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PORTLAND, OREGON. THURSDAY EVENING. MARCH 7. 1907. TWENTY, PAGES.
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VOL. VI. NO. 2.
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Vincent St. John, Organizer of
Western Federation of , Min
ers, on Way to Portland to
Help ManageStrike-forla
dustrial Workers.
Strlks Situation Today, . e
; Number of man out. 1.109. .
North Paciflo mill eloaod down e
' and Portland, Eastern West-e
"era, Inroan at Poulsen and Stand- e
ard Box et Lumber companies e)
mills more or less crippled. - . e
. Portland., earpontera' union
, oommlttoa waits on trlkara and - d
aavurea thara that oarpantor d
' will rfuao to handlo unfair lum- .
bar. - '
-v staamboat laborara aak to bo a
takan Into I. W. W. and agrao to
mo on "ajrnipathoUo atrlka If :
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' called upon. - .
Vlneant St. John, notad erf an-1
laar of Waatara Padoratlon of o
- Mtnara." la on klo hnt to
' help manaca tnkaFrad HaaaN
; wood la hero and two othar na-
, tlonal oranlaara ara on thalr o
way.-' - ' , -lorrera
offer to to on ympn
.Jthetlo strlka.
Bulkara ay-1 tctory 1 in
(lht, but mill ownn ulnt-O
that they will bo ablo to oopo
wlth.th lltuatton. . , i ,.
" ; Tha atrtko of tha sawmill laborara
Jiaa dally aaaumad larger and larger
'JJTpro portion ainea tta Inception alx day
I ago, an til today tharo la roaaon to ba-
llave that It will boeoma one of tha
moat aerloua labor dlatarbanees In the
. history of tha northwest. At noon to
1 day tha number or strikers had aweUed
to 1,100. and strong promisee of sup-
port war received from sources out
side their ranks. ,
A' committee from tha Portland Car
penters' , union, whloh -Is . ono of the
strongest labor bodies in tha city, called
upon tha strikers today and Informed
them that th carpenters stood ready
to refuse to handle lumbar turned out
. at any mills which continue to resist
, the strikers demands. ..t tha carpen
ters' union headquarters It was stated
that tha members are atrongly tn faror
of officially taking thla action, and that
' tha matter will bo brought up tor ae-
. tlon at the -regular - weekly - meet! ng ef
tha union, which will be held next Tues
day Bight. ' 4 -.. ":.'-", -
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Following tha oommlttoa of oarpen
t tars came a delegatloa of steamboat la
' borers, who Informed the strikers that
1 they wanted to be taken Into the Indus
.trial Workers of the World. ' They said
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1U F U U U IY'
fssljristol Says He; Didn'tr Burns:and Heriey
May Have--rbentences-Were Ueferred in
v Both Puter. and
j . Current ( reports that 8. A. IX Putet
and Henry Meldrum are to receive par
. Con at tha hands of the government In
consideration of testifying against Bin
gar Hermann -do not receive credence
from United States District Attorney
Bristol, although ho admits that prom
ises of clemency might have been mad
by W J. Burns of the secret eervloe,
' who played a prominent part as Pran-
- els J. Heney's assistant In tha Oregon
land fraud prosecutions. -t .1
Mr. Bristol la emphatto In the state
, ment that elnco he became district at
' torney no offer of pardon has been made
to Puter or Meldrum, either by Menoy
or himself, and be says tht suou
promise, oven if It had - been made,
rould have been absolutely Invalid and
of no effect. It has never been sup
:l)sod that Mr. Bristol waa a party to
any mich .arrangement as Is reported to
- haver been -made with Puter and Mel
Crum, for ever since taking office ho has
uniformly taken the position that tha
'rovemment cannot extend promises of
clemency to any persona who have vio
lated the federal laws. It is, however,
a well-known fact that Hecret Service
nt Burns pursued a different policy
while ens-eKed In gathering evidence of
the Orrs.nn land frauds, and offers of
Immunity wore hld out In a number of
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FOR YESTERDAY
WERE
High .Water Mark: for Any One
Day Jnahe History ?.of the
Portland Postoffice, Holiday
Rush Not Excepted.
