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;- THE J ORfiGQN SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING, 12 17JERICA IS LAND OF-SLAVERY-- r.lANY ROBBED BY TWO topics in -SUGAR-TRUST EGOLDEII GATE3 $800:033SavedEccIi German Socialist Organ Warns .... Workingmen to Keep Away FrdnTThis Country. . . v Systematic Robbing of Grocers Talk Today Insurance Question MonthonRent Alone '. and Consumers Practiced " by Overcharges. ' ' and Mayor's Dictum Closing f Saloons Entire Summer. LITTLE RENTS LITTLE EXPENSE LITTLE PRICES UTTLE DOWN UHLE WEEKLY LABORERS ARE SERFS; - ' '; MONEY WAS OBTAINED - ALL FOUNDATIONS MUST. r.RICH .CLASSES SNOBS UNDER FALSE PRETENSES BEjpJLJESXjCHARACTER Treatment of Men in Slaughter. Houses In Chicab Declared Worse 1 Than in Mines of Siberia Kaiser -Angry Over Scandal. . Freight Rates Boosted and Hundreds Relief Fund Has Passed the Six Mil of Thousands- of DoDara Taken lion Mark and General j Greely ; Illegally Pretended . to , .Prepay Says Ample Supplies Are on Hand for Thirty Dayt. ' " " " :T T Charges. "Y. . : " ' :, ' AIR - ' - " - - r -r- - I ' r: truss fitzvnjzr i ' r -' ' VV-. By Malcolm Clarke. Wire t Tbe JoarBal.T i . Berlin. May II The United State h the laat country In the world to which German working-man should think of emigrating, according to the opinion of f (ha nrlncloal Socialist organ In this city. The treatment of strikers n "?""'!.' vanla, as well aa the criticism or uorsy. -when It was discovered that the" woman he bad introduced aa hla wife was not .married tohlnv bave aroused .the ed . Itor of the paper to aa outburst of anger, In which be severely eoores. conditions In the United States. . ' "America, once a country of true 11b-.'erty.,-has become a -country -of slavery and bigotry." ' thV "paper say. r '-The material prosperity and the political suc cess have wrought a chance In that great . jMople which can ontr be deplored by -all true friends of freedom, and wealth has become the only standard by which men are measured. - In no country In the "Wort(tTnnt everT'ln Russia; Is Hio-gao ' between theTOSsessnd the classes as wide and sharply defined as In the United Ststes. While, those who. have aecumu : lated immense" fortunes have ' become ' more snpbMah than ' any set" of people 'on this aide "of tho ocean, and dream of no higher honor than to have their wives 4uffMere frotr,l themselves be fore the King and Queen of . jwigiana, the lot of the working-men, yf Anetica tcnfnlit nri Ihnn hrra . UJUUiaisd' id Siberia. --" "The Iras t ment at workers In the"-great slaughter houses of Chicago can only be.comnsJed-Wlththi vlcts in the mlnee of Siberia, with the difference that the 'convicts are st least alwaya sure of being; fed thd clothed," ':hlle the, wage-slaves, who ruin their health to enrich the American million aires, are always living In fear of want or starvation. '" "The state constabulary in" Pennsyl vania Is a .disgrace to the' American i people, and would never have been ioler ated anywhere but in that country and poenTbly Russia. - "The criticism of Gorky by a 'class .' of people who themselves change . wlvea as other people chaiuje underwear ! Is another proof of bigotry and narrow mindedness of those who constitute the aristocracy of the great American re public.'. ? ,. . JCais t The kaiser is furious-st-tte dtscoyrry of a scandal In connection with the renovation of the' Royal theatre.' This building Is under the direct control of the crown and all - the employes - are royai orririals, the actors and actrease royal actors and actresses.- , Vet when it required, the cost of re building it was not borne bv the crown. but by the slate. .The diet aceommodat- Jngly paid the bills with the taxpayers' money, and paid also - f 10.009,. the amount the eat I mat ea had been exceeded. excess has 'Juat been dlsoovered. The kaiser had honed to have the theatre completely renovated before he started on his Mediterranean tour last year. .. In order tocoraply-wlthhla . wishes the lntendent of the theatre rushed things., ills 'majesty witnessed - the opening performance and showered con gratulations upon the lntendent. I - Three montha after the whole interior of the theatre was dismantled. The par quet flooring, which had been laid on damp ground, was torn up. costly Smyr na rugs, which had been laid upon, ce-1 nom nuora noi yet ory, nad to be thrown away and the work done all over gain. was carried on at night, and even on - Sundays.