The Oregon daily journal., August 20, 1907, Page 1, Image 1

THE JOURNAL has a greater paid circulation in the homes of Portland and sells several hundred more copies on the streets
through newsboys than any other Portland newspaper. . As evidence of THE' JOURNAL'S good faith it will contribute $500,
UIJ - either or both of its contemporaries to contribute a like sum, to any charity or to' the striking telegraphers' relief fund, if a com-
miuee 01 xnrcc to nve persons, to DC selected as may, dc agrccu upon, suuug as investigators, uo noi wiuw m uicir report mat
S . THE JOURNAL'Spaid circulation in the homes of Portland and on the streets of the city is greater than that of the daily, uregonian or its evening tail, the Telegram; tne paper that is third
r Sln the test to forfeitfthe $500 named, while the second is to pay. the expense of tne-investigatioi whatever it may be," while the first shall have its money returned. ? y . : 3 ; ;.". -';'' .
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. Krfisifleni rscorcs xrusis anu mie ui uuiuru iarumc.
V Standard Oil for Attempt- President of Diamond Ice
: ing to Bring on JPanic to
Head Off Punishment
Prosecution to Continue.
Company, Files Sensa
tional Divorce SuitEe-1
volver Placed at Head.
No Let-uT) in Efforts to Se- Defendant . Threatened to
cure Honest Observance of Take Woman's Life "He
the Law Speech Made at
Laying of Cornerstone to
Jfark Pilgrims' Landing.
Has Rendered Existence a
Life of Anguish and Chain
of Miseries,' She Says.
'A
Roosevelt
Wlllard C. Carmack, president and sol
owner of the Diamond lee company, le
made defendant In a suit for divorce
In circuit court Papers in the case
were filed today and the allegations In
the ease are sensational In the extreme.
In her petition Mrs. Hattle C Carmack
sets forth that she married defendant
In this city, on July M. 1905. and that
do children have resulted from
union Six months after marriage, she
alleges defendant became cruel and
Inhuman ' In his treatment and has
since - heaped ' upon - her personal
indignities rendering her lire burden
some, in disposition Mrs. Carmack aays
in her petition her husband is SDlenetlo.
contumelious and abhorrent.
"Carmack has sadly blighted my nopea
of a happy domestic life, and has ren
dered existence a life of anguish and a
chain of miseries," runs on the com
plaint. On several occasions the plaintiff al
leges her husband has threatened to kill
her. In one instance she claims after
(Jouraal Special Service. 1
Provlncetown. Mass., Aug. 20. In the
presence of President Roosevelt and
distinguished company, there was laid
today the cornerstone of a magnificent
monument to be erected here to recall
the place where the Pilgrims finished
- their lone; voyage, where they drew up
f their historic pact in the cabin of the
Mayflower, and- where a few--of them
; first stepped on American soil. The
visit of the president and so many other
notables made an occasion that will
ever be remembered by Cape Cod folk,
and it will probably be many a long day
before quaint old Provlnoetown is
aroused from Its lethargy and called
upon to entertain another such crowd.
Natives and summer residents for miles
up and down the cape came to town
and to these were added hundreds of
'excursionists from Boston and other
points," The three or four little road
ways that serve as streets were con
gested with humanity, and the crowd
was forced to take to the beach and I returning from a visit to her sister,
the sand hills back of the village to (close to her own home, her husband
get breathing space. (
sTo Backdown.
In his speech President
riurln the oresent trouble In the
Stock market I have of course received
countless references and suggestions
that I should say or do something to
east- the situation. N
"There S a woria-wiao unancm uib-
turbance, most of
An to matters
with nnv irovernmental
' ... wit BalH that the determine
tlon of the government, in which it will
not waver, iu punisu tan. uibid.
- tors of great wealth, has been responsi
ble for something of the trouble; I be
; lleve to the extent of having caused
: these men to contrive to bring as much
financial strife as possible in order to
discredit the policy of the government
and thereby secure a reversal of that
.policy, so tney may enjoy unraujenwu
Th fmttM nf thalr own evil doings.
They have misled -many good, people
i Into believing that there should be suon
' rovorafll nf the nolicv If DOSSlblS. If BO,
sorry, once ror an, 101 ran
is far as I n concerned, ana ior
mcntns or my presidency muiom-
in. NCTfcSiJ'U be no cnange in me poucy
we haveteadlly pursued, or lei-up in
the efforts to secure honest observance
of the law, for I regard this contest as
one to determine wno snaii ruie mis
free country."
