THE OREGON , SUNDAY ' JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY ; MORNING, MARCH 8, 1910,' '
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every movo of hla great, loafing '"'"'PW the fearless eyes I I , -J-J1 v j . -. . , ; ' .4. 1 HI
bodv. Yellow hair like a llon'n llng ...it from th yellow hair, the I . ' ' 1 f -a i' 1 I : : i 5 I
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By Marhall X. Italia.
VSCLKS llkaoUed stel rUyed he-
ith the ragged coat with
rery move of hfa great, loafing
Yellow hair like a lion h
manb awurvg againat hla ahould-
r, crept Into his eyea, and hid hla fore
head. The- month win unspeakably
strong yea, brutal, and the Jaw below
wii relenUena, atubbom, like that of a
bull dog. Yet, surprising to find It ao,
the nose wu classic In outline, the nos
tril thin and quivering.
In one of the employment offices
north of Burnslde street I found htm.
Ha aprawled over a bench,' taking room
' three men could have found comfort
able, while other men looked respectfully
on, keeping1 a distance and murmuring
admiration. Somewhere within him was
a mind as those quivering nostrils Indl
eated. By the power of it, aa well as
the power of his monstrous body he
was their superior. Had It been when
Vikings vandallied north seas lie would
hare been their captain, their chief. But
ow be waa one of them in an employ
ment office, for the world has changed.
As a clerk Industriously wrote on the
blackboard the bids of buyers of brawn
he lastly but with a look of admiration
followed the workings of the busy, chalk
smeared fingers. Once he turned and
Staked a companion to read for him the
latest offer.
Seeking a story of employment oppor
tunities and watching the operations of
, tha employment offices, I looked upon a
never diminishing army of seemingly
laxy, shlftltss men. wandering almlessly
from office to office, from opixirtnnlty
to opportunity, apparently at the will of
an employer's .caprice.
Suddenly, the gtant rose to" tha full
height of his seven feet. It was he
algnal for all In the vicinity to stand
aside. 8uch- Is the power that muscle
has -where mtnrt dOPirwrt Interfere. With
a movement cany, Ftrong, surprising, he
walked down Fourth street I followed
him. I learned some new things.
As he went from one office to an
other he asked briefly nnd with pur
pose what work was being offered. From
lime to time he shook hla head. He was
wanted. The bulging muscles beneath
the crumpled clothes, the foarlrss eyes
looking out from the yellow hair, the
great hands that could have swung
equally n ax or a plik or pulled an
oar, these were appraised shrewdly by
the dealers In brute strength, and the
best they had was his. But .he waji
contemptuous of It all.
1 could see then -'that he was able to
use the mind that was his.
Though he may have been unskilled
In the waya Of thought, he understood
that now he was master; If employed,
he became a .servant. All the aplendld
power of his wonderful body would be
come another man's property. Well and
good, it was for him to sell, but he
would sell to the highest bidder. 11
knew of the supremacy of his muscles
and he was setting the price.
He waa the Incarnation of the condi
tion that lias come to be In this west
where the employment problem Is gi
gantic; where laborers dictate terms.
Portland, the greatest labor market of
the Pacific slope. Is railing to the world
for men. And the world Is answering men who seek work are going to the
with a heterogeneous assembly kn army dealers, ready to give up a dollar for
recruited from all cations, which con- a .1ob-lf the Job suhs tbein.
stllute's a big part of western develop- Portland is unique among all cities
merit's foundation. In the method of getting Jobs for the
drifting laborers. The employment of
A Heterogeneous Crowd. fl-es like rival auction shops cluster on
The light haired Norwegian mingles ''n,lr'h, ",r"t JuHt "1?!' f. Burn"ld"
with the stolid tlerman; the effervescent n FJf.th T1 Bnd Thi etn,et th,f.re
nre oilier oniees. mil mey seem into
son of France with the humorless Brit
ain. They have heard of Oregon's
mighty, sky-towering trees, of Oregon's
railroads In the building; of Oregon's
Irrigation projects, .and . tby have
brought their muscles, their bodies, to
sell to the highest bidder. They come
and go, ceaselessly. My giant was goon
found by a timber operator who was
wtlitrig to bid double the rrrloe for his
thews and sinews that others were will
ing to pay.
