The Oregon daily journal., October 16, 1906, Image 1

THE JOURNAL Leads Any Daily Paper in Paid Grcalation in Portland
GOOD EVENING
THE WEATHER
Rain tonight and Wednesday; fresh
southerly breeze
VOL. V. NO. 192.
ENTIRE
Unless Exporters Ar
bitrate, All Freight
Business at Docksand
Yards Will Be Tied Up
Threatened Desertion of Big
Railroad Freight Sheds and In
activity of Ail Draying Teams
Federation Ready to Play Its
Trump Card.
t Mayor Lane's proposition for
e ' arbitration has not yet been sc
at oepted by the contending sides
'4 to the grain handlers' strike and
d present renditions five little
4 hope, of the difficulty being set
4 tied la this way.
4 The mayor's letter was eon
4 sidered by the Ha porters' aeao
4 ciatloa during the noon hour to
4 day but no aotSVn Waa taken.
a The iratidiandlcrs announced
d that they did not receive the
4 mayor's letter by the morning
d maM and could therefore, not
d consider the proposition before
late thia . afternoon. Secretary
e
4 hfetby. however, stated that the- 4
4 by-laws of the union pledges It
4b to accept any fair proposition
d for arbitration In case of a dls-
d puts with the employers. Ap-
d paaranroa today would seem to
4 Indicate that the plan will be sc-
d) cepted by the unionists but re-
d Jected by the expertem At the
4 meeting of the Waterfront fed-
4 oration last night It was stated
dp that the unionists would surely
d acres to arbitration, but that
d they would not be willing to ac-
e oept a wage below 40 cents an
4. hoar.
:
:
la case Mayor Lane's proposition for
arbitration la not agreed to by both
aides to the gralnhandlers' strike the
Waterfront federation will play Its final
tramp card and will call out every one
of the 1,100 members of the sfx unions
affiliated with that central body." This
decision was arrived at last night at a
meeting of the Waterfront federation
hold at Its headquarters on North Front
This means that all freight In Port
land railroad yards aa well as on the
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1,200 IN
MAY JOIN
IN PIKE
DIVORCE SUIT IS BALLED UP
Margaret Balls and Her Husband Differ 15
Years as to Date of Their Marriage and
10,000 Miles as to Where ft Occurred
Margaret I. Balls and her husband.
Philip T. Balls, differ IS years In the
data of their marriage and 10.000 miles
la distance la the place of It. In di
vorce proceedings on file In the circuit
court each" of them charges the other
with desertion and there la a difference
of IS months in the dates of desertion
alleged by each of than.
The suit waa begun In the circuit
court June 0, ltOE, by Philip T. ' Balls.
He stated In his. complaint that 'ha was
married at Port Arlington, Victoria.
Australia. Dec em bar It. 1000. and that
his wife deserted him January SI. 1101.
The last time bo heard from, bar, he
said, was in October, ttot. Bines then
PATTERSON
TO SOCIALISTS
AID FOR NEW
(Jeersal Special Ssrrlee.1
Chicago. Oct. 1 Joseph M. Patter
son has Issued a circular to Socialists
appealing for help In getting out the
Boclallstle dally paper which begins pub
lication next week. He hah offlaes at
1I Randolph street.
"It takes money to get out a news
paper." reads the circular. "But wa
don't ask you for money. We want
news. Tou mast be our reporters."
The kind of newspaper he wants Is
then doscrlbod. Whenever s Socialist
has a "kick'' against the "capitalistic
WATERFRONT
MURDERED
INTIMIDATION CHARGE MADE
Longshoremen's Secretary Declares German
Sailors Are Forced to Load Ship
. Nereide Against Their Wish
That the German Bailors engaged In
loading wheat Into the bold of the ship
Nereide at the Pacific Coast Elevator
dock are doing so un wllllnglsvand under
rear or arceai is aiiegea oy secretary
P. D. Hall of Longshoremen's Union
No. SOS today.
Until the seven union pickets cum
bered over the ade of the Nereide and
Into her hold yesterday It is said that
the German sailors never realised the
fact that they were acting aa strike
breakers. This Information was con
veyed to them by the plcketa. who of
fered no violence to them, but left as
soon aa they had told their story. The
sailors went back to work, but lata in
the afternoon they waited upon Captain
Windhorst In a body and told him that
ha had corresponded with her relstfvee.
bat bad boa, unable to learn anything
of her whereabouts, ha said.
This morning an answer to the suit
and a eraaa-oomntaint ware filed In
court by Mrs. Ball"- The only point'
aet up by her husband with which she
agrees Is that he resided a year In Ore
gon before the suit waa begun. She
statea that their marriage occurred at
Rutherford, New Jersey. July 1. 186.
and that Balis deserted her In June,
1S0I. There were no children, she says,
and ahe asks 'that her husband's com
plaint be dismissed -and that she be
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APPEALS
system," Patteraon wants to register It
In his dally.
