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Expected That Cable Opera
tors Will Go Out Before
Night Telegraphers ; Are
Firm and- Confident of
, victory. ; -v,,.;., .-
Electricians ' and Telephone
'-ITen "Ordered to Hold
. Themseltes Beady, to Go
. uut uear itaia v on vy au
' Street Continues. -
(Tbwatf BswelU aMTto)
Knr York. Au. Th ebek clerks
JbA dhniiiu boyi mployl at th
Wtera Union offloM atruok at nK.a
toter and It la xpected that by night
eabla operators and oparatora amployed
by brokra who bava not algnad ,Xor an
ooan ahoo will also mo cut,
', Officials of both oompanlas amy tbay
ara tnoTtng bnainaas bsttar than any ay
sine tha strlka baaaja,
. Ths atrlka wlU ba orw soon. - Ifany
of our man beHaya tha companies ara
a eripptad that ins striKsrs wui win
bands down at an sarly data," said Bso
ratarylltanisrnr of thaiooat vnlon to
Chioato, '"'Aug'. Hv-fc-Prasldent Small
this afternoon, prdsrsd ovary oprator
in taa Amartoan oaua stations to Da
raady: or an asny atrlka Tha saraa
America p .oabla
Orders wars asnt to alootriclana of tha
marlean Talephona oompany.- - Ail ra-
iay man ara Ukaiy to strut soon.
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' Washlnrton, Angr. 11 Tha axooutlTS
oounsai 01 tna American irsosration or
Labor today appointed Bam u si Oompers,
John llltcbellfand Daniel. Keefa a com
mittee to secure tha adjustment of tha
telegraphers' atrlka. . - , ... ,
(Joarnal Bptdel Serrlee.) :'
Stood that Charles p. Nelll, commis
sioner of labor, has practically given up
. hope, at least for the present, of ef
fecting through arbitration, or media
tion, a settlement between striking tele
graphers and tha telegraph companies.
It was reported a day or two ago that
the commissioner would go to. New
A vi & mif . mil wvv. Mia iwuur wjli
the reDresentntlvaa of striksra and the
' telegraph oomDanlea, - Nelll said today
'that be had no immediate Intention of
via i tin r Kt TArlr fr9 mvtw rnimniA
M M-MUUWU VAA 111 .UV MUV1IUI
, ox oommroi&i Duainesi onem tn Mi
' Wlllir.gr tA trust ttia.ttAra At ImntMlUtA
importanot to tn telegrapa oompaalM
i - AfJ nMimtit Mallvsiw rri.B Ksksa kaaleawl
va. svau-e tawaavwao j aaaw a saw uviysu
uaa-ay wawgaa saau vviuvauuwa v . luesaea m
vuvwaaia wa, aasajiiaAaasgj auv gj ueriucajsj u'
Tka laasi iNaaaVsaaauS. 4.U.Va-. ..aaU.
( db rusinea wiin Du.inea ana
fMSkwlV aMSfifMS.ai-.lal - Saavseatai kava 1 as aul
telephone wires and ara operating them
bepas&speolal dellrery letters haabeen
atauona. . s.i.a,-,.
, - ...Bwjtats Mgatgf TfAi5."'''i$
'Tha anion aeema to hare made most
pronoun oed progress la its dealings with
stock exchange and wire brokerage
bosses. The largest stock exchange
linns In Wall street have signed the
scale of 180 a week minimum , wage,
and others have signified their- Inten
tion Of ailing into Una.
As has been tha case slnetrthe strike
opened, there was no alga of violence or
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I j : -LEFT II FOIiTOUE
Only Few Operators " Are
Handling Keys Strike
Situation Remains . Un
1 changed, With Business
Badly Crippled.
Western. Union Messages
Hampered by Eailroad
. ; Operators, Who Continue
- to Ground Wires Strik-
ers Belief Fund Growing.
