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Brings Results. Costs Only
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'VOL. VI. ,NO. 55.' r : .
2 : PORTLAND, OREGON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAY - 8, 1907. EIGHTEEN PAGES.
PRICE TWO , CENTS. , K&lAlZE?i
FUUSTOtl VILL USE TROOPS
l : Oil HIS OVJll RESPOUSIB1L1TY
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1 v 4, v Frederick Funston. - -' )l
GUAIiDSIfl WILL WAGE
Entire National Guar'd
to; Be Sent to Frisco.
Federal; Troops Al-
" soj'n Readiness
SIOI'J FOR PLAGE
Attorney-General Becomes Sar
castic and Declares It Is Not
His Duty to Furnish Sensa
' tional Headlines' for Papers.
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- ? tfoarmri Bptetal Serrlo.) V
' WaahUiKton. May 8. Dprtln from
his usual utom. Attorney Gnral
Bonaparts was at hi offlce at o'clock
tbfs morning toNtaka ,np thS affairs of
his flfnea. It Is believed. that tna presl
denLctold him that ha wanted lmmedl-
" ta actidV In the case of January,
' ncammnded : .for release ln , Ijeaven
worth prison, and other cases.. Bona
parte has put in 10 working- daya at the
department . since ne ook iu pumouu.
Bis affairs of the department are at a
BtandBttll. Th attorney-general resides
In Baltimore. - - - ' -
Bonaparte's health Is not good, sad It
is frequently rumored that his retire-
ment la near. It Is 'hinted that, the
nrvntiiAnt . la i not satlafied with Bona-,
, nurte'a alow methods. His - action
gainst the trusU doea not move faat
enough to suit Kooaeveit., - .
RoniDarte Issued this .statement, to
day! . ' .
"Newspaper publications ' state a bald
f falsehood in saying that the enUrework
of the department of Justice Is languid
mnA ineffective. Insofar as they affect
v me I wHl say nothing, hut it reflecta iH
my subordinates unjuauy.i ia oopwi
f ment -receives the sealous attention of
i every ofneer or employe except the attorney-general.
' ' "
"I do not consider it th duty of the
departmenf to furnish, a' liberal dally
upply of headlines or tne newspaper.
tartment i noi lonumiwrw wuo
that TJTldabla end in ,viewDui,iorinia
( opinion only my Unworthy-self ,1S xe
- aponsiWe. "IV- i..r 'r' X.;
PRESIDEliT GIVES
I
uARYPARDOil
. j (Joiuhal Special Berrlea.)
Los Angeles, May -8. At I o'olook
this morning, acting under orders from
8aormento the Seventh regiment of
California National Guards was ordered
under arms at once. The total etillated
strength of the regiment is more than
800 men. ) . . - ,
Sacramento, CaL, May 8 The Adju
tant-general admitted today- that the
state's entire National Guard is ready
to be eat to San Francisco at one if
called, r It Is also known that the South
ern Pacific Is prepared to rush men
from various stations into San Francls
eov onv special trains : 81 minutes after
they are ordered- out,v.i .-:';
BATTLE FOR
CHANGE IN
Business Merj of Frisco
Said to Be Weary of
Continued ' , Trouble
With Unions
NoEffortMadetqOper-
L ate Cars This Morn
ing Will Try Again
This Afternoon .
Missouri- Jean VaIJean",Who
Twelve Years Ago, Robbed a
' Postoffice and Escaped From
San Franclscov ' May
General Frederick Funston, the hero of
6an Faanclsco'a i dark days of " April,
1808. . and . again in . command of the
division of the .' Faofflo in the United
States army, mar once more bring
z On'enn Is rium W, ITm(am I trooDS- under his command into the
.' V.. . : ... . v-it r 1 Olty to
-' (Jaoraal Bpeelal Bil.)
San Franclaoo, May 8.-Reports 1 are
current, apparently based upon good
authority, that Ban Francisco. Is about
to declare for the open shop. - There
have been numerous conferences among
bulsness men whs profess to have come
to, the conclusion that unsettled JaboH
conditions mean ruin and that a flrdrl
stand must be taken to put a stop to
strikes and repeated , demands for short
hours and long pay.
The carmen's and telephone strikes
have crippled the retail business of the
city and the iron moulders strike has
resulted in determination on the part
of employers to cloae down Indefinitely.
