The Oregon daily journal., July 20, 1906, Image 1

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GOOD EVENING
';.;' TH3 VSATHE-t.
' Fair tonight and Saturday,
tinned warm; northerly wind.
VOL. V. NO. 117.
After All-Night Meeting
Union Men Decide Not
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r to Leave Cars
i Walk Out f' -v
Organizers? Declare Men Still
Stand by Union and That Vic
tory Has - Been ; Won Com
pany Officials Declare Better
Judgment of Men Prevailed.
' ' At a meeting; which lasted until I
o'clock tale morning:, the Amalgamated
Aaaoclation of Street and Electrical
Railway Employe of America, -division
111, turned down" a motion to strike by
narrow margin. - When the ballots
tallier was found that 161 had
Voted aye and 111 bad voted no. , The
motion waa then declared loat. It re
gulling a two-thlrda majority to carry
. mottoo) to eulka- ,
The revulsion of feeling ; against ' a
strike waa undoubtedly caused by the
aotion of the officials of the Portland
Railway; Light A Power company in an
nouncing a raise of wagea to go Into
effect on August 1. - ''
Prom the moment this step waa taken
was marked. .Bad 17 more men. voted
for a strike, one' would have been de
clared and there la no doubt that the
novo -of the eompany-ehanged- tha attl-1
tude of more than IT men. - Theae men
argued at the meeting that the company
had given some evidence of wishing to
: deal fairly with Us employes and urged
that It be given another chance. . If the
corporation failed to live - up to its
promises, they said, a strike could be
called later. v --;.v
VeeVJar Xs Orderly.-
, Though Intenee and exciting the meet.
- Ing never took on the character of a
brawl. Though noisy. It was peaceful
and no personalities were Indulged in.
;lThe general sentiment seemed to ba'to
abide by the decision of the majority,
but some, of these favoring the strike
were angry afterward and a number Of
itm failed to return to theis Job to.
day; A sensation of the meeting was
an alleged expose of aa alleged action
of the O. W. P. officials In coercing
. their men Into signing agreement to
withdraw from the union and to stand
by their oare In eaeVof a strike. .
'- Members of the union declare that
their organiaatlon will not be broken up
by its Inability to inforce the demands
made on the company. , On the other
hand, they declare that the union will
become stronger and will .at some future
dete take up the same questions which
they have, been agitating, unless the
grievances are remedied by the com
pany. The union will meet again in the
seme place on next Tuesday night
.Xorlburl Poets Jfotloe. ...
' Testerday afternoon .Manager Hurl
burt of the O. W. P. Ilnea caused to be
posted In the barna of the company the
following notice: '
f "The following eoale ef wages, as re'
quested in the terms of the petition of
July It, will be allowed by the com
pany to carmen on and .after August 1:
First year, it centa an hour: second
year, 14 cents; third rear, li centa;
fourth year, 1 cents,' and fifth year and
thereafter,- ST centa. --
- O.C FIELDS, i
4, "Approved: "Superintendent"
, "W. H. HUKLBURT." . r
' The petition referred to waa one al
leged by members of the union to have
been circulated -by the company Itself
for the purpose of furnishing an excuee
for pasting notice of the raise.
-- This waanot the only raise announced
by the company. At a meeting at the
East Antiny car barn on Wednesday
night a petition was presented to Gen
eral Maneger Puller, asking for - a
raise of wages. Mr. Fuller replied with
a promise that he would grant an in
crease of some kind to the first and
second-year men, to go Into effect on
August 1 also. "... . -, .
The company officials do not admit
that the promises of higher wages pre
vented, the strike.. They prefer to at
tribute the decision for peece to "the
better- Judgment of the men."
Vnlom. Wot Beaten, raey Say.'
Though International Organiser Bur
ton and the union leadere generally
wrought strenuoualy laet night to bring
about a strike they do not admit that
the union la beaten by the result The
statement of International - Organiser
Burton Is as follows: .
. - "A strike - waa averted because . the
company promised the men higher pay
and better conditions of labor. Yester
day the O. W. P. officials posted a no
tice of a raise of the, minimum wages
from II to li centa an hour and the
(Continued on Page Two.)
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judge'Decides-Each
cessions' to Settle
Right-of-Way .