In the circular letter Patterson says:
"Tell as any true account of a oaae
Of capital oppression which you know.
"Be swre a boat yoar facts be dead
aura.
"There Is no need of exaggeration.
"Tell us any case you know of where
a worker has been unjustly discharged
or where he has been Injured owing tn
luck of protect it e appliances, or where
he lias been induced to sign away hie
rights after injury."
PORTLAND, OREGON, TUESDAY
4- v
IN SPOKANE.
they preferred not to art as strike
breakers. According to Hall, who got
his Information from Germans who were
aboard the vssael at the time, the cap
tain ordered the men -hack to work, tell
ing them that he would have the whole
crew thrown In Jail unless they compiled
with his orders. Intimidated, the crew
went back to work but It was stated
today that they would seek redress of
the Oerroan consul at this' port.
To Change la Situation.
The tleup of the waterfront was prac
tically as complete today aa yesterday.
Brown A McCabe, besides supervising
the -loading of the Nereide. worked but
one gang of men. During the day. with
a gang of nonunion longshoremen the
firm began the loading of the steam
ship Haael Dollar at Montgomery dock
No. t.
Pour vessels are now being loaded by
the longshoremen without the services
of any boss stevedores. They are the
steamship Wynerlc, the American barks
Homeward Bound and James Drum-
continued on Page Two.)
PAPERS MAY SOLVE MYSTERY
Of DR. CROW MURDER
Box Unearthed in City Treas
urer's Vault at Detroit That
Throws Light on Crime.
Detroit. Mich., Oct. 14. There has
been unearthed In the city treasurer's
vault a bos- containing papers which
msy contain secrets that, if divulged,
might throw llgnt on the sensational
murder mystery of a few years ago,
when Clan-Na-Uael societies all over
the country were investigated In con
nection with the murder of Dr. Cronln
of Chicago
The papers are the property bf former
City Treasurer Thomas P. Tulte, who
defaulted In the cum of f 16,000, and who
was associated with the Clan-Na-Qael
at the time of the murder. His sub
sequent leaving the city waa followed by
rumors that much of the money which
he took from the city treasury went to
swell the Clan-Na-Oael funds. The boa
was found while the effects of the late
deputy treasurer. Major R. W. Jacktln.
ware being removed from the vault
It waa pried open and pepera and cor
respondence, the property of Tulte, were
found. Lying on top of the pile was a
oopy of a Chloago paper containing an
article en the Cronln murder mystery
Thomas P. Tults was city treasurer
from UK to 12. In IMS he disap
peared. He was found later in Brook
lyn and brought back to this city for
trial, but waa acquitted by the record
er's court ' Jury oa the ground that he
did not show guilty Intsnt when he took
the money, in that he Intended to pay
It back. The bondsmen were sued and
a (.em promise was aged ted,
8VKWINO,
, OCTOBER
FEDERATION MAY WALK OUT
SEARCHING
EOR CEUES
OE SLAYER
r
Pol ice of Spokane Seek
Evidence to Solve
Mystery of Hutchin
son Murder
Not Bslisved That Robbery Was
Motive or That Murderer Was
Footpad Think Some Private
Enemy Sought Revenge Vic
tim Well Known in Portland.
(Joorasl Special Service.)
Spokane. Wash, Oct. 1. That Reno
Hutchinson, the new general secretary
of the T. M. C. A-, who recently came
here from Portland, was murdered last
night by some secret enemy who sought
revenge. Is the theory that the local
polloe are working upon. The officers
flout the story of hold up and at
tempted robbery.
The murder is eap-peeea to have been
oommlued by a man walking side by
side with Hutchinson when the fatal
ahot was fired. A man boarded the oar
on the same corner with Mr. Hutchin
son last evening. The latter was sit
ting inside and the former on the out
side of the seat. The stranger wore a
dark suit and hat and his description
tallies with that given by the people
in the neighborhood who saw a man
hurrying from the spot after the shoot
ing, instead of toward the point of ex
citement. The burned clothing points
to the theory tBat the man was walking
with his victim. There Is no olew aa
yet to the Identity of the murderer, sus
picion resting upon no particular per-
Details of
Hutchinson wss murdered at the cor
ner of Seventh and Howard streets last
evening. He was shot through the body
and tumbled Into the yard of Post
master Hartson and died within IS
mtnutea. The assassin made his escape
through the back yard to Stevens street.
