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VOL. I. NO. 239.
THE
HUNDREDS OF YOUNG WOMEN M
. . is '
Managers of Large Establishments Com
plain of Action of Vicious Solicitors
Who Sell the Tickets.
Pitiful Tale of How One Girl Met Her Downfall Through
the Vice-Whole City Honeycombed With the Dens
of the Fiends Citizens Denounce System,
HUITDHEDS OT TOUlTO GIRLS IK TKXB OITT ABE IW THE HABIT OT PLAYIKO CHINESE LOTTERY
Girls with homes and girls without them; girls with good positions and those less fortunate there are who have
formed the habit of thua dallying- with destruction. Bran girls who work In the stores of tha city are addicted to
the vice. ,
Wot In one lnstanoe, nut In many, is this deplorable state of affairs known to exist. Managers of store and or
the larg-e sorts of business houses where yotros; women are employed have no hesitation in saying- that the prac
tice is common, and on more than one oocaslon the agents of these plague spots have by these same managers been
thrown bodily Into the street, after being warned that cold lead would be the sure result of any further attempts
to debauch the women working In those establishments.
&) -
Clamoring- with the expectancy of add-
lng American gold to their already large
accumulations, heathens sit and deal out I
Blips of cheap brown paper with heathen
hieroglyphics thereon, which only oncu
in a hundred years will win or can win.
Theso sons of Asia beat tom-toms to
t clay images when all business is over
'"for "the day, anil then coOnt the sitver
ami gold taken from victims Inveigled
lnxo.tlieir games of tli.uuie. Such Is the
pottery business carried on in Portland
--vjiy day. ...
. .Last night the Christian elngws of the
Volunteers of AmcfrUa stood at Burn
side and Second streets.
"KeBcue the perishing," came from a
chorus of a score of voices. Just across
the street a Chinrnan opened his door
and peered into tn murky darkness. Ha
said: "Mo resclu, me slave all. Illjr
blissness; heap muchy. No amnky ensey
e quay, but belly much ticket 'sold. No
win allee, but sameo all timee."
l'aro for the dying," camo a response
from the volunteers.
"Afe care allee tlmee. Lottlcry care
ellee tlmee. Blisness velly good in Port
land." As the Chinaman finished two women
passed into his door. They squandered
TC cents on two lottery tickets. Todnv
they won nothing, and so it goes all
down the line.
A DEADLY MENACE.
Pernicious as the practice of the Chin
ese lotteries Is, even when housed so
that only a certain class can patronize
them, it becomes one of the most menacing-
evils a city can endure, when the
agents of the. games are allowed to enter
the sacred precincts of virtue and re
sHctabllity. Ilut it Is done. It is being done every
day. Stores and houses and Institutions
where young men and women are em
ployed are the preys of agents of these
, nefarious scheme's.. The workers are-
,, asked to buy ticEets. Any price "will do'.
from ten, cents to . Hig returns are
THE MAYOR ORDERS
A GAMBLING RAID
Every Gambling House in the City Was Pulled by the Police
Early This Afternoon.
Every Chinese lottery In the city Is to be pnt out of business and strenuous days have come for the Portland
sporting' men, for today Mayor Williams personally ordered a raid on every gambling- house in the city and saw
that his orders were carried out to the letter.
. T Chl8f of poUoe aesltatsd not, but at once sent out squads of detectives and policemen to do the work.
And the work was done In such a way as Portland has never seen before. The Portland Club on Tifth street,
the Gem Club on Sixth, Erlckson's, Blasier's, and scores of the plague spots of Chinatown were raided instanter
and men were posted in each to see that no further violations of the law occur.