Decision Satisfactory to Oregon
Railroad V Navigation Com
pany, and Afso to Portland A
Seattle ' Line Each " Road
Must Change Grade. :"
In an opinion covering It typewritten
pagee,' Judge Arthur I. Fraser of the
circuit court this morning announced
his conclusions on the Maegly Junction
controversy between the- O.' R. tt N. and
Portland-e. Seattle Railway companlea
The decision- was -to- the.af foot teat -the
Oi Ot a K la entitled to right of
way aorooe the, P. s. property, for
which it must pay II
!0& - $hatiAa&4
B, N. -tnuet-sower I to grade at the
point of crossing I.. 1 feet, the P. tt.B.
raise Its grade 1 feet and that each
corporation muat bear the expense of
Its own alteration: , v -
This controversy has been before the
local courts since last December. 1 The
Harrlman road first surveyed a right
0-LweUscrQes.th.e Und in jiueetlon-but
In the meantime the Tllll -people had
acquired a deed to It In a eult the
court held that the Harrlman road had
prior right to build a railroad .across
the land, but that It must obtain its
right of way from the P. V 8.r which
owned the property.- Several fruitless
efforts on the part of the attorneys for
the rival roads to determine the value
of the right' of we y followed, after
which the eult to condemn the right of
way waa brought by the O. B N.
: (Continued - on - Page - Nine. -
"iS SETTLED
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LID NJES S STA 1V1 PEP ES WO Ri E f J univj.rin dc
Ferocious Brute ChargesGiNeejdngn
ployment as Lion, Tamers, Knocking
v V Several Down and Injuring One ; '
(Journal' Special Service.) .
New York, July 10. Aroused .to ; a
state of fear by the presence of II
young women, who were seeking em
ployment la a competitive contest In
Bostock's Animal Arena In Dreamland
at the Victoria, a ferocloua lioness
rushed into the group knocking several
down. Injuring one and causing much
terror.
Bustock had advertised foe a woman
lion trainer. - Fifty young women ap
plied for the place. Miss Adelle Breen
ollmbed to the edge of the cage, and In
a clear voice cried out:
"Ladies, let me tell you that the
easiest time of your life lies In front
INVALID LIVED, SO :
V . BEIT LOST BRIDE
''(Joaraal Special Serviee.)-
London. July 10. Alfred Belt's ro
manoer revealed by hs Insurance policy
In the Equitable of New Tork, in .which
la . named as beneficiary "My Intended
wife, Elisabeth . Bennett" la even
stranger-tnan suggested. -r;
1 Early In the eighties Belt met the
wife of one of hie colleagues named
Bennett "ho waa a South African
miner. The friendship ripened and
lasted up to Mr. Belt'e death. . -Thinking
Bennett dying. Belt made a
BIG LONDON BANK IN '
FINANCIAL DIFFICULTY
(Joaraal Special jMrvlte ,
London, Juljr ; 10.-It Is reported that
one of the moet prominent banks of Lop
don with American eonneotiona Is In
trouble, but has temporarily weathered
the Storm. It r la also rumoaed that a
prominent British Insurance oompany ig
financially Involved. - r. -v
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on lancets; bkrv?tcyof London' no$t
PORTLAND. v OREGON. ;
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PUBLISHERS
Merger of Great News
Gathering-Concerns
Effects Combination
to Mutual Advantage
Organization Comprises Fhre
Hundred and Twenty - One
Newspapers of .the United
. States, Supplying Leased Wire
Reports to' Papers. . - ;
- (Joeraal Special lentoa)
New Tprk, July. 10. The merger of
the great news-gatheflng organisations
of the United Statea Into a powerful
combination in oppoattion to ht Asen-
clated Press baa been effected, by the
purehaee of a oontroUlng -interest in th
Publishers' Press association , by - the
- comblnatlon
Bcrippa-Mcitae press asaoolatlon. The
eomprleea III newepasera.
many of them1 leading Journals of. the
country. Including1 the clients, of the
Scrtppe Newe. aesockatioa,. the Paoiflo
coast organisations .Among the .latter
is The Oregon Journal.
. i At a special meeting of the -directors
Of the Publishers' Press association yes
terday it waa anounoed that JB. W.
