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VOL. V. NO.
PORTLAND, OREGON, .THURSDAY EVENING, JULY 19, 1803. SIXTEEN PAGES.
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Union to Hold Meeting
::Tonight to Vote On
Question Whether to
Call a Strike 1
s Immediately upon the expira
tion of the 48 hour' greoe today
President Borenson of the union
IhuM a eell for meetings of the
union thla - afternoon - and . thla
evening. What to do with the
rebuff of the company will be
the one question at Issue. There
will be vote on whether or not
4 to strike. If the union decides
.' not to strike It will be an un- s
;, qualified backdown for that or- -
e ganlsatlon. - Unquestionably In-
4 Vernations! Organiser Bartufland -d)
' e . a strike, but there aeema to"
e hitriwa a decided revulaloa of '.e
e ft eellng on the part of the older .
-.men especially. . .. ., - e
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The question of a streetcar strike
' has simmered down to a question among
' the streetcar employes themsetres; or.
more properly peak1nr.amorn the ein I
plojrea who are memoers oz me mai.
-gamatad Assoclstlon of Btraat and JSlee
rtrtcal Employea-of America, dlrlalon
..-.- -t-,'. ' i':.'-'
Thoufh the 41 hours of grace allowed
the Portland Railway, Light A Power
eompsnr to reconsider tta determination
not to deal with the union have flitted
by without the company receding from
Its original position, the probability of a
strike appears much less, likely today
than-at any- time during the pest few
days. - Company - officials assert that
stgna of weakening are apparent among
-the men. that there la far from being
unanimity In faror of a strike, and
when the ''quaatloa f Is Toted upon at
meetings thle afternoon- and toatght-tt
Is not at aU certain that the majority
will not rote, to stand by the company.
''Officials 6f the street railroad hare
been active ' In enlisting their men
against the moreraent Tor 4 strike and
much has been accomplished along this
line. President Fuller is plainly hope
ful today of averting serious trouble.
On the other hand, the union leaders
are wearing a worried expression on
their faces today. - .
" Rumors are current everywhere en
the streets that the carmen have been
attacked arlth a severe case of "cold
feat", and that not , one-fifth of the
union men themselves will vote for a
strike when It oomes to 4 show down.
The red buttons of carmen, which are
worn to show that the men have paid
their July dues, are absent from the
coats of a large majority of the men.
and though, as suggested by one of
therr member,-they may be worn. Inside
on ths vest or suspenders their Infre-
quency Is taken to mean that only a
email . proportion- of the "carmen " ara
willing openly to " proclaim- 4hlr al
legiance to the union.. . .
Ij Tnllet eels Caeerrsi. - ,
. "The situation looks more favorable
today."- said Manager Fuller. "There
are more men today who are hot In
clined to strike than at any . previous
(Continued on Page Three.)
CRrilH CURED. BY, f'EHliS
OF SKULL OPERATION
" -'- v ... ,. . " ' ' :
fJotoiiout Bandit and Murderer
v Becomea Honest by Aid of
c ' ; 8urgeon'a Work. " , '
. . (Itoraal gpeelal aarrtce.)
Menominee, Mich.,. July Hols-
oiay, the notorious bandit and murderer,
ftas provided a strange contrast to the
case of . the Denver prof eesor who be
came a criminal as the result of his con
tact with croqks la soelologloal study.
Holahay, It is said, has been eured of
his criminal tendencies by an opera
tion upon the skull. A movement Is on
foot, led by E. , D. Moaner, : former
rerden of stfarqij
pardon for Mm.
I For years Holshay led a. career ot
prime, and was among the most des
berate outlaws of the country, hold
ing up and robbing trains single-handed
and unarmed and creating a reign of
error. He was ' at last captured and
enf to aiarg,utttefor UXe.
OFFICIALS
m
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--Frankliar tV Fuller.-
FULLER VETOES ARBITRATION
Burton Writes tetter to Manager Suggesting
It arid Note Is Returned With Statement
That- There Was No Answer
Tha last move on the nart of the
treetcarmen's union looking toward an
amicable .adjustment-. with the street
car Company was taken at noon today.
IntematlonalrOrganlser W.- O. Burton
sent to Manager - Fullor by,., iDeclai
messenrer -a-letTWf maklnf- a proptwf
tlon - to submit the whole controversy
to an Impartial arbitration board. A
few minutes later ths letter seme back
with ths message (ram Mr. Fuller that
there would be nd answer. t
Immediately a call for a jneetlngf
all the carmen was issued the meet
log to be held at "midnight tonight.