"e
Shortly after noon today Police Com
missioner Mopre received Instruction from
Ofciei.- Mlfeterr. V. "Viose -op ev.-t y
.smbllng house in the city. Ho took a
squad' of four' policemen and went to
the Portland Club and entered the gamb
ling rooms. No one was playing and no
rrests were made. A trip was then
made to the Gem. where the same condi
tions prevailed. The North End was then
Visited. The news of the proposed visit
of the officers had been telephoned, and
nothing was doing at any of the places
when the officers arrived.' In allof the
-principal places an officer was stationed
to prevent any further violations of tho
law. .
Mayor Williams when interviewed this
afternoon said:
"I became convinced that unlawful
Karnes were being conducted In the city
-edntrary to" m y instructionis; T " TiaV'e"
ordered a close-up of all this form of
Vice, and Chief McLauchl&n will see
that It is carried out."
At police? headquarters the chief said
at 2 o'clock todar:
"I r"v - v-'k ' - K.fxi.T)
MAYOR . .'ORDERS ALL' GAMBLING
promised, but they do not come.
To prove the assertion, The Journal has
Investigated, and is ready to make a
statement that &o Chinese lottery Joints
flourish in the City of Portland, anil tli.il
the agents of these dens are today visit
ing the credulous and taking from them
money that perchance might better be
used for other purposes..
" CLOW TELLS THE STORY.''
Charles ("low employed ut the South
ern Pacific shoos Ir East Portland. A
Very short ti no ago he worked ' in a
large dcpartm-'iu -tre . ft u ..c'f
the river. In reviewing the Chinese lot
tery situation as it exists, he said this
morning:
"For nearly a year 1 was employed as
.shipping clerk in one of the largest stores
in Portland. At least 30 girls had posi
tions there. Regularly each noontime an
agent loi . Chinese lotteries would vlhlt
the sfore and in dimes, quarters and half
dollars contributed by girls and men. he
would take from the place a neat sum.
ONE GIRL'S DOWNFALL.
"I know one young girl whose home Is
in Albany, Ore. Her name I refuse to
give, for I think she has recovered from
her full. At any rate, this girl, only IS
began buying Chinese tickets. She patron
ized the game so freely that her small
salary could not support her. Then she
resorted to other means, and In company
with the agent, whose name Is Roy Se
grit, she visited places In the North End.
and soon her respectability was gone. Ii
all began by an insatiable desire to win
money, where none could possibly he
gained.
HOW AGENTS SEEK THEIR PRKY.
"llelng Interested." continued Mr. Clow,
"I followed the steps of Segrlt, and fnucd
that he and five others were engaged In
canvassing department stores alone.. An
other gang worked the East Side, and
agents were frequent In some of the
wholesale places wljere women are en
gaged' as stenographers and typewriters.
At the Studebaker Company's rei'iosl-
gamesters of every description that their
graft must cease. That form of vice
ders this morning. Whether or not the !
city will regulate the gambling situation
under the new charter I will be" here
to see. At any rate, r will enforce the
law as the public demands."
So far every gambling house and lot
tery joint has been closed, and instruc
tions have been issued that not a card
shall be turned, or a ticket written so
long as the mayor says no.
WHY MAYOR WILLIAMS ACTED.
"I have heard rumors, but until I am.
able to reorganize the police I cannot
act. I believe that the worst form of
gaming Is that which pervades private
establishments, but I will not condemn
until Ivhave absolute proof, and, also the
power to amend the-vll.
Continuing, tho mayor made the fol
lowing statement for publication:
''I am not going to condemn the polica
department today, but I will find out
definitely whether graft obtains among I
the officers of the department. I am 1
PORTLAND. OREGON.
BY PORTLAND
I tory on Fast Morrison street, an agent
' was thrown Into th" street by Assistant
Manager Kim-aid. This was In.t three
weeks ago. and so sunn as the fellow had
, made known his business Mr. Kineaid
reail th.- riot act and told the fellow,
whose name Is Taylor, that If he ever
; came Into the establishment aain he
Would In- shot "
; - ytxKxr.nvt kixrxxv talk's?' ;"
j Mr. Kincatd said this morning: "It is
true. T thiew rut a fellow several days
; ago. He came here about noon and b.'
j fcuwv .BolU'lliiuf fur. Chinese lottery UiJi
' cts. My nttenttun w;rs called and I es"
I coiled the f.iklr to the street."
