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V -!: - - vM JlFInl ONM" ' OM1lCinfU " OF TKE JOURNAL h f. fl 1- -"'.-"'.- - . -SPSgSg? 7 (WbfrU... ; ' V I . .. .. . i;0 . . - . :v . .. ... , -. . . .. . - ; ? ' ;, - ; -v;-' ' .";.f," ' :' ' ;-"?lv.."; ;.'' ; :.' - r . . ' . ' , . , . .. - . f , ' I I .. I . I . I ,1 I I ' I " ' " ' i. vol. hi. no. in ' : ; : . ;:, ; ,f v Portland. Oregon, Wednesday evening, july iz. mi. vr ; ; - f price five cents. WALK OUT X ; ' t ; Fv z I . NO BOLTER Big Packing Plants in Chicago Tied Up While . Strike Spreads; . BUT"L1TTLE-VI0LENCE Packers In ( Chicago Bring In SO , Ifcgrocs to Work In the Coolers Gang of foles Overturn .'..': To Cinder Wagons. -. ' (Joaraal SpacUl ScrrW.) IcAco, July-II. Peaceful waa.th ondltlon of affairs at tba atockyarda this mornlnc Knota of strikers war to b seen talking over tha situation. but thara was no dlsordor, except In one case where a number of Folea upset a couple of cinder waarons.. Elfhty neiToea ware taken Into the " plants, laat nlht to aaaist In the trans ' feriina; of the beef to he coolers. Most of the work being done today la in the nature of V clean-up and retting the v odds and ends together. Several nun' dred police are within easy reach of the yards should trouble occur. President Donnelly, of the butchers' , union, this morning said to the Bcrlpps News association representative that all that Is being asked of the packers la that Ittt cents an bou be the minimum ' for laborers, aad In view of the fact that the average working .time in nearly all departments Is less than hours per week. It could readily be seen that the union's demands are reasonable. ' All the independent " companies, Donnelly said. are' paying a muoh higher rate than the union asks the trust companies to pay. It Is not believed that any lamtnt is Imminent, as there are vast quantities J of meat In cold storage, and In addiuon -s ehte independent companies' will rsp4 a harvest by increasing their market. and at the" same ' time commanding higher prices for their product . The packers continue, to manifest fears that there will be disorder, and assert -that they ' will be able to get plenty of help -as soon as it Is proven that the authorities are able t6 protect '. non-unlonleta from violence. The strlk ere on the other hand assert that there , will be no violence, nd are constantly - advising their men to make the fight an absolutely peaceful one. - .' -" Late this : afternoon President Don ' nelly and J. Ogden Armour were called before the state board of arbitration and the prospect then seemed bright for some bests of settlement. Donnelly said the strike had been called before the packers' letter, asking for arbitration, had been received, and that -he waa willing to enter Into, negotiations. - Ar mour was agreeable to taking up lor discussion the demands of bis men. .' Miw TtAaX KXsT OUT. r avtohsrs Itrike Zs Augmented by S.SOO .; Oothaa Ken." t. " (Jwul gpeelel Barries.) New Tors, July II. Nearly 1,800 butchers and other employes Joined the meat atrike this morning. - The packers called on the police for protection, which waa granted....... , .. .. The retailers lost no time In .boosting - the prices I cents and say they will con tlnue advances dally In fear of a meat famine. . ., : on . xajt rovroxa. Za Omaha the strikers Show Bobs Signs of Tlolence. "' ." ' ' -,' ' (Joonul'gpecUI Berrlce.) ' -Omaha, , July IS. More than ' 100 strikers are now out from the packing plants, but the packers declare they will run notwithstanding the strike and are said to be offering 1 cents an bour and board and lodging for men. . ' - Cots and dishes are being unloaded at the plants today In preparation ' for a siege. Generally the situation Is quiet, though one man -was badly beaten up this morning while seeking work. ... OX4CS HOT XBQVXBZB. ' ituation la Kansas City Is , Quiet Flants Axe Seeerted. ' .. . (Joeraal Bneetal' Berries.) . " V Kansas City. July 11. There were no desertions from the packing strikers' ranks this morning, nor did the packers 'Succeed, in hiring laborers., (Continued on Page Eight,) SCANDAL THREATENS THE KAISER'S' COURT - . : . (Jearml InHil Bernre.l Berlin. July It. While the 4 crown, prince of .Germany was riding from Potsdam at the head e of the guards today an elegantly e dreaeed young woman carrying e a baby threw heraelf before the e prince's horae.