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.
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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.
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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.
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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. Two
of the deer are also to be sent away
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