MR. HRANNICK. OF STI'DEHAKKR'S.
Manager lira iinick. of the Studebaker
j Company, said this morning: "Gambling
t in its worst form is apparently the Chi-m-Kr
lottery scheme. Agents of these
' dens do not stay at home. They go out
on the public highways and Inveigle per
i Fotus who would otherwise never know the
i meaning of the word gambling. Such In
I iiiuity." eontlnu-d Mr. Rrannlek. "Is the
; worst form of 111.' gambling proposition.
! Let the police cut out these Oriental ul
I errs, who never can do a minute's good
I to any community."
SCORES OF THE DENS.
Scattered about the city ore from 50
I to 7."i dens where hundreds of dollars are
i taken each day in exchange for worth
! less Tottery tickets.
'Loaves of bread, and meat for children
are not bought because the father, and
perhaps the mother, wishes to risk a
, c! ii r.ee.
"Out of sal. Hies, sufficient to support
homes of comfort, are taken many a dol
lar as the days go by. When the rent
eumes due. there Is a struggle, and a
, thousand evening a's are scant in the
I City of Pol l la nd. because, into the eof
I fers of aliens have gone the dollars which
I should have provided for their wants.
I Then comes ba k the cry. "Rescue the
. perishing." and Judge llogue says it
' can be done.
! firm In my position that the love of
; gambling should be corrected, and vigor-
.- . " v ivo uipj 1 1 JVC"
schemes will be eliminated from the City
I of Portland. I wish to say that I am
j not able at this time to determine how
far the police aro corrupt. I know that
there are good and honest men in the
department. I am diligently trying to
find out the good from the bafl, and
wheh I do, the maintenance of thv crook
ed Swift be an Impossibility. I only de
sire1 to know the officer that has taken
bribes to Suppress exposures, and his
position is worthless to him,
"The discipline of the department rests
with the chief of police," was suggested
to Mayor Williams.
"That is true." replied the chief ex
ecutive, "but at this time I am nit
. I able to.JleU what accusations are based
on fact, and those which are not. Tne
new charier will , give me power to re
organize my whole police department.
When the time comes mothers, wives, sis-
ters and sweethearts will know the places
their loved ones frequent; that is, if
there are any places to' seek.
SATUB PAY EYENING.
'S MQUITOUS CHINESE LOTTERIES
of "it n
;
Mrs. Hollister Talks of
Her Visit-West
Kindly Greetings and Receptions '
All Along the Route
From Detroit.
Mrs. Lillian M. Hollister. supreme com
mander of the Ladles of the Maccabees,
came into Portland this morning from the
Sound, and leaves Sunday night for her
next appointment at Salt l ake. It Is
over a year and a half since Mrs Hol
lister was last In Portland: then she was
busy with convention work, and had only
time to take the short drive to the City
Park. Her Ideas of Portland scenery are
rather ague. but with a whole Sunday
to devote this year she ought to be able
to curry away a much better Idea.
Mrs. Ilollister's trip is to extend over
a month two weeks of the tune having
already pa-sscd. Beginning in Chicago,
where bi candidates were waiting to be
initiated, she has held two and some
times three meetings a day in our prom
inent Western cities. In l.atte there are
two hives and these were nady with Ua
icpresc'H Hive ladles. A big public meet
ing was one of tho features of tills stop.
blizzard raged all the. way through the
thttWmaitiK'hlid aeinJTefl her IMfceVHat.' In
fact she . just reached 'i'aeoma as th
candidates were marching into the in
Hinting hall. In Helena was another
class of HO. Spokane was ready with On.
ttie day there winding up with a well at
tended reception at the hotel. Seattle's
candidates reached 175 ami now Port
land Is to have an institute this after
noon and a grand installation ceremony
this evening.