I drifted on with the crowd. I found
It true that whatever the free employ
ment pleas may be, the big. army of
stragglers. No matter what time of
day or night It may be, this square is
always crowded. Attraction, of course,
centers around the nok offices and
thetr ftamtng. bold announcements. But'
between them nre the cheap poolrooms,
the cheap bars, and overhead shabbj
lace curtains drawn alluringly half
aside from windows that display "Fur
nished Rooms'' signs.
The Ranting- Religionist.
For every street fakir and Pandering
preacher on this square there Is a
crowd. Pastors of exclusive churches
would looli with a degree of envy upon
the attention accorded the street evan
gelist whose grammar may be as glar
ingly bad as his voice is strident One
of these In particular Interested me.
The leading feature of his face was the
nose. At first sight his eyes seemed
leaden, but now and again as I watched a
furtive little twinkle appeared. From
the extreme corner of his left eye to
the hair on the opposite side of hie
forehead, there was a long, livid scar,
that In color Indicated his mental tem
perature. When he spoke calmly the
scar was yellow; when he became fran
tic with appeal to theae wanderers not
to wander longer, but to come within
the fold, to -become as lambB and be
no longer as goats, the scar was a vivid,
flaming red.
"I'll show you., A way, sure as .shoot-'
Ing to get to heaven," he declaimed passionately.
"I'll show you a way sure as shooting
to get a Job; that's what you want
more than heaven, right now," inter
rupted an employment agent.
At this tho preacher's fury rose. The
scar seemed almost ready to burst into
flame. "You are like the devil," he
screamed hoarsely. Then to his audi
tors, "listen not to him. Had you
eyes like mine to see the unknown
things you could see his cloven hoof,
his waving tall, hts breath breathing
out damnation from all the realms be
low. He would tempt you with, prom
ises of bread that you would find stones.
He would promise to help you, when he
means to help himself. He Is the dev
il and he walks among you till the
wrath from the ?fcy strikes h1rn down
in his tracks."
I looked for a fight or at best, an
otner retort, but the employment agent
only laughed sardonically and moved
on down street where a fakir was pro-
claiming to all who would listen, the against each other but without the aid
values of a patent, white collar for of men of muscle thefr most daring
men who never In their lives felt the projects never will be more than Imag
oppresslon of such an Instrument of inlngs. These latter are derisive of
torture. development's proportion. A constantly
moving army answering the west's ap
ServantS of Progress. Pa' for help; they come in their rags
The omnipresent German band on the ,nf,,r indifference and they camp
corner was playing the "Iast Rose of a 1,in, wi,l ln Portland, then are out
Hummer." The rain drizzled down on forefront of the work, tho
the street preacher the fakir and tho rr" servants or progress.
men. On the surface It was a discour
aged, ragged looking crowd. But here
were the dealers in muscle and the. sup
ply of all the iiorthwcst country. Look
ing, I understood how James J. Hill
could never have been known as the
And it Is the most Important army in
the world.
Hypnotism as Medicine.
From the Washington filar.
"Do you think hypnotism has anv real
Kmpire Builder without these and others valun In the practice of medicine?"
like them, t'p on Deschutes river there asked the student.
now would not be the excitement and "it might have." answered the pro
struggle of rival lines racing to reacn fessor, "If its use could be ethically
interior Oregon first, had It not been recognised. The only way to get lomi
for these. people to pay their bills would be t
Men of mind may play together and mesmerize them."
STANDS THE CITY HALL
By Miles Overholt.
-ORTAND'S magnificent city hall.
which, together with, the stte
upon which It stands, costs $575,
000, and is now ln Us sixteenth
' year.
It waa during the month of Feb
ruary that the city officials removed
from the old location at Second and Ash
atreets to the new building, although It
was practically completed before the
first of the year.
The late George P. Frank was mayor
of the city, T. C. Malone was president
-of-the city council and A. N. Gambell
waa auditor and city clerk. The late
Frank: Hacheney was city treasurer, R. R.
Glltner was city attorney and the late
B. M. Smith was municipal Judge.
Although tho need of a new commo
dious municipal building was felt for
many years and agitated strongly by
the progressive citizens, the conserva
tive ones wanted to wait awhile.