Michael McDonald - and- Mr" Dora
McDonaU (to the right) i and Mn,
Mary McDonald,: the dlTorced wife,
who: met at the dying politician'!
bedside. Mra Dora McDonald la
under : . Indictment r for killing ; a
man. ' -
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Triest-Bosenhurg.; Company,
i Biirned.Out in Tnsco,
, to Erect Local Plant.
' Mans are now being made for the. con
structlon of a largo bat, factory in Port
land by the' Trlest-Rosenburg Hat and
Cap company - of San ' Francisco, .' which,
U carried out, will add an Important
industry to Portland and win make the
Rose City a. distributing point for the
hat and cap r trade of the coast
Previous to the 8an Francisco. fire
the concern.- operated a large factory
id wholesale , house at . Si Battery
street, San - Francisco.- It- was one of
the largest concerns xt Its kind in ths
west and supplied 'Jobbing" houses '-In
Eortland, Seattle, Los Angeles, Salt
ake ; and other,' western; cltiea ' with
largo stocks. It was destroyed tn the
. (Continued on Page Two.)
I The Journal Leads Hie Procession j
The volume, of advertising carried by the,,' three' d,ii!y papersof -i
Portland for the; week ending 'August 18, -was. as follow;, . j
Oregoitlan,' Telegram.
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. 0,853 - 0,600 . , , 7,030
Million Dollar ; Estate- of
Gambling King Goes to
Slayer of Guerin.
(Joarsal Sptciat
Chicago, Aug. 19. The will of the laU
Michael Caaslua McDonald was Died for
probata today. Dora McDonald, his sec-
nd wife, now under Indictment for mur
dering Webster . Guerin, a young artist.
is maae tno oenenciary in tne instru
ment which was drawn a few hours be
fore Jhe gambling king s death, Au
aunt 9. v .
McDonald once held the Political
destinies of Chicago in his hand. He
amassed great wealth and ruled despoti
cally the under world of the Windy
City. At hie deathbed knelt Mrs. Mary
Noonan McDonald, his first wife, who
deserted him to elope-IS -years ago, who
came to oeg nis xorgweness.
Side by side, with her kneeling at the
bed was Dora - McDonald, the second
wife, under indictment for the murder
of Webster Guerin. She is to be tried
In -October. McDonald directed in his
will that 125.000 be deducted from the
share - of the estate set apart for his
second wife, to defray tha expenses of
her defense. " -
Lucky at cards, unlucky In love." ap
plied to "Mike" McDonald, perhaps,
more 'than to any other-man that ever
lived. He waa the west's- greatest
gambler. He ran "straight"- games as
well as "brace" ones, and he made for
tunes . claylnr - aralnst other men's
gambling houses. Whenever he touched
cara it literacy turned to gold. . .
But tie waa never happy, He married
two women, and both deserted him. The
first left him and eloped with ' an ex
communicated ' priest The ' priest ' de
serted her In France, and she returned
to 'Chicago, to be welcomed and for
given by ths gambling king. -
For six months they lived together.
Then aha left him. snd he divorced her.
He remarried soon after. ..taking aa his
bride the beautiful wife of a Daseball
player, who deserted the athlete for the
gammer, wno was now a millionaire.
For 10 years they lived together.
Then the city was startled-' when she
shot and - killed Webster Guerin, her
la - atatno quo, meaning Just the
same.? r. This is tha. description of. the
local . telegraphers' strlka situation aa
given not only by the striking operators
but; by the' managers . of the ' Western
Union, the Postal company and ths As
sociated Presa There has ' been no
change and today the wires ara tied up
just as tightly aa on Saturday or yes
terday., .
At the Western Union offloe the tele
graph instruments are clicking away in
a -deaolutory manner, , but the small
force of chiefs and operators on duty
there does not seem to be very busy,
which fact Is accounted for by the strik
ing pickets who patrol the street out
side with the explanation that the rail
road wirea in many instances have been
cut through the local . office. These
wires are busy handling railroad mes
sages ana are continuously busy.
