teir-
. Thousands of Dollars
.ara offered or loan. If. yo wish te
pUoa a- saortgage eee the iui; financial
offer made by reliable firm la today's ,
money te lee column, .. .
Tha weather Showeri ' tonight
and. Tuesday; loutherly winds. ' ,
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SELF-CONFESSED DYNAMITER
TO
burns' m try-
TO BUY M MBERS
OFLEGISLATURE
BOW"
TRIED
INTERESTS
Ef COX, UNDER
INDICIEIIl'OUITS,
MOOREAilED
Active In Insurrection
; y in prison
When Arrested They . Declare,
; . They - Have v Evidence of
f 'Corruption Which' Will Be
X Presented to' Grand jury.-Vv
TWENTY OHIO: SOLONS-
! SAID TO BE IMPLICATED
Detectives 'Say They Were
Employed by . Men.. Who
Had Been BlecC"
r -
iCslted PrM Uw4 Wlrf. '
Columbus, Ohlo, Majr 1. Throug h the
arrest here of E. 8. Harrison. A. O.
Bailey and David Perry, three detectives
employed by William J. Burnt" agency,
the Ohio legislature today faces a grand
Jury Investigation for alleged boodllng
during tha present session. .
Undar tha auppoaltlon that tha da
tecilvaa arra lobbylata, tho thraa men
vera taken Into custody. They ara e
cueed of having attempted, to bribe Dr.
George B. Nya, a repreMntatlve, and
were arretted after Nya and Speaker
Vinlng had laid a trap for them.
. No vooner-were they arreeted haw.
aver, than the .three man . ildjfftUXied
themaalvea as Burns operatives and an
nounced that they 'had evidence of cor
ruption againat. at least. 20 members
of tha legislature which would be pra
aented to the grand , jury tomorrow.
Notwithstanding this charge, the thre
sleuths were arraigned today and re
leased in 000 bonds each -on the
bribery chargart ' ;;
. The detectives allege that It members
of the state, senate alone are Involved In
the crookedness they have unearthed.
They are alleged to have been retained
by a large manufacturing association.
which waa being bled, and to have ob
tained their evidence by a dictaphone.
' . Tha Story of the arrests as given out
yvf Nye la that Bailey and. Berry, first
gave the legislator iieo cash xor his
saupport against a bill limiting the work
ing hours of women to nine deny, nya
"then conferred with Speaker Vinlng and
the latter arranged to; have Nye accept
another bribe. " ' . '
Harrison, tha deteotlvaa charge, mean
time, had arranged for the other' bribe.
" 'He had fitted up a room adjoining ths
one where Nye was to accept the bribe,
with a dictaphone and had a stenograph
er ready' to take down the conversation.'
Under these circumstances, Nye accept-,
ed the second bribe. Tha arrests fol
lowed, and then both aides found they
were double crossed. 7 V. :
'It Ut feared here that the arrest of
the detectives will cripple the.inveetl
gatlon' of the . legislature, i which waa j
tinder way. They had been working for 1
Six weeks, and in attempting to deter-i
mine if Nye. were susceptible, made it
possible' for . the representative ; and
, Speaker Vinlng to trap them. ' ; .
j ,1 -. -v' ! ":- - ' - -
Ortlo BIcManJgal, who ty he waa employed to comnilt ' nnmerotu dy
namiting outrages tnroughout th tountry. ; - t?.
era ubof: BAnmiiffliE
LEADERS MAY BE RAVAGED BY FIRE:
ARRESTEDINCASE HUNDREDSIN WANT
i
Suspected 'Accomplices In the Business Section of City and
Times Dynamiting Said to Many Residences Wiped
ARREST NEWMAN
PniTION
NUIR
y
, Have Found , Refuge With
Union Chiefs.
Out by. Fire That Is Hard
Fought for Hours.
(TTnlted Pms IaMd Wlre.t
Loa Xngeles. May 1. Information In I
(DnltKl Free Leue Wire.)
Bangor. Maine, May , L With three
Socialist Candidate for Coun
oilman From Fourth Ward
: Indicted by the Grand Jury
Taken to Jail.
