and 24&5 bundle of ateel from London and 2118 bundles of ateel from nlwerp. Bealdea, she haa Oriental argo taken on before reaching Yoko hama, and It Is not known If ahe load- 1 at tho later port. Try Chamberlain's Tablets for stomach troubles, biliousness and con stipation. There are many who have been greatly benefited by them. They only cost a quarter." Hotel Carlton Fourteenth and Washington Streets Imm vT.n niL"!; ..iaUjpftna I -TT-rV -w, ajf"u Rooms, with Imth. .$1.50 day Rooms, without lmth.$l day AH outside rooms, fireproof construction. Special rates for permanent guests. ROSS FINNEGAN, Mgr. VICTOR BRANDT, Prop. HOTEL HOYT Hoyt and Sixth SU. New Firs Proof 200 Room RATES 75c UP Permanent gueatt licited Special IfirlTT One Block from Union Dtpot H. JENKINO & SONS. Prop. W. 4L Burleigh, Mgr.