10 THE OBEGOKHK, PORTLAND, MARCH 12, 1005. STRIKE IS A FAILURE Government Building Is Badly Crippled. Not MANY MEN FOUND AT WORK Nonaction by Federated Trades Coun cil Leaves as. "Only Recourse for Strikers, Building Trades Al liance and Walkout. The failure or the Federated Trades Council to take any action on the de- j bated question of a general walk-out of the "building trades in the city now puts It up to the Building Trades Alliance it oelf to make the move, if it be made at all. It was hardly anticipated that the i Federated Trades would act, but there Is still a. pOBEiblllty of the alliance making j a dcperate move to save the strike at j the Fair grounds from Tailing through. As far as practical results are concern ed, the strike at the Fair grounas is ended now. Work is being -done rapidly, though the strike pickets are still posted at the Gates. But the leaders are steadfast and do not consider their case hopeless by any i means. They believe .that they can still ! win out, and their efforts will doubtless be directed towards attempting to tie up the whole city, as far as the building trades aro concerned. It all depends now upon whether the alliance considers the possibility of winning out strong enough to warrant the action Condition at Government Building. An Oregonian reporter yesterday visited the Government building, with the pur post of ascertaining the exact condition of the work being done there and the ef fect of the strike, which was only ef fective there and at the American Inn. He walked around the building and count ed men using hammers and saws until he had reached 100, and then quit. The num ber of laborers was something under that. The timekeeper, who was afterwards con sulted, gave the exact number of men working on the job as 115 carpenters and 135 laborers. . But setting aside the number of men at work, the work has progressed to the point where it is about done. By no later than Monday night the last truss on the roof is due to bo up. The sections of It already "framed," to use the carpenter's expression, now lie on the Moor ready to bo hoisted. The roofing Is only a little behind the heavier work. Then there will remain only the covering of the apse at the west end of the building, the pieces for which arc also cut and sawed to the proper size and lying under the place to which they are to be raised. By the mid dle of next weok J. E. Bennett, the con tractor, says he will have the building covered, and by April 1 It will be prac tically done and ready for the Installa tion of exhibits. One Possible Delay. There Is just ono possible dolay In l.n lshing the Government building, and that Is staff and plastering work. About half of that soijt of work yet remains to be done, the two towers and the front. The back; both peristyles aim the wings are all completed. But if this work should progress with marked slowness, Bennett says he can do it any time, though he Intends to ljave it finished according to contract. The. matter of plasterers is the only fctIous side to the strike, and it was stated on good, authority yesterday that that strike would bo called off Monday. But called off or not, the strike of the plasterors has cost local concerns 518,000, the contract price for doing 00,000 yards of work on the American Inn. Contractor "Wucrster, when he found that the plas terers had been called oft the Govern ment building last week, not to delay his own work, sent Kast for a sufficient quantity of "plaster-boards' to do the work. The contrivance he will use Is made of plaster and paper, and Is nailed to the wall like a board. Any workman can nail it up. COPPER STATUE OF SACAJAWEA Dr.' Coe Arranges for It Noted Doc- tors Will Visit Fair. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington. March 11. Dr. and Mrs. H. W. Coe and C. H. Marsh, of Portland, who have donated copper from their St. Helens mine for the Sacajawca statue, io bo erected at the Lewis and Clark Exposition, had a conference in this slty today with Henry Bonnard. of New York, who Is to cast the statue. The model Is nearly completed and the copper has been delivered. It is ex pected that the statue will be cast and -endy for shipment to Portland within v fow weeks. While here Dr. Coe secured pledges from various prominent medical ex perts In the Government service to at tend the convention of the American Medical Association In Portland, July 11 to IS. Among those who will attend Rre Surgeon-General O'Reilly of the Army, Surgeon-General Rlxey of the Navy and Dr. Walter Wyman, head of :he Marine Hospital Service. MISSOURI WILL HAVE EXHIBIT Appropriation of $35,000 Passes Both Houses, Providing Commission. JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., March 1L The House today passed with its appro priation of $35,000 Senator Wornall's bill for a commission to make an exhibit or the various resources of the state at the Lewis and Clark Exposition to be held at Portland, Or. The commission Is to be composed of three