THE OREGON 'DAILY JOURNAL PORTLAND. TUESDAY EVENING-. DECEMBER 18. 1C03.
CKJILLBEJIIII-TIIGI
Manager Fuller Says Washington Street Line
Jr. Wll Be Operated Until the Usual Hour
for Stopping Service ; . -
T " Manager V. I. Fuller this afternoon issued the following state
ment regarding the service of street car lines throughout the city to-
'""All street lines in the city will be run until 6:30 tonight unless
' there is some -markftTdlWMtfer, TfwTuclTivent-theyjwai be taken off
z, jiflicr. - ' 1 r ' ' ' r
The Washington and Twenty-third street line will positively
; be run until the usual time, 12 :3Q. t '.' nn
k "One east side line will be run until the usual time of 12 :30. It
has not been decided whether this will be the East.Ankeny line or
". the Sunnyside. Y v ' ' --. v-:: . , ... .
"Service may be maintained on the South Portland line, be-
'. . tween Glisan and Corbett streets on Third. This is not yet decided." j
SPREAD, HE SAYS
President" Coode .Issues State-
ment ; Regarding Rumor of
v Tower Station Strike. '
; IL V?. Goods, president of the Portland
Oeneral .Electric, company. In a. state-
taent mads by him this' afternoon - re
' gardlng the rumor that the employes of
k toe power stations would strike la sym
pathy with the carmen said:
' "The men In all the stations of the
' Portland General Electrlo company are
; slU old men in point or senrtce and few,
, practically none, are members of' the
i union. They will, therefore, not strike.
1 can posltlrely state that unless 'vio
lence of some kind Intervenes there will
. be no interruption of the electrlo eur
' rent for whatever use It may be needed.
"As retards the linemen, moat of
-- them ere employed on construction
'work, and It 1s comparatively unlmport
' ant whether they continue to work at
' the present Ume or the work Is done
later. - If they strike It will simply
mean that they will by that action for
:, felt their wages for an indefinite time.
- COAST MEMBERS UNITE
r ON ASIATIC PERIL
- - (Joaraal BpeeUl Berries.)
. , Washington; D. C Dee. II. At a cau
cus of the Paclflo coast congressmen It
- wss decided to take up Immediately the
matter of Aslstle lmmlgratlou.Kahn;
. MeKlnley and Hayes of California were
appointed a committee to prepare a pro
Usrara. One of the purposes of the cau
cus la' to press the Hayes bill, which
. demands the., exclusion . of Japanese
. coolies. California, Montana, Utah snd
, Washington were represented. The
members from Oregon. and Idaho were
. not present.. -
M ETC ALPS REPORT ,
1 DENIED AT BAY CITY
(Journal Special Service.)
' . flan Francisco. Dec. 18. Officials of
" the Cooks' and Walters' union declare
' that W. 8. Stevenson was never busl-
ness agent of that organisation and that
: he was not on the membership rolls.
, They assert that Secretary Metcalf Is
: misinformed or that Stevenson Is an
? Imposter. - ' '
Supervisor Gallagher, who was act
Ing mayor at the time of . Metcalfe
visit, . denies that Metcalf intimated
; that the president -might call out fed-
eral troops If the -local pellet were un
able to, afford the Japanese complete
protection.-
Old Christmas Is flying,
this wayv Only five days be
fore the 25th.
Here's a store full of the
right presents for men and
boys. Of course they are
mostly useful presents, but
none the less acceptable on
that account.
' Don't spoil the fun of holi-1
day shopping by waiting till
the last day let otlters do
that.
One of our "Merchandise
Orders" may be a great sav
, ing of time and worry to you,
especially if you do not know
just what would please him.
We issue them for any:
amount - - .
: Special for this evening
and .tomorrow: Fancy Si
teen" Night Robes, regular
$1.50. Special $1.15.
Men's $2.00 Slippers. Spe
cial $1.35.
' - Store open evenings until
Christmas.
-? LIQN
ClothinoCO
)Men's and Boys' Outfitters.
; 1M and 168 Third 8treV ,
: V Mohawk Building. , ""
SM1IOMKS
WITH RUEF
Mayor Turns Boss Down
In
Court and Will Proceed to
Trial at Once ..
' (Joarml Special Service.)
San Franclaoo, Dec. 18. Proceedings
In, the case against Mayor Schmlts and
Abe Ruef took a sensaUonal turn this
morninc when J. C Campbell, Schauta's
counsel, announced that If the motion
to set aside the indictment against me
mayor was denied he would file a de
murrer and be ready to proceed to trial.
