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PORTLAND REGOfJ -TUESDAY EVF.NTrJfV MAY . 16, .1005. FOURTEEN . PAGES"
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OFFICERS OF GRAND COURT QF OREGON . FORESTERS OF AMERICA.
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JN SESSION
Grand Court ipf Orron
uathers tor eleventh
Biennial Meeting.
LIVELY CONTEST FOR
- LEADING OFFICES
Important Changes in By-Laws
-1 Relating to r Applications for
-X- AdmissionWilllBe-lDisiC-lcu3$ed
byDelegatesLdi:
At the afternoon's . meeting, pf .th
eleventh biennial session of th grand
court of Oregon, Forester of America,
. ,t'vgly xpntrwt Of yejojed, Jn lft..fiJscMqin
of officer to aerva during; the next two
' year. The atruggl centered In "the
i election of a grand chief ranger, a grand
, aecretarr nd- three representatives , to
attaad the supreme aeaalon In' Buffalo
wt-August. Factional Intnraata are
aid lo hvTtsbed andthe -flection
waa a test of the strength of the con
. tendera. .-. - : -. - "" ".'
grand court - of Oregon opened thla
morning at 10 o'clockrtn Foreatera'JbaOL
- Second . and Yamhill atreeta. It
, tailed to order by W. H. Klepper, grnnd
chief ranger- Routine. bulneea waa
transacted and eommltteea r appointed.
Reporta abm It ted by- the- grand
chief ranger and the' grand aecretary
'showing the development and growth of
the order during . the past two yeara
and the financial condition ahowlng
ateady and aubatantlal growth and con-
3ed-Tia' eatrenicly
' aatlafactory to membera of tha order.
rr- TI J0Tr Court mepreaenUd.-
...... Sixty delegate and grand officer are
: atteodlng' the aeaaioai .repreaentlng
very court la tha atata of Oregon.' '
Among the Important tnattera f leg
. lnlatlon to be decided at the preaent
'neaaion- la -the- proBoaed clmcga -trr xht
by-Jaw of the ofdr perUlnlng to the
adftilaalon of can1lrtatea. Up - to thla
time it ha heejuJha cuatom to receive
appllcatlona of candldatea for admla
Ion. appoint a"Vommlttea to.lreveatl
-:"iriitr, then accompany- the? candidate to
tha office of the examining physician.
In case he la rejected by the physician,
hi application' for membersjpJa.ot
rereciea.
It la proposed, according to tha con-
- templated change In the. Jay-la wa. that
candidate visit tha examining physi
cian before submitting hie application
for membership. - Jn" caae Ke la uns.ble
to pass the physical requirement for
membership,-the' order will avoid tha
t rouble and- tncwivenlenc- of having a
personal examination of the cnndUlate
by the committee. The proposed change
la aaid to be the cuatom of a majority
' of fraternal Insurance companies. .
At the morning' a aeaalon a presa com
mlttee waa appointed, consisting of W.
r E. flnyder and A. Backerson. , t
. , Offloera la Attendanoe.. ...s ...
members of the atandlng committee at
tending the present aeaalon are aa fol
lows: Grand chief ranger, W. H. Klepper of
Grande; grand aub-chlef ranger, A. J.J
I . Hcnroeaer or Aiiorm; grano; ircnurer,
R. P. Olll of Portland grand ecretary,
(V "of Portland: Brand recordlna
aecretary, 8. O. Dlllman of Oregon City;
oKiii 7tr..nn r..TT!nacterUed a obscene over all terri
- grand senior woodward,' W.H. Warner
of Albany; grand Junior woodwVd, D. D.
Wilder of The Dalles; grand senior bea
dle. Dr. F. C. Broslu of Hood River;
"'grand Junlqr beadle,-A. W. Severanpe of
Tillamook; grand :lruteee. W.T.. Co
burn of Grant Pas, F. W. 1 Bkibbe
of T1i"Dalle,-and- John Ecklund of
. Portland. ------ . . .
Supreme repreaentatlye C, Q. Burk-
Mrt.-. Albany. Oregon; J. A. Wateon.
