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life Pages 1 to 12 VOL. XXX XO. 36. PORTLAND, OREGON. SUNDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 3, 1911. PRICE FIVE CENTS. 74 Pages V EMPLOYES REPLY TO KRUTTSGHNITT - Strike Action Delayed Until Friday. FEDERATION NOT UNTRIED Plan Works Well on 14 Sys tems, Statement Says. LESS TROUBLE INTENDED Closed Shop and Question of Wages Left Ooen Federated Crafts Designed as Offset to Fed erated Corporations. SAN FRANCISCO. Sept., 2. All action toward the calling of a strike of the shop employes of the Harrlman lines as a result of the refusal by the rau- mftrtn to recoenlze the Federation of Shop Employes has been deferred un- til next Friday and the representa tives of the shop crafts who were pres ent at the conference yesterday with Vice-President Kruttschnltt, of the Harrlman lines express the hope that a strike will be averted. A meeting of the advisory board of the Federated Shop Employes of the Harrlman lines has been called to con vene In San Francisco Friday. The board comprises 35 members, repre senting the shop employes of all the Important plants of the Harrlman roads. , Formal Statement Issued. Until the arrival of the members of this board, the international presidents of the five shop crafts who are now in San Francisco will take no official action. They will atend Labor day calibrations -throwg"tMnrt the state1 and will not return here until Friday. The international presidents of the five shop crafts issued a formal, state ment tonight, outlining , the position taken by the federation In answer to that of the railroad's position Issued by Mr. Kruttschnltt some days ago. The statement takes up, one at a time, the nine demands presented to -Mr. Kruttschnltt and also deals with his attitude toward them. . It main tains that the Federation, plan now works on 14 systems as. much under Government control and as much re sponlsble to the public as the South ern Pacific. Roads Show No Friction. "We have federated crafts on 14 different railroads at the present time and find no . friction whatever with the management of these various rail roads," it says. "We speak specially of tha Southern Railroad and its allied lines, known as the Flnley group." Re verting later to tnts point. It con tinues: "The manager of the Harrlman lines has laid great stress upon his duties to the Government and to the public, and would lead one to believe that the federation is a handicap to officials In fulfilling these duties. "We have heard no complaint of this sort from the railroads that have done business with the federation for the last three or four years. The Gov ernment has not interfered with any of them. Their workings have been so harmonious that they have reported to us that the savings to .the companies through splendid co-operation of the men has been marvelous." Labor Crisis Safeguarded. Of Mr. Kruttschnltt's contention that under the federation plan, trouble with one craft means trouble with all, the international presidents, in their statement, point out that the federa tion committee first seeks to settle any such difficulty,, but that in no event could a strike be called except by presidents of the individual unions. "Our purpose," says the statement, "is to minimize difficulties. We hope by. the Federation to settle our own difficulties in our own ranks without (Concluded on Page 2.) Wrftte in the Sky. A Sticker.' How It Seems Him. : The Fool, and the Gum.. Ami Sommer Only Started! Tomorrow. Good Riddance. - . S .... TlSSSSSSSSSSSSSS .............. SSISSSSSSSSSSSSS s s ....... s . s s s. s .... . CLERGYMAN CAN'T LIE, HOLDS COURT MAGISTRATE, WHO IS DEACOX, FREES BAND OX PARSOX. Further Evidence Is Then Found Connecting Minister With Killing of Fawns Case Reopened. COQOTLLE. Or., Sept. 2. (Special.) On the presumption that no person can tell an untruth and be an ordained minister. Justice Holden refused to sus tain the charges brought against Rev. H.tC. Hartranft and a party of busi ness men of Bandon for killing: two fawn. Deputy State Game "Warden Frank Morgan discovered the hide of a fawn and the carcass of another In Rev. Mr. Hartranft' s camp on the Coqullle River, and, although the hunters made strong denial of their