members, to be chosen by the Gov ernor, and is to have a secretary. The commissioners are to receive JS per day and necessary expenses while in the dis charge of their duties, and the secretary MO per day. Of the total sum appropriated "$5000. or po much thereof as may be necessary. shall be set aside and used as premiums and expenses In making such suitable livestock exhibit from the state as in the judgment of the commissioners may be advisable. WILL COACH THE ROWING CLUB How Dan Murphy Proposes to Do In dividual Work. According to advices just received by the Portland Rowing Club, its new coach. Dan Murphy, will leave the East for Portland March IS. and should be here ay tne nn. Almost immediately upon itis arrival the training season will open. and the club Is now following out Mur hy& preparatory Instructions. An innovation, in early Spring- work, for Portland at east, consists in the In structions of Murphy for the construction of a gig. Heretofore the training of t5ie ciud nas been done at all times In the j egular racing shells. Now Murphy wants a gig constructed which will simply be a shell with the decks removed and the gunwales extended to bow and stern. The advantage in this lies in the fact that it will prevent to a great extent the splash ing of the cold water over the men dur ing we cany worK. ana xnac it nts great er buorancy. Murphy's plan upon his arrival will be to work out the men individually in the "tub," and as the season advances then pick out his various crews. This plan will also be a new feature In the training of the Portland Club, and should prove a great advantage over former methods, since when the men go Into the shell they will nave received greater Individual coaching than is otherwise possible. The date of the regatta, to be held In Victoria tils year has not yet been fixed, and wiil4hot b..- settled until the Spring meeting of the association. It Is.probablo. however, that the races will take place sftme time In August. The Northern dUes Victoria and Van couverare anxious to have a regatta, held in Portland following the regular associa tion meeting in Vancouver, and have cor responded with the local club to that ef fect. No -definite steps have been taken yet to hold such -a regatta, but with the willingness of the other clubs to come it will in all probability be arranged. SENATOR MITCHELL EXPECTED It Is Thought He Will Arrive Portland Monday. in Senator Mitchell is expected to ar rive in the city, according to his sched ule, on Monday evening;. The Senator left Washington on the day before the inauguration of President Roosevelt, and since that time has been visiting friends and relatives along the line to the West He Is now in Washington, presumably at Seattle, and will leave thero tomorrow for Portland. The Senator, so it is said, is coming: home at this time to prepare his de fense in the land-fraud trials now hanging: over him. Who his lawyers are, or will be, remain up to this time a mystery, as the Senator has made no announcement of what course he intends to pursue in the conduct of the defense to be made. It was his Inten tion, announced by him, to retain Sen ator Fulton as counsel In the case, but the latter has stated that, owing' to pressure of business. It will be Im possible for him to act. Other than this nothing is known. There Is no truth In the report that Senator Mitchell will try to delay his trial, either before or at the time of its commencement, so It is now said. A short time ago. there was a rumor to the effect that such would be the course of action mapped out by tho Senator, but this is said to be without foundation, and it is stated that the defendant Is just as anxious to come to trial at an early date as he ever has been. POLICE PREVENT A HOLD-UP Capture W. H. Cockran Who Was Prepared for Crime. "I'm awfully glad you caught me, boys, for I was going out to do business." Such wa the statement of W. H. Cock ran, a young ex-convict, who was taken into custody at 11 o'clock last night by Detectives Kerrigan, Snow, Carpenter and Resing, as he laid hold of a revolver and a soft -slouch-hat under the dock at the foot of Ash street. He and a companion, as yet at large and unknown to the police, cached two weapons, the hat and false beards under the wharf, and after watch ing the place two days and nights, the de tectives were rewarded by the capture. Cockran went to the place alone. He would say nothing of his companion, ex cept to admit he had one. He started to leave with the revolver and hat, when he was arrested. He was booked at Police Headquarters on suspicion and carrying concealed weapons. He has a record of two years for burglary in the Washington Penitentiary at Walla Walla, for burglary committed at Montesano, and served sir months in the Multnomah County Jail for having counterfeit money In hts posses sion. He is but 20 years old, but Is re garded as thoroughly desperate. "Boys, I did Intend to hold up some peo ple tonight, but I'm really glad you got me before