- To prevent the workmen from -- striking-eaormoim wares were -mm thaas-aws-eatrs bonuses lisd-to- be- paid puuuor ne aaiser is rurious and the diet is ditto. - - -. GIVEN OVATION. (Continued from Page One.) people was.the fact that he has made a Inan of over half a million from the Irreducible school fund st Intercut. In stead of allowing It. to lie Idle In the , publio treasury. He spoke at length of Oregon's areat prosperity under present wethods. and sssnred his hearers amidst a storm of applause that those methods will continue under his direction. Following . the governor's address. Short speeches were made JudgeHaileyof -Pendlotoiv J. D,-Mat ( jock m cugene and Robert Miller. Each , speoker In turn was warmly greeted and their remark, received with the same , enthusiasm which prevailed throughout the entire evening. - - SENATOR HEYBURN : IS SERIOUSLY ILL " r'Wf infin of .Tie Joere.1. ) v Waahlngton, May 12. The condition f Benstor Heyburn of Jdaao, -who baa been ill for ; several weeks, la todny- rculn Als .wlfa- ndfrtendsTnuclii anxiety. Three days ugo he' was be- lleved to. be out of danger and it was thought his recovery -would 1e speedyT Blnoe that time complications have de veloped which render hla condition sgaln serious. Ths long attack of his Illness ri rendered h Ira very weak and his friends are apprehensive of the result OLYMPIA COMMITTEE ' H , : WAKES PURCHASES irriJ rsaeatct te TLe Jonrnal.) -. niympla. Wash., May 12. The local " relief committee purchased today ;oo worth of blankets, pillows and towel ing t. be sent to the national training school at Ban TVanclsoo, a free Institu tion, which la engaged In relief work in Ban frenriaeo. v. .7t.4f 14 ""ffvli Sfea Xout B staler. (SpMial Plnair te The Joeraal.) Rainier, Or., May 11 While working on Rorkey'a loafing rnd this week. Charlie ftwenSon, the foreman, struck a gold nusset . Much excitement Was aned arr.org the men In tHei camp over the flml snd auuiy intend to im. ti:taie laruisr,-- ... I) is ao- cumulating- dallythat".lhe.troubles'-of the ssaar trust will not be over wnen the federal (rand jury finishes bringing Indictments for violating the Interstste commerce acta In. connection with, rail' road rebating. According to unques- tlqjicd-evtdence. a. part of which is in documentary form, not only the . trust, but the outside sugar refiners have for years .been .systematically - robbing 1 the grocers of the west and through them the purchaser of every pound of sugar. The various concerns, headed by- H. O. Bavemeyer. which are in combination under .the title of the American Sugar Refining company, seine months sgo en tered Into a secret agreement" with the Federal company of .Philadelphia,, the Arbuckles of this city snd other outside concerns o add to pietr profits by booHtrtig the freight charges on Hfelr Invoices. . -; . Hundreds of t tutu sands of dollars have been taken from- the retail trade under fnlwe-yre tenses. The-oeheme-wss easy1 to work once the big -sugar rerlners nsd decided to act In unison, forgetting their other -fights - end - stifling competition. The price of sugar - la fixed ana any grocer can easily obtain the quotation from day to day. The sugar ts invoiced at thle price and then comes an. addi tional charge for freight. The sugsr shippers hsve always been able to com mand an extremely .low rate from the ihrnrgn ""mi r11"- lie. ahould profit. Tii IukfmuiI - tk frtliht rate and Dut the money In their treasury. As all tlon to this end, the grocers hsd to pay. gupppee. by . way. of Illustration,, that a grocer in some town west of the Mis eleslppt orders a consignment of sugas. Hi Invoice reads: . - j . -j Small Dealers SUld tip. - . "At the market price for that day1." The receiver has a freight rate of, say, 10 cents a hundred pounds from New York to the grocer's town. In: that bill freight 