THE ORECO:: SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNIIW, AUGUST 13, 1007.
TO
Bilious
QUIT KEYS
(Continued from Ptn One.)
vwt northwest.; the
...,it.ui aanaciellr in the emaller
WWIVMWVWV,
tOWUS. t
. mkM Oneratora Hot It
Xut of Chlo)it la true there la a
riartlal aerviee pews u'"i -loularly
to New fork. Fewer man
m-ined Associated P".- wir.. to-
Oar than oa yesterday, and the amount
of inatter aent out by the asaoclatlon
howed steady decrease. ,
Twenty-four brokera nave already
v signed the union acala providing for a
. mfnlmum .alary of 110 wKly for the
" eight hours- work dally. Eight -wage
"mr nondina end four brokera
have refused to sign. Notice baa been
served oa tha recalcitrant brokar a that
7 I- - unnria thar hava not
signed thiacale thalr operatora will be
withdrawn, it la ujouani n 7. U
brokerage house In Chicago will ba In
' Ahe union column by Mono ay. . -(
General Manager Melville B. Stone baa
kalled a special meeting of theboard of
Wlrectore of tha, Associated msa . for
lyiandav In New Tork to dlaouaa tha
ntMti of cllenU agalnat the newa
Service given alnoe tha atrika began.
. I Stone Plana Cosy.' .- i
t Mr. Stone ha alao requeeted tha
fctrikera formerly empioyea on tna new
nrork circuit to meet him ta talk over
'the atrlke situation. He haa promlaed
to pay the expenses of tha atrtkera to
Hew Tork city. , . - ,
WWhen thla newa reached Chicago It
laed a atonn .of disapproval. Tha
general executive board of tha telegre
r.hara waa bombarded with protests. It
waa charged that the Aaeoclated Praaa
waa planning" to undermine the atrtkera
by atartlng a atampede in New Tork
atata If thla could ba accomplished,
they aay,- It would Injure tha atrikers
ruae in other citlea. ' -
A hurried meeting of tha Aeaoeiated
"Frees operatora waa called and tha pro
posed meeting waa condemned.
F it waa aald that no ccmmlttaa ahonld
Wait upon the Aaeoclated .Praaa offl
- aisle unless autborlaed by ail aactlona
Of the country.i Any agreement, it waa
aald, that did not provide a eettletnent
for the weet and aouthweat would not
be recognised. It waa alao decided to
telegraph the atrlkera on the New Tork
Circuit that they ahould not attend, the
conference with Mr. Stone, aa tha fact
that he would pay their expenaea waa
eonaldered auspfaioua.
J. SUgraoefnl Coaditlone Bxlst.
by tha Chicago gtrl atrtkera. They
bare prepared a memorial and when It
fa algned by all tha girl atrikara It will
be aent to ansa uouia. - . I
The memorial racltea tha grievaaoee
bf the glrla ' Tbey itate that tha eanl
arv oondltlona aurroundlng their work
are unbearable, and that they are corn
felled to paaa through an alley lined
with ealoona and rbage cane to get
into tha Western ' Union office. The
elevator aervloe la alao condemned.
Among other grievaacee agalnat the
western Union are:
! General discrimination agalnat woman
,Whloh It practices.
. Withdrawing rooms and oonvenlenoes
are a disgrace to humanity.
. - Abeoluta lack of confidence In. the of
ficers -
; Appeal ta lOaa Could. '
:' ! President Clowry la charged with re
peated falsehoods, and 3. JC Barclay,
Ills associate, la aald to be aa undesir
able person. Jamea - Laldlaw, traffic
manager In New York. "Quad Chief
under Mr. Barclay, and Tony Gallagher,
trafflo chief, are referred to In cauatlo
term a. "A revolt haa taken place, "
etatea tha memorial, "it la not a atrlke."