Otto Newman, candidate for the ooun
ell from the Fourth ward on the Social
1st ticket, was arrested Saturday night
by Deputy Sheriff Frank Beatty in con
nection with the navina- netltion frauds.
xne cnarge against him la forgery, and
is contained in an Indictment returned
Saturday afternoon by the April grand
jury.,.,- c-
.. Newman was one of the circulators
of the initiative paving petition, of
wnicn uouncuman cans is autnor. He
ia supposed to have combined with the
four other , clrculatore, who took turns
In signing the names of voters to the
petition. Newman , is also accused of
signing many names other than those
signed with the four men. On the eetl-
tion placed in his hands for circulation
fully one third of the' namea. It la
Charged, ara in his, own. hand writing.'
ueputy enenrr Beatty found Newman
: Saturday' night at tha Socialists' hall,
, First and Madison. He was placed In
the county jail, and has been unable to
give balL His campaign for the ooun
cil haa been confined largely to the
Socialist vote. He will be arraigned this
tenpem or me circuit court. . . .
w iTi jiinio? inr 1i'cc4 Ufniiiaf
ILLIIIUIO UlJiOij nUfiliiV
HEAVY
s'Vf
BURNS
toss
(Caited rrm Leeatd Wire. ) ' .
. San Francisco,-May 1. The plant of
the Illinois. Paelflo Glass WOrks was
burned today, eausing a loss estimated
at tSOO.OOO. The damage- la partially
covered by Insurance. The flames start
ed. It i believed, from waste oil whjch
had formed a pool near the fumacea
At least (00 men are temporarily Idle.'
the possession ' of William J. Burns I known dead, 10 Injured, and thousands
wmcn no win onng irom me east on 1 nomeieea, with the. city under martial
hie arrival .here . Wednesday will be law and aoldiere with loaded rifles
laid before the grand. Jury in connec-1 guarding bank vaults against looters,
tlon with the trial , of John J. and Bangor todays sees the last flickers of
.vim o. nn.mr. wh tnviu o am.w 1 a nre wmon nas oost her between 15,
ing dynamited the Zos Angelea Times. I 000.000 and ti .000.000 m.nA hum wliuut
It was Jntlmatad today by represents I ut a. section of th eitv twn mil, inn I
w u v(wiiuuvii uim uitv juivi 1 Ana m quarter ox a mue wiae.
matlon would result to the examination I Only the use of dynamite and the aid
and possible indictment of two labot of fire fighters from other cities pre-
'"""'- a oma a u- ventea ue total destruction of the city.
C,T v. BUrUn at o'clock yesterday after-
. 'u ,H . . noon,, we names, ranned by a strong
Jff1 Dalrld Kaplan and. M. . A. wind, awept horthwarddevaaUUn the
SchmldW suspected accompllcea of whole, df the business section. Sparks
B'.M?vm"Vn th Tlme" ?" from the burning- buildings flew in all
confided to the San Francisco men their dlreotione . and, the sheets of flame
intention of Beatroying the Tlmeajand leaped, across one street after another
.... lyniiit niuiw iiiu without even a pause. ,
these 'V;.fi,"r . Boon the lighUhg plant waa crippled
wm Xhcpeoted Wednesday. . and all through the night the firemen
WhUe the definite time for the ar fought in dense darkness, their only 11
rival of Burns has not been announced, lumlnatlon being the lurid glare of the
the prosecution expects that the deteo- buildings being consumed. Soon, after
tive will-be here Wednesday morning, nightfall fire companies from nearby
If this la correct, the preliminary hear- cities arrived' and, as even their efforta
ins of the McNamaraa will be held that failed to make much impression on the
day. Everything waiting on the ar- flames, Mayor CuUen brought dynamite
rival pfBurna, althonrh Diatrlct At- into play 'and several blocks were laid
i.i.r,-jii!uenoM owjiivm mac as is m rums by the explosive as the only
ready to proceed without1 him. having means of staying the progress of the
sufficient evjdence on hand to under- flames. " - " - "
itthi! a2J?2LtionVr,,w toow: Even, with the uae of dynamite, little
ever, la not so ready, and It i la not progress waa made In fighting the fire
Silver Haired Prisoner Met a
the Gates of Folsom Pen!
tentiary by His Younges
Daughter; and Friends.
. , .
MawMSSMasaM
RACES IN AUTOMOBILE v
TO ESCAPE CAMERA
Coming to Portland to Live,
With His Aged Wife, Who
Has Waited Long.
IDnJted Pnm Lmm4 Wk.l
Sacramento, Cel., May 1. The parole
granted Chria Evans, one time of the
famous Evans-Bontag gang of train rob-;
bers, by the atate board or prison dl
rectors, went into effect this morning,
when the old ex-bandlt walked out of
Folsom penitentiary: where he had been
confined for 17 yeara and two montbe.