1s fhaiged at a rate e IT eentav It Is Invoiced aa "freight prepaid" ana the false pretense Is obvious to any ona who knows the real rate paid. - Whether any legal action will betaken against the refiners Is somewhat prob lematical. The- grocers who are belng robbed are as widely scattered ss there are towns and they have no association 'rB l th nuulina- aueatlon of lurlsdlctlon and there are, many lawyers 'who hold thafeltheflhC district attorney -of -New. Tork county or the county In which the grocer lives ahould Institute action. Civil procedure to recover would also be pos sible, but It Is not likely thst any grocer would care to make a singie-nanaea fight against one of the big corpora tions,- - ' """ Jury. Sard at Work. In the meantime the May grand Jury Is hard at work In the postoff Ice Ibulld- TTfon th evidence rumisnea trie, ne partment of Justice, by Winiam Randolph Hearst. The case wnicn nas m nui roada most worried is one of pooling. There is conolualvs evidence that all of the trunk11nearunnlng out of Chicago bad divided business orr a percentage business basis contrary to-the federal statutes. ' - i. -.;... United Btstes District Attorney Stlm son Is confldenTthe grand jury., will be able to find Indictments In a. number of cases. . . .. HOPPE AND SUTTON -- AGAIN VICTORIOUS i Chmsgo, May U. Jacob Schaefef. destined In his declining years to become the foil of the record-breaking- -per- ormafiWg' Uf young uien whs are as pirante for- the renowa- which, has been his for three decades, lost another heart breffkyg if me q Qnrge ftftTi In the wlndup ofjthe balk-line tournament to night. In sctusl playing merit Sutton outdid the marvelous performance of the the victim, for he completed his string In seven Innings, one less than was re quired by Hoppe, -the winner-of the tournament. .' The score was 100 for Sutton and 111 for Schaefer. Button's average was 71 S-7. the third fastest game In the his tory of the lt.l-lnch game. The other two records of 100 snd tl S-f are held by Sutton himself, theformer record made In New Tork' and the latter la his game with' Cure last Friday. . Willis Hoppe of New Tork won first prtae in the tournament by . defeating Champion George Slosson In ths after noon game. STORIES OF THE QUAKE - ARE NOW THE FASHION (8'etal Piapatrh by Leased Wife to The Journal) Ban Francleco, May 12. On the morn ing ot the earthquake . a fashionable eastern woman who was living at the St. Francis cams down to breakfast at tired la- her nattiest- morning - gown. Noticing ths confusion prevailing, she asked it ""Whyrwhafa the matter?" "Did you not feel thd earthquake T" ' Vertalnly, but I thought you had such things In Ban Francisco alt the time.1-. ' Justice W. F. Henshaw tells a com panion story. - In Redwood City a hotel was wrecked and many persons were pinioned In the wreckage, although there were no fatalities. As . the by standers were busy getting -out those In dahgsr-a. breesy voice was heard from the depths exclaiming: Here, help me out first, can't rout I'm an eastern man and .I'm not used to this like you Californians." PLAYING FOR CUP AT WAVERLY LINKS In the first .round of the semt-flnsls In ths snnual spring handicap for tha Special DUpetch by Leased Wirt to The 1 president's .up . at-Wavsriy-olfilnks-UudgM yesterday Webb beat Ldnthicnm - two up, Lewis beat Dwighf two up, Murphy beat Toung one up and .Tronson beat Voorhlea by defawlt. The four winners will play the flnsl round of the semi flnnls next Saturday, and the winners will settle the match one -week from 4tnat tuna, By Karl Von Herrmann! iCbpytlght, llaatat Wees Wire to The Journal. I ISan Francisco, .llay . it It would be hard to . say whether publio conversa tion todsy wss , most absorbed fn spec ulation regarding the. Insurance sus pense or in approbation of the mayor's dictum closing the saloons for the en tire summer. Everybody Is stUl con fident :. lhat . the insurance companies will live, up to their contracts, since. eves ignoring their .legal ..obligation to do so, they must-realise 'that recal citrance now would mean future Im potence. ; And the liquor question, quiet- rar" ooee m . . ibis