The announcement came as a thunder
bolt to Ruef. The boss' face paled; he
fidgeted In bis chair and attempted to
attract the mayor's attention by tugging
at his coat sleeve. .The mayor refused
to notice.- He rose at the Instance of
his attorney and wslked out of the
courtroom. . . .
This confirms rumors rife for some
months that Schmlts has decided to
throw over Ruef, his former partner In
graft, snd go It alone.
FEDERATION TO
MEET TONIGHT
At S o'clock this afternoon President
Ledwidge of the Federated Trades Coun
cil called a special meeting of thst body
for tonlsht at the regular meeting place.
iaT Boeond streetrAt-"'thls- mwtlnc - oH
plan for the council to take charge of
the carmen's strike will be considered.
Interesting developments are expected.
REWARD IS OFFERED
. , BY CAR COMPANY
e Officials of the street railway
.
company announced this after-
noon that the company would
offer a reward of 1260 each for
the arrest and conviction of per-
sons found Injuring Or attempt-
Ing to injure any employe of the
streetcar company engsged In
the discharge of his duty. - The
attorney for the company has
been retained to prosecute all
such cases snd every effort will
be made to secure convictions In
aU cases reported.
MOVE TO INVESTIGATE
KING LEOPOLD'S LOBBY
(Jeoraal Special Service.)
Washington, Dec. II. Senator Pat
terson QfColorado today prrnterl al
resolution in mo senate, wnicn was re
ferred te the committee on foreign re
lations, aireeting the committee to In
vestigate charges that a lobby Is main
tained in Washington, and that a fully
accredited consular representative of a
foreign government has been tending
communications to senators, with
view of Influencing their judgment snd
actions relative to the Congo. Free
Binie. .
The senate this afternoon passed
bill directing the secretary of commerce
and labor to Investigate the Industrial,
social, moral, educational and physical
conditions of women and child workers
in the United States. . .
NOMINATIONS MADE
FOR IDAHO OFFICES
i Jonrasl Bneelal arv1 I
Washington, D. C, Deo. 18 The presi
dent today sent to the senate the follow
ing nominations:
Receiver of puMla moneys at Coeur
d'Alene, Idaho, William Ashley, Jr.; reg
slter of the land offloe at Sacramento.
John A. Armstrong; register of the land
offloe at Blackfoot, Idaho,' Henry W
Klefer: receivers of public tnoneva Fred
C. Bradley, HaSey, Idaho; Charles Wal
ter, Independence, California; Benjamin
u. uarnorr iewmon, inano. ,
' 1 ;
GASPIPE MURDERER
; WILL HANG FOR CRIME
San Francisco, Deo. IS Louis .Dab-
ner. the gssplpe thug, who pleaded
guilty to the murder of, Munakata, the
Japanese banker, wss todsy declared
guilty as charged, with no mitigating
circumstances. This means thst - he
must hang.
PLINY R. STRANGE "
IS DEAD AT MEDF0RD
Madford. ', Or.. Da. 1) Pllnr R.
Strange, mansger'of the Med ford Trib
une, died this morning of typhoid pneu
monia, sged If. He leaves a wife and
two small children. Ha was a mem
ber ( ilia Jr Or-eVartd Rett Vm and
served ss a lieutenant In the Philip
pines with a Missouri regiment. He
will be buried st Ashland tomorrow.
: Charged With aiill Beatn. .
Madison. Wis., Dec. 11. The cass of
fryhn B-Wirktnewn.-whe is Kre-4-with
manslaughter la the second degree, wss
railed for trial today. The charge
grows out of the death of Dora John
sen, who died aa the result of a drug
Alleged te have been administered by
Wilkinson, -:--- - '
RIOT DOCKET IS
TI017 CLEAR
Four Hours Are Required to Dis
pose of Remainder of Cases
In Police Court. :).
CAUTHRINE AND HARRIS.
ARE FINED AFTER TRIAL
In HU Speech for the Defense Justice
Olsen Declares That He Could Tes
tify to Brutality of Officers on Satl
urday Night ' ' '
- For over four hours In (he police
court today Judge Cameron again list-
ensd patiently to the defense of those
arrested for participation In the Satur-
day niffh riots and In the majority of
cases discharged the defendants Trow
custody with an admonition to behave
In the future. A number of cases are
yet to be heard later In the week, but
In the main the docket has been prac
tically cleared of charges growing out
of the disorder attendant upon the
Initial night of the carmen's strike.
