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-A ' ; .' ' TUX WIATHIaV V . i ' ;. X , Tonight and Sunday; fpw- b '."'8 v, ' ir r . v " ' ' ' '" iii. .-.'- ore ia ' v m Mil- ll Vw" Si VOL. II. NO. 40. -U- V II X V II A I'M II ' II fi II '4; 5 I I IIUI LII MUM 1 1 opoiiTLAyp, oi&CrXtH 4 gat ukd ay eveni April 25. 1903 PRICE FIVE CENT!?. E SITUATION BY UMING A -POLICY OF DICTATION WAS MISS' WARE THE TOOL OF TIMBERMEN? The Pretty Commissioner Was Recipient of Attentions Hints Ihat Others Are . Deeply Involved in - Timber Scandal Young Woman Manages to Elude Uncle Sam's Officers (Journal Special Service.) EUGENE. April 25. All eyes at Eu gene uru looking for a woman, and tliut woman la Miss Marie Ware. The town sage shakes h'ls head know ingly and pratea of possible pollti-al entanglements In the government's web of evidence. What this evidence Is no one here can tell. Many are of the sot opinion that It is not of a character that will be of sufficient weight to indict the young lady. But there In still another Interesting' aide to the story. Miss Ware was a very clone friend of a number of Eastern lumber men, and they allowed her a great deal of attention. These men are ,' believed, to haw deceived her and caused her moat of the trouble In which she ' now finds herself. Where are the timber men and what 1 the deal that Involve fhem In tilts meshes of I'ncle Sam's la we'.' The government secret service rs a Wonderful machine for the deled ion of Clime, and it Is known that i coiik evi dence against several "suKpeens" Is held tT them. Miss Ware has diKRPpeared, and when last seen here she was head ing toward Ashland. That was ou April (. On April 18 she was In Portland and left with the statement that she was go ing to Seattle. Will the young lady be able and will ing to answer the questions that the secret service agents will pirt to her? For the while the mystery must remain unsolved. No more Is known In Eugene of . the case than Is known elsewhere. An In vestigation that has been conducted care fully warrants the assumption, boweveir, that If irregularities have been discov ered In the Eugene office, the real actors have remained benlad the scenes, while j the whole harden of the denouement has fallen on a woman. This belief exists In the minds of most people here, where Miss Ware has lived frpm birth. ' Appointed Three Tear Ago. Miss Ware's father. Joel Ware, was commissioner up to three years ago. In charge of the land business, other mat ters pertaining to the commlsstonerelilp being attended to by Judge J. J. Waltow, Who has held office for 20 years. i Mr. Ware was Incapacitated three, years ago, and his daughter was appoint ed his successor. He died a year ago. As to the dispatch" of business., the general testimony here and at Roseburg Is that from no office connected with Federal land affairs work went with greater accuracy or was more expefli tlously done. Xilyed a Bohemian Life. Miss Ware was Indiscreet. She. Is a dashing and stylish woman, and was commonly known as "a good fellow."- he was not bound by ordinary conven tionalities, and waa a thorough Bofhe mlan. Eugene is a cepter of life for the South Willamette Valley, and here came many men representing all walks in life, commercial travelers, timber men and mining men. With many of them she was on good terms. Met Opposition. E. O. Potter, a Eugene lawyer, chair man of the County Republican Central Committee, haa been an aspirant for the office) held by Miss Ware. He han made repeated attempts to secure the position. Letters were written by prominent clti SenB, making charges against Miss "Ware's character. They charged her with serious shortcomings. These charges pertained solely to Miss Ware's personal, not her official, character. Judge Bellinger refused to pay heed to these charges, dismissing them aa trivial In view of the manifest excellence of the clerical work that went from the office here to the land office In Roseburg. TlSe allegations were renewed from time to time, but notfling came of them, Miss Ware remaining securely In pos session of the office. Tirst Official Charges. A short time ago. however, the fase assumed a new phase. Whereas, there tofore, the allegations had been solely aa to Miss Ware's personal character. now her, official character was called in question. Land matters in the Interior Iepartnient were belngt stirred up. and all sorts of rumors of proposed prosecu tions filled the air. Many persons offi cial and private; ad members of corpo rations who had had to do with alleged public land frauds -were made nervous. Horace McJClnley. a timber operator, was connected with the case ' in the public mind. , About Horace SScXinley. It is difficult to get at the facts as to Horace McKinlcy's relationship with Miss Ware. Gossip has connected them, but the gossip la not always a faithful chronicler of truth. One thing must be said, that, in some manner. McKlnley and his land affairs, and his business . ',.. t ' ' t y.r:y". A,. stl r i ' t t 4 i - t "At i- - 4 - . ' , , " V "t AN ARMY SCANDAL EXPOSED Administration in the Philippines Dragged Into. Frauds Officer Attempts Suicide When f Threatened With Arrest MTSS MA EXE WAKX. Th Tonzur Woman Who Zs the Oentral rig-ore in ths Alleged frauds Tha the Oovernment Zs Investigating. I, and Kt) Timber tords Quaking With Fear (Journal Special Service.) EUGENE, April 25. Many persons, occupying high positions socially, commercially-and politically, are beginning to figuratively shake In their boots, fearing exposure of their shady methods in connection with the land office . scandals. ' Should Miss Ware be captured or voluntarily return to face the charges against her there is every probability that she will make revela tions that will shake the State of Oregon as It haa not been shaken for many moons. The young womani undoubtedly knows who are responsible for mueh Of the crookedness that has so stirred the Interior Department. Opinion here is rapidly taking a change into something resembling favor for the pretty fugitive. It is openly plated now that Miss Ware has been bearing the -sing of others as well as her own and that the burden on her male ac complices, or the men who led her into her. present serious- predicament, should be greater than hers. Some very serious accusations are being made, involving heavy lumber concerns in the land frauds. It now appears that the opposition to Miss Ware started as a purely political move for the purpose of securing her office for a local Republican, Subsequently' the case reached the attention of the Interior Department .at Washington and this resulted iiwthe investigation which has crystallised in removals and threats of prosecution. Mi PAPERS IfflOP Action of Department Is Deferred mm ins TO Mffi Over Two Thousand Are , Killed. " iContlntwdon BiOond .. Pag. j WASHINGTON, April 25. Oeorge Christiancy, -acting Assistant Attorney General for the Postofflce Department, said he would apply today to the Post master-General to be relieved from duty pending an application from his office on account of. the abstraction of papers from the safe of Tyner by Mrs. Tyner, while he, Christiancy, was the responsi ble head of that division on duty at the time. Attorneys, representing Tyner. jwejit into consultation with Postmaster-teen-eraf Payne this afternoon. They brought with them a bundle supposed to contain the papers taken from the afe. It is said the future- courfce of the Govern ment will ' depend upon the outcome o this consultation. After the consultation Tyner's attor neys announced that tbey had submit ted all the papers taken from the aafe to Payne, and that he had returned ail OBBIA, April, 25. General Manning, commanding th British force at Somali land, is on his way to relleva rvilnni Cobbe, who is surrounded by forces of wic uiu j.iujiaii. ne met me latter and defeated Kim. Mullah lost 2.000 killed. The British loss, is not reported. Gen eral Cobbe waa successfully relieved. ' Bam Fliuiiett Encountered. OBBIA. Apr.l S5. The force defeated by Manning is the same that surrounded and annihilated Plunketfs force last week. If was composed of 12,000 men. 2.000 being mounted. but one to Tyner. The paper kept by him related to charges against a former employe of the department, whp is now dead. They declare that 'all the other documents are purely personal. TIiy say Tyner courts the fullest lavoatlga, tloa of his conduct. (Journal Special Service.) WA8HLNGTGN,. April it,. Reports of an astounding official sen ruin I In the Philippines have, been received by the War i A partment and the substance of them has leaked ul toaay. It appears that-actual embezzlements have occurred in. the management of government affairs in the Philippine. To cinch the truth of the report. Bar rett Sinclair, former treasurer of Rizal Province, has bn arrested and is short )20.vu0 in his accounts. Sinclair attempted suicide when con fronted with his 'guilt, but the women with whom he i known to have con sorted appeared Md saved him from his cowardly act. Sinclair is well known In New York state and was appointed through the In fluence of a society belle, In whose cir cle Sinclair shown as n star. Another case Of lrregluarlty Is re ported charging J. H. Wilson, cx-dis-burxing officer if the Bureau of the Coast (Juurd and Transportation, with defalcation. James Beau han has been convicted of defalcation In Connection with the, Coast Guard deal,' Captain Harry Chamberlain, the pop ular cotillon dancer, .of Manila a year or two ago. Is charged with smuggling. Hid cane will drag officers of high rank into un awful scandal. It Will be, remembered that so long as three1 years ag. when General Otis waa in command of the Philippines, and stationed at Manila, the complaint waa made that young army officers and oth ers of older years, were Indulging In too much gaiety and not enough service. From every point of the service there game remonstrances. t)pen charges were made that officers were spending more money than their allowance would Justi fy. General Otis made an investiga tion of