Snmars Calm aa vt.-
. Manager Dumara is calm and unper
turbed in the lower offloe of the West
ern Union and aaya be la well satisfied
with the situation. He states that he
haa all the operators needed ' and Is
handling all business that is being of
fered. - "How is the : striker said he this
morning, when asked the situation.
"Why f hardly know there la a strike.
We are getting along fine and -are
handling "everything that is being of
fered. . The trunk lines ara in operation
and we have our business all un and the
desks clear.-
About the only . Interruption that
bothers , the office now is . ths breaks
made In wires running through railroad
offices, where the railroad - operators
continue to break the messages and
hinder the work. On all main lines.
however, there Is no Interruption.
"The messenger situation is lust as It
waa and. in fact, the general situation
continues unchanged.- It is the same
las on Saturday. and Saturday night"
Postal Claims Clear wires. ;
At ths Postal office the same condi
tion nrevaila The keys wers chattering
away this morning but somewhat feebly
and when Assistant Superintendent
Blake came into the front office the
volume of sound was reduced yet more.
erhaps by the silencing or one more
ey. which he had been Keeping In op
eration.
Mr. Blake is also optimistio ana con
tends that ths company la handling all
the business that is being offered.
"All local business is being taxen
care of without delay while the order to
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l VJlETrY tHBLS jELECTED TO BfflQN OYEB TILIiAMOOK 'MRNIVAL
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MISS BATTHS MAROLF, , ELECTED QUEEN. MISS NELLIE , HENNENKRAT, SE COND C CHOIClfl.?
MURDER nrSTESY
PUZZLES DUTTE
s awssfpaMasssasasl i,. .
Unidentified Body of Slain
Man Found in Wine :
Boom of Saloon.
(Qontinued on Pare -Two.)
- (gpeeitl Dwpatch te The Josrsat)
Butte. Mont, Aug. 1. The police
of this cit are puisled over tha finding
of an unidentified corpse of a murdered
man la a wine room of tha Blue Ribbon
saloon, in tha southern portion of Butte.
That, It is a case of foul murder there
la no doubt In the minds of ths officers,
or that robbery was the motive for the
Killing or tne stranger. -
The man's neck had - been broken so
that a bone protruded cruelly from the
flesh and on ths head was a gash suf
ficient In Itself to have caused a earn.
Tha Dockets of the comsa had been ri
fled of everything which might tend to
throw llarht urvon the Identity of the
victim. To all appearances the man waa
a railroad a-rader from the Milwaukee
construction camp south of . the city,
who had corns to town following payday
and had fallen prey to a gang of thugs
whoss victims for the -past six months
have been chiefly graders who have
come to Butte for a good time after
payday.
Poond TJader Table.
Edward Allward and Dr. Kurt von
Wettern entering a' wine room in the
Blue Ribbon saloon in search of a friend
were amased and horrified to find the
body of a man lying under the table,
the glassy eyes of the corpse staring
upwards. Besides the remains snored
a drunken man, oblivious to his grew
some surroundings. The sleeping Indi
vidual was brought, to a full realisation
BEAUTY CONES
. TO BUY ROBES
Tillamoofe'PedpIe Send yew-
ly-Elected Carniyal Queen
to Portland Modistes..
When Tillamook county people do
thing they do It well, has been said, and
tha fact that they have voted 1200 with
which to purchase .queenly robes for
Miss Hattle Maroff. who Is at the Im
perial' hotel snd who was elected queen
of the carnival which will be held at
Tillamook this week, bears out the con
tention. Miss Maroff is in' Portland to
purchase' her robes of state. In company
ana mrsis. u. enurier 01 tu-
wlth Mr.
lamook.
