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1 THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL. PORTLAND. ' THURSDAY EVENING. DECEMBER -.27, 1SS3. SAYS POLICE HOE : EMU ACTIVE Organizer Burton of Carmen CompiainsJ Against Interfer ence With Pickets' Work. . POLICEMAN REVERSES s ( . JUDICIAL DECISION ; Superintendent Cooper Declares , Streetcar Serrics Is Normal, While Laborers Say That It Is Consider ably Crippled-rOther Strike News. " The nolle have Wi uhnereaearily active In handling tha .Btretcar-men a i strike," wild .National s YtooTrealdent - Burton of the carmen'a unlbn thla morn . i Ing. "Last night- they ordered' a nunw br of our pickets off the street. They - also tried to prevent them from talking to nonunion carmen.- They bad no riant . te act aa they did. and. If necessary, w ahall Inquire Into the authority they took unoa themselves. Mr. Burton had received report from a number of picket, and h wae passing upon them when tie mad tha foregoing" " statement. The 'Teporte, In substance. - were t the effect that the plcketa naa ' tried t talk to nonunion carmen and I vera prevented from doing ao by th hoilce. When they assembled In a group ' for consultation they war ordered off the street. When they stopped at a . - crossing where a car was standing they were ordered to move on. The men in formed one policeman that th courta . had held that picket duty unaccom periled by violence was legal, but tha of' ' fleer reversed the judicial decision with i the gruff but brief -command. "Move on. . ,. . . aya Voltee Ssoeed 'Authority. .," "Our pickets," continued Nr. Burton, -. ar law-abiding. They have the right riven to all American cltlaena by tha r v constitution. They may talk to anybody they please and whenever tney. picas. ' non-union carmen not excepted, and the '. police have ao right to order them off ' th streets. Th police aro altogether ' too active at places and times and with - - people where there is no o ocas Ion for i official activity." : . . . Thla little difficulty with th nolle .. ' waa the main toplo discussed among th , strikers today. Th car service ceased ' to be a subject of -Interest. The strikers . aald It waa Impossible for the Portland -. ' Bailway company to give a normal ser while It la impossible for It to fill tha places of th 100 experienced men . now out .For th company. Superln i tendent of Transportation Cooper says a normal service is now given. -- - "With th exception of trippers In the evening, w are operating th aame number of cars as before the strike. Our traffic Is just' the same and wa have no trouble handling it in th morn r. Jngs or in the afternoons." , . ""4 - Zffect oa Traffic. . : "Th company has .not th same amount of trafflo and what it haa it cannot handle satisfactorily to th pas sengers," retorts P. McDonald, editor of ' ' th Labor Press. "Ten thousand anion people,' men and" women, wtll not "ride on the cars except when they hive to. Moreover.- the service gives no satia- faction. J'll leave that to anybody who rides on th cara. Tha company baa .: not tha men to operate th usual nura- ber of cars and the officers know . that .' th ears it haa running cannot bo ,. operated on anything . . lika , scheduled 4 time. John Wright, a striking conductor on tha Oregon Water Power? division of .. the Portland Railway company, reported , to the Carmen'a union thla morning that ? he had been unable to obtain his de posit' of li from the company. Wright aald "he made the deposit when he en- - tered the company'a employ, and ha waa not given a receipt for It. When he asked that the money be returned to him 'he waa told to produce the receipt. He did not have on and th 'company r fused to repay the money, although ad- - mlttlng that the coin had been deposited by Wright. Wright aaya he returned his badge and other paraphernalia be . longing to the. company before ha de manded tha money, believing the 121 would be paid to him when he asked for It , National Vlce-Preeldent