It : is doubtful If any concession, will
be made to the striker and those who
-Rriadleiv have gone out may have to look for em
ployment eiaewnere as tne manufacture
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Washington: May 8. The president
has pardoned William January, to take
effect July ' 1. ; The - attorney-general
recommended that he serve "soma ap
preciable time to show clearly that he
still belonged' in prison.' . but" recom
mended that this time be short. ;
January is the Kansas City Jean Van-
lean,, who 11 years ago robbed an Okla
homa postoffloe for which ha was sen
tenced to Ave years Imprisonment, three
of which ' he served ; before - escaping.
Since then as; Charles W. Anderson he
has married and lived an exemplary
life. His Identity was discovered in
April and he was rearrested and taken
to, the military prison- at Leavenworth
to serve . the. remainder of his sentence.
preserve peace and order. .. -
General Funston declared at the Fair-
mount hotel today that . If the labor
riots, resulted in disorder1 of a general
extent, such a to threaten the lives
of "the cltlaens' or a menace to the
property of the government, ha will at
once call oat the troops at the Pre
sidio' to protect the city. Moreover,
ha stated that should conditions war
rant such action, ha oould take the ini
tiative on his personal responsibility,
without instructions from Washington.
General Funston spent last evening
with Major Samuel W. Dunning at the
Fall-mount hotel, but until this yiornlng
he did not give expression to ms in
tentions in connection with the strike
altuation. .At midnight, ; however, he
gave out an authorised interview word
ing his statement with forceful direct
ness, which evidenced his determination
SNOWtIS SIX1 INCHES
DEEP IN MICHIGAN
Santt ; Bte. JVIarla, Mich, . May . Six
inches of snow cover the northern pe
ninsula today. The river la full of Ice,
retarding the passage of boats through
the sanai , . , . -
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ure If they do not take an unfaltering
- ." o CIos ZstahUslunrats. "
Many of the large employing firms
have determined to close ahon and keen
cioaea until the- are assured of Indus
trial peace. . The city administration,
they claim, has shown itself to he ut
terly incapable of coping with the sit
uatlon and presumably unwilling to do
SO. r- ' : , i . - :-
It-is even possible that the retail
stores may close . Indefinitely and that
every-wholesale house will curtail its
force to meet the- requirements of out
side trade only, v There is a growing
feeling of determination to fight to a
standstill every effort of the so-called
"sympathisers" with the carmen to
create trouble. " The mobs are composed
mostly of hoodlums and unemployed
men who are on strike.
The report la current that contract
ors, with owners'- sanction, are about
to order work all over the olty to cease
indefinitely until labor affairs are ad
justed. The preaent prices paid "labor
are pronounced prohibitive. ,
XJonmal Special Service.) '
Los Angeles, May 8. Governor Gll
lett stated this morning that ha did not
believe it would be necessary to send
troops to Ban ; Francisco. He . thinks
yesterday's . riot will have a deterrent
effect He takes the optimistic view of
ultimate settlement, and added that: If
troops were sent that- would be a ces
sation of violence in IS minutes - or
soma one would get hurt t ,
San ' Franciaeo. May 8. -No attempt
was made to operate ears this morning.
At noon it was announced that no care
would be run until S o'clock.1 They will
then be sent out of the Oak and Broder-
tck barns. Instead of the Turk street
barns.! The changa In plans Is the re
sult of a conference between. President
GOVERNOR GILLETT TAKES
OPTIMISTIC VIEW OF STRIKE
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Saa.-aisjMjessji
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Jamea "N. Glllett
BRIDGE
inncno
era are in thoiiostttow'tTntSaan rmvt!K
vnapinaa ana ins pouce commissioners.
The oars will not Co through the burned
district., '"-'2 a-"': H ' " i.---.: v.-
Chief of Polio IMnan, In a statement
this morning, declared that state and
federal troops are not needed. He said
that 1 his men are amply able to : cope
with the altuation. If there la any dem
onstratlon ha will execute the mounted
rifle squao. which was used so affective
ly at the time of the draymen's strike
six years ago. ) '
Mob Gathers Sarly.
insregaraing Mayor Bonmits s . sroo-
lamatica ana tno labor councils' appeal
for the people to refrain from Catherine-
in . toe vicinity of the car, barns, unde
terred ' by the . determination to shoot
to kill on the part of the strikebreakers.
great crowd gathered early this morn
lng around the Turk street car barns,
as determined as ever to prevent the
running of the cars. An augmented
force of police was on hand. Incluulng
mounted men. an .automobile squad and
officers on foot
T
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BADLY DECAYED
Burnslde Street. .Structure .Is
Unsound at K East Approach
and Commissioners ' Recom
: mend Immediate Rebuilding.