. "-Minlt
Burton predicts a strike. : r
GHASTLY JOKER
FOR THIRD TIME
FOOLS MINISTER
Patrol ' Wagon, ' Summoned by
TvfophonB. to, Find CraxyM
at Dr. Claranc True Wilton'a
HouseC Flnda Only Sheriffa
Deputiee, Who Were Fooled. ;
Merrily the practical Joker 'continues
his pranks, undaunted by the $100 re
ward offered for - his capture or the
threats of criminal prosecution. ' Dr.
Clarence True Wilson .' was again the
victim of a hoax this morning. . ',
. The Joker succeeded In breaking up
three church meetings Sunday night,
and yesterday called Dr. Wilson to the
chief of police's office to secure Infor
mation , about ths perpetrator ot the
ghastly hoax. ". There was no Informa
tion to bo had. -j ., r ''
,A telephone, messages was received at
police headquarters ithis morning ' at
1:40 o'clock, conveying the Information
that an Insane man was terrorising tha
occupants of a house at '445 Taylor
streot. Sergeant Baty Immediately or
dered Patrolmen Price and Anderson to
proceed with , a ll speed tn the patrol
wagon to the address glvsn. v ,. t
atom? to tha oeao. '-
- The horses were given free rein, and
with the ' clang of the gong and en
veloped In a oloud of duet the wagon
drove up 'In -front of the house In ques
tion. The -residence adjoins the Grace
Methodist Episcopal church, and is oo-
i.' (Continued on Page Two.)
FIVE OFFICIALS OF
f NEW YORK HERALD
IN PRISON S SHADOW
Jeaniat Kpertal, sVrvlee.)
-fewYork. July 1. Five offloials ef
tha New Tork Herald Publishing com
pany were summoned to' appear before
United States Commissioner Shields to
morrow to answer the- complaint Of
Walter & Mayer; chief of the postofBco
Inspection department, for, violation of
section till of' the revised statutes of
the United States In using ths mails
for dissemination of . "certain obscene.
lewd, lascivious and Indecent matters In
print" Tho matter mentioned In the
complaint consists of sight so-called
"personsls.". which appeared - la the
Herald Sunday,- July 16. .- : -
SA
H. W.Oooda.'
? The letter calling for arbitration was
as follows: . ' . .- ..
Portland, Or "July 1. 1101 Mr.' F.
I. Fuller,' Oeneral Manager ' Portland
Railway, Power o Light Company, Port-
land. JOrcgon Pear ylr; .,lB.nhaJtyf
Local'lll, Amalcanwted Aaaeolatlon of
Street and Kleotrio Railway Employee
of America, and la aeeordanee with our
laws, submit to yow the following
propositron:
-That the entire subject matter of
agreement- submitted to you by the
union be left to arbitration composed of
three persons, one to- bo chosen by ths
(Continued on Page Ten.) ,
California Men Here to Look
nto- United Railways Corm
pany Project Seem - to - Be
'Favorably Impressed " With
Their Property in Portland.
- The t Loss syndicate is in Portland.
Its members have 'looked over the
United Railways proposition and have
been, -won by Its self-evident strength
aa an Investment opportunity. It Is
practically certain that a large amount
of southern California money will yet
go into the Front street undertaking
nil Its afflllatiul alatrin tin.. V
: John B. Rogers of San Francisco,
and J. W.' Forgeus -of Santa Cms, ac
companying other well known south'
era caiifornians, arrived in . Portland
t hta morn tnf. on Invitation of - Or B.
Loss, . en r near and contractor repre
senting the syndicate that haa taken
over the stock of ths United Railways
company . with ths Intention of eon
strutting the proposed system of street
and Interurban railways contemplated
la the franchises granted by -tha Port
land city council to that company.
The visitors looksd over tha line and
saw the- city - today, and were favor
ably Impressed by the proposition they
have , taken np In Portland. ,
Was the Mem An, ' '
' Mr. Rogers, Is one of the original In
corporators and subscribers In. the
(Continued on Page Three.)
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The officials ' cited to appear. - before
Commlasloner Shields are: T. H. Ham
ilton., edltor-ln-chlrf ; P. W. Schaafer,
general manager; John T. Burke, night
editor; George, IL Miner, Sunday editor,
and Manley M. Glllara, adrertlalng man
ager. .-. .
