The Oregon daily journal., January 31, 1908, Page 1, Image 1

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VOL. VI. , NO. 284.
PORTLAND, OREGON, FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 81, 10O8.-SIXTEEN PAGES.
PRICE TWO CENTS.
OH THAIHS AITS
stakes, mi CEVII
PISIIfflrS flESSME HIES THAT BIB IHHI
ADMINISTRATION SltOUGHT ON PAHIC UH
POLK
FLEET ENTERS STRAITS.
Takes Rap at Stock Gambling, Scores
Corporations and Advises That Em
ployers' Liability Act Be Revised.
Upholds "Proper Injunctions".
Washington, Jan. 31. President Roosevelt sent his first of a series
of special messages to congress today. The message was somewhat of a
disappointment to party leaders, as they had expected that he would give
an inkling as to what policy he would pursue in the approaching cam-
palgflk
The president reviewed the employers' liability act, touching on the
supreme court reversal, and advised that the act be so amended that it
might serve the purpose for which it was framed and escape legal dis
approval.
The policy of the administration during the recent panic was upheld
and indirect denial made that the administration was In any manner ac
countable for the flurry, the blame being attached to stock gambling and
corporate influence on the money market. " "
i Washington, Jan. II. To the senate
oiid n6use of ''representatives: The re
cent decision of the supreme cour Jp
fmesfrnf lo'Thr emtfttyerV liability act,
the experience of the interstate com
merce commission and of the depart?
ment of Justice in enforcing the inter
state commerce and anti-trust laws
and the gravely significant attitude
toward the law and Its administration
recently adopted by certain heads of
great corporations render it desirable
that there should be additional legisla
tion in regard to the relation of labor
and capital between the great corpora
tions and the public.
. The aonreme court has decided the
Si employers' liability law to be unconstl
' eiitlitiinl tiAnftiiaa itm a a w m nvtlw aVti.
tutlonal because its terms apply to em
ployea engaged wholly in intrastate
commerce as well aa to employes en
gagod in Interstate commerce. Upon
substantially majority tne court neia
that tne congress nas power to aeat
i with the Question Insofar as the inter
state commerce is concerned. As re
gards the employers' liability law, I
advocate its immediate reenactment
limiting Its scope so. that It shall apply
only to the class of cases as to which
the court says it can constitutionally
apply, bnt strengthening its provision
within this scope. Interstate employ
ment being thus covered by an ade
quate law. the, field of interstate em-
yt ployment will be left to the action of
fl-'the several states.
Tor Government Employes.
'. I also very urgently advise that a
comprehensive act be passed providing
for compensation by the government to ,
all employes injured in the government
I service, under . the recent law an in
j. lured workman In the employ of the
i government nas no remedy, ana tne en
tire burden of the accident falls on the
helpless man. his wife and his young
children. This la an outrage. This is
n matter of humiliation to the nation
that there should not be on our statute
books provisions to meet and partially
atone for cruel misfortune when It
comes upon a man through no fault of
Ms own while faithfully serving the
public. The same broad principle which
should apply to the government should
ultimately o
this purpose each year. I earnestly
hope this will be done. -
As regards the rights and wrongs of
lsboe-aoAMpitahfrowMrkhsting to-
Doycotiing, tne wnoie sunject is covered
in admirable fashion by the report of
tne anthracite coal strike commission.
wnicn report should serve as a. chart
for tne guidance of both legislative and
executive officers. , Even though It were
possible I should consider it most un
wise to abolish the use of the process
of injunction. It is necessary in order
tnat the courts may maintain their own
dlfrnity, and in order that they may In,
eftective manner chec disorder and vio
lence.
Injunctions wrongly Used.
It is all wrong to use the injunction
to prevent the entirely proper and le
gitimate action of labor organisations
in their struggle for industrial better-
nintit. or under the guise of protecting
property rights unwarrantably to in
vade tin fundamental rights of the ln-
aiviauai. it is iuuie to concede, as we
all do, the right and the necessity of
organized etiori on tne part or tne wage
earners, and yet by injunctive process
to iomid peaceable action to accom
plish the lawful object for which they
are organisea ana upon wnicn success
aepenas.