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7- Tha i" largest eaie of postage stamps
for one day In tha Portland office was
reached yeaterday. when they amounted
to $4,400, or M0 mors than tha sales
on December IS. llOtV-when tha pre
vious largest amount, of - stamps were
sold for one day.Tba.f4.t0o does not
Include the sale of stamps at tha sub
stations about the' el ty, and indicates
a remarkably heavy growth In .the bust.
nes of the local office.
- Postmaster Mtnto said today that yes
terday's salea were not marked by ab
normal purchases on , the part of the
large mercantile firms, but that the
buying Seemed to bays been strong from
all classes of patrons, v ,
The aalea of stamps tn tha Portland
postoffice hare been remarkably heavy
In the past year, and each, month's busi
ness shows an Increase oyer tha corre
sponding month - of the year before.
March Is tha last month" In the fiscal
year of the postoffice department . and
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Meldrum s Cases:
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cases as tha price of testimony against
soma of the conspicuous offenders. "
:' Seatesoe Deferred,
After' Puter had been convicted ; In
December, 104, his eentenoa was de
ferred for many months, the valid bond
which lie gave In the first Instance waa
allowed to be withdrawn, a straw bond
waa substituted and ho was permitted
to leave the state ' and ' resume his
fraudulent practloea. It was a matter
of common report that tha extraordi
nary leniency ahown by tha govemtnont
was- tha reward for the testimony which
Puter gave in the Mitchell case and
against other Indicted persons. Not un
til Puters huge swindles In school land
certificates had attracted the attention
of the whole country did the govern
ment 'make.' any 'effort to apprehend
him and Impose his long-deferred sen
tence, v.
It Is matter of record that Mel
drum's sentence was deferred nearly
two years -after. Ills convlotlon. Other
Instances might be cited -which strong
ly Indicated that the government Whs
disposed to make terms with minor of
fenders for the sake of gaining convic
tions In the more Important oases.
There hsa bean no intimation In JThe
Journal that United States District At-
$4,400
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TH1L APPLE,
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Oil STARK STREET
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Large Structure to Rise at Con
ner of Fifths-Bank of France
JtorOccupy a Vortlon' of New
BuiiSrr'v'.v'1;-..; j.. .f.:-:
. The Mathew Brady property,- tha
quarter block at tha northwest corner
Of nnhad JJtarlt. tretahaabeen
lease! to a party of local capitalists,
who are, by tha terms of the least. Im
mediately to Improve the site with an
eight-story business block.
- Ths ldsnUty,of tha leasees ta not dis
closed, but It Is said that ths term of
the leaaa la 10 years and that the
ground rental Is In tha neighborhood of
11,000 per month. It la understood that
the Bank of Franca, an Institution with
branch establishments in Ban Franclsoo
and Lios Angeles, has secured quarters
on tha ground floor of the. proposed
building and will open a banking house
hers Immediately upon completion of
the buUdlng. . - .. . i .
It has not ' been . definitely decided
whether or not -the proposed building
will bs an office structure, the pro
moters not being fully satisfied that
there Is need In Portland for another
office building, considering the fact that
there are three large buildings to be de
voted to office purposea now under con
struction. " ' - i .
Attorney Dan J. Malarkey, who was
said to have drawn tha leaaa contract
fosLthe Brady corner, when aaked about
It thta morning, oald-that -so Xar.aa he
knew tha deal . bad not been consum
mated. .;..'.;... .
BAKER CITY ELKS '
I CHARTER SPEClAtTRAlN
fgpectef Dispatch to Tke Joornal.) '
Baker City, Or, Manch f. Mors than
ISO local Elks have chartered a special
train and will leave for La Grande this
evening , to pay a social call upon the
brother lodgemen there. A delegation
from flumpter la coming hers to take
the train and the services of ths famous
White Swan band have been engaged for
the trip. The special will - remain In
La Grande until the lodgemen are ready
to return. -iv
SIX-INCH STREAK OF : :
HUNDRED-DOLLAR ORE
LAND COST
"Cranlta, Or.; Match T. in ana of tlfe
atopes of. the Independence mine has
been found a slx-lnoh seam of free gold
ore that assayed-over. 1100 to the ton.
Thla ore Is being taken; out separately
and sacked for shipping to the smelter.
Considerable rich ore Is being taken
from thla mine and a shipment will
soon be made. Tha mine and mill are
operating very successfully, ..-- ,
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OF DISCORD
A
TELLS HISTORY
OF CONSPIRACY
fWssblsgtisi Bareaa ef The Seamal.)