- - i Chen asked What waa desired, e she said that she was an officer's 4 orphan : and that a prominent courtier had betrayed and de- 0 serted hey, and she besought the 1 prince to oompel him to marry e her. Frederick VlHAm prora e tieed to report, the case -to the e kaiser and plsced the petitioner ; 4 In the -care of - the chaplain's e wife. y , iMf: "M W .10HN5 PUBLIC SCHOOL : I I'l Kr III M ; S ' . . . . I l.lU.i-i .' I.X. C..' .. ... I '.,k -I - - i I-- cU.TriC W. .rr: nc line it n itti c V 7:ri V V . . 12 i A.vr m. m L ! If : U ' . - ,53! IV v. I "V. J ...--,3 M r ; . Believes" Japanese Losses - Are Not Overestimated Is Rumored That Japanese Captnred Cuter Works.' (Joornal Special Berrlce.) . i London, July It. The ' news of .. the loss of 10,000 Japanese In an attack on the outerworks of Port Arthur, as told exclusively by the Bcrlpps News, asso ciation . correspondent , yesterday, re ceived confirmation, 'In an official mes sage from Viceroy Alexleff this morn ing. Alexleff says the news of the en gagement hag been received by him and adds that the reported casualties of t).- 000 are believed to be In no sense over estimated. - ' . , The Japanese charged - en- masse di rectly ever a territory that had been completely mined In anticipation of such a emergency aad received the full force of the explosion of these mines, -- telegram rrom sit. Petersburg this morning says that a sensational' rumor is current there to the effect that the Japanese, after the terrible repulse In which they lost 10.000 men. rallied their forces and Monday nlgbt charged with unabated, seal, almost fanatical- in Its fury, upon the conteated outerworks. ' Aster severe fighting they are reported to have captured and occupied the po sitions. V No mention of caaualtlea la made in the report. The" eneaaaa-e con cludes, "the rumof seems Incredible." A special to the Evening Star- from Its correspondent at Tien Teln reports that an attack was made on Port Arthur direct from the land side, and that the Japanese were repulsed after having 1.000 men killed. No date Is given as to the time the atack took place and it Is believed possible that tha engagement la the same one reported by the Kuaalan general staff, y. From 8t Petersburg comes the report that Japaneae patrols have reached a point within It miles of Uaoyang. AJrOBT AT XAlfXaCUmA, Japanese Blame Xlm for Allowing Tlad- tvestok flee Sseape. ' (Special Dispatch to The Journal.) ' Victoria. K. C. . Julv 11 Rev X Wadhnm of ' the Episcopal Metbedlst church. - returning from Japan on a leave of absence, says that feeling Is running high against Admiral Kamlmura for allow4ng-the Vladivostok sauadron to escape him. getting out of the harbor. His sons at Toklo college were forced to leave that Institution,-owing t'o the treatment of fellow students in conse quence of what was regarded as the ad miral's blunder.: - Rev. Wadham was; at.-Hakodate In February when the Russian Vladlvoatok fleet approached, and he says' that the plaoe could then have been taken. Only one Japaneae gunboat' was there and an Insufficient land protection. The author Itlea there awakened the cttlsena at ' 4 o'clock In. the morning In alarm. , More than 1,000 Japaneae left" for the moun tains In consequence. The ' Russians, thinking it stronger than It was at the time, did not attempt to enter. . FRENCHMAN HAKES" A i SUCCESSFUL FLIGHT (Joernal Special Service.) Montpelter. France. July IS. Count Delavaul ' ascended ' in his new alrshlD this morning and remained for 'an hour over the sea, where he was watched by torpedo-destroyers. The experiment Is reported as being Iflghly successful. Numerous maneuvers were made by the aeronaut, who sailed against and with the wind with facility. - . YOSEHITE CLIMBERS ARE' AT LAST RESCUED (Journal Special Serrlee.) " Totemlte. Cat., July. It. Allen' Bates of Palo Alto and Ned Corbett of Fair Oaka. who fell to, a ledge below the summit .of the North Dome Sunday night, were reacued eerly this morn ing and are now at Camp Curry." " - They-were more than M houre with out food or water, but will be all right again In a few v days. POXXBOT CRT EXJIOTIOaT. (Joernat Special Berries. T Pomeroy, Waah.. July -1 S.