having bagged the fawn. the deputy warden marched the party to Coqullle and had them appear in court to answer the alleged violation of law. Justice Holden believed the story told by the Bandon minister and his friends and dismissed the case. Subsequently I new evidence was discovered to the ef- feet that the Bandon party had killed the two fawn. The members of the party were served with subpenas today to appear before the grand Jury Tues day to explain their connection .with the case. Rev. Mr. Hartranft arrived at Ban don recently from the East to . take charge of the First Presbyterian Church. Having never hunted for big game, the minister organized an out ing party last month and sought the wilds of the Upper Coqullle. The activ ity of the deputy game warden upset their plans temporarily, but they de clare that another trip will be taken after convincing the grand Jury of their innocence. Magistrate Holden, before whom the party had the first hearing, is a dea con In the First Presbyterian Church of this place. SITE SECURED IN EUGENE Terminal Ground Purchased, It Is Reported, by. Oregon Electric. EUGENE, ;Or., Sept. 2. (Special.) Two blocks . of land, supposedly for terminals for the Oregon Electric Rail way Company, were purchased today by George H. Kelly, of Portland .Jar.rJ merly of the . Booth-Kelly Lumber Company, of this place. More than $100,000 is involved in the deals al ready made and the cash Is being paid as fast as deeds are made out. One parcel of the land lies just south of the Southern Pacific Company's de pot grounds and extends from ' the main business street east 900 feet. It averages 200 feet' in- width. The other parcel is a half block 160 by 320 feet, one square west of the first one and on the opposite side of Fifth street. While the agents declare that they are buying for Mr. Kelly, they lnti mate that there Is someone else be hind the deal and say Mr. Kelly's prin clpals will appear early . the coming week. The fact that the Oregon. Electric holds a franchise on Fifth street gives rise to the belief that the land is want ed for a depot. If this is true the Southern Pacific passenger depot will be hemmed in between a rival station and the butte, which extends for a half mile across the northern limits of the business district of Eugene. RECALL SIGNERS SKITTISH Seattle Citizens Withdraw Xames From Dilllng Petitions. SEATTLE, Wash., Sept. 2. (Spe clal.) As a result of the decision of the Corporation Counsel in extending the time in which supplemental recall petitions may be filed In the effort to recall Mayor George W. Dilllng until September S. 'the Dilllng committee Is sending out calls for volunteers to as slt In securing withdrawals from the recall petitions. As an indication of the success of securing withdrawals by personal so licitation, the Dilllng committee re lates that out of 36 signers seen in one precinct. 23 signed withdrawals. In another precinct 12 out of the 13 requested- so to do. The committee figures that, counting tomorrow, it must complete its work of securing withdrawal In three days and the Immense amount of work in seeing personally 7000 persons can only be accomplished by the assistance of volunteers. HARRY MURPHY HELPS MAKE THE BRITAIN'S GROWTH IS CAUSE OF RIOTS Workingmen Fail to Share Prosperity. ARBITRATION IS ONE-SIDED Spirit of Unrest Fosters So cialistic Ideas. k HOT WEATHER IS FACTOR .P. O'Connor Says That Tories Set Example of Lawlessness by In temperate Utterances on Home Rule Bill. BY T. P. O'CONNOR. (Special Cable to the Chicago Tribune, Copy right. 1911, by the Tribune Company.) LONDON, Sept. 2.-What 'is the meaning of this strange outburst of unrest and violence In the labor world of England which has shocked and alarmed the world purine .the last fort night? Even men in the labor world have been takejk to a certain extent by surprises. The whole business has burst with the suddenness as well as the violence of a volcano. As in most human affairs,, the causes, of course, are complex. The first of these causes is the enormous growth in the wealth of England during the last few years. They have, as every' body knows, been years of boundless prosperity. Liberals and Free Traders point to these years as unmistakable demonstration