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VOL. VI. NO. 144.
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GOVERNOR
i TRYING TO
ARBITRATE
Chamberlain Sends Message
v . Jesident Asking Him
yto Appoint Board to Stop
Union Men Standing Firm.
UNABLE TO
REALIZE 01
Chicago Board of Trade Is
, Unable to Secure Weather
Exports From Northwest
to Gauge Market Say It
Will Be Long Fight. .
SECURITIES
Temporary Embarrassmen
Causes Closing of Doors o
Oregon Trust & Savings
Company Bank's Securi
ties Are Good.
(Special Dlapatcb to The. Journal)
Salem. Or., Aug;. SI. Governor Cham
berlain today ent the following tola
gram to President Roosevelt:
"The President, Washington, D. C
I respectfully suggest your Intervention
and the appointment by you of a board
of arbitration In settlement of differ
ences between the telegraphers and the
companies throughout the country.
"(Signed) j
"GOV. GEO. E. 'CHAMBERLAIN."
(Journal Special Rcrrlca.)
Chicago. Aug. 21. The government
weather service Is suffering as a result
of the telegraphers' strike. But two
Time Gained by Receivership
Will Permit- Bank to Pay
in Full Assets Ample to
Realize Returns on De
posits, Say Bankers.
(Continued on Page Five.)
Owing to Inability to realise on securl
ties, the Oregon Trust ft Savings com
pany, at the corner of Washington and
Sixth streets, suspended this morning.
Thomas C. Devlin was appointed re
celver. It is said the bank Is only tem
porarily embarrassed, and that with the
time gained by a receivership Its as
sets can be so disposed of that the de
posltors wlU be paid In full.
More than a week ago a drain on the
bank's readv capital bearan and con
tlnued until its officers foresaw that
more money would be needed. An effort
was made to realise on its negotiable
paper, and President Moore hoped until
yesterday that enough money would be
(Continued on Page Five.)
BANK IS S00
Women, Girls, Newsb6ys and Others Sorrowly Receive,
, News That Jfoney Cannot Be Withdrawn Heavy
f Losers , Joke Over Their Losses.
It was a restless, nervous, despondent.
cheerful, happy-go-lucky crowd which
gathered about the bank as soon as
the news spread that a receiver had
been appointed. Here and there a tear
stained face appeared, while a few feet
away a group laughingly discussed the
affair in an effort to determine how
much they had lost
Newsboys, shopgirls, clerks, me
chanics, laborers, business men. wait
resses and representatives from nearly
every walk of life were present.
Swedes Japanese, Germans, Italians and
many other nationalities participated in
the gatherings about the -bank doors.
Tales of deposits made but yesterday,
representing the savings of months, and
In some cases years, were heard on all
sides. One old woman who makes nor
living by washing clothing for others
sobbed over her loss of a little more
then J50. while a few feet away a man
who placed J78 In the savings depart
ment last Thursday was bemoaning his
loss. Standing next to him was a man
who had several thousand dollars on de
posit and who was laughing and chat
ting with several friends who were
equally heavy losers.
Most of the depositors were On a
cheerful frame of mind. They kept up
good humored sally while about the
bank, despite the worried looks on their
faces. Optimism ran high and most
of them nredicted that the- bank would
be able to pay deposit In full as soon
as its affairs were straightened out.
One man offered to bet $10 even that
the bank would be open for business
by. Friday. No one took up his offer.
The policemen detailed to preserve
order and keep the crowd from block
ading ine sidewalks had a compara
tively easy time. There was no at
tempt at violence and very little hostile
tain, ine cmer irouDie encountered by
the blue coats was In explaining to ner
vous women that the bank had closed
Its doors and that depositors could not
draw out their money.
One woman who read the announce
ment on the door that safe deposits
could be secured by entering at the
Sixth street' door, could not be made to
believe for a long time that the an
nouncement did not refer to savings ac
counts. She had her little deposit book
In her Tiand and expostulated long with
the policeman who was trying to tell
her that she could not draw out her
money. When she finally understood
she could not get her savings she stood
about vacant-eyed and seemingly dased
as the truth of her losses dawned upon
her.
All sorts of rumors were to be heard
from the crowd In regard to runs on
the other banks, but the withdrawals at
the other Institutions were only normal
I SEE BY THE PAPERS-y T. E. Powers
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JURORS DO HOT
LIKE
Men Who Issued Indict
ments Believe All Grafters
Should Be Punished.
