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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 3, 1914)
THE MORNING OREGONIAN, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1914. More of the Irresistos LEADERS OF MINE medical attendance amendment to the ANTI-TRUST BILL industrial insurance act was given a place on the ballot, by decision of Judge Mitchell, of the Thurston County Su perior Court today. It Is the only one PASSED BY SENATE of six contested measures consiaerea by the court to have sufficient valid signatures. Judge Mitchell's decision in this caBe is in sharp contrast to that of his as nave Hmvcu ci sociate. Judge Claypool, In the case of measure No. 8. which was allowed a margin of 520 signatures by the Secre tary of State's official count, but was rejected by Judge Claypool. No. 9, hav ing a margin of only 14 names by the official count, is approved by Judge Mitchell. The Supreme Court will be called upon to harmonize the lower Measure Shorn of Price Dis crimination and Unfair Com petition Features. First Day of Military Rule Is Without Disturbance; Guns Command Streets. WORKERS ARRESTED Beautiful Circassian Walnut as Well as Fancy Mahogany and Figured Oak Cases. Instrument Complete With Records and All Auxiliaries Will Be. Sent on Free Trial to Any Home in Oregon. New and highly improved talking machines, in the latest and most attractive models the equal in all essential naviculars of anv of the regular $200 tvnes. Superb and life-like tone. Offered in combination with latest dance court's ruling. BUILDERS DO NOT AGREE PROGRAMME IS COMPLETE MEETINGS ARE RESTRAINED Search for 'Mnckie' McDonald Fails to locate Him Long List of Men Wanted by Authorities Chil dren Kept In at Night. BUTTE, Mont, Sept. 2. Butte's first day of martial law was without dis turbance. The Montana National Guard occupied the Courthouse and City Hall. Headquarters of the state militia were established In the Courthouse with Major Jesse B. Roote as chief of staff and Judge Advocate. At the City Hall Provost Marshal Frank Conley took charge. Orders were given soon after the militia moved into the business dis trict to arrest leaders of the Butte Mlneworkers' Union, the organization formed to oppose the Wetsern Federa tion of Miners. Four arrests were made late today, one of the men being James Chapman, chairman of the Jurisdiction committee and who acted as Judge in the deportation of men who refused to Join the new union. Chapman had cartridges in his pockets. Three others who were arrested carried revolvers. "Mucttie" MacDonald Mliislng-. Provost Marshal Conley searched the city for "Muckle" MacDonald, presi dent, but he could not be found. He is wanted on charges of Inciting riots. The list of men wanted was said by Major Roote to be a lengthy one. The police of Butte and the Sheriff's forces of Silver Bow County were ordered by Major Dan J. Donohue, who Is in command here, to co-operate with the militia in making the arrests and in maintaining peace. The city patrol wagon was used by the militia in car rying prisoners to the County Jail. They are to be tried by the military court with Major Roote presiding. For the first time in three days the Jurisdiction committee of the union did not appear at the mines and en force its order that prohibited non members from working. Machine Gnns Command Streets For several blocks around the Court house the streets were patrolled by militiamen, who prohibited persons from passing through the guarded district. On two sides of the Court house Gatling guns were placed in the streets. Two machine guns were placed on the roof of the Courthouse also. The state troops will sleep In the Courthouse for the present. The order of Major Donohue placing Butte under martial law prohibits boys and girls under 18 years from being on the streets at night. Women, unaccompanied, are requested not to appear on the streets. All public meet ings have been prohibited, but certain organizations will be allowed to meet if they obtain permits. Theaters are allowed to remain open. One play house, however, decided to close for the week. The mines of Butte worked as usual, but when the miners came to the sur face after completing their Bhlfts they were searched for dynamite, it having been reported that miners have for some time carried dynamite, which they did not use in blasting, from the mines. U'REN'S