The Oregon daily journal. (Portland, Or.) 1902-1972, August 16, 1907, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Textin 4 RE YOU GOIIIG AWAY? Have Journal Circulation The , Journal follow you to give you ell the news from home. Yesterday jS)(T) 081 Was Tha Weather Pair -tonight and -tomorrow: northerlr wlnd. , VOL. VI. NO. 140. ' : PORTLAND, OREGON, , FRIDAY. EVENING, AUGUST 10, " 1007. EIGHTEEN PAGES. hutlL An Increase in Wages of Twenty-Five Per Gent and a Closed Shop f " ; - ... , ' . . - ill Agreed to GiclflWl makes 'SI 'Brokers Using: Xeased Wires Sign New Scale and Agree to Open Shop Strike 0r- der Obeyed by Those Who n Had Remained at Work. ffsomal Bpertal hrrta.) Wrw Tork, Aug. II. With the ln tag of the general atrlke order by Prest . Ant Samuel Small :. at " Chicago thla morning comes the announcement that . tha American Telephone A. Telegraph company, th corporation .which eontrola tha BelT system throughout tha country, baa aimed: an agreement recognising J th telegraphers union, providing for a , closed ahop and granting an increase In salaries at It par cent Thla la tha first great victory tor tha union and assures - tha 4 strikers that messages from the telegraph companies will not be aent ' over telephone wlree. Tha second rlo torjr came whan the brokers using leased wires signed tha new scale and agreed to a closed shop, ." .- The order of President Small calling a general atria naa compietea cue ue p of wires throughout the east United fttatee- and Canada. Thar were about ' 11,009 union operators at work when the order came and every. one of them left his key as soon as ha received the . order. , Tha strikers arv nthaslaatla -(Continued on Page Two.) Tf-tf W LIB TIGHTER 111(0111 111. EVER IS GEfJERAL STANFORD WHITE'S WIDOW Tp WED Each Day Tle-Fp in Portland Small In Conference With c Becomes Worse Opera- Gompers ,r and Neill l Oyer tors Sanguine pi Success. Situation Few Wires Are ': - Companies Claim Business Working and Not Enough Is But Slightly Hampered. Strikebreakers In Country. From tha viewpoint of tha puoHo tha strike situation la mora serious today than at any time ' since tha Portland operators walked out and tha tie-up, la more complete. Practically no business la being transacted. ; Western Union messages are all taken subject to delay while at the Postal office only Pacific coast business Is taken without reser vation. The Associated Press wlrea are silent Keys are constantly opened all alon tha line and telearaDhlng Is un- The operators are enthusiastic and sanguine of success. Offers of assist ance have -coma to them unsolicited from many sources, . Tha ' Federated Trades Council has asked that they pre sent their case before tha allied tradea at tha meeting of tha council tonight and a committee consisting of Walter Branln, C XL Branln and Percy IX -Mor gan nas oeen appointea to aiiena. . The company , of flclals claim, on the other hand, that their business la bat snrnuy namperea ana ine . vyesiern Union states that no striker wUl be reinstated and that men wiu be pro- , (Continued on Pag Two.) Uooraal Bpeelsl ftervk.) Chicago, Aug. H. Imedlately non hla arrival her yesterday afternoon Samuel Small, president of the Commer- dal Telegraphers of America, want Into conference with United States Labor Commissioner Nell, President Gompera of tha American Federation of Labor, and the officials of the union. BUing the Situation tit) the head of the nnlnn declared that a general strike would be the only solution of the problem and at 1:10 a. m. affixed his ala-nature to the order which had already, been prepared by Secretary Russel All commercial i teiegrapners, except those working rail road and. contract wirest-were ordered to leave their keys.1 ( vperaiora ail over tbe united States and Canada were prepared for President Small's action and -they walked out to a man. . Sufficient funds for a long ibs nave oeen collected ny . taa anion men and general satisfaction is- exr pressed in tne ranxs or small's follow ers. FUllv 3S.O0O men are nn atrlka ta- uay. - - , In speaking of the situation President email stated that mere are not enough non-union operators to be found in the United States and Canada to move the V:1 & -a t a . 