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Newspaper Page Texti 11 j-" 1 l 1 1 This Xitae of .- Tho Sunday Journal Comprises ., " 5 Sections 52 Pages ; VOL. IV. NO. 22. ".. PORTLAND, OREGON,: SUNDAY MORNIN6, i AUGUST ' 11, . 1907, , , : . PRICE FIVE CENTS. rm 1 'nil - . - . - I a I i er v -"v m m I M M I J SE "V , ( i. - m SSl - ah - aK3T V) T r nri n KSVM Journal urcvlalion . J.iit -KTZ . 1 t tJ ; Was -.rs wmmm ' . .. , ' . 1 mIT i :jtMi0UT LATEST PnOTQGKAPH OF OIL MAGNATE MMRRY OF DEVELOPMENTS'. Ill THE TELEGRAPHERS' STRIKE' -' Steady spread of Btrike, continue., .First quota of "ftrtke bretkerg"Vnve in Chicago, where firit violence occuri when non-union man is badly beaten. ; " V K: ':: ."v Chicago may be completely isolated by the cutting of tele phone connections unless companies' stop sending telegrams over, phone wires.; Board of trade in Chicago completely para lyzed and but 17 operators out of a total of 2,800 employed by Postal and Western Union are at work. . :! K ' , Appeal will be made by national organization to depart ment of commerce and labor for government to take over prop erties of both companies if strike spreads to New York and other eastern-centers.- :::''.' '; -"V,;-v.,':v.- - r'i:,:rT. !- Federation of Labor drawn into strike in Chicago when Teamsters." union refuses to deliver goods to Postal or West era Union buildings. ; v ' T C V' v . V- . ' C Ultimatum will be presented to companies tomorrow ask-. t ing for eight-hour, day and 15 per cent . increase . in wages.. upon reiusax unions wui cau ouc an opciaiori in uio umtca States' and Canada, .;'''.,' "i ' .. t- f,i :: : , Cities last night affected by the strike in which business is completely tied up include: Chicago, Kansas City, Cleveland, Cincinnati, New , Orleans, Helena, Salt LakeCity, Dallas, ' T Texas ; J-os Angeles, Colorado bprings, bpokane, tJirmiligham, Butte, El Paso, Denver, Detroit, Springfield, Missouri; South X Bend,' Minneapolis, Nashville, Columbus, Memphis, St Louis, t .St Paul, Houston, Oklahoma City, Little Roct Beaumont ; and Meridian, MississippL Total operators now out 4,820. Omaha and St PauC the two relay station of the west t went out at midnight No messages can go west , - - ; ; MmMM MMMMMM 1 7 RAILROADS . SILEHT OW DEMURRAGE 10 SPEND HIPS WILL OPE this m No Car Shortage at Present Sfstcrs of the Holy Names of Between 1,500 and 2,000 Mefl Time, xnererore it is I5e- Jesns ana Mary.WiU Com- Will - Go Back to Work memorate Fiftieth Anni- After Sir Weeks' Vacation: versary of Work by Build- Decision. ' Eeachld v Tes-? Ing Woman's Institution.! terday at Meetinfir.' - HeVedNo Strenuous Oppo sition -Will Be Made for Enforcement of : Clause. Lumhermen Contend Pro- Seventy Acres Adjacenttto Another ;Impoitot feature posea increase or East- r Willamette later Abore of Gathering Was Propo- Dounu rreignt liates is in JiuwauMe Will Be Site Betaliation; and Defense - School Will Bival Vassar, Against Coming Law. Wellesley and Others. sit(on to Financially - and Morally r Assist : Xumber-1 men in Their Fight. ; Whethtr th railroad eompanlsa of I Oragoa win or will not flcbt tha ralldl- A woman's coUara rlvaltnc .Vmaaar. wauealay. Bmith and Trinity to eoat CHICAGO IS YORK PARALYZED p NEXT 10 GO ? v JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER RAILS SPREAD FOUR W DIE City Completely Tied Up A . Trunk Lines Grounded No Wires Working West ; or South Stock - Market and Board of Trade Suffer. (Btcrtt Vtm br taagMt LMatd Wlra.) Chicago, Anr 10. Tha elerraph trlka U awaaplng tba counbry. All commercial America la threatened with paraljrala. Reporta from all aeotlona ara omloua, Klnety per cant -of all operator! k ara dua to iult work either Sundar or Monday. . Chicago waa prao tlcallr at a atandatlU todar. X' ' Prealdent Small . of . the Commerolal Telefrnphera la coming. Ha wired from land today that all offices, both PgJ3twand . Weatara union, would be shut tlrnikhrouglfout the United