1'htm tha glrla address . this appeal to
2Hlse Gould:- - . ... .. - 1
"Your kindness of heart, your object
' in life to aid Buffering humanity,-your
wonderful womanly qualities, your be
ing tha - daughter of our friend Jay '
tioul4, who waa always ready to give
us at - least a Rearing, ana one wno
made himself conversant with tha con
tilt Ion of hie amployes and In many
caaea known to many of the elder em
ployee, lead ua to place our case before
you - with tha confidence that fair
minded men will ba chosen to protect
our interests, ana oy eo ooing our
jmevmncee ww eoon pa ngntea
Ask Only for gnatloo.
"We beseech yon aa American
men to take thla ceae and get ua Jus
tice, which we can never get through
men of whose character you will find
oa tnvaatlgatlon we have spoken tha
truth. :
"We are In thla atrika to stay and
will ' aeek other honest employment
ratner . than ' return under conditions
which are a reproach to humanity. Had
there been a fair-minded management.
co atrlke would have taken place. We
have tried many times to Inform you
of the troubles existing, but from fear
tof persecution, which was aura to fol
low . If it were known, we nave been
compelled to keep alienee" .
y , ...
OSTRACIZE STRIKEBRKAKEKa.
in tha main' offices of the Western Un
ion end Postal oomoanlea on Broadway
After an all-night session the board of
etratesv ' out - men at work on aeveraj
plana which the members believe will
further cripple the oompaniea.
The leadera or the
dav encouraging tha men
was' made . to disprove the ootlmlstlo
statement which continue to come from
American'1 Federetfon of - Labor Which
hm hwn lulltil to meet here Monday.
The federation la generally In sympathy
with the atrlke,- ..'
.By Monday It la expectea tnat juar
uommissioner neui will nave tT"7
atrlke spent Mia Went Roosevelt and .explained to Mm
en. Every effort ih owct sltuat'on aa gathered by him
the ontimlatlo at Chicago. - . .
HfM,n' rinmrtrm nil Pnmmlflsioner
eomoanv officials that, business w.. h. rejuniea nere i"7 ''B. v,. .!
r . i niir r si ran rnar w n r r nai
I had already been said,
p - The general strike order
I Small llr.n' A mam, lmnl
and that tha atrikara must ba prepared itniciri V h oiatm that die situation
pi
lng bandied satisfactorily. The leadera
declared that they ; did not expect the
oompaniea to weaken Inside of a month
to hold out 90 daya.
New Tork will replace Chlcaro aa tha
atrika center thla week.. President Small
will likely come here and occupy tha
headquarters which Deputy President
Percy Thomas has secured for him at
uie Astor nouae, , .. - .
commissioner oi Iabor rieilL nnon
whom President Rooeevelt rellea to
JOHN P. 011IS
TAKES HIS LIFE
Newspaper, Writer Commits
Suicide Because of Tlfrs'-:
y Bonnie Tucker. !
.-. - i. 'i-'-
(Bearst Hews by Uagest Lassst Wire.)
Cincinnati, Ohio. Aug. lT.John P.
Owena, a well-known newapapar writer I
and traveler, whose Infatuation fori
IMra. Bonnie'' Tucker, tha former wife
of a politician of thla city, lad him to
desert hi a wife 'and homo and travel
around the country with her. committed
suicide at a rooming houaa In thla city
lata yesterday. .. Owena ended .. bla life
by awailowlng laudanum after he had
had a brief interview with Mrs. Tucker
in wmcb he pleaded for a reconciliation. I
un tier reruaa. uwena committed sui
cide. ......
.The tragic death of Owena was tha
ciimax oi bla aenaational escapade with
Mra Tucker In Mexico City several
months ago, The two had traveled aome
time and finally reached the Mexican
capital. There Owens caused a sensa
tion by appealing to the police to locate
( ."M.'' ..h. mA . kl T .
t. J WrafAM mnA TrtrrHrtena of Two uua uat nad decided to leave him
Many of thd atrtkebreaklns: operators Opwators ana Electricians OI TWO M account of his Insane Jealousy.
a waves v Jsavi Vii4 eulU U9m Ul
t wa vtua iiou iioi v vw J -
but atated that what they bad to aay
Had' already been said.