111! I I " ' I III W GIVE FRIEfJDS 10 DRINK jS: MRS. STANFORD WHIT, WTTOSBlENOAaidMETD HUSBAND S PARTNER, CHARLES P. M'KIM, IS . REPORTED. THE WEDDING WILL OCCUR AFTER' THE SECOND TRIAL OF HARRY THAW FOR THE ARCHITECT'S MURDER, IS FINISHED. LOST HIS LIFE Judgd 'Cameron Decides That Picnic Parties May Use ! Liquor on Sundays, Provided There Is No Intent to Tiolate the Law Defendants Discharged. II0FJIIM1E TEDDY V. IDILESBIIIIG . PMloa Jndg George H. Cameron thla ' morning decided that the statute pro hibiting the sale or disposal of liquor ; on Sunday, now being enforced upon tha ; order of District Attorney Manning, was not applicable in the cases of R. ? Peterson and T. Dahlgren, two of tha ; Danish Aid aoclety picnickers, who wera . arreated last Sunday on Rohse's park by Deteotlvea Kay and Klenlln for giving Intoxicants away on the Sabbath, Tha decision Is of tha greatest lm portanoa to the thirsty multitude, as imaar Ljaznerun nuinr uia taw nnni nor cover tne arratuitoua dianosai or lionora vvtKAt. rtoviw vrr l.ruamrair on dud " frovldlng;thera la no Intent to. vio late cewjaw. . Tne vinart ooias tna: a man .baa a perfect right to supply his own table with hla own liquors for tree by him ' self, famlly or- guests And that the taking or a glass or liquor with a friend Is .nothing more than an ; evidence of hospitality. According to Judge Cam , eron tha . serving of liquors with a - tempting luncheon at a' plcnio la not a crime aa long aa the Intoxicant la served - exclusively to the' dispenser's ; family and guests. i. Oonsulta th Avtborltla. , 1 have examined nomber of au-j thoritlea with great car," said Cam: eron In giving Tils decision; "and find that the eircumetancaaf nf thu. t.n eases are rignt m una witn many su preme court decisions. In ' the case of 'Carey, SB Atlantlo Reports, page 104. tha court aays: "But If for reasons of health or habit one chooses to supply his own table with hla own liquors for use by himself, his family or his guests on ounaay, more is not, ana never nas Deen in tnia state any statute forbid ding him to do so.' "In .the case of Hechler, SS Atlantic reports page SI, the court said: The place Is not material except as a matter Bearing on tne intent Itejs the nature and Intent of the act, not the place where It la done that determines its cnaracter aa lawful or otherwise.' V- , " Jrm of Hospitality. . ' "Again, 1 In tha - case ' of Reynolds Tinui u iuia 71 jiurum, - mm a ma court in aeoiaing a similar . case to, those now before me for decision, said; Taking a glass of spiriu tor wwv wiin a inua or Tisirop in nn'n own resiaence is one or the forms In which hospitality shows Itself. We are not dealing with the morality or hurt fulness of the custom. . That not a judicial question. We are endeavoring to arrive at the Intention of the law making power. In this, possibly In- unuua ac oi nospuaiity, we- appro lend no one would entertain the thmis-ht oi a cnange or ownership or property- that he yas thereby ? disposing of the arucie tnua usea and consumed. Quite aa appropriate , would It be to affirm that tha host had diSDOSed of the vlanria his friend consumed .while enjoying a hospital dinner with? , i " t , "The teatimony in the oases before tha court ehowa that the defendanta war gathered about a table with their Oregon Senator Aspires to Head State Delegation to National Convention. Eric Nordquest, Watchman at Warren Cannery, Is Drowned in River. . LICENSE ISSUED TWO YEARS AGO (Continued on Page Two.) Senator Jonathan Bourne aspires to the honor of heading the Oregon delega tion to the next national Republican convention, and he hopes thus to win tha distinction of renominating Roose velt for-president Bourne makes no secret of " his ambition and la alreadv busily pulling wires to achieve hia pur- Bourne has made a atudv of kunlnr himself before the public eye and by means of an active nreaa aaent ha baa been advertised all over the country as me xoremosi ana most insistent advo cate of the plan of forclns; another term upon President Roosevelt. It Is the theme or Bourne's every Interview and tne nuraen or nearly an or his con-ea sondenoe. In mm. Ant lattAra ii Mm, Cm m.a Bourne has openly stated his desire to go as a aeiegate to-tnt national con vention and It la easy to read between the lines that ha would exnect to head the delegation. Naturally he will also wisn to nave tne aeieirauon Dledsed in advanoe to the support of Roosevelt To do these thins it will be necessary for Bourne to control tha -state convention which will nam the deleaatea to the national gathering, duiet work with this end in view Is being dona all over the state. Bourne wUl come In parson to Oregon noma time In Beotember or vctooer to iook arter na xencea ana to corner witn nis lieutenant. USED STATE AUTHORITY TO HELP KIDNAP SHARPE Detectives Stewart and Fhilbroofc Likely to Face Serious , ?Charges;as Kesult or an Arrest in Brownsville-- PrisonerJ Held for Six Days--Used Jail Here. Kidnaped by two private detectives who represented themselves to ba state's detectives, held In Jail at Halsey then brought to Tortland : and lodged In the county jail before being taken back to Brownsville to be lodged ..in Jail again, after which he was discharged without any evMence being . presented . against hlrflj-Tsflchard Sharps Is planning u to yfr sgalnat J: CL.. Stewart and E. . H. bllbrook, two employes or vaugnn'a detectlva aganerrv:-!