I did It." said the prisoner. "I Just got out of Walla Walla, was 'broko and had to have money." Dies of Surgical Operation. Announcement is mado of tho death of Charles Edward Carlson at St. Vincents Hospital after an operation for appendi citis. Mr. Carlson, aged 26, was the eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Jonas Carlson, Hart avenue, and was well known in the city. Suffering from an accident in curred in an explosion ho left Portland for California last September in the vain endeavor of regaining his health. Almost Immediately after his recent return he was taken to the hospital to undergo the operation from which he could not re cover. Osman Goes to Los Angeles. Harry Osman'. trainer of Alta, Cora and several other well-known harness horses. left last night for Los Angeles, where he goes to buy Hal B.. 2:04 Hal B. Is by Hal Dlllard. 2:044, and on the grand cir cuit in 1S99. out of ten starts he was first nine times and was second once, j.s Os man bought Hal B.Vor August Erickson, the price paid for the stallion is private, but at that it was a fancy one. Hal B. will go into the stud and will be bred to the fast brood mares that he has at Ir- vlngton track. . ------ r'--pf-4 t t : r r : ----..:.. ?..j:- ..... ... . ..a HUNT AS WITNESS (Continued from First Pe copy-book of tho City Attorney's office. It was dated February 23, 1905, and fol lows: "Charles H. Hunt, Chief of Police: Tour letter of the 21st instant requesting that you be furnished with a statement as to my understanding- and construction of the opinion of Judge Hogue, rendered some time ago, in relation to saloons being open after 1 o'clock A. M at hand. "In reply, will state that there have been so many cases of this class and char acter In which, evidence has been so di verse that I cannot now remember any particular opinion rendered. "1 will state, however, that section 6 of ordinance 10,901, on page 372 of the re vised ordinances of the City of Portland, edition of 1X6. provides, among other things,, as follows: " 'No licensed liquor dealer shall, be tween the hours of 1 and 5 o'clock A. M-, keop open any door or doors or openings to his place of business, or permit any person to enter or remain therein with a purpose of buying or drinking any liquor or beverages.' This ordinance prohibits the keeping open of any doors or openings to saloons or places -where liquors are sold during tho prohibited hours, and the finding of doors leading to saloons open is sufficient evidence to warrant the ar rest of the proprietor of the saloon. "If, however, the openings and doors to the saloon are kept closed, then it is an other violation of the ordinance to permit any person to enter the saloon or remain therein with a purpose of buying or drink ing liquors. Under this ordinance some thing more than the mero entry or re maining in a saloon during the prohibited hours must be proved, and some evidence must be offered that the persons so enter ing or remaining In the saloon do so with a purpose of buying or drinking liquors, but it is not necessary that this purposo should be established by direct testimony. It is sufficient if all the circumstances prove the persons entering the saloon or remaining therein were doing so for the purpose of bujing or drinking liquors. "It Is impossible for me to tell you what evidence would be necessary In any par ticular case, as each particular case will be governed by Its own circumstances. "J. J. FITZGERALD." After the letter was read Chief Hunt stated that such was the reply he had received from Mr. Fitzgerald. Flegcl Is this opinion in this letter the same you meant in your (general order? Chief Hunt It Is identical. I understood that there had to be a sale of liquors or an open door before there was evidence sufficient to convict. Instruction to Patrolmen. Flegel You say that officers were in structed not to act upon a report without your consent? Chief Hunt That Is not true. I'll ex plain that. Officers were Instructed that when arrests for violation of this ordi nance were made they were to go to the City Attorney for a warrant, but when no arrests wore made I had to see the report and examine the evidence before the com plaint was made. Flegel Are officers required to make a complaint every time they report a saloon as disobeying the closing law? Chief Hunt They aro required to do so. Flegel Officer Lee testified that he did not go to the City Attorney with the re port he made. Chief Hunt Then he did not follow in structions. Flegcl As to testifying? Chief Hunt As to going to the City Attorney. Flegel Lee testified that he lost the re port, went to you for & duplicate, that you discussed the case and that you de cided there was not enough evidence to convict. Sees Mistake, He Says. Chief Hunt Lee did not talk with me to exceed one minute. Flegel But Officer Lee swore he talked with you and that you decided there was not enough evidence to convict. Chief Hunt That's a mistake. I never decided in any case whether there was enough evidence to convict. I always left that to the City Attorney or Mr. Fitzger ald. Flegel But In general orier No. 155 you say "complaint will bo made to the Chief of Polite, who will himself secure a com plaint." Chief Hunt Yes. Flegel Then what do you mean by say ing that the officers were told to make complaints themselves? Chief Hunt Their orders were that they must go before the City Attorney and make a complaint. Flegel Dd you mean to say that prior to December 2. 