Ttie renerai atrlke oraer oi rrr"i'
Small haa given' a new Impetus i to tna
atrikara hn nlatm that the situation
here la In fine ahape and that they are
more confident than ever of. winning
the fight. They assert that the weat
m tTniAn mnA - tnatal Telearanh
companies are making favorable state
ments which are absolutely essential to
them but that tna racts - i
themaelvea It la declared that tna rig
nn tha strike aa to
wwra rrwiarai nooseveii relies 10 " mlf
represent the government has returned ? ""mf. ' ?Ef r.t1?".,,TX rri'ot
and that the oompaniea; nave Den iu
to Washington but will hurry here aa
aoon aa . there la anv indication or ar-
1. . .1 ....... "! :
v Broke'' Operators : aKrUte.
The operatora employed In tha Wall
street iirm or j. h. uacne a tjo. waiaea
out thla morning when the firm finally
decided not to sign the ISO minimum
wage ecale.' Other firms will be de
aerted on Monday morning unleaa tha
brokers who say small wages come to
time. The J. 8. Bache A Co. operatora
were paid off after they had closed their
aeva and tneir Diaces were taxen oy
atiikebreakera who had been gathered in
anticipation or the walkout. Tna atrix
era went to union headquarters where
they discussed their grievance agalnat
unnxm. . xney aeoiarea tnai operators
empioye-in tne nrm s orancnes at
Saratoga, Robhester and Albany walked
out.
It la assumed here that Commlsaipner
Nelll will turn up at a very early hour
In Oyatar Bay. It haa been stated, of
courae, that uommissioner rnoiii n, pi
been actir- under ordera in his In
oulrlee. It la altogether unexplained,
however, whv Nelll went If he had not
authority to go, and how he would nave
acted if he had discovered a situation
where he could not act. sir. neiii nas
no plenary owers and It would have
been neeessar for him to have referred
all of his moves to Ovster Bay. and It
la reasonebly certain that had been done
and that ha la now about to submit a
final report.
TELEPHONE MEX OUT.
wera served tiriar with a '"summons1
commanding them to appear for trial
at the Manhattan Ltvoeum tomorrow un
leaa they wished to be found guilty of
. ...... - A , a U A a tUA cilmmnn,"
was an offer of forgiveness. Tha form
al looking document began.
- "Da vou realise that von have been
charged in the court of human nature
with the hlgheat form of crime known
to mankind treason a crime agalnat
Humanity!
"If vou are nrononneed guilty do yon
know what the penalty wlQ bet
"It la because the history of ths world
In all daya and among all raoee of peo-
civuiaea, eaye with
Territories on Strike.
(Hearst News by Longest Leased 'Wire.)
Oklahoma City. Okla.. Aug. IT. The
telea-reohera and wire men employed D:
the Pioneer Telephone A Telegrap
company throughout the two terrltorlee
wanted out at :sv mis eTening miter
conference with the officials lasting!
the better part or it no.ura.
A committee of employes caned noon
the general manager yesterday
nlng with a proposed agreement
nla barbarian and
unanimous rnin or inunnir:
"Ta who are ostracised, shunned and
hated by every man, woman and child,
vou reel ves. brother, sister, father and
vour mother. Ta, Indeed, shall suffer
tna tortures or the severest punishment
known on eertn.'
Terrible
"It la becauee wa do not want to
paaa any terrible eontenoe upon von
witnout tnai mat we nana you mis
notice.
eve-
and
achedule and atter a conference it waa
announced that the company had re-1
ouested that nerotlatlona be suspended
until ocioca toaay wnen tne airec-i
tore would meet the committee. The!
officials that met the committee Indi
cated that " e achedule would be I
In many narta of I
tha world and was in South Africa dur-1
mg the nrat Boer war in 1881. Ha came
to thla country about the time of tha
Jameson raid In 1I9S and worked on
newspapers In a number of citlea until
he finally settled In Cincinnati, where
no waa empioyea as a writer Until HIS
elopement with Mrs. Tucker.
SOLID FB0NT
(Con tinned from Page One.)