of the wisdom and suc cess of the fiscal system which enables England still to buy in the cheapest and sell in the dearest market. Main Problem Still Unsolved. But while these years have been used to prove the blessings of free trade by the middle-class Liberals, they have not solved, it Is pointed out by some of the labor, leaders, some of the' social difficulties,., and especially the difficulty of the unequal distribu tion of , the reward between capital and labor. The working man has seen this high springtide of "wealth rolling up and he has not found that his position is improved as much as he hoped and wished. ' ' ,' ' Even when wages have been in creased, the position of the working man has remained stationary, for with the growth of the wages, there "has been at the same time a growth of the cost of production. And the growth in the cost of living has been greater than In wages. During the last IS years wages in England have risen just above 12 per cent.. The cost of living has gone up 18 . per cent sines 1900. The cost of food alone has ad vanced 10 per cent. Thus the Eng lish workman has found himself face to face with this tragic paradox; that while the country seemed to be ad vancing by leapB and bounds, he has remained In the same position, and in some cases perhaps even worse post- I tlon. Men's Hopes Fading. At the same time there has come to the workmen, especially among those In the railway business, a certain ex asperating disillusion as the end of high hopes. In 1907 there was the threat of the same Ulna or war De tween the railway directors and the railway servants which there is today. This state of things confronted Lloyd George a very short time after he had become president of the Board j of Trade, and- a Cabinet Minister for the first time, and there was a great deal of curiosity to see how the then young and inexperienced Minister would meet a situation so difficult Everybody knows how he rose to tk occasion.. Known up to tnis time as an agitator given to violent and provoca tive language, he was to "show .the other side of himself, which Is now so well known that ofJ the patient Inex haustibly good-humored and firm ne- ( Concluded on Page 2.) . INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, T1.6 ilairtti' minimum temperature, 61 de grees. TODAY'S Fair and warmer; westerly winds. Foreign. T. P. O'Connor says growth of Britain Is one cause of social unrest, section i. ps Trihnta to Steuben. American Colonial hero, paid by German Emperor at statue pre sentation. Section 1. page a. France still in dark as to Germany's position. Section 1. page . 8. Suares nominated for Vice-President of Mex ico. Section 1. sage . Domestic. Labor representatives issue reply to Krutt schnltt. Section 1, page 1. Jacob Gould Schurman says present laws retard development of Alaska. Section 1, page 2. Senator Works, insurgent, will support Tart for President. Section 1. page 1. Prosecution to confront Henry Clay Beattte. Jr., with affinity when he takes stana Monday Section 1, page 8. Roger Q. Mills, noted tariff orator, dies. Sec tion 1, page 8. Beacbey, alone of aviators at Harvard meet to brave SO-mile gale, wins 32900 In prizes. Section 1. page 2. New Jersey law that Is aid to elopers may be repealed. Section 1, page 3. Woman guards secret of suicide compact at risk "of losing 175.000. Section 1, page 3. Railroads pay more than ever in 10U for wages. Section 1, page 1. Seven city officials and employes of Toledo, Ohio, perish in collision on bay. . Section 1, page 2. Pacific Northwest. Magistrate, holding clergyman can't lie. re leases Bandon minister: new evidence Is found and game-law case Is reopened. Section i. page 1. State Fair exhibits are assembled at Salem. . Section 4, page 0. Sidney C. Love, ex-mllllonalre of Chicago and New York, refused divorce decree. . Section L page S. Idaho forest ablaxe and cry for help sent out. Section 1, page 6. Rainier Valley car patrons now ride for 5 cents and get transfer. Section 1. page 4- Idaho Republicans seek leader. Section 1. T-v,aKr,v Astoria Centennial ex-Publlclty manager, arrested. Section 1, page 2. Tillamook editors promote good roads. Sec tion 1, page 7. Real Estate Mid Building. . Philip Gevurts to build class A $275,000 