REQUEST DENIED Effort to Get "The Menace" in Ore gon City Library Fails. OREGON CITY, Or.. Sept. 2. (Spe cial.) By a vote of two to five the Library Board, at a special meeting last night, killed a resolution intro duced by W. S. URen to place "The Menace" in the library files. The vote stood as follows: For the resolution, Mr. and Mrs. W. S. U'Ren; against, J. E. Hedges, Charles E. Caufield, E. Ken neth Stanton. B. T. McBain and Wil liam Sheahan. The resolution followed the action of the Board, taken two weeks ago, in removing "The Masses" and "The Menace" from the library. Mr. U'Ren was not present at the meeting, but when he heard of the decision he wrote to every member, quoting an article in the state constitution in which the right of free speech and a free press is established. Mr. McBatn. president of the Board, threatened to resign if the two papers were placed back in the library. LOOP ROAD SURVEY ASKED Hood River Committee and Citizens Petition County Court. HOOD RIVER, Or., Sept 2. (Spe cial.) Following plans recently in augurated by the Upper Valley Good Roads Association, a committee, ap pointed several weeks ago, and citizens from the city today appeared before the County Court and asked that a com petent engineer be appointed to make the survey of a proposed loop highway to penetrate the Upper Valley. It is proposed that the highway con nect with stretches of macadam laid on the east and west sides of the Lower Valley. The Upper Valley citizens not only want the route surveyed as to the grade specified, but ask that cost esti mates be made. LIQUOR ISSUE UP AGAIN "Wets" Get Demand for Submission of Question in Dry Wenatchee. WENATCHEE, Wash.. Sept 2. (Spe cial.) This city will vote again at the November general election on the liquor question. Two years ago the do forces won an overwhelming victory, the vote against saloons standing 1209, for saloons 40. The wets now claim a decided revul sion of sentiment because of stringent financial conditions, said to be due, in large measure, to prohibition. Their success In circulating a petition for the resubmission of the question seems to bear out this claim, for nearly 40u voters, many of them women, signed the petition last Saturday. Later more than 200 more names were added, thus passing the required number of 603. The anti-saloon forces are preparing for vigorous resistance. INSURANCE MEASURE WINS Washington Judge Allows Medical Attendance Change on Ballot. OLYMPIA. Wash.. Sept. 2. (Special.) Initiative measure No, 9, proposing EFFECT OF LABOR CONDITIONS ON CONTRACTS PROBED. Complaint That Union Men Restrict Output Made Roofers, Hodearrlers and Calkers Acensed. SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 2. Efforts of the Federal Industrial Relations Commission today to learn from wit nesses whether working conditions which organized labor has brought about in the shipbuilding industry here have resulted In a loss of business de veloped conflicting answers. Sam J. Eva, a shipbuilder, said that local shipbuilders had lost at least 85 contracts, totalling about SlS.00,000, because they could not compete with Eastern builders, who have a longer working day. "And the local bids were made on the NORMAL. GRADUATE WILL. TEACH V. M. C. A. PREPAR ATORY DEPARTMENT. I I 8. A. Wold. S. A. Wold, a graduate of the North Dakota State Normal School and of Whltworth Col lege, arrived in Portland yester day to take up his duties as in structor In the preparatory de partment of the Y. M. C. A. Mr. Wold is an ex-normal school teacher and had several years' experience as a teacher In the Middle West In 1912 he was principal of the Pullman High School at Pullman, Wash. basis of exchanging old dollars for new ones, merely to keep the plants busy," he added. Mr. Eva has had several differences with labor organizations regarding working conditions in his plant On the other hand, John A. McGregor, another builder, said he did not believe that In the long run working conditions here had much to do with the loss or gain of business. Efficiency In local shipyards, he insisted, was much high er than in many Eastern yards where longer hours are worked. Both Mr. Eva and James Tyson, a lumberman, who is opposed to the closed shop, declared that many indus tries have moved away from San Fran cisco because of labor conditions. Mr. McGregor knew of no iron works that had left