Roy Cauthrlne and John Harris,' ar
rested by Inspector Bruin and Detective
I telly er on charges of disorderly con
duct and Interfering with an officer,
after a lengthy trial were fined $30
apiece. The- young men were repre
sented by Justice of the Peace Olsen of
the east side court and a stubborn defense-was-put
up-In their behalf.
The testimony of the arresting of
ficers was' to the effect thst the de
fendants attempted to wrest -a prisoner
from Hellyer in front of the police sta
tion and, that Harris struck the deteo
tlve on the bead. Cauthrlne was ac
cused of urging an attack on the Jail
The defense introduced testimony
tending to show thst Harris and Cauth
rlne were seised by the bluecoats with
out reason and brutally clubbed.. The
reason assigned for the presence of the
young men In the crowd was curiosity
to see what was transpiring.' In con
nection with the claim of brutality.
Judge Olsen took occasion to state he
could testify as o the brutal methods
employed by the police on several oc
casions. - Deputy City Attorney iUtaa-erald de
livered one of the roost forcible argu
ments ever heard in the police court.
He branded the defendants aa men with
out any regard for law and order and
consequently a menace to the commun
ity. The cTQsectuor rldlctiled the claim
of- the defense that the men were in
the mob out of curiosity and declared
that by their presence they Incited
others to commit violence. -
The vicious element of thla com
munity must learn right now that they
cannot with Impunity leer and hoot and
attack the officers who are sworn to
protect their lives and property and I
- aakyaur bonojbiholmposltlon of
heavy fines, to show that the law can
not be violated." said Fitzgerald
In conclusion. Judge Cameron dis
missed the charges of Interfering with
the officer and found the defendant
guilty of disorderly conduct. ,
EMPLOYE ASSAULTED
Fower Xoase Man Zs Struck
te Floor
' at Merehaats' Sat.'
Walker L Roy, employed
J
by the
Portland Railway, Light A power com
pany In the power bousa at the foot of
Twenty-second street, reported to the
police' this morning that he had been
assaulted without provocation In the
bar of the Merchants' hotel, last night
bT some unknown person. Le Roy,
when brought to the station by Patrol
man Goltx, who found him wandering
about the streets, wss suffering from
an ugly gash on the forehead. He was
somewhat weak from loss of blood, but
after having his wound dressed by Dr.
Spencer was able to leave the station.
According to his story he went Into
the bsr-room of the hotel, where he
resides, and called for a drink. He was
struck from behind and knocked to the
floor, striking his head against the cor
ner of the bar. One of the employes.
he says, bathed his wound and then took
Mm out on the Street.
detective has
b detaneortn-mak. an InTesUgyien
WALLA IMA SHOCKED BY
SCAMDAL IH HIGH LIFE
Walter McCauley Sued by
Young Woman Who Was
Formerly His Housekeeper.
mseetal fHmatrh te Tae JoeraaLI '
Walla Wei., Wash., Deo. is. A scan
dal In high life developed this morning
when Marie Villa, daughter of Frank
Villa, a wealthy Italian pioneer gar
dener of this city, and sister of Frank
Villa, star tackle of the Michigan foot
ball team of IffS-tl, a member of the
all-Amerlcan team of. 18S, and Italian
consul at Seattle laat year. Bled a com
plaint this morning before Justice of
the Peace Hoffman, charging Walter
McCauley, secretary of the Gilbert Hunt
Threshing Machine Manufacturing com
pany of this city of a statutory offense.
Miss Villa has been keeping house
for McCauley and his slster-ln-laW- for
Ave years until three months ago, when
the crime Is said to have taken place.
After begging McCauley to marry her,
as he had promised, without avail, the
wronged girl employed Mra I C Hart-
man of a Portland detective agency,, fa
mous as the "Mysterious Mrs. Turner"
of the land fraud cases, to Investigate.
She has been here several dsys collect
ing evidence
McCauley Is now In Spokane. ' An ef
fort win be made to hsve the matter
compromised. . McCauley bss lived here
for It years and Is very wealthy.
ELEVEN DAYS ENTOMBED
IN BAKERSFIELD MINE
' rJenraal Soerlil SerTlee.t :
Bttkeraneld, Cat, Dec. IS. Hicks, the
entombed mine?, is still under the de
bris) which has held him prisoner IV
dsys. ' Tha rescue party Is but a few
feet from -hlm.-et-4a4n-avjiunJrjr s
to how to drlvs the last bole which will
enable the burled man to step out.
Hicks Is In an agony of suspense. The
suspense Is considered critical, as It Is
still feared a boulder hanging Just above
the man may fall.