Lumber company, Eugene, responded to I
uie question or genera conditions in
a1-m4 wlthnnt Aaiiht tha rflmntnr I the lumber trade. He said hs was an
stood for a square deal with their men optimist. There are leaa than 160.000,
at all times 1 000,006 feet of standing yellow pine In I
When the committee met tna dlreotors tne country, ana tne mius out li,ftou,-
today, however, the only thing taey vvu.vww zeet or tnia umber last-year,
would agree to positively waa to sign At this rata It will take but about 111
any achedule with their men that thai years to wipe out yellow pine. The
American Telephone A Telerranh com- nual cut will Increase every crear.
pany algned. The committee of em- "Wa cut on the Pacific coast only em
ployee contended that the aituatlon lei 000,000,000 feet of fir last rear," aald
entirely local and that the committee Mr. Dixon. "mnA neve 400.000 000 ooo I
had no grievance with tha foreign com- feet standing. The future will take
Pany. . care of itself if the railroad oompaniea
Tha conference lasted until T o'clock I do not set tna much of tha Hmum
thla evening when the committee re-1 But It year a la a long time and we I
portea results to tne locai onicers oil must make enough to live on. In the
If you do not appear yon shall be Th W.V .fr,. Vn 7 Iff1, many lumbermen know oompara-
adjudgad guilty by default?" J In Vr IhI !ld.t-m, "vaily notWc about Paclllo eoaat lum-
i..ik tha iiuH a men, all of whom are expert eleo-lher. Oreson is not on tha men ta I
The X M. Tomberlta brokerage firm
ImiH a HTilnffl anhjuliila Ail, nmvl.
r put on th toiaeKiii. or tn tei-1 iia-V n rV
aweaavl nmnan M " r- .......... w.,.t nuivi
"FrlghtfiSl as tha oompaniea' blacklist J."01" 19 ma
may be, it M aa aay to mgnt wnen oom-
"Tou are herebv nmmonad to appear
at Manhattan Lyceum on or oerore Au
gust it to answer tna cnargo made
agalnat you. If you appear we ahall
listen with care and avmoathetlo con
sideration to your aeiense.
Another move of the board of otrat
arv waa directed agalnat union men
who have remained at work In fear of
being put on the blacklist ef the tele
In their various of-
Union Men
Chance to
Gfre Enemies Isurt
Join Their Ranks.
... . , i ,
i (Besrst News by Longest Leased Wire.)
Now Tork, Aug. 17w The atrlkera of
tha Commercial Telegraphers' union be
san to work in earn est today to draw
out tha atiikebreakera who are at work 1
pared with the blacklist of mankind,
was the wav the board nnt It.
Thla warning waa clicked over tha
wires to all working telegraphers who
can be reached. The onion telegraphers
In . . brokers' offices . wlU . help circu
late It
To snnnnrt thalr clatma that the tele
graph companlea are uaing the mails to
deliver messages because their wires
are Improperly manned, tha leaders at
the Astor House neaoquartara exnroited
the original of a message alleged to
have been aent by S. C. J) odd, general
trlffic chief of the Posfcl Telegraph
company, at No. Sit Broadway, to Chief
Operator Toieson or. tna Pennsylvania
railroad at jersey city, reading:
Mailing Ueesages. -
"Wa are mailing Bristol, Holmesburg
function and Princeton Junction, due to
Inability to raise these offices Da"
The strikers consider the message
conclusive proof that tha telegrams ara
aiui being maueo.
The pickets of the atrlkera are un
questionably causing the officials of the
telegraph . companies mucn annoyance.
President Clowrv of the Western
Union, did not let tha strike Interfere
with bla uaual week-end vacation. In
hla absence ; Superintendent Belvedere
Brooks declared , the aituatlon
chanced onlv for tha better.
"The atrlke incident is picked olean,"
he said. "We got backffi75 per cent
of our normal volume of 'business yea-
terdav and we are improving tiouriy.
"Commissioner NeJlL .wlll. of courae.
be welcome here, but there la nothing
to arbitrate.
President E. J. Nally of tha Postal,
declared that conditions in nia main or
rise were Improving and that the com'
pany was negotiating with' Individual
atrikara to return to work.
There waa no maas meeting of strik
lng telegraphers today at Manhattan
Lyceum, although many of the atrlkera
resign posmoars.