Portland, Oregon; A-I Brown, , Balem,
Oregon, i
Standing committee: Grand arbltra-
: tlon yf. i-E. Snyder, Court Mount Hood
No. lr George Reynard, Court Mount
i'lood Na I; II.-J. WhlteCourt Multno
mah No. I; James McKlnley, Court Web-
foot No. 4; J. J. Johnson, Court Webfoot
No. 4; Dr. Edward Diedrlch, Court Oer
manl No. f; C. F. Muneon. Court 8cau
dla No. 7, ' ,
' Grand auilttor F. R.: Btngley, Court
Mount Hoo No. 1; J. J. Johnson, Court
- Webfoot Noj 4 j-CFMun8on,JCpurf
. Scandla No. 7. -1
Transportation W. M. .Richtmyer.
Court Columbia No. 2; John .Helbock,
Court Webfoot No. 4; p. F. Nal. Court
Heppner NOr-4:" '". - "
A spVolal meeting Of the- local ano
tuary of the Shepherda Wf America,-the
econd degree 'of 'Forastryrwlll be held
. tomorrow evening for the purpose of
Initiating eandldates. At the aame time
the Arabian degree Klafl will be con
ferred . on the grand court oflVOr at-
-tending the sesalon frF6rei!ter. JtiP.
vltatlons have been lasued to the spe
cial meeting by 1 F. Rasmussen, finan
cial aqrlbe. . ,
BIG ELECTRIC FAILURE ;
CAUSED BY BIGEL0W
- (Joarsal Becu gtrvlrs.v
. Milwaukee; Mfly K.-e-a receiver wasiih. riakama uihrritie
appointed today for the. NutuThM Elec-j
tfla (company, capitalised at IH.COO.OOO.
.r1 V ' w' .forrr"r Pr"l1't ot the.
First National bank, was its Jprtealdent,
b"t he resigned When Jll allck.d defel- ;
cation bocame public.
-v mtrno niax.TXM bubstss.
(Jooraal gpeetal Hervtee.) .
' AHootia. Ka., May 14-The Cockrell
,lnc meltr was destroyed by fir t
'tlay.'jj TifjoU 1 00,000. . v i n
- : T:- -s-y. ML AlLJ fe VV.V-
GAMBLERS MUST GET
MAYOR'S CONSENT
Men Who Would Make Milwaukee
Monte -Carlo May Not -
Know Law . ." v
SECTIONS THAT D
WITH CRATTON'S SCHEME
Charter. Gives Portland Juridi
tion Over Games Within Four
r- Miles o? City Limits. .
When Isaac Gratton,;who 1 ald
Iba li , repiT'
bllng Interests, get hi clubhouse com
pleted and turn . Mllwaukl : . Into a
atonta Carlo. It - will t - to-' -' Hi
mayor and executive board of Portland
to aten. In and arrest everybody con
cerned ' In the illegal undertaking "and
sets and doatroy all-the--paraphernal U
tnsnlled In.lhft building.,. , J ' 7 J
Such action (a made obligatory on
theaa oftlcUla by he eft y-eftarter; -VM
organic law. governing the municipality
or .Portland. The reading of the charter
I epeclno It empower the mayor and
the executive board to arrest all per
son engaged in gambling or conducting
a gambling game- in the city or within
four-mlle-of-th-coTp6rate TlmTts.
MUwaukie ia located only a short 11-
tano from the corporate limit of the
city, and In tha opinion" of a number of
offlclala there I no method by which the
plain reading" of the lnatrument can .'be
evaded.
It I true that MUwaukie I located In
Clackamaa county, '.but . Under the pro
visions of -the -charter this doe not
stltute a loophole, by which tho gam
blers can carry on their Illegal, opura
tions, even though they should receive
the protection of the Clackamas authori
se. "
rToro4 of Cltj Charter. .
A city .charter , forma an act ' of the
legialatura, and haa all the force of stats
law. No 'municipal ordinance or coun
ty government, act can Interfere with
Ita provisions. In fact, a etty, charter
forms a special law and take preced
ence of a general law. By the provisions
of' the Portland city .charter, the local
offlclala are .given Jurisdiction as "re
gard gambling, lottery establishments
I rTVl JmuBen2ejn-jaJiini-iAr.
tory lying within four miles of the cor
porate limits of-the city, without regard
to the county In which such illegal actl
may take place. '
Not only la thla true-the charter, a
special law, goea farther than the gen
eral laws on gambling, and give the
municipal authorities much more power
than is granted state or county officer.