(Journal Special Service.)
San Francisco, Aug. 21. Members of
the errand Jury rebelled against the
Immunity contract system which dis
trict attorney Langdon and F. J. Hensy
have made the foundation of the pros
ecution of the boodlers of this city. In
dividual grand Jurors are now open In
their criticisms of methods that per
mit the punishment of a chosen few
of the "gfafters" and the escape of
others equally guilty. As a result of
this expressed sentiment, a movement
headed by Jurors Charles Sonntag, James
E. Gordon, Dewey Coffin and F. G. San
born is now striving to accomplish the
indictment of all the old boodllng su
pervisors -who have been granted im
munity by Langdon, Heney and Burns.
A meeting planned by recalcitrant
members of the Jury last Monday for
the purpose of threshing out the mat
ter arid committing the Jurors Individ
ually to declare their attitude concern
ing the boodllng supervisors was avert
ed by district attorney Langdon, who
went around interviewing Jurors and
succeeded In Inducing a sufficient num
ber to stay away and prevent a quorum
from assembling. But the end Is not
yet and the matter will be pushed at
a meeting to be held in the near future.
Many lawyers take the view that the
Immunity contracts given by Heney
and Tjtnnlnn nr. va!i1 1
MINERS AT GOLDFIELD
PREPARING FOR SIEGE
Men Object to Change Room
and Employers Refuse
to Afcolish Feature.
(Special Dispatch to Tba Journal.)
Tonopah, Nev., Aug., 21. A long dis
tance message from Goldfield says the
miner's union last night Indorsed a
walkout from the Mohawk mine. Thirtr
five men walked out from the Combi
nation mine, where tne change room has
been finished. The Red Top change
room will be completed in a week and
it is expected that the men will walk
out from that. The operators say they
will not recede from their 'position ana
this looks like another-long siege and
may result in a general strike.
SUES TO RECOVER
PAWNED DIAMONDS
(Special Dlapatch to Tba Journal.)
Lewiston. Ida.. Auk. 21.-A story of
misplaced confidence was told, yesterday
by the filing of the case of Laura Ran
kin vs. Sol Caldwell for the recovery of
two diamond rings. The rings were in
trusted by the plaintiff to Harry Noyes,
who told Mrs. Rankin that he had
loaned them to friends to wear and
would return them. Before the rings
were returned Noyes was arrested in
Spokane for passing worthless -checks
and is now serving a term at the peni
tentiary In Walla Walla. Upon hearinir
of Npyes' crime Mrs. Rankin began a
searsli for her rings and round that they
had been Dawned to Mr. Caldwell.
against whom she has begun action for
their recovery.
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SCENE IN COURT AT EDDY HEARING
YW7;VW i M V' 'T iLi: I (JouraarrSpecUi Sarrlc..)
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. - vMUlUHrTfl V S!L W leader of the Christian Scientist dis-
'W , :HVl continued. This Is said to be the result
tj 1 V - . ' , T- , . . . compromise.
AGAINST CHRISTIAN SCIENCE LEADER DISCONTINUED
CITY CAN
CAR FRANCHISE
Street Railway Company's
Rights Can Be Declared
Void, Says Kavanaugh.
Compromise Said to Be Cause
of Withdrawal of Case
Against Ujs. Eddy.
the Christian Science cult, and for the
appointment of a receiver.
The plaintiffs in this action, which
ranked as one of the most important in
legal history, were George W. Glover,
the son and only child of Mary Baker
G. Eddy, his daughter. Mary Baker
Glover, and George W. Baker, a nephew
of Mrs. Eddy.
These plaintiffs declared that Mary
Baker G. Eddy was mentally Incapable
of managing; her business affairs and
vast fortune, and that there was abun
dant reason to believe that the vener
able and mentally enfeebled woman was
helpless in the hands of designing per
sons who had wrongfully oonverted to
their own uses large sums of money and
ropertles of great value belonging to
er.
Who Defendants Are.
William E. Chandler, former United
States senator for New Hampshire and
Concord's most distinguished" citizen.
is senior counsel for the plaintiffs.