States .onaay. Tftere is no reiier in aignc operatora ara aangruine. r Monday, 'he operat Twenty-four y and brooding by telefcraph operators,: rulne. - - Twenty-rour years or disoontantmanr augmented by many months of bush-; wnacKMK ana aerensiye warzara on powerful - orporauons s - resoltea tna oreaiung or an economic (Continued on : Page Two. Ited Inf atormj 4 City Is Pivotal Poinf-IfOp- ; erators Leaye Posts Whole Country Will Face Crisis Twenty-Nine Injured - in Great NorthernWreck Near Milan, Wash. (Bpedat Dtepatca . to . Tse loaraaL) ' ' Bpokana, vWasb, Aug. 10-Oraat . fiitnatlrtn' Ariltn" nnri Northern passenger train No. , aaav- DUUaUOU v ACUIO- ami bound, waa wracked today twa miles Titanic Struggle On. ; i'- rt wa-nington. Twenty. i; .- 1 Many fiDokaie Deoole ware on tha train. X 1 Hearet Kewa by Leageit tawed Wlra.) New Tork. Aug. 10.--From tha axpres- elona of opinion made ty offlolala of tha Western Union and Postal companies and from the utterances of membera of tha Ccommerclal Telegraphers union of America today It aeema certain that tha 3,000 operators In this jolty will go oat on a struts either tomorrow or Mon day. v J Tha strike which started In Ia A geles after tha Western Union had dla charged ona man and.1 spread rapidly through tha middle west threatens even tonight to sweep Into New Tork. ' In the offices of both- great companies here. the men were restless, most of them eaaer t tehave the order "atrlke" shot over the wires by President Small of tha union, vwno is in nan Francisoo. ... bo t cuie . nas h. me.- sicuacion peoome that Mr. Small has decided to make Ban A sleeper, a day coach and a diner left the track and rolled over several times. The engineer waa able to atop, the en gine In time to "re vent tha rest' of the ears ' from leavinv the rails. .The c&uaa of the accident la thought - to be the spreading of .the rails. A wreck train arrived at 1 p. m. and has not returned. A great 'many passengers received scratches.' outs-and bruises. eight per sons who ' reached here on a special were carried on acreicners ana in am bulances - to hospitals. A thousand people are at the depot . looking for menus- ana reiaiives, : , ,. , - The officiaia here aay the track waa been a ty of the demurrage clauae effective over 11,000,000 when fully completed. August II In tha state railway regula-1 will W started In Portland early in tha tlon atatute of Oregon may aeoend noon i snrlnr of ' 1S09 hv tha ni.f.r. rr h olroumatancaa, , At the present time I Moly Nama of Jesus and Mary In com there Is little or no car shortage appar-1 roemoratlon of the fiftieth anniversary ant in this suta. ana practically no I oi tnair educational work In tha north' complaint from shippers. Unless there! west. Seventy acres of rich land lying is a recurrence of the acute shortage adjacent to the . Willamette river above this, fall It Is believed the railroad peo I Mllwaukla, acquired by the slaters when pie will make "no 'Strenuous opposition I land waa cheap, will be tha home of to enforcement of the demurrage rule. I what will be the largest denominational Of TarV0tTOmanDt1n ""T utloa . head of th .'legal department, and he ' Quietly Bonflit Xnd. , vvBsuterawB a vm Logging camps on tha Colombia river and tributaries will resume operations 'this week and between. 1.800 and 1,000 men win go back to the woods after a six-weeks vacation. This declaloa was reached at a gathering of loggers In tha rooms of tha chamber of commerce yes terday afternoon, the meeting having been called ostensibly for the purpose of ! coming to an understanding whether to log or not to . log for the. time being. Some of the camps are ready to begin work - at once, - while others will have to ret crews together gradually because of the men having gone to the harvest fields and the fishing grounds. The meeting waa wall attended ao that what- 4 ever was saw, practically - voiced tha ail ; IS TO RETIRE Famous Prima Donna Will , Grow, Grapes on Ranch i in uaiuornia. . pamea ouiauv DurehaMd ii.iti ui m,ni,. tt v. n(.r..t. fconstderatton.lrcannot say what wlU iiVlJT'JTS f!UWB"?' Jt P?lon . wrm Assist "tmnbermen. t;."UZZAl V I sere, gently .Tom "downward tS. ; Aside from, the decision referred ta . . - mm,. ' - i naa Ta ran arrayftisiiiw t. a . x t a. sai ino raiure. cars now. a '...J .1 M . . I east . or the , was unanl oroooaed Increase of I aaie i worx. rians just at this . time I .i ..T' nai hch oomn . w an in meir inrannv hut inmtmA o iaa.au mr muumna xeet cui lor on oar triTnatinVntal lines Is In retaliation I f ter Trinity college, the famous l! th fihtlng fund, which has already and defenae agaln.t the forthcoming en- kaVJ01,o ainr ohwl Jn lorcement or tne reciprocal demurrage r- - n ".'".UAW mject -Jk,"- .1 T te and do not try to anticipate Sutt l''0"" on this attractive alte will J1"? WB" 1tn,.pr?p.7""n l? nnanciaiiy ra.7 There aeemi i to hV anouah I D reared graduaily the stately struo- fnd morally assist In the lumbermen's . t I2mXEu 'ne ? trouble tt I res ha" -wiu gl the Too fegl lu asatnat the railroada for defeat rm.tSy5 '5 Ultimately It 1. u'. ?Jfv"c , ann tnera ara tin mora mud eommainta I tu, uuaon ouuege uuuainaa i hmmrA tmnt h. .hinn. . ' , 1 will cover the grounds, fumiahin aicino norinwesf to points .. it i. w,in. h.;i amtxr lnnth., I home for each department of the nnJi. I Rockies, lipon motion It mlllmen that the the - eaatbound law in OreginT'lt la alleged that the "JES of origlnaUty la tslr ' fW?f . MriS1 railroad companlea will, Orde to ert , iH5nrintTif? Ju ilfftiV-U'0?: check eastbound lumber ahlomenta. raise i t Wlli Blval Trlnltv. 1 : i ,. 'v i" ?',ln lr. rw relUv. 5l er - i iirniiiMitHi invHnpR. inn inarsnAran nstn rnaa When - the Portland college has at-1 could not understand what the railroad (Continued on Page Four.) M T pTystery Surrounding Interests Behind North Coast Rail road Show It to Be Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul ; Project, According to Evidence' at Hand Now. - Mystery that has surrounded the in- terests back of the North Coast railroad s being penetrated with rays of light khatahow the' North Coast road., to 1)9 a Chicago, , Milwaukee ft St. Paul broject n JEvldenee that la regarded aa londualve la furnished by rthe Wehm on railway commission map Just pub' I lahed,' and the operations of the Mil waukee road'a, timber buyers along; the route of the North Coast road from" the riummit of the Cascades to Cbehalls and bn to Grays Harbor. - " 4v s. fit . What, Survey i thOwS.:fJ.: The official survey filed by the north oast with the Washington railway com- nlsslon shows the line "berlnnlnif at Kvaiia waiia ana running west to Hun- ter VJction, near wauula, om the iast9aruk of the Columbia river, thence frasco, paralleling the Northenf Pa Wo, which It crosses at Pasco. Prom hat point It crosses the Columbia river kt Richland, and follows the Yakima iver to- North Takima. thence to the headwaters of Rattlesnake creek and hrough Cowllts pasa,. which gateway vas from tha first tha .. Milwaukee's avowed route over the Cascades. : West or the summit the line follows down the Cowllts river, passing through the coal fields In the vicinity of Cora, where well-known Milwaukee agents have pur chased 2,000 acres of coal, besides Una ber. lands, i .. r-'.4 ;-! , v.: At Nesika, the survey branches, a spur froing north to the sound and the main lne running aouth to-Portland. The norm prancn at lAaa maxes its con nection with the Tacoma Eastern, which haa for a year been 'under option to ins, jwuwauicee roao. rom tnat point It swings easf and north, crosses the Oregon & Washington survey made by the Harrlman people, and parallels their .The North Coast Une to Portland oro- ceeds from Nesika eouthweatward to a point near trie Northern Pacific and the uregon et vvasningxon ' rignt-vl-way at ins -rouues river, ana naraneie them to this city, via Vancouver. .. 