family hotel at Twentieth and Everett streets. Section 4. page 10. Chicago visitor declares Portland's popula- tlon will be more than 1.000.000 In 15 years. Section 4, page 10. East "Side structures now under construction represent value of $1,500,000. Section 4, page 11. ' Lots In St. Francis Addition command fine view. Section 4. page 11. Organization is formed to standardize cheapening of logged-off lands in Oregon. Section 4, page 11. Sports. Results in Pacific Coast League yesterday: Portland 1, Oakland 0; Vernon 7, Sacra mento H Los Angeles 6, San Francisco 6. Section 2. oage 2. Results in Northwestern League yesterday: Seattle 8, Vancouver 1; Spokane 7, Vic toria 3. No game between Portland and ' Tacoma. Sect Ton 2. ptte 2. -Gotch and Hackenschmldt stop heavy train in and rest up for big match Labor day. . Section 2. page 5. ; - . Roadsters only five games behind Seattle and Tacoma In third place.. Section 2, . Pae 2. , Pettigre'w Is" find of Roadsters' outfield. Section 2. page .2. Country Club track ready for harness events this week. Section 2, page 4. Raln interferes with tennis matches In -East and West. Section 2, page 5. Ryan again hitting at .300 clip. Section 2. page 3. Spokane team best hitters. Section 2, page 3. "Mob decisions" bane of umpire, says Hllde- - brand.. Section 2. page 4. Speedy craft to race at Astoria. Section 2, page 4. . , Automobiles and Roads. Scenic highways are numerous in Oregon. Section 4. page 4. Secretary of State' Olcott vwould Improve laws concerning automobiles.- Section 4, u page 4. Expert declares automobiles should- be paint ed to set off attractive features or cars. Section 4. page 4. Portland autolsts tour through cranberry bogs of Pacific County, Washington. Sec. tlon 4. page 5. Road damaged by autolsts who course through ruts. Section 4. page 9. Commercial and Marine. Shorts rush to buy because of war scare. Section 2. page 17. Oregononion crop good. Section 2.' page 17. Apple orders are booked. Section 2, page 17. Shipping activity Is promising for Septem- . ber. section z. page io. , , , Portland and Vicinity. Mrs. . De Putron Gliddon says 330,000 suit by her agatnst Mrs. Lamberton-Wood-' ward In New York is aimed to avenge three wrecked homes. Section 1. page 10. Body of J. Lloyd Magness, ' mlsslirg since Tuesday, found In river. Section 1, page 8. Products In Oregon will return $100,000,000. Section 1. page 1. Public Service Commission of Washington and Oregon Railroad commissions confer to unify rates for both states. Section 1, page 10. ' . Trained nurse, refusing to be part of Illegal operation, beaten by two bold men. Sec- 1, page 12. Theodore Kruse. missing hotelman. Is seen In Seattle with , two strangers. Section 1, page 12; ' '. Boys and girls to take part In Play Festival at Peninsula Park. Section 1, page 8. Multnomah County grand Jury indicts A. S. Briggs. ex-head of Llnnton rockplle, and condemns City Jail conditions. Section 2, page 18. Grand Jury falls to mention graft charges against Perkins and Maher. Section 2, . page 18. Mrs. Mary Ford Knox, Civil War soldier, dies. Section 1, page 9. Y. M. C. A boy "hikers" end 256-mile trip. Section 1. page 1L DAY . PLEASANT ER BY IRKS INSURGENT TO SUPPORT TUFT Republicans Best Able to Give Reforms. PATRIOTISM NUT DOUBTED Nomination ii 1912 Regarded as "Foreordained." " DEFEAT NOT GOOD POLICY California Senator Does Xot Favor Election of Democrat, Believing Move Would Be Setback to True Insurgency. LOS ANGELES, Sept. 2. 'Special.) That President Taft will be renomi nated is the belief of United States Senator Works, insurgent, frpm Caji fornla. When Taft is renominated Senator Works will support him in the campaign. California insurgents to day are amazed by these statements. declaring themselves unable to guess where Senator Works stands. " "I have no desire to get out of the Republican party," said Senator Works before starting for a visit to San Diego. "If insurgency is to accomplish the reforms It advocates It must do so through the Republican party. There are those who believe It will serve the purpose to defeat President Taft by the election of a Democrat next year. I prefer to believe that we can accom plish pur purpose sooner and much more satisfactorily through the