(Continued on Page Two.)
PROSECUTION WINS A
CANADIAN FARMERS v li
yArE:PL0WINGN,SN0W
Winnipeg, May 8. There Is an
Jncb -of enow at many points . further
west,', delaying seeding. . The farmers
are plowing in snow storms at many
places.' ,:) t . r- j . . .w ',: - f .
i Judge. Fremont Wood Denies the
Motion of Haywood's Coun
eel for Bill of Particulars.
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Meat . Jrust's i Monopoly ;of' Supply and; Its 0
' Vindictive Measures Compel Some Port
land Markets tt Close Up Shops- , -
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Small retail butchers, especially on
the east' side and in other of the sub
urban districts in the city, say they
'are being forced out of business by the
trust-ridden condition of the local meat
market and already several small shops
both on the Jast-and west side pf the
rl verfaVe been . compelled to close,
an Jk Cn. tha owners of the Union
.jfMeat company, and Smith & Co. con
' trol the market' and the high prices
' and small Quantities of .meat given -for
- tha top-notch .figures have already put
. the front shutters on several shops,
, while others are on the point of sus-
pending business. ' ,
' '. The hog is the key to the situation.
and Swift A Co. have ; the hog. ; The
'- small dealers are unable r to buy' the
email ' and choice cuts, especially, of
a pork, but also of mutton and . veal un
" less they, purchase of the Union Meat
company. - If they buy beef elsewhere
they cannot get the other meats from
- the Union people. 'As a result of this
' condltion:they-ra:foTcedto"buy;of tha
Swift plant and the price paid there is
Such that the-, small shops of the -city
, are on the verge of closing.; !''-'
The dealers, however, seem to be fair
.' even in their time uf trouble and argue
that the Swift comrany la not entirely
-'ii !4-;ni. t Jw?. M,
responsible for the extreme price being
charged for beef and other meatA The
present month la the high meat month
of the year, a it Is Just between the
time the stall-fed stock reaches its
limit and the grass-fed beef makes its
appearance. on the market. The first of
June,- they say, will see a change for
the better. k
At the aame ' time, ' however, it Is
pointed out by some dealers that Swift
a Co,, represented. by . tha. Union-Meat
company, is abls to klu beer at ita
Portland plant snip it. to seatue and
sell there at a lower figure than is naked
in t-ortiana ana yet ai a pront in cam pe
tition with the.. Frye-Bruhne Packing
oorapany and Carsten Bros., two of the
largest tcompanies in the west.
Portland dealers argue' that If It' la
possible to pay freight on beef from thej
grower to the siaugnter-nouse, ana rrom
there to Puget sotuifd and stilt compete
with sound prices It .ought to he possi
ble to lower the tolls a UtUe for the
local marketJ;fTV,r "r. i,
So far, however,, the local men see no
'remedy, for Swift & Co. have a : mo
nopoly of tie local market and are com
pelled to meet with no Competition, The
company thus Is able to flx pricas2-according
to Its owa lacll nations. - -
' (Joaraal Special r Servka.)
' Boise. Idaho, May t. Judge Fremont
Wood today denied tha motion of coun
sel for Haywood, accused of complicity
In tha murder of Governor Steunenberg,
for a bill of partlculara. The plea was
elaborate, but (She court held Jihat appli
cation ahould ; have been made before
tha trial data was set or the defendant
had made a plea of not guilty. The de
fense took an exceptlon.-which the court
recorded. The trial will proceed Thurs
the selection of a jury. .
the attorneys on either side
will comment upon the Judge's decision,
which, while it is an Initial victory for
tha prosecution, had been forecasted and
waa expected. . .
