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THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAN, PORTLAND, DECE3IBER 9, 1017. PAPER MILL STRIKE AS BIG AS "THE SPOILERS" WOMAN. FOR WHOSE MURDER IX NORTH CAROLINA, GASTON MEANS IS ON TRIAL, WITH SOME OF HER FRIENDS. Governor Appoints Judicial Board to Act in Oregon LJ City Trouble. 8 MAY BE HATED IP IPffl) P IP -C ' J r.:.;. ? ..... , " The Greatest Stars in Their Greatest Pictures " ) "ir . ' . . -- vv 1000 WORKERS INVOLVED Settlement Ureed by State's Execu tive on Ground That Condition, of Country Demands Activ ity of Every Man In It. OREGON CITY. Or.. Dec. 8. (Spe cial.) Governor Wlthycombe this aft ernoon toon detinue steps to ormy about a settlement of the paper mill strike affecting the mills of the Hawley Pulp & Paper Company, and the Crown Willamette Paper Company, at Oregon City, by the appointment of a mediation board, consisting of Circuit Judge J. U. Campbell, County Judge H. S. Anderson and District Attorney Gilbert L. Hedges. The strike has lasted more than six weeks, and has involved more than 1000 men, who walked out when the mills deelined to grant their demands or to agree to arbitrate them. The strike was first called on the Crown Willamette Paper Company, and within 12 hours the Hawley Pulp & Paper Company accepted an order for the manufacture of 10 tons of paper for the Crown Willamette, and the Hawley union employes promptly walked out. Mills Import Skilled Workmen. During the last six weeks the mills have succeeded in importing enough skilled workmen to operate most of their machines, and hundreds of their former employes have obtained - work in the shipyards, while at least 150 others have been idle. From the very beginning of the trouble the Governor has urged a set tlement on the ground, that the condi tion of the country demanded the activity of every man. In announcing the appointment of the mediation com mittee today, the Governor issued the following statement: '' " ' "This committee is appointed with the hope of settling the Oregon City ctrike. As a patriotic duty the em ployer and employe should be willing to make any reasonable sacrifice to avert Industrial strife when- our coun try is in such great peril. We should all put forth our supremest efforts for the largest ' possible production in all lines of Industrial activity. This is no time for strikes, but a time when we, as red-blooded, patriotic American citizens, should stand as a unit, backing our Government, our President and our brave boys at the front." . Strike No Hearer Settlement. The strike is no nearer a settlement today than It was three weeks ago, and within the last month there has been violence on both sides, which has taken up the time of the courts and has re sulted in several men being arrested on violation of the state law. In order to preserve order In Oregon City, the Governor was obliged to appoint 14 fstate deputies, who are working under the direction of Parole Officer Keller. This action has restored the peaceful condition that formerly existed, but it has not assisted in ending the strike. The paper mill employes" unions asked for a flat increase of 25 cents per day in'' pay; that Sunday work cease, or that overtime be allowed for Sunday work if It was necessary for the mills to' operate Sunday, and 'the recognition of the grievance committee of the unions by the mill companies. On the latter proposition, the mills and the men locked horns. The members of the committee named today have indicated their acceptance, with the feeling that it is their pa triotic duty to do what they can to end the strike, and they will meet Mon day for organization and for the for mation of a definite line of action. PICKETS TO' BE GIVEN CARDS Identification of Union Men at All Times to Be Possible. OREGON CITY, Or.." Dec. 8. (Spe cial.) Deploring any and all violence and professing a, desire to co-operat with the officials, in the . enforcement of law and order, the ' paper mill strikers Friday appointed a special po lice committee to vork with State Of ficer Keller. The union men further instituted a plan of furnishing: picket . identifica tion cards to their members on picket .duty. Under" this 'scheme all union men doing night picketing will carry authorization cards from union head quarters which will identify them at all times when accosted by the offi cials. The union men feel that this measure is one for their own protec tion, so that the-responsibility of the activities of their men may be cen tered and that acts by those outside of the union and unauthorized by the organization can be taken care of in the proper manner. The officials will- demand these cards after - 12 o'clock at