Bcrlppa anOL Milton A. McRae had pur
chased the controlling Interest J. B.
Shale, president of the Publishers' Preea
association, announced that he and T. J.
Keenan, secretary.- had disposed of ail
their atock Jointly, which gave control
to the purchasers. They tendered their
resignations, which were accepted.. .
. ew OSloes Bleeted.
- MUton A. McRae. J. H. 'Harper and
John Vandercook were elected dlreotora
and the board unanlmoualy elected Mo
- Continued on Page Nina) .
of you. Don't be frightened a bit Sure
a cow la more dangerous. . I'll put my
head Into the mouth of the beast If
they will let me." 1 .
When the door waa opened for the
women to leave the arena about 10 were
In a great hurry to leave the big cage
and became separated from the root
They found the way barred by a aeo
ond door Just outeide the arena exit
and while they were standing there a
lioness, stampeded by .the accidental dis
charge of a pistol.- rushed - through
the crowd of women. ,
Bostock saw their peril In time, and
rushed to the door and threw it open
and with a forked prong chased -the
beaat away. .
bequeet in his Insurance policy to "hie
Intended, wife.", Bennett, however,
lived and the marriage between the
millionaire and Mrs. Bennett never took
place, although the Bennetta have lived
apart for the laet It yeare.
Throughout this time Beit openly ex
pressed the warmest friendship for Mrs.
Bennett and her son and daughter. Her
son was present at the funeral.
. The blinds of the masmlncent house) of
the Bennetts in the weet end are cloeely
drawn and Mrs. . Bennett is prostrated.
Her husband is a confirmed Invalid.
ELKS FINALLY ADOPT
BRAND NEW RITUAL
' " .(Joersel Special Sarrlee.) -Denver,
-July I.- A new jitual waa
finally adopted by the- Elk today and
will now be sent1 to the subordinate
lodgea '
The grand lodge Installed officers at
Its final session today.
Clayton Danke of Cheyenne won the
Sroacao sueung contest, . ,
izl .:' . . 3 Story of how
1 ."-a. inc . r iC.A. article on freaks
famous wonun'i club; stories, gamta
FRIDAY EVENING, JULY 20.
BY.
GIVEH PARDON
R. B. Bradbury and Ben Shipley
. Confess to Dr. Clarence True
' Wilson That They Fooled Him
and Other Preachers Sunday
. Night Deny Other Jokes.
Pursued by detectives and urged on
by panga ofCQnaclenceIt . B,Brad
bury; IIS Third atreet and Ben Ship
ley, Firth and Market went to the
residence of Dr. Clarence True Wilson,
441 Taylor atreet 1 this , morning and
oonfesaed that they were the perpetra
tors of the hoax of Sunday night by
which three pastors were sent on bogus
missions and religious services . were
disturbed. - ' .
Dr. Wilson ' listened with sorrow to
the confession but readily granted for
glvenneas. The young men explained
that- the Joke waa perpetrated in 'fun.
A third young man, who is said also
to have-been implicated, is out of the
city at present and his identity has been
protected by Dr. Wilson. The young
men who confessed declared positively,
however, that they were In no way re
sponsible for the hoaxee and alleged
Jokes that have, been played upon Dr.
Wilson slnoa Sunday. . The police agree
with them. , a 4: " '
- r WuMrot rfoaeente.
In View of the eonfeeslon and sincere
regret of the young men Dr. Wilson haa
decided that he will not prosecute them
and so far as they are concerned the
affair will be dropped. However, ef
fort will be continued ta ascertain the
identity of those who are guilty of the
more recent hoaxee. ' '
Bradbury was formerly a member of
the choir of Grace Methodist' church,
of which Dr. Wilson la pastor, and Ship
ley is a son of the assistant poetmaater
of this city. , ...
Slowly but surely Detectives Kay and
Burt drew the net about the parties re
sponsible for the hoax perpetrated on
Dr. Wilson and Rev. F. Burgette Short
laet Sunday. Ker announced this
morning that he had secured poeitlve
JLjrfi 1 ' .- 1
Mill " 1 ' . t , ! f I
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fp. v Cm-
III j. . It . .a-: -: YM
, Si " -w-w f l ( .!
the f : j ictures of our largest 'bird were t-en; !.jt!i
ctures of our largest 'bird were U'en; l.i Co j i ,'"fT fT-1 T
I; fashions and beauty paes for we-n;. hints . I , ' L., v '
:s for the young, and all the news of the world 111 IlisV Ow.wt.