The sound of the pistol was heard by
the people living in the vicinity, some
hearing the footsteps of ths murderer
as he rushed across the lawn. Ths mur
der waa committed In the fashionable
hill district in the neighborhood of the
Turner, Sweeny, Clark and Oorbln man
sions. Boy Discovers Crtms.
The crime waa discovered by Nelson
Hartson, the postmaster's son, who
telephoned for the police. Mr. Hutchin
son lay on the lawn grasping for breath.
A detective tried to get him to speak
but could not. His Identity was not
known until J. C. Berlins paaaed from
the committee meeting of the T. M. C.
a., where Hutchinson waa going.
Examination showed that the crime had
been eftmmltted at close range, the
coat having been scorched on the left
aide below the armpit. The. bullet, a
t8-callber, passed directly through, com-
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NO MORE CROWDED CARS IN
CITY OF SAN FRANCISCO
:
Street Railway Ordinance Dras
tic in Its Provisions Passed
by Supervisors.
(Jearssl
San Francisco, Oct. It. A street rail
way ordinance, drastic in Its provisions,
and designed to prevent both "the over
crowding of oars and their reckless op
eration, was passed to print By the
board of supervisors yesterday, and in
all probability will become a lew on
Monday next The ordinance provides:
"The companies must operate no ears
unless equipped with fenders on both
ends.
"A guard rail must kadgs la the mo
torrasn or gripman from pressure and
Interference of passengers.
"All ears at all times must come to a
full stop before crossing Intersecting
lines.
"Passengers must not ride In gang
ways or upon lower running board or
upon any guard rail, bumper or fender.
"The maximum penalty enforceable
against the company or against both
the company and the passenger, far the
enforcement of any of the provisions
of the ordinance, la a fine of Ilea or
stat months' Imprisonment, or both."
Patrolmen will he Instructed to stop
cars which are violating either the
"fender clause" or that prohibiting the
Jumping on cars in motion.
The ordinance Is to he In force from
the date of Its
and Oregon, and
16, IBM. SIXTEEN PAGES.
INVENTOR SEEKS DIVORCE.
Lee ate
Dr. Lee De Forest Is
Wooed and Won Her
Telegraphy Which
(Jeersal Special Servlee.)
New York. Oct 16. The shipwreck of
the first romance of wireless telegraphy
Is being revealed in the courts here.
where Dr. Lee De Forest of the Ameri
can De Forest Wireless Telegraph com
pany Is suing his bride of seven months,
whom he wooed and woo by means of
wireless telegraphy, for absolute di
vorce, naming Millionaire De Witt C.
Flanagan.
Dr. De Forest conducted his courtship
by wireless telegraph. He taught his
fiancee the mysteries of the system and
placed the necessary apparatus ft her
bouse and many conversational, they
held, he In his office and she in her
home. It was the first wireless court
ship and the method was so unfamiliar
to Dan Cupid that he evidently botched
the Job, at least the papers filed In court
indicate that he did.
The wireless Invsntor and his bride,
who was Miss Lucille Sheardown, met
at an art club reception leas than a
year ago. De Forest explained to her
all about wireless telegraphy, the lan
guage of the air. and she became Inter
ested and said she . would Ilka also to
master that language.
The young Inventor said he would
be delighted to have suoh a pupil and
Miss Sheardown waa delighted to have
each a distinguished teacher.
Miss Sheardown waa called early In
February by the signaling of the wire
less instruments in her apartments and
anawered back. ,
CZAR AGAIN CLOSES DOORS
OF GREAT UNIVERSITIES
Fifty Thousand Students in St.
Petersburg Alone, All
Against Autocracy.
(Journal Special Serrlee.i
St. Petersburg, Oct. If. Trouble is
beginning again at the universities.
Moscow university baa been closed and
that in. this city will soon shut its
doors. The rector of the schools at
Kiev and Kharkov have determined to
follow the same course. Two years' sus
pension of studies has had the effect ot
doubling the number of studenta at the
universities. The Moaoow Institution
Instead of having 1,000, ths usual num
bet, now has enrolled on Its books 10,
OSS. The same is true of other univer
sities, and also of the technical, profes
sional and religious schools.
In St. Petersburg the total number
of studenta exceeds 10,000 and all of
theae are anti-government In polities.
Having been granted, an torn on y, the
universities became revolutionary cita
dels, where meetings were held without
Interruption, outsiders being permitted
to take pert In them. On the anniver
sary of the death of Prince Troubetskol,
the rector of Moscow university, the
students of the institution left the
buildings. Invaded the streets and had
eaeounters with the police.
At the same time the laborers in the
Moaoow district have organised and are
anxtoua to follow the example of the
IOrti laborers, who have gone on si
The railroad employee are also
and the government at taking
to control them.
Mrs.