the rumors, but stayed in his palace while he did so. It is now that the scandals are cropping up. Take the case of Chamberlain. It was well known that he was keeping up expenses that his position as a trans port captain could not sustain. It In be lieved that some of the heads of officers will "drop, whose owners have been so ciety arrogants in Manila for the past two years. LABOR WILLING TO LET PUBLIC DECIDE Secretly parried in London Town ! K-' j WW) WILLIAM X. VAWDEE.BIL7 j Willi 115 " Arbitration Is favored by all of the Portland union men and four-fifths of the business men of the city. The unions have offered a very sensible, solution or the strike problem, and have promised to stand by the decision of the arbitration board. - - win oovlo aa taibib thaw tkist ;v The Master Painters' Association and the Master Carpenters' Associa tion have refused to listen to. the proposed arbitration. Zf sooh matter cannot b sttl4 by Judicious and impartial discussion, then how are ther to be settled? The business pepl of Portland, and that great third class, the gen eral public, have a right to ask why this arbitrary and altogether unten able position haa been assumed. It is probobly the result of mere thought--, lessness as to consequences of a decision made on the spur of an angry, momenty Keep cool and arbitrate. TKB BTTBBSir Or BSgrOVSIZtLXTT HOW KBITS WZTX TKB XA8TBBI ABO TKB BTXXXJCSX. ' . .' " ' The Proposal-Does Not Meet With Favor of Combine ffl5.il Only Four Guests Pres ent at Ceremony SPAIN AFFRONTS AMERICA MADRID, April 25. King Alfonso and the Queen Mother received last night delegates from the International Medi cal Congress which Is In session here. Members of the congress were In various sumptlous rooms In the palace. The Cubans and American were placed In the dining room. The latter consider this an intentional slight and were pre paring to leave when the American iMn lster arrived and persuaded them to re main. The incident is widely discussed today and the general opinion is that the slight was Intentional, IYPH0ID UNDER CONTROL. (Journal Speolal Service.) PARIS. April 25.rr. Chanlemnuasa the French inventor of the anti-typhoid serum, announces that he has perfected his invention so as to reduce mortality from typhoid fever to S per cent. (Journal Special Service.) LONDON, April 25. Not In a quarter of a century has a member of the house of Vanderbilt been married with such little ostentation, and altogether so quietly, as was William K. Vanderbilt this morning when he took for his wife the beautiful Mrs. Rutherford. Ths wedding occurred at 9 oclock this morning In St. Mark's Churob. Besides the bride and groom only four others attended the wedding. They were Secretary of the American Embassy White, who gave the bride away: Win field Hojt, best man, and the Duke and Duchess of Marlborough. The latter is Vanderbllt's daughter. The marriage was absolutely secret, society knowing nothing about it until It was all over. The party left, the church by the back door. The couple then left immediately for the country from whence they will proceed to the Continent. They have no intention of visiting America for some time. it Is reported tliu the doors of the church were closed during the ceremony. If this is so this makes the marriage illegal acordlng to British law. which compels the admission of the public to any ohurch wedding. CHILD FATALLY BURNED. (Journal Special Service.) TACOMA, April 26. Six-year-old Susie Wyma'n waa terribly burned this morn ing while playing with other children around a burning stump. Her clothes cugnt tire and before help arrived she Waa so badly burned that ber life is despaired of. WOMAN PUTS A ROBBER TO FLIGHT WITH UMBRELLA By putting a highwayman to night, battering his hat Into fragments, lapping his ears and. bhasing him nearly a block to hit him again. Miss Viola Orthsolillds, of No. 382 Vancouver avenue, haa demonstrated, what a woman can do In case of a hold-up, and haa proved herself possessed of remarkable nerve and presence of mind. When a footpad lust evening confronted Miss Othschllds and her mother within a stone's throw of their residence, the pretty young woman presented him with a shower of blows over the head with her um brella, putting hUn utterly to rout. Miss Orthschijds and her mother had Just alighted from an t'pper Al bina car. they having attended a lodge meeting. They had almost reached their home when suddenly a highwayman sprang out of the darkness. Miss Orthgchilds was carrying a handbag. In which were lodge books, cash and receipt "I'll take that," said the highwayman, simultaneously laying hold of the bag, and Jerking It violently. "No. you won't." screamed Miss Orthschilds. Then bringing into ac tive operation the umbrella she was carrying, the pretty young woman delivered a stinging blow over her assailant's head. He wore a derby hat, which was smashed by the blow, and it angered him greatly. I ll kill you!" hissed the robber. Then it was that Miss Orthschilds made for him and. delivering blow