Hla youngeat daughter, Mra. Winifred
Burrell of Sacramento, to whose untir
ing efforta in his behalfl for the past
five years Evans largely owes hla lib
erty and a party ef his Intimate friends,
were at the prison gate to meet him.
Taken la Automobile.
A few minutes later, with the men
who had guarded him for nearly a score
of years waving htnrOodspeed, he was
whisked away to Bacramento in an auto
mobile. Evans had begged te be taken
out Into the world in some manner other
than on the train of the Southern Pa
cific, which corporation he had fought
so desperately la times past.
Chris .Evans will remain In Sacra
mento for a few days with hla daughter
and Will then go to Portland, Or- where
his wife and other members of hla fam
lly are to reside Thm is part of hla
parole order.
Despite his long eonnnement, wnicn
haa silvered hla half te the color of
stonewalls and haa made -. hi cheeka
lean, hla indomitable spirit has not been
brekrtr stttf ' or-h'afr; iB?m(red..; H
was Uke a bby in 'his regained liberty.
Everything was wonderful to hlnvand
the pathetle smile that la characteristic
of him did not leave hla face from the
time he awoke early this morning until
he reached hla destination In Sacra
mento.
Trias o Dodge rhotographeim
In an attempt to avoid publiolty,
which he keenly dislikes, and in an en
deavor to evade a United Press repre-
( Continued on Page Fourteen.)
DIRECT ELECT
ON
II. S.
SENATORS
E
IS
X
Mayoralty Candidate Lombard
Tells Inside Story of .How
Man With Highest ;Bid,AI
most Landed Contract -:
CALLS HUBER LOBBYIST .
FOR THE TRUST PEOPLE
Deal Was in Connection With
Plumbing In Electric
'; Building.
BaahUgat Lost Contract. e
Oscar Huber, lobbyist for the e
asphalt paving Interests and the e
atreet railway, took lively Inter e
est toward - aecuring for A. O. e
Rushlight the plumbing contract e
for the Electric building, owned e)
.by the atreet railway. . , e
Huber said Rushlight must e
have the contract for "certain e
e reasona" e
e Rushlight submitted the high- e
est bid, and after that Superin- e
tendent Coldwell ef the street e
railway company told . the gen- 4
era! contractors that for "certain
reasons" Rushlight ahould have e
the oontraot, irrespective ef e
price.. 1 e)
The Hurley-Mason company, e
the general contractors, ba-ring e)
asked bids In good faith, refused e)
to act on thia "tip" without spe- e
ciflo written instructions from e
President Josselyn ef the rail- e
way company. These were not e
forthoomlng, ana Rushlight lost e
the contract 4 :. . . e!
e
e
e
Action - Result :. of Charge of
Malfeasance In Office I in ,
.Connection' With: Vice Con-'
tiitlons')n;.City V
RESIGNATION "IS NOT;
ACCEPTED, GIVEN LAYOFF
Solution Forced on Simon as
K Only VYay Out of Expose,
V Reported. '
' Courtesy of Paciflo Monthly.
John Kennnth Tuner, author, of
"Barbarous Slerlco," 4 who ' will
probablr become) a Mexican lnsur-
recto general. Mr Tnrner waa at
one time on The Journal news
taff.
IF I VERE MAYOR,
OUOTNUEJNJN
A PUBLIC ADDRESS
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Another revels tloa by Oay l4mbard
aa tJbfWi he., spaclaJ (intwrsw woric
and., swell- the Justness ' err-eoUBcllmeh
was made today In a statement charg
ing that an effort was made by Oscar
Huber and . Oris B. .Coldwell to secure
the big plumbing contract for the Elec
tric building for Councilman A. O.
Rushlight, who is now opposing Lom
bard for mayor.
The Electrlo building was build and
is owned by the Portland Railway,
Light ft power company, - fruber is a
lobbyist for the Barber Asphalt Par-
Continued ' on Page Fourteen.)
FAVOREu BY REPORT
(Continued, on .Page Two.)
, (Continued on Page Fourteen.) '
:.- ' ft J.Li J . i J ,'' - ?:g?4 - -:. A"" ' '
(SDaX-Ul -ninafsA frt Ih Jtwtuml I ' i-fc,...t uMA.a. a. ra. w.