. Washington. ' D. C, March T.-Addl-tlonal
senaatlonal testimony was given
today In ths trial of BInger Herman on
ths charge of destroying government
records, when Oeorge Sorenson of Port
land testified, reciting details of an ar
rangement alleged to have been effected
regarding the Blue Mountain and Cas
cade forest reserves before they were
created. gorenson aaldTthar aa negbtla.
ttons . progressed. , T. P. Mays said, to
him i - ' , -. - , '
' Sorenson, how many acres of school
lands have your
"1 have ten or eleven thousand,' I
answered. . -
. " WelU you ' wlU- have to gtvs up
soma,' Mays replied.
-' "I naked why, and ha Informed ma
that tha creation of forest reserve
was an axpenslva transaction and that
a number of people would have to be
taken care of; that Commissioner Her
mann and 8enator Mitchell would both
have to be taken care of.
- -I said 'ATI right, I em willing to give
up soma. I sold 1.000 . acres after the
reserve hao been created to cover tlfe
expense which I had been put to. I
had the letter that Hermann wrote te
soma one describing the lands tempo
rarily withdrawn, telling what wouM
be Included In the permanent reserve. "
' Sorenson swore that he Induced many
persons to sign away their rights to
buy school lands for a drink of brer,
though jnoat took a. dollar for-doing ft.
He also eald that he employed Mitchell
to get through an addition to the Cas
cade reserve and that Mitchell wrote to
Hermann about It. Thla was Before
Mitchell was elected senator the last
time. .'- i , : -
MoVean of ths forestry division testl
fled that Hermann recommended the
creation of the Blue mountain reserve.
In his political . campaign Hermann
roasted .- reserves vigorously, olslming
that he waa alwaya against them. .
ADAMS JURY" FAILS-
TO REACH AGREEMENT
t(pertl Dlftrt t Tfce- Joersal.) . 4
Wallace, Ids, March T. After' e
e deliberating all night the Adams 4
4 Jury was unable to corns to a e
e decision up to noon today. At e
e It o'clock thla morning Judge e
e Wood was sent for snd the Jury e
e -requested him to read part of e
4 ' tha testimony of one of the wit- e
e nessea. Judge Wood ; waa un- e
' able to comply With the request.- e
e It Is unanimously expected that e
"the Jury - wH -dleegree. Ths
4 - strain on ths Jury has beeii ter- e
a riflo and one or two of them are
e said to bs Indisposed. . ,. . e
4 e e e e e e e e a e e
GLASS
OF
BEER
IIOTHIIIG HEARD.
OF BOSS RUEF
Another Bond of Five Thousand
' Was Forfeited Today Mayor
:" Schmitz; Pleads - Not Guilty
v and Trial Is Set for Monday.
(leerasl Special Servies.)
Ban . Franclsoo, March T. Although
the curuiier war dlegatedlast night to
find Abe Ruef. that official baa made
no more progress In locating tha fugi
tive than waa made by the sheriff. The
coroner admitted thla morning that he
had been unable to secure a single elue
that might lead to the discovery ef
Ruefs whereabouts. Ha refused to say
what efforts had been made . to find
Ruef. , ' ' '
Mayor Schmlts today entered a plea
of not . guUty to the four indictments
charging him. together with Ruef. with
extortion. The case was continued un
til Monday. The conspiracy case against
Ruef and ths chief of polios comes up
this afternoon. If Ruef falls to appear
ha will forfeit an additional IS.O0O. -, ...
KAISER'S HEALTH AGAIN
CAUSING MUCH WORRY
. ' , (Joareal Special stvtee.t
- Berlin, March (.Alarming rumors con
cerning the kaiser's stats of health are
again .afloat, and, although no mention
has been mads In tha press ss far, It ta
eald that another operation on his throat
may be necessary to aava his voles,
which hae grown perceptibly weaker
during the last alx months, a tact which
was very noticeable when ha made his
two reoent speeches In ths relchstag
and at Kiel when: tha naval recruits
were sworn.