after blow upon hlg head and shoulders, put him to flight. He ran up Broadway toward Williams avenue, there losing "himself In the inky 'dark'-" , ness. The plucky young woman was ably assisted by her mother, who landed ' several blows on1 the highwayman with her nuts. It was a horrible experience," said Miss Orthschilds, "arid we did not realize the danger", of our position until after the fight. When we reached home we were very badly frightened, and were exceedingly nervous. It is an awful thing to be held yp, ahd I dread'to thitik of the matter." Mrs. Oi thschilda states that the highwayman wore no mask. She be lieve he watched herself and daughter as they alighted from the car at the corner ot Williams avenue hnd Broadway, ana thru he thought there - was money In the handbag Miss Orthschilds waa carrying. i t'nlon labor men are not in the best of mood today. They consider that they made a fair proposition last night at the big muss meeting to have the strike set tled immediately by a board of arbi tration, composed of representative men to be chosen by both sides to the con troversy.. In fact, the proposition for this kind of settlement was suggested and submitted by disinterested mem liers of tba audience, and it met with the full approbation of the labor ele ment. They voted for It unanimously, and state that they fully expected the employers, or master associations, to also fall in line and endeavor to reach an agreement as quickly as possible. But Instead of doing -this they say that the employers make a counter proposi tion which la so flagrantly unfair and unreasonable . that the breach between them is wider than ever before. They assert that the associations have thrown down the gauntlet and there la nothing remaining for them to do but to pick it up. "We sought arbitration, but they want dictation, with them aa the dic tators," is the way they express it. Charles Ward, president of the Paint ers' Cnion; -says: , Tabo QplnUni.-' ' . . "ttT theory ihi,Uuir 'virtually state that they Will not arbitrate, and we might as well make up our minds to strike Indefinitely. Ther is no other course open to us. The public wanted us to arbitrate and we were willing, but we cannot submit to the dictatorial policy as laid down by the associa tions." . IS. Z.ash. 'The plan is dictatorial and obnoxious. There Is no arbitration about it and we cannot stand for it." Charles ghultT. "It Is net arbitration, and we cannot submit to any such plan." . sk tren. "It certainly shows that they are not Very much in favor or ruir play. It will Blmply be a mat n ui luipunsiuuiiy ia accept aucn a proposition. They are taking the stand or dictators." O. T. Karry "A plan for conciliation and arbitration of differences should be found upon a plane of fairness to both sides, each choosing representatives and the whole selecting a referee. Had .the labor organisations prepared a similar plan, to that offered by the employers we would have met with th condemna tion of every disinterested citizen." What th Combine Bay.. William Sheehy, a master painter and who assisted In drawing vp the plan of the employers, saya that the proposition means Just what It states. "It was our intention," he says, 'that the men we named were to constitute the board. "We are advertising for non-union men," he concluded, "and. will soon have all we need. Wei are receiving letters every day from workmen who are anxi ous to come her. ; So far as the master painters are concerned the Strike is prac tically settled." , -v Manager Jtckswt. of th Worth Faclflo Planing Mill."! believe the nlan sub mitted by the master associations Is U & right, and much better than the one pro- posea at the labor mass meeetlng." "Labor men say the associations' plan is too one-sided," was suggested. "I do not think so," was the reply. "As I understand the matter, ft Is the intention of allowing the worklngmen to have a voice In making up the per sonnel of the commission. If they have not I will admit that the plan Is ridic ulous. Eastern and Western . lumber Com' pony. "Am not familiar with either the plan submitted by the employes or em ployerrs, and consequently cannot offer an opinion. Statement Corrected. Contractor aiett denies the story published in The Journal to the effect that Kred Wagner, the tile setter, said that the- men employed at the Falling iiullding are poor workmen. Mr. Wag ner also denies that he ever made any such statement. While he is a union man and believes la unionism, h saya that he is also booking out for th in terests of his employers. In Mass Meeting All Hold Arbitration Is Necessary. ; " PIONEER DIES IN STATE CAPITAL (Journal Special Service.) SALEM, April it. John Hughes, a prominent : merchant and capitalist of Salem, died this morning after a brief illness, aged 'a years, Deceased was a pioneer of 1863, when he came from Tennessee, his native state. The fun eral will be held under the auspices of the Odd Fellows tomorrow afternoon. Deceased leaves- a wife, two sons and three daughters. - Mrs. A. N. Bush.