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and tannics
1906.-1-SIXTEEN . PAGES
Alfred DreTfoeV His JWfe.
- V -w , m i - j snae- .
I THE DREYFUS FAMILY: , : '
Rollers.at Monrovia Preparing to Cleanse
by ) Fire Using Offspring as: Paschal yl
"Lambs' ; of
- ' (Joernal Special Service.)
- Los Angeles, . July 10. Sacrifice by
fire is the latest symptom of . fanatic
ism, of which the Holy Rollers have giv
en evidence. ' Immolation of the oldest
children la the program, unless the au
thorities Interfere. This extreme manl
featatlon of religious frensy has aroused
the little town of Monrovia to a degree
that Marshal Miller has made it hie
bualnese to attend the meetings of
th-rsect'very afternoon" anavmngr
not ' knowing in what form the frenay
will break out next. 1
- Neighborhood gossip haa stirred the
townspeople because of the rumors that
the eldest children of. certain families
DEMAND FOR GAS H
BLIGHTS ROMANCE
(Joernal. Special SetT.ce.) ' f :"2''
Los Angsles, July 10. Because H.
W. Earll, a 7 5-year-old veteran of ' the
Soldiers'- home, would "not - deed his
property to ber. pretty' Miss Rose vast
ier,. 17 years old, refused to. marry him,
Earll declares his Ufe Is blighted.
Miss Kistler arrived from Wichita,
Kansas, with the avowed intention- of
becoming the. wife of Earll, whom she
HEIR TO MILLIONS IS .V
FENCED IN BY BARB WIRE
Newport IL L. July 10.-- Mre. John
Nicholas' Brown la on the verge of nerv
ous prostration because ' of a plan to
kidnap her I -year -old eon, John"NTcB
oiaa Brown, the f 10.000,000 baby. De
tectives . la the employ of .the mother
have laid bare a plot to kidnap- the
youngster and hold him for $600,000 ran
some. John Nicholas playe in a barbed
wire corral, blissfully ignorant that he
may become another Charley; Rosa at
an V . moment. ' . . " . -
Yesterday
Was
PRICE TWO
and .Children,.
v Salughter ? : r
of the faithful are being segregated to
go through an ordeal of purity, later to
be paschal lambs of slaughter.
A wave of Holy, Rolleriam has swept
along the Paoiflo coast, but it remained
for Monrovia to reach the radical stage.
Two of the best-known adherents of the
faith are known to have kept their Old
est children locked up at the home for
some time, and out of thla has grown
the story that a sacrifice of children
wlllbappenifjhe auth.QrUieado.noA
stop the xanatio element. .
'Laet night the sermon of Evangelist
Cook advocated self-immolation by fire.
He said that It waa a Christian's noblest
fate to die by fire, to make himself a
living sacrl floe. to Qod. .... .
had known In her childhood days. July
IT waa the day set for the wedding and
in anticipation of the happy event the
aged groom-to-be bought a pretty wed
ding gown, diamond ring, bicycle, skates
and other preeento for her.
Laet night at the American .hotel,
where . Miss . Ktatler la staying, - Earll
took alt' his presents baok. He Is
heart-broken over the loes of hie bride
and refuses to be consoled. .. . . .-
NEW SEALING TREATY V
WITH CANADA DRAWN
","T" (Joernal Saeelal' SerVfte. ' ts
Ottawa, July 10. It le reported that
a; treaty la being negotiated at Wash
ington toward the . settlement ef t the
Behrtng. sea . sealing , question on the
bests of Canada's relinquishment " of
rights In Pelagio sealing in return for
II per cent! of the retail price' received
by the United States for the Prlbyioff
rookeries. ' The officials discredit- the
report . ; ', . m ' ...
Journal Circulation
2SS3
CENTS. i arivaaK.