Burton- aays , a number of complaints have come from - strikers on this division. When the ' men left the company's employ, Mr. Bur ' ton says, tbey were threatened with ar- rest unless they surrendered their badges at once. They compiled with ' the order, but when they demanded their f money they had to wait two or three , days before they got It TRY TO STOP CARS '' : Tore of Union Carmen stake Demon stration oa Streeta. . Considerable excitement was caused -r la police circles at I o'clock last night 1 by , telephone communication from the .officials of tha Portland Railway, light ' Power company to the effect that a crowd of 50 unionists and sympathisers ., were making an effort to Indue plat , form men on different lines to leave - their cars. As there has been no violence of any. kind since the first night of the" strike, Chief Grltsmacher for the past few days hum not been maintaining a large fore of reserves at headquarters. Aa soon . aa the notice of possible lawlessness was .. received, all of the patrolmen f the first night relief were ordered to leavei .. their beats and report at the station. . As soon as possible several squads of Muecoat were dupstched to points , along Washington and Morrison streets . to prevent sny rioting, but their serv ices were not required. The strikers en- . deavored to persuade crews of several cars to join them in the strike, but In very -Jnntance were unsuccessful. Chief of Folic Grltimaeher Is detsr . mined not to be caught napping and In the event of any disturbance Is prepared . to thoroughly patrol the business seo- ftlon of tb city with a large force of patrolmen armed with riot clubs. WHITE CARNATIONS DYED RED AND SOLD Hood Ttlver, Or Dec. J 7. Patrnna of .a Hood River florist hav just, learned mat may nave oeen tooled m purchas ing what they thought to be red carne- ; iions in ne natural color, but which , nav provea 10 d wnit one dyed. "It seems that th florist had order for a number of these popular flowers for th tioltdaya, anT sent to Portland for them. but ceutd not obtain any. He the rderd several bunchea of whit j, ones, which he treated to aoma kind of solution that turned, them red. They erera placed on sale and all disposed of. . florist thought the story too a-oo v a ona to keep and told It confidentially in a frlnd. who told H- to some one else, with-th otd-Um result that U la au ove town. - , AUSTRIAN AMBASSADOR AND WIFE l J Washington aociety is interested in ler. wife of the AustriSn ambassador, who -iS dean of the diplomatic corps, It is the collection of pet birds. The baroness has one of the finest aviaries in the country. The picture given herewith is from a re cent snapshot showing Baron Hengelmuller and the baroness out driv ing in Washington. ; . - APANESE COLONY . : WANTS INVESTIGATION 'I I I 1 !. Feeling' among the members of the local Japanese colony became so atrong yesterday , ovr th' shooting of Ara Tacashlma by Arthur MCEwan In tha home of C. L. Zahm, 801 Multnomah street, Sundsy night that Vice-Consul T. Alba waited upon Deputy District Attorney Haney and requested that th affair be given a thorough Investiga tion. This action on hie part waa mad necessary by tha .insistent demands of Portland Japanese that some means be taken to provide better protection, for them in the future, vice-consul aids ssld this morning that he had requested tb district attorneys office to get tha bottom facta regarding, th matter aSd that he himself would offer bis as sistance, to further th Inquiry being made, - Further than that he refused to discus th matter, but he believed that the shooting waa entirely acci dental and that Tacashlma la th victim of an unfortunate occurrence. WASHINGTON TEACHERS MEET AT BELLINGHAM ' (Josroal Special Service.) Belllngham. Wash. Dec il. Th Washington Stat Teachers' aasociatlon la holding Its annual convention In Bel llngham,' with a large attendance of members. Ample entertainment has bVn provided for th visitors, and th best homes