The Vnunlclpal official-are authorised
to aelse gambling paraphernalia and
have It destroyed. No provision for
seising or deatroylng the apparatus useU
lu gambling 1 made by atate law..
rollo Arrest and rroseente.
The action of the mayor and execu
tive board In .to, be 'taken through the
chief of police. On thl official fall
th duty of prosecuting the offender
after he shall have placed tnem under
arrest. Tho charfer mentions specific
ally that he shall prosecute them -"vigorously",
and. ehall. cause all tU salxcd
articlaa to be destroyed. --, ' -
Furthermore, the mayoi1 and executive
board are. required afterward .to .notify
In writing the owner of the premlaea In
which the law shall have been violated
that the building ha been used for un
lawful purposes and that tie munt cause
It ua In violation of the -law to cease.
Evidently - unfamiliar with the-pro;
visions of the city charter Orattnn, act
ing aa the agent of certain Portland
gamblers, forced to'cMa up by Sheriff
Wwd, ha purchased 12 anres of ground
at MUwaukie' for $1,000, and the work
of putting up a clubhouse on the north.
side ef Electric park is well under way.
The building I to be 40 by SO feet In
dimensions, one story high.- and sur
rounded by a high board fence, so as to
keep out all'lfat member of the pro
fession and keep In uch "sucker"-
they may be able to guide there to be
separated from their coin, t,
V rromi Mut Say Xee Made,
That' the projectors of the acheme
hay some sort of ynderstandlng 'with
p,rtcularly with the city couhcU of
Mllwaukle. I looked on a assured;
otnerwlse. they would not take So long
, chance on erecting a building and
.nln to tha exnenm necessarv to eon-
ducting a gambling estahllsnment. ,TJie
apparatti which they Intend to employ
i.f was' formerly used In Portland gambling
houne. ' . -' -' -
Iif conneetlon'wlth the establishment.
It ta (!. a poolroom, according to the
.(.Continued on Tag Two.)
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PAYS $159,000 FOR
LAMAIIllCANAL
Secretary Hitchcock Accepts Of
fer of Oregon. Ditch' Com-' -y-
- - any.tg Sell. T.;,;r-
ALtOTS-A-MttttOfr
FOR-THI9 PROJECT
This Is One Fourth of the Pro-
0sed Cosfofthe Government-
- Reclamation Scheme.
(Washlngtoa. Bares of Tb Joersal.) .
Washington. May .14. Secretary- -of
the Interior. Hitchcock ha accepted the
offer of the ; Klamath .Canal, company
to sell it holding to the (government
for tltO.000. - -.t
1 He has aiso allotted S1.0A0,00 to be
gin work cm-the Klamath ' Irrigation
project This la Onjy one-fourth '.of the
cost of the entire project but will com
plete one ctton"wh!ch will Be" proba
bly entirely: in Oregon, ; - -v -
- Work will commence when the lTnited
States engineer prepare plan and con
tracts are duly made.
The acceptance of the Klamath Canal
company's offer averts a Iltfgiitlon which
seemed seriously Imminent. The com
pany offered the only opposition to the
government s project for the Irrigation
QfiM Kmmnth Tg1"n. nd M fin
manded a price for Its lands-and Im
provementa which waa considered exor
bitant
Judge Benson of Klamnfh Falls came
to Washington last winter In the effort
to induce the government to accept the
canal company terms, but he was un
successful.
Immense area of land will be re
claimed by the Klamath projevt.'
It I estimated that the cost of'recla.
matron will be 18.0 an acre, which la
materially less than the usual cost of
reclaiming arid lande. . .., .;.,....
JUMPS FROM TRAIN TO : '
SEE A BASEBALL GAME
(Jnnraal gpeclal Rerle.) .
New Tork. May J. The champion
baseball fan of ;Th season wss 'dis
covered ...today-, when :Oeorge 18neven.
after making a-trip to Boston to see
lthe New York-Chlrago game, took a fly
ing leap from wr, train, at One Hundred
and. Twentytflfth street elation on "ais-
covering' that tho. express h was on
did -not atop. i :. '. i
Sneven, who weighs 22S ' pounds,
bowled along, the plHtforrnua distance
of 40 '.yards, and received a number' of
severe' contusions - and a badly braised
arm, but even' this did not discourage
him- enough to prevent him seeing the
last three innings,
'I wish' I'd sepn the other Innings.
bnt-4heu a mitw ant-have everything.
aid Sneven, philosophically.