It is my purpose, as soon as may be,
to submit some further re
tions In reference to our laws regulatln
further recommenda-
nr
labor conditions within the sphere of I
k - Hi :i
R V- ii-il. I
p. Us-
CENT FARE
Eailroad Commission De
cides Kide to Suburb Not
Worth Dime Transfers
Must Be Issued Same as
on Lents Line.
Milwaukie Heights, Court
ney, Oak Grove, Center and
Itfsley Are Allowed 10
Cent Bate and Benefit of
Same Transfers.
S!:':r-;.: .'. ;;.
Washington, D. C. Jan. 31. Admiral
Evans' battleship fleet Is entering the
straights of ' Magelhtfi. The torpedo
fleet la in the nova nee and is pit-kin?
un the channel for the larre vessels and
taking precautions to avoid treachery on
the. part or. an enemy.
te made applicable to -all
private employers. Where the nation
has the power it should enact laws to
tins ffect.
There is a special bill to which I call
your attention. Secretary Taft has ur
gently recommended the Immediate pas
sage of a Ipw providing for compensa
tion to employes of the government in
jured in the work of the Isthmus canal
and that $100,000 be appropriated for
federal authority. Not only should
there be action on certain laws affect
lng wage-earners: there should also be
such action on laws better to secure
control over the great business con
cerns engaged in- interstate commerce.
and i especially over the great common
carriers, xne interstate commerce com
mission should be empowered to pass
upor any Tate or practice on its own
initiative. Moreover, it should be pro
vlriflti that wt)AnfAi" th. nnmml.Blnn
has reason to believe that advance, i" STEEL PLATE MTLLS
not to be made without investigation, it VmM X. UI1U iUXJJUO
should have authority to issue an order WTTT Ttl? T?Ti1YPT7T17ri
prohibiting the advance Dendin exam- VYIJuJj lXi ULiVl IV U
ination by the commission.
Valuing moads. (United Preta Leased Wire.)
The interstate commerce commission Chicago, 111.. Jan. 31. Plate mills
IfiiL . iwl!ih the, means number one and two of the Illinois Steel
as to which it deems the valuation net- company's plant at South Chicago, af-
(United Prtn Leased Wire.) ,
Salem, Or., Jan. 31. The Orego
railroad commission today ' decided
4 turban towns on the Oregon Water
Power company lines as follows:
Fares either way between Port
land and Milwaukie are reduced
from 10 cents to 6 cents, and the
same transfers must be Issued as 'be
tween Portland and Lents either
way. On representation of the Oak
Grove Improvement association frre
from Milwaukie Heights, Courtney,
Oak Grove, Center and Rlsley to
Portland (reduced from 15 cents to
10 cents, with the same privilege of
transfers as on the Lents line. The
new rates will go Into effect In 30
days.
On the west side line the South
ern Pacific company is ordered to
keep an agent at Wellsdale. the only
station between Independence and
Corvallis. This order goes Into ef
fect In 20 days.
The Southern Pacific east side and
west side lines are ordered to check
baggage via Afbany and Corvallis
both ways, the order being In effect
now,
The rate cases of the Portland
chamber of commerce versus the 0.
R. & NT. Co. are to be argued and
submitted Saturday at the Wells-
Fargo building in Portland.
HIT1FE
LOSES JEWELS
1,1;
Violinist's Spouse Bobbed
! While Listening to Her
Husband Playing.
(United Press Leased Wire, !
San FrancisooV ' Cal., Jan. 21. Mrs.
Josef HofmaM;,the beautluUwlfe of
the pianist, was robbed of practically
all the ready money and; jewelry. In her
r possession, 'amounting' In value to near
y 13,000, while seated in the center of
fashionable audience listening to her
husband's recital in Christian-. Science
hall last night. .
- The money and Jewels were .In i
handbag, . which ; Mr. Hofmann" had
placed on an empty seat beside her
during the recital. ... She did not dis
cover her loss . until the end of the
reclt&L ' :. -i - . .;v"'
- . Mrs. Hofmann -Tald the handbag on
the seat during the playing of the last
number, and when she turned to pick It
VP the bag had vanished. : j- i
essary. In some form the federal gov.
ernment should exercise supervision
over the financial operation of our In
terstate railroads.