The section tinder which tha com.
plaint ,' hroiifht la tha same nn.f
which Joseph Dunlop, editor and pro
prietor of - the Chicago Jplspatch, was
tri4 and ..sentenced In 104 to serve
imp years In the penitentiary and pay
a ftne of 12,000. Dunlop appealed to
the United States supreme court which
upheld the decision of Judge Orosscup
la the United statee di trial aourv - ,
LOSS PEOPLE
- Ill PORTLAND
5F0R1BIISIIIESS
:.s.
WAVERING
President" Flatly"!
-fuses to Ask Manager
to Giye Hearing to
Committee :
All bops that, ths union might . have
entertained 'for the interposition of
Henry W. Qoode, president ef the Port
land Railway, Light aV Power company,
In the controversy between the men and
the company was dispelled today whan
President Goods flatly refused . to ac
cede to tha request of the executive
board of the Federated Trades Council
to meet with a committee from the
union. President Good a also emphatic
ally stated that he not only upheld Man
ager Fuller tn his present course, but.
that' tha manager's actions were only
medo-nfteTsrxonf8reuoa with. him.
board, composed ot T, M. Xeabo, W. H,
Fttsgerald. J. Xedwtdge and Charles
Sehults. visited presidsnt Goods this
morning the official received them cour
teously, but absolutely-refused to ao
oede to their ' demands. . Seeing that
their visit with Mr. Goods gained them
nothing, the board called upon Mayor
Harry Lane and, asked him -to use his
omces as mayor to bring aoouc a con
ference between the company and the
union. ' Mayor Lane readily agreed to
request and- UXsr called upon
Presidsnt Qoode. . ', ; ; . . ,
- . Kayos Oast Belp. '
The latter Informed the mayor that
the executive board had been at his
office and that he had refused their de
mands. President Goods said that he
had made his explanations and that he
had nothing further to say. This set
tled all the talk between the mayor and
Mr. . Ooode and also clinched . the fact
that the union would not receive rec
ognition of any kind from .President,
Goods. .
Following his conference with ute
union man, Mr. Goode said
"In order that there may be no mis
understanding. I think It fair to state
at the beginning nf this Intsrvlsw that
all of ths actions of Vice-President Ful
ler and other officials of the company
in connection with ths present dim
eulty have been taken after consultation
with me and have my ruuest approval.
' V trm Mo Meoognlse Vnlom.
"tn answer to your question as to
whether there Is any possibility of a
conference being arranged between the
representatives of ths union and Offi
cials of ths company for the purpose of
discussing the situation I can only
ssy that under no circumstanoea will
the company recognise the union or deal
with Its employes through the union.
The officials of the company will now,
or at anv other time.- aladiy receive a
committee of Its empfoyes and disenns
fully any question of wages or other
matters relating, to the welfare or the
men. In the present Instance our em
ployes have presented no grievance.
i and when they da it. will receive prompt
attention and the moat . carerut ana
kindly consideration. . . ; '.t-.'lV;
Beoogsition Only Issue.
"In the present difficulty there Is no
lastio exoept recognition of the union.
The company Is asked to break off rela
tions with the men and negotiate ex
clusively through the union. In this
connection I want to say that ths of
ficials of the company I refer to Mr.
Fuller, Mr. Hurlburt, myself end others
have for a long period of years been
In charge of the properties now owned
by the company. We have dealt di
rectly with the men and up to the pres
ent time have had practically no mls
understandlng or dlssgreement with
them. When the men- have had a com
plaint "or request to present we have
always received it courteously and en
deavored to meet their views. Ws see
no reason why tha old conditions should
not - continue and we therefore abso
lutely decline to negotiate otherwise
than directly .with the men themselves.
T: Blames t&s Hew H' '.' T'' 7
"Our relations have always" leen so
plessant that we are forced to believe
that the present difficulty has not been
brousht about by old employes of ths
company, but rather by the Interference
and agitation of a few comparatively
new men, backed up by. .organised out
side Influence. - - ; '-
"I have explained by views at length
so that you may fully understand my
reason a for refusing to consent to .a
conference with representatives of the
union."' . ,
. Dreyfus la Geneva,
tfoernal Special Servws.t
' Geneva. July 1. Major1 Dreyfus ar
rived ijtere to spend his 1 two-months'
leave Of absence. He Is happy, and de
eiares all have- been kind to hlnv " .
Oeneral Stocaael,
DEATH FOR HERO
IFPORIARTIIOR
FOR SURRENDER
W'-'1 . ';V'-
of Citadel Recommend Death
for Stoessel and ? the'; Galleys
for Twenty, Years for General
Feck Who Counseled Him.'v
(Joeraal apeclal Sarrica.)