4.? U:f ts Xa mictir nM '- In eastern Waahinrtnn tha ttjnrts Coast -, road works admirablv into tha Milwaukee's ' scheme of tapping 'the wheat belt. At a point north ef the Takima river, near Chandler, it branches C(latlnued on Page Pour.) - recently' lnapected, ao there must have oeen a derect in tna rail. The train waa going ; is & miles an hour, Conductor Charlea Holllnrsworth w the worst hurL He is expected to die any hour. He was in the smoker -when It blunged Into the ditch, i . Following; Is a. partial ; list of the injured: . A waiter Jabouakt, FansSher, Wisconsin. ixuis . eisKe. anoaane. s Alex Maleski, Spokane. Timothy Hurley, Royalton, Minnesota. - Victor Maguson, Hatton, North Da kota., -V(''? v : W. I Oliver. Oakland, California. .-. S. Roberts, Spokane. , Edwin McIhtocrtiT BucKejre. -John Chance. Newport. Washington. " Nick Marches. . Spokane. . v ' J. O. Shapley, Indianapolis. ' . John Hanson, Marshall, Minnesota. T, L. Dennlson, Elk, Washington. . ; M, Coffee, Langdon, North Dakota, ty-A. J. Bower,. Plaza, Washington. B. J. Seehorn, Spokane. George Mercea, St. 'Paul. J. E. Rivers, Oakland. California. .' i (Continued on Page Four.) . fBesrst News by XMgeit Leased Wire.) ' Los Angeles. Aug. 10. -Madams Calve who has trilled her way to the hearta of the whole world and. who has inci dentally amassed a large fortune with her lyrio honors, has decided to abandon the stage and devote her tlma to the culture of the vine In southern Califor nia on - a B0O,000 ranch which aba la about to purchase. - . v The famoua prima donna' In 'order to carry out her plan haa sent her busi ness manager, J.- 8. Gordon, to Los Angeles with Instructions to buy 1,000 acres of the most favored land In southern California on which she Is de termined to establish one of the most extensive and celebrated - vineyards in me ffuau, .v.. .'V, . . . More than this, declared Mr. Gordon. uM.m wui cgni 10 souinern cal check eastbound lumber shipments, raise tho rates Just enough to retard the movement of this lumber to the east ern 'markets and thus control the car movement sufficiently to enable the Pa- cino divisions to retain a surricient supply- of cars to handle the general i air the. proposed advance, the loggers aald they tained the DOlnt rOF Whlh tUm twunll Hfv1n at mrnM K. .v.... trive tta only rlyai among the Catholio I perhapa planned to retard .the progress achooU In Amerloa will be - Trinity. J of the Pacif la coast by crippling Us In Nothlng In the west approachea In size I duatrles. Of all thoaa nrnnL averv or scope the Institution DrODOSml hv I ona laid atreaa unon tha aerionaneaa . .workmen ara now engaged .ncleartng tfiSffl. Ill lr mIM iKt be demanded by local shippers. When this phaae of the Question was outlined to Mr. Cotton ha meditated a- mdment and then renlled: - 'That would be a very foolish theory." - : Jto Seflatte tttatemeBt, ' He declined to make any definite statement aa to the probable attitude of tha railroada toward the demurrage clause or its bearing upon the proposed raise of eaatbound lumber rates. . The lumber manufacturers of Oregon and Washington have combined to op pose the enforcement of the advanced rate, and have employed J. N. Teal of cms ciry. wren otner counsel, to ca: away lne atumnaaa annrl nni1,mtk lAMln. namnm 'Anl4 irom am immeaiate (location of tha I Abaorbtlon of th ceasa to exist. the unreasonable advance. ifornla, herself In afew weeks, bringing their case before the atata railway am wun ner over o ymeyard workera who I Interstate commerce commissions. The have helped to make Jtie product of her r roncn vineyaras ramoua in - Europe. These men, who re experts, will begin work Immediately under : the direction of the diva herself . who will i nirun. ally oversee the beginning of the great work that ahe haa mapped out for her self In California. Uiitima r,,. i- expected In Los Angeles about Septem ber. She opens her American season at fall fmtlval I. .... . .i.w v. . i uBiiguri