Repub lican party. ' Besides, -1 am not one who has any personal grievance toward the President. Taft's Honesty Undoubted. "I have disagreed with him on some important questions, -I stills disagree with him. We may never agree wholly on all matters of governmental policy, but I respect him as an honest man who. In my Judgment, is mistaken on some vital questions. But I have no reason to doubt the honesty of his ' convictions or his patriotism. . "When I went to Washington," con tinued Senator Works, "I told the President frankly that I was elected Senator to represent California and might be with or against him on mat ters of policy. I told him the quick, sure way to find out where I stood when he proposed a measure was sim ply to ask me. Nomination Is Certain. "As to his renominatlon, I am cer tain that it Is foreordained. I would prefer another Republican candidate who comes nearer to my own views. If I should participate in the fight for California delegation I should urge a vote of protest against the President. But I am quite sure it will be little more than a vote of protest. The alignment is already so drawn that his nomination seems Inevitable. "When he Is renominated, of course, I shall support him, because, as I al ready said, insurgency can accomplish more Mirough the Republican oartv than through any other means." Roosevelt Xot Candidate. "What Republican would you pre fer to Taft 7" Senator LaFollette has a large fol lowing. I think all the Insurgents are for him except two" or three. At this time I prefer him. There Is another element that would like to see Colonel Roosevelt renominated. But he Is not and will not be a candidate. While I agree with Colonel Roosevelt in the main, I do not agree with him on some questions; yet, if he were nominated I could support him cheerfully. But it seems Improbable that he will be even mentioned in the convention as a candidate. Clock Inventor Dies at 101. -..v.. BRISTOL, Conn., Sept. 2. Ellas Bur- well, aged 101 years. Inventor of the calendar clock, died today. He had never used tobacco or alcohol. SOME MORE HUMOROUS FIRE AUTO SKIDS, CURB SAVES CHIEF IiATJTjENKIiOS ALMOST GOES OVER 100-FOOT BAXK. Hurrying to Blaze in Jones' Mill, Car Slips in Mud and Darts Off Road, Hangs on Brink. Acting Fire Chief Laudenklog nearly lost his life at o'clock this morning when his automobile skidded In Kelly street, Just above Lowell avenue, turned almost completely around and was stopped with the front wheels hanging over an embankment precipice 100 feet deep, as the chief was speed lng to a fire. A rear wheel smashing against the curbing, letting the rear of the car drop, and holding it back, was all that prevented the machine from taking the plunge Into Terwllllger Park below. . The fire was at Jones' mill, in the Macadam road, and did little damage, Slippery hills, due to to rain on the oiled surface, hindered the department In responding to the alarm and caused the accident. The fire was in a dry kiln near the mill and threatened the big plant, as well as the Oregon Furniture Com pany's factory near by. The rain helped keep the fire down until the flames' were extinguished by the de partment. ROAD'S WAGE BILL LARGE Increase on Ten Lines for 1911 4.8 7 Per Cent in Year. Is CHICAGO, Sept. 2. (Special.) Wages paid in 1910 by railroads representing 47,500 miles of line throughout the United States amounted to $300,627,000, and .the estimated wage bill of the same -systems for 1911, computed for the same force of employes'. as in 1910, Is 1315,163,000. The difference, $14,- 636,000, according to ." bulletin Issued by the Bureau of Railway Economics, represents an increase of 4.87- per cent. The railroads' included in" the' tabu lation are the Atchison, Topeka & San ta Fe, Baltimore" & Ohio, Chicago & Northwestern, Illinois Central, Missou ri, Kansas & Texas, Norfolk & West ern, Northern Pacific, Pennsylvania, Southern' Pacific and Union Pacific. In preparing their estimates the rail ways Included only such Increases in total compensation to employes as were due to Increased rates of pay and ex cluded those due to enlargements in labor force.' Several' Increases which were effective throughout the whole of the fiscal year 1911 took effect for the first time