GETS A HEARTY WELCOME.
One of the pleasanlist features of , the
trip, Mrs. Hollister sas. has been the
warm reception given her all along the
line. At almost every station I.ady Mac
cabhees were ready with a hearty hand
shake, a bunch of choice (lowers, or some
little gift that promised to add to her
comfort or enjoyment. Her collection of
souvenir spoons "has grown beyond her
fondest hopes. At one prominent point
some of the younger members of the
order made up a dainty basket of fruit
and took down to the train on which she
was expected. The porter anxiously
asked. "Who Is this Mrs Hollister." and
then, evlng tne bn-.k.-t approvingly, of-
' ,. , ,. ..e h
found. "Oh, no you don't," they said,
and calmly settled down 'to wait the
o. ....i, oik,..-, o- t loog or short,
until the right train eauie In. And so. as
Mrs. Hollister puis u. "With wrecks
ahead ami wrei-K- behind." she has
reached Portland at la-f.
MKS. HOLI.1S l'i:i: ;:N T HI'SIASTIC.
She spoke met en! Inslastlenlly of her
work. The I ndy Maccabees are the
sixth largest fraternity benefit society In
America. With hives, they have
luT.O'lu members, in Ml of the states, and
territories. v .''" r. presents the life
benefits and ft.::. ::;. Ilu- sum paid out
during the past la year in death and dis
ability cerlitiiates often the sum
reaches Jl.olni a dav. while last year, ex
actly $:i7i.uiu left i!i. treasury for this
cause.
An average of 3n liivrx a month are or
ganized over the country. Three thous
and members were taken in last month,
and with the present applications on
hand, the number this month ought to be
at least 4.000. Oregon is not behind with
Its 50 hives and l.r,i'i; members. There
has been J3H.700 paid in death benefits In
this state alone. Portland has 200 mem
bers of her own. pno tioally 330, for 75
are to go in tonight.
Mrs. Hollister Is not alone. Dr. Ella J.
Fielield, the distri. t medical examiner
for nine of the Wi stern states, and the
state commander of Washington, Mrs.
Martha A. Stewart, are of the party.
Mrs. Hollister lias another and most
Important office whi. li she ably fills, that
of treasurer to the National Council of
Women. Seventeen organizations of
women are represented under this
head.
Far from finding the constant travel
and frequent installations tiring, she calls
It her vacation tour. She Joins literary
work to her other labors. Just now she
Is interested In a new book of parlia
mentary law the present rules of order
used by the I-a.ly Maccabees Is her work.
v, MEXICO'S MONEY. .
NEW YORK. Pec. V.. Great Interest Is
taken here in the money situations in
-Mexico. The government therp Is said
to be In favor of adopting the gold stan
dard, but the farmers and miners op
pose the plan, as they fear wages will
Increase if it is put Into execution.
STILL FEAR.
NEW YORK. Dec. 13.-.Reports from
Boston are to the effect that new cases
of hoof and mouth disease have come to
the attention of cattle Inspectors. There:
Is still fear from the epidemic.
GRISCOMB GETS ir.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 13. There Is lit
tle doubt that Lloyd Oriscomb, now min
ister to Persia, will be appointed United
States minister to Japan, to take the
Dlc of Barrett, w.io has declined.
DECEMBEK 13, 1902.
BEING DEBASED .
UPON CERTAIN TERMS THE
BRITONS WOULD ARBITRATE
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MBS. LILLIAN
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Sees Effort to Test the
Monroe Doctrine
Has the United Stales Bern Forced
to Abandon Policy of j
Long Standing. i
VALP.Wi.USO, Chile, Dec. 13. Great :
Interest is taken here In the Venezuelan
situation and the attitude of the 1'nited I
States is being watched with Interest.