1DH. every officer who re ported a saloon went before the City Attorney and mado a complaint? Chief Hunt He was so Instructed. Flegel Did the officers go thcre-wltb-out instructions from you? Chief Hunt Before I made the order, yes; before that time Mr. Fitzgerald told me officers were coming to him with com plaints in which there was no evidence and that time was wasted attending to cases without merit. Then I Issued the order that the officers must see me before going for the complaint. Flegel Did you hear Sergeant Taylor CHIEF OF POLICE HUNT, "?PHO IS BEFORE THE POLICE COMMITTEE FOR INVESTIGATION, A. F." FLEGEL, AND TWO PROMINENT 7rtEN AT THE TRIAL testify that yon said, officers should not be overzealous In watching saloons? Chief Hunt Yes. Flegel Was that Instruction given the men by you? Chief Hunt Not with the meaning you Imply. Flegel What were the Instructions? That Over-Zealous Remark. Chief Hunt To examine saloons on the beats and sec If doors were locked, and that if doors were locked and there was nothing to indicate that the saloon -was doing business the place was to bo re garded as closed. One officer took a box, before I gave these Instructions, and used it In looking over a curtain to sec who was In a certain saloon. The proprietor came to me. "remonstrated with me, said he never kept his place open after houra and that he didn't like to have an officer doing such things around his place. I then told the men while they were In line. "I want you to be careful to sec that saloons are closed, and whenever they are found open I want you to- report It, but don't be so overzealous that without sufficient cause you take a drygoods box and climb up to sec if any one is in a saloon." Flegel What should an officer do under those circumstances? Chief Hunt He should notify a ser geant or call up his captain by telephone, and men would be sent to investigate the matter. I never will order jmy officers to use a box, ladder, or any such degrading means of ascertaining whether a saloon Is open. In reply to further questions by Flegel. Chief Hunt replied that he did not know that bartenders wero employed between midnight and 6 A. M., that such fact bad not been reported. Flegel Do you know that certain sa loons close and lock their front doors at 1 o'clock and keep a watchman at a side door to let any friends in? Chief Hunt I do not know. I have been informed that such things are done, however. Flegel What action was taken by you after you were so Informed? Details Plain Clothes Men. Chief Hunt I detailed men In plain clothes to watch the suspected places. One man was arrested, brought into Po lice Court and there discharged. Ho was a watchman caught Just outside the door, and was charged with after hours. Flegel Did your plain-clothes men ever find tho doorkeepers that stand just In side tho doors? Chief Hunt My men couldn't get Inside. Flegcl You heard the testimony that certain men visited all these saloons after hours and were admitted? Chief Hunt Yes. The Chief had heard of saloons having- pickets posted. He had Investigated and had had one man arrested, who was discharged by the Police Court. He had' heard certain evidence which had caused him to Investigate. He did not know that Blazler's saloon on Burn side street could be entered through a restaurant after hours. He did know hat Blaster's on First street had bcm "so entered and prosecution had re sulted. Flegbl Jb there any change In the condition of the placo since the prose cution? Chief . Hunt Officers report to me that the condition doesn't exist at the present time. Flegel You have heard the testi mony to the effect that it docs exist at the present time. Thinks Saloons Are Closed. Chief Hunt I do not recall such tes timony; however, the matter Is betas; looked after. I believe that saloons generally are closed at 1 o'clock. There may be some places termed by jthe offi cers "sneaks" which keep open on the sly. Flegel Is a saloon a "sneak" If there aro 25 to 30 men drinking- there after hours? Chief Hunt If you have to enter the place slyly and if officers In uniform cannot sain access it is a "sneak." It would be necifssury for the Police De partment to employ strangers to do this work, and we have not the means to do so. Flegel Would It be Impossible for you yourself to gain entrance? Chier Hunt I suppose If I were to go and d'emanJ entrance as tho Chief of Police I would be admitted. Flegel Do you remember the trans fer of Officer Lee? " Chief Hunt I never made the trans- Flegel