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VOL.' VI. NO. 87.
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STREETCAR "MBEMM MEBMtS
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Test Will Certainly Be Made
of. the State Law De
claring That 'Liquor. May
Not Be Sold on Sundays
to Anyone; ,
Liquor Men Give Their Side
.. of the Matter and Contend
That They Cannot Legally
'Be'f Made, to Close Their
Places of Business..
. Although saloon .men generally have
signified their Intention of obeying Dis
trict Attorney Manning's Sunday closing
dictum it -is certain that the law,, will
be tested either by certain .places re
fusing to comply, with, the Instructions
or by Injunction proceedings ; directed
against' Mr. Manning to restrain him
f r om carrying ,dut bis Sunday closing
' PWgrara. ;.,y .',' "., VVV '
Attorney have" advised, the saloon
men that they can lawfully remain open
on the ground that the state statute does
not apply-to Portland, and It Is a prac
tical certainty that the courts will be
called upon to deride. th question, y
. V Charles Klrchner, .president of the re
tail , liouor dealers' association, . states
the attitude of. the saloonmen In. an In
terview which be has prepared relating
to the application of the Bunoay closing
law as proposed by Mr. Manning. In-his
statement Mr. KIrchner pleads for an
equal enforcement of the law not only
against the liauor dealers. but against
ail other business, projects coming under
the statute. He contends that the peo
ple should, be given the say and that
once tbir voice has been heard(. the
liquor, men will cheerfully obey. lis
aye : . ;
The Sundar law of tho state of Ore
gon Is aa follows: 'If any person shall
keen open any atore. anon, grocery, ball
alley, billiard room or tippling house,
foe the purpose of labor- or. traffic, or
any place of amusement, on the first
day of the week, commonly called Sun
day, or the Lord's day. such person upon
conviction thereof shall be punished by
a fin not less than $5 nor more than
(60; provided that the above provision
shall not apply to theatres, the keepers
of drug stores, doctor shops, undertak
ers, livery stable keepers. - barbers,
butchers and bakers, and all circum
stances of necesHlty and mercy may be
r leaded in defense, which shall be
rested as questions of fact for the Jury
to determine when tho offense Is tried
'by Jury.' This law was passed In 1864.
and at the session' of J0J the word
theatres' was added. r . . j
. .-, , Xw Soar Oormant.
.V"Thi' law after, bavin slept as a
dead letter for 4 years, has oeea re
vived by the district - attorney, ? but
against saloons only. .
"By an Inspection of the words of
the act, It will be found that the only
allusion to the liquor traffic is in the
words tlipllng house.' The whole dig
nity and force of any law Is in Us equal-
I lty and its impartiality; ana i suo
Jnjt that if this law 4s to be enforced
I f all it should be enforced Impartially.
I V "l hollovs thatlawa are 'the will of
the people; and I believe that the will
of the-people today is , that men. should
spend their ' Sundays as;, they please,
with such recreations as ' please them,
provided they are orderly and decent,
and that the attempt- to dictate what
business ' shall be run on Sunday ' and
who t not, regardless of any question of
HEADS AMERICAN DELEGATION AT THE HTAGUE
... ....
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JanifliiiTi
JOSEPlt H-: CHOATB r 41
mam
PEACE CONFERENCE IB
SESSIOIl-AT
Tl 1 1-
I I 1 1.
HAGUE
V-'
Formal Opening of Second Meeting of Representatives
Vof AU Nations;to Consider Abolishment of Avar,
'. . - Report of Anarchists Sc
(Continued on Page Two.)
'. -J (Jooriul 8pctal - Senrk.) .