It is realized that the combined attack
upon Castro's government by two Euro
pean powers Is simply an attempt to force j
the hand of Roosevelt and see how far j
he Is disposed to permit them to ko with- i
out cHlliiiK a halt. It is. In short, an ef- i
fort to bend the vaunted Monroe Doc
trine to the point of breaking. The future
of South America is involved In the out
come. Tlilslsproven by the fact that the weak
est nation in all the continent was ph k. d
upon. Only i olomnia is in point oi. mili
tary strength weaker than VcBuzuda. ',
and there was reason to believe l.at the
I'nited States would not permit-Interference
there because of prospects for the
Panama Canal.
There Is a general feeling at European
capitals that sincc'the I'lilte.! States be
gan Its policy of expansion and readied
into the (irlenf for the Philippines file
Monroe Doctrine lias not so firm a hold
as befoie. Vhether this is true remains to
be seen.
Chile has for years pursued the policy
of strengthening her navy in order that
It mtuht be siifflV'lentiy striifur to protect
her coast and prevent a blockade- such
as Is now being maintained. To carry out
this plan she will shortly make additional
appropriations for naval expenditures.
Germany and England could not capture
and destroy Chilean warships anil peace
continue.
MENACES BRAZIL.
RIO TIK JANEIRO. Dec. 13. --Nothing In -years
has stirred South America to the
unity of feeling that Is resulting from !
the attack which has been made by Ger- .
many and Great Britain upon Venezuela.
It has caused a feeling to spring Into
existence that a I'nited States of South
America shn-nld tnf formed and is the only t
actual course that can be pursued to '
give full and freo protection against
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r.uropean nu i'moini' iii. . "i i .iiioj.
South America has had only her own
petty disputes and grievances to trouble
her. She has been under the protec
tion of the North Arrvl-m rm-flon and
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M. HOLLISTXB.
none dared to touch her with Injuring
band. Now It Is feared this protection
has been withdrawn and that an alliance
for mutual protection or the formation
of a single nation through the uniting or
all the states is the only course left
o;ien.
ITO NEWS IM BEBLIH.
HKKI.IN. Dec. 13. The foreign office
has received no news from Venezuela
since yesterday. A landing in force Is
not considered probable, under any cir
eumstanees. hs the naval commanders
are authorized to blockade the coast only.
Any proposition that Minister Howen
nilKht make on behalf of Castro would be
received in good spirit out of regard for
America, but no proposition for arbitra
tion has yet been received.
TWO DEAD.
POUT WORTH. Dec. J.'l Two men are
dead ns the result of a train wreck on the
Koek Island road at an early hour this
morning, lioth men killed were railway
employes. Not a passenger was hurt. A i
broken rail was the cause.
THE RENAMING OF THE
CHIEF OF THE COUNCIL
(AN INDIAN STORY.)
"Who rules over the Great Council?" asked the Chief of the South
tribe, taking a long pull at his Calumet.
"O. Chief. I know not," answered Young-Man-Out-WItTi-an-Ax, U he
figured the census report of the forty-first war-scalp district.
It all happened In the camp of the great party that rules in the Oregon
and which was mu upset by the report that politics were "doing" . that
no good Injun wot of. 1 1 had rame to pass that the great council, known
among the palefaces and the. palehearts of the party as the 'Jaclc
Matthews Central Committee," had been without a chief for many moons)
and was in imminent danger of disintegration.
"Who has the paper, with Johnny-Not-Afraid-of-the-PolItlcal Toma
hawk s signature, telling the tribes that he has become an emissary of the
Great Father at Washington and has resigned the chairmanship?" asked
the chief.
Here It Is" repl'ed Young-Man-Out-With-ap-Ax. producing the follow!
lug puzzling document, which reads:
"I have turned the skin-side inside.
And the Inside is turned outside.
While the skinside is the outside, Y.