. As evidence of how the Bolaa people
view the trial, one local business man
who .waa a' venireman on the panel and
haa applied to be excused from serving,
explained to the court that he is a mem
ber 'of a gun team which Is scheduled, to
participate in a shooting match begin
ning Thursday. " This ' excuse hardly
suited Judge Wood, but tha attorneys
for ; both sides agreed and lie waa ex
cused leaving but 25 men in the origi-j
JDfi
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VICTORY
Decision Expected and Attorneys
Refuse to Discuss Court's
't Ruling Wiir Proceed. .
JUDGE FREMONT WOOD.
nal venire to ha preaent at court tomor
row. , : U ' . : - 'I -
As. the only qualification for jury duty
In this state Is to be a legal voter It
has , been decided that as soon as the
present panel is exhausted the sheriff's
deputies will be instructed, to subpoena
those qualified without the formality of
drawing from the Jury wheel.
Tomorrow the trial begins and the se
lection of a trial Jury will be under way
by night :,w ,
Governor Gooding haa personal charge
of tha prosecuUon, but J. H. Hawley la
field marshal -for the auta, Hla lead
ing associate Is .United States Senator
Borah, one of tha greatest criminal law
yers In the west Borah's friends charge
that it la because of hla association
with the prosecution of this case, that
ohargea, against him in connection with
the land investigations have been
Attorney J. H. Nugent has charge of
ins active preparation or the case for
the defense. Ha established offlc h.
soon after the arrest of tha prisoners
ana nas prmciicaiiy uvea here continu
ously... Clarence Darrow of Chicago, a
loauuia wwjtr raaicaj oniniotm. iH.n.
tilled with ax-Mayor Dunne's advocacy
of municipal ownership. . la on
most pronuneni among' tha counsel for
That the aast end of , tha Burnslde
street bridge should bo rebuilt without
delay - la the strong recommendation
made by the board of county commis
sioners to the city council in a let-
tar written 'bv tha commissioners 'yes
terday. It will probably4 ha acted upon
at the next session of tha council. ,
Several months - ago Tha - Journal
called the attention , of . the city and
county authorities to tha f unaaf a con
dition of a portion ; of the structure.
Denials were Blade, i but later per
sonal investigation was made by City
Engineer Taylor.'. : Ha -zoundi that as
peclally over the car tracks on the east
side tha timbers of the' bridge were
decayed. He so reported- to Mayor
Lane. :. ,,?-- i- v.s 1 i'' . :
At that Ume ' It wag expected" that
tha eounty would hear tha expense of
tha needed repsicr But now this let
ter from the commissioners , to ' the
council implies that tha city Is to sup
ply the money. At th time ha want
over the . bridge Mr. Taylor supposed
It would he repaired-by, thai county so
ha Included no estimate of the expense
in his report to , tha ipaVor. , i
It Is the long approach over dry land
rather than the bridge proper over the
Willamette that la deolared to he in
particular need of rebuilding. Here in
number of instances the ends of the
upright tlmbera were found to be bad
ly decayed, weakening the whole struc
ture. ":!, ;-::: I, "'-y- ...ir.i
There is likely to be difference of
opinion between Commissioners Barnes
and ' Lightner and ' the councllmen as
to who shall order tha rebuilding. The
city . built the . bridge, but It Is being
maintained by the county of Multno
mah, "v..
TViO HUNDRED
LOST III I'H
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French -Transport Poitou Coes
.-Ashore Off Jose Ignacio and
. Port Customs Officers 'Able' to
: Save Oply 'Fifty .Passengers.
- Journal Special Service.)
Montevideo, May 8.--It is . believed
that more than. 200 persons lost their
lives fn the wreck of the French, trans
port steamer Poltou, which waa wrecked
off Jose Ignacio, with nearly 800 souls
aboard. The, ' customs officers at tha
port have saved 60 of the passengers
from the ill-fated ateamer, but it la
Impossible to . learn how many : mora
were rescued. f
The Poltou sailed ifrora Marseilles,
April 8, bound for Buenoa Ayres. She
made a good passage to the coaat of
Uruguay, where she encountered heavy
storms and finally, went upon tha rocka
1 It. ls believed that the steamer Is' a
total wreck and that, wlth her cargo,
will be a total loss, whUe there is little
possibility of any of the passengers,
except the 60t rescued by the . customs
officers, having escaped with their lives.
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LONGSHOREMEN ARE :
V1,; . IN DANGEROUS M00D
l: " fJeeraal Special Service.) .'