GROUND BROKEN FOR
OAHO-IIMBER ROAD
Vi . I.
(RpeeMI f)lMtrh jio The Jnarnal.l
Pa louse,1 Wiih May H.-Groimd was
broken yaaterVity 1 for the construction
of the Washllngton- Idaho A Montana
railroad, which wilt be- built by the
Potlatch Lumber company 4 8 mil Into
i
X T-,
it aliie timber holdings In Idaho. - TheWourt on' the ground tljat the Inform-
ennrract call for tha somnletlon of the
road by August. 1906. To accomplish
this It will be .neenssary to employ from
1.200 to 1.60Q. men. . At) present about
100 men ana ac work on the grade.. Tha
road will cost ' about . 11.000.000. 'The
Potlath, Lumber company wilt build
foiir-barld mill capable of 'turning' out
16o.Aoo.oiio feet of lumber ear and
umpioying t,QW men.
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LANDING" IN CHINA
DENIED BY KAISER
Report of . Germany's Taking
: Possession of -Haichou Bay
. Creates Sensation. w
STEAMER ISSUNK BY ;
. . ; : MINE AiT PORT ARTHUR
Russian-Jews 4n WarsawShot
DowabyTroops and Several
Are Injured.
" ' L (Joral Special Berrlce.) '
Londort. May 14. A dispatch to Reu-
tera from Toklo stating, that German
p haveoccupien liairhnu in tho
Bhantung. a provJnce,Qf) China,, ha cre-
ated a great sensation here. i
A Shanghai dlxpatch state that the
reported landing Is regarded doubt
ful there and the rumor possibly orig
inated from tho presence of German
boat In the harbor on a surveying expe
dition.. ' "' . ' .
.The Berlin foreign office today offi
cially denies that the German troop
have occupied Haichou aa reported In
the Vispatches.
. It was claimed that German trfinps
landed north of the old channel of the
Hoang river, where they raiaed and sa
luted the German flag. ij
The steamer Kilo struck a mine and
sank off Port "Arthur on the nightrof
May 11. The crew was rescued and ha
beenbrought back to Osakt. - -The
steamer Nikko Maru, a naval
auxiliary vessel, ha gone ashore off
Fusan, Korea. It is expected that ahe
Will be floated at high tide.
Bow belteved -that the ' Battle
fleet I' - anchored off - St. John'
Island, one of the two Islanda owned by
France 0 mile eouthweat of Hong
kong. Rojestvensky and Nebogatoff
united their fleets on May 10 and are
believed to be prooeedlng northward
From other .source It 1 stated that
the-Russian fleet aalled northward from
Honkoh bay May 14. :
jaws SXOT SOWsT.
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-- (Jonrnsl Special Service.), 1 -'
. Warsaw. May 14. A gathering of
Russian Jewish Socialist on Nalewskl
street was dispersed at midnight by a
vol ley1 from the Infantry patrol. , Sev
eral were wounded. ' . i .
In the eourtmartlal-today the -workmen
- Implicated In the riot of .last
January wet. convicted "and sentenced
to death. A reprtev ha been granted
tho convicted men, however. " .
IDENTITY OF VEILED v
U MURDERESSLEARNED
i . s .
, f Journal Special Servlee.) -
-si Chicago. May l.-The veiled murder-
who died In prison in Mattewan, New
yprk, yesterday, whore she wk confined
for the . last 60 year. prove to have
been the wife of. Blr. Walter F. Elliott,
who 'ran away, from him after her mar
rjage.. She waa an American, girl. Char
lotte Ward being her maiden name. She
wa confined for the murder lnJ8B3 of.
Timothy Lanagaa and Catherine Loubee
In -Troy, - .(.. - , ,j
ST.L0UIS B00DLERS' -
. CASES ARE REVERSED
' (Jonrnsl Special Service.) - - "
Jefferson City, Mo.. May 14. The
case of Charlea 'F. Kelly and Cliarle 1
Louis municipal assembly, . were today
reversed and remanded by tn suprelne
tlona on which they were Indleted -Were
nqt properljfarerlfled. , ( . - 1
.. oxxxo dbistcs tosnra.''
, 1 (Speelal Planatcb te The JnarMl. ,
. lakeside. Wash.. May 16. The 2-year-old
danghter of Bert Van Metser nf Bhl
pliere will, prbbably die on" account' of
drinking Iodine yesterday.