And It was not until 1S90 that the
agitation of the progressive ones
. brought fruit. Many sites for the pro
. posed new building were offered and
various were the prices and Induce
ments. But the far sighted ones soon
decided upon a location, and who Is there
to say that they chose not Well!
. The site that met with favor "was
owne,d by the Episcopal diocese of Ore
. g-on. Bishop B. AVIstar Morris, and
negotiations were immediately entered
Into for the, purchase of the block. A
price of $100,000 was asked and paid for
the property, then considered an extraor
dinarily good price for property that
"far ont."
H. J. Hefty, a prominent architect,
drew the plans for the building and the
contract for Its construction waa let,
but after the foundation had been built,
at a cost of $75,000, the new city offi
cials employed another architect and
made many radical changes In the plans.
These new plans were carried out.
The accompanying picture shows the
aite of the city hall as It appeared In
1867. It shows the residence of the late
Thomas Fielding Scott, then bishop of
the Episcopal diocese of Oregon. The
adjoining building is St. Stephens'
t chapel.
With the proceeds from the sale of
. the block now occupied by the city hall
the Episcopal diocese built among other
"structures St. Helen's hall, one of the
most modern schools for girls on the
Pacific coast.
- The residence-of Bishop Scott was
built by E. B. Comfort, one of Portland's
earliest postmasters. The other house
shown in the picture was the home of
the late Captain Charles Holman.
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whom a very kindly remembrance Is still
entertained.
"Next week I hope to visit some
points on the Columbia river, proceed
to assist the New York grand Jury. His such unfortunates. Is first of all com-
opinion Is that, of the most experienced pelled to work out her betrayer's sals
and practical expert In the United price. So effective are the Influences
s'ate. commonly wielded by the panders, that
"There Is Just as much danger to she knows, perfectly -well that If. dis-
Amerlcan girls In tiie wide ramlflca- gusted with her fate or overwhelmed
tlons of white slavery," he says, "as by remorse, she were to attempt escape,
there Is to the foreign women of any trumped-up charge, heartily sworn
whose plight we have heard so frequent- to, can be relied on to send her to Jail,
ly. Not a day goes but we are called making her a convict besides being mor-
upon to rescue some American, girl or ally lost.
lug as far as Astoria. Rev. Mr. Fackler women from the tolls ln which she has "Between cities there does exist a
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is now on a visit to the ITmpqua valley
and on his return I hope to receive some
loose system of sale and exchange of
a week has passed slnca 'the women. And a New York pander,
K KJ -TT II till
-to-"- . -.:s,: v.-. --v.. :- yr:.: ...... . m
been meshed.
"Less than
very valuable Information In reference " "'"u upon m lypicai f, itmuimi iu nuiouaijiim n.i ...:i:i..n-
to that part of tho field. Tnft ",rl "na1 D,"en waitress ln a neigh- lng Involved with the police, can often
boring country town, working in the secure effective aid from, his former
Early Land Laws hotel frequented by . transient sales- protectors.
men. One of the men, whose stops wer "The sale and exenange system be-
"A salutary change will no doubt numerous, paid her a beau's attention tween New York and Chicago between
occur before long. I'p to the close of whenever he was ln the town, and at any two cities, ln fact Is practiced
18S0 each settler with a family was en- length, proposed marriage. She accom- more because the panders find that Is
titled to a claim' of a whole section of Pan,'l ll,m to Philadelphia for the cere- the best way to baffle the searches of
land" and each sinirle one to have half mony- "e tok her to a house where the anguished relatives than to provide
thatrmuniuv H. k,f,H If th ruln WM accomplished; then he put the patrons of their dens with freshly
la t'u . iLk JZh r VZZ S . n Iv h"r 0" t"" money for attractive faces.'