- There - Is every probability that the
whole Imperial family may go to a
milder climate and spend a month or
two in the Mediterranean. The kaiser
probably will visit King Alfonso at Mad
rid, a visit which ta being strongly op
posed by hla entourage who. fear an. At
tempt will be made to tike hla life by
tha anarchists, who ara mors anxloua
to get blm out of the way than any
other European monarch. . ... ,j .'. - -
YVETTE GUILBERT QUITS ;
VAUDEVILLE FOR DRAMA
' ryeereet' Bpfal SetSrlca.) ' "
Paris, March A great sensation has
been caused by the announcement that
Tvette Oullbert, who la so well known
also In America, has given, up ths va
riety stage and taken up the more seri
ous work of the drama. ' She hae ap
peared In a piece called "Troubled Wa
ters," which WHS written for her by
Edmond Oulraud. Tha publlo gave her
a great -oration, .i
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STROTHER
Unwritten Law Upheld
in Virginia Murder
of Sister's Betrayer
justified.
Judge Compliments Jury, Say
ing That He Is Clad to Know
That the Chastity ofWomen
Is Upheld and No Punishment
for'HomeTiivader Killers. "
. (Jeerasl gpeeUl Sstvtce.) . -
Culpepper. Va, March. 7. 'Ths un
written law triumphed today and James
and Philip Strother were acquitted after
40 minutes' deliberation by the Jury or
the charge . of murdering , their newly
made brother-in-law, William F. By
waters, who was shot while escaping
over tha roof from the Strother resi
dence, . where he had been foreed to
wed their atater viola, whom he bad
betrayed under promise of marriage. ,
Jadge Oompllmantsi Jury. ...
Tha Judge complimented tha Jury
upon its decision and told the Jurors to
return to their homes. . tie hoped they
would find their homea "ss they left
them." and-, said ha waa glod ta know
that the chastity ef women will be up
neid"hT tta punlsluhfent be given men
for killing Invaders of their homes.'
' . The case went to the Jury this morn.
Ing after tha Judge ,ljad delivered his
tnatrucuona. , l urn wunnwn , w
Decked - with spectators, snd cheers
rent ths air when ths vurdict of not
guilty was announced. The defendants
were the recipients of many conrratu
lationa and wars greeted as upholders
of ths chivalry of ths Old Dominion.
, ' .Buster's' Story Vrosd Thcna, -That
ths brothers go free for kill
ing their brother-in-law of an hour is
dus prlmsrtly to ths story of the trag
edy told In court by their sister. Viola.
It waa not only a moving tale of a
glrl'a misplaced trust in a man, of her
downfall, followed by treatment that
was. selfish and brutal, ; and again
marked by the refinement of cruelty,
but It cams from the lips of ono so
wan and Ul that aha seemed almost a
spirit, '
Ths young woman was wheeled Into
court tn sn invalid chair, from which
aha teatif led. She had nerved hereelf
for tha ordeal, through which aha hoped
to save her big. affectionate brothera.
r-r Zs Twenty-thiew Team Old.'.
' She said that aha was II years old on
November 10 last, and had attended
aehool at tha Episcopal Female insti
tute at Winchester. When nearly. It
she completed her - studies and cams
home.
"I Was quite a chfliTTa short dresses
when 1 first met Mr. Bywater. He
came to our houee very frequently and
was treated as s member of ths family
and a oousln. Boon after father's death,
on .February 14. 104, he began to be
come affectionate In bis attentions. My
mother died In April, 106, -
l loved him and I had confidence In
htm, and he told me ho would lovo me
much mors and would alwaya be faith-
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Sah Francisco Hibernians Storm ; Kolb &
Dill's Musical Farce Dill Takes Off Wig
r T and Offers to Fight All Comers. -
Uearsat Special Ssrvke.1 '
San Francisco, March T. Determined
to force Kolb and. Dill to out ths ob
jectionable Irish part of Mrs. Mo
Closkey out of their -production of a
musical fares whloh has caused so much
trouble at the Devls theatre, members
of the United Irish societies packed the
play bouse laet night and created a dis
turbance whloh ended In a free-for-all
fight within and without ths theatre,
resulting In one arrest and Injury to
six policemen.'
' The management of the theatre, bear
ing that a - demonstration had been
planned by Irishmen, asked for ample
police) protection. - Early In the evening
8ergeant Griffin and eight men were
cent to the Devls, but later it became
necessary to send for reserves. At
central station Lieutenant McManua and
It msn responded.