Broker Wire Operators at Denser
i -Elude - Order of Court,
(Hearst News by Loosest Letted Wire.)
Denver. Colo.. Aur. IT. Because
Judge Riddle issued a temporary re
straining order -against President Wes-
sels of the Commercial Telegraphers'
union preventing him from calling- a
strike of the operatora employed by Lo
gan A Bryan, the Chicago commission
brokera, the 10 employee resigned their
positions individually ratner than worn
with B. F. Fitzslmmona, an operator
employed by Otis A Hough, subscribers
or LiOgan & Bryan.
Fltsslmmons waa a member of tha
telegraphers' union but refused to obev
tne general strcxe oraer issued oy in
ternational President Small cnillnar on
all operators to-leave their places un
less mrir employers signed tne
M.t. 'nrv, i, i . . . k. -.
ecale. 'When It was learned that the
union onerators working for Logan
Bryan and whose demands for a scale
were granted several daya ago. would
refuse to work with Flxslmmons, Otis
A Hough secured an Injunction against
Logan A Bryan compelling the latter
firm to continue serving quotations and
is orders and restraining
union officials from calling a at;
Tha resignations followed.
ber. Oreson la not on the map
mem.
we nave been miasms our cm nor-
tunitlea to advertise In east A rich
lumberman to whom the sneaker talked
in tne east smiled and winked when told
that Portland cut more lumber annually
than any other city in tha world. Ki
l thought Portland was about 400 miles
i sou in or Beams, ana that it was a
suburb of Seattle.""
The speaker found that he oonld
spend all his time educating the people
of the east about Oregon lumber, and
mat ureaon mills oouid sen an un
limited quantity there If the product
oouia oe aeiiverea on a rair ana com
petitive basis He aald tha difference
between tha prices of fir and yellow
?lne in eastern markets is 0 oents to
1 per thousand, and that the new rate
of f s advance would wrpe fir out of the
market
ateportera Are Blamed.
Mk. Dixon blamed the nawananer re
ported for troubles between the railroad
ana lumper managers tie said tne rail
road ornciais get weir information from
tne newspapers and think tha lumber
mills are making money, then they take
snap judgment and a runnlns iumn.
naw and raise the rates. Ha aald the lumber
RAILROAD INVOLVED.
Operators on Burlington Threaten to
Join Commercials.
(Heartt Ntws by Loosest Leased Win.)
MlnneaDOlls. Minn.. Aus. 17. The
Burlington railroad la threatened by
atrika of operatora over the entire
thousands or miles of Ita great system
unless William Archibald, a striking
mlllmen had not made aa much as $t
per thousand feet profit on thalr out
last year.
Kailroeds MaUsg 80 Per Cent,
Henry Hahn. chairman of tha trans
portation committee of the Portland
chamber of commerce, spoke of the re
lation or tna lumper industry to the de
velopment of the Paclflcr.ortb.west. He
said that on the success of the lumber
Industry depends much of the prosper
ity of the country. After making ref-
vinuo ty ihv wur. ut ma irtuisyuruL-; mm
tion committee he stated that the rail- Q
roads ara already making 20 per cent ! S3
on thalr atswIr lai,aa nH I, la hAim- i
lng a question of how much more they
want and how much further they will
?:o. He gave figures and comparisons
o show that the lumber Industry la
already paying a fair and equitable
freight rate.
"What la your fight today may ba
fyceuin. ijuiouiB mny i mm in.on unless wiuiam Archibald, a striking our ngnt tomorrow and tha farmers'
gathered there to discuss thesltuatlon. Western Union operator, is reinstated "t week." ha said. "We ahould pre-
The largest meeting of the atrlkera haa
been caiiea ror tomorrow.
WEILL TO REPORT.
Labor Commissioner Believed to Be
Under Roosevelt's Orders.
fHserst News by Loaf est Leased Wire.)
Washington. Aug. 17. It la probable
that the ouestlona of the operators'
atrika will receive tha critical atten
tion of the executive council or tne
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In a oositlon in the Omaha office of th
Burlington, where employment was
given him wnen he went on strike.