1 think' that the federal government
must also assume a certain measure of
control over the -physical operation of
railroads in the handling x Interstate
traffic. -
In reference to the Sherman anti
trust law. 'I reneat the recommendation
In my message at the opening of the
sixtieth congress aa well as in my mes
sage to the previous congress. The at-
ternpt in this raw to provide in sweep
ing, terms against .combinations of
whatever character if technically in re
etraint of trade, as such restraint has
ter being closed for repairs, will re.
open Monday, itlvlna employment to
1,600 men. Other departments that have
been closed will ODen. it Is said, within
a. week.
(Continued on Page Three.)
Burned to Death.
(United Prest Leaaed Wire.)
"Vancouver, B. C, Jan. 31. D. P. Mar
pole, the executive head of tho Ca
nadian Pacific affairs In British Co
lumbia was burned to death yesterday
at Spence's bridge where tie lived with
his wife nnd child. The latter wero
away at Kamloops visiting so that no
one knows how the fire occurred. He
was 28 years old.
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cians for "Touch."
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A new brand of crime has been called
to the attention of tho police through
the operations of a man and woman
who appear to be niakliiK a comfortable
1 1 v-inar out of the scheme. Members of
the medical profession are the especial
proy of ,tlie alleged criminals, and It
was through one of the victims that tha
attention or the authorities has been
called to the matter.
The workings of the scheme are ex
tremely simple, and it Is perhaps be
cause or. its simplicity tnat it has
proved successful from the point of
view or tne'senemers. Tne plan .is for
the woman and man to go to a doctor's
office, where the woman will enumerate
a list of Ills from which she claims to
be sufferer. The fact that the ills
are purely fictitious does not seem to
interfere with the ultimate uuccess of
the scheme. After consultation tha
couple-agree-to a long course Of treat
ment that will Involve the payment of
fees to the amount of S100 or more. A
data is set for the beginning of the
treatment ana tne conspirators depart.
. On the following day the man will
visit the doctor's office on some plaus
ible pretext, and before departing will
negotiate a small loan sav S5 or tlu.
which amount the doctor usually con
sents to part with without protest, on
the strength of the big fee in prospect:
He does not discover his mistake until
the patient falls to appear, and Inquiry
at the fictitious address aiven dis
closes the . fact that the man and
woman have never lived there and that
they are -not known in- the neighbor
hood.
Chief Grltimacher has instructed hts
officers to keep a strict watch for the
thrifty 1 couple, and If found to arrest
and prosecute them on a charge of ob
taining money pyiaise pretenses. , ,
HARRY THAW'S FATE
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BEENjON WITNESS-STAND. PHOTO BY HEARST - JOURNAL
PHOTOGRAPHER.
(T3nlte4 PrH-Lead Wire.)
New York, Jari. 31. The fate of Harry
Kendall Thaw, whose second trial for
the murder of Stanford White, the
noted architect. In Madison Square gar
den, on . the night of June 25, 1908,
closed yosterday afternoon, is in the
hands of the Jury.
When court opened this morning Jus
tice Dowlng began the reudlng of his
lengthy charge to the Jurors, and at
11:30 o'clock he had concluded. He Im
mediately ordered the Jury to retire to
decide upon a verdict
Justice Dowllng's charge to the jury
was one of the most voluminous ever
presented by any magistrate sitting In
a murder trial in New York. It con
tained 7,600 words, and began by detail
ing the responsibility involved under
the state laws and warning the Jury
that speeches should not be considered
In deciding upon a verdict
"Nor should yon be concerned in the
question of the punishment that follows
a verdict of guilty." said "the Justice.
xouc sole function la to determine If
any crime has been committed, and its
grade, but levu the question of penalty
to those who should be responsible for
fixing it."
The court told the Jury that it must
not be -swayed by tho evidence concern
ing Stanford White's character, or-by
any speculative doubt.
Continuing the justice said: '
"The law presumes every, individual
to be sane, and the prosecution can
rest on this point at 'the outset with
out proof. But where the defense ,)s
insanity and the-general-' evidence pre
sented touches the question as to
whether the crime was -committed by a
person responsible for his actn . tb
burden of establishing the defendant's
sanity is uto to the prosecution, ir,
upon the whole case, any reasonable
doubt exists 'In ; the Jurors minds as to
the defendant's insanity, h is-entitled
to acccuittal. s . T.
"But if Thaw was mentally capable
of entertaining criminal Intent, it would
not be possible, under your oaths as
Jurymen,: -to acquit. him . ' -
(Continued, on Page TUree.)
