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RE YOU GOING AWAY? Have Journal Circulation i The Journal follow you to give you all the news iron home The WeatherFair and warmer Yesterday . tonight and tomorrow. ' ; . VOL. VI. NO. 139. V PORTLAND, OREGON, V THURSDAY EVENING,V AUGUST 15, 1907. EIGHTEEN PAGES. I; 'V. . .. f '. 1 ! f J .J. ' A 020 ill ' n 7 P3 ' i '.' J ...... .,..) . V . . ,.J .- '. . . .. TORTURED -JO DEATH BY E AllTII Gus Neitziel Suffocates as , Monster Beam arid Tons of Dirt Settle Down on Him ; in Excavation for Garage Between Stark and Oak. Treacherous Black Sand in - Bank Causes Cave-in ana Injures Two Men Besides , , Killing: One ManBuried ' for Ten Minutes. nnrnmnnn .' . . r r i . i l V fir JA ?:4t V .i ' AGED GROOM AND HIS TOUTHFUL-BRIDE, UNTIL RECENTLY. HIS STENOGRAPHER. No Desertions From Rank in Portland and But Few Messages Handled Cots ' for Strikebreakers-in the Western Union Office. Railroad Men Apparently Neutral, But Many Plugs Pulled Out Along Line and Service Greatly Hampered -New Schedule.' ' Crushed beneath a monster beam and then elowly and torturouely suffocated to death under, aeveral tone of earth, waa the horrible and agonising. fte that L ; overtook Ous Neittlel, a laborer em ployed by Beaton Brothers,'' at . 1I:0J o'clock this morning: In the excava tion for a new garage oa Tenth between , Stark and Oak -streets. The cave-In which 'crushed out the life of NelUlel Injured two other men and a number off laDorers naa miraculous escapes irom death. - The building site where the tragedy occurred Is located on the east side of Tenth street near the comer of Stark, ' and is owned by C Perrlne. who intends ' to ereot a carafe. The' excavating work has been done by Beaton Brothers, con- ' tractors," and was almost completed at the time of the accident... , XJartfc Begins w Crumble. ' Neltriel and eight . Other laborers bad been employed on the work and the excavation was about 14 feet In depth. Yesterday afternoon the earth under the . house at 88 Tenth street, on the south side of the lot, commenced to crumble, but no aanger 01 a cave-in was anuci- pated. - This morning, however, the workmen dug Into a pocket of black sand and it was then decided to brace the bank. ' An 8x8 beam. 20 feet In length, was propped up against the dangerous sec tion ana me men were engaged in Drac . Ing the bottom of the timber, when eud - denly, without warning, about 0 feet of the bank gave .way. . Neltiiel was caught under the falling beam and buried under four feet of sand and clay. ; R. E. Bateman, the foreman of the work, was also struck, but the very force of the blow hurled him out-of danger. J. J. Beaton, a member of the contract ing Arm, sustained a badly lacerated thumb from being struck by the falling timber. The other men managed to reach places of safety without Injury. Burled Tea Minutes. Contractor Beaton and Foreman Bate man immediately marshalled the iaDor ' ers and the men frantically started to dig for tutr burled fellow workman. As It could not do auiniteiy asoeriainea wnere rxeitziei was ouriea ruuy iv min utes elapsed before the body was re covered. ' In the meantime the .police had been notified and Patrolmen Casey, Oruber, Robaon and Nelson went to the scene In the patrol wagon. Thei officers also VfiolHted in digging out the body. Dr. liiftW who resides In the neighborhood, waa tMHtcand when the mangiea rorra was extTWated. An examination showed that life was extinct and the coroner was notified. The surgeon found that nearly all of Keltsiel's ribs had been crushed and his back probably broken. tContlnued on Page Two.) WCIICE General Strike Will Be Called Unless President Changes His Mind. (Journal 8pedal atrrice.) ; -. . San Francisco, AuglS. The crisis In f the telegraphers'; strike will be reached at 13 o'clock tonignt. r py tnai. time "the federal government has hot Inter ceded with a request for arbitration, the - strike will he made general throughout " the United States. Messages received iHSt night from President Samuel Small brought Information that only govern ment Intervention would prevent a call for a complete tieup of the lines Of the Western Union and the Postal. ; Armed guards are posted at the Western Union '"elegr8ph of flees today. 