in tha city have been thrown open for their accommodation. The principal orilcera or the aasocia tlon are: President, R A. Bryan, presi dent of the Washington State college; vice-president, Superintendent L. U Benbow of Tacoma; secretary, O. u. Whitney of Tacoma; treasurer,-.Profes sor Morgan of Ellensburg. M'KENNEY HAS GONE BACK TO CALIFORNIA Secretary McKenney of tbe Carmen's union, who haa been alck for several days, has been aent to Oakland, Califor nia, to recuperate, by National Vlce Preaident Burton. Mr. McKenney, Mr. Burton aald thla morning, la suffering from nervous prostration, due to over work and to aleepless nights passed sine th strike waa called.. . He will return to Portland when his physicians permit htm' to do so. While absent his work will be attended to by ona of the atrlklng; carmen, LAY CORNERSTONE OF. HELENA MASONIC HOME (ffpedal Dlnpatrh te Tha Jnnrnal.) Helens, Mont.. Dec. 27. In th pres ence of a largo crowd, the cornerstone of tho new Masonic horn In th valley below the city waa laid here today. .Grand Master A. D. McDonald officiat ing.1 The nit is a beautiful on on th shores of Lake Hauaer, to be created by the new dam across tha Miasouri river, and will be modern in every respect and capable of accommodating several hun dred. ' . ' FIREMEN'S CHIEF GOING : TO MANAGE THE STRIKE (Inarm! Special Service. 1 Peoria. I1L, Deo. 27. At Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen headquartere it Is ststed that Grand Master Hsnrahan will leave tha latter part of next week to take charge of the strike. CHEMISTS FIND MORE . ARSENIC Iff REMAINS ' (Jon roil Boeetil Servlee.tV Chicago, Dec. 17. Chemist today Tel.1 porieo tne rinding; or arsenlo In mora of tha yal children's organs. ' It win probably-be a week before all th remains ar analysed. RUSSIAN CONSUL. " ' LFOUND DEAD IN BED (Jearaal Ser1l Serrtea. ' Mverpnofc uec, 17. Colonel Degel mann. . me Russian- consul here, ' was found dead. In bed. this morning from a pistol shot. It la uncertain whether it ,11s muroer or suicide. . 7; the lajtest fad of Baroness Hengelmul- REDUCED LEVY FOR FOREST GROVE TAXES (Special Dispatch to Tbe Joernal.) Forest Grove, Or., Dec. 17. At a spe cial meeting of tha city council, tha tax levy, which waa fixed at mills a cou ple of weeka ago, waa reconsidered and reduced to 7 mills. Tha council's first levy war made on the bellei that the total assessment waa $400,000, but on Investigation It was found to be over 1600,000, bene th new levy. Tha school tax Is 4 mills. Miss Ina Gould, th daughter of tha Rev. Mr. Gould -of thla place, haa resigned her position In th New berg High school and will take tha place of -.las Susl Jackson, who naa- handed in her resig nation. - - , ," : ICE BREAKS AND TWO - SINK TO THEIR DEATH (Journal Special Service. Washington, N. J.., Deo. 17. John Arkey, a youth, fell through , the ' tea while skating here today., George Davla went to aava him, with a rope held by Davla' wife. The rope broke, and both Davis and Arkey were drowned. Mra. Davla tried to aav th two and waa herself rescued unconscious by others who rushed to her assistance. - FATAL BULLET WOUNDS RESULT OF REJECTION (Joarnal Special Bervtea.t .Detroit. Mlclu Dee. J7. FlllDe Jaure- gui, a 22-year-old -Mexican rebel and refugee, whos parents live near tha City of Mexico, waa probably fatally In jured thla morning. Ho fired three bul lets, into bis own breast. Letters which he, wrote before th shooting aay ha shot himself for love of Miss Dora Klther of St. Louis, with whom ha had been In correspondence and who re jected him. APOLOGIZES TO COURT ' CASE IS DISMISSED ' (Journal RpeHal Serrlee.t Chicago, Dec. 17. Dr. Effle LobdelL who was cited for contempt of court, apologized thla morning and tha fine waa remitted. The Chicago Medical asso ciation la to determine if a physician- can be made to testify aa a witness ex cept In matter .requiring expert testi mony. They ara claiming now that at tendance upon patients la as urgent as the' cdnrt summons. YAQUI INDIANS KILL : FOURTEEN IN MASSAQRE 1 JJooraal Special 'Berrlee.1 Nogales, Aria., Dec, 17. Over 100 Taqul Indiana are on tha warpath near Valencia, Details of a massacre ara slowly coming in telling of tha killing of 11 Mexlcana and on American. Thia killing la said to be a different on from that which Colonel Maxaon reports oc curring near Lanchot. ILLINOIS TEACHERS t WANT CHANGE IN LAWS . - (Jneraa! Special Service.) ' Sprlivgfleld. 