Trouble .began when Mrs. MKHonVey,
now Impersonated by Mrs. H. a. Fltkln.
stepped upon the stnse. The aprmar
ance of the Irish character was greeted
with a storm of hisses, catcells snd
Jeers. Finding that the determined
sotress would not allow heraiMf to he
hooted off the stare, arltators ben to
bombard the players with rntn tn.it.
Orsns end apples wore I' r, n.
Oftf-n enre'lmt aim, mil v i
Uf HUG
TO SERVE
Some Opposed toCap-
tal Punishment, Some
to Conviction by Cir
cumstantial Evidence
Undgren Murder Trial Is Be
gun Before Judge Frazer, but
All of. . the . Seventeen '- Men
.Called JfTLthft First Panel Have
Some Excuse for Not Acting.
Nino men opposed to capital punish
ment and eight opposed to conviction
of murder In the first degree on cir
cumstantial evidence were found In 17
examined--as Jurors In the circuit court
this morning at th trial of Ed Kelson
and C H. Danlelson on the charge of
murdering Oscar Llndgren at tha Oar
field hotel bar January .-
When ths court took a recess at noon
all of the 1? men had "been excused. .
No Jurors had been accepted tojiear the
trial. F. Floss, one of ths excuse J
Jurors, said he .was opposed to convic
tions on oircumstantlal evidence. - hav
ing formed his opinions . through per
sonal experience. ; .'it . . ...
Floss said ho had once been accused
of a crime and tried on purely circum
stantial evIOeaoa, -and -haeV-tha-evidence
been sufficient to convince the Jury -that
tried him, the result would hsve
been disastrous. Several of the men who
opposed- convictions of murder on cir
cumstantial . evidence aald they would
have no hesitation in convicting a man
charged with a less serious crime when
all the evidence waa circumstantial, but
they would not vote to hang man on "
that sort of evidence. V - ;
. .. Plead Mot) Oullty. -'
Nelson and Danlelson pleaded not
guilty to ths charge this morning, and
ths flat proceeded at once.- That the
state . has only circumstantial evidence
against ths men was shown by the fact
that Deputy District Attorneys ,Moeer
and Haney. who are conducting the
proeeoutlon, challenged every' Juror who
said hs would not vote for a conviction
on such evidence. The state also chal
lenged the Jurora who objected to capi
tal punishment.
Llndgren waa killed In ths barroom
of ths Garfield hotel, at 150 North Four
teenth street, on the night of January
I. He came to Portland from San
Franolseo shortly after the earthquake '
and opened a saloon at 40 North First
street. . Later hs moved his . business
to ths Garfield hotel and opened his
place on tha day that be was murdered.
Ths murderers robbed Llndgren of
about ISS at ths time of the tragedy.
Judge-Bobnkos Witness. -
J. C Johnson, proprietor of ths Gar
field hotel, created a stir In court this '
morning, snd .was sharply rebuked by
Judge Fraser. . Johnson had been sub
poenaed as a witness for ths prosecu
tion, but owing to ths time -devoted to
securing a Jury waa not needed today.
When Sbld that hs could go home and
report again 1 tomorrow morning- ha '
wanted to know whether he would be
paid for his time today. Hs waa tn-
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driven oft the stage but the undaunted
Kolb, -who folded his arms and defied
them to nit him. Dill took off hie wig
and Offered to fight any one in the au
dience who wanted to stand up and
fight, but no one responded. Several
ege-e were also thrown.
Ths police scattered through the sn
dloncs and seised those of the demon-,
strators whom they caught In the art
of throwing things st the actors end
rushed them out of the thestrev About
0 men were thrown out of the theatre
lit thla manner before the performance
was resumed. ' Outside the thetre a
crowd of shout J.000 men gathered.
Several pistol shots were fired at
the rlsyhouse-during the early how
of the evonfng snd the thenf ..
bcmbsnled with chunks of t
There were anaay- lively lent- t
the police nnd rioters Inside i . ,
the theatre.
In these eci'tmmsirps TVt!. . -Kelly,
H. Pe?'ilne, 8. . 1'
Cook snd William Kern -
sllsh'ly Iniurwl. t k
smalit by a etine and t
knorlcel out. 1H n.- -
at Mn hv on ef the T'
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