Khta ri .r t i LfuT n,m' We fund her and saved her. "The tentacles of the whole, terrible
rt frnn ,hl 1.. it "Th,e are veTy V 8uch ca9P8- vll reach far beyond the surface which
sued from the general land office. Al- where Amerlcan lr arft the Vctlrns. .Ven a grand Jury Investigation can dig
uu" " I Tl They are deceived into the belief mat over. They are like the unklllable poi
not been issued and consequently the
they are the wives of their betrayers, son Ivy. springing up afresh, however
settling or me coun.ry oy tracts Jess wnQ fe, d,r)5 povmy and aB much cften cut. 0nly ln the m08t qonsclcn-
a n' ,e a(l"l ' Preventea. as a by movlng them t0 fc pitlful ioyaUy Rs t0Us and persistent use of the ballot can
large portion of the settlers came to the by threaU foro, (hem to tne 8treet- the community, aa a legal entity, exlir-
country without means, they can make
little improvement until they are en
abled to do so by the sale of some por
tion of 'their lands.
-"The removal of this obstacle will
consequently be a great advantage as
This picture, reproduced by courtesy of the Oregon Historical Society, shows the residence of Bishop ,
Thomas Fielding Scott, with St. Stephens Chapel.
south as Scottsburg, in the I'mpqua two lots for a church. The town has
valley, but having been providentially been designated by the legislature as lake, soinn 30 miles southwest of this
hindered from prosecuting this design, the seat of the university.
I proceeded only as far as Corvallls "I also snent some davs. Including a who had formerlv heen connected with
(Marysville). This is a promising Sunday, at Salem, where a subscription the church. The prospect Is fair for
or into houses of ill fame. pate the evil, and every moral and rp-
"Somo of these white slavers have as llglojis safeguard must contribute to
many as half a dozen girla in different the cure. Eternal vigilance must be tha
dens of vice, blackening their souls and price of our women's virtue,
irremediably ruining their bodies In "I may add that practically no effi-
order that .their Judas masters may live dent form of organisation for the sup-
. . PPi'K i country mom at ase on tm, wages of their alns. preaslon of white slavery exists In the
already occupied. By a recent decision
young town, at the head of steamboat 1s going forward for the building of a establishing a congregation and building necessities of their past life, there Is a
The danger of the shanghai, where 1,'nited States except the Law and Order
fflrlfl An1 women'' Are dlmnlv rantlir.4 Sn.liilv tVillaAi.lrtMa - and that pnm.
of the general land office, the titles to and Dy force an(j threa(a constrained pletely informed and ausolutely effective
property In several of our principal to the life of shame, is a real and pres- organization is now. as It always has
towns nave been thrown Into confusion nt horror Incident to our wMMnnuH Kr, ,.rinnifnri0n' rnH. t'nrvun
I also visited the vicinity of Wapato and uncertainty. f,.)Qi (,. Rnt t Is mlv : n,, i . ,-. .i. ti,.
I find the people for the most part ever terrifying. most .hideous form of vice, although at
"Tha great and overshadowing evil no time supported In measure adequate
lies In the demoralizing Influences of tn 1hA snnrmnna lailr Mnfrnntlnr It
whatever Is proposed. From the. very th low dance halls, the chean theatres. "We hAve heen nhle to enose onlv
place, where I found several families of a generally frank Hnd downright dls
position, ready to consider and disciiBS
navigation on the Willamette, and about church. I trust tho arrangements will a church at this point. It was In this great deal of ready wit and shrewdness,
00 miles south of this place. The pro- soon be completed
prletor of the townslte kindly gave me commenced.
and the building region that tha Revs. Messrs. Richmond as well as Indomitable energy.
and Woodward mostly officiated, of
"THOMAS F. SCOTT, Bishop."
(Continued From the First Page of This
Section.)
the victim is kept within locked doors,
or is allowed to go out under close
watch, or kept hi submission through
fear of personal violence, or even by
the now universal moving- picture shows partially the iniquities of this horrible
an4 more than any other single lnflu- trade In humanity. If some woman, or
ence the saloon aide doors. There are some man. with a heart to el for the
whole coterlee of young men who hang most miserable of our race and wealth
around these cheap shows to scrape ac- sufficient to spare the means of salva-
quaintance with the girls who seek there tlon from their plenty, would only put
soma inexpensive relaxation from their at the society's disposal funds auffl-
dsy'a work. Persuaded to accept liquors cient to carry on the campaign against
- in tne 'laoies room or saioons, their vle as It should be prosecuted, the na-
York. The route then passes through send a shudder through the soul of "Ask tha 'cadets.' One of bur ln- seduction Is accomplished by wholly tlon would not be merely astonished it
Buffalo, Chicago, Omaha, Denver to every American: vestlgators found a cemetery on the premeditated plans, and the men fre- would be appalled at the revelations
San Francisco, with branches to Phlla- "Rut are you sure that our American outskirts of a western city containing quently Induce them to adopt the life of which would ensue. Without such help,
delphia and Pittsburg St. Louis and ,rls re sare.' listen: tne graves or 0l nameless girla. vice aa soon as tney teet virtue is lost; lo we can do no more, than attempt the res-
THE NATION WIDE WAR ON WHITE SLAVERY
"Not long ago three girls of good D. Clarence Glbbonev. as chamnion them forever.