' The Hague . Junes 15. -Tho second In
ternational i peace conference, the, call
for- which we i"BUed President
Roosevelt 'on" October 81.U804. In re
sponse' to ' the tunlversal desire of the
thinking . people-1 of the1 world that the
Influence of the first congress held here
In 1899 might; be strengthened and ex-
tendod -for the. General peace,' was for
mally Topened'' this- afternoon. During
the next four, weeks or.more; the. atten
tion of the world will - be centered In
this gathering , of representatives of 46
nations, tne areopatgus c! the civilised
powers aasemoiea 10 conaiaer inw yrm
slWUty of minimising, tho dangers of
war Incident to the rapid growth .of
navy and military armameptaw - ?
tbi ooeniRs; lunciion wu , bibco.- m
Knight's hall,, which forms a part of the
Blnnenhof, , medieval pile of buildings
4n the heart of the city, surrounding the
palace . built -for Count William II of
Holland In the middle of thesthirteenth
century. The initial session was given
nvr ntlrelv-to' the exchansre of (treet-
Ihgs andK the- work of preliminary orM
sanitation. ai. iNeuuuii, u -ivmmhui
ambussador to France, called the .con
ference to order -and made an . address
extending his sovereign's greetings to
tha delegates.' Dr.; Jonkheery; P. A. T.
van Tets van Ooudraln,- the Dutch min
ister of "foreign affaire, replied .. in an
address of welcomeon behalf of Queen
WHhelmina. t, The conf erenoa then ; pro
ceeded with tho appointment of com
mittees to consider the various subjects
Inscribed upon tha program. : . ' t -
- Two hundred and twenty-five plenipo
tentiaries from. 47 nations were present
The delegates are excited over the re
port that - anarchists are planning' to
blow the gathering up, and they do not
know.- what tlmo; they, will go through
thecellirtg. - V: '';- " ' L '
Toplos . to Be Plsonssed. .
,. With the appointment; of these com
mittees lit becomes thus of "Interest to
note the topics suggested for discussion.
They' are aa followa: 1 " ? .
"Provisions relating- to the peaoeful
settlement of International disputes- by
court of arbitration and International
commissions of, Inquiry.; '--
"Additions to b made to tha provi
sions relative to the laws and customs
of war on land; concerning the open
ing Of hostilities, the rights of neutrals
on land. ate. - .
iTramin convention relative to the
laws of and customs of maritime war
fare.1 concerning: -.-' '
rinpini ooeratlona of maritime war
fare,. such as ths bombardment of ports,
.1.1 . wJt ..1 11 n rr-- hv D Tl O VN I fniVA. I hft
laying of mines, ana, torpeooes. bio.
Tho transformation of merchant veS'
The protection v of private property
or belligerents a: sea. , . -
- Tri. lontrth nf .tlmt to 'be granted
merchant ahipa for their departure from
ports of neutrals or of the enemy after
the opening or . nosuiuies.i. . .
SlgUta of Weutrais. . . . j
'The' rights and duties of neutrals it
contraband, the rules applicable to bel
iint . nMMii . in neutral - ports,' oe-
atruction. in cases of Vis malor. .of meu
tral merchant vessels captured 7v a.
prli5ii.' t mkda to the conven
t Ion of 1899 for the adaptation to marl-
Geneva Red cross convention o o
(Contlnned on Page Three,!.
APPLICATION
' . . ; 'i-.yy. V.' '', - ;:-;.' ; 'V. !,
STAY. IN
FOR
JAIL,
SCHMITZ TO
BAIL DENIED
Mayor's Request Refused by JUdg-e ibunnei;WJio Holds That the Fact; That;tliePris;
wier Is City's Executive .Has NoKcuIaMfectrand That feYill Be Treated .
the bame as Any uiner uonviciea vMan ouenuis ueciureu uy iue auiu v ;
- 1 v (Jonrntl BpdU Berries.) . ' V -, .
V 8an Francisco, June 15. Mayor
6chmltse application for ball was de
nted this morning by Judge Dunne after
he listened to the reading of affidavit
filed ; by Attorheyi CampbeU for tthe
mayor ; and 'District Attorney Xangdon
for the eUte. -?.'- ' - V '' '-
Campbell contended . in his address
f ollowln the reading of the affidavits
that the mere verdict of a Jury la In no
sense final Judgment, and that the
mayor's bond of 1340,000 Is still good
end in effect until the final, step is
taketr and ludarment entered. He de"
clared the district attorney's affidavit
practlcaUv asked Juds Dunne to deposo
Mayor Bchmlts and leave the city. with
out an executive ' . -
District Attorney Langdon denied that
there , are any - administrative matters
pending requiring the personal attention
i
of the mayor. ;: He quoted a clause in
the charter, providing for the; appoint
ment of 'an 'acting -mayor when -the ac
tive mayor .'Is urfable ' to oersonally at
tend to his duties. v All that would.be
necessary, -ne.-aeciarea, wae ror tne su
pervisors, to .meet and select, an acting
- Jud Dunne - said tha fact : that-the
prisoner - was mayor had , no particular
etrect - on: nis . mina.', h - wouia treat
hint the -same, as any. other, prisoner.