here on that account. After Mr. Tyson had several strikes among his lumbermen ana sauots nere no moved away all of his plants except one. He testified thai many of his nonunion wof kers were assaulted up to a year ago and then "both armies be came worn out ana quii. Both Mr. Tyson and L. H. Sly, a local contractor, who operates on the open shop plan, complained that union men restricted their output. Among the men charged with doing this were roofers, hodcarriers and calkers. FEWER HURT THAN EVER ACCIDENTS IN WASHINGTON DE CREASE BY 1080. Industrial Insurance Commission Be lieves "Safety First" Campalgrn Is Responsible for Showins;. OLYMPIA, Wash., Sept 2. (Special.) The accident rate under Washing ton's experience with the Industrial in surance law, after increasing for the first two years under the law, has been on the down grade since the first of the year. This is shown by a compila tion of accident reports for the first eight months of 1914. The total num ber was 10,069, representing a decrease of 1080, or nearly 10 per cent from the number for the corresponding eight months of 1913, which was 11.149. Every month of 1914 thus far has re ported less accidents than the corre sponding month of 1913, as shown by the following table: Accidents. Month 1913 1914. Tnnn.rv 1.110 1.031 February 1.200 1.039 March 1.401 1.282 April 1.42S 1.88? In l.19 1.368 Juno 1.48S 1.404 July 1.347 1.217 AUKUSt 1.550 1,306 Totals 11,149 10,069 The active work done by "shop safe ty committees" in educating and or ganizing employes in behalf of acci dent prevention, under the Joint "safe ty first" campaign organized by the Industrial Insurance Commission and State Labor Commissioner Olson, it Is believed, Is largely responsible for the showing of reduced accidents. Conference Committee to Harmonize Bill With One Providing Trade Commission Seven Repub licans Vote Aye. WASHINGTON, Sept. 2. The Clayton anti-trust bill, to supplement the Sher man law, which will complete the Ad ministration trust legislative pro gramme for this session of Congress, passed the Senate today. The vote was 46 to 16. Seven Republican Senators, Brady, nflnn rnmm1ns. Jones Eenvon. Norrls and Perkins, and Senator Polndexter, Progressive, voted for the bill. Thabill was amended by the Senate In many particulars and will be sent to conference, where the Federal trade commission bill first of the anti-trust measures still is under consideration. Reports on both measures are hoped for within two weeks; Imprisonment Provided For. The bill provides fines and imprison ment for officers of corporations con- v1,tA nf nffprsAs AeAfnst the trust laws; prohibits exclusive and tying contracts which restrict independence of purchasers; prohibits holding com panies where their effect is to lessen makes illegal two years after the pass age di Lue auL ixtieiiuunuig uncwuics in competing corporations, any one of wnicn nas capital or more man sx.uvu,- 000. It also forbids the interlocking of railroad directors with corporations dealing In securities, railroad supplies or contracts and liberalizes procedure in injunction and contempt cases. Sections of the House bill relating to price discrimination and unfair com petition were stricken out in the Senate. Mutual Organisations Exempt Labor, agricultural and horticultural organizations, not conducted for profit, are exempt from the provisions relat ing to monopoly. The maximum penalty fixed for violation of the provision pre venting exclusive contracts Is $5000 or one year's Imprisonment or both. The provision against holding companies would not prevent common carriers from acquiring branch lines where there Is no substantial competition. Sections relating to interlocking di rectorates are made effective two years after the passage of the act Directorates of railroads, under the terms of the bill, cannot be interlocked with corporations dealing in securi ties, railroad supplies or other articles of commerce or contracts for construc tion, maintenance, etc, to an amount more than $50,000 In any one year, un less purchases are made after com petitive bidding under regulations of the Interstate Commerce Commission. A penalty of two years' imprisonment and $2500 fine is prescribed for viola tion. Misapplication Made Felony. Another provision makes a felony for officials of common carriers wilfully to misapply or promote misapplication of funds