In 1910. As a result, ti.e increase of 1911. over 1910, it is pointed out, does not appear so striking as would the Increase of 1911 over 1909 or 1908. NIGHT RIDERS STIR IDAHO Governor Hawley Offers $1000 Re ward for Malllck Slayers. BOISE, "Idaho, Sept. 2. (Special.) Believing that the" men guilty of tak ing the law Into their own hands should be severely dealt with and fear ing that lawlessness "may become ram pant if their act Is not punished, Gov ernor H. Hawley today not only re quested that a grand Jury investigate. but posted a reward of $1000 on be half of the state for the arrest of the night riders In Idaho County. The men wanted shot to death Peter Malllck yesterday as he lay on his cot in a cell at the County Jail at Grange ville awaiting trial for assault up an bis wife, a Carlisle school graduate. WOMEN ENJOY GAMBLING Place Operated by Woman, Exclu sively for Women, Is Found. MINNEAPOLIS, Sept. 2. A palatial gambling house patronized exclusively by women in the higher walks of life and operated by a woman, has been running in Minneapolis for weeks, the police said today. The place was handsomely furnished and luncheon was served. Following complaints of husbands that their wives were losing 'money there, a woman operator of the estab lishment was summoned to police head quarters. She was set free on her promise to suspend operations. PICTURES. WEALTH IN OUTPUT IS SIOOMOOO Year 191 1 Is Prosper ous to Oregon. CROPS ARE AVERAGE AND ABOVE Yields of Field, Forests and Rivers Bring Big Money. DAIRY INTERESTS ADVANCE Grains Turn Out Better Than Ex pected Hops Highest in Price in Years Activity in Lum ber Promises Much. $ 100,9150,000 IS TOTAL OF OREGON PRODICTS FOR 1911. Wheat 11.300,000 Oats 5,000.000 Barley M0. 000 Hay e.000.000 Livestock 9.000.000 Wool 2.500,000 Mohair 150.000 Lumber 1S.000.000 Salmon 6,000.000 Hops . . 8.000,000 Dairy products 21,000,000 Poultry and eggs. Apples , Pears Prunes Other tree fruits.. Small fruits Potatoes Onions Minor vegetables . 7,000,000 2,000,000 300.000 2.000.000 500,000 000,000 2,000,000 150.000 2.000.000 Total $100,050,000 BY JOHN M. LOWNSDALB. With large crops and high prices, this cannot be otherwise than a prosperous season for Oregon. The products of the farms, forests and rivers will .net the producers of the state a good $100,- 000,000. The crops cannot be called bumper ones,, but in nearly every case they are up to the average, and In some lines the average is exceeded. With only a few exceptions, ruling prices are better than usual. The leading industry of the state, tha lumber business, Is, as every one knows, not as active now as a year ago, but it Is far from dead. A cut worth "fibout $18,000,000 will be put on the market this year. Lumber Trade Again Active. The prospects are brightening day by day, and it is safe to say that before the Winter Is well advanced the trade will again be on normal basis. Condi tions afo improving in the Eastern and Southern markets, and the outlook In California is better. The foreign mar ket prospects likewise show improve ment. A programme has been drawn up by the Manufacturers' Association for the exploiting of markets that is bound to have far-reaching effects. The grain crops of the state have urned out better than expected. For a time it was feared the wheat crop of the Eastern Oregon river counties would be serously hurt by the dry weather in the early Summer, but a very good yield was secured and the farmers are now getting splendid prices. The Willamette Valley has har vested a larger oats crop than in re cent years, and this Is now being put on the market at very satisfactory prices. . Oregon Is not a heavy producer of bar ley, but what was grown sold well, , the Coast barley market - being very high, owing to the short crop in the East. Fruit Prices Good. The fruit crop, on the whole, has not equaled last year's, yet Oregon has fared better than the other Coast states. The apple output Is estimated at about 60 per cent of last year's. The East has a very large' apple crop, and this would Indicate low prices this sea son, but men who are well posted on the market have no fears on this score. There is always a market in the East and abroad for fancy Oregon fruit, no (Concluded on Page 5.1