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nlgbt and
Tuesday.
South to weBt
winds. r
; COAST TEMPERATURES V t:
O A M. Todaj, ,
Spokane .,.,,. -. " .
, f.;8 Francisco ,,,., ......... 44 '
'.'Portland. 44
:' Roseburg ...,..,.,, .';v.' ". . "n ,l
Msrshfield , 44
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Portland, Oregon, mond ay evening, aprili, 1912. eighteen .pages. .
price two cents &JsraA"3X
V1
250 Put in Hoquiam Bullpen
Anarchu Is Rife in Aberdeen
m at K K R . "
Raymond Expels Alien Hon
..STRIKERS V1LL GO
Hoquiam Citizens Arm Early
, This ' Morning, Meet Aliens
and Give Them Choice of
Work or Quick Exile. .
Hocjnlam, Wash... April 1. An armed
body of 100 cltlxena, carrying ahotguna
loaded 'With buckshot, ..rifles,, revolvers
and other; weapons, broke' the strike
which has held the Grays Harbor coun
try In a firm grasp for two weeks de
moralUed both rights of liberty and
business, when they corralled 250 strik
ers In varn at the Hoquiam Lumber
& Shingle company mill, whom they
will ship out soma time today In box
Aa fast aa a striker was singled out,
he was given the option of going to
work In the IloquUm Lumber A Shin
gle company plant, which. had been em
ploying 400 men with Its night and day
shifts, and If he refused was taken to
k the barn, where ha was searched. Only
two mea carried arms, which they gave
up 'reluctantly, after which they were
handcuffed . together and photographed.
Aimed .' Oitlasna Oatbev Sarly.
Early this "morning : citizens began
r quietly to gather at the mill of the Ho
quiam Lumber A Shlqgle company,' to
prepare for any" trouble which might en-
sue. - Sppakers at the big mass meeting
held at' Electric park yesterday, which
v 1000 strikers from Hoquiam and Aber
deen attended, urged the men to have
. their wives and children go to the mill
this morning, - but the appeal was . In
vain, very few showing, up.
About :S0 tha strikers began to coma
and aa they, neared the plant armed mea
took them Into custody and on refusal
to work they were taken to the big
barn, where they were told, any attempt
at kn outbreak ' would reanlt fatallv.
i Jtm Kan Take JPUm Stand.,
Tna work waa .dne ouietly by a de
termined band of men, who had suf.
f ered a sudden change In sentiment Tha
revulsion ef feeling has been gradual,
but when tha mill men came out -openly
yesterday at a mass' meeting and said
- they would pay the increased wage scale
but .that they would never hire Greeks,
', Flnlanders, Austrlans or. Itallana, ' and
. that they did not propose, to recognise
the I. W. W. union and its principals,
. citizens flocked to break the strike, and
more than 100 took tha oath, of special
police. during the afternoon. v-f
The parade In this city by tha strikers
yesterday was not as large as that of
the previous Sunday, many of the men
deciding to return-to work. ';"
. pr. Tito la Uncle Sam's Xaada. .
Dr. i E. it Titus, ; Seattle Socialist
- leader, who has been here for several
weeks and . who . waa arrested Saturday
-and -lodged -Inthe-aounty -Jall-'on -
charge of conspiracy, was . rearrested
last evening on a federal charge of eon-
. (Continued on Page Two.)
STEAD SAYS
EXPENSIVE BUT
"Nothing Will Ever Be; Same
EQUNENTWES
: "The Doctrine of Economical and Political Necessity of
, Living Wage Has-Obtained Legislative Sanction. What's
More, It's Been Indelibly Impressed Upon Conscience.'!
" . ifTnlUit PrHl Tjia.Ml Wlr.t '
London, April 1, -With incomplete
Wurns tpoaited "today indicating that
the striking" oal miners have accepted
' ' tha minimum: wage byi of the govern-
ment by a vO'a of 3 W' l, many lines
of industry which were paralysed by
the great:;atrlKyAlaadysumlng
opi-ratlons,. , ' -j-..; .N, ' '
It la expected! that HVWlll months
, before the effa-tv . of I he' strike j will
. have disappeared. Tha ronSes entailed
will reach mtlUons of pounds. Most
of the small nerchanta ..are virtually
. bankruDt "'-':"".''"' '
. - Br M. E. Stea;d. K .