.AU. last night the reseuere worked
with the greateirtfltTffllmi1nr-an4
this morning engineers surveyed a de
tour of eight feet, by which they raleu
late they will be able to avoid danger
of snother ravein and reacn tne out led
jaa setae time tenlg&t sc tomorrow.
CLAIM GRAND JURY
WAS" I LLE G AL wC 0 U HT V-d Al L
Sipreme Court Hears Argument
on Validity Indictments Re
Z 1,1 turned In Boch Case.
SELLWOO 0 E LECTIO N !
t FRAUD CASES CONCERNb
Case of White Against Savage Is Re
versed Suit of Baker County
Against A. II. Huntington 'Af
firmedMorrison Case Reversed.
(.ipeettl iKupatch te The Journal.)
Salem. Or.; Dec. IS. The case of the
state of Oregon against Charles Boch,
appellant, was argued and submitted to
the supreme court today. The suit Is
one growing out of a riot against sailors
ofThe'"'Joliann ' I'ouUon HI ' tnB lUlfl vt
Portland. Boch Is supposed to have been
the leader of the attacking crew.- The
defense attacks ths validity of the grand
jury which returned a true bill against
the defendant on the ground that Judge
Bears excused a juror after the panel
had been drawn. . The opinion of the
court may have a far reaching result
In the Bellwood election case, the same
jury having returned the Indictments.
. White vs. Savage. . ' "'
In the ess -of M. XI. White aaatnst
Lewis Savage, George Sloper et al. as
executors of the'-estater Caroline -Hf
Bloper whit decoased, appellants, an
appeal from Marlon county, William
Galloway. Judge, decision waa reversed
In an opinion by Judge Ha Hey. The
suit Is to restrain the defendant Bsvage
from prosecuting two actions-against
the . plaintiff upon promissory notes,
signed by the plaintiff and his wife.
since deceased, and to compel Bavage to
present his notes to the executors of
the" will of the plaintiffs wife for an
allowance and for the executors to psy
that out of the tstate. The opinion
holds that the defendant should have
paid the notes to dnvsge and then pre
sented his claims to the executors of
his wife's estate, and could have pro
tected himself by so doing.' The lower
court , had no jurisdiction and the de
murrer should have been sustained.
The case n reversed and remanded.
-' Baker- County Case.
The case of Baker county against A.
H. Huntington. Harry Duffy and A. I
Brown et al, an appelant' appeal from
Umatilla county. W. R. Ellis, judge, is
affirmed by Judge Moore. ' This is the
third appeal by the defendants, A. I
Brown, D. Cartwrlght, J. T. Fyfer,
James Fleetwood and J. W. Isenhofer
from the Judgment rendered against
them In an action upon an Instrument
alleged to be a sheriffs bond, as Ui
collector. .
In the matter of the state of John
Morrison, deceased, Cora I Joel ..and
Minnie -Goodman, respondents, against
K ArTttfiDonald,- admlnlstratorr-an anr
! peal from Union county, Robert Eakln
judge, is reversed by Judge Moore. A
proceeding was Instituted March II,
l05, to compel the- - administrator to
file a final account. - The order of the
county oourt waa reversed by the cir
cuit court -which remanded the cause
with directions as to ths order of filine
or xinat account, in default of which to
remove the administrator. -
, Bpragaa vs. Schotte.- w.
The ease of A. P.'Sprague, appellant.
against A. C. Schotte and. the George
Palmer Lumber comapny, an appeal
from Union county, Robert Enkln Judge,
la affirmed by Judge Bean. - It Is a suit
to inforce speclfio performance of an
agreement to transfer the homestead
of A. P. Sprague on the Wallowa river
and that of Schotte, both of Elgin.
ine case of John Schannon aa-alnst
the county court of Malheur, an ap
peal from Malheur, - George E. Davis,
judge, Is reversed In" an opinion by
Judge Bean. The ease Is a writ of re
view to test the validity of the order
of the county court In the matter of
the location of a road of publlo ease
ment over the lends of the plaintiff and
comee on an appeal from the court
below. In affirming the rulings of the
county court Because neither the pe
tition nor the order of the county
court complied with the statute pro-
- gV - '' "
AliM.. M UntJ ..... ,h
Jetty Case Modified. .
The ease of J. A. Morton, sppellsnt.
against the Oregon Short Line Railway
company, an appeal rrora Malheur
county, Oeorae K. Davis. Judge on mo
tion to modify the decree in an opinion
by Judge Moore, is remanded with di
rections to the circuit court. Thle Is to
modify the decree of the supreme court
from demolition of the entire Jetty, to
only a part so Ss not to injurs jttie
plaintiffs premises. .