solution tne whispers ef those who have hinted at the, political Influence of the rum seller, seems definitely and pleasantly settled. For nobody Is prepared to deny that the absence of easily-procured strong drink In this city since the morning of April It has- been more ' conducive ' to . the law and ordes than -all the police-and soldiers put together. : Discussion of the new building laws still goes on, and -though they cannot yet be tabulated In the exact form of their final acceptance some of their provisions 'may bo safely prophesied. It la probable, -therefore, that they will not restrict the height of class A struc tures, and thst structures of that de- arr1pton will hp thoss constructed of steel snd soma malarial ss thoroughly colla ui mlnfuned concrete. Iron shutters -onr aU. windows tlons will have to be ss secure as those which so saieiy sncnorea some oi nm talleat ' buildings In the . business section-when the earthquake shook flimsier edifices to ruins. Thess new ordinances wllTT appiyrof course, -to every struc ture raied -within the firs limits snd . i .i m m . . . will .utMmiHiatftlv 1 1 IV uiu ' in w tiuii " - be considerably extended. The relief fund psssed- tne is.ood.doo mark today, and ths stsck of supplies .. . -i . i has - now ' puea up . so ini ucnr.i r.reetv sas mule rations are en head for 80 dsys to some. -The number or refugees dependent upon this source for their food r still continues to sp- pwlnblydecreaser i thw.i-t gxooara ana butchers are rapidly regaining the trade which they lost during the' period of areatest stress snd the successful restoration Pf Bs tD,S afternoon means t that by -id t einthe -weekv most of the picturesque .street kttcjiens will have disappeared. ... . J . ' One or - two - haberdashers have let their windows blossom out with the "gay nhirtlngs which w-vaguely remember having heard were to oe tne-raaw ima summer, and simultaneously "the gar ment of blue flannel has begun to ba -retired to the shelf of souvenirs. Two dances were held last nig-nt witn military music and only seven looters were arrested this morning, so that something reslly approaching- a normal condition Is plainly on.lhe. ; way: And when JunS arrives the man or woman who cannot have a good time In Ban Francisco will not deserve one. - ; iIDOl'l OF HOLY ROLLER (Continued from Page One.) The woman Is under orders of the prosecuting attorney and will be held by the police matron as a witness at ths trial of George Mitchell unless she be comes Insane. A close guard will be kept eves her all night Tfit fssr " -j hai'ur "herself-or others. . a. Letters Trom Oreron Tollowsra. For . a time the police matron at tempted to convince her that her belief In her husband's resurrection was rldie iilouS and- that there was no uaa-ot-hat going-to, the cemetery tOu, witness his restfrrectlon from death. Mrsref noldr however, would not pay any heed to the. matron's arguments. - - She - de clared she knew, as did alt-Cref field's followers, that he could not die; that ordained that the 8onday after hla burial he wouia rise again ana snow himself to -ths world that he was really Christ Bines the. murder Mrs. Cref field has received letters from some of the faith ful In Oregon assuring her that her husband would again rise from the dead. The names of the correspondents were withheld from all the newspapers at the request; of the police matron. Will Ssaonnoa Mitchell. Tomorrow In several churches ser mons will be preached on the Creffield slaying. Rev. Myron W. Haynes, who gained much notoriety In Chicago before he rams to Seattle by his fight with relatives when his name was dropped from the list entitling him with other ministers to reduced rates, has an nounced that he will denounce MltcheU from ' the pulpit of his fashionable church as a cold-blooded murderer. Haynes has , already congratulated Prosecuting Attorney Mackintosh on his determination to ''vigorously prose cute Mitchell.