- The gowns will bs In
the - rank and beauty of
keeping- with
Miss Maroff,
who distanced all other beauties of Til
lamook county In the race for beauty
honora Tha state gown will be' a
"georgeous creation' no other words
can aptly describe It and Miss Maroff
haa been with the modiste all day hav
ing the finishing touches put on. -
Miss Maroff Is as modest as she is
beautiful and could be elected aueen at
any carnival. She la of medium height
with a graceful bearing and possesses a
sweet personality. Her face Is a pretty
oval In contour and la lighted up with
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MIDDLE WEST
FOR
R003EVEL
T
Prpgressiye Candidate Is Fa
vored Against Conscrra
tire by Eepublicans.
aosrsal Special Berries.)
' Chicago, Aug. . . Republican aentjh
ment of the middle west Is vei. . strong;
for Roosevelt as the next presidential
candidate, or someone who Is aa nearly
Ilka him as nosslble. For the purpoia
of ascertaining the feeling In this mat
ter, ths Tribune has mads a poll of ,
editors of Republican papers, congress
men legislators and political leaders in
11 states. . These questions were asked:
' "Do you approve of the nrogresslva
policies of the president? - .
"Do you prefer a candidate of tha
progressive sohool for his successor, or .
man . or more conservative views r
More than 1,700 answers have been
received and tabulated. Of these 1,485
declare In favor-of -a progressive sue-'
cessor to Kooseveit, .while among the
176 who declare for a conservative, ara
some of the presldsnt's strongest sup
porters. These latter explain their po
sition aa follows t : s- -"No1
progressive other than Roose
velt with his sanity and practical good
sense, could be oafely-trusted with hla
Boliciea. Therefore I prefer a conserva
iva." , - r '
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EZRA MEEKEB DBITING DOWN BROADWAY
Local, inchea ...;.
Vtrmsm inrhe4.
Classified arid real estate, Inchea
; Journal."
it: e,sso
533
5,751
700,
.4,140.
5.620
400
1.811.
TJie Journal, continues to carry a larger' volumes of 'paid advertis-
.iflg than any; other daily publication m Portland or in Oregon, and at
Z card rates, every advertiser having the benefit of eJual rates,-volume
e and class of business considered. .There are no. tworates for the same
class and volume of advertising in' lhc Journal office, One adver-
and using even less space is allowed to "continue, at- vhe-old' rate 'of XI
2? cents" for fear of losing the' business. 'tThe Tournafdoes not-'treat
one advertiser as flesh 'and another as fish. The' advertiser' should i
demand to be .".shown" -befofe spending, his ,money ?ia "rnediams 'with e
doubtful unproverl circulations and at rates'' double ;h.at ' is paid by
bargain driving competitors. . ,', y:; e
: 'The Tournal sells the advertiser space under "time- contracts at'e
2 Vfjts per inch, per insertion, per 1,000 of paid circulation, and will
'pt contracts subject to proof of tbis offer. ,. If the advertiser, is 2
fident that the Roods are delivered on these terms: then .he, can , be'
sure' that he is cretting newspaper publicity at ''rock-'bottom .'TticeaV' T
The'Joumal: "delivers the goods," .y Its ,circi(lation reCor,ds;-cash re-: Z
ceipts yor circulation, paper-nuis,- postage - ana. express paymeius, .are
w-rde open tor the inspection ot-tae interested .advertiser or ris- r
The Journal, sets, the. pace
vounsr oroteae. -
v. McDonald's estate will amount to be
tween $1,600,000 and 1 2,000.000. It Is
expected that there will be a contest
between the first and second wives of
McDonald for the bulk of the fortune.
RODE FIFTY (
WITH BONES BROKEN
HanWing Experiencie. of A.;
1 a White and Family
of .Corrallis.
i -JSl
ioin
e
repte-
sentative,
(mff
tSpedal pispatek te The Joarnal,)
Corvallls, Or Aug. -II. A wagon that
upset on, a steep and narrow grade SO
miles from Alsea postofOce nearly - coat
a Ufa or two as A. C. Whits and family
wera 'returning to their, home in this
city from an outing at Taohoats on the
coast...- They met at the top of the
grade. J. H. Barris. a merchant of this
city,- who was going to the coast to
brlnr his famllv heme. J Mr. White at
tempted -to baok his. team about 10 feet
to point1 where the road widened ,-auf-
ncienu
pass.