WIRELESS
ROMANC
the Pace is Going
PRICE TWO
Forest.
E
Suing Wife for Divorce.
by New System of
He Taught Her
"Lucille." came the meaaage. for, of
course, it waa not expected that Dr.
De Forest should spell out "Miss Shear
down" over the wireless, "I must sail
for Europe Saturday and I do not went
to sail alone. Will you go with me aa
my bride T"
There was a pause and then came
back a meaaage about it being "so sud
den'' and the sender desired time to
consider the message, bat Dr. De For
est broke in and pleaded his cause so
wall that Mlas Sheardown consented to
merry him If be postponed his trip for
a week.
HAMMOND TO SERVE
LIFE FOR UX0RCIDE
(Joorosl Bperlal Service.)
Albany. N. Y.. Oct IS. John C. Ham
mond waa-j today, convicted of uxoricide
and sentenced to life imprisonment
Hammond, who la aged SO, married a 24-year-old
woman when both were drunk.
Later the debauch was ended In his kill
ing her.
ENDED
HEADLESS GHOST IN ASTORIA
Phantom of Woman Without a Head Dancea
Gracefully on Walls of House, Frighten
ing Inmates So That They Move
Bnur rial's Astoria Bureau, Oct. It.
A phantom of a headless woman has
created pandemonium la the vicinity of
First and West Aator streets and un
ceremoniously cleared from the prem
ises the occupants of a house la which
the ghost has made its headquarters.
The object which was at first termed a
myth and a superstition has been aeen
by mnny people and baa broadened Into
a dark mystery.
The "haunted house" Is owned by
John Stephenson, the keeper of a dance
PROM MOTHER S ARMS;
THREATEN TO KILL IT
(Jearael Special Berries.)
Oakland. Cel.. Oct la. Threatening to
murder her baby, whom they bed torn
from her arms, unless she yielded twa
thugs compelled Mrs. Topay Logsh to
hand over SS.it, all the money she pos
sessed, after having attacked her at Site
o'clock last night at Eleventh avenue
and Bast Fourteenth street The brutal
highwaymen arete net content with the
rime of robbery, awt maltreated Abe
rant and drove She distracted mot
r that they wen
nearly insane from fee
resrieeei aajWjei basin
to Be Increased
CENTS. ga&fMPffiR
SCAVENGERS
GIVE STRIKE
All of Them Threaten
to Stop Work in Twa
Days Unless Street
Is Repaired
Declare They Will Not Attempt
to Haul Through Nicolai Street
While It Is in Its Present Dis
graceful Condition Heart).
Officials Notified.
very scavenger In Portland threat.
ana to quit work within the next eg
houra unless the condition of Nloolat
street leading to the crematory la not
Improved.
Nicolai street, between Twenty-fourth
and Twenty-fifth streets, la the only,
roadway leading to the crematory.: Thai
Improvement of this street had been
let under contract to the Star Band,
company some time ago. The Star Ban
company waa te have these Improve
ments completed by the tenth of thia
month and had given bonds to that ef
fect However, not enough men were
pieced on the Job by the contractors, it
is said, and the tenth of October ap
proached and the street waa still far
from completed. An extension of time
waa asked by the company, but the
garbage men. realising that If the street
waa not completed before the limit see
by the city the fall rains would make
the street Impassable, influenced the au
thorities so that the extension was de
nied the sand company.
Disgraeef ul Condition of
Aa a result
the Star Sand company
did nothing, neither did the city au
thorities, and the present condition of
the street is declared by cltisena to be
a disgrace to the city. The street waa
excavated and then left expoeed to tbe
weather arid the rains of the last few)
days, with the heavy traffic of the garb
age haulers, did the rest A heavy clay
mud, from three to five feet deep, cov
ers the street from one end to the othen.
The scavengers, 41 in all, have to
make from two to three tripe over thia
road every day. Their horess Sounder
In the mud up to their breasts trying
to pall a heavy load of garbage that la
almost dragging in the street The re
sult Is that load after load Is being left.
In the street while some of the haulers
whip their teams most cruelly trying to
pall oat half a load or aa empty wagon,
i Bests sets dure indignant.
The realdenta along the street are
very Indignant both on account of the
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hall, and Is located in a large lot near
the Fisherman's hall. In peat years ft
was used aa a boarding-house and the
neighbors believe that some heinous
crime must have been committed within
lta walls.
Penally Sensed Out.
A abort time ago two brothera with
their families moved Into the place.
One evening both families left the house
to attend the theatre, only one of the
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her habv from the arena of the
srdly pair, and then ran heme to give
the alarm.
Mrs. Logsh hod walked t
nue and Bast Fourteenth
friend, and after heading b
corner
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