WOOD PIPE
PHI LETS
CONTRACT
New Concern to Build Hero
Closes Deal With Penco
Company to Furnish 50, -000,000
Feet of Lumber-..
Involves $600,000.
Erection Here of Large Fac
tory Announced in The
Journal Some Weeks Ago
Follows Deal Will Liqui
date Title Guarantee Debt
A contract aggregating f (00,000 has
been elbsed by Lafe Pence, of the Pence
omfHoyi wtth ,17," B. mt.t6ri, prrsU '
dent of the National Wood Pipe company
and the Pacific Tank .company, for de
livery of 60,000,000 feet of lumber by,
the Cornelius Gap flume. . ,''. .
It Is expected that .the contract will
be followed by the erection at Portland
of the National Wood Pipe company's
largest plant, and also the payment by
the Pence company, of indebtedness ag- '
regatmg i2U,uuu due to tne Tius
iuarantee & Trust enmnanv for moneva
advanced to the -farmer and llablll ties)
assumed by the latter on purchases as
and near the Lewis and Clark expo-
sitlon grounds, i - ..
Will Complete rrojeot. - , v
A proposal has been made by. Lafe
Pence to William M. Ladd and He- .
ceiver R. B. Howard, of the Title Guar
antee & Trust company, by which ths
obllKatlons undertaken- by the Pence
company and by the Title Guarantee &
Trust company in mat connection may
be discharged without calling upon th
bank for a dollar of further working
capital, and the proposal is now-, under '
consideration. -
Mr. Howard yesterday afternoon vis-.
lted the hills above Batch's gulch, where
one of the Pence Company a hydrauho
giants is in operation, and was given n .
practical demonstration. He' will, with
exnerts. inspect the flumes- and timber
tracts, controlled by the Pence company
through and, west of Cornelius Gap, and '
within a few days It will be finally de- -
.npntlMd rlAtkAP nl. . DAI ' thft. fill .
..j I (.11. .u t. it..ivi v. a.v ' ' ' . .
grounds development project undertaken
by Lafe Pence two1 years ago. and now
half completed shall be carried forward
to Its final corfeummatlon. , , .
The receiver has given no intimation
as to what his decision will be, but It is
believed a- favorable announcement will
be made within the next few days, . -
Includes Xlectrio &lse. : . ,-,
Should the Pence plan be carried for-
ward it will .mean the establishment of
two or three sawmill with- a -daHy- ea- r .'
i pacity or zuu.uuu ieet, tne Duuaing or a
I large wood pipe plant ' employing s,25f
men at the start, the opening of a. u
burb near Llnnton forrthe occupancy of
employes In industries at the . expo
sitlon grounds, the building . of side
tracks to all buildings In the ground
and the leasing of three buildings to va
rious manufacturing Industries, and tin
Inauguration by- Outside capital of a
very extensive plan Of paying ,out the,
entire indebtedness Incurred by' the Title
Guarantee & Trust company In connec
tion with Its operations . at tl)e fair
grounds. ' u,".
The plan Includes construction qf Jin
electric road between the . fair ground
and Llnnton, for which Mr. .Pence last
year secured a franchise along the Llnn
ton road. In consideration of his furnish
ing the crushed rock necessary tor pav
lng the road- the 'entire- distance,
The Pence company has- options I
from Josselln & . Hunblett , 6,000 crcsj
(Continued on" Page Two,)..
BOOKSiiCOIIllI
Judge Jones of Reno Knocks
Opposing -Counsel Down
- With Legal Tolu mes. c
f (Unltei freaa Uanrd Wlrt.i
-Reno,,; Nev Jan, sensallnn.-it
scene -was enacted In Court here hi
Judge W. Jones, who has
Jurist in this state for 15 years, bco .,
lng. angry .when oppoalng coutii-l, At.
torney G.1 W. Shtuter-CottreJI. k ') t,
was no gentleman, threw un hit.-., .: . ;
law books at the latter, luiovKi.i t ,
down. '-, - -
Judge Jones wms about t( f -). r
attack Bp with i trw tiM )-,!t
a deputy jnhwrlff nr:i'!i ;' i, , ,
setaed his arm T). fu.nl v ,
of so argument 'i.i a ; .
suit.
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