- John R. ,...A, A.. . .1 ufl . M . tin. . f n Forh. N. O. Baldwin snd peter Oerhardt PUBLIC-BUILDINGS AND PIONEERS . JOHNS ITS GREAT PROS PER IT Y Pushing Gty of the Peiiinsnla f akes a; D Off and Rejoices Over the ruture . in Store Elcauent - Sceakers i The people of St Johns ar4 more than prou,d of the rapid growth of their, city, and in order to let the world know of their gladness are -today holding a grand celebration. " ; ' ' . This morning's large force of carpen ters began work on the new St. Johns flouring , mills that are to be erected along the 8t Johns waterfront, while on July 4 the first work toward the erec tion of the Portland Woolen Mills was begun. In honor of these two events, and also of the other Improvements that have occurred In the city during the past few months, today's celebration la being held. . A basket picnic was held In the park at the end of the car Una' A baseball game, several races of ' various sort snd speech making was. the order of the celebration. The ball game began at 1:80 o'clock this afternoon, and Is be-, ing played between the St. Johns -nine and the Black Diamonds . of ' Portland, There are to be several prise races, both between men on foot and men on horse back: In the first named series will be a fat men's and a lean men's race, and one where, the younger generation will flit aeroes -the cinder path. This evening the speech-making will take place-In the park. -The speakers will be State Senator Daniel J. Malarkey, Thomas N. Strong and 8. C. Spencer. It Is expected that Mr. Strong will be the first speaker, snd that his addreas will be an eloquent history of the town from the morning when the first white man felled a tree for his Cabin down to the day when new -St Johns began. It Is thought that the addresarof Senator Ma larkey will be on the future of the little city, while- Mr. Spencer will probably talk on the glorious present .In order that -the music-lovers may be pleaaed ae well as those who like sports and oratory, the men In charge of the celebration engaged . the St Johna band to play both thla afternoon and tonight The Haywood club quarf tet, one of the beat-known musical or ganisations la this section of 4he state, will also be- present i IL Oloss will WORLD'S 4 ' Pendleton, July II. Umatilla's wheat crop this yea will be extraordinary. Conservative men place it at more than 6,000,000 ' bushels. ? There la -only one county In Oregon or Washington that, produced more) wheat and that Is Whitman In eastern Washington. Umatilla county la the) banner wheat county In Ore gon, having the reputation of raising; one per cent of all the wheat grown in the United States; and her (. producer sell annually of wheat, county to the amount of 1150 per capita. - , , , ., . r..y-i,:;.;;, -y-. -; t" -r ' : , :r - . -- . .'V. ' Qappner. , Or July 13. -Morrow, county, with Its 4,500 population, will 'produce and sell this year more than 1,500,000 bushels of wheat at an average price of about 0 cents. Here from this one source - alone will flow to the people living here an average of $200 for each man, woman and child In the county. ' : Colfax, Wash, July 4 t.--Bountif ul rains throughout the Palouse wheat belt assures upwards oJLa. 10,-000.000-bushel wheat crop Irv Whitman county.thus maklntj lt the banner wheat county of the United States and the world. The crop Bt Whitman this year promises to be fully two iter cent of the whole wheat crop of the United States,---- .. . ; ' According to the last census. Whitman has a population of J5.000 In round figures. ' -This year's wheat crop will bring to these people something near 14,000.000 In gold, as most of thla wheat will -be sold In foreign markets, to bo divided among 15,000 people, or "1140 per capita, not saying anything for Whitman's crop of barley, herds figures one gains an Idea of the one county.) . . .''''..' '''.'.'-'; - ', " - - ' i. '.. -.. '. t '( :-1 ,: ' . -" -,-': Moro. Or, July Jl.Th. wheat crop of Sherman county will exceed year, which wss 2,000,000' bushels. On a basis of the population allowed 1,500 and fixing the price of wheat at 0 centa a bushel, that would give a, production tn money equlv--Jent to $500 per capita.--w- rr - CELEBRATES w sing several tenor solos. It Is expected that several - thousand - people will be present to share In the good time. Mayor Charles A. Cook will preside at tonight's meeting, while the members of the council will do everything. In their power to make all preaent feel at home. The councllmen, are T. J. Monahnn, W. H. Hamilton, C R. Culp, William Hughes, Edward D. Hurlburt and Guy Beebe. ;. ', .. ..,- bxstobt or rr. jo The pomading of the Town and Its '. Present Status. In the spring of 1844 James John, about. 