-f Salem, and Mrs. David M&ckle. f Port land, are daughters of Mr. Hughes. ' . . Resolved, That for th purpoa ? showing our good faith aad a deslr tm bring about aa amicable adjustment ul settlement of th existing .OiffraoS between th labor unions of Portland now oa stria at aad their employers, that th president of th BaUdlag Trades Council aomlaata aad appoint thre men as arbitrators to' represent th trades onions and request that th Boa. OAorg XL. Williams aa Mayor of th city be requested to rqust th m ployars aforesaid to appoint tare ma as arbitrators, aad that tit six maa lect a seventh, aad that ther be eca- powered to arbitrate all mattara of ! ferenoes now Misting btwen th MB tending parties. ., ,. ', . I he above resolution waa unanimously passed last night at the mass meeting which had been called for the purpose of arriving at -some solution ' of th strike situation. It' was drafted by" At torney Henry St. Ralner, and 'Was th only thing of real importance that transpired. " Stayed at Horn.- 1 " ' The mlllowners and employers Wer not present. It was ' openly said that the mlllowners would pay very little at tention to the resolution. Their reason for arriving at such a conclusion "is tbat a majority of them have already gon on record as being opposed to arbitra tion. It is not thought," therefore, that they wui give- heed to the action taken at the meeting last night. . 1-1 The A. O. U. W. HaU was .crowded by a representative gathering of cttiaena. It is conservatively estimated that ther waa in the neighborhod of 1.000 business men and wage earners present. Th 1 large number of business men , who. at tended state that if the employers fall ' to respond to the sentiment of Vhe meet ing last night their cause will' be ser iously damaged, so far aa public opinion Is concerned. . ... . The meeting was orderly throughout, and every speaker was accorded the clostest attention." H. O. Greene, agent of the Bulfdlng Trades Council, presided ' and made it clear at ther outset that no unnecessary demonstration would .b permitted. The admonition waa heeded, and it is doubtful if ther ever was a : Portland audience more on its good b havior than the one at the A. O, U. W. ' Building last night. Thomas Ouinean, a manufacturer, was the first speaker introduced. He said in part;.- ' . Uany Bpches. "I regret very much that this strlk has occurred, especially at this time. It is a great misfortune, and I am sorry that steps were not sooner, taken to bring about a settlement. There shouVi never be any reasons- for such a Stat of affairs to exist. It . is said : that labor " unions are un-American, but so lopg aa we have trusts and syndicates, labor or-. ganizatlons will exist, it is often said that the unions are unreasonable in their demands. It may be that they are in some instances, but . the same - can be said of the trusts, Capital and labor . should work together, instead of? oppose lng each other's interests. In the pres ent controversy I believe that the unions are rlaht. No fair-minded man in th . f ly can begrudge them what they ask. ' i ne muiowners nave iormeu. a comoine and say they will sell you no more lum ber. Every reasonable man. in the city knows that la ridiculous and. that-their position la untenable. There should be a law on our statute books Imposing a penalty upon -anyone who retards pro- gress. All guilty of such actions should be fined and imprisoned. . We permit our city and county officiate 'to rob the' tax payers of thousands of dollars and there seems to be no one to say aught -against it. Gentlemen, tfiere must be something radically wrong. The work." ingman Is in a position to remedy many evils at the ballot box." , '- John JAmont. a local capitalist,' was then Introduced, and he Wasted nn words , in advising the opposing factions to get, together at once. "My advice," he tsld, "Is for the unions to appoint three men, the .employers three and these six choose three for the purpose of acting us an ; ' arbitration board to sttlo the iiueatlot) in dispute. Let them do this' and re."" S turn to work Monday morning. We are; now at a stage iu ...the city's .welfare . when a protracted strike wi!' pro dis astrous. The labor .people (.now It," merchants know U and alt'JOthor. realist V that something tauigiblfe should and must -' be done at once. lx:t us follow tiw, same plan which was pursued in setlllu'g t) great coal strike." -;r "., ' Charles Ward, president of th Paint ers' TTnlon, gave a history of U), troubl i ; and- at..yiit tr' n.i.-.' ',,-"" "Our demands," he said, hl bellev t be just and right. Before the. strlk occurred we endeavored, to every pflt , albie way to arrive at a aettlemut. A a matter of compromise the association offered, ua $3.39 P"r day in wagos, but 1 at. the same time they wanted Ua ta ptac. tlcally sacrifice our organisation. Th employers can. well afford to pay ft&O," J. P. Wager, a business man, said: v "I ana- not a union n, and pwrnap ' never Wilf.' b- but I am rntirrt in '" (Continued ou. SeeunJagVi " J