1 ''. " ; ( the -International K 1 Beilea.)
London, April 1. -A month ago 1 said
' Great Britain' wan'on the Mrlnk of hen.
' Today I have a report tha Great. Brit.
t sin la emerging from, pu legatory,' - The
result 1s not unsatisfactory J the strike
, -of the coal miners has cost the nation
floiit"r42,500,000,000. It ; probably
wortM .'the money. - j-- '-:-"-'i
On every hand U Is freely admitted
that nothing will ever h e tho same again
after this crlsls, The ' dqctrine' of tha
monomlcal and political necessity of a
llvliig' wage ha obtained legislative
sanction , and, what is tt lore 'Important
it has been Indelibly ttnpressed upon
'.the now -conscience.
Ortat Baorlf Ice of ' Itabor. ,
i This has not obtained without' sscrl
fiao. oh the pkrt f,, lab or,, the miners
liaVe lost $20.000".nj,ln rvages and they
have distributed $K,OpO,OO.a of their union
funds In relief, Oter torkmen throa'n
out of work" bf th(t lack of coal have
MHTificed equs;! "surnrX :. v
By the strange irot'iy or fate the mine
owners stand to pr ofit by the strike,
which .doubled the arlceof coal. It Is
i sn object lesson th' at may prove salu
: tary. There is mifih lees likelihood of
reckless striking :-in others trades for
month to some. "';'' e,'H.-i'
, Apart from gashing minimum wage
at ' St R R ' R i
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I ILL! I U1UU IUI1I1
FROM AMU
MB B.if -w m : M 'fl
HANDS. TRAMPLED
Aberdeen Business and Pro
fessional Men Quit Offices;
ri.'W. W. Hall is. Closed;
100 Feel Police Clubs.
' fSoeelaf to Tb Journal. I ' ?
Aberdeen. Wash., April 1 With the
resumption- of operations by tha S.. El
Blade Lumber company- mill here .this
morning, ', the police have begun a de
termined crusade against ; the strikers
Which ' can only end In their defeat.
Since V o'clock five automobiles Igaded
with special policemen have been scour.
lng tha city arresting leaders and agi
tators. At noon nearly 60 bad been ar
rested. t : ''"xii':.
-Tha Greeks have wired - to Tacoma
for their consul, who Is expected ar
rive tonight. Te streets are crowded
with ' Deople, most of . them strikers,
and tha orowd la kept 'consttr -on-
the move by tha police.
A woman's barber shop has been
closed and its proprietress arrested. A
Greek saloon was raided this morning
and tha place nailed up. Possible raid
ing of the Finnish "hall, where tha li W.
W. are congregating, , la contemplated
by tha police, and may taka place this
af Urnooa. - ' ." . . - r
Aberdeen In Wild SUorder. '
Not since the - strike began has the
appearanoe for . settlement seemed - to
bright, and never before baa tha elty
been in such wild disorder, merchants
have deserted their stores and profes-
1 atonal men their of flcea . Over 100 men
have been clubbed and beaten so far to
day In their attempts to resist tha offi
cers.'"' ; " '.'v- " '
-The Sladr mill started up again 'this
morning with half a crew and running
one side of the mIlLt Around the plant
are strung - SO special officers armed
with Shotguns and with orders to shoot
anyone who attempts ta eroes the line.
In tha Tarda more guards are scat
tered. Other plants will open this
weelc':r'v:ti:-wc;i':C:.'.:'",.---.'--
, - China Carried at TvU Oock. ,
' When 200 strikebreakers filed - Into
the mill at T o'clock thin morning the
mob, numbering, 500 men, attempted to
block, the entrances. The policemen
clubbed vigorously with their guns and
held them back No one waa shot, al
though rifles and shotguns- have been
at full cock. 5 j. ,.-.1
. Beaten back at the mill, the strikers
paraded down town, where -they were
met by police and quickly dispersed. I
Of vital importance was - the arrest
of William A. Thome, confessed anarch
ist and prima -mover ! and ; agitator
among I. W. W, forces In ; this city.