'The telegraph- - ers' union last night sent out a call for aid to Mher. unions. ...-VJ'S....'..-;.-- HUNDREDS IHLLED BYlf JOTNAMITi: EXPLOSION " Berlin, Aug. 16 Hundreds of persons "were killed and injured today by an ex Dlosion of a dynamite factory at Doe inits. Part of the town was destroyed fend the Inhabitants are fleeing, fearing other explosions, s: Many, workmen were blown to pieces, . '", Portland striking telegraphers are growing more confident of an early victory, and feel greatly encouraged. Headquarters have been established at the Esmond Botel, Front and Morrison treets, where President Branln and Sec retary Morgan are In charge of the movements. - A meeting was held this morning at which ' It was decided to present the schedule this afternoon. which was drawn up and adopted at the meeting yesterday morning. A. O. S'nks, 'who Is a member of the executive board of the national oMer of -railway telegraphers, still maintains uiat toe position or me raiiroaa Key men is a neutral one. - He was unable to say whether railroad keymen were re fusing or accepting Western Union busi ness in the small towns and was uncer tain as to the amount or business sub- miott to .those - operators. BTo Besertloasjrrom Banks. Slnoe the strike began, there have been no desertions from the ranks of the local strikers, and advices received from other points tell the same story. The only men working at the ireys are wire chies and manag3-, a few old time telegraphers who long ago quit the business tut have been induced by big Donuses oiierea to act as etrme-Drea it era, and student operators, whose manipulation of the keys is very faulty and of but little value. Notwithstanding the - eiowlnr nros- pectus Issued by both Postal and West' era union managers as to business be ing handled, the truth is that but little matter is getting through over the wires. Practically no commercial mes sages are being received or delivered in Portland, and but little press matter Is handled. It is practically impossible to get matter over the wires, as sympa thizers all over the country ara busv f lulling out plugs and otherwise hamper ng the companies. x Cots for Strikebreakers. Though the railroad telearranhera are. not openly helping the strikers, there le no ainicuity in teuing wnere tneir sym pathies lie, and a thousand and one lit tle things occur during the day to show secret support for strikers. The Western Union company Is stated by strikers to have brought cots Into Its office for strikebreakers, so that the latter would not have to leave the build ing where they are employed at .fancy wages. The strikers assert that this is contrary to the health regulations of the city board of health and will file a com plaint to this effect, Only a crippled coast servicers being maintained by the AssoclatedJPress to day in the Pacific northwest and that by means of Western Union facilities. Not a word has been received from eastern points. S. B Vincent, northwest cor- CRISIS OF COITW . Arrival of President Small Brings Operators' Trouble to Head and Order for a General Walkout "Awaits . His Signature. - 1 Conditions re JTorse Today Than at Any Time Since " Telegraphers Quit No Desertions From Ranks: ' Are to Be Feared. " . i 1 . MRS. D. It. NELSON, FORMERLY MISS EDNA DEU FREE. AGE AND YOUTH: UNITED THROUGH: SPIDER'S BITE i . . ". D. R. Nelson, Aged Sixty-Seven, Weds Woman of Nine teen tp.Hush Scandal Groom Says He Has a Steadier Hand and Truer Eye Than Any Man in Oregon. (Continue'' on Page Two.) T love this girl with all my heart That's why I married her," said D. R. Nelson, bridegroom of three score years and . seven, ; this ' morning as he fondly patted his bride of 12 hours on the back. Mrs.. Nelson, aged 19, agreed that he. was right. . 