With him were associated John W. Kel
ly, of Portsmouth. New Hampshire, one
of the leading lawyers of this state;
Martin & Howe, or Concord, together
with counsel in Boston" and consulting
counsel In Washington, District of Co-I
lumma.
The defendants' names in this re
markable action are: Calvin A. Frye.
tne rootman-seoreiary in control or
Mrs. Eddy's home. Pleasant View; Al-
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XIUU f KUUn. tAV.VU.l . V ucuu HJ. .1 1 U Lull
and chairman of the Christian Science
publication committee; Joseph Arm
strong, publisher of the writings of
Mrs. Eddvi Irvinar C. Tomllnson. heal
er, teacher and trusted agent of Alfred
Farlow; Ira C, Knapp, director ot the.
mother church, in Boston; William B.
Johnson, secretary of the mother
church: Stephen A. Chase, treasurer:
Edward A. Kimball, teacher, lecturer, and
former noiaer ot copyright on Airs, jsq-
dy's textbook of Christian Science;
All franchises held by the Portland
Railway, Light & Power company for
the operation and maintenance of street
car tracks in the city of Portland are
defective and subject to forfeiture by
the city council unless the company ad
mits that the stipulations of the city
charter of 1888 regarding the provisions
for repair outlined in ttfe charter can be
read into fhe franchises.
This is the gist and point of an opin
ion written by the city attorney today
In answer to the request of the city
authorities that he determine the power
of the city over the actions of the com
pany.
Mar Declare Franchise Forfeited.
Never before perhaps has a citv at
torney of Portland delivered an opinion
Involving a point of so much magnitude
or of so much importance to the people
of the city. It means, in brief, that the
council nas power to direct the street
railway company to make lmDrovements
or alterations to its tracks throughout
me cny wnenever tne council may deem
them necessary at any time thought
needful. It empowers the council at the
same time to place a time limit upon
the completion ot such work and. In
event of failure or neglect of the com
pany to comply with the directions,
thereupon to forfeit the franchise of
the company.
The opinion of the city attorney is the
result or tne investigation which has
been conducted by the street committee
and the executive board for some time
past relating to the power of the coun
cil to compel the company to follow
the direction of the council in regard to
street improvement.
In various parts of the city contracts
have been let for street pavement work
and the company has been directed to
prepare its tracks in accordance with
the franchise provisions and the street
grades. In most of these cases the
company has not completed the repairs
when desired by the city and for that
reason the pavement work has been
held up Indefinitely because of the fact
that no work could be done 1)y the pav
ing contractors until after the tracks
had been repaired.
In searching for a remedy It was
POSTAL GETS ONE
MORE OPERATOR
Western Union-Is Having
Trouble With Wires Run
ning North and Soutlj.
(Continued on Page Two.)
AConttaued. on Page ivao.
ROBBERY SIDE HUE
DE CHEF OH DINER
Negro Cook Arrested for
Burglaries Committed
Between Car Trips.
(Journal gptela! gertlce.)
Los Angeles, Aug. 21. The arrest of
Charles Green, colored, which was made
by a negro patrolman several days ago.
proves to be one of the most important
captures made la many months. Green
is a dining car cook between here and
Salt Lake and between trips he was
engaged in robbing houses.
The detectives discovered his room
and at first were unable-to find any
thing of value In it, but a more thor
ough search and the removal of boards
In the floor brought to light Jewelry
of . all descriptions, worth easily 15.030.
There were watches, tings, pins, brace
lets and numerous other" articles, all
proceeds of burglaries which have mys
tified the police for weeks.
Green has admitted that he has as
much more stuff secreted In another
Slace, but ' refuses to disclose its bld
lg place, hoping to secure Immunity
oc ft firoiolsa of a, lighter gentaaca, ,
"Nothing new" expresses the strike
situation today. The Western Union
office has the same number of opera
tors as were at work yesterday, but it Is
reported that one additional operator
has been put to work at the Postal of
fice. Who the man Is has not been dis
closed by the officials of the company
and the striking operators do not know.
About the same amount of business
Is being handled by both the Western
Union and the Postal offices. On the
Western Union trouble Is being experi
enced in getting messages through
those points where the wires run
through railroad offices. Wire trouble
south of Ashland In the Siskiyou moun
tains still continues to shut out' com
munication with the south, except at in
frequent intervals. x
A. O. Sinks, in charge of the railway
telegraph offices. Is reported to have
left for points along the Southern Pa
cific on a tour of Inspection, caused
by the continued interruptions to the
Western union service by the railway
operators. His mission Is supposed to
be to tell the operators not to Interfere
with the telegraph company in the
transmission ot Its business.