Thome was arrested at 10 o'clock, and
It took tha combined efforts of tha po
lice' and a number of cHlsens .to beat
back- the mob - which attempted to ef
fect hla rescue. . .
Tha Greeks then flocked to a saloon
, (Continued- on rage Two.)
WELL WORTH MONEY
Again," Writes Economist
principle ana a demonstration of tha
costliness .Of strikes, . there ara other
solid gains to record. The first Is thi
establishment of district boards under
an net 01 parliament ror tha settlement
of wage disputes in the coal, trade by
cone! nation and arbl t ration. .
" But. what -is perhaps the most valu
able asset of all that we have brought
out of purgatory Is the Increased con
fidence of all classes In tha common
(Continued on Page Two.)!,:
1
Sporting
Extra
Get The Journal 5:30 o,'c1ock
sporting extra tomorrow afternoon
for a complrte account of all the
opening day ba$eball gajnea in' the
Pacific Coast- league. '
Following its custom The Jour
nal will give the readers full . ac
counts of baseball games through
out the . season, which opens to
morrow and closes in October. In
addition 'to the baseball games alt
other ,, sporting events of Jtnpor
tanc will be handled in the extra.
The Journal's sporting extra:! a
leader jn Portland, and the fans
may cdntinue to look lor its snappy
accounts of the ball games, boxing
matches and general athletic events.
THE COST OF THE SPORT-
INO EXTRA IS TvYO CENTS
ON STREETS PAY NO MORE
OXFORD MEN WIN;
CiMMCFIFFTR
j irilATHA nr-iinir.
II! LtHUIH5 LltMIHU
(..si a ihibi
Kiyer ; i names . Never in
Doubt; Rowers Finish In a
Driving Rain and Hailstorm
RIVALS PULL FIRST HALF
-MILE ON -EVEN TERMS
Faster Stroke (SJves Veterans
Easy Lead Midway in
:; ; Course. ' . " '
jBMvtn Teara or . OKXord-Cam-brldgs
Races.
1 Tear. Winner. Diet Won bw.
190 3 Cambrld ge ."i
10
lengths
1803 Cambridge. .
1 904 -Camhrldge. . , i
1905 Oxford., v.. . ,
1906 Cambridge....
1 S07 . -Cambridge. . . .
1908 Cambridge..,,
1909 Oxford..,
1 910 Oxford.,,.. t.
1911 Oxford.......
1912 Oaf erd ...'.
6
3
10
4H
I
S
lengths
lengths
lengths -lengths
'
lengths
lengths .
lengths
lengths
tli lengths '
6 lengths
Eleven year total Won
CambHdge s, by Oxford 8.
by
.i-'ltl-esn1tTf t aniiuarracTSg!
Won by Oxford 88, by Cam
bridge 50. - Dead heat 1 (1J7T).
Record tor the 414 mile couTse,
18 minutes, 29 seconds, by Ox
ford In 191L
(Ualtee Pm Umil Wlro 1
X.on.don,"" April finishing - ln"s
driving rain and hailstorm, Oxford eau
uy won today the1 annual j boat race
with. Cambridge on the River Thames
here by six boat lengths. - The result
waa never In doubt, tha Oxonians- win
ning as they pleased. Oxford's time
was 23 minutes, t. seconds.
The Cambridge "-crew started away
at SO strokes to the minute after the
Oxford . captain had Won the toas and
chosen the Middlesex aide, which was
paruaiiy sheltered from the wind,
y Oa Even Terms fog Half JtXla. :
. Tha shells ran on practically 1 even
terms for the first half mHe.,$ba Ot
lord 'Crew' rowing 82 ' strokes' to the
minute to this distance . and rounding
me nair-mue mark only three feet
ahead of Cambridge. The coxswain of
the Oxonians here asked for more speed,
and the crew Instantly . responded by
sending ' the eraft away In the lead.
Cambridge hit It; tip to 88, but could
not overtake the Oxford shell.
At Herrods, ,tha half way distance
Oxford was three lengths In the lead.
The rew slackened its pace, allowing
the Cambridge shell to make a slight
gain. At the three-quarters point Ox
ford was still two lengths to the good.