10 years old. left his eastern bom to aeek his fortune in the north west ; " -. . .. Ills party finally arrived on the ground that now la townstte of St Johna James John announced, that there his Journey was ended, lie argued that the facili ties of the site as a- shipping, point were unsurpassed; thaKhe water front would prove advantageous as a harbor. Some of the party agreed. but none was Inclined to cast their lot with him. Nothing daunted, he pitched his tent and prepared to stay. With many good wishes snd kindly feeling the party left htm. He proved up. his homestead of 149 acres on the east side fit the Willamette river. - His next step was to buy-a small tract fof land on the west side of the river. This tract Is now Sprtngvwe station. ; A few months after his arrival Fred H. Ramsay located a claim at the mouth of the Willamette. One dark night In January, 1896, Mr. Ramsay - was burned to death, with his house and msny papers that might have thrown light on- his early history. - Ia 1448 William Loom Is and family located at St. Johns. But one child remains of the once large family. She la MravPorry Baker of Portland. Mr. and Mrs. John Wlndle crossed the plains In 1861. arriving In St Johns GREATEST barley, wool,, sheep, cattle, horses and of cattle, horses nd sheet clips of vool prosperity of the people ot tne iniana OF ST. JOHNS for-Tonieht- --v with two ox teams and a band of cattle. They located a claim near the town. Mr. Wlndle died two years ago. His widow, Mrs. Isabella Wlndle, seven children. 14 grandchildren and IS great grandchildren survive him, most of whom live In and near St Johns. Mrs. Wlndle Is now-81 years old. Her eldest daughter was tha wife of the lata P. T. Smith, also one of the 'early Oregon pioneers. ' - In 1861 rams Dr. William Caples. his wife snd his son. to Lefsyetto. They left Ohio in 1848, croaalng the Cascade mountains and wintered at Columbia City, Wash. They located on 440 acres of land, a portion of which 'now forms a part of the city of St Johns. The old home was built where the veneering factory now stands. Dr. Caples died It years ago, at. the age of (7 years. His second wife, who crossed the plains with htm. Is still living, as. Is also his son. Lafayette, Lafayette Caples viv idly recall a much .of the early history of Portland. One of his earliest mem ories is of-a submerged Frent'h bark off the Couch 'street wharf, which was then the -only dock on- Portland's waterfront William Oatton located one mile, and a half north of St Johns In the fail of 1864 on 461 acres of land He still lives st the old home, which lies at the point of the peninsula. -Mr. and Mrs. Oatton crossed the plains with a train of 10 wagon a The party Is now scat tered over the western coast; Death of James Joha . James John, the original settler and the man for whom the town was named, was found dead in his bed at his home. May 18, 1886, by T. D. Taylor and A. F. Larned. No record of tits age could be found, but he was presumed to be about 70 years old. By the terms of his will he made Sir Johns school district No. 18 his sole legatee. The estate consisted of 40 blocks now known as St Johns addition. The property was sold at huo- (Contlnued, on Page Eight) ( - GRANARY - . . '. e fruit to markets t outside of the and tons of fruit From thee e empire, ot wnicn nitman is only , ' -. - , : , , " by a million bushels that Of last this county by the Inst census FLAT SALARY ACT Feats Jy Solons;, Whose Party! ''De mandedlfhat Stale : Be Protected Indicate Hard. Time For Bill. '" Indications are already apparent that a flat salary law will not be. enacted by the next legislature without oppoaltlon. Naturally all the influence that can be exerted by the beneficiaries of the pres ent system will be used to defeat such legislation, and they will probably have the covert If not- the open aid of the Republican machine. A mouthpiece has been found in the Oregonlan. which has editorially declared Itself opposed to s flat salary-law, advancing the ahallow pretext that the salaries can be legally changed' only , by. a 