caving
jr to snow the- two wagons to
The effort resulted In the bank
wagon over
had
off,, precipitating the .'White
ver the embankment Mr. White
Avowal wlKa V. . Ja.K.v
Miss .Qeorgia, waa bruised and sustained
a nervous shock and Mrs. .White's right
arm was, nroaen-near the suouiaer. The
Injured people .had i to, drive, about SO
miles befors they could rsceiva surgical
aUaaoaaca. -y ... '. 'v.-, .,..;.;. i
Ear Meeker haa jonrneyed In
his prairie schooner and ox team
from Puyallup, Washington to
Oyster Bay. This 76-year-old
pioneer began his trip IS months
ago for the, purpose of interest
ing President Roosevelt in mak
ing a grand boulevard of tha. old
Oregon trail. After peeing, the
president Mr.v Meeker will travel
to Washington. 1
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Because of Administration's Prosecution of Standard Oil,
Rockefeller Predicts Dire Disaster to Kafton ' '
Anti-Trust Campaign Monumental Polly. " t
' . (Joersal Special aerrles.1
New Tork, Aug. 1. The New Tork
World prints a copyright Interview with
John D. Rockefeller, In Which the - oil
king , prophesies that President Roose?
velt's . anti-trust litigation campaign
will produce a financial panto that will
sweep the country. , " ' ' " .
"The policy of the present administra
tion," Mr. Rockefeller said, earnestly
and deliberately, 'toward great business
combinations of all kinds have only one
result. It means disaster to the .coun
try, -(financial 1 depression and financial
chaos. - u
"Ths world already has a fair, dose
of this since the extreme penalty im
posed on one corporation, with-a limited
number of ' shareholders, has caused a
loss of confidence, reflected in a falling
stock market, - a tightening of money
and a fear of the future. The newspa-
ers are run or tnis sjump ana renect
ha feelinr of unrest They ascribe It
to but one thing. . "
Srlftlna- Toward Books. ,
"What wlU be the effect when similar
action is taken against corporations
with myriads of stockholders scattered
throughout the country, the investors,
the widows, the ; orphans T ' There can
be but one answer. .The present situa
tion will be intensified many fold. It
does : not require an expert . to reason
this out. The most superficial thinker
can do it,-- ,
"I will go further and say today that
because -of- -h- administration with its
reports every five minutes of new ac
tion and of heavy fines, the country Is
already beginning to drift toward tha
rocks1 of financial depression. ; -'
'IConfldsnee ' Is' gone, ana confidence
is--the basts of all -prosperity, : With, '
conndence. established - there can be no
stopping of; the .wheels, of progress, d
Without It all la at a standstill., .
"The Investor,- great and small, locks
up. his; money ; and Tefuses to -venture '
forth. -
,-..J',- Money In Demano. '
' "I do not need your stock market re.
.jWrt, your editorials,' your predictions
ana roreoomngs to prove to myself the
truth of my words. I have another way
of knowing absolutely a way which has
never failed me in the lonpr years of my
business career. : That Is the way I am
judging the financial situation front
the attitude of the financial world to
ward myself.
- VReouests ara comlnr . ta ma todav
or. money -from quarters it was least
ex pec tea would be asking for monev
some time ago.. Today I was offered the
(Continued on Page Two.)
TAYLOR IS LEGALLY
MAYOR OF 'FRSC
.Uoorosl. Special Service.) 1
8an 'Francisco, -Aug. v -l.The ' sti-
preme court this morning sustained the
validity 'of he Taylor adminlstrntlon,
holding Taylor. to be the lesal mavui of
Sao JTranclsco. .
The' declfilon wft
frrantlnfT of ait ai f-nri
mandamus to .,
tor pay the mlarv .(
Mayor l.ivl'T. Jn .1
tie mute ' : i -
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