At this time a rain and hailstorm
started, and the Oxonians pulled away
easily from their rivals, "finishing six
boat lengths to th- good;-
' Oxford Has Plva Veterans.
Oxford, with five bid men In the boat.
developed more new talent: during . tha
training for this year a race than Cam
bridge, .The latter had four veterans In
its boat, .Including the coxswain,' stroke
and bow, but It was generally conceded
even by Cambridge men,: that in these
positions only had the Cambrldgeltea an
aavaniage. in average, weignt, uxroro
outweighs Cambridge six' pounds to
the -man. ' v - . 1
The enthusiasm manifested this year
exceeded any shown during the last half
decade and rowing enthusiasts flocked
to the scene of the conflict, not only
from all parts of the British Isles, but
special excursions were run from Pari.
Continued on Page Thirteen?
PRICES OF MEATS GO
-UP DESPITE THE FACT
LENT IS STILL WITH US
4 - EJven before the Lenten season
Is over, higher prices are being
a quoted; for meats. Both fresh
-meats aim pickled product show 4
; a rise for the day and the raar-
4 ket Is Intensely firm. The con-
dltion is not a local affair and 4
4 Is shown all over the country. 4
Hogs and. . .mutton - show - the 4
greatest strength but the price - 4
4 - of cattle hns advanced to siicli 4
4' a figure that further advances 4
A are antlrloated in dressed meats. A
WINNING ; OXFORD CREW
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The inert areBow, F. A. If. I'ltnian;
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Coxswain, II. It. VVella.
Who
GET 36,136 P.
Electrification of Part : of-Main
" Line Possible Object; Com
pany Sold Out Before.
. , (Bpeclal to 15e JoarnaLt
Salem, Or.. April 1. To secure power
for electrifying part of tha Southern
Paclf lo company's lines between Port
land and San - Francisco;- 1S" thought" to
be the purpose of a filing made by the
.company in the of flea of the state en
gineer today. The company filed on
400 second feet of water la MoKensIa
river, about 60 miles east of Albany;
for power purposes, and submitted with
the application maps showing how the
water will be used to develop power.
The cost of the project is estimated at
11,600,000. "
According' to .the plans, the company
intends to build a canal four and a
half miles long, starting at Clear lake,
in Ijlnn county, which will enable gen
eration of 86,138 horsepower under a
head of 75, feet. - McKentle river drops
rapidly after leaving Clear lake, and
thus only a short canal is needed to
secure a tremendous head.
The plan Includes "storage of 18.000
acre feet of water In Clear lake, to sup
plement me minimum now or me
lutream. The proposed project is within
the national forest.
-'It is known that the Southern Pacific
has been, giving, attention to, the possi
bilities of electrifying ths road -for
soma time. . T3ie company-had tilings
at the head, of te Clackamas river and
about a year and a half ago sold out to
Jtha Portland Railway; Light Power
company. Then tne company a attention
waa turned to the Klamath river, but
to what extent is not ' known. Now,
however.. the company has secured what
Is snld to he an excellent opportunity to
develop power. . '
The fees rnargea..ror the ruing
! amount to $18,882.80
PHOTOGRAPHED IN FINAL
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S. P. FILES ON WATER. PUBLIC SERVICE PLAN 1 IMANY CREAMERIES
hrTlir HritTIf ntlVrn ! rtt Iitiaii irnnrn " f
L IUL M KLM IIL UIILU VI II II HUM IIL.:, RflLllI'LIJ
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- PROBLEM, SAYS LANE
If This Does Not Work, City
. Ownership of Light and
Power Concerns Urged.
" A physical valuation to show the act
ual cost ot producing power and light
In tha city of Portland, strict regulation
of rates, and service on the basis -of a
Just valuation, with a reasonable profit
to the company furnishing the "Juice,"
is the only effective solution for such
a situation aa confronts tne city fol
lowing the merger of the lit. Hood
Railway, and Power company with the
Portland Railway, Light and - Power
company.. -
This is tne declaration or or. Harry
Lane who, during Ms term as . mayor,
gave considerable time to consideration
of-the best meaps of combatting mo
nopoly. If regulation by a public ser
vice commission does not work out. Dr.