He denied the .application-'- and ordered
the. .sheriff tov perform .his "full ' duty.
He called the' sheriff before him and lec
tured bim. abou,t , the liberty grven the
mayor since-his conviction. The sheriff
said he would give Schmita nollberty
not in accordance with-, the-laW. rThe
court sranted the 'request of: Schmits'
counsel-for permission .to hold conver
sation with their- client - until 1 o'clock
this afternoon after, which the prisoner
wouid Le - taken . to the. couaty iaU. ; ,
-lit
v" When the heavy door-of the county
Jail closed on Eugene. Schrolt. late last
night, the convicted mayor realised for
the first time his "real position. Fa
vored by the sheriff who ignored the law
to "make hi burden easy Bchmlts has
been . permitted - to spend his; time at
home- scarcely vguarded by sa ? friendly
deputy, i The threat of; District Attorney
Langdon that . Sheriff . O'Nell would be
madet- to., answer for violation,; of the
law in permuting oenmus to- remain
out' of' prison, brought ; that official to
terms and he sent Schmita to Jalltn
tn-lto, y'r'':'' --.: ' "':
.The mayor. was not. put, Into a cell,
but waa-; permitted -to' spend -his first
night as prisoner on- a.? cot -in'fone 'of
the-Officer's, rooms.. He showed plainly
however," that- his spirit - was broken.
AH around -were evldencen of his con
finement. , The .Jailers treated, hlra with
consideration but both he : and v they
Cont!nued ea Page Thrta.1
Dana Thompson of Clat
skanie and Ethel Heslin
; 1 of Kairview $awllurdererj
Who Held Up Car on Rose
City Park Branch.
Detectives Baty and Hellyer
of City Force Secure Val
uable Information Which
May Lead to Apprehension
of Criminal.
After several weeks of patient and
thorough Investigation Detectives Baty
and Hellyer of the bureau of criminal
Investigation have succeeded in locat
ing two witnesses who were In the 1m
demlate vicinity of the hold-up of the
car on the Rose City Park branch of
the Portland Railway, Light Power
company on May 27, during which Con
duoter C. -X., KevIus was murdered in
cold blood and Motorman B. U Hull
painfully wounded In the , band by the
qewperaf oanait. - .
rrom the desctiotion rurnisned ny
Mil following the crime and the latest
info -.nation unesrthed by the detectives
of the general appearance or tne mur
derous ' thug, the authorities are ' san-
guihe Of eventually apprehending the
unknown murderer.,
Observed Kan Prom Knoll.
Rittlnar on a knoll within a stone's
throw of tha scene of the sensational
crime. Dana Thompson.a young butcher-
of Clatskanlne and his sweetheart,
Ethel Heslin of Falrvlew, observed the
htshwavman rush to no nis oiooay
work, heard the shots signalling the
death of. Conductor Nevlus and the
wounding of brave Motorman Hull,
noted the sounds of crunching gravel
as the murderer nea aown me u. n. &
n. tracks, yet on the oiea or desinna to
avoid notoriety failed to come forward
with tne vaiuame inrormauon in tneir
possession until sought out by the detectives.
On the night of tne noid-up and mur
der of Nevlus and for several days
prior, Miss Heslin had been visiting her
sister who resides on the Sandy road
near the Rose City Park line. Thomp
son was at the time employed In this
city and was In the habit of calling
on the. young woman after his day's
labors.
Shortly before the crime the youna
couple went out for a stroll and in the
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No.
(Continued on Page Two.)