The case of the etste of Oregon
against A. D. Pierce, appellant, an
appeal, was dismissed.' -
GREATEST CHRISTMAS
BUSINESS EVER KNOWN
(journal SpeelaV Service.)
New Tork, Dec. 18. Though this Is
the gladsome season In most places. In
the postofflce the merrtness of -Christmas
Is expressed In beads of perspira
tion and one grand hurry-scurry. From
all reports the pressure of,buslness has
been greater this year than ever before.
Each year the foreign Christmas malls
grow heavier and this year the increaso
has been most marked. ,- The big rush
is now practically over, as tomorrow's
boats are the last to sail with any possi
bility of reaching the other side In time
to have their mails distributed before
Christmas. Since December 1 foreign
money orders exceeding ft total ' of
IB. 000,000 have been issued at the New
Tork postofflce. The greater part of
this sum went to Ireland. Sons of Italy
sent' home Christmas presents aggre
gating about fioo.eoo. Germany, Aus
tria, Sweden, Russia, Hungary and Eng
land were remembered with large sums,
and even Greece, The Netherlands, Den
mark, Swltserlsnd and little Luxemburg
were not overlooked la the general dis
tribution.
PRINZESSIN LOUISE
. IS GOING TO PIECES
(Journal Speelil gerTtee.l
Kingston, Dee. II. The steamea
Prlnsessln Louisa will probably go to
nieces on the rocks. Her bottom plates
are sfove 'ltnncTlier engines -are-badrr
damaged. A heavy sea is rolling. Ths
body of Commander Brunswig wss re
moved to the city today.
ale of Steel Fleet.
- Wilmington. Del., Deo. II. This le
Uth4lata fixed by the court for the sale
of-the Diamond State Uteel company s
plant In this city. The Sale will be con
ducted by Howard T. Wallace and Jamea
P. Winchester, the receivers of the com
pany. -U .
LOVE PUT IIIL1; 1(1
Ben Pilcher Mourns Because His
- Sweetheart Had Him,
; ' " 1 Arrested, '
HAS JUST FOUND OUT - '
ATSHE-artrreaniM
And Now tie Must Stand Trial on
Charge of Threatening to ' Kill,
Though' He Declares He' Wouldn't
Harm Her for Anything,
Suffering with , an acute case t of
blighted affection. Ben Pilcher paces
the long corridor in the county Jail and
h oaves deep sighs as he reflects on
what he calls the perfidy of hie former
sweetheart. Miss Sarah Lambert.
but ha didn't know It until Constable
lou Wagner arrested him laat night on
a charge of threatening to kill Miss
Lambert. Pilcher admits that he cared
for the lady, very, very much. And he
says that his love for her was so great
that he would not have harmed a hair
on her head. He adds that she knowe It.
- "We had kept steady company for
four months," said Pilcher. . "I bought
s revolver some time ago, and carried
It with me, but she knew then and
knowe now that It was for the protec-
liOiuot. both .her and myself. Her di-
Torcea iiuaoanu hiiqikwi rai.Qvwo vuv
night when he saw me on the street
with Sarah, and I went and bought the
revolver then. "My lawyer told me this
morning that Sarah said she had been
trying for three weeks ' to shake ma.
Well, she never . said anything to me
about It. If she had, I .would have left
her all right. But ahe said she was
trying to do It bv showing by her ac
tions that she did not care for me. I
couldn't see any difference in "her ao
tlons. .
-I guess that Is what I am here for.
She went and swore to a warrant that
I had threatened to kill her Juat to get
me out of the way. I ought not to be
here. It wasn't necessary."
Pilcher la represented by Attorney
J. a FlnCh. - ' V ,
WILLIAMSON IN
HIS NEW OFFICE
Secretary of State Board of Hor
ticulture Takes Up His .
. Duties.
- H. M. Williamson, newly appointed
secretary of the state board ot hortl
cuflu reT"toda;r ""took - poaseaeton of the
office lately vacated by the death of
George Lamberson. Mr. Williams' first
work will be the Issuing of the annual
report. cf the board for the year If 08,
now in press. He msde a trip to Sa
lem yesterday to attend to tha publi
cation of this book, whioh will be Is
sued ee usual by the state printer. The
book will contain the reports of offi
cers, and papers by each of the state
commissioners, treating of fruit' grow
ing end Its "attendant" conditions Tin
each section of the state. These papers
will show enormous Increase of the
fruit Industry in Oregon In the last
year, and recite many facts encouraging
to rrult growers.