-O v 'rt-r Phllbrook at present Is ; In ' Jail be cause he attempted to' extort '. money from a couple of 'women while posing aa a city, officer.- Btewart la said to be -from Spokane and hai been la tha 4 . ?.--' v' ; -; UJ - c ;iVrij ' employ of tha local agency only a ahort Sharpa waa arreated In-; Brownsville some weeks ago, soon after the Ander son jewelry store had been "robbed. He was given a hearing before Justice Gamble, .who -dismissed' him for lack Of, evidence. Some days afterward A( derson 'aent to Portland and employed Phllbrook and Stewart aa detectives to get evidence In th case. J - - j Upon the arrival of the two In Brownsville,. Stewart swore out a war rant A or Sharpe's arrest and took tha latter Into custody again. In the mean time the two detectives had tnld Mar. shal Standish and (Sheriff Denutv Har- eer that they were state detective and i consequence were allowed free rein. Sharpa waa taken to Halsey and lodged in JaU for . tha - night, then brought to Portland Sunday" and taken to the county Jail where ha, was placed without any authority from tha county orriciais, so far aa can ba learned.,, Ha wai held here until Monday afternoon. tnen taaen back again to Brownsville by Stewart and Phllbrook. where ha was again plaoed In Jail and boarded until Thursday. ."-.. ' Tha two s detect vea. It is, said, then went to v Anderson and 'drew pay for iheir services and immediately bad the prisoner discharged from custody with, out presenting any evidence more than Stewart swore to In making- out the comDlalnt aaraihat ' fiharoa h.n . charged the latter with larceny. - ; i ?. Sharpe was acompanied bv an attor ney from Brownsville thla morning and held a long conversation with Captain Bruin retarding the case, and tha ran. ords of the two detectives are being l canned closely. Phllbrook la already facing a charge, but Stewart, it Is stated, will be made a party to an ac tion which will be filed as soon aa dab. ; essary arrangements can oa maae. While swimming alone in tha Columbia river near Warrenville last evening, Eric Nordquest, night watchman at the Warren cannery, was drowned, the body being recovered this morning by. em- Sloyes of the cannery. News of the rownlng was received over the. tele phone this morning by President War ren of the company and preparations made to care for the remains by Coro ner Finley. , . Nordauest was in the habit of taking a dally plunge. in the -river near the cannery, which is located a short dis-i tance irom isonnevuie. juasi nignt wnen ha failed to show, uo for work his friends became alarmed and instituted search. His clothes were found on th river bank but tha hodv could not h found. The river was dragged in; the vicinity of the spot and the remains re covered tnis morning.. Nordouest was 6 years of are and single.. He had been employed at the cannery ror some time, juii new ne met hla death will. never be known as nobody saw him go down. He was counted a good swimmer by his fellow worvmen wno attriDute nis arowning to oramps. . .'...! :- Couple Postponed Marriage for Groom's Parents, Who Passed Away in Syria. BRIDES SISTERS GROOMS II BROTHERS Pretty , Boiriance Qulminat - ing in Double Wedding Began on Sea Coast A double wedding In which the brldea were aisters and the grooms brother occurred last night at the home of the officiating clergyman, Rev. J. Bower SOx, 1140 Gy street M. William John son wed Miss Mella Borgen. and' Oscar I Johnson; married Mies Clara Jtiorgen, The romance ' which culminated In thla -rinnhl -waddlnv began at Toledo. Oregon, on the sea coast near Taqulna Bay. The young t people bad been schoolmates and playmates together, and as they ' grew older their childish admiration ripened Into a deeper affec tion, --w l' -t ?