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VOL. IV. NO. 31.
PORTLAND, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 13, 1807.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
MAIL ASK
HAMS TO VOTE ON ftNNG
HIKE
u "y.vT ii . ' jj
mm
10 HE UP
Telegraphers Declare That
Action of National Presi
dent Small Is Individual
and Is Not Sanctioned by
His Followers.
Failure of Neill to Arrange
Arbitration Conference Is
A I leered to Have Caused
Chancre in Front Plan
Peace Offering;.
1P0RT DIVIDES 01
A SOCIAL TECHNICALITY
(Hearst News by Longest Tossed Wire )
New York, Oct. 12. The strike o
Commercial telegraphers, which has
been In progress throughout the
country since the first part of Au
gust, took an extraordinary turn to
right. National President Small of
the telegraphers' union sent a mes
sage to all the cities of the country
asking the locals to vote at once
upon the proposition of calling off
the strike. When this became known
to the local leaders in New York
and other cities they raised a storm
o( protest, declaring that they would
continue to fight to the end in spite
of the national president.
Mr. Bmall's telegram went out on the
wires with the end of a' acrlea of con
ferences with United States Commls-
aloner of Labor Nelll. The commis
sioner came on from Washington to
make a final effort to Induce the West
ern Union and Postal companlej to
arbitrate at least some of the strikers'
demands. When the mission failed
Commissioner Nelll assured President
Email that the position of the compan
ies remained absolutely unchanged and
that thera waa no hope In that direc
tion. mall's Message.
The message that followed from Mr.
Email read:
"Prominent New Yorkers have ap
pealed to me to call the strike off. All
efforts at negotiations are exhausted
and the companies say they will fight,
to a rlnlsh. The treasury is aepietoa
and there are no more funds available.
"Requests for relief from all sides
are heavy and urgent. The strike hav
ing been ordered without the president's
sanction, I recommend that the locals
Vote upon the proposition."
Appaj-cntly this telegram was dis
patched" without either the knowledge
or consent of the local strike leaders,
for all of them at the headquarters
denied that there was the slightest in
tention of calling off the strike. Percy
Thomas, head of the New York strikers
said:
"If Small Intimated more tham that
we would hold an important meeting,
he has been acting without consent
from us. We have no Intention of
quitting this fight now or any tlm
until we win."
Later a statement. Duroortlng to hav
been signed by both national and local
strike leaders was Issued from the As
tor House:
"A letter embodying our demands in
a modified form will be sent to th
board of directors of the Western Union
and Postal Telegraph companies. W
jre doing this because we believe the
wntlemen at the head of the telegraph
companies are trying to no a teiegrapr
business and not a striking business.
"Our new demand will be that we re
turn to work under the eight-hour dtiv
leaving ali other demands to arbitra
ion. Having decided to arbitrate, we
believe that the end of the strike Is
now In sight. The demands which we
have agreed to arbitrate are the de
mands for a IB per cent increase In
mf r v. - r v - ! ' raft
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CUDAHYS TO
LEAD BEARS
IN PIT FIGHT
J. Offden Armour Withdraws
From Frav and Allows
Jlen Pom Omaha to Take
His Place at Head of
Forces Opposing Pat ton.
Man With Yellow Wagon Is
Provoked Because Papers
Made Losses Public Says
He Was Not in 3farket
but Storv Is Discredited.
MISS GLADYS VANDERBILT, WHO WILL ADD ANOTHER NOBLE
MAN TO THE OUT-OF-COUNTRY ARISTOCRACY OF AMERICA.
MRS. CORNELIUS VANDERBILT IS ALSO SAID TO BE ABOUT
TO ANNEX AN HUNGARIAN COAT OF ARMS.
Mrs.
(FTeirat Nws by Longest leaned Wire.)
Newport. B. I.. Oct. 12. All society is
talking about the failure of Mrs. Cor
nelius Vanderbllt and her daughter,
Gladys, and. her fiance, Count Szecheiiyi,
to attend a dinner given on Wednesday
night in honor of tho young couple by
Mrs. A. Lanfear Norrie at her beautiful
cottage, "Mldeliff," in Ruggles avenue.
Not a person of the 29 wiio attended
the dinner will talk about it. Mrs. Nor
rie feels keenly the position In which
he was olaced before her guests, and
Is mad through and through.
The dinner whs to begin at 7:30 p. m.
Two hours before a curt note was aellv
ered nt the Norrie cottage which cx
presoed regret at the Inability of Mrs.
Vanderbllt, Miss Gladys and the count
to attend. There was no time to call
tho dinner off. The guests, were for
the most part dressing to reach them
all would have been impossible. The
meal was under wav in the kitchen, and
the dining-room had been fittingly dec
orated for the occasion.