, A copy of the report should be -pieced
In the hands of every fruit farmer in
the state, it is argued, but the diffi
culty has been to secure enough money
from the state to pay postage, a large
number of the annual reports Issued
lsst yesr are still en hand at the secre
tary's office because of this, lack of
postage. - v
it has been the custom of the com
mission to print about 1,000 copies of
ths annual reports.
SAX IS TAKEN TO v'
COUNTY HOSPITAL
Unfortunate Man's Wile Is Re
lieved of Burden of Caring
. ; for Him.
In order to relieve hU wife from hav
ing to care for him, Johan Sax, who
has been paralysed for three years,
was taken to the eounty hospital for
treatment this morning. Mrs. Sax was
willing that her husband should be
taken. ......
Tha family consists of Sax, his wife
and three children. one or. tne chil
dren, aged S yeare, has been 111 for
some' time with typhoid fever. Because
of Sax's paralysis the burden Of caring
for the family haa fallen on tne wire.
Medical attendance for 8a x and the
child hae been furnished by the Ger
man Aid society, snd the rent of the
little house In Montavllla In which the
family lives bss been paid by the
county. -.
, This morning a representative of the
Aid society appeared at the courthouse
snd Informed the county - oourt that
Mrs. Sax was breaking down under the
strain of caring for the family, and
unless something were done the entire
family would have te be moved' to the
poorhoune. An order waa made for
Bsx's admission to the county hospital
and he was moved at once In an am
bulance. ',
OWNERS MAY RECOVER
. THEIR LOST TOOLS
In tha person of Rdward tee, sr.
rested yesterday by Pstrolmen Riley,
the police believe they hsve the thief
responsible (or the wholesale thefts of
tools from, now buildings throughout the
city. Lee wss taken Into custody as
he was pawning a chest ef tools be
longing to C J. Bonnell of 14T Esst
Ash street stolen lsst Sunday night
The bureau' of criminal Investigation
invites all mechanics who hsve lost
tools during the past two months te
call at headquarters to see if they ean
Identify the prisoner or any of the prop
erty recovered.
COLORADO ROADS SAY
MINES ALL TO BLAME
(Jeoraal Special Servlee.) -Denver,
CoU Dee. IS. A number of
Torngln"ThlBtir"sre eoleJ bAli
enea shortage. The railroads blame the
mines. , They say they have plenty of
empties at the mines, but cannot get
then loaded. - - ,
TRAinrJEH OF IVESTERf ROADS ARE
:0EIEiniE0IIAK0!lW
Engineers Especially Will Make
. Effort to Share In Roads',
Present Prosperity,,
CHANCED CONDITIONS ..
ARE-MUCH-DESIRED
Engineers on O. R. ft N. Want Ten
v Hour - Day Cut Down to Eight
Hours and Will Ask Officials to
Concede Reasonable Demands.
Trainmen and locomotive englneere of
the western roads are determined to se
cure better conditions of work and a
slight Increase of wages on ths strength
of the great ' prosperity that Is being
enjoyed by railroad stockholders. , ;
i F!lrf4 nJP)ove ere Tully advised
ss to the lncreTrmr1 luiplus em4 (a
dividends that are the portion of- the
railroads and. they will push their
claims to g definite conclusion at the
earliest possible moment. At the pres.
ent time there are only rumblings of
trouble, but' It Is already certain that
the train operatives will carry their In
sistence te the limit and that a labor
upheavsl , will follow - refusal of the
high officials of the railroad companies
to .concede, reasonable demands. - - . -After
meetings iri Portland with Gen-
f ir$lManagr J. P. O'Brien and Oen
efaluperInre1iaentu"cWyTthe"wage committee of the O. fR. N. locomotive
engineers adjourned and returned te
their homes last night with their busi
ness still unsettled. They will in the
nesr future meet the officials again and
will on the next occasion be accom
panied by one or more brotherhood oftl
nciais. n is saia ins question at issue
will be taken before the grand chief,
W. S. Stone, of Cleveland. -Ohio.
The esslstsnt grand chief engineers
of the brotherhood are M. W. Cadle, E.
W. Hurley. H. E. Wills and Fred A.
Burgees, all of whom hsve headquar
ters at Cleveland. One of these ee
slstants will probably be detailed te
assist the O. R. sV N. engineers In pre
senting their contentions to the rail
road company. .It Is believed the next
conference will be followed by a hear-
Poverty jCircle Testifies Regard
' Ing Real Cause of Present
- Conditions". 7
. . (Journal Sserfal Service.)