New . Tork, May 8. The longahare
men'a strike is becoming so serious iat
Bingham says It may be necessary? to
call off the- annual, police parade next
Saturday. A serious riot was precipi
tated by the arrival at Coenties slip of
a barge carrying 300 strikebreakers. Tha
barge waa forced to, draw out of range.
CANNON INTRODUCED '
wA . - AS NEXT PRESIDENT
:.i-:i0y.y-'
(Joaraal Special SerHca.) j.
Springfield. UU May S.--Speakar Can
non was Introduced to the house this .
morning as the "next president" .
ISI EVS It! OR-T LIN E TO ASTORIA
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Huntington Interests are reported to
be back of the Oregon Seacoast rail
road company,., for which a determined
and aucceaeful fight wasmade at the
last , session of thai Oregon legislature
to. secure permanent common user rights
over the proposed bridge that la to be
built by the Harrlman compadics across
the Willamette rlvr at Owfg".
A number of flying rumors, some of
them known to coma from absolutely
good authority, are in tha air' formlna
a hauls for belief! that the Huntington
and' Hammond interests, who recently
sold tha Astoria, A Columbia River rail
road to tha Northern paoiXia at a awod
profit, are reinvesting their money in
a big plan to open the coaat territory
with more railroad transportation- fa
cilities than hY 1 heretofore been
planned. v - , t, t
' The-past connections of the Hunt
ington people nere,- and.tneir rortunata
speoulatlons , in Oregon ' roads have in
duced thtm to ooQtlnue In the railroad
busmeakn thla -terrltoryT-Hi-Haw
good, who t -the president of the Ore
gon &. Soacoast railway company, has
for years; been -a close confidante, and
consulting' engineer for K.1 H. Hunting
ton -and ia at "present chief engineer
of the San Pedro, Los Angeles t Salt
Lake road. la takinjc aa acUva cart U
the project and was In Portland a few
" iwwnj. over tne neid. .i
i -Property Cocnred at Astoria.
A. B. Hamtnondwho Is associated
with Mr. Huntington, haa been acquir
ing large holdlnga of water' front and
tidelanda between olstoria and Point
Adams within the last sixty days. The
project has now reached a point where
the promoters 'are forced into the open
with a portion of their plan and they
have made their first formal proposal
to the Astoria chamber of commerce, '
. The Oregon at Seacoast Railway com
pany ,haa sent out men thia week with
JLContlaued on Page Three.J .
OAKS
BOYCOTT IS
I
Ban Has Never Been Raised by. Unions Yet
Members Are Employed There and Others ,
Seek Positions .at the Resort ' '
V
Members of tha various unions which
comprise tha Federated Trades are In
a quandary with reference to their at
tending the Oaka, the street railway
company's resort, which opens May 15.
Many of the unions declared a boyeott
upon tha resort as a result or tne striae
of . the ; carmen's " union - last December,
and the boycott haa never been lifted. ;
Although union men are prohibited
from attending ' the Oaks under Ipenalty
of a. fine, many union men ara employed
there, and others ara trying to get posi
tions at tha resort The position oi
union men with -reference - to the re
sort is accordlnirly moat humoroua
..Accordlna to the terms or tne ooycon.
a member of any union, except the mu
sicians', is subject to a fine If seen upon
the grounds. With the exception oft the
printers' v -n the fine is $2.69 for
each offer rf r,T1 to the resort In
case f a J c ti the jt liters" unioa
attending, ha is subject to a fins of f:9
for each visit ,
During the winter members of the
musicians' union have been employed at
the skating rink on the grounds, and wi;i
be -retained there through the sm.
Tha hand la very desirous to secure the
services of a member of the ttir jfr'
union who 1 said to be especially
pert with a particular Instrument Tu n
printer-mosidan is practically ' f,rr I.
for tha reason that his salary- in ti,
band will not be equal to the fine (
tit which the prljijera union may i n
pose. J.-:..',
Many union carpenters are tn-j ? I
en the grounds. In suite of tfm
cott --It haa not in r vt..:. i .
arrangements they have niade w: .
own union.
The boycott was oVr' ir- ! f
unions as a renult of a i
by the Federated Tru ! -
to aid and aymp-t?:.:
cam. t.
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