-Then the outside is tho inside. , Ti j
... Just you turn the. skin-side. Inside
Afterward the outside ins.ae'
Then if you have got "close inside.-"
You will not be on tho "outside."
"What Is that?" asked the Chief, puffing largo clouds of smoke Into the
gloomy atmosphere.
"That Is a resignation." replied Young-Man-Out-With-an-Ax.
"Which side of the Inside of the outside is It written on?"
"On tha outside of the inside, either side Is opetative one's a blank
and the other s a blankety blank."
The Chief smoked on.
"Now," pondered the Chief, "tell me why there is srppHcattotr - to- th" -great
council that this two-sided warrior be known hereafter as Mah'-Who-Butts-ln-on-01her-Men's-Jobs?"
S'rro iv Iw'ii'w h - r.f'i'd to let the Great Council alone and win
not tell them that he Ms' or Isn't. He says he Isn't, yet he is and the
gatherings of the tribe known as Pikers-Out-Wlth-a-PuW. hold conferences
In the oftiee that the Great Father at Washington has said
shall "oS f eseTVed tor The use of the plain: Iridtansi the good-Indians,- known
as taxpayers."
"Enough said." replied the Chief. I will have. a hand at najnltig this .
man myself. Hereafter let him go by the cognomen of "Fellow-Who-Is--the-lrnknown
- Center - of-Something-and - yet - is-the-Ruler-of-NothlnsT.
."Well, wouldn't that jar your Buffalo Robe." said the Young-Man-Out- ,
With-an-Ax. as- he walked leisurely
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
RAIDED
Castro Must Post Guar
anty of $30,000.
Arbiter Shall Have Control Ovef
Customs Houses Until Award
Is Made Known
CASTRO'S SEFX.
CARACAS, Dec 13 In replying t
the ultimatums of Germany and Qreat
Britain President Castro, at the head
. of the Tenesuelan government, rejected
every term and declared his country was
In a position to defend itself and would
do so to the very last. There was not
one sentence In Castro's reply which
could be construed as an acceptance of
the terms Imposed by the Anglo-German
alliance.
BEBLIIT, Deo. 13. It Is officially an
nounced here that Venezuela's reply to
the German ultimatum la a complete and
defiant rejection of every point pro
posed. Germany's policy has been out
lined. LONDON, Sec. 13. The St. James
Oasette learns that England would ac-
ferences on the following- terms:
Castro to deposit the sum of 930,000
as evidence of his good faith In the mat
I ter. thla mm to ha forfaited in the avenS'
I negotiations fall through or oome .to
naught through fault of his.
The arbiter to have oomplete control
of the Venesuelan customs houses dur
ing the term of arbitration, the proceeds
to be held in reserve for the payment of
whatever awards are mads.
The attitude of Germany la this re
gard u not knows.
GEXKAjr DEHTAL.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 13. There 1s
comment here on the denial by Germany
of orders being given officers in charge of
operations oft tho Venesuelan coast to
sink the gunboats which were captured.
Either the foreign powers have realised
that a mistake has been made and seeK
to disavow it, or the officers acted with
out authority. The German court does
not admit the Venezuelan warships have
been sunk, This statement may be true,
as all reports of the destruction of the
ships have been meager. Many Amer
ican correspondents have been dispatched!
to the scene and within a wee It it la
hoped everything worthy of being; given
publicity will become known. It la ad
mitted here that everything Is foggy now!
and there Is much that is not clearly un
derstood. There may have been clr
cumstances which required that the)
Venezuelan gunboats be scuttled. There)
is no disposition to Judge this act hastily
HEGOTIATIOWS EBDED.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 13. Aivin Smith
T'nited States consul at Port of Spain,
Trinidad, cables the state department
that the Venezuelan legation there ha
been closed. The importance of this dis
patch lies in the indication that Vene-
zuelu. has broken off diplomatic relations
I with tireut Uritain.
away.
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