St. ' Petersburg, . July -if. Oeneral
Stoeeael. the hero of -Port Arthur., who
for so many months defended, the Rus
sian citadel against, tha attacks, of the
Japaness, will be sentenced to death for
surrendering tha fortress.. Btoeesel's de
fansa .has been leaked upon as tlis'oni
bright spot for Russia In the disastrous
conflict with ths armies of the Mikado,
but tha report of the commission, ap
pointed . to Inquire Into tha surrender
dispels even this hefolo defense, finds
that there was no necessity for the sur
renderand v recommends that General
Stoessel be sentenced to death and Gen
eral Feok, a member of Stoessel's staff
who urged the surrender,, be condemned
to 10 years' confinement In the galleys.
The report finds that tho resistance
could have been prolonged a considerable
length of time and holds that It was tha
garrison's duty to hold out Until ths last
man perished. In accordance with Run
slan army Ideals, before striking colors.
The Jspaneso maintained their besieg
ing force of lOO.vvO men practically
throughout the campaign. Their losses
were placed at 80,000 men.
""General Btoessel, defender - of - the
fortress, had at -tha beginning 41000
men. Theee were reduced to about
11.000 men. ' - .j.
The siege began February t, 1104. with
a naval attack. .January I, ltOS. after
a siege of tlO days, representatives of
Oensral Stoessel; the Russian, and Gen
eral Nogt. ths Japaness commander, ar
ranged for terms of surrendr. '
The commission also recommended tha
dlsmlsssl of General Reuss and the rep
rlmandlng of Admiral Alexioff. -
Is la Flames, ;'
- (Journal Bpeelel sentue.) -Samara,
July It. Tha town of SytraA,
In the province of Simbirsk, Is In flames
and the Inhabitants are fleeing to this
city and Saratov. ' ; ' "
WALKS UNDER WATER '
THROUGH INVENTION
OF SIMPLEST KIND
. (Jenraal Special sen foe.)
Rochester, N. Y., July It. A subma
rine contrivance, which permits per
sona to walk under water, haa been In
vented by R. P. Lawson of Genesee. He
already has glvsn two demonstrations
nf its no
water an hour, the other time 45- mln-
-stes.
Lawton'a experiments were made at
Stiver Lake yesterday. . Clad In a bath
ing suit he walked out. holding aloft
a flshpole, to which Waa attached - a
flag. He remarked to some boye on the
shore that h -was going, for' a walk' on
Sentenced to Death.
BYDR.filORRISOfJ
LeaCohnlj)aughterJfi-teon
Cohn,. Rescued From Death In
Breakers by Heroism of Pastor
of Trinity Church and JCad
Krenber, While Bathing. '
v.
- fSpeetal Dispatch te The JoaraaL)
Seaside, Or July . 1. Lea Cohn,
daughter of .Leon ' Cohn,' of-Seventh
street. Portland, barely escaped death
In tha.' large breakers - off - the shore) In
front, of the Moore-, hotel at Seaslds at
11 o'clock this morning.
With. a smmbsr1 ot young glils, men
and women she went In bathing and
struck ( out . ahead of - tha . othera She
waa a quarter of a mils down ths beach
where there was no Ufa Una. Present
ly, it- waa seen that she had lost con
trol; and was battling with tha huge
waves for her life.
number of men dashed Into tho wa
ter after her, some of them in their
clothes, and by tho time ths young girl
had drifted In front of tha Moore hotel
Dr. A. A. Morrison of Trinity church, Port
land, who was on ths beach, plunged
into the surf and rsaohed her Just ahead
of Karl Krenber of the boathouse. The
two men caught tha girl and carried
her out to safety.' ;
Dr. P. . K. Johnson, a guest of the
Moore, took' her in charge at once and
began vigorous efforts st resuscitation.
TO TAKE PERILOUS RIDE '
- ON CYLINDER OF, ENGINE
V (Jearaat seelal ertea.t
- Fort Wayne,- Ind., July It. Olbson X.
Slsco,' a young foreman of locomotives
in the Pennsylvania shops. Is to make
three perilous rides on tha cylinder of
an engine of the fast Pennsylvania 11
hour special. He will sit In' a proteotod
chair over the left cylinder to compare
the action of the different forme -of
steam feeders In the cylinder. The ride
will be for 100 miles on three different
engines. Tha first trip, will be made
Friday.. .. . . -......'; .
tha lake. When the flag was about 40
feet from shore It suddenly disappeared
below .the water. The boy a. waited for
Lawton to reappear and when, ha did
not do so thsy gave the alarm.