families, walking along the boardwalk for the Law and Order society In Phil- "Yet the majority of white slave
of Atlantic City, were attracted by the adelphla, for many years n&aged a pure- cases, which practical observation re-
American girls, are
two well deflnad
New Orleans, and north to Seattle.
"Many Immigrant girls enter at Mont-
that aense or shame wnicn prevents ner " ' n-ii, ""W" establishment of a fortune teller. They ly local but Incessant war on the illegal veals among
from appealing to her relatives or Canadian border, the. length or whlcn entered, and soon found they were prls- sale of Intoxicants, on gambling In divided into
cues we accomplish within our limited
field."
Concerning Bishop Scott.
, Thomas Fielding Scott, whose memory
Will ever remain bright in the hearts of
.the people of Oregon, was consecrated
bishop -of Oregon and Washington terri
tories January 8, 1854, and worked ln
this field for It; years. He died in New
York city July U. 1867.
A letter written by him to tlic1 home
mission over a half century ao Is not
without interest. A portion of it fol
lows: .
'."Portland. Oregon Territory. 2'Mli
July, Rev. and Dear Brother By
this mall I forward you copies of the
Journal of our proceedings at a convoca
tion of the church and laity held in this
il on the 17th of June. The brief ad
dress -Which whs read at that meeting
will jtive you an outline of my journeys
and )abOrs up to that date
"It waa my purpe to go immediately
after this meeting to the upper portion
ff tha Willamette vallay, and as far
friends, she is, under any of these con- prevents adequate watchfulness on the oners, being told In insolent terms that every form and on the more flagrant classes,;
onions, a siave luiueu to uu ner mas
ter's bidding and give to him the money
fhe secures.
"It Is difficult for the average citi
zen to be made to comprehend the ex
tent of this traffic and the complete
ness of Its organization. Our researches
lo not lead us to the belief that there
is one great syndicate which, controls
the traffic. It is, however, quite evi
dent that each city has Its distributing
those
or young women
part of government officials. they must stay. Two of them were features of the traffic ln women. He who are lured from their homes
"Many Japanese and Chinese girls are timid and helpless, but the third, for- and the society, for long periods at a by offers of profitable employment and
brought In along the Pacific coast and tunately, was equal to the emergency, time, amid utter apathy or active and those whose easy sympathies are
1 i .lavnu i i tlia ohnmlnahla '.ftt K T1 ii hv threats O tl d nniyn onnnnul tfia Criminal rntinlvflncA nrltli i.Ua ,. . V. n rflr tA tin n I n H una ttim l,,ln
that exist in many cities on the Pacific escape of all. Had she not, there would part of the regular city authorities, re- treacherous lovers or, as sometimes malnlan1 a t.he southernmost part of
atlves. ..". -"
Railroad Betters Defense.
The opening of the Japanese railroad
that cuts through the steep hills of tha
Yatake range and connects the prov
inces of Hlgo and Satsuma completes
a continuous eystfm between the north
slope, some of these cribs being owned have been three more 'lost girls.'
mained lone voices crying in the wilder- happens, to help relatives.
center or centers, and that there is per- through the efforts of government offl
fee t understanding between these cen
ters in different cities, here and abroad.
There Is no doubt that the e mployment
agencies are often made use of to this
end.'"