111., Dec. 27 Tha Bute Teachers' association In session here la discussing th creation by the legisla ture of a commission to control all tha high schools in the atate. Tbey ar also discussing a change In the system of examinations for teachers. ' : PAYING TELLER GIVEN , FOUR YEARS' SENTENCE (Joaraal Pd1 Service.! ftanaas City, Deo. 27. William C. An. deraon. paying teller of the First Na tlonal bank, this mornlngpleaded. guilty of embeicllnif $9,000, and was sentenced to four years in in penitentiary- WELL KNOWN ARTIST DIES IN NEW YORK CITY . 1 .. J-' " J.M.nal Sneelfll RerTlre.l "New York, Tec. 17. Wg.ler Applefon Clark, aged 11, the well-known artist and lUusirau, died thla morning. ACTOR FAVERSHAf.1 FIGHTS WITH CAFE IVAITER ':- --:tv Actor's Wife'Objects to Serving ' and Waiter Shiet Plate at Her Head. r-.tfoeraal Special tarrU.) ' Philadelphia. Pec. 17. Actor William Favemham was tha central figure in a scene at tha cafe at th Rlttanhous on Christmas evening. Mrs. Faversham ob jected to a. walter'a actions and told him ah did not car t hav him serve them. Th waiter hurled to th floor a dish he was carrying, smashing It to pieces and bespattering Mra. Faversham with Its contents. He then picked up a plat and shied It a her head, missing Mrs. Faversham by a couple of Inches. Faversham sprang - at the ., waiter. clutched ' him with both hands' by the throat and waa shaking him aa a ter rier would a rat Out. from among th table he pushed the man. backward and threw him to the floor. Outsiders intervened and senarated the conteatanta before much .harm waa don. PORTLAND'S WATER (Continued from Page On.) --1 "Tea, I'v got th right all right enough. We Intend to get water for our electrical plant from four different sources,' and w will use th Bull Run water only in an emergency.'' While th last session of tha leg islature waa Hearing lta close 1 Lafe Pence posted a 'notlc appropriating water from Bull Run below th head- work's. An Inspector found, tha no tice within 24 hours. Mayor Williams and tha members of tho water board held a hasty consul tation with City Attorney McXary. A bill amending tha atata law conoarnlng. xne nung ana - appropriating or water rlghta waa drawn up and tha mayor and the city attorney hurried to Salem. Tha bill waa paaaed almost on tba last day. Thla ahut out Pence altogether and he gave up tha fight . - v law to Prevent Selaur. It la tha objeet of thla new law to prevent any individual or corporation from selling water rlghta on Bull Run and then forcing the city of Portland to buy them at an exorbitant prlc in order to protect lta water wupply. Now tha question haa been . raiaed whether thla object baa been accom plished. Many of tha locatlona were filed previous to tb passage of tha act exempting Bull Run from tha pro visions of the atata law. "We certainly believed that tha etty waa amply protected since tha psssag of tha act by tb last legislature," aaya Dr., 8. E. JosephU a' member of tha water board. "At tha aama Mm thla claim of Millar Is' new to us, and wa bad better have the city attorney look Into it very closely." -i. Mayor Lane doea not believe any at tempt to hold up th city would be aueJ ceasfuL "The court would certainly hold that it waa a matter of public policy to protect tha city againat any Individual who tried anything of tha kind," aald he. . ' To Transmit Electricity. Th company in which C. W. Miller la deeply intereated obtained a fran chise to transmit electricity In th city from tha council last May. . Ita . name waa then the ilouut