The Great
Sunday Journal
The American hotel from a circus
press agent's standpoint by Tody
Hi
to the
Hamilton
China, awake. Is showing
world her nower.
Uncle Sam drinks six billion cups of
chocolate a year.
Ideas- of comfort ' all around the
globe.
American duchess victory will cost
ner a zortune
The Day Nursery
What the Panama canal cost In labor
and lives.
Do you know that every color has
a meaning!
Open-air cure for the great white
plague In Portland.
Surprlsing Funnies
Off again! Back again! Poor Happy
1 Hooligan! . -
Mr. Batch gathers wild flowers. No
wedding bells ror him.
Jimmy He carries bundles to Aunt
Jane. .
Bunk takes In the circus.
For the Women .
When women go the limit In seek
In thrills. -,
French actress who takes Bernhardt'
place. '
What the . "400" are wearing.
The benefits of laughter. '
How to be healthy and beautiful.
Something for Everyone
Stories for grown-ups and children-
pictures ror young and old; - the
complete1- leased "wire press serv
ice of the Publishers' Press and
the ' Hears.,, News Service. Spe
cials from every part of the west
and all. the news of Portland and
the Oregon country In the " ,
Surpassing
Sunday Journal
Another page of winners of eastern
; beauty quests. Winners of. The
Journal quest,- with photographs
next Sunday's Journal, June 88.
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Three Different. Prices; Are
y Charged by Wholesalers,
t Regular, Preferred aid
Special Preferred, Which
Represent Great Profit.
Competition . of All . Kinds
jStifled. by Rebating Sys
tern and Fluctuating Price
to Dealers Made" Possible
by Rebates. - : -
DOLLARS
Ola ft PradhemmeCoiD
The Oeacral Manifold Co.. Vraakll
pjW. PornaCorLfDW
STRIP OF HIS SKIII
BURNED OFF BODY
Timber Cruiser Meets Death
From Mysterious Cause Af
ter Seeing North End.
Frank Hubbard, a timber cruiser who
lived at Dallas., died at the St. Vincent
hospital yesterday mornin of a na-
cullar accident or malady tha nature
of which none of the physicians called
in at tne postmortem -could fathom.
No similar case has been brourht to
the attention of the physicians In the
city. i,-..
(Continued on Page Two.)
In addition, to the wholesale robbery
of the Portland people through the
Plumbers' Protective association's "bo
nus' graft 1 5 on every future placed
on. ton. of which is levied the over
charge'" the 'extortionate sum charged
against ; every victim ' and agreed upon
in secret, by "competitive plumbers'
work by Independent and honest firms
and competition of all kinds are stifled
by the rebating system of the' whole
salers ' and ' their fluctuating nrlces to .
retailers, made possible by the rebates
which the wholesalers In turn receive
from the steel trust.
There are three - different nrlcea
charged the retailer-by the wholesaler
for plumbing material, namely, "regu
lar," preferred," - and "special pre
ferred." The former price quotation of
the wholesalers represents from 60 to
800 per cent more than the actual cost '
of Dlumblin material laid down In t
Portland.
It is . the price levied noon the inde
pendent, the email beginner, the honest
plumber who is trying A desperately to '
eke out ' a living in the face of - over- '
whelming odds. - It Is a price without
taint or - human consideration ana
is demanded with the sole purpose lit
view of crushing the -man Or firm at
tempting to work lndenendentlv or hon- :
estly..;-.
qnotauon m xetauera,-
- Tho second " price, tha " "nrefarred.'
la the quotation given the retailor .
whose standln is a trifle better than
the unfortunate who lav maklnr .an hon-
est effort to work Independent of the vl-
cloua system. It is a price lacking In sta
bility and fluctuates with the mercy .
shown the victim by the arafttnar whole-.
salers.. The "regular"- price is prac
tically prohibitive, tha ''preferred" al
lows the head - to remain above water
witn an occasional ducking.