iia ii i ii a, in October and will "be under the direction of John Cort and Oscar , Hammerateln for 40-weeks. But prior to this time she will have an opportunity to devote nearly a month to her California antan. prise. ,.5-,.; Hears CaJl of th6 North. . (Special Olspateh to The JoarnL) St Helens.. Or.. Auar. 10 wiihn- n Muckle of St. Helens started for Kos- kawln. Alaaka. Thuradav aveninr. Ha i accompanies his cousin, Thomas J. I Muckle. who haa been vlaltlna- hla nld noma aiter nine years spent in ' the norm. - railroad companies have through their freight traffle officials outlined their plans la regard to the raise, and ahow no aispoaiuon to recede rrom them, a long and determined legal battle seems inevuaDie. -The lumber manufacturers, while ad mlttlng that there has been a material advance In the price of lumber In the last is monins, auege tnat this ad' vance has been due to the Increased coat of s labor and supplies, and the mgner price or logs. They maintain tnat tney ara net making any more money than formerly under the lower mmner acneouiea, and assert that only by . the smallest margin were most of the mills saved from bankruptcy dur ing the car shortages of the last two years. They assert that they cannot stana a raise or me eastnouna rates, because tha competition .' of ' southern pine in the markets of the middle west will drive Paclflo coast lumber out of tnose maraeia. .c.. .-.. The railroad companlea," by evidence and. the -entire tract will be I they held, would be Impossible since the bulldln rid of the rank undergrowth which dl- freight on lumber from this city to Chl minishee lta beauty. It ia planned at 1 cago la already considerably more thaa mgia .; ta;m( out tne i me actual price oi tne material. thla time to grounds with some' pretense at land- (Contlnued on Page Four.) FR ISGO OPERATORS TO VOTE President Small. . to Pass Upon Constitutionality - of Present Strike. - - (Reant News br Longest Leased, Wire.) . San rranclsoo, Aug. XQ Tomorrow at a meeting' of the local union of .the telegraphers, It will be decided if a strike shall be called.;- Should the vote, two-thirds - being necessary, - favor the strike the Operatora will leave their keys in the Western Union office . Monday noon. .The meeting Is to be held at the headquarters of Local 14, Commercial Telegraphers' Union i of !-w America: at Sunset hall In Oakland. . National prea ldent Small will be at the meeting. This afternoon. President - Small re- eetved a telegram-:- from j Labor . Com missioner i Neiir relative to the-strike situation In San Francisco and Oakland. President Small refused to make known the contents of the telearam. It la stated, however, that tho labor commis sioner referred- to the agreement n tered Into on July- IK when the atrlke V 0 PRESIDENT 8.M. SMALL V Two Thirds Affirmative Will Call Every Union - Man' From His Key. difficulties at that time were settled. Today President Small waa In reoelnt of numerous telegrams from ' all parts or the country. In many cities local unions arc awaiting his word before striking and at present he la unon. parad to give it. The action of the var ious locais tnrougnout the country have raised a question as to whether tha steps taken ara in accordance with the constitution of the operators' union and wiinin tne next lew , days President Small will be called upon to settle the question oi eonstituuonallty. v . , Boards Call Strikes. 