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A friend 80
J. H. Murphy 10
O. H. Thomas 10
Sympathiser It
Ex-telegrapher 10
Ed Schiller 10
Pat Kelley B
4 P. F. Swayne 6
M. J. Conner S
C. Olbbs 10
S Total to date 1660 )
Edward Robeson Taylor,. Whose Selection as Schmltz' Successor Has Been
' Confirmed by the California1. Supreme Court.
came home shortly afterwards and re
marked:
Threatened Ker ZOfe.
It's a good thing you got home, but
I'll get you yet."
At the same time Mrs. carmaca al
leges her husband emphasised his threat
by levelling a loaded revolver at her
head.
For the past two months Carmack is
USE PENCE TIMBER TO "
BALK CORD WOOD TRUST
Agreement Signed With Federation of LaborTwenty
Thousand Cords Will Be Flumed From a Forest
Westof City to Holbrook SloughPrice Cut.
Ahaecra nv his mri t a wrirn me? itima
"holly uncoWcted nightly under &e influence of llouor
action but ltlna maKing ui iur uer lunner ouraen-
. I some, as iaie as aurubi is, ins pau-
( Continued on Page Two.)
SUICIDES HOI
TO
DUE
WEATHER
Startling Number of Self
inflicted Deaths This
i Month Start Rumors.
The number of suicides this month In
Portland Is surprisingly large and has
started some conjectures as to whether
there is any prevailing reason, do ior,
with the month only two thirds gone,
there have been nine suicides. This is
expected more or less Jn hot weather
but the objection is advanced that
August has been an jwusually cool and
plsX"de".0naften reoognled as a form
of temporary Insanity and Insane ex
erts Tre Interested in any theory polnt
fn to any time or place or condition
condu?lv.n5r to -ulcif Mld.ii in
Portland are IncUned to scoff at the
theory advanced that . weather ; ;Oondl
Uons have anything to do with the
number of self-lnfjicted deaths, - . ,
' - Hot Waathar Hot, Paotor '
tw Tk-r fnfttir at the North Pacific
saneisi'fum who has made a specialty pf
neiwus disorders which often result In
CIlng mentality, despondency and mel
jKinhnTia mnti the Idea that the weath-
Anmiitintia or. resnonalble f or , the
large number of summer suicides. -
That sort of thing seems to become a
kind of epidemic In certain Sets of Jto
ciety at different times,": he sald,,;We
had an Illustration of that here In Port
land last winter One takes the step and
tlon goes on to state, piaintirr was
ordered from the house provided she
refused to nay one half of the grocery
bills. Not contented with this Mrs.
(Continued on Page Two.)
GUILTY, BUT GETS
HIT
110 PUIIISM
Cameron Dismisses the Case
Against Bartender Who
Assaulted Woman.
Police Judge George J. Cameron dis
missed the case against Gustave Becker.
bartender In the Deutsche Bier Keller,
at 8 North Second street, who was ar
rested last Saturday Upon complaint
or pretty Luella Hawley, a worker in
tne ranks of the Volunteers of America,
ior ejeoung ner rrom tne saloon.
Altnoutrn aecKer. . uton taklnar the
siana in nis own Demur, corroborated
in detail the story told by the little
woman, who is devoting herself to a life
oi aeir-sacrmce. mat mankind mte-ht be
eievaiea, uameron neia mat miss i-iaw
ley really naa no ngat to enter the
btok shod. and tne defendant used
no more force In escorting her from the
saloon than was necessary.
Little - Miss Hawley detailed how
Becker violently grabbed her by the
arms when she came into the saloon
last Friday ana forced her to leave the
place. "When 1' asked him why he
could not treat me decently he said.
'Because you're not decent.'' testified
the girl, and the tears welled' up Into
- Continued on Page Two
her big blue eyes as she thought of the
outrageous treatment to which she had
been subjected. :
The attorney lor tee defense sought
to show that the proprietor or bartender
of a saloon was the sole Judge of who
should enter the place and Inquired of
Miss Hawley If she knew what saloons
were for.r ---. t-. - '
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in sm&Jie urunimruB.
plied the volunteer "lassie." and there
were no runner questions, aiong mis
line. - Adjutant John T. Foulkes told of
his visit to Becker's place to demand
an apology and the refusal of the bar
tender to make amends ror nis conduct.