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3. KAFKA'
KIRKE LA SHELLE-r
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DIESJF-INMVL
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Blood-Poisoning Follows Wounds
riReceiYed - iti? anAc----
. - 'Cident. :
THtATRlCACMAMAcEf
ITHOUT A, FAILURE
Singular Reputation of Versatile
f M an Who Wrote Ope ras and-
l Plays With Equal Facility .1
(Journal SperUI Servlee.)
Heliport. U I, Mar 1. Klrke La
Bhelle, theatrical manager and play
wrlght.' dted at - hl""home today from
blood poisoning, resulting from an Injury
to hi leg. He was -injured in an auto
mobile accident.
Kirke La Bhelle bore a reputation on
Broadway equaled -only by that- of WH
Hani A. Brady. "Neither of them "has
ever been interested In a theatrical fail
ure. -'it- ' '
La jelle wa horn at WyOmlngr ilH-
nols, September 23, '.1861, and began his
career as' a newspaper man, working
from- apprentice to a managing editor
of such paper a'he Chicago Dally
News jnd the Chicago Poet. Ilia first
a an advance, agent. Probably hi first
substantial success was the opera, "The
Ameer," the libretto and lyric of which
were written by. himself. This made
him a fair fortune, but 'was nothing In
comparison with hi next' efforts "The
Princes Chic," which I still playing.
He turned suddenly to "atmosphere"
play and produced Augustus Thomas'
"Arizona." Following thlst La . Bhelle
put out Stoddart'ln VTha- Bonnie Brier
Bush,"- in the preparation of . which he
was collaborator, and still later' he
helped ' dramatise and.t produced "The
Virginian."-' . HI various enterprise
have netted aa many fortune, and the
author-manager leave a large estate.
EARTH ARSENIC THEORY
- DECRIED BY; EXPERTS
- t ' ( Jonroal Spetlal 8-rrlc ) '
Chicago, May 16. In the Hoch mur
der tral today Professor Haines,, the
chemical expert.' took the stand for the
prosecution. He .expressed' th0,Jlnl0I!
that It" was highly. Improbable, if not im
possible, that airaenlc could find ita way
to the stomach, of MraWalcker-Hoch.
through the casket and Soil of the cem
etery.,. : -. , , s.; u
Moyer, another expert confjrmed the
opinion of Haines; At the conclusion of
testimony States (Attorney Healy began
argument for the state.
B0WEN FILES ANSWER -.
TO CHARGE OF L00MIS
(Joaraal Siierlal Dervice.)
' Washington, D. C, May 16. Former
Minister Herbert W. Bowen thla morn
ing called Irr person and filed wlth'Sec-
retary Taft a formal reply to the atate
ment and countercharge made by As-
slstant Kecretarv of Htate Loomla.
ARMOURS SUFFER BIG
:.y, : LOSS IN MAY WHEAT
1 1 - (Joarnal Special rvlee. .
Chicago, May 16. Th bulge In, May
wheat on the board -of trad today I
said to have caused a heavy loss to th
Armour who r short; May option
Jumped from S04 to (4. James A. Pat
ten la said to b a heavy Winner among
the long. t, ' .1 .
AJ"C.'3.CftRODES-
START SPOILED IN
" RACE ACROSS SEA
Calm and Dense Fog Interfere in
Yac ht Contest fortho
EtEVENVESSEI.S.NTErt::
FROM DIFFERENT NATIONS
Eight of theiBoats Are American,
Tvyo Are English and One Is
1 From Germany. - - :
Naveslng. U I., May 1. -tliultptln.)
TnTTlHlBerTf-BU1 VtKl','V4J4' hartSEen
I di I ' of f -untlt-r noou,tunotrow h
cause of" tha unfavorable weatherepn-
Lul!tonS
(Jmirnal HpeeUt SerTjee lT
TKaveslnla'LrT:. May 18. TBoua
Of. excuraionlat wno--went --the
liny" today to wltnrs tfis ll 'yacht TwfT
across the Atlantic In the first interna
ftttr-thfis
Were disappointed. A denaa fog hung
like a pall-over,lhe boats obscurlrig
them- from . sight. . while the wind fell
almost to a dead calm.