. - . J ' iwwwai aisLaiea h new au aiwarBBl.l
wranta jrass, ut., aiay 1j -o. ju .Mag-1 - n, 1 o..k...
num.- a -widely . known; western mininsl arftvant ir
authority who has -fai returned from last night totally destroyed the . Win
the etrlke at the Hlgglns mine at the chaster plant of the Boseburg Water
summit of Slide and Ranoherie creeks, (-Light company. The, loss Is given out
m.uiun iiurmwooi, or Duma, savs uia i annut xko nno with i Ana !.....
vw wu iuuuu in na lnunonse 4eag 01 1 everything . was ruined with the possl
quarts porphry between l andestte; and! ble exception of one steam engine. The
ub ; 1 nt lean vu iuiddm or nr started .in lh nrin. mm : ' '
800 feet of gold-found at the top where - Kendall Bros., who own - the plant,
erosion .arid disintegration , had taken also maintain a small auxiliary plant In
place. 'The material was shoveled Into the south part of Roseburg. - This will
sluice -boxes covered by the use of Hun- furnish the city with water and some
ganan .nrjieev-.'.--.H.vv;----v-siv I lights until the plant can be. rebuilt.
Uiggina, the owner, and Messrs. Gaae I Newspaper offices and , other dIaccs
ana omu, lessees, nave received by this I wnere eiectno power is used are busy
proem a iou or goia oonoentrates, av-i ioay inaiauing gasoline engmea. : -
eragmg luaiy - fiiHOOQ per ton. -AoUve
mining has ceased for the preaant, pend-l Ten Thousand Threaten Strike.
iiih vuicumo VI mm nrnDerxv DT J. M. I ' - rrr.i.. n. . r m .i i
, . M - - - - ' . 1 , ivu,.cu run imvi T UC-I
?Z . rliaJ?'? .T."0-?" " Paon PitUburg. Pa., t'Maaf ,lv A general
- rT' " "n , Development. 11 is 1 strike of the shopmen of the Pennsyi
tcK.iuou unpromising a very ncn pron-i vania. railroad in 10 rw.t i-i
erty. , Other; properties near are ahowing J waa called today. -Labor leaders de-
vcr.ritu. . 1 clare that 10.000 men will oult
Senate Judiciary Committee
Votes Down the Sutherland
Amendment and Recom
mends House Bill.
(Called Press Leased Wlre.1
Washington, May L The senate Ju
dietary committee reported favorably
today on the resolution submitting a
constitutional amendment for the direct
election of United States senators. The
measure haa already passed the house.
. The committee voted down the Su in
land amendment, which caused the de
feat 'of the direct election resolution at
the last session of congress. The vote
on the proposition was five to six. The
committee then voted 7 to 6, to recom
mend the adoption of the resolution in
the form In which It passed the house.
This, gives the states control of elec
tions: The Sutherland, amendment pro
vided that the aenate should have super
vision over elections.
Senators Clark, Dillingham, Suther
land,' Brown and Boot favored the Suth
erland . amendment Senators Chilton,
Culberson, Overman, Bacon, Cummins
and Borah opposed it On the vote on
the adoption of the resolution as passed
by the house the following voted In
favor of tha measure: Chilton, Culber
son. Overman, Bacon, Cummins, Borah
and Brown. Those opposing: . Clark,
Dillingham, Sutherland, Boot and Bron-
deger. ; V.lv-v '
The favorable report waa then made
to the aenate.- '
Senator- Hayburn protested against
tha report on the ground that it seemed
hasty and ill-advised. He pointed out
that - the judiciary committee did not
come into existence until boon today.
"There was no Judiciary committee
authorised : to report until noon," he
said. "The committee meeting at which
this measure was discussed was noth
ing but an assemblage of individuals
and not a genuine committee meeting.'
The protest; was not acted upon. ' r
JOKING LEADS TO
my. FATAL SHOOTING
CANTON SWARMS
WITH SOLDIERS;
REVOLT S FEARED
Foreign Residents Are in Great
Terror; Assassinations and
Executions Said to Be' of
Hourly Occurrence.
He Would Show Simon -and
All His Predecessors, Living
and Dead, How tcr Interpret
. x
(United Pnas Leased Wire.)
Hongkong, May 1. Dispatches from
Canton today declare that the sltla
tlon there is desperate. There are said
to be S0.000 soldiers within the walls
of the city and it is feared many of
them will Join the revolt at the first
rebel success. v
Assassinations and executions are
said to be of hourly occurrence and
grave fear here Is felt for the safety
of - foreigners. Two British gufiboats
have arrived at Canton.