The railroad. comDanv la sauarelv re
fusing to reinstate Archibald and the
telegraphers are Insisting that a strike
be called unless he la put back to work.
The national officers of the Order of
Railway Telegraphera were appealed to
late last night and a request made that
they bring the Burlington to time or
call the operators out, thus tying up
tne road.
Archibald worked In the main office
of the Western Union, at Omaha, and
was one of the first to strike from that
of flea It la understood that Western
Union Influence was brought to bear on
the railroad after hiring Archibald and
bla services was dispensed with.
TIE-UP COMPLETE.
Messages Eight Days Old Are Re
ceived at Pasadena.
(Hearst News by Longest Leaaed Wire.)
Pasadena. CaL. Aug. 17. The com
pleteness of the tie-up of tha wires on
account of the telegraphers' strike la
well Illustrated in this city, where mes
sages elx and eight days old have lust
been received. F. B. Ogle, manager of
tne local orrice or tne loieao biock
company, stated today that a telegram
dated August 7 had lust reached him
from Louisville. Kentucky. Not a sin
gle message mat n& oeen received
bears a later date than August 10 from
Chicago.
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world couldn't bring Tamagno here and atlll ha alnga
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think of having in that cast Melba and Eames and
Schuman-Heink and Pattl and Sembrlch and Homer
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TEACHERS NEVER SO
SCARCE IN GILLIAM cSa'ciubTtVwardT
sent a solid and united front agalnat
me increasing ireignc rates.
The effect of curtailment of the Turn.
ber Industry on the commercial Inter
ests of the Willamette valley was
talked about by Walter A. Toosa of
Falls Cltv. He saM that ell are so
Interwoven that when one la attacked
It Injures alL
J. M. Shelley, a Eugene flour manu
facturer, discussed the relationship of
the lumber Industry to the areneral
business Interests of Oregon.
togoing cantpa nay Close.
H. C Clair of the Weverhaeuser avn.
dlcate aald the probable effect of the
Increased frelsrht rate would he the
closing down of the logging camps.
He said that whlla lumber h&a ad
vanced In price the laborer haa received
the larger Part of the advance In the
price of logs. Stumpage that was pur
chased five years ago has advanced
In price about S 00 per cent, labor haa
advanced SO to 60 per cent and th
price of logs haa advanced 60 to 80 tier
cent He said the logging Industry has
the advantage of the lumber mill, aa
the former can shut down, and reduce
Its expense to the cost of a watchman
and taxes, while the timber will go on
growing and the atumDace Increase In
value.
Samuel Connall snoke for tha nlanlnr
mill Industry. ' He said he wanted to
correct an Impression that a reduction
of local lumber prices would favorably
affect home building in Portland. He
stated that the cost of the lumber In
an ordinary house Is less than 1600.
Marion county lumbering interests were
discussed by Leroy Brown. Remarks
were made by W. A. Mears. F. C. Knano
and others. An elaborate menu waa
served under direction of tha Commer-
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Ship Us Your Cream !
The)dma.nd for Damaacus Craamry Battr im oonatantly
Incraaslng and w noed sxll th Craamyou can sand ua
Honest Test and Weight GiLraateed
PROMPT PAYMENTS S
Tor further Information and shipping tsxg writ ,
CHBAMEIT
1 DAMASCUS CREAMERY
Bering. Ore, I 303 Hawthorn Ave., Portland. Oro.
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Cnrrlnaville, Or. I
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I Only Two at Examination Just I
Closed Lowest Salary Forty
Fire D6llars.
TWO LIVES LOST
(Continued from Pags Ona.)
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(Special Dispatch to Tht Joornal.)
Condon, Or., Aug. 17. The regular
semi-annual' examination of teachers for
Gilliam county was concluded here yes
terday. There were but two applicants,
Mrs. Ellen A. McArthur, who was
granted a plm$ry certificate, and Mlsa
Cora . wllkea, who received a third
grade. ' This - Is the smallest class at
any examination since August, 1902.
Superintendent G. T. McArthur con
ducted tha examination, assisted by W.