With favorable condition the' run to
the Ltxard light 1 generally expected to
owupy 11 days, though-there are. a few
who look tor record time.Tne weather
will cut o large a figure in the lasu
that there la wide diversity of opinion
as to the outcome. With a coirse so
long 3.020 nautical mile and 'with a
tenth that width covered by the courses
which will bo. steered by the various
competitors., the element -of luck will
nter Into it largely. ..
..amtnwa aoni riTono. j
The Valhalla has probably next to
the Atlantic the-larger number of advo
cate. She is h largest boat In the
race, and In heavy weather her size and
immense sail apread are aura to count In
her favor.. The .Utowana i another
good performer with moderately heavy
weather. ...The Endymlon I a favorite
with-, many for -very-simllaF-'rftson."
These are the four most prominently
mentioned popularly-
About - the Hamburg there Is the
greatest -uncertainty. The Apache 1
well regarded by a small but devoted
following. The Fleur de Lis also has
-prmall foltowtng. The Sunbeamr1-n
unknown quantity largely with no es
tablished, record. The HUdegarde simi
larly haa small chances In popular esti
mation, though favored by the few,
while the Allsa, In. the opinion of many
yachting experts, I moat unauited for
the kind of race In which the la en
tered. . Contesting Yaehta.'
At the siart a nasty fog hung like a
blanket over the sea this morning.. An
early morning breeze out of the south
west died away, to a practical calm.
The contesting yachjra - are. the Val
halla, auxiliary, ship, length 240 - feet,
tomrage 648, owned by the Karl -of Craw
ford; the Sunbeam, also an auxiliary
ahlp, owhed by Lord Braaaey, 227 tona
burden, 160 feet length, both of which
represent England lni the race, :J:u
The Hamburg, a schooner. Is the only
German boat entered. She 1 owned
by T. - W. Tlet Jen. Is 185 ton burdtln
and 140 feet length. ... . ..
-The other eight boat a r owned ' by
American and are: .Atlantic, auxiliary
chooner, owned by - Wilson - Marshall,
tonnage 20S,r length 187; The Utowaua.
also a three-master auxiliary schooner,
owned by Alllsorr F, Armour, 267 tona,
1I feet length! th Thistle, schooner,
2S5 tons, ; 150 feet length, TSwned "By
Robert IC'Todd: . the'Apache, auxiliary
bark, 207 ton, 220 feet length, owned
by . Edmund Kandolph; th Hlklegard,
sch'ooner, 143 tons, 135 feet length;1, the
Fleur de Lis, a schooner, ggtons, log
feet length, owned by L. K.8timson:
thandymtanachooner. Ili..luual3jl
feet length; the Tllaa, yawl, US tons,
130 feet length, owned ,b Hemy Red
mond. 1 f. r , 1.
At 11:30 o'clockl the fog . waa . still
heavy and the wind light, fom the
northeast. The Atlantic was . the'-fli st
boat' to start, going out under- low. v ''he
Atlantic, HUdegarde, Endymlon, Ailsa,
IWmturg and Valhalla arf ""believed by
competent Judge " to Rave the beat
chance In the race. 1 .
At noon the fog Is othlrkitWst tI-I'
ion, ! ooacuryu ,iv irri nws. ma wind
breezed up a olr. but prospiecta fW . a
tart today are small. , J
-The; wind wa blowing uiven knot
at )3 o'clock. The fog still heavy.
The starting committee win probably
wait until sundown before giving up
hope of Starting the yacht today: The
Fleur da Lia, the smallest of the reera,
waa atruck by a mud m-nw while lyln
at anchoi In 'the liortc- f'-f and o
bad! damaged that shu v ev fru' i
Ui race -
liill
Chicaga's-Mayor-fThreat-
cijs Unionists IfStrike
; Is Extended. . '
EFFORT AT ARBITRATION i
MADE BY CITY C0UNCILu
Coming of International Officers
Is Occasion of Truce Between
dContendingEarties In-
" : iunction Continued. - r
. (Joornat Special Servloa.) .