Beyond the contents of the note Mrs.
Norrie was in Ignorance of why
Vanderbllt had acted as she hart.
Behind the quiet dimity of Mrs. Nor
rie. however, there was resentmen, and
it is said the guests partook of the in
dignation of their hostess. It was
thought that perhaps Mrs. Vanderbllt
would call up on the telephone and say
something, but she did not. Since then
no word has come from The Breakers
about the engagement, no word of apol
ogy over the telephone, and by a strange
coincidence most of the persons Invited
to the Norrlo dinner to greet the count
are invited to a dinner tomorrow night
at The Breakers.
gome persons have intimated that it
was pique because society was to meet
the count first at Mrs. Norrie's instead
of at The Breakers that caused the note
of regret to be sent at the last moment.
Within a month after the marriage
of her daughter Gladys to Count
Szechenyl. Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbllt,
it was said today by n person in thor
ough touch with the affairs of the fam
ily, will announce her engagement to a
count. The marriage. It is said, will
follow a month later. The mistress of
The Breakers is to live abroad after her
wedding.
(Continued on Page Eleven.)
MEYER FAVORS
PARCELS POST
Postmaster - General Also
Recommends Issuance
; of Small Notes.
I
(United Presa Leased Wire.)
Boston, Oct. 12 In a ringing address
delivered here late this afternon at tho
convention of the New England Post
masters' association. Postmaster Gen
eral Meyer announced he will earnestly
recommend the next congress to estab
lish a postal savings bank system. H
further declare! he would urge elabora-
ion of the present pound package svs
em to create a highly satisfactory par
cels Dost svHtem it
he will Install a local parcels postal de
'iverv at city free delivery post offices.
He will also recommend printing; postal
notes in small denominations up to
12.60. From ona cent to nine cents tho
note will ba made payable to bearer
and no fea will1 be charred. -
PSALMS TAKE
CART PLACE
Magill Jurors Siii Songs
When Denied Eight of
Shuffling Pasteboards.
(United Press Leased Wire.)
, Chicago, Oct. 12. Religious devotion
os a substitute for cards and whiskey
entered the Maglll case tonight as an
other incongruous element in tho ab
sorbing sensation of central Illinois.
While a prayer ana song scrvi
within the Whltestone courthouse alter
nately sent forth the repressed tones of
worshippers and loud anthems in basso
voices a crowd of unprecedented pro-
uorlions listened outside and shouted
encouragement to tho imprisoned Jury.
Bailiff Hon, who was suiuieu as
Moses because of his resemblance to
biblical pictures, appeared at a window
and ordered tho crowd to denart. Fall
ing to drive the scoffers away he cut
the services snori arm ai o.ju uiiuiiv
took the Jurors to their hotel where
they were put to bed whether they liked
t or not. in ODeaiencu iu juuio utu-
ran's orders.
T. H. Jordan, a cabman, wno suc
cessfully resisted the efforts of the
praying bailiff to convert mm, was
tho object of humorous Jibes.
He. sent word to nis critics mat mo
jury first asked for cards with which
to play seven-up and wnen tncy were
refused sent for the song Books so
they could sing to pass away tne time.
LETTER CARRIERS TO
BUILD LARGE HOME
NEW ELECTRIC -LIBEjlPLETEO
United Railways Has Seven
Miles Finished Wait
ing for Engines.
The Front street line of the United
Railways company is ready for opera
tion. Yesterday's work completed about
seven miles of the United Railways com
pany's lines in the city. The main lin
of the Oregon Electric is built to within
BO feet of the first named goad's south
erly terminus at Hood and Caruthers
(Continued on Page Twelve.)
(Hftrst News by IxnrMt Lrntd Wlr )
Chicago, Oct. 12. I was learned
that the Cudahys have taken the leader
ship of the forcea opposing James Pat
ton In the wheat pit and that J. Ogden
Armour has withdrawn from the battle,
to a great extent.
May wheat climbed bnck to the high
price of the year today, fl.llH a bushel.
The other options kept pace with May,
December reaching J 1 .OG and July
11.0."!. -
Something like $4,000,000 was added
to the wealth of the farmers and others
who owned wheat-, provided the advance
shall be permanent.
There seems to be a truce in tha bat
tle between James A. Patton, leader of
the bulls, and J. Ogden Armour, gener
ally believed to be the "longest of the
shorts" in the words of an Irish broker.
At least It was a truce on Mr. Armour's
side. He made no attempt to break the
the market, although he was accredited
with having covered a good portion of
his short line. Also, it was the best
information of the brokers that he had
been covering for several days, having
begun that tactful method of protecting
his bank account, as soon as he had as
sured himself that Mr Patton would not
drop his holdings and run for the tall
timber.