In- JaiiiieM h;cs followed t lie trail of
the social ice nnd its miserable vic
tims across ttie country. The map
shows it. but his words make it doubly
impressive;
"The traffic h;is of late grown to
enormous proportion It is interna
tional, interstate and local. Men and
women visit Kinope. persuade gills to
come to AmerlcH by offer of employ
ment at large pay. only to immure them
in dens of vice- -slaves. They enter cvur
country at the chief ports on the Allan-
Dy nnsiian men: " auumer instance a man seized a ness, unci again uecame iot and .Ills tn practice, mere seems to exist a
"From New York and New Orleans young married lady on her arrival at a family In the Sodoms of Iniquity such chain of modem Legrees such as has
girls are shipped to Panama. It Is fair railway station and attempted to drag as exist ln all great citjfs. been repeatedly declared to have a na
to state here that the canal zone has ,lp'to a waiting carriage, claiming her It is a fact, significant of the vast tional scope. In Philadelphia, for ex
been cleared of houses of prostitution to (be his Insane wife. What, woman or experience of President Glbboney, that ample, it has been proved that a group
girlls safe from these slave traders? he is the author of the tremendously of dealers flourish returned to their
dais. Dens or vice exist, however, klose -twten an attractive young man ap- errective phrase, "white slavery." He hunting grounds after having been
by, under Panaman authority. pearl In a country town, scrapes ac- coined it over a score of years apo. and driven .out a few years ago who each
"The money Interests of the traffic iitaiitance with a girl living there and, It has become now part of the world's own three or four houses. They are or
are fabulous. Chinese girls of tender by offers .of securing her employment most active thought. ganized, with tbeir regular counsel,
years are being sold for IJOOO on the or promise of marriage, or even a mar- It was Inevitable that any man who their ready bondsmen and tbeir influ
Paciffc coast. Last fall, when Alphonse rlage ceremony, lures her away to a stood for genuine not Imitation moral- entlal politicians, all united for their
aiid Eva Dufour, a French l.ian and den of vice. These facts must b; made '.v amid the moral ehao's and vacllla- protection against outraged law and all
woman, were arrested in Chicago for known to people everywhere, for no one Hons incident ft) municipal politics must sharing their nefarious profits,
importing white slaves, they forfeited is safe. sooner or later come into conflict with "To any one of these wholesale pand
it bail of IG TiOO and escaped to France. "In Chicago a year or so ago one .of hydra-headed white slavery in its na- era the retail procurer domes who lias
The prevalent hard times, by throwing these poor victims drowned herself In tional and international aspects. accomplished the moral ruin of a girl,
many young men and women out of the lake. During the time allowed for President Gibboney has had so vast He lauds her attractions and aava h
about 1750 ml Us. Japan can now as
semble three divisions .of her armed
forces at her southernmost point within
12 hours,, and treble that number with
forcos from Tokyo witbjrf 48 hours.
Aside from this strengthtng of nation
al defense, the last link of the road
will make a great advance in trans
portation, thus adding to trade.
and varied an experience that, when can persuade
JNew ork first proposed Its probe into shameful life.
work, favored the extension of he traf- the Identification of her recovered body
fic. the daily papers reported that nearly
"But it may be aaid that these are SOiV persons called
foreign girls Immigrants. What of the body
It?" girl. Fl
i ne answer of tne cnairma-H -or tne ones were lost ai one time: Where ar ' ne unusual procedure was even moot
her to embark on the
He may secure a prlca
Railroad for Australia.
Reports have been compieteed and ara
now before the house of representa-,
lives of the Australian government for
a. proposed transcontinental railroad
t.hat will link up the eastern Australian
states with the west. The great Island
stretches a distance of 2600 miles east
and! west, and a complete line of road.
serosa would open a vast area of fine
ons called to see If, perchance, the horrors of existing conditions, spe- ,for her as high as $100; ordinarily, he pastoral country, make available the
might b that of their lost rial agents of the district attorney gets no more than $J5, witn individual military forces of the mor densely pou
ve hundred people- whose d?ar called on him for advice and guidance, sales sometimes aa low as J2.S0. ulated states In case of need. anH
tic coast, moM of Uiena landtag at New Nallsnai YifUance committee may well thej-7
The victim, onoe in the den and shorter, the time of, mails by seveial
ed that he be engaged as an expert garbed in the garments commonly given days' time
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