In the districts around Canton the re
bellion is spreading fast The rebels
have killed the prefects at Bunting and
Sanskul and the town of Fatshan has
been partially burned.
In canton today the outbreake were
nouny more serious. The viceroy haa
taken refuge in the admiralty, which la
being assailed by several hundred . reb
els, ti ia feared that the rioters will
burn the whole city. '
Arrangements by the consuls of for
eign powers to send all the foreign wo
men residents of Canton here and ad
vice to all European Inhabitants of that
city to flee today showed that ths situa
tion there la one of the graveat in
China since the Boxer outbreak.
The rebels, the latest reports from
Canton say, have burned Wenchow and
Woo Chow, after which a Chinese gun
boat shelled their position, killing more
than 200.
Reports from . Shamlen, the foreign
concession, denty that the rebels have
captured that town. The United States
gunboat Wilmington Is patrolltng the
river tnere ana aix otner foreign gun
boats are anchored off the port , ready
to land -marines If it ahould become
necessary to repel a rebel attack.
It developed today that Wusun.
Chinese who was educated In Japan, Is
J leading the rebels, with Luk. a brigand
cbier.; as mi aia. ezugeea declare the
rebels are committing the most frightful
barbarltlca. . 1 . . ; .- - . , '
Richmond. . Cel.. Mar 1. As the re
sult of a Joke, Edward Evans, a Stand
ard Oil employe, ia dead here today and
Deputy Sheriff Thomas Hlgglns facea
a charge of murder. After some ban
tering In a local hotel, Higgins la said
to have left, the' house. Returning a
few minutes later, he Is said to have
ahot Evans through the heart without
a (Ingle word being passed. - . .
WOUNDS INFLICTED M-
BY WIFE PROVE FATAL
''"A" -''it.
L (United Press Leased WliV :i V vV'
- Loa Angeles, May 1. A. P. Ford, pres
ident of tha Merchants Fire Dispatch,
who- was shot by his wife last Friday,
died in a hospital her today. The shoet
leg -followed a, breaWast table .Quarrel.
X B. Werlein. who carries the pres
ent city charter under his arm Wher
ever he goes In his campaign for the
mayoralty and telle hla audlencea that
Mayora Simon. Lane and Williams did
not understand that precious document
or know how to work under It has
caused much amusement by his Inter
pretation of the charter . In hla public
addresses. '
Most notable among , hla Ideas la to
make the mayor ' the overlord of the
city. 'He said In bis address at . Sell
wood that If he were mayor there would
be no trouble between the executive
board and mayor, because the execu
tive board would yield to the mayor a
advice. He would have the executive
board refuse to execute a bad ordinance,
he said. If ths veto of the mayor did
not atop It
The charter of the city, needless to
say, does not authorise the executive
board to refuse to execute law that it
may think are bad. It -la vested with
executive power alone. If an ordinance
passed by the council and vetoed by
the mayor is passed over .his veto, It
is a law equally . with any . other law,
which the mayor Is in duty bound to
enforce.
Another astonishing . statement by
Werlein at Bellwood .was provoked by
Gay Lombard, with whom hs was de
bating. Lombard urged the consolida
tion of city and county governments to
avoid the expense of dual government,
saying that, while such , a change can
only be effected by the legislature of
the state, he hoped ' hla hearers . will
think about the question and help to
mold public opinion in that direction,
Werlein Makes Beply.
Werjeln made a remarkable . reply,
which was to this effect: .-
"Talk abput going to the legislature!
I have said all along that the people
who are maligning me in this campaign
do not, know what is In this charter.
(Continued on Page Fourteen,)-
Becaiiae of the Indictment returned
against him Saturday by the grand Jury
charging him with neglect of duty In
hla policy toward resorts. Chief of Po- .
lice A. M. Cox this morning tendered
his resignation to the mayor and mem
bers of the police commission. -
A meeting ef the mayor and the com
mission . waa hsld abort ly- afterward.
It waa decided to refuse the resignation
of the chief, but to give him leave ef '
absence until after hla trial waa held.
John T. Moore, chief of tha detective
staff, will be acting chief la the mean
time. . .- ; .....
