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, VOL. VI. NO. 140.
' : PORTLAND, OREGON, , FRIDAY. EVENING, AUGUST 10, " 1007. EIGHTEEN PAGES.
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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.)
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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
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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