Armour Provoked.
"The man with the yellow wagon."
was really somewhat provoked today
with tho reports of his loss, although It
was admitted they were mostly on pa
nnr Me KRirf to some of hts frlndn
Prhat he was not in the market at all,
but hat statement was not accepted
with absolute good faith by the brokers.
They did concede, however, that he had
probably covered a good deal of hlsi
short line, intimated a few days ago to
be between 15,00U,000 and ZU, 000, 000
bushels.
Mr. Armour's methods of trading are
sly and It is always hard to guess what
he Is doing. He has no regular firm of
brokers and the pit traders often buy or
sell millions of bushels of grain for
him without knowing for whom they
are operating. In the present fight
Roberts & Co. were supposed to have
the bulk of his business, and the fact
that the firm was buying heavily was
on! of the things that Induced the wise
acres of the board to think Armour was
covering.
There wa no true upon Mr. Patton's
part though. He was out in the open
market buying heavily, using the trad
ers of his own firm.
Cudahys Xiead Flfht.
It was the information of some of
the best Informed men of the board that
net the Armour Interests but the Cuda
hys are now the leading bears of the
pit. Both Michael and John are said
to be on the short side of the marka
for several millions of bushels. Be
hind them it is also said there is a
strong following, both from Omaha and
Chicago.
The New York clique was chased to
cover yesterday and was forced to pay
many of the smaller speculators big
profits for the flyer, but it is said he
pool went short again, still having faith
In a bis break that will rout the bulls.
Tho public began to get in the market
today, but was prohibited from trading
heavily by the poor telegraph service
of the board. Only .10 operators of mea
ger ability are on duty, while ordinarily
there are 00 of the cracks of the busi
ness. The brokerH have lost small for
tunes in small commissions because of
the lack of proper wire service.
The prophet of $1.50 for May wheat
were more positive than ever today that I
their predictions would come true. I
URBELL FIGHTS STANDARD
OIL'S WAYS THAT ARE DARK
w1' John 3. Miller
ROB STORE Oil
THEN
Ed
AS
HIS SISTER
Masked Men Holdup Proprietor and Two Employes in
Wurtcnberger Market on North Sixteenth Fire
Fusilade at Pursuers Stole Loeb's Carriage.
Another aeries of daring crimes was
last night added to the calendar of
lawlessness that haa terrorised Port
land all fall.
Three haghwaymen, evidently mem
bers of the same "Saturday night" gang
of fearless criminals that has been
working in this city in spite of the
efforts of the police, stole a horse and
buggy from Dr. Sanford Ioeb, help up
the butcher shop of A. "Wurtenburger,
230 Sixteenth street. North, securing
nearly $200, at the point of a revolver,
and made good their escape.
When an angry mob of residents In
the neighborhood of Sixteenth and Love
Joy streets attempted to capturo the
highwaymen, they opened fire on their
pursuers, keeping up a fucilade for
several blocks and narrowly missed kill
ing a 10-year-old boy who got In the
range of their revolvers.
Although they scoured the citv in an
automobile from 7:30 until midnight i
in an effort to locate the men, the po
lice were utterly helpless.
They started out before 8 o'clock to
look for the highwaymen whom they
had been notlflod had stolen Dr. Loeb's
horse.
Btola Boggy on Washington Street,
Over an hour later, at 9:15, while the
police were still scurrying around look
ing for the horse and buggy, the high
waymen tied the stolen horse In front
of Wurtenburger's shop on North Six
teenth street, successfully carried out
their plan of holding up the place and
then made good their escape, leaving
Chief Orltzmacher's men as much in the
dark at !l:30 as they had been at 7:30.
Dr. Loeb, whose officer are in the
Raleigh building, at Sixth and Wash
ington streets, left his horse and top
buggy standing in front of the build
ing last evening while he went up
stairs. When lie went to look for the
horse at 7 o'clock he found that It was
Government's Witness an
Implacable Foe of Cor- ,
porat ion's Methods.
(Continued on Page Twelve.)
OPERATE NEW LINE OF
STEAMERS TO ALASKA
Backed by a $5,000,000 capital, which
ho says he can secure, W. H. Gerland,
of St. Louis, Missouri, proposes to give
Portland transportation facilities that
will furnish direct connection with the
commercial centers of Alaska and tho
orient. The cornpanv will be Incorpor
ated within the next few days and every
cent or the capital stock will bo sub
scribed In the east should local money
fall to see Inducement In the- proposi
tion. Mr. Gerland came here four months
ago ostensibly for the purpose of look
ing into the possibilities of establish
ing paving steamship lines and he be
lieves Alaska and the orient offer open
ings that have long been overlooked.