- Haynes will beg his con gregation to drop Its sympathy for Mitchell and take sides With tha prose cution. . He la the only clergyman who will probably denounce .MltcheU. The others will tax sides, with the young slaver, or at least pass over it hurriedly and point out ths Iniquity of Creffleld's lire. Haynes nas orougni upon mm self much unpopularity by denouncing Mitchell. Publio opinion here Is strong In the slnywr favor.- Maanmr'S tetter Kelps. , --The letter from - Dlstrlot - Attorney Manning did much, to make tin the public sentiment .that Mitchell should bs liberated even without a trial. The declaration of Prosecuting Attorney Mscklntosh-that he would prosecute Mitchell as he would any. other mur derer Is looked upon as an unfortunate Incident. If MltcheU had been allowed ball today a; number of prominent cltl sens were willing to fnrnleh security upwards of 130.000. In the light of the fact that other have-allowed- murderers . hailit has led the publio to look with disfavor on Judge Fraters refusal to allow Mitchell ball. It Is certain that Mitchell if tried will he acquitted by the Jury. No man. although many have tried, has ever been convicted here for murdering a seducer of hla- wife or daughter. imiii4 a- case im uiwa sirouaer, $1 Down- tIo imitatiormnahc white maple or royal oak iveTywdritlyeducedte the house.' 60 beds to select SEATTLE- TO LEAVE COAST LEAGlil At Monday's Meeting, Puget Sound Team Will-Ask Per- 1 mission to Withdraw. ,.1 THINK PORTLAND WILL , JOIN INSURGENT. FORCES of Seattle, .-Tacomav.. Butte, .Van.- conver, Spokane and Portland rVonld B m Winner. r- jm s-l TMairiaiSj-aa tjt 1 1.' IPtJUs arTawTssi WR.m Seattle, Waah., May 12. Manager Agnew of the Seattle taseball club will attend the meeting of the Pacific Coast eagiie magnates at UaJ0andonH9hday I and ask that Seattle be allowed to with draw from the league and enter into ths Northwestern league. Seattle, will declare that It Is through with ths present league. . ,.u The Seattle manager says that there Is no chance of anything but large losses If ths Pacific Coast league Is continued. Ths magnates will be told plainly what Seattle wishes to da If the league should refuse to allow the Seattle team to withdraw it Is not yet certain what will be done, liow An geles was allowed to disband, and Seat tle sees no reason why It should trt held In "the organisation If It does not con sider It a good business proposition. - Seattle -wishes Portland to loin tne Northwestern league. If Seattle can break away from-"-1 ths .- Pact no coast league the Seattle magnates are satis fied that Portland win rouow xnem. .it la believed here tha Portland at the meeting Monday may ask to withdraw, as ths local magnates do not see how Portland oan see any money-la -tha Cali fornia combination. , - . The Northwestern league, composed ot Portland. Seattle. Butte. Spokane. Ta coma and Vancouver, It lsbeiieyedsj money-maker i he old Northwestern league always drew well in Seattle and kept up Interest as ths present league baa never dons.' , With Los Angeles out of the league and conditions aa they are In Oakland and San Francisco, Seattle can see no snm .i.vin- fc the Tee1fl Crtmmt I - $i2.co I l;fllbcaj;S Special-$18.CQ Z.jib.- lBf Beautiful quartered oak, hand- ' -. V-Ji Vsln ,1 $ fa) ,1 T ;-.,t,,; rub polished . : '--;.;:-v ; -i. . ': - - : 1- -J -M ....a e as is i ss ,sji I I as r i ,nmm. Sag m Ae-a s m - "i 11 -sm f r ' . " mm m . a Special Sale on Iron ",V""jleagu: - Bah Fiaisjlsnn's tslk that aha could erect a bail para in a snort time wss commented on by Scott Calhoun, ons of the-local directors, at a meeting here In the following words: - . "Why. if a man tried to use ths lum ber needed fot homeless people In build ing a ball park in San Francisco he would be mobhea. The iaea or playing ball In that city la sickening, consider ing all ths' suffering that exists there. that of the men already liberated for shooting 'down libertines. ( Ths press of Sesttle has' taken hla aids snd created a public sentiment In his favor that, none ot these other men hsd. Money will be supplied f'ir Mitchell's defense by many Seattle men U It cannot be xalsed la any. vther way. v . ' .' . : -.f ' r7YaMi?r ir ,. i j BeW - on any bed from ' " v -, , BABE IS INTERRED Action of Seattle Parents Causes . Coroner. to .Discover. Serlous Ki:'.'