'constitutional amend ment o by. the Adoption of a new con stitution.' - The . purpose of Jhls . suggestion is palpable. If resort la to be had either to a constitutional amendment or to a new constitution) there can be ne relief for St reast two years from the extrav agant system now in vogue. Jf action by the next legislature can be averted, state officials now In office will con tinue to enjoy their excessive emolu ments for the rest of their terms. This means an expenditure of at least 854.000 of the people's money over and above- a fair and reasonable . compenaatlon - for the services rendered. Obviously it Is to the interest of the people that these officials 'should be placed upon a flat salary baals as quickly as possible, and this can be done next January. Constitution Merely fixes p'-'-w The absurdity of the argument that the only remedy lies In a change In the constitution scarcely, needs demon stration. Some of the most distinguished lawyers and jurists of the state have expressed - the opinion, that there Is no legal bar . to the enactment of a flat salary law and that the constitutional provision fixing the salaries of state of ficials merely establishes a minimum Compensation and does not prevent the legislature from Increasing It Gov ernor Chamberlain, In his inaugural mes sage, cited a mass of authorities to sustain this -vtewrend he also-referred to the Journal of the constitutional con vention, which shows conclusively thst it was not the intent of the framers or the constitution to deprive the leg islature' of the power to Increase the salaries.' That the intent of the authors of such an instrument must prevail one of the fundamental principles of constitutional Interpretation, ainlformly recngniaeo ty the courts, - , Ex-Oovernor Lord hss always been a stanch advocate of the enactment of a flat salary law and a believer- In Its constitutionality, i In his laat meaaage to the legislature he urged the pasaage of such s law. In a recent letter to a friend "In - this- "city ex -Governor Lord alluded .to the agitation on this subject ' several - years -ago snd to the general opinion of. the bench and bar of this state that the legislature had the power tn Increase the salaries fixed by the constitution.'. He sdded-. I . ,. "Deady" Shattuck and. some others wrote letters, in which they argued the legality of raising the salaries, both upon the wording of the-onetttutlonl provision and the proceedings that took place In the convention upon the adop tion of that provision. I referred briefly to the matter -In -the last .part of my Sfleaaage.ln 199 my laat mes sage. Governor Chamberlain refers to what I said In support of the right to. Increaae the salaries... I never had any doubt pn the subject aad -always dis liked the Indirect ' wsy . resorted to to psy reasonable salaries' through the in strumentality ,of boards. . The OTegonlansgDallow trretease. ' ' The same pretense now-put forward by the Oregonlan, that a flat salary law would be unconstitutional, waa ad vanced by certain members of the legis lature at the laat regular session. Their Insincerity was made, manifest by the fact that, although they refused to cut down the extravagant compensation en Joyed by the state treasurer snd the secretary of state, they did not heel tats to advocate and vote for a law add ing 81.000 a year to the salaries of the supreme Judges, and tnta, ton, in the face of the fact that tha Judgee were already receiving a salary 81.600 In ex cess of the amount fixed by the consti tution. - The compensation of the, secretary of state Is drawn from three sources he receives the constitutional salary of 11.600. certain sums allowed by statute for ssrrlng upon state boards, and f era. j The t'tl la artpposed to amount to from lio.OOO to 826.000 a yes i , .v . . The state treasurer gets (Tie consti tutional sslnry of $t00. compensation for sorv1rs on stste boards, and lnteret on the state funifa In his JimikIs. His Parker and Davis Will Get His .Vote, He Says in the Commoner.