TALE OF THREE CITIES; PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE
(United Press Leased Wire.)
Colorado Springs, Col., Oct. 12. One
hundred and sixty acres of valuable
land near the Union Printers' home has
been secured by the Merchants' associ-
tlon and win oe turned over to tne
National Letter-Carriers, who . will
build a home upon tha ground for sick
nd Indigent members or that organi
zation. Building operations 1 will begin
next aprlag.
NEW ORLEANS
. ' 1 Jslfyr - .SHANGHAI - --'1
MEXICO
Especially so in regard to Alaska. In
his opinion Portland is admirably sit
uated and equipped for taking cure of
the greater trade of the northern coun
try and should have no difficulty in
securing and retaining the same for all
time.
"I have found Portland most favor
ably situated for a steamship line to
Alaska and can conscientiously recom
mend it to the moneyed people asso
ciated with me in this proposition. We
will Incorporate within a month and
begin preparations for the establishment
of a line immediately thereafter by
cnanering nt leasr three steamships,
each of not less than C.000 tons carry
ing capacity.
"The cornpanv will be known as the
Portland Steamship & Navigation com
pany and it will have a capital stock
of $5,000,000. Not a dollar of this
motley will have to come from Portland
because we hnve people In the east
looking for investments here and an
undertaking of this kind and there can
be nothing holding out a more promis
ing future.
"Our intention is to charter steamers
for a time, but eventually to build
vessels of our own and along lines that
will prove most suitable for the par
ticular business. An immense traffic
can be worked up between this port and
the various sections of Alaska and about
all that Is needed is a steamboat line
with enough backing to keep it going
uptll the people ascertain Its perman
ency. They are not going to hasten to
support a line for a day but a solid
proposition here to stay will find all
the business it can take care of with
the boat capacity I have mentioned.
Thousands of passengers going north
and returning, will assist largely In sup
porting a line, so that it will not have
to depend upon freight only but there
will be enough produce sent out of here
to make the project a profitable one.
As to the oriental business. Our plans
are to eventually branch out anri nloee
large freight and passenger steamers
in commission out of Portland. That,
however, will be left for development
in the future af ter th Alaska line has
been thoroughly established and gotten
into smooth running order. The com
pany will also operate smaller boats on
tha Columbia and Its tributaries as
feeders tojna larger lines.' - -
(United Press Lased Wire.)
Washington, Oct. 12 Prosecutor Kel
logg has been in Washington today ad
vising with Attorney-General Bonaparte
and the government's attorneys wli
have had the Standard Oil investigation
In hand relative to the examination of
witnesses during the coming week When
the sessions In New York will be resumed.
The dramatic feature of the investi
gation Intij the workings of the big oil
monopoly so far has been the appear
ance of W. W. Tarbell in the witness
stand for the government. The destruc
tion of the oil giant has long been hl
dream. He is a brother of that re
markable woman historian, Ida Tarbell,
whose work on the Standard Oil is now
regarded as a classic in the literature
of exposure and, current history. Tar
bell is at the head of one of the strong
est of the independent oil plants. Hl
fight to maintain the existence of his)
company against the attacks of the
Standard has been an unrelenting one.
His testimony was direct 'and positive
and considered to be very valuable. His)
knowledge of tha workings of , th
Standard is very deep and extensive. It
was he who first gave his sister the
Inspiration to write her great work and
he furnished her much of the Intricate
data which has made it so valuable.
CURTIS FAMILY IS :
STILL PLAYING GOLU
(United Press Leased Wire.)
Chicago, Oct. 12. There is a new
national woman's golf champion, but
the Curtis family of Boston still has
the honor in its midst. Miss Margaret
Curtis Is the new champion. She de
feated her sister. Miss Harriet F. Cur
tis, in the 18-hole final on the Mid
lothian links this afternoon, 7-up and
6 to play. Miss Margaret played fault
less golf and only allowed her oppo
nent to win one hole.
NUNS' BODIES HAD
TURNED TO STOIIE
Workmen Make Strange Dis
covery in Burial Plot
of an Academy..
(United Press Leased ' Wirt.) '
Chicago, Ocu 11 When - workmen
at temp tod to lift tha metal coffins con
talning the bodies of two - nuns who
came to Chicago years ago 'to devote,
their lives to teaching Catholicism,
from their resting place in the burial ,
plot of the abandoned academy , ef the
Saored Heart today, t was JTound that
the bedlea had turned to stone. '
The nuns ra preparing - to sell th
sacred Heart property after an owner
ship of 49 years and the two ptnfifj
bodies were among It that are r. '
removed to Calvary cerostftry, ii.t
combined weight of the two bodies an t
their metal coffins reiuir'-j th ef
forts of eight mn la lt-Tuntf,