.3.i' Fault in Law. MURDER MIGHT BE EASILY' COVERED UP Casa-WasThat-ot Miv-aJid Mravjohn "Hajey Who When Old Daughter. Died Complied With Law in. Filing Death Cartiflcata. - VSpeclal Tilpatck . te' . Tie 'JooraaL) Seattle, Wash.. May II. "Murder In this state might readily be oommltted In- a city -or- lesser -class- than Seattle snd the crime elude detection, so far as having the death Pass under the eye ot hi official authority Is concerned, unless soms ons without such authority busied himself In- the affair and secured a searching Investigation." County Coroner Carroll made tha fore going statement this morning and con fessed himself, greatly surprised when he discovered such a serious fault In tbs law coveting the disposition of dead In oltlea of the - lease class and rural districts By the simple filing of a re port of death by a parent, accoucheur or pbyslcean with the county auditor the law hag been -complied -with - and - the body may be disposed of as the person or persons In -charge, of the remains see fit '" '.' "It can" be "thrown Into "tha water s'r Into a sewer; It can be burled on one's own property! or left to . rot In the woods," declared the coroner, ' " .- Ths -Interpretation of the law was brought to tho coroner through an af fair reported from West Seattle- yester day and which Sheriff Smith Immedi ately Investigated. They found that 'an Infant had been burled In the basement of the home of jts grandparents.and.lhat the parents had compiled with the law by- reporting the death to the county auditor and singing their own- nsme to ths return card. - -. ".' atoWhylciaiftalTed. On Sunday, April It, Mrs. Eugene Deurelche arrived, at West Seattle from Aberdeen bearing In her arms a sick child, her 4-months-old daughter. To the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Harvey, on Victoria street, she was - taken Neighbors called - snd of fered asalstahoe, . which was accepted. f Ihfl tha llok Infaul ieeeled anneces- ssry nursing, bnt medical attention was denied It by the young mother, -who re fused to have a physician called. Monday evening death relieved the little ' one'a ' sufferings snd although frlsnds offered to sit up with the corpse during ths night there tenders were re fused. On the following dsy tha fsther arrived from Aberdeen, where he and his wife had been working with a vaude-. vtile-cnmpsny. On Wednesday neigh bor and 'friends who had been very liberal with' flowers, the preceding day called to express thslr sympathy and offer aaslstsnre In the funeral arrange ments. - , f, anrte4 la Cellar. ' They found the family ' circle Intact Ibut tha body oc the liutant had dii-. E IN BASEMEflT lllis iyeeir . y . - SGHURZ SHOWS I'OMRFUl DEGREE OF VITALITY Great Scholar and Statesman's - Condition Change::, afid ) Gives HopVof Recovery. (Special Dispatch by teased Wire te The Jearsal) - New Tork, May 11. Battling (or Ufa in his home No. 14 -East Ninety-first street. Carl Shura, revolutionist, publi cist, scholar and statesman, showed to day a degree of vitality that surprised the attending physicians' and. led them to hope for his recovery. - r- About i o'clock In ths afternoon Mr. Schurs awoks after a nap of two hours. He Was"'consclous anffcheerfuIad'TJl(; Rudisch' was so 'pleased that he took his patient by the ear la a playful fashion andsald: "It's about time for you to think about 'getting up."From about midnight Friday until noon today ths patient was unconscious and ths doe tors fen thaf the complication" or dis eases was likely to prove too much for the patlehrwlOiTiTs burden" tt 70 years. Ths morning bulletins seemed to offer no hope for recovery and visitors who called were unable to see the patient. Ths .latest bulletin Usued jythephy alclan ssys: - "Mr. Schurs la now sleeping quietly for tha first time. Otherwise his condi tion la unchanged." NEW ZION CITY TO BE ESTABLISHED BY WOMEN (Special Dtssateh ky Leased Wire te The Jeoraal) Chicago, May 11. A new Zion City, established by women. Is to bs founded near. Den verhy deserters from the flock of John Alexander Dowle, accord ing to disclosures today. : Three hun dred women In a secret mass meeting held several days ago "declared them selves for a change of conditions and determined upon Colorado aa a new starting point. The plans made at the meeting were disclosed tonight through"' a-letter Sent to Melvln 3.