.Minneapolis, Dec II. The assistance
of the railroads In helping great cor
porations to dsstroy the small dealers,
the existence of a coal trust, the losses
through car shortags to small dealers
wss shown at ths interstate commerce
COmmlsslonlnqutry-today. -
"Poverty circle" appeared today.
Farmers testified that they oould not
buy coal because they cJuranot sell
wheat: merchants could not pay Job
bers because tha farmers could not pay
them; - ths Jobbers testified that they
were forced to borrow from banks and
the presidents and cashiers of banks
testified that thsy.. must borrow, from
Wall street at ratee raised to exorbitant
heights by the same men who caused
the ear abortage.
Reports from Dakota continue to
bear tidings of suffering because of
lack of coaL - Dasey wires that there
is not a pound of coal la town. The
schools are closed. Great Northern and
Northern Paclflo officers say thst each
road le sending out from IS to 160 cars
dally from the head of the lakea. About
SO Is the ususl amount. - All coal com
panies report that they are from 1,000
to 4,000 cars behind In their orders, due
to railroads falling to s-jilrfirt - when
ordered.
t
WHY LEOPOLD GAVE CONGO
STATE TO AMERICANS'
In Endeavor to Block Opposition
Where It Was Most -::.
, Threatening.
'- (Joaraal Special-Service.) '
' Brussels. Deo. II. It le learned from
en authoritative source that concessions
msds to Americans in .the Congo Free
State are greater than had bsen sup
posed. King Leopold was led to make
thsse concessions by the agitation In
Englsnd designed to seise the state on
the grounds that - such sslsure would
be In the Interest of civilisation. .
Ae Belgium hss no navy and little
means of defense, the "king sought en
ally. He decided that private Ameri
can Interests In the Congo Free State
would be more advantageous than any
thing else. --
Ryan's emissaries saw thslr advan
tage and pressed the king intll - they
had eecured practical control of the
country. From self-interest, tna Ameri
cans will do all possible to prevent
foreign Invasion. -
BIDS FOR MANILA BONDS '
OPENED AT WASHINGTON
(Joaraal SpecUIV Servlee. ) ' ;
Washington. Deo. li At the bureau
of Insular affairs of ths war departms it
bids sre to be opsnsd tomorrow for the
12,000.000 10-10 4 per oent bond Issue of
the city of Manila. By act ef eongrees
these bonds srs exempted from taxation.
The Issue Is to provlds funds to con
tinue the work of constructing an ade
quate water eupply end sewersgs sys
tem for Manila, for which contracts
have been awarded and which Is now
well under way. " ' .
Thase-bonds will be acreptea oy me
treasury. departmenf"ssBM,tirlly fee-tba
deposits or tns pueuo money vi mm
United States In, national . banks when
ever further deposits may be made, and
may be eubstltuted for Veiled States
bonds now held ae security for deposits
on cpndltlon that ths United States
bonds thuarelrssed be ttsed ss security
for sddltlonal circulation when. Irf'TTi
Judgment of ths secretary of the trees
ury, It Is desired to stimulate an in.
ere tee In national bank circulation.
CffSJIOpFDOE
TO WALL STREET
Ing betwene the grand chief engineer.;
and Julius KruitUchnltt. director of
maintenance and operation of the Har- .'.
rlman lines, at Chicago, where ths en
gineers will press their claims to a Snal
eoncluston. They are strongly of the
opinion that they should share In the
great prosperity of the railroads by
having a readjustment of conditions as
to length of day's service and In such
adJuHtmenMheefrect will be a slight
increase of pay. " sa..
' t'yjtmw &oag Bays. -It
la alleged that the baala of a day's
work on the O. R. N. lines Is 10
hours, while on the Southern Pacific
and a number of other systsms It Is -eight
hours. The O. R- at N. engineer
if thu receiving less wsges la pro
portion to number of hours. locomo
tive engineers are paid according to the
class of engine snd train they operate.
The wages for 10 hours' work range
from tl.JI to 14.(0. The switch engt- .
neer In the yards gets the lowest pay.
The-freight engineer en-mountain di
visions gets tha highest wages. The
Intermediate pay te received by the
passenger train engineers, whose maxl- ,
mum is $4.60 for 10 hours' work. The
tlnna -. Kb rA .-A ,h.t th .
exhausted end unable to keep up the
psce set by Irregular hours snd extra :
mileage, although-they receive extra pay .
for. all over 10 hours' run. - . ,
AU Want Xaoroaee.