- Judge Cameron, although holding that
Backer had been proven guilty of bat
tery, maintained - that . the complaining
witness had no right to enter the sa
loon, as according to her own admission
the partender - always evinced ' hostility
toward her when she came to solicit
subscriptions Regarding the "action of
the defendant in laying Violent hands
on "the woman, the- qourt ; held that
Becker was strictly . within his ..rights
and did not use undus Xorca . - . - (
After struggling hopelessly with- the
exorbitant rates charged by the local
wood trust, residents of Portland are
at last afforded a glimmer of hope In
the announcement that the Federation
of Labor and Lafe Pence have prac
tlcally come to an agreement whereby
approximately 20,000,000 feet of timber
now on Mr. Pence's land west of the
city will be delivered to the federation
and sold here at prices that will mean
a saving oi rrom 13 to it a cora.
Exorbitant Prices This Winter.
For some time the Federation of La
bor has been trying to settle the fuel
question for the coming winter. Even
now, in the heart of the summer, wood
brings $6 a cord In the local markets.
This means that it -will cost 18 or $9
at least by winter, which makes the
fuel problem one of' the most serious
that citizens of Portland have to con
tend with. The prices charged by the
local combination it is claimed are out
of all reason, having increased from
$2.60 a cord, -the rate charged a few
years ago, to the present high figures.
Since acquiring the Lewis' & Clark
fair grounds, Mr. Pence has been forced
to Issue .a large amount of bonds. It
had been his original purpose to build
sawmills on his timber land and cut
up the timber, which is for the most
part an excellent quality of fir, into
ties and railroad timbers.
The fall in the price of lumber, how
ever, coupled with the necessity for In
suring the payment of interest on the
fair bonds has induced Mr. Pence to
abandon the Idea of converting the tim
ber into lumber and instead to dispose
of It in Portland for wood. The 20,000,
000 feet will make 20,000 cords of ex
cellent fire-wood.
Contract Xs Made.
Pence communicated with W. C Har
ris of the Typographical union and with
the Rev. Elmer S. Muckley, pastor of
the First Christian church, who has
been greatly Interested in the fuel
question, and a contract nas Deen drawn
to the headquarters of the strikers at
ud whereby the Federation of Labor Is the Esmond hotel. Prescott Is the man
STRIKERS PLAYING
WAITING GAME
r:.'r i
Hare
Strikebreakers Who
. Taken Their Places Will
Break Down.
The telegraphers' strike In Portland
has settled down into a waiting game'
between the companies and the strikers.
From all Indications there will be no
change In the situation locally, so long
as the strike Is on throughout the east.
There has been practically no change
In' Portland. Mrs. lx I. Dolphin, who
went out witn tne postal operators
when the strike was called went back
to her key in that office yesterday
afternoon and is now 'at work. The
strikers were surprised at her action,
as she had given no intimation of her
Intention, nor had she asked ror assist
ance from the strike committee.
Charles Springer, the Oregon City
operator, who has been working at tne
Western Union durlns- the day. went
back to his post at Oregon City during
the day, but was brought back to Port
land during the night Both Springer
and John Humphrey, the bank clerk
from Oregon City, are working In Ore-
aon Citv during the day. afterwards
coming to Portland to sit In for the
nie-ht trick. Springer fills in at the
Western Union office, while Humphrey
does similar work ror the postal.
It Is also reported that an operator
by the name of Carl Is working for the
Western Union, but the striking opera
tors are not much worried, as Carl can
send but can not receive messages.
Asks Bum to Quit Work.
The most exciting occurrence of the
day was caused by a visit from James
to secure the wood at $2.25 a cord from
Pence at Holbrooke slough.
The wood is to be carried bv the new
15-mile Pence flume from the timber
land down Into the slou-h, where It will
be delivered io the federation If they
decide to accept the offer. From there
it win nave to oe loaded on Darges ana
towed to one of the city docks, it Do
ing the present intention to have wood
yards on the water fronts of both East
ana west port. ana.
It is -believed that wood can be de-
(Contlnue ' on Page Two.l
L
St. Johns Saloon-keeper Arrested and Fined for Opening
Place on Sunday in Order to Sweep Out Justice
Eeid's Decision First of the Kind Here.
It Is unlawful for a saloon-keeper to
open his place of business for any pur
pose whatever, according to a decision
Of Justice Reld of the Portland justice
district, made today In the case against
Louis Richards, who was charged with
opening his saloon at St. Johns. 8unday,
August 11. Richards had opened his
saloon , to clean out about 11 o'clock
Sunday morning and both he and his
bartender were in the place when Dep
uty. Sheriff Jones placed Richards under
arrest. .