- Sowla, manager -of the Windsor hotel at Denver by ona of tho women workers at the Dowls city. . "The factional dlsturbancs within the c6urchJs such . that: manrof aa think It Is wlss to move," she wrote. "We are prepared to do any honest la bor, from acting as cashiers, waitresses and - stenographers to chambermaids." Trrthe tetter Overs ts -suggestion 61 an appeal to young men to cooperate in ths founding or a new zion in tne Rocky mountains. ' appeared. Explanation waa made that tha body had been sent to Seattle and would , be shipped to "r Aberdeen' for burial. '- However, when tho family did not leave Immediately , to attend the funeral tho nelghbora became suspicious and began to ask 'questions Affairs culminated yesterday when, a neighbor reported to County Coroner Carroll.. A visit to tho Harvey home brought out tho fact thst a box for tho reception of tho remains had been constructed In' the home and Interment then made fn the basement., The officers wsro taken to tha spot .and shown a,, mound under which tho little one lay. -Although . the , law allows SO . days within whloh to make a report on a death, yet the family acted promptly. They obtained a blank death report from Dr. Morgan of. West Seattle and after answering the questions It contained signed It ss ths law, printed on the roe-area of tha report. Indicates,' - . . , ; ; . -'. ..: ...... . "We are the sole agents for Celebrated Acme StccrRanijc The best and lowest pricej Kange in Portland PROMISES AID TO LABOR LEADERS- President. Listens . to . Complaint From .Federation . Officers Regarding Abuses. PROTEST OVER ABUSE V OF INJUNCTION FILED AttOOTI3eOf3ICTBtllaUCtedtff Into : Legal . RemSjrlies to Put : an - Bod - - the Urorpatlona "of 7 the " Jadiciarjr.T 1 'r"";ri-I;.- -' : mhpyrlgbt,, Wire ts The lesrssl.) - Washington. May It. While Tillman and Bailey were axpoalng President Roosovelfa wabbling on ths rate JbDt the president waa giving repreeentatlveo of . labor assurances - of friendliness. This afternoon Samuel Qompers, preei dent: Frank Morrison, secretary, and T. Carl Spelling, attorney... lor- tho American Federation of Labor, were in conference with tho president On tho neglect and hostility shown to remedial law legislation by tha executive offlolala of tha-government , ' A compilation of violations, of tho eight-hour law waa sent to tho prest dont three weeks v ago and tAlay tho representatives of tho American Fed eration of Labor took up the status of -the anti-Injunction hill, which is pend ing before tho house Judiciary commit tee. The president was requested to use his legitimate Influence te procure the passage of ths Pearce bill, which was drawn by Attorney Spelling and . la approved by the federation. A statement, handed to tho president contained - a - history of . tho abuse of powsr by the federal Judgea and eon- -eluded aa fenow:" r ; . . . "Ws neither request nor desire Im- ' muntty-for" any 'wrongful or unlawful" act when committed by a workman. . have the right, nowerer.. to de- ifimid to le reganlsa and treatga wltH equality before the law. , "We must and ahall bo content with nothing less.". The otatement ends "with tho remin der to the president that the vital In- -tercets -of workingmen and all other., men are involved In tha abuses of In- Junction and unless Judicial usurpations are stopped msny Important legislative rights will be destroyed. The president disposed of tho subject by directing Altorney-Oeneral Moody,, Labor Commissioner Carroll and At- tomey Spelling .to eonfer.and report to him what legal remedies ahould be reo ommended. -'- -: - OlympU's Sign School. k niaeatsli m The Issi mt.T Otrmpla, Wash., May 11. Plans for Olympla'a High school building wars adopted by tho directors today. Tho structure will bo U by 110 feet, two stories high with, basement which wIlT be fitted up for a manual training de partment and iHboratory. It Is expected tho building will bo completed by De cember 1, . 1 " J