night, and unauthorized .persons .and those who are unable to give a satisfactory ex planation of their appearance on the streets, will be sent on their way or arrested on vagrancy charges. The scheme meets the approval of both the officials and strikers, as it is rumored that outsiders, unaffiliated with either the union or the strike breakers, have been hanging about the city, lured by the news that a strike was In progress. . : The union men are perfectly willing to assume responsibility for their pickets, who will be carefully selected each day. but they do not feel they should be held responsible for the acts or unknown loiterers.' Officer Keller stated Friday evening that his policy .was not ' to interfere in any way with picketing and that he would not ask that the unions limit the number of pickets.. "As long as the union boys give thenr identifica tion cards and choose responsible men for The tasK they need fear no inter ference from our department," said Mr. Keller. "The new plan applies only at nights and will be invoked to keep irresponsible and unaffiliated loiterers from getting themselves and the unions into disrepute." Play May Pay Y. M. C. A. Pledge WINLOCK, Wash., Dec. 8. (Special.) Plans are being made by students of the local high school to give -n natertainment of the high school tal ent in the near future to raise money to apply on the Y. M. C. A. pledge of' 'this school. Committees are at work, and expect to make a success of the entertainment. Hammel Funeral Tomorrow. , CORVALL1S. Or., Dec. 8. (Special.) Monday afternoon has been set as the time for the funeral of J. C. Hammell, who died unexpectedly of heart failure in this city yesterday. The stores and banks will be closed in his honor. The Masonic fraternity will have charge of the .services at the cemetery. J - " - J V v - $ 1 V ? I v i 0 M I -x ". 4s i , M I Mm. Mande A. Kins la Standing Faclag a - ot-d Italian Tenor. Seated Are Mm. C. A. Parker and Her Son. MS IS! GRILLED Alleged Murderer Gets Hard Cross-Examination BUSINESS CAREER TRACED Defendant Declares He Was Not Mrs. King's Financial Agent and Won No 3Ioney With Loaded Dice. MARSHFIELD, Or, Dec 8. (Spe cial.) Mrs. Maude A. King, for whose death Gaston B. Means Is being tried at . Concord, N. C, was an intimate friend of the C. A. Parker family, of New York City. Mr. Parker,-who is on Coos Bay on business, related the en tire history of the influence . exerted over Mrs. King by the man on trial for his life. Mr. and Mrs. Parker are theat rical people and Mrs. Parker has in structed many presentstage-stars. Air. Parker1 referred to Mrs. King as a very likable and Jovial woman, one who was happiest when she could have a bevy of friends about to -participate In her hospitality, and always enjoyed intimate social affairs, where she could discuss with her friends the topics of the day and things interesting in the musical or theatrical world. This open disposition left her, Mr. Parker said, and she became a recluse soon after her employment of Gaston Means as a detective. Her friends saw her seldom, if ever, and nobody knew her address for more than a year at one time. They finally discovered her living at an expensive hotel in Chicago, with Mrs. King's mother as a member of the family. According to Mr. Par ker's knowledge of the. early associa tion of Means and the murdered wom an, the accused man was engaged to obtain evidence for Mrs. Means against her husband, for use in divorce pro ceedings. Means soon gained control of the woman and her finances, and her former friends saw no more of her. Mrs. King's .death at Concord. N. C, was a surprise-to her old friends, who supposed she was still In Chicago. GASTON. MEASS TELLS STORY Alleged .Murderer, of 3Irs. Maude King Given Long Gruelling. CONCORD. N. C. Dec! 8. -Gaston B. Means, on trial in Cabarrus County Court for the murder of Mrs. Maude A. King, was subjected to long hours of grilling cross-examination today by Assistant District Attorney Dooling, of New York, 'but when he left the stand tonight .he apparently was as fresh and as confident as when he began, three days ago, the recital of his ver sion of tjie death of the wealthy Chi cago widow.