of the corporation, the pen alty being not less than $500 fine or imprisonment for not less than one or more than 10 years, or both. The section dealing with court pro cedure provides that no Injunction shall Issue between employers and em ployes in labor disputes unless nec essary to prevent injury to property or property rights, and no such order shall prohibit the right of employes to strike or peacefully persuade other to do so. Disobedience of writs subjects of fenders to contempt proceedings, ac cused persons In direct cases being tried by Jury. President Wilson will delay his se lection of the members of the new trade commission until after the meas ure has been harmonized with the Clay ton bill by the conference reports. He has not considered any names as yet SEATTLE JDITOR HOST Joseph Blethen, of Times, Entertains Road Boosters at Resort. WENATCHEE, Wash., Sept 2. (Spe cial.) Wenatchee was represented by 21 guests at a booster meeting held in Scenic Hot Springs Sunday, Joseph Blethen, of the Seattle Times, acting as host. More than 200 came from Seattle for the day. The. route of the Cascade Scenic Highway was inspected and more con versions made for the Stevens Pass route over the mountains between Wenatchee and Seattle via Everett It was proposed to hold a big celebra tion on July 4 next year at the sum mit over the expected completion of the project by that time. records (sixteen, all different) and eight other se lections, a large quantity of needles, also brush, oil can and all extras free. On terms of only $6 a month until the marvelously low price of $82.25 has been paid. Will now be supplied in elegant Circassian walnut cases, as well as in beautiful golden oak, bright or satin finish, and rich mahogany, to match furniture or furnishings in even the proudest mansion. This offer unquestionably achieves the very highest value for the smallest possible outlay. Any home can pay $5 a month and this instrument will bring all the music, all the artists of all the world into every home. Will be sent on free trial to any home in Oregon. Distribution and sale now again in progress. The price, $82.25, includes everything. Complete, as above. A deposit of $5 secures one. The Irresisto, the greatest combination offer ever devised by talking machine headquarters. Eilers Building. Broadway and Alder These and hundreds of other artists should Irresisto makes this possible. be heard regularly in every See Eilers Music House. home. The from Portland today. Mr. Mclntyre says work on the packing plant will begin next Spring In order that it may be in readiness for operation when the season's prunes are placed on the mar ket. WAR NOT T0AFFECT FRUIT Lane County Reports Light Prune Crop and Heavy Apple Market. EUGENE, Or.. Sept. 2. (Special.) Despite the fact that the Eugene Fruit Growers' Association sells annually a large share of its prunes to England rr thousands of cans of pears to France, the war will have little effect on Lane County fruit this year, says J. O. Holt manager of the association. The prune crop is light ana snoriage In the West is so great that the Eng lish market, which is completely de moralized, will not be missed. Europe buys from this country five mining harrl nf snnlps which this year cannot be shipped. This means that apples must crowd American markets. CENSOR ORDINANCE IS UP St. Johns Will Decide on Movie and Vaudeville Question Tuesday. ST. JOHNS, Or., Sept 2. (Special.) The second reading of the ordinance creating a board of censors for moving picture and vaudeville shows In St. Johns was reached last night at the meeting of the Council. It will come un for final passage next Tuesday night It provides for the appointment! of a board of 12 citizens to pass on Albany Party Spans Decades. ALBANY. Or.. Sept 2. (Special.) To attend the 16th and 60th birthday parties of Mrs. J. R. Metzger, of this city, was the experience of Mrs. T. J. Butler, of Albany. The 0th birthday party occurred Monday, when neigh bors of Mrs. Metzger gave her a sur prise party at her home In this city. The 16th birthday party of Mrs. Metz ger, at which Mrs. Butler was a guest, occurred 44 years ago at Jefferson, Or., where both Mrs. Metzger and Mrs. But ler resided when they were young women. GOBLE ROBBERS GET $250 Two Men Hold' Up Saloon and Make Good Their Escape. KALAMA, Wash., Sept. 2. (Special.) The saloon belonging to