-",?',-."' is iss Clara Boraen. now Mr Oscar li Johnson, enjoys the distinction of being one of the youngest brides of the month, - Her. age is given as 18, and her father's consent w to "the marriage, worn to .before' the county ' clerk of Lincoln county, was - forwarded from Toledo and la now Das ted In the affi davit book at the court house. ' Her liter, Mies Mella. Is five years older. The younger groom, Oscar, la 21 years old. Hla brother la 25. - - i They moved -to Portland from Toledo! recently. Both tha young couclea wlU I Uva at 107 Sixteenth atreet. f I Having waited two yeara and ' seven months from the time they secured a marriage license for the groom's par ents to coma from the town of Tripoli In Syria to be present at the wedding feast, news came of the parents' death and Sam E. Hal lei and Rosa Bettar were married yeaterday afternoon at 410 Ev erett street by Rev. John Dawson. The marriage license1 was Issued by County - Clerk Fields on January X, 1905. The return of the marriage was made this morning. Hallel is' a mem ber of the firm of Hallel St Haddad. cigar dealers at 1 North Sixth street, Since the license was Issued both Hallel and his bride have been in Port land, At the time they expected Hal lel's parent! to reach Portland soon, but they received a letter telling them of tne aeatn or Haiiers agea ratner in mi home in Syria, and the wedding waa postponed. . ; Then they waited until Hallel'a moth er - could . make the - longV voyage to America, '' but after ' two and a halt years of waiting the mother Stoo passed away.. A short time ago Heller e sister reached Portland and was married. A few days ago hia brother, Roflcke Hal lel, came and It was then decided to wait no longer for the wedding. ' :.i; Hallel went ' to - the -courthouse and assured himself that his license waa still good and the wedding was cele brated yesterday. The other witness of tne . ceremony . waa , xamue Apache. . GamWers Attempting to Establish Workings of No torious Besort in Heart of City Hidden From Eyes of the Authorities. . Several Cigar Stores in Town Alleged to Be Eeceiving Results of Races and Op portunity Given to Those "Bight" to Bet Money. Th Vflwaukle club and lta bookmak- lng on tha ponies Is not dead but la ac tive In Portland In at least four places. according to the "dope" that l-"being handed to those on the Inside by Martin Ready, Jack Culllaon and others of the old crowd" who used to preside over the betting at tha resort up tha river. Yesterday tha first dribble of race In formation . was brought Into tha city aver tha badly blocked wire from Se attle and ' last night tha "overnight" heeta were aent tn by malt V ' According to the etory belnr told Wickham'a cigar atore on r Washington street ana tne eaioon m tna ouuaing at Sixth and Stark formerly known aa the Olrard are two ef the ciaoea where the favored , few can take a ahy at the nonles. At these nlacea. and at aoma three or four other scattered over town. those wno are known to ba right can Serious , Break Occurs Jusfl Previous to Close Whcnj Rumors of Bad Industrial Conditions Are Received by New York Traders, ? Report That; Allls-Chalmera Company Had Gone to the Wall Causes Scare Despite All Assurances of Officials to the Contrary. , (Continued on Pag Two.) (Xoaraal Special lervkaf ' ' New York, Aug. la. Rumor of toe dustrlal troubles and tha persistant at- , . 1 - . M I .1 ri ..J k ox uiv rrvi..Hviwt vivwwu. mmmm f a vary -serious break Just previous) ta the eloee of the atook market A - There waa h, report early la tha daw that tha Allla-Chalmera company, prao-. tlcally the largest manufacturer ' o flour mill and mining machinery In th world, had gone to tha wall, and that st receiver had been' appointed- by th court The trade believed thla to b true, despite the fact that the off 1- .1. 1 a a tit MmMliv AAr1mA innflt .rro phatloally that there waa nothing In th rumor. " r . The early part of today'i session wa dedicated to the bull manlpulatlors, foe Rim ma u vuju k. mriv wo wvavau 4 v-- tatlons right and left for several points. . No bears war found in the early sea- . (Continued on Page Two.) c, Indications That Harriman Has Chosen This Route,by; Which to Reach the Central Portions of the State, Many Crews of Surveyors in Field. '4 Crews are being added to tha survey of tha Corvallia & Eastern Into central Oregon, and a belief la growing that tha recent visit to that region by Jullua Kruttachnltt, head of maintenance and Operation department: J. P. O'Brien, general manager, and W. W. Cotton, gen eral attorney of the Harriman lineswill result in the .beginning of conatruction work within the next 00 daya Crews of surveyors have been aent Into tha field from several direction A crew equipped for two months' field work was started Into the hilla from Detroit toward Hogg Pass several weeka ago. Another crew took a direc tion southeast from that point and will look for easier grades over the summit A third crew waa aent via Shanlko Into the Prlnevllle country and today started from that point toward Sisters, In the rootniiis of the east slopes or tne cas cades. It la now annarent that a thor ough reconalsaance is to be made of tha country from Detroit to Prlnevllle and probably further