The case was tried before Justice
promptly re Reld last Saturday. George J. Perkins,
attorney for .the defendant, contended
as lone as no, liquor was sold In the
place the saloon-keeper had a right to
enter. It being his-own property. Ac
cording to the decision, however, any
one who opens his saloon for any pur
pose whatever Is violating the Oregon
statutes. ' ---..V; 'v? $ -' '
fAx- JTo Tjoophole la Sselsloa.
Av saloon-keepes cannot go ' into his '
own' place on a Sunday, either : to clean'
out, play -pool, get a drink or even a
cigar. -!" He -lsvlolatingrtha law' If - he
opens the door-of his saloon any time
after 12 o'clock Sunday momlngt and
baton mil .o'clock v-mldnight -Suadag
night The decision of the Judge fol
lows:
"In the case of the State vs. Richards,
tried Saturday, August IT, 1S07, decided
August 20, 1907, defendant is charged
with keeping open his saloon on Sunday,
August 11, 1907. The testimony shows
beyond doubt that the defendant and
J. O. Cobbs, bartender, were In the sa
loon and, as stated by them, for-the
purpose of cleaning out the place. .
"In support of the contention made
by the state that opening for the pur
pose of cleaning up, etc.. Is a violation
of the law, I cite the following authori
ties: American and English Encyclo
pedia of Law (second edition), volume
17, pages 848, 249 and 850, and the sev
eral cases in accompanying note. ,
Blohards Is rined.
"These decisions, .which I think are
the weight of authority, hold that drink
ing places cannot be kept open for any
urpose whatever ana mat me intent
or which they are opened Is Immaterial.
The defendant will be found guilty,"
The minimum penalty, .a fine of $10,
was inflicted on Louis Rlcharda Deputy.
Sheriff Jones . while In St, -Johns -on
August 11 reoured the evidence against
the saloon-keeper. He saw a prominent
cltlsen of 8h Johns step ' oat of the
saloon by a side door and at once de
manded entrance, finding the proprietor
and . his bartender innlde. Assistant
District Attorney. Bert Haney prosecuted
tba aaa,-.... v ' '".-'w-iBi
who has been worklnir for the Western
Union under the name of M. L. Shlna
berger and he made his visit for the
purpose of telling the strikers that he
would refuse to work for the Western
Union lonaer If the strikers would alva
him $25. Prescott stated to the strikers
that he would go back to the company
unless ne was given tne zt. ie was
ejected by the strikers from their head
quarters. Prescott, or Shlnaberger. was form
erly In the employ of the Western
Union at Topeka out was discharged
for incompetency and admits the fact
He stated to the strikers that he was
In it for the money and that he had
Journal Will Collect Fund: for
Operators' Benefit to Enable
Them to Win Battle for Living
Wages Against Corporate
Greed Subscribes $200
The Journal believes that the cause of the telegrapHers strHc
jng for living wages is a just one. -
lelegraph operators, according to President dowry of the
Western Union, are the most intelligent workmen' in the world...
He might have added, they are also the poorest paid among skilled -
workmen. - . , '
Teleeraohers todav are Daid less than thev were 20 vears aro.
In every other occupation higher wages are paid and the cost, of
Ihnng has increased enormously. -
Last spring, upon the completion of the telegraph trust, the
already-exorbitant telegraph rates wereadvanced orr-the public- an -average
of 2Spcr cent . .s
wo Kaise in wages. ,
This increase was made upon the plea that a 10 per cent'' raise
in wages was to be granted operators. The public paid the in
crease, but the trust did not. A sliding scale was put into effect ',
that effectually offset the increase in wages.
The Western Union lines in America can be duplicated for
$35,000,000. This company is capitalized and payine interest on
$153,000,000, or nearly five times its value in water. To 'do this ;
employes, superintendents, managers and operators are underpaid
and the public overcharged. It, is a typicaf instance of Wall street
frenzied finance. '
The telegraph companies cannot do business without the oper
ators. In ordinary times there is a shortage in the supply. The
places of the strikers cannot be filled. Therefore if the men hold
out they must win.
To Starve Men Out , - .
The companies know this and hence plan to starve fhe men out
They figure this can be done in a few weeks. Hence the com
panies refuse arbitration or peace proposals. It is the public that
suffers. ' . , -
In order to win the operators must be prepared to hold out
or several months. Funds are badly needed by them to. enable
telegraphers to obtain living wages hereafter.' " 1
The Journal gives $200. Others give the amount opposite.
their names. How much will vou cive to heln the neftnl a ficfir
against corporate greed ? Sena in your" money. The Journal will
turn it over to the strikers. , ' " . r
(Continued on Page Two.)
