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VOL. VI. NO. 139. V
PORTLAND, OREGON, V THURSDAY EVENING,V AUGUST 15, 1907. EIGHTEEN PAGES.
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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.
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.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.
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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. " .
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1 . MRS. D. It. NELSON, FORMERLY MISS EDNA DEU FREE.
AGE AND YOUTH: UNITED
THROUGH: SPIDER'S BITE
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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.
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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
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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,
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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
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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.
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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
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' 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
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, ' 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
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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. ' ;
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