- Means' examination took him over the long trail of his various, and. some what spectacular financial transactions from the time he . became connected with Mrs. King's financial affairs until the time of her death. He never acted as her "business agent," -he said,' as he never- was given power of attorney by her. However,-. he advised her as to the handling of her funds. Frequently Means'- answers to- Ques tions were prompt and - positlye, - but almost as frequently they -were evasive. or his answer was that he could not recall without" refreshing his memory from receipts and ' other documents which - were not in court. Often he sought to place ,the burden for their absence on the prosecution, alleging that he left them in his New York apartment and that Whey were taken in the raid by the police of New York. The name of Mrs. .J. B. Foraker, Jr. wife of the son of the late J. B. For aker, ex-senator, from Ohio, was brought into the case late today - by Mr. Dooling when' he asked Means if he had not. won thousands: of. dollars from Mrs. Foraker In New York with "loaded" dice. Means indignantly de clared that he never threw "loaded' dice or won a thousand dollars or any other amount, either from Mrs. Foraker or Mrs. King. Albany Mourns, Late J. C. Hammell, ALBANY- Or. Dac. 8. (Special )- C Hammell? who died yesterday at his hnme- in Corvallls, was a leading hotel man in Albany for several years. He formerly conducted the old Revere House in this city for several years and when the new six-story Hotel Albany, at first called the Hotel Hammell, was constructed he managed that hostelry for some time. Mr. Hammell was member of the Albany lodges of Knights Templar. Royal Arch Masons and Elks. v- Pendleton Man Elected "President. UNIVERSITY OF. ORGEON. Eugene Dec. 8. (Speclal.)-To meet again after tha war is the principal object of the students in the second class in ordnance stores accounting, now in session on the campus, in organizing themselves Into. a. .permanent body, i Those W. Bond, of Pendleton, president, and E. R. Slade, of Salem, secretary, are the officers elected. ; During the time they are ."at "the university the class plans to hold several social affairs. They wHl -complete their work here December 22, and before being mus tered into the Federal service in dif ferent parts of the country the mem bers of the class will spend a week studying, the methods used in receiv ing, storing, and . handling" goods In Portland commercial and . industrial plants.. ; : OPIUM SMUGGLER CAUGHT Coast " Guard ' Gathers In ' Former Treasury Department Agent. SEATTLE. Tec: 8. Roy Siscbo, for mer special agent of the Treasury De partment engaged in running down drug smugglers,- today was in all at Anacortes, Wash., charged with at tempting to smuggle 100 cans of opium Into Seattle from Vancouver, B. C- ac cording to word received here. Sischo, while piloting a launch in the darkness across Deception Strait,.. was overhauled and arrested late last -night by Captain B. F Hchtenberg, of the United States Coast Guard cutter Scout. Llchtenberg and Sischo formerly worked together in the service. The launch and the 100 cans of opium found aboard were confiscated.. It is said the opium is worth $7500. Sischo was held in Jail in default of 3000 bail. "OLDER BOYS' IM SESSION J. W. Boyer of Baker, Elected Presi dent; Meet Next at Enterprise. LA GRANDE. Or., Dec. 8. (Special.) It was another big day for the east ern Oregon boys who are here to attend the seventh annual conference . of "Older Boys." . ' ' - At the business session this morning Enterprise was selected for the next meeting place and J. W. Boyer, of Baker, for president, to succeed George McDonald, of La Grande; Arthur Rudd, of Joseph, as vice-pres!dent;.Paul Mor timer, of . Pendleton, for secretary treasurer. Half a dozen prominent Y. M. C. A. and church workers of Eastern Oregon spoke. Tonight the La Grande Y. M. C. A. was host at & banquet to the boys, at which 250 youngsters were seated. Higli School Dedicated. ' CORVALLia, Or Dec. 8, (SpeclaL) The new high school building was ap propriately, dedicated - here last night with practically the whole town In at tendance at the services. George W. Denman, president of the School Board. presented the building to the public and B. W. Johnson, president of the Parent-Teacher Association,, accepted for the school district. The high school enrollment in Corvalls has Increased from 89 in 1909 to 430 in 1917. Tigard Man Dies at Tigard. J. T. Moylan died on November 25 at the home of his mother in Tigard after an illness of two years. His death was a shock to his many friends.- Mr. Moylan came to Oregon in the '80s and became engaged in the' timber and logging business with his brother, the late R. Moylan. He is survived by his mother, two brothers, Martin and Pat, and one sister, Mrs. James O'Mara, all of Tigard. McMinnville Officials Hooverlze. . McMINNVILLE. Or., Dec. 8. (Spe clal.) The McMinnville Park Commis sioners are recognizing the Hoover plan and several animals at - the city zoo will be disposed of. One of th bears has been purchased by the Texas officials and shipped to one .of the public parks in the southland. 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