Thomas Cooper, at Goble, Or., was robbed by two unmasked men at a late hour last night. Goble is directly across the river from this place, so the Sheriff of this county and his deputies were at once notified and kept an eye on the waterfront and all trains leaving the depot until late this morning. The men walked into the place while the bartender was preparing to close for the night and drew guns, demand ing the money in the cash register. They secured J260. WOMAN AFTER PRISONER Seattle Policewoman to Act as Ex tradition Agent. OLYMPIA. Wash.. Sept 2. (Special.) Policewoman Margaret Dehan, of Seattle, bears the distinction of being the first woman designated as agent of the State of Washington in an ex tradition case, beine so named by Gov ernor Lister today to bring Mildred Clifford, who fled to Denver, back to Seattle. Mildred Clifford is wanted on charge of grand larceny preferred by Miss Ella Sinnott. moving picture and vaudeville performances. J. T. Mayes demanded $35 for bees and honey destroyed by a weed fire near his home, urging that the city Is responsible. The matter was re ferred to the finance committee. The City Recorder was Instructed to com municate with the State Railroad Com mission with a view to requiring the O.-W. R. & N. to build a sidetrack to the city's dock.. SELAH TO IMPROVE CANAL Water Users Vote to Spend $30,000 for Flumes and Lining. NORTH YAKIMA, Wash., Sept 2. (Special.) The Selah Water Users' As sociation, at its annual meeting yes terday, decided to expend $30,000 Imme diately in permanent improvement of its canal. For that purpose it votea an assessment of 60 cents a share, or $4.80 an acre on the 6300 acres rep resented by the organization. This is in addition to the $1 an acre annual maintenance and operation cost raised ree-ularly. The improvement work is to consist of 2500 feet of steel flume to replace 3500 feet of wooden flume, and 700 lin eal feet of concrete lining of the canal Material is to be ordered immediately and the work is to begin as soon as the irrigation season closes. ROSEBURG GEJS BRANCH District Offices of State Accident Commission to Be Opened. ROSEBURG, Or., Sept. 2. (Special.) District offices of the State Indus trial Accident Commission will be lo cated inRoseburgivithtnthenextfew crSwn days, according to R. T. Spaulding, au ditor of the Commlslson, who arrived here from Salem today. The local offices will look after the business of the Commission for the counties of Lane, Douglas, Josephine, Jackson. Klamath, Lake, Coos and Curry. Because of Its central location Roseburg was chosen as the headquar ters of the Southern Oregon district Mr. Spaulding will have charge of the local offices. The annual coal production of Nova Scotia KHill 7,000.000 tons for th rim time last year. Roseburg to Get Packing Plant. ROSEBURG, Or., Sept 2. (Special.) That the J. K. Armsby Fruit Com pany is soon to erect a modern fruit packing house In Roseburg. was the statement of their local representative, A. E. Mclntyre, who returned here Hie Gasoline of Qualify FOi POWER The "Old Reliable" gasoline that's got power in every drop. Dealers everywhere. Ask our nearest agency about delivery in bulk. Standard Oil Company (CALIFORNIA ) Portland How About Your Glasses for the Long Winter Evenings? gfTJR special Kryptok two-vision llp glasses are the ones your doctor would recommend no line visible between far and near lenses. Have our optician erplain them to you no obliga tion incurred. Have Our Experts Develop Your Vacation Kodak Films Columbian developing and printing is done on the premises by men who are vitally interested in the success of this department. Our work is not sent out nor done by beginners. We guar antee satisfaction. Send us your vacation films for a demonstration. Mai? Orders Given Prompt Attention Columbian Optical Co. 145 Sixth Street Bet. Alder and Morrison. LABOR DAY EXCURSIONS VIA Oregon-Washington Railroad & Navigation Co. TO North Beach The last holiday trip of the 1914 beach teason. An opportunity to enjoy the crisp, invigorating sea air at a small cost. Leave Ash-Street Dock Saturday, 8 or 9 P. M.; return from Long" Beach Monday, 7:50 P. M. Bound trip fare only To Any Beach Point Full information, tickets, schedules and reservations, upon applica tion to CITY TICKET OFFICE Third and Washington Streets, or ASH-STBEET DOCK Phones Marshall 4500, A 6121 $3 I A