1 "There's Mrs.1, Nelson's sister cry ing her eyes out at the Buckingham over the scandal raised about this af fair. ; She's foolish. ; My , wife Isn't" Mrs. Nelson smiled and again agreed that her husband was right In . fact the bridegroom, who is the manager of the National Finance com pany with offices in the Marquam building, is etill much Inflamed over the steps taken by the officers of the W. C T. U. -to check his Improper ad vances toward several young ' women applying to him for- the position of stenographer.' The , w. C T. IT, however, Is ready at any time to prove the charges lodged against Nelson, whose hasty marriage last night to Miss Deu Pree, his former lenegrapner, ne acmlta was but a move to head off the Impending scandal. Beginning of Bomaaoe. Nelson's love affair, which culminated in me weaaing ceremony at the Buck' Ingham, began several months ago, he says, when he. was bitten by a spider. Miss Deu Pree, who was then his ste nographer, left her position to become his nurse. Prior to that time, however, he was keeping company with her and they were freauentlv toa-ethar at Hinnur vnr several weexs miss ueu pree took care of him and then went east to visit rel 5 iKf J?n-le't Iowa upon receipt of i"iu wuiun ne Mm ner ana arrived in Portland oyer the Ov K. & N. last night at 8:46 o'clock. 7 The license had been secured In the afternoon, hasty arrangements had been (Continued on Page Nine.) H' .' sasBsBBsaBBassBBSBSssWiiassBsseBiiBaes .- Reduction of Nearly. One Half in Dividend Announced as ( Result of Judge Landis'.DecisionProfits' Cut in i Half to Lay by Fund for Penalty Imposed. : 7, I flaarul BbwIiI Berrice.t - "New: Torfc Aug. 15. A reduction of nearly one half In Standard Oil dlvl denda was announced today, the Imme diate result of the J$,4dO,MO fine re cently imposed upori the corporation by Judge Landla of Chloago."" This extras ordinary cut is taken as evidence that the directors are fearful that they can- not escape payment of the fine, and they are therefore preparing to husband their resources In order to meet the emergen cy. The Immediate loss will fall on the vtockholdera. whose dividends will be cut almost in-half, r'--'"-'"';'"4" s.: The quarterly dividend "declared today s at the rate of 8 a share or $24 per annum. For the last .two , years the rate has been 40 per cent k In 1904 the stockholders received 18 Deri cent divi dends, In 1903 44 per cent In 1902 48 per cent, in 1900 and 1901 48 per cent . The Standard OU company had an au thorised capital stock; of $100,000,000, of as a dividend 114,000,000 this year, or almost a quarter Of th total par .value of its- stock. . There was a rumorf some time ago that the oil company intended to make the puulla pay the fine Imposed by the Chicago judge by putting up the price of oil, but this was later denied by offi cial of the trust Then goina , Umidi JULIA . MTQNLE Y IS DEAD AT ATLANTA eisBasssMBaMBMsa .. Ueamal gpeelal Scrrlee.) Atlanta, Oa., Aug. IS. Julia McKln ley, cousin- of the late president Wil liam McKlnley, Is dead. The dead wom an was one of the most beloved patriots Of" the south and . was. founder of the first chapter of ' the Daughters of the Revolution. STATEMENT NO. 1 MAIN ISSUE SAYS BOURNE Junior Oregon Senator Goes Squarely on Record as to Issues of Coming CampaignFavors Roosevelt's Renomination andDeclares for Open River In .the .opinion of United States Ana- tor Jonathan Bourne, the preservation of statemant No. 1 of the direct primary law is the most Important Issue before the people of Oregon. Senator Bourne places himself square ly on record to the effect that the legis lature must bow to - the will of the people, even though the people's choice for senator is a Democratic and a ma jority of the legislators are Republi cans. ' Bourne's campaign ror election to the senate was made upon this Issue and he repeatedly affirmed at that time that in case he - was defeated by John M. -!..