Hood Electric, com pany. This month- the council waa asked to pass an ordinance changing th name of tha company to 'tha . Mount Hood Railway St Power company, aa tha promotera wished to aalarge 'tha scop of th corporation. Thla was dona by ordinance. Mayor Lane vetoed tha ordinance, and at tha last meeting it waa passed over his veto. Thla alleges that It la its Intention to furnish electricity to th city In com petition with the PorUand Railway Light A Power company, tha present amalgamation of electrical interests. - Sights of Users. City Attorney McNary declares that aa tho fundamental principle of water rlghta la that only aa much water aa can be laid claim to can be utilised. Miller's claims are of little account R. B. Lam son, another member of th water board, takea tb aama view of tho case. At the same time tha confidence of the promotera of tha Mount Hood com-, pany, whosa actual intentions ar un known, and tha queatlon aa to tha va lidity of tha amended statute exempt ing Bull Run make tha matter one of vital importance to every realdent of Portland. ' . ' . .. DIRECTORS (Continued irora Page On.) system. It holds, in stock: Great Northern, 116.416,400; Northern Pacific, 112.131.800; Oregon Rallawy A Naviga tion, preferred. tlM.!00; Oregon Rill way Navigation, common, I23.S7S.100; Southern Pacific, common, 100,000,000; Southern Pacific, preferred, 111,000,000; San Pedro, Loa Angeles at Salt Lake, 11 2,100.000; Northern Securities, stubs, 1714,100; Salmon River --Ralrroad Co., 1110,000; Oregon Short Line Railroad Co., tiOS.tOO; Wyoming Western, ISO, 000; Boise City Railway A Terminal Co., 122,100; St Anthony Railway Co.. 140.000. , . . " Th entire stock of th Oregon Short Line company la in turn owned by tae Union Pacific; .The commission pro poses to determine if possible whether there la any conspiracy In restraint of trade Involved In these Immense hold ings by thla road for tha Union Pa cific . SERVED WITH WRIT Sheriff Onlrer Xa Cited So aria' Month , . a Before Jadga. (flpeelil DUpitc to Tb Jmrnal.t Salem, Dec 17. On th arrival In Balem last erenlng of Superintendent Jsmes of tha penitentiary havlns in charge Chick Houghton, a writ of habeas corpus waa- served on him by Sheriff Culver citing him to brlngj Houghton before Judg Burnett's courfl Friday afternoon and ahow cause why ha should detain Houghton In prison: Attorney M. J. MacMahon of Portland obtained th writ from Judg Burnett' court yesterday afternoon. Governor Chamberlain believes tha . law gives him full right to annul tha parole. Th state will b represented' Friday by District Attorney McNary. ' GEORGESRES WILL BE TRIED SATURDAY NEXT Oeorg Spies, a plumber, of 281 Fin street, who was arreated yesterday by, Detectlvea Jonea and Tlchenor on a, rharge of contempt of court for hla al leged Interference with the service of, a warrant against Arnold Delechnelder. ' by warning th man wanted that th' police were looking for him. appeared before Judge Cameron this morning. j . Attorney Walter Wolfe, representing 1 the sccused, demurred to th complslnt on the ground that an'affldavlt, aa re 0uird .by law Jn cases of .contamptl committed out of the presence of th court .had not been filed prior to th laauano of th warrant Judge Cam eron overruled th motion - and th rase waa set for bearing on Saturday morning. Wolfe's point is believed to be' well taken and liTt event of a conviction will furnish' ground for an appeal.' ..- , .;..'