Chicago,, May 16. Whether the strike
will spread to all teamster in Chicago -
or ( enter upon :, ... stageof. peaceful
negotiation for settlement ia the'Vuea- .
tion that 1s hanging In the balance to
day. The coming of President Oomper '
and.': ihe- executiy eoardfl theeajn-..
stera' brotherhood 1 looked upon a - -
favorable topeaceetBedsn'theTartZ
of the teamatera. . . i , . -
I tjmhr"6tner hand thtj impomrtotrnf -
more strike-breaker today, wlUtrtha-
uriconipromlsrh gatUfudeir of the 7 em-rri"
ployers, gives the situation a more war-
like- -aspects . . .' -
: Pr'esldenf "Hhea. President Uold. and ..
JaaepV.O'JSeJltirscxesenttng the freight
handlers, and other labor leader had a
onferenca--: wttn Mayo-:: Dunne . thl
morning. , It;i said theLmayor asked
the labor .... leader .noU.tq:. epread tbe
trtke and us every effort to prevent
further disturbance pending the mayor'
effort to bring about arbitration"
through' 'thc'-wwiM
if the auuncil
committees. The labor men promlsea
the mayor tous the. ulmstJuthority:
to keep tho sitna tlfn peaceful, ; but in- "
slated that employer rtake p atep
tending to inrtte-ther teamster to riidt-
They-alsoMigrreed. to -moba
thelralda -Of the controversy to the
ctmncll of arHratln commlUetylithigaUL
will - meet-today - to luvesugaycoTiafc
ment. r
The mayor Informed "the strike lead"--Tfa
that. tho" spread of the strike would
Immediately lead to the calling out of
troops. lie told them that he was de
termined to preserve peace In all event. '
A committee of llvnrymenj:aUet ,pn
the mayor and complained that cab drlv-
era Jra their ,employ refused to crry
passengers to strike-bound stores, " The
mayor promised to revoke the tlcenae of
any cabman who was remia In htaduty
to-ill public. s .
Several hundred strike breakers r-'
rived from 8t. Louis thl morning. Two
hundred additional policemen were de
tailed to guard Wagons to be sent out
today; Severs casts of minor 'disorder)
were reported this morning. f "-
Judge Kphlsaat this morning con
tinued the eight injunctional caae ..
agailrtst. labor men until the" heastng of
the 'testimony before- Master in Chan-
eery Sherman was concluded. - The tak-' -tng
of (testimony waa continued- today.
Clarencp . Harrow, attorney-for tha
teamster, attacked . the Jurisdiction of
the federal court in taking up th atrike
matter. , ' "'
At a meet'lng of the board of edura
tion last night it was decided that the
state law leaulrlnc parents to send
children;, to .school -.woulbrj'lglUlyn:
forced.. Parents msy be fined and ar- '
rested for failure to send their children
to school under this law.
Charle Casey and otheV unionists ac-i- -
cused of the murder of Charle K. Cmr-
strom, who, it Is alleged, was beaten to " '
death by hired thugs, are still In Jail,
where their bonds are placed at 117.000. '
A practical armistice in the . strike
was declared last night to last uniii-.the
international officer s of the Teamster' ,. .
Brotheihood arrived acre Wednesday or
Thursday. The -teamster'. Joint council
last ntgtrt a second time refused the de-
mand of the Teamowner' association. ,
that deliveries be made to struck house. .
No action will be taken by the Team
owner' association Until the -arrival of
the national' officer of the union.
The Lumbermen' association passed
a -resolution cwlHng-orrThe teamater
define their attitude toward making de- .
liveries of lumber.. j. - '- -'.."
SENT TO PRISPN FOR r
' VIOLATING INJUNCTION "
(S(ecUr i)lptcfc t To JoornatT'
Helen. Mont. May j6 Federal Judge
W. H. Wil'tYt today adjudged Charle
Geymnh nd tlletdoymsn Mining) com
pany guilt. vv of violating an . Injunction
Issued by ' ,,iittWvmM. J udge
Knowle. and sentenced Gey man to Jail
for 40 day and ordered the company to
pay the coats of .the proceeding, which
have been In his court for about two
weuka. to determine. If the-Geymao. em
pany had been "invading .the I mining
ground of the Boston and Montana com
pany. . The amount of these co4ts 1 not
known, but will be quit heavy. t
Geymap T a memfber of the legis
lature from Silver Bow county and ha
been prominently identified with the
llelnae faction. Th Boston and Mom
tana charge ar that Oeyman ha stolen
ore to th amount of more than I-",.
000 and a civil stilt for the recovery
of this amount will b instituted. It I
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gr, ex-prealdi'iit of
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were 110 f
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