S. : Allen of Condon, and Mxa. Ethel
Mulkey of Rock Creek.
From present Indication, Gilliam
county ia going to experience the great
est dearth of teachers the coming year,
that It haa ever known. ,
Superintendent McArthur Is almost
daily besieged with applications for
teachers at good salaries from school
boards throughout the county, but Is
unable to supply the demand. Aa there
IS hardly a district In the oounty which
pays a teacher less than 145 a month of
four weeks, the reason for the contin
ued scarcity of teachera la not apparent.
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Tuesday, the 20th.- will ba tha Is at
day to receive discount on east' aide
that their heads struck the bottom of
the boat when they rose tha first time
to 'the surface.
The frantic screams of Ellen Waisht
roused many residents In the vicinity
and within a few mlnutea ropes and
grannllng hooks were secured, but ev
ery effort to locate the bodies was un
successful. It Is believed that both
bodies have been carried down stream
In the swift current of tha river and It
Is not probable that either will be re
covered until tne stream, ia aearcbad a
Treat distance.
Miss Weight waa born and raised In
Vancouver and waa . known to a wlda
circle of frienda and acquaintances!
Sullivan had been In the employ of the
Northern Pactflo and had charge of
one of the bridge erewa at work on the
railroad structure across tha Columbia,
PRINTERS TO PENSION
UNIONISTS AT SIXTY
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(Bearst News by. toegast tease Wtra.)
Hot flprtngs. Arlu Aug. 17. Tha
fifty-third annual convention of the In
ternational Typographical union ad
journed at noon .today, . to . meat next
year in Boston. . V . ; " .
. Tha present meeting - ta universally
pronounoed tha most important yet hell
A. rssolutlaa waa adopted, tbia njoratnj
DAMASCUS SOAR.S ! U
Damascus Creamery Batter Sells at
C the TwO Pound Square
Only a small prof it for us, but always the highest
quality for youat Leading Grocers
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aporoylag and referring toa referen
dum vote a plan! for pensioning mam
bere over 60 years of age who have
been In tha union for SO yeara and are
disabled from earning a livelihood. The
amount or tne oeneiue is v oe at e
week. Thla la the aame.propoaftlOn
which Joseph 3. Dirka of St. Louis ao
strongly urged at tha prevloua conven
tion. - . ; ' ' - ;
KELSO'S CANNERY "
OPENS THIS WEEK
. Olsamt Kews by teagest Laassd Wuv.) r
Kelao. Waah.,'; AugV JTvKalao'e new
fruit cannery. erected by tha Cowllta
Frultgrowera' association, la now eom-
plttaA-wH ll btfl cPtrUoni nsxt,
week, starting on blackberriea and vege
Ublea It la tha -largest and beat
equipped cannery between Portland and
Seattle ana win nave a capacity .
000 cans a day. It la under the manage
ment of Captain C N, Hpgan. atata
fruit Inspector, who haa vial ted moat
of the) canneries In tha state and haa In
stalled in the Kelso cannery the best
to be found In the others.
This niant will make a market In
Kelso for the many tona of fruit which
have one to waste In previous yeara
in. thla eeotlon. - - .
TEEELS LIKELY TO
: ABANDON.FIOHT
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(fascial Dispatch ' ta Ths1 tarsal.)
" Balem. Or- Aug. 17.U.ttorneya fog
JoiepU and liarcmt Tblel, whoss land
waa condemned by the atata for the
alte of the naw asylum for the feeble
minded, have-today jut In a bUl for
costs. Thla la considered an IndicaUon
that their appeal to i the aupreme court
and; all further prosecution of. their
case will be abandoned,
HALL IN SMASHUP4
AND BADLY HUET
Vannnnver. R. fl. Ana. 1fat
automobile races hers -tnAmii Vlrl
Hall of Seattle, .driving a Franklin car
In an attempt to lower the mile record.
a inter tha fence. The machine was
naahed and Hail .was aavaralw inlnrA
Internally. , :
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Tuesday, the 10th. wilt - s (i int 1 -
day ?,, "calve ausoount 0a east aide'
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