- Delechnelder, despite tha alleged In terference of Spies, waa taken Into custody yesterday oa th warrant of Pearl Weston, charging him with as sault and battery, and ha will be tried Saturday. . . ,. .., CORONER POSTPONES THE LAVIER INQUEST Owing to tha fact -that Motorroan Kelly and tha husband of tba dead woman ara the . only witnesses of tha accident at Kast Eighteenth and Clin ton streeta last Tuesday 1 night- when airs. - fhebe Lamer was run over ana instantly killed by a car of the Wa-verly-Rlchmond line. Coroner Finley baa decided to postpone the inqueat until iAvler. who la in tha noapltal, la. able to leave tha Institution. Following the tragedy. Conductor Nordf k. In charge of th car, failed to secure th names or addreasea of any of the paasengers. and Motorman Mil lar waa ao overcome by the terrible af fair that be waa compelled to go to his home Immediately after tha accident Aa Miller and th bereaved husband are the only actual . eye-witnesses, it baa been decided to wait until Lavler la able to glv ra testimony. COURTNEY REPORTS AN ' ASSAULT ON DRUNKARD Anent th allegation that ha brutally assaulted a man whom ha arreated on Christmas day. Patrolman . W. P. Court ney haa filed the following report of the matter with Chief Grltimaeher: "With regard to a newspaper report in the morning paper that I aaaaulted and beat ona . Tom Farmer, ' I would state that I arreated thla man at Fourth and Taylor atreeta on tho 25th InaCHe waa drunk and got in the street and tried to catch a moving freight train. When I arrested him h began to pull back and fight and I threw him down on the walk. I held him there until he aald ha would go along without any mora trouble but when ha got up ha struck at ma and I struck him and knocked him down. Then ha get up and walked to tha station." PLAN IS TO FORCE (Continued from Page Ona) outstanding account and amount due on building contracts totals 182,000. 1 Aa to receipt it la estimated that tha county school fund will bring In 1310. 000; tha state school fund, 160.000; de linquent taxea, 11.860; tuition. t00; th 1.6 mills levy, 1405.000; and tha balance on hand after paying janitors' salaries for December, 116,000. . , RUSSIAN CONSUL SHOT AND STABBED HIMSELF 7 (Joarnd Special Strvlee.) - - Llvarpool, Dec. 17. It haa bean as certained that tba Russian , consul Degel men committed aulclde. Ha first ahot himself and thla proving unfatal b stabbed himself. Ha waa worried over private matters, - tha - settlement of which waa announced in dispatches which came too-lata te save Mm from self -destruction. , .-.. , PRESIDENT TAKES HIS : : ; FAMILY T0 PINE KNOT - : (Journal Special Service.) Waablngton. D. C. Dec. 27. President SAM.V.It n.l kla ?a m 1 1 1,H . . ,. wher they will remain until Monday. MAN STRUCK BY TRAIN 1 ' DIES FROM INJURIES '.-. . - .. v . , . , . (Special THapatcb Jo Tbe Jearsal.) Centralla, Waah., Dec II. The man who waa atruck by the train between her . and Chehali yeeterday died - last FRIDAY RED GOATS Values Up to . ( $22.50 Friday and Saturday $9.75 COATS Values Up to $12.50 v Friday and Saturday, ' " $465 Suit Special $35.00 Suits Friday and Saturday. , EVERY ARTICLE RADICALLY REDUCED lis J. Ei. rlcte MH1E -: , $1.5Q and 32.SO and flacsl Casniy SILKS '' Bath Robes Silk Suspenders One-Dalf Price Mi 269-271 MORRISON STREET Present the above number and receive $400.00 piano . BRLJNNr& ' Pur Food Phone Main 2958FIRST TAYLOR f SEE OUR WINDOW nichi . Hla nam was Opemshaw in stead ol Williama. tha name slven by hla partner. Ha la aald to have rela tirea llrlng at Bacramento, California. Vm tir U Kla Bnnolow.. Hasry A. Bscbtel. the aew aoreraor ol Oolorade, will . sot reside la tke eiecaUrt hi :k ale pecW C S A?S COATS -f.t.ij t tt T" ' - . Values Up to Tfet Yi ) h W . : $35.oop ' paw V J' : " , v ; Friday and :..U'' li I " - . Saturday , B I I $16.75 : V 3 u- $8.50 - $3.00 Fura ........ .....51.75 $10.00 Furs .........lf4.65 A -ye S - W: 92iSO .Scarf a $3.00 Scarfs LATEST SHAPES One-Dalf Price Liquor Mtrcbanta FOR NEXT PREMIUM ef t I - ' i. aaa.kf.'.,jMr.i 4 . ;. it bet will eaatlaoe te 11 la kU eescalow ta CalTersitr aerk, t be aear-tbe Ualfenity ef Deafer, of walcb, ke will sa tlnae chaBeeller. '" Beef In Klamatnv Falls that eoata tha butcher T eenta la bold from tholr blocks at IS centa, aaya tha Herald. ' Values Up to $20.00 v- Friday and . .." Saturday . $5.00 Furs ..'.........,.?2.25x $15.00 Fura ......... ...j 7.00 Skirt Special $16.00 rye $20.00 e SUrti- iP J P Skirts V.-tV O 131 FIFT0 STREET 1 .V - r a " J