It Advocated Blanket
Franchises at: Time
They Were Up Before
Council for Action ;
Gave Editorial ' Support to . a
Scheme to Rob the Publio and
Now Asserts' It Was Victim of
Clever Rogues and Innocent of
Intantlnnal Wrancr Doino. '
UI S W IIMWil ew ejwewBsas
One of the most extraordinary in
stances of a newspapers treachery to
the Interests of the people la found in
the history of the Oregonlan and the
street railway franchisee which were
granted In thla city "a little lesa than
four years ago. The facta In the ease
are all a matter of record and are open
to all the world.
In the year-loot, ana in January or
1101, events took place In Portland,
which were destined to exert moat Im
portant Influenoe 4 upon . the city's .
growth and weuare. irat waa uie
adoption of the present city charter by
vote of the cltlsens , In June, 110.
though It 'did not become operative un-
til approved by the legislature in Janu
ary, not. In the fall of 10I appUca
tlone for street railway franchisee of
gieSt value were preeented to the city
council and .after many weeks of dis
cussion they were granted. The appli
cants for. theae franchisee were anxious
that they should be granted before the
new charter should take effect for the
charter contained . many reotiiotlpns
upon such . graata and provided .'far -much'
more adequate" compensation . to
the city, than was proposed. Further
more, the propoeed franchisee) were, to -run
for a term of 10 yeare, while the
charter restricted such, grants to a
maximum of II years..
Aided and abetted by the Oregonlan,
the street railways secured the blanket
franchises which they sought the last
ef -them being granted only five days
before the new charter was approved by
the legislature and elgned by the gov
ernor. Commenting editorially upon
the action of the council In granting
the first of theee blanket franchises,
the Oregonlan said (November 10. .
101):
The blanket franchise agreed upon
between the city authorities and the , .
Portland' consolidated a tree tear system
is on that will be looked back upon
with pride In future years by every
participant In Its framing: The city
officials have served the public welt
and the streetcar people themselves
have set an example which entitles
them to the honor of pioneers la an
Inevitable era of profit-sharing by the
o4.y la corporate euierprlsem.'
Now, after the lapse of nearly four
years, the Oregonlan advances the ex
traordinary, excuse that It waa the un
suspecting dupe of cunning schemers,
who carried through their plana "in.
secrecy," cleverly pulling the wool over
the editor's watchful eyes. - -
. "Oold Bricked,1 Cries Scott. "
' T was gold bricked again.' or lea Mr
Scott "Just aa I was when I ran foe
United Statea senator." -
"Our operators worked It smoothly."
said the Oregonlan 1 an editorial pub
lished yesterday morning. "If waa
carried through - In secrecy, - hugger
mugger, deception and therefore In
fraud. Does anybody euppoee that It
would have been permitted had the peo
ple of Portland: known about ltT 'That
the common council would have allowed
franchises having shorter periods to
run to be exchanged for new franchisee
I haying a venr.long period to run-wlthr--
no adequate payment to the city for the
renewed and extended privilege, - and
additional franchises thrown Into the
bargain".'
What were the facts :
In November. 1101. the Oreannlan
knew Juet as fully and aa certainly ae
lr Knows today the reasons why those
blanket franchises snould not be
grantedXby the city, ror these reasons
were set forth editorially In the ool- '
umna of The Journal, clearly, emphat
ically and repeatedly. The Oregonlan
knew, when It gave Its editorial ap
proval to the counoll's action, that
short-term franchises were be in a e. "
changed for long-term, franchises. ....
isl
" fWssMSjVlafJssssssHslesssMsB t- .-'
. .. Othe Things t Smew.- .
It knew that no adequate payment
wna being made to the city for the re
newed and extended privilege. Ir knew
that action by the oouncU should be-'. .
deferred until after the new charter had
gone Into effect In order that the safe
guards which It provided might become
operative.. And the ' Oregonlan knew
full well why the street railway com
panies were eager to have the fran
chisee granted before the new charter
had been ratified by the legislature.
The Oregonlan was thoroughly fa-
miliar with the provisions of the new
charter, which had 'been discussed fr
more than a year in its columns, and
Harvey Scott was himself a member ef
the charter board. Personally and edi
torially Mr, Scott had commended I
Indorsed the charter whl-h he he'-vd (
frame. At that time t-e r
etlll enjoyed a large d e e
confidence and the ohlls....i
fairly and honestly with (he r
correspondingly great.
As already elated, the Ore-- '
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