At the strllle headquarters today
there was moreVctlve Interest displayed
in the bank failure than in the strike.
A large number of the operators had
savings deposited in the shattered in
stitution, and were busily engaged in
discussing the likelihood of being able
to secure a portion of their deposits. It
was stated by President Bran in, how
ever, that there was no change In the
situation from yesterday. All the
strikers are remaining firm, and main
tain that sq far as local conditions go
the comnanies are tied uo Just as tight
ly as when the walkout first occurred.
The messenger Doys aeciare mat an
renorta to the effect that they have
been considering the proposal to go back
to work is a canard. Detectives still do
the bulk of the delivering at the West
ern Union office with no possibility of
the messenger force returning to duty.
The strike relief fund is still grow
ing and the strikers are confident that
If other points maintain the same front
shown here success will crown their
efforts.
CAR STRIKE TO
EDO JEJtT WEEK
Supervisor Tveitmoe De
clares Hours and Wages
Will Be Regulated. J
(Journal Special Service.)
San Fr Jiclsco, Aug. 21. After
heated meeting of the general strike
committee which has charge of the car
strike, Supervisor Tveitmoe, who Is a
member of the committee, said: "Wm
will all ride in a week. United Rail
roads bond holders are affecting a set -tlement
of the strike. A thousand men
will apply for reinstatement on the cars
on a day to be set soon. Recognition
of the union will not be discussed.
Hours and wages will be settled be
tween the men and the company.
The resignation of Cornelius Is gen
erally demanded. The building trades
council has contributed f 11.000 to the -strike
fund. The labor council has con
tributed but 127,000. The building;
trades council feels that the labor coun
ell will have to carry the financial bur
den of the strike alone hereafter.
Calhoun said he knew nothing ef the
settlement, but the company would be
glad to take back many of the men.
STANDARD DECLARES '
IT IS NOT GUILTTi
(Journal 8pecial BarrlcO
New York, Aug. 21. Defense la made
bv the Standard Oil company in a
phamplet Issued since the 129,000,000
fine was imposed upon the trust by .
Judge Land la In the Alton rebate ease.
The Standard declares that It la ab- .
solutely Innocent of any wrongdoing
and that the higher courts will protect
it. ;
SULTAN'S TROOPS IN '
BATTLE WITH NATIVES
(journal Special Service.)
London. Aug. 21. According to dis
patches from Tangier the sultan's troops
were victorious over a great band of ,
natives in a pitched battle a few days
ago. The natives have turned oat In
and are looting and burning Til
lages. tf'a
FACTS REGARDING TELEGRAPH STRIKE
Telegraphers are the most intelligent body of skilled workmen
in the world, and the poorest paid. ' . '- 'i
A first class man after years of perfecting: himself in his skill
can look forward to a maximum of $21.85 a week for six days of
nine hours each. As a rule he cannot hope; for better than $19.50
a week. ' s,
Thousands of operators are employed in branch offices at from
$7 to $10 per week. These are young operators. , -
The companies give no vacations. Old age automatically de
prives them of work. There has been no increase in wages in 20
years. . , ; .,
The Western Union compels the public to pay interest on tens
of millions of watered stock. If it were not for this it could af- .-
brd to pay good wages.
Both telegraph companies recently increased their tolls to the
public an average of 25 per cent on gross receipts. An increase in .
wages of 10 per cent was promised emoloves. but it was offset by
the "sliding scale." f , c : v . , ,
The demands of the men are; An increase in wages of 15 per
cent; this would not bring the wages of the highest paid operator
up to $5 a day ; equal paV for equal work by women, now paid less ;
typewriter machines to be furnished by the companies, recognition
of the union, but not closed shop.
Which. is the most important, good wages for workmm cr(
dividends on watered stock?
The strike is the only weapon of the employe, Ife must str!'
or endure conditions dictated Durelv bv selfish personal reasons.
The cause of the striking telegraphers is a jt:ft one, t.: r
thex ask .the assistance of the pubi;; , - - r