-. i- V .lu4- n Tun 1 0ft It III 1U 1 11 V , STVJ 1.1 v j a. ui.w. would be the duty of the Republican leg. lslature to elect Qearm as senator. Senator Bourne's latest ' utterance on thla-aublect Is contained In a letter wrtten to Thomas McCusker of this city. He takes occasion to contradict a report that he Is unfavorable to -the "open river" movement renews his allegiance to the direct primary law and reiterates his belief that Roosevelt must be the next Republican nominee for president His letter la In -part as follows: "You are herewith authorised to spe cifically deny the assumption that I am unfavorable to the open river movement on tne contrary, i am seaiousiy ravor uble to same and shall do all In my "Dowor to assist in sucn movement. r "In mr humble onLntnn the. moat Im portent issues In Oreeon todav ara. first the protection and enforcement of our primary law, including atatement No. 1, and second, the crystallsatlon of pub lic opinion as to the necessity of the re election of Roosevelt and the selection of delegates to the national Republican convention who are loyal Roosevelt sup porters and the adootlon bv the state convention of a resolution Instructing said delegates to vote first, last and all the time for Roosevelt" It will be observed that 8enator Bourne attaches even more Importance to me preservation or statement No. 1 than to the renomlnatlon of Roosevelt PLEAD ilY stockholders rightly figured that If the public was not going to pay the fine the stockholders would have to go down Into their Jeans for the amount ' This Is 1 what caused' the recent Heavy and persistent eellinr of Standard Oil stock. These' same frightened speculators also sold other shares they held which were under the control of -the- Rockefeller clique, and this Is what , started . the heavy declines In copper shares - and caused the slump in the rest of the. llat i AGREEMENT DOES NOT r , INTEREST JAPANESE . - i-'C'V ' !.JoBalSpeeleV Serrlee.) 1 , t . ' Toklo, Aug. 15, TJie Russo-Japanese agreement as published ' stipulates the Inviolability of ; the territories of each and the ' preservation of independence and integrity In China-and recognition of equality in opportunities' in China. The Japanese receive the agreement with Indifference, Portland Camp of the Spanish War Veterans Urges Con gress in No jTJncertain Terms to Place Liquor On Same Basis It Was Before 1901. , : j Decided action on the', army ' canteen question wan taken last night by the local camp of the Spanish War Veterans. A set of resolutions was adopted urging congress at its next session to place the canteen on the basis It was -on be fore 1901. ' , The committee, consisting of Seneca Fouts, Jay H, 'Upton and Rich ard Delch, drew the resolutions, which were afterward adopted by unanimous ALASKA TRIP CONTEST CLOSES TODAY f f The Journal office will be open tonight until 8 o'clock to receive subeciiptlons from contestants.. Sub b scriptions may be maifed, together with remittance" to cover, in Portland or anywhere, at any time today. If the envelopes-bearing these subscriptions are postmarked August 15 the contest votes, wfll be allowed, -for them, in favor of the "contestants named., . ' ' ' J'r ' ' . - h, 'y , ' To apply on the Alaska trip, contest subscriptions mailed on August. J5 must reach The, Journal office by midnight;' Saturday.' Announcement of. the result will be made on Monday next v J , The Journal party will leave Portland August 24 and wQl take steamer at Seattle for Alaska August 28. The contest for scholarships continues until early. In September. The Alaska trips are The Journal's awards to friends of .the leading contestants as designated by the contestants themselves. ' ' vote. The resolutions follow: "Whereaa, The abolition of the can teen in the army of the United States was Intended by the sealous but mis guided persons responsible for Its aboli tion to promote sobriety among and im prove the morals of the enlisted men; but ' , v ' ' ;: "Whereas, Since said abolition deser tion, druhkenness and disease have in creased in the army, the enlisted men. Instead of spending their hours of rec reation at the canteen under the con-.'' trol and benefloial influence of their of ficers, now resort to the low dives that have- sprung up like cancerous growths around the army posts;. and 'i L s "Whereas, The consensus of opinion among the officers of-the army, who have had experience both with the can teen and without and are therefore bet ter Qualified than the officers and work ers of the W. C T...JJ. or kindred or ranlsations to render an onlnlon im th same, unqualifiedly recommend the re establlshment of the enlisted men's club where