eaat . . - Choloe of Boute Beported. When tha high officials of the ays tern returned from the Madras trip It waa reported from an undeniably good authority that they had practically de cided to favor the extension of the Cor vallls ft Eastern to Madras and Prlne vllle. There has been no official state ment ton the subject but it has for some time been known that Mr. Harriman was In tha humor to build into central Oregon and probably through the atate to Ontario ehould the Stringent labott eondltlona and other difficulties b somewhat modified for tha better thU fall. At the present time, It Is said, there) Is so great a scarcity of labor, and th difficulties and delays In getting con structlon material delivered are ao dis couraging, that tha railroad builders are going slow In the Inauguration of any; new conatruction project . . ' , ravor the 0. S. . A IIQW tUIIUlllWllB Vila BXiBBBlUll of the C. 4 E. as against the immedl- l ate building of the Oregon Eastern, for i it would be easier to get men to de liver materials and supplies for this) work than for any other one of the cen tral Oregon routes under consideration. Conatruction camps could be auppllecl from the Shanlko terminus of the Co lumbia Southern and the Idanah and of the Corvallia 4 Eastern. . . Residents of central Oregon say they -must have a railroad bv th tima tha cropping season arrlverf for grain next year, In order to determine the question .' of crops to be put In. The C. A E. route would rive Cook count v a ratima quicker than any other survey made In - the meantime. many Interested persona are watching the progress of tha Nelson syndicate that is nromoMnje ' a railroad up the Deschutes river, ad mitted to be the beat route for a vail- -road grade Into central Oregon. It la ' said the energy of Harriman projected extensions from ' tha Willamette valla v Into central Oregon will always be gov erned by the good or poor prospect of ' competitors Invading that field via tha Deschutes route.- JASPER JENNINGS WILL SOON . BE LIBERATED FROM JAIL Jasper Jennlnga, once tried, convicted and aentenced to be hanged for the murder of hla 'father, Norman Jennlnga, near Granite Hill mining camp two yeara ago, and .who waa aubsequently granted a . new trial by , the supreme court, will never . again face a Jury to answer to the murder charge, f District Attorney A. E. Reamea of Grant 3 Paaa,;,?; who, after' spending months in securing evidence, spending $750 of his own money in sd doing and traveling at his own expense twice across the continent to ran. down clues before' bringing the son to trial and convicting titn, has put tha -case on the ahelf and abandoned It Recently he filed a motion to dismiss the case., and this,' he states, will be passed : upon by Judge Hann next month at tha circuit court session and Jasper Jennings in -all t rob billtv will be released from custody after having been brought face to face with the gal Iowa for the brutal crime.- , - ' Tha leaUi of Iora Jennings the first 1 . , District Attorney Reames of Grants; Pass Puts Case on the Shelf and Abandons It-Motion Recently - Filed to Dismiss Case. , of tha week waa tha closing chapter of a case which held public attention for many weeks nrlor to the arrest of Dora and her - brother and the subsequent trial of tha two at the conclusion of which the Klrl was acquitted and the son convicted. , v, ..;,;e Dora s death was due to conaumntlon and a complication - of diseases, and since last May. says Mr. Reames. who Is a guest at the Portland hotel, her malady has affected her brain. It had been expected that the girl, knowing the and waa not far off, would some time before her death, make a full Ml). feaaion of the crime, but ah tin a hai but few moments of rationality, states nr. iteames, ana at au times has been Irresponsible. The district attorney niaiaa nm credence in the reported statement which aha la, aald to have made oa her death bed that neither aha nor nor bP2p,w,r? ullty of tha murder; "While the evidence in the can against Jasper was circumstantial," he said this morning, "it was so conclusive and overpowering that there Is no qutui tion regarding the man's guilt .ism it waa a family affair throughout and th action of th auprerae court gru-.n- a now trial on the - testlmonv o( i man who expreased an otinijn r . where) he thought the bulitft i from, the acattering of of t . principal witnesses I -i - " t i of the United Ktntos and i n. ij, I- ... a retrial out of the qtn-Mtluo. "I filed a motion fr a reh'r'"' r ' the Oourt's decinion, b't this me. and there was only one vu-.-r i to do ask tor a 1!ni.ltil "t t . which will urobably t .g'RM- . . moutU." a