Th third price, the "special . pre-
Companies Believed to Have SS&r . ft '& -SSS&..
rromyft oui 11, aiao, ib graauaiea. 11
ranges, as' a rule, to a figure giving a
reasonable profit on the cost of goods
ana sinks ac times to ligure below
the cost mark on the Invoice of goods
which Comes to the wholesaler from
the eastern markets.-! -
(Journal Special Bertlee.) : I The "special preferred", is the quo-
ww vnrk. .Tim- ik "-W- hmvm Anna I tatlon made to the bl houses, tha re-
.,,v,) . k. .K, tall firms which continually crowd out
everything in our power to bring about tne mUe feilow and the ones next
a peaceful settlement and It now looks (above him. It. too, is unsUble, and
as If there la nothing to do but strike. ' siiaes. up ana aown tne scaie accora-
'Bonus" Receipts Given by Plumbers' Trust. . The Upper One Shows a
"Bonus? Charge of $7 Each Upon 17 Fixtures; the Lower on 7 Fix
tures. ,
OPERATORS tVILL
E TO STRIKE
United in Fight and Tel
egraphers Will Quit.
said President Samuel J. Small - of
ling
the amount of business which
- , u : 7 - the "particular relaller receiving tho
vwuHini j nni.yun , uawn uii price is transacting witn tne wholesaler-
America. . Another effort, to obtain a
(Contlnuel on Page Two.)
Mm Ml WATCHED TESIS
Ten Different Fender Patents Given Trials by Portland
Railways Before Members of City Council and Of
ficials of Company Net Fender Worked.
In brief., the prices ' ouoted bv tho
wholesaler to the retailer in varvln
instances, bear no more relationship to
the actual coat of the plumbin goods
than a corn-starch diet does to a laun
dry bill. Retailers are held In Unor-
ance of the wholesale prices made to
each other, but the Irrevocable ! Instruc
tions, the purpose of -the "regular" and
"preferred"' prices, are to 'soak" tha
indeoendent and small beklnner . and
drive them from, the field -of possible
competition. ' ,
It Is a long Jump from the "regular"
Srlce tha : gouge tniit aapa , the life,
nances and business of the independent
and small Arm to the "Bneclal d re
ferred," but the latter Is only a part of
Mayor Lane and several members of
the council, Including W. T; Vaughn,
Dan Kellaher, H. A. Belding, George
Baker and A,. N. Wills, at the Invita
tion of Manager Fuller of the Portland
Railways, attended the fender trials at
the Savler. atreet- barns this morning.
Ten different styles : of fenders were
tried,, among which were some Invested,
by Portland men. And some of the old
lenders in use in aurerent emea. -
Dummies stuffed with .sawdust 'were
the aubiecta treated., but In an inatanee
or two the-promoter of one of the fen
ders allowed himself to be caught by
the- car going eight or ten-miles an
hour. . The particular fender that was
so tried was a large net hung In front
of the car and extending out a distance
of about two feet and; hanging very
close to the track. The subject In the
most - approved -and latest , method,
Jumped up in the air and landed safely
seated in the net v
w Thia one Worked Well. '
This fender' elicited much favorable
comment, aitnougn it made tne ear look
more Ilka a plledrtver or bridge tender
than a streetcar.- Other fenders with
gates hanging in front, and those with
out gates were tried. The Hunter
fender, with guard and without guard,
and tho automatlo Hunter were tried.
A fender invented by Henry M. Um-
to smother com
petition and turn trade ehannels to tha
lg firms ' whose coffers may then bo
Hied without molestation by .the
bonu" araft and tha .-"over-chars'
fleecing of -the public-...- -
.. Ssbatea From Wholesalers.
The 'retailer who bathes in ' the
sunshine of "Special preferred" prU-w
is given an additional clutch i on the
monopoly t of trade- by rebates from
the wholesalers a secret favor run 1 1
conjunction with, the rebates recelv!
by the wholesaler himself. . -
- TD - ruiHr worxinr umur trie
special referred" Dries list from t
tender I wholesaler, buying .. plumbln rn,
sometimes at- a nsure rejrmDtln I
'cost' to the wholesaler. I tir-ir
one who transact during; the cu' ;
the year; conalderabl b(Jirifx!.
ly bills foot up In the hunirf ,
he la ouying ai prua it'.iu ,
.(Continued on Pag Twa
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