Lawton reappeared soon afterward
lllty to walk under
water. . The crowd was skeptical, so
Lawton. ellmbed Into his bathing suit
snd gnve another exhibition. He re
mained under water this tlms 44 mln
utea He will allow no one to see bis
contrivance. He ssys It Is of ths simplest
kind and weighs llt'.'s- mora thaon a
pound, . -
IS SAVED FR0L1
IIMY GRAVE
Harry W. Miller Relates
in Federal Court How
Suckers AVere Swin
dled Out of 'Money
Bogus Agreement
Made
by
MythicaTCdmpany by Which
Land Was to Be Purchased
From Claimants After Final
Proof Was Made '
v How a hand red eager . elUsana took
tho bait ' la a land swindle, ' committed
perjury and found In tha end they were
out from Its to 170 was told this
morning at tha trial of Charles, Nlcksll.
Martin O. Hogs. Frank E. Kincart and
Harry W. Miliar, acoused of conspiracy
to suborn perjury. ' f ;
It waa MUler, acting as a govern
ment witness, who gave the detaila of
the fraud. Following his-testimony of
yesterday when he told of a bogus
acreement by - which a mythical com
pany was to buy out claimants after
final-proof was. made, he aald -that he
met Charles Nlckell. then United States
commissioner at " Medford. right after
the "first bunch of Backers".- came from
Placer., Oregon, to - locate on timber
claims. He told Nlckell that he repre
sented a company .that- was inducing
people to file on -claims by agrseing '
to purobaso their ' rights, and Nlckell
asksd him how many he expected to
get. -Miller answeredlAboutAhua
0rearahr Nlckell said. "Ohf no. you
won't get that many. That scheme has
been worked here twice before." MUler
explained that Nlckell would ti
for each notice of locaUoa. that he
published In his ' newspaper. - Miller
wanted 14 of the 110 for himself but
Nlckell cut him down to 1.0. , , .
-Tha "Firs Bruteh." ; :..
Tha "first bunch" from Plaoer. as
Miller called them. Included Dr. Henry'
a Williams and his wife, Allen C. Irwin
snd his wife, Lafayette Lane and Noah
W. La bo. Prior to their eomlnsr Dr.
Williams went to Miller, saying bo had
been appointed a committee of one to
inveatlgata the scheme. His people were
satisfied. - With . Kincart. . aa , a Umber
cruiser, but they wanted to know more
about the company. He pleaded for tho
name of tho man at the head of the ''
concern, saying it would go no further.
Miller then-said lu Dr. W UllamaTlf ba
being a prominent citizen and a maa
who .will keep his word I'll give you tho
name of the chief man," - The nam he
gave was J. D. Wilson of MlnneoDolls.
Dr. Williams aald that was all right.
that ho would, telephone to Dr. Cllvo
Major at Placer and tho whole crowd
would come up. ,., ' -'
"Who was this J. D. Wilson T" naked
Special Assistant Attorney-General
Heney.
"I don't know, replied the wrtiisse.
That waa the first name) that cam
into my head."
Miller went OA to tell how tha party -from
Plaoer came to Bedford, took two
rigs, drove out toward Jack sons rill a,
spent a day In the oountry, but did not
get nearer than three miles of tha claims
which thsy were to take up. -; - .
SMal See tho taa.
"What kind ot land was it r tha wtt
nestjraa.asked
"I didn't see It," anewered Miller.
"Kincart told mo the timber waa no
good, but It was tho best suoker propo '
sltlon ho knew of In tho stats.1 .
Tha Investors didn't oare about go
ing to tho land, but thought It would
(Continued on Page Two.)
MITCHELL AS IDS GJTE:
F0M7. J. BSW.I
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Movement on Foot to Nominate
President Vf , United ;
. Mineworkerss-:
'"-'- Uearael special gervtre.V
-Wllkesbarre. Pa., July la, Announce
ment la made today of a plan to nomi
nate John Mitchell, president of -tha
United Mineworkere union, ss vice
president oa. the Demoeratlo tloket as
running mate for Bryan. The plan has
met with universal approval by labor
leaders, who have determined that the
time is ripe Tor labor-to assert Its
In politics to secure Its rishts.
It la. thought that the nomination '
John Mitchell, the moet sucom
lboxleadrtha-cjounixysve r- -snd
oe of the area! men of ,
will -rally to BrytTn e ''
labor throughout tha I n
render bis slectlnn a c
main strength ilea
olaaaes. with b"" 1 1
and with a ru--able,
clean a .
be hard U t