'H -.The strikes in the various oltieo have be.en called In most instances by the executive boards and it la said the con stitution provides that two-thlfds . of the members shall vote on tha nnuttnn before any action is taken. Tomorrow the members of the union which governs (Contlaued oa Page Two.). scape gardening in order that future time might be devoted entirely to erect ing college bulldlnga. t . . . . ., A! h,.,-.t,m " " believed that the first building can be commenced early in the eprlng of 1909, In order to fitly carry out the celebration of the fiftieth anniversary, oi me entrance or the Bis ters of the Holy Names of Jeaua and Mary into tha educational aphere of the great Oregon territory. It was in 1S5 mat ua oraer came to me uregon ter ritory to enlighten both tha native In- uioiia ana me cniiaren or tne rrontlers man. They eatablished St Mary's acad emy for girls, and alnce then their edu cational institutions have spread to every oity of consequence In tne north. W5A. nd have gradually; extended northward Into Alaska. . , , JJX Students Welcomed. "; I ' While the atmosphere of th Catholic Institutions la essentially Catholic, atudenta of other denominations are welcomed, and all attempts to Influence (Continued on Page Four.) acarket Vow Good. The meetlnr ' was presided over hr H. C Clair of the Twi.t Palls Logging company, who at the end of tha meet ing stated that tha close down of the cam had brought about . the desired result, a healthier condition of tha mar. ket. While there are loga enough la tha Water to run the mills for a counla of months without another stick being dumped , Into the booms, there is no oversupply, and It Is considered neces sary to have enough on hand to lnsura uninterrupted activity for the manu facturers should the market ao demand. It la stated that the demand for log Is good so that there appears to be no causa for a revision of quotations. 1 Figures were presented showing the exact quantity of - logs available for the mllla. They had been carefully compiled by com Detent man aant ta tha ; camps for that particular purpose. Ao cordlng to these figurea there are 14 S. 000.000 feet of logs cut. In the Colum bia river district, but 15,000,000 feet of ' (Continued on Page Four.) Lone Watchman on Property Smoked His Pipe, Enjoy , ing Solitude of the Night as He Made His Bounds, for There Was Nothing DoinV Dark, desolate, gloomy and lonely, the Mllwaukla club, standing specter-like with, lta white fences reaching forth like giant arms, was as forlorn last aight aa a aquatter's hut, in the forest primeval. 'Nothing, doing," said the lone watch. man; who: smoked a pipe and enjoyed the solitude of the night as he made his rounds of the property . to aee that no harm resulted to it. - Vigil Xioaely One. -.. Occasional cars 'fllttlnr by with crowds of merrymakers on their way to amusement resorts relieved the monot ony of his vigil; but the rattling of the poker chips, the whir of the- little Ivory ball In the roulette wheel and the mut tered oath of a gambler as luck tnrnMi against ttim, were not heard. - Gambling no longer prevailed and the man who watched the elub house and the grounds no longer feasted his eyes on the stacks of gold and greenbacks, and so aisguBiea was n wim air sorts ot ra ing that be even refused to indulge hi 1 wlth -m- r.1 .HI aelf 'with event--- y mi a game or solitaire. Past i afresh in his memory gild's play. , ' was closed. who operate the club, residents of Mfl wSrVe th.1 re.al taxpayers and citizens whohave the interests of the little city at heart 'passed resolutions placlna; themselves on record a opposed to the Mllwaukle club and in favor of cloaina the notorious resort They want the world to know that the residents who are looking to the welfare of the city are not in sympathy with the petitioners who sent a document to the county au thorities favoring the club. , Changa. of .Heart. - William M. Sellwood. originally one of the signers of tba petition favoring gambling, has had a r-hamra nt hMi-t ' band wrote a letter-to-Rev, P. M. pisher in wnica ne orrered to do all he could -to suppress gambling in Mtlweukle. Rev. Mr. Fisher is pastor of the Kvnn gelical association and will dfscusa th gambling question at tonight's mov ing. .The petition and -Mr. tScilwoo.t letter follow: '-:'': -.V-.ritOppoas Gambling. ". Whereaa, The '-publish 1 r- 1 would ld the puMio to -t rthe clti2fiis and tdtpiivi r-s were utianirnnurfv ( i f ,v '- , ing the notor' ' -