STRIKERS WILL
NOT ARBITRATE
Open Eerolt in Banks of
Telegraphers Caused by
Federation Scheme.. ,
&
(Journal Special Berrte.)
Chicago. Aug. 20. There Is almost
open revolt in the ranks of the striking
telegraphers on account of the propo
sition to have the officials of the 'Ameri
can Federation of Labor arbitrate the
present strike. '
Even high officers of the union are
in a rebellious frame of mind and de
clare that the telegraphers do not want
arbitration, as there is nothing to arbi
trate with either the Western Union or
ixtstai Telegraph companies.
The feature the telegraphers dislike
most la the injection Into the situation
of the Civio Federation; The union men
regard this federation as controlled by
Ralph Easier; of - corporation connec
tions, August Belmont and Mrs. Potter
Palmer. . ...
Strong pressure Is being brought. to
bear on President Small of the telegra
phers union, with the view of forcing
him to make open opposition to the pro
posed arbitration. , The - operators) are
Srepared for a long siege and feel confi
ent that If they carry on the fight for
a few more weeks the companies will
surrender upon any terms the strikers
Submit, - v ..-;,'
REASONS FOR STRIKE
GIVEN BY OPERATORS
Less Pay Than Twenty Years Ago and Much More Work.
Forced to Work Overtime to Secure, Enough to
Live Upon Reasonable Demands Made. V
By T.
W. Branin, president of the -
Telegraphers' Union.
The work of the telegrapher la se
dentary In the extreme, the operator
being compelled to sit for nine hours at
a stretch listening to the messages, and
where the Phillips code is used he la re
quired to .make instantaneous" 'transla
tion of combinations that In many cases
bear no resemblance whatever to the
sentences when written out in full. He
must put them on the typewriter in
perfect English, correctly spelled, punc
tuated and paragraphed. To accomplish
this- it will be readily seen that the
operator-is required to Otf three things
at once. ' The nervous strain upon the
sending operator is second only to that
of receiving.
For doing this he gets the same or
less wages than received by operators tn
tne eariy sua. wno received Dy;jond hand
ana wrote- messages witn a pen.
operator cannot secure a positloi
An
ositfon today
unless he is an expert on the typewriter.
In th 80s and up to the middle of the
SOs. the typewriter was not In eener&i
use among, the- telegraphers, t An oper
ator can do. twice as much work with a
typewriter as witn a pen. yet ' be re
ceives no more salary, and In many
case not as much aa did the men who
struck ln'1883.v" - -;' -
fn February the Western TJnlon and
Postal announced an increase In rates
of from S to 6t per cent, .The com
panies also announced a 10 per cent in.
crease In the salaries of their employee.
They did not forget to make the public
pay the Increase In tolls, but they. did
forget the promised Increase In wages.
To offaet this 10 per cwt the companies I
''.V-'iV.'i.-V-1''-.'", 'vi '- -- -
Introduced what they .; call - sUdlns
scale." :. , ...
They have given it the correct name,
because nothing slides unless It Is going
down hill. . "i So with the wages of " the
operatora - 1 hey have . continually ue
oreased since March 1, and the teleg
rapher's position is worse than It was
previous to that date. For instance, an
operator having a rating of f 88 per
month resigns or la dismissed from the
service. He is Substituted by a maa
receiving 82iVThe operator receiving
is; a rlieved by an operator reeeivlnir
$77. and so on untU the lowest salary :
is reachedtwhlch is 40 a month In
Portland. We can cite cases In Portland -where,
the sliding seals has been Intro
duced. ' . . , . . .i.v
.An operator Is compelled to work from '
la to 14 hours a day ; to 'provide the
bare necessities of life.
The unskilled laborer receives ; fully
aa much without working overtime, as
the average telegrapher does with over-
time Included. Several years' experience
at an extremely low salary is required
before an operator Is able to secure a'"
first-class position. - And when he be
comes a first-class operator the nervmn
Strain Is such that hia career of useful
ness and earning capacity is in a mn.
Jorlty of cases cut short by a oompli,
tlon of nervous troubles reuniting tmn,
the heavy atraln required In nr.i-r i ,
swell the coffers of the directors of t:
telegraph companies.
; All we ask is a fa'' remuneration f ,
flrst-ctflsa work. Our demands Jix j j,. :
An elfht-hour day and 15 pr r.nt ) -creane
In wages, no discrimination ,
twten tiirlnn and non-union or-! -' i
and no tf IsorimlnaUon to , i ,
comnanv to furnish tvpewnt ,
modern aanitsrx,conUi?i-'' ,