Did you direct thecaptain to make that transfer? Chief Hunt I cannot call to mind whether I did or not. Flegel Do you remember when the transfer took placo? Chief Hunt I do. Flegel Was it by your order to the captain? Chief Hunt I did not tell the captain which beat to transfer Lee to, I merely told him he bad better change Officer Lee to another beat. Flegel Why? Why He Transferred Lee. Chief Hunt Because Officer Lee spent his time In the restaurants, con trary to police regulations, fie was tried for this offense and fined. I did not give the, orders to transfer him to a particular beat. I learned that Officer We Pay CUT out the coupon, bring it with you to our 'store, and we will credit you with $1.00 on the .purchase price of a new JEWEL Steel Range. In addition to this liberal offer, we will- take your old stove or range as part payment on the new one you purchase $1.00 Week Are you satisfied with the stove or range you are now using? If you. are not, let us provide you with a new Jewel Steel Range Here-are three of the many good reasons why the JEWEX STEEL RANGE is the best that Money can buy: FUEL-SAVING A very important Item, -where Fuel Is costly. REMEMBER Our Coupon as First 'Payment, ,Then THE POWERS That Saves and Taylor You Money FURNITURE CO. S Lee was in the station writing' his re ports when ho should be on his district, and I told Captain Bailey to movo him ao he would have to put in his time doing: his duty. Officers are frequently transferred to maintain discfpline in the ranks, and no reason Is ever given the officer for the transfer. Flegel Tou are positive Officer Lee was not transferred because he report ed certain saloons were violating: the law? Chief Hunt I am positive. Flegcl Is It not a fact that the large number of reports made by Lee had some thing to do with it? Chief Hunt It is not- I never noticed Officer Lee making any great number of reports. Flegel Did you not toll Captain Bailey that Lee spent too much time In making his reports? Chief Hunt-I did not. Flegel Then you did not object because he reported saloons? Chief Hunt Not because he reported the saloons, but because he spent time when he should have been on his dis trict writing' reports instead of waiting until after his relief was dismissed before writing them. Here Mr. Flegel announced that his cross-examination of the Chief was over, and Mr. Sichel look Chief Hunt In hand to clear up several little bits of testi mony not brought out by the question ing. "Have arrests been made lor violation the First Dollar raw""!! i1- -ja QUICKrBAKItfG A Quality, which Trill appeal to every housewife. The I of the. closing ordinance?" asked Mr. Sichel. "Tea. a number of them," replied the Chief. Sichel How many patrolmen are at the disposal of the second night relief to watch saloons and patrol the .city? Men on Patrol. Chief Hunt Fifteen; sometimes 13. and oftimes only II, because of Illness or tem porary disability. Sichel Do these men have to police the entire city? Chief Hunt Yes. sir. Sichel How many saloons are there In the city? Chief Hunt About 400. Flegel Would B0 men enable you to watch the saloons without resorting to drygoods boxes? Chief Hunt There are other ways. Flegel How? Chief Hunt Place a man at the door and have him watch to see whether peo ple passed In and out. Flegel Is that the way you would ad vise? Chief Hunt I am not here to give ad vice. I am hero to answer any questions you may ask. When you give me a chance. I will prove by witnesses that I have done all I can to force the saloons to observe the closing ordinance. The second day of the trial ended here. It being agreed that the next session would be called the latter part of the week, and that it would convene at night and continue until all evidence was In. HIS ACCUSER, This Coupon is worth $1.00 as first payment on a new JEWEL STEEL RANGE, if presented at our store on or before March 23. A. 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A British company with a capital of 10.000.000 roubles Is founding a meat pre serving establishment, fitted with the most modern machinery, about 120 miles from Petropavlovsk, District of Atano- 'linsk. This establishment will be iolned to the Trans-Siberian Railway at Petro pavlovsk by a service of motor wagons, each with a carrying capacity of six hun dred weight. Machinery and utensils for this establishment are said to be arriv ing daily. Petropavlovsk is the center of the steppe cattlerearing district of "West ern Siberia. The preserved meat. It is said, will be dispatched to London, ap plication having already been made to the authorities for favorable freight rates. Darracb Will Give Recital. Marshall Darrach will give a series of Shakespearean recitals In Portland during- the latter part of the month under the auspices of some of the so cial leaders of this city. Tuesday morning-, Marco 21, he will give 'The Merchant of Venice" through tho courtesy of Mrs. W. S. 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