The development of , this morning
followed the return ef Ralph E. Moody. "''
attorney, into whose hands Chief of
Polios Cos haa placed hla eaee. Meedv r
promptly took -action. He . aaw the
mayor and Slg Slchel. chairman of the
Police commission. .While neither the
chief or Attorney Moody will admit that
this la so. It la understood that Umd t
Intimated to both the mayor and Slchel
mat it the chiefs resignation was not -
refused and they did not stand by him.
the police official would, upon' taking
the stand In hla trial., tell from where
his orders cam In regard to the policy.
lewsra ine norm ena ana other resorts. -
', ' .r Friends Advise Cos to UJr.V,
Chief Cox was called' lo tha mayor'
office Saturday afternoon lnun.rtiatsiv '
kfter the Indlntment wna, returned, if.
for' hla odnference with tha mayor. Cox1
declared ' that .- he- was -considering re- v--.
signing,' but yesterday .and today he be- -
an to hear irom hla friends, the great
majority ef whom advised him not to
quit Cox remained undecided until this
morning when he decided upon the ac
tion he took immediately after seeina .-'
Attorney Moody, -! .. - .., i .,.
I have not . outlined any defense for
the chief.", said the latter this morning, '
"but 1 have implicit confidence In him
and know he is not guilty. I have not
yet seen the indlotment. ao 1 do not v
know Just .what course I. will follow. .
'I advised the chief this morning to
tender hla resignation to tha mayor and
(Continued en Page Two.)
RIGHT TO GRAZE
ON FOREST LAND
Regulation in Hands of Secre
tary of Agriculture, Says
Supreme Court. . 1
(TTnlted PreM Leased TVIre.) '
Washington, May 1. -The - United '
States supreme court ' today . sustained
the power of the secretary of agriculture
to regulate the graslng of sheen and
cattle on forest reserve land. The opin-'
ion waa read by Juatice Lamar. It
covered three test cases appealed to the
highest court in an effort to settle a
great mass of litigation that haa arisen
over the right to grass, on the reserves. '
It was expected that no decisions in
the cases Of the Standard Oil or'tobacca
cases would be handed down today. ,-
MEDIATION, IN STEAD OF STRIKES,
PROPHECY OF COfllSSIOHFJ
(Volted Press Leased Wire.) .,..,,
Washington. . May I. The prophecy
that the time, waa not far distant when
a i strike , would be the exception,,' and
mediation the rule in labor, disputes,
was voiced In a May day statement pre
pared for ths 'United. Press by Dr.
Charles P. Nelll, United States commis
sioner of labor. As one-of the rnedt-,
ators authorised under the Erdman law.
Dr. Nelll has served in more than SO
Important disputes between employers
and employes. His statement follows:
(Copyright, 1811. by the' United '.Press
. ASSCiatIOB. ;i;-iV-.' ,;; ' J .
"Thirteen yeara ago' the federal1-coh-
aress awoke to the fact that a strike
wae the most uniortunaie possible way
to settls-a labot dispute, and so it did
what 1t could to provide a remedy. ; it
cassad an act providing- a means of
mediation and arbitration' in all Indus
trial controversies arising between in
terstate railways and employes engaged
In train operation.' s , ::'-iS .t.
"The act was in advance or its time.
The first attempt to use Its provisions
shortly after Ita passage .failed, y ,-;-.
"Since that time, however, there haa
been a steady growth in the conviction
that the '.mere resort to a; --test of
strength ' embodied ' in a strike 1 or
lookout . was1, about - ths least satis
factory of not the , most bar-i
barous way that could be devised for
adjusting a labor controversy, As a'
matter of fact, a resort to a strike or
lockout represents to a certain extent
a complete break down in our Industrial s
civilisation. 1 , .
"That - this is being realised at least :
la the railroad world," Is evidenced by
the fact that, following the first fall-'
ure of the Erdma act the next attempt -to
employ It, made in 1905. was com
pletely ' aucceesfut. and' through Ita
means alone a strike wae ttermtnatfel
and the law has been since successfully
used in over . 0 cases and the experl
encea of the past five year, under this
act suggests that the time ia ripe for
a considerable extension of Ita prtnri
plea te embrace all fields ef labor en
to arrange for mediation and concilia
tion In all industrial disputes, ; or for
voluntary arbitration where the forme I
twe are not successful. , . -
"It is useless to close ftiijeys ti
the fact that the questions win ai-s?
arise upon which no agrrrment
si ble and In which' the final ettnimt
eaa only come through a lest of fcr.r
strengta, But while it I futHe t ?.
pect . the entire -elimination ef 'r' t
in any immediate future, t.ty t.
SO minimised as to twrnme the r-
caption.- Mediation la t.e fr
I believe the prert t;r l
labor acl capital it I t t
A:
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