The train men on both the Southern
Paclflo and the O. R. N. lines are
moving for increase . of psy and re- '
adjustment of conditions, Thsy are al
ready taklnar a noil ef both systems,
and are determined to effect some '
gluugesiavorable to themselves en ths
strength of good times." One said: V "
"The engineers and train man era the -,
men who are doing' tha hard, disagree- -able
work for the railroad ownere to
enable them to make their large profits.
Whv should we not bsve some share -In
. the Increased prosperity We are
convinced that we ought to share In the .
good results ss well as in the unfavor- '
able results of good times; in better ' .
wages and improved conditions of la
bor, ae well aa In tha Increased cost of .
living, higher rents and the more stren
uous demands msde upon us by tha In
creasing traffic. There ought to be a
more liberal policy In good times, to
offset tha retrenchment policies - of
hard times. We believe thst the rail
road officials will see both sides -of
these questions wben we get our views
before them." - - t- s
STAR IVITNESS IS
HOT HEARD
State Closes in Thompson Case
Without Calling; Miss Whitt-
v" lesey to thetand. -1 m
, . (Special TMsBetck te Tae Joaraal.) - -: '
Tacoma, Wtih, Dee. II. The state
finished Its cass in the Thompson mur
der trial thla morning, and the defense
opened this afternoon.
Daniel Kelliher, law partner of Judge
Emory, Thompson's victim, waa on the
stand' all of this afternoon. He gave
Emory's ante-mortem statement -of the--
shooting. - Kelliher swore that Judge
Emory stated that young Thompson ran
Into the Emory home, and that he
Jumped up from where he wae sitting
on the porch and ran Into the hallway
after him. Just ss he' entered the door
way Thompson whirled and ahot him..
Thompson continued welkins-' reoldlv
ahead through the hallway, firing as he
waiaea. Tne last shot was fired when
Thompson wss partly up the stairway
and Judge Emory-was In ths center of
the halL
In his statement Judge Emory de
clared that while hs was In pursuit of
young Thompson hs did jiot overtake
him and did . not get close enough to
lay his hands on him.
Kelliher was subjected to a : herd
cross-examination, but was not shaken
in the testimony be had given.
Charles Startup was put on the stand
and Identified the coat worn br Ches
ter Thompson ths night of the shooting.
The etate did not examine all of the
witnesses subpoenaed, and Its sudden
closing Of Its' case caused surprise.
Miss Charlotte Whittlesey. Its star wit
ness, was not put on the stand, although
she was brought all the wsy from New
Tork City, where she had been attending
school, to testify. She hss been in Ta
coma for 10 days, the guest of her
school friend. Miss Hudson, and has
been dally expecting to go on the stand.
No reason is given by the prosecution
for the refusal to examine her and ether
witnesses subpoenaed. ,
The defenss now has about 130 wit
nesses to be examined. -
DEAD NEGRO'S THUMB
PROVES NO TALISMAN
For the ensuing SO days the "Original
Dr. Carter ef Seattle" will have an op
portunity of practicing hie chosen pro
fession st Kelly's Open Air sanitarium.
This is the penslty of steallnaan over
coat from y a north end saloonkeeper.
Carter wss found guilty by Judgs Came
ron today. "
- When Carter wae arrested a dried
negro's thumb waa found In his pos
session. In court this morning be -te.
tlfled that this gruesome talisman Is
the only remaining portion of the anat- :
omy Of a negro who wae burned at the
stske In the south. He ssys he eecured
the charm from man In Spokane, but
in view of hie sentence le now con
vinced that the anti-hoodoo properties
of the thumb have lost their power.
COMES HOME TO STAND
TRIAL FOR ABDUCTION
(Joaraal Special Serfle
'San Diego, Dec II. Captain Hall,'
charged with the Abduction of Dora '
Bennle, sged ,14, In the launch Hover,
Is expected here from Ensenda, Mexico,
tomorrow. He- comes back , voluntarily,
to atand trial. He claims' he is inno
cent and says thst the Bennle girl,
Mrs. Hswlston and a sailor stole the
Rover and sailed sway.. He believes
ths vessel wss wrecked land all were
lost. .
Te Saooeed Ooagresamaa atoaf.
(Joaraal Special Servlee.)
Worcester. Mass., Dee, II. A special
slectlon Is ' In progress today In the
third congressional dlstrlot to elect a
successor te fill out the unexpired term
of the late Crmgreeamsn Rockwood
Hoar." TB erection ofthsriew fc-Weah
birrn of this city, slraedy chosen for
the regular term In the elxtleth eoa
gres( Je assured.
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