beer and light wlnea may be served;-' now, - - --i r- . . "Therefore, we. the membnrA nf s Touns Camp, No. ,t. United Spanish War Veterans, hereby resolve that it is the unanimous opinion of this organisation that congress at Its next session should repeal the anti-canteen bill and grant (Joeroal Special Service.) ' ' Chicago, Aug. 15. With the arrival of President Samuel J. Small of the Com mercial Telegraphers of America, In Chi cago at 4 o'clock this afternoon the op erators' strike will be brought to crisis. Upon the result of the confer ence which Small will bold today with Nelll, President Gompers of the AmerW can Federation of Labor, and Secretary Russell of the Telegraphers' union will depend the future of the walk-out. It ' la freely predicted here that a general . strike will be called before tomorrow ' morning. . . i ,- ;; Conditions telegraphically are worse today than at any time slnoe the strike commenced.- More oflices have . been tied up within the pest 14 hours and the non-union men officials- and stu- -dents who are endeavoring to work the few wires which are in commission ara encountering every kind of difficulty. !' General strike Order.' ;, ,;' "- A general strike order calling out all the operators who are still working in the United States and Canada has been -prepared and awaits the signature of President Small. The situation is quiet, the strikers orderly and there have been no desertions from the ranks of the strikers. Every operator who walked -out Is willing to abide by the result os ' his action and there la no danger of any of them attempting to return to work before the trouble comes to an end. President Small's train Is five hours late and will not arrive nntll 4 o'clocK ' this afternoon. He was expected at noon. When his train nulla into tha station here the head of the telegrapher . wiu oe met dti,uu (tracers saouung "don't arbitrate." . - , - Few commercial messages are being transmitted, and even when hev da reach their destination they are so badly ' mixea 07 incompetent operators.-thai they are practically useless. Circuits cannot be maintained tor longer than a few minutes for wires -runnine- thro urn offices where strike have not been called and union opera tors are at work are constantly being Interfered with. One operator can cauae untold trouble bv lerklnr tha loona from a ewltcRboard as he passes, and trouble resulting cannot be untangled for hours. Employers Are Helpless. '.,..- Brave reports are sent Wit from bofht ; Western Union and Postal offices tor the effect that all business Is beln handled with but slight dels. This is discredited by the striking operators,, and investigation shows that ths tra (Continued on Page Nine.) iCaattAUsa s list jL'U DAIIIEL l'. LEWIS CillEIHpTII Portland Resident Who Sheln tered John Brown in Stirring Days Dead. Daniel W. Lewis, prominently Identi fied with the timber Interests In the . northwest for years, died this morning at his residence, 446 Fourth street. He was born in 1SSS and had lived In Port land Slnoe 1890. s - During the John Brown excitement In Kansas Mr. Lewis achieved national fame In sheltering the fugitive agitator when he was pursued and sought br, federal troops - After the episode in which the name f ohn Brown becam known throughout America he returned to Kansas and for a time eluded his fiursuers. His temporary freedom was argely due to the. efforts of Mr. Lewis who was his friend and admirer. Mr. Lewis had been ill for ths past two years, though, only recently have fears of his recovery been eotertlnU For several weeks he had been under" ths care of a nurse at his residence, but yesterdav . left the residence and went down town. Wrtils on the street- he t' I as the result of a paralytlo wtroke an t was removed to his home. : IxjhUx fal lowed this morning as a result uf t stroke. . - , ' - . He was born In lluntlnrton. Inr I -snd, fcnd moved to Kan. t n , -age. lie served with n I:. '' -ment during the civil wir an-i - t prisoner. He was h-i.i la e prison for several rpo.u. ' ; urn is urvivni " - . , nil a Hsuahti-r. i T.wln tlie wtii k fonnrlv of ti- A''ii" II.- t.e'1". .. it M '- V- . n l-i ft J