-r SHARFINT CRITICISM Nomination Secured by Deliberate De ? eeption, He Asserts, and "Wall-. Street Element's Success" V Displeases Him. j , , (Special Dispatch to The Joaroal.) Unco In. Neb.. July 11. William Jen nlnga Bryan will stand- by the Demo- -cratlo ticket and will cast his vote for Parker and Davis for president and , vlce-presiaent. He announced his post- V tion In today's issue of his -paper, the Commoner. While renewing allegiance ' to hla party, Mr. Bryan crttlctaes sharply the methods by which Parker's , nomination waa secured. Uls statement : in full follows: - "I shall vote for Parker and Davis, the nominees of the Democratic national convention,' and shall do so for the fol lowing" reasons: "First Because the Democrat to ticket stands for opposition to imperialism, while the Republican ticket stands for , an Imperialistic policy. On this ques tion, which was the paramount issue in ' 1400, end which must remain an Im portant lasue so long as en attempt Is made to bold coloniee under the Ameri can flag on this Issue the convention was unanimous, the platiorra emphatic, and I have no donbt that the candidate will carry out the platform.- : - "Second ikfr. Roosevelt is Injecting the race Issue Into American politics, and this lasue. If It becomes national, will make It : impossible " to .-. consider questions that demand action. The else- tlon of the Democratic ticket will put a quietus on this subject. r Third Mr. Kooeeveic stanas ror-tne- spirit of war. His friends present him as a man of blood and. iron.' He believes In strenuousneas and inculcates a love for warlike things. The Democratic ticket standa for peace, for reason, and for arbitration, rather than for force. conquest and bluster. ' "Fourth Thai Democratic platform . declares in favor of the reduction of the standing army, and as this plank was unanimously aUopteu there is reason to believe a Democratic statement on this subject would bring some advantage to the people. For these reasons. I feel Justified in supporting 'the ticket' "A Deraoc ratio victory will mean very little. If any, progress on economlo questions so long as the party la under ' the control of the Wall street element On the money question Mr. Psrker is as thoroughly committed to the side of the financiers ss Mr, Roosevelt. - If he does . not go 'as far as the Republicans would In retiring stiver dollars. In establishing branch banks, in enlarging the powers of the national banks, and tn the sub stitution of an asset currency for the present currency, It will be because he is restrained by the Democrats In the house and senate. Nothing greater can be expected from him on the money ' question. ' .. "On the trust question the Democratic: platform Is very much better than the ; Republican platform, but the nomination of Judge Parker virtually nulllflea one . anti-trust plank. Unleas m his letter of acceptance he ' commits himself to anti-trust legislation "we need net ex- . pact him to pursue a different' course . from that pursued by President Koose- -velt - - : ' .. "So far as the labor questions sre con cerned, we must await Judge Parker's -letter before we shall know whether the laboring man h$a anything to ' expert from his election. The labor plank as prepared by Judge Parkera friends on the sub-committee was a straddling, meaningless plank. In the full commit tee planks were adopted In favor ef arbitration 'and the eight-hour day and against government by Injunction; also a plank on the Colorado- situation. If -Judge Parker Is silent or smblguous on ,'. these subjects. It will mean that the men back of htm will not permit him to take the labor side on theae disputed ques tions, - '.-'.; ' ---j, "On ' ths tariff question - some little progress may be hoped for. But the, Parker men on the- committee were (Continued on Page Two.) - 200 LIVES LOST IN -ISLAND CLOUDBURST (Jnoraal Special Rerrfa-e.) . Manila. July- il. More than too Uvea were lost and fl.000.400 damage done as the result of a e cloudburst- at Ban Juan Del, Monte. Rain fall Incessantly for e t 10 hours and reached the un- e precedented aggregate of 17 Inches. In San Juan boats today , are the only method Of communU e . ration end the peopla are seek- e) ing safety In ths hills. , ..-... The rains continue falling and . it aeema that the flood will 1n- 4 rrense to such an ement that the hlrher portions of tne town msv w also be inun1nl. Arr'f! fr e assistance hsve hcen r--!v-t st Manila and s t lm IsMit-w c f . -u bv the rltlwns us I c I'.e government. - if councllmen, at the city election, i ; (Continued on Taiee Two.) 44444444444 4 4 e 4 e e 4 e 4 4 4 4 e 4 4. e e e e e e 4 e e 4e e e e4 O O C 0 i ,