Lane. believes the city should own tho
plant ' supplying light and power, oper
ating them Itself or leasing them under
proper regulation for operation by
others.'-, :;:.s..,.v .; ;
Vower of Commission.
'A commission must be established
with the power to make - thorough in
quiry, check, up the accounts of .public!
service corporations and regulate fares
and service oh a just ' valuation, allowi
ng the corporations a fair Income," he
said. "If we cannot succeed In that, we
must operate the lighting and powaj
plant as we now operate. the water de
partment. .--
' "When tha city started to take over
the water plant there was talk -among
conservative citizens expressing fear
that It could not be done successfully.
They thought It would be carried Into
politics and revenue wasted. But the
city, while it has been, reducing the
water rate to the .fpnminier. hHs been
(Continued on Page Thirteen.)
TRAINING AT POTNEY
, h.
Wormaldr Ko. 4, G l Jlorsfallt
B.LItOf jolmi Stroke, It. Bourne
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MAY BE PUT OUT OF
BUSINESS SHORTLY
Health Board Discovers Prod
ucts of Five Establishments
Far Below. Standard,
Strict enforcement of an order issued
by tha city health board this morning
will put half the creameries In town
Out of business. The order came about
as the result of the consideration by the
board' of the monthly report of City
Milk Chemist E. C. Calloway In this
report the chemist called attention to
the fact that five creameries, in spite
of repeated warnings, failed to make
the required minimum aoore of 80 per
cent ' '.'-." - 4 ".
The principal offender, according to
sUtements made by Jlr. Calloway and
Dr. Alan Welch Smith "of the board, Is
(Continued on Page Two.) ,
BEWARE OF PITFALLS AND COLO BRICKS; : -
AP
. . ." . ' . ,
This la the day when everything has
a string on-It not only the promises
made by the politicians and the press
agent, "but , the substantial looking
purse, the two-bit piece and the neatly
wrapped package It Is, In a word. AU-
KOola' day April 1,
-T6 the persons who . this morning
found that they had filled their coffee
cups with salt Instead of sugar; had
sugared their soft-boiled eggs from the
salt-shaker; had tried to eat sawdust for
breakfast food -to' those persons these
words will he but a mockery and a sad
reminder. . ' r
But It Is for the Individual who, by
design ot accident, has so. far been left
to pursue the even tenor of hls way
that thla friendly little warning la Is
sued, f
For, Indped.-there are pitfalls a-plenty
for thei unwary mid . the grouchthe
time-honored . brlck-under.tlie-liat - trick
which has been. known to cripple a man
for life; the foolish telephone calls, the
blank letter, the message-from-BcdeUa-oii-the-corner,
tho dinner" table: stynt,
and many another. But there Is noth
ing new. Inventors and 'scientists are
' '"" 1 1 " i!i '' " " - " 111 ' '
ILLUSTRATED FEATURES IN TENTH ANNIVERSARY
; NUMBER WHICH EXPLAIN PORTLAND'S AN-
NUAL $20,000,000 CONSTRUCTION BILL r f
' V T ' ..'-'- i ?:W ' v , ' , V: f ' :
Millions Invested in Office Buildings in Past Years -y..y'-'-,
New Hotels Art Indicative of .Portland' Development. f,,;.'.
How the Aptartmerit Solves CifyVHousing Problem: 5 j v
Ten Millions Invested In Dwellings in Fifteen Months.
New Buildings That Are Dedicated to Cause of Higher Education
Theatre Construction Increases City's Amusement Facilities.
Portland Clubs Occupy Beautiful Homes
MISOFMME
IDLE; 400,000 III
HAVE QUITJ'DSTS
Bituminous - Miners . Probablv
. Will Be Out of Work Only
Few Weeks Pending Result
of Referendum Poll.
ANTHRACITE WORKERS
MAY VOTE ON SCALE
Hard, Coal Diggers Expected
i to Take Ballot on Com
promise Measure. v -
w .
4 Anthraolta Situation a a Obtnce. ,
Company. ,., Men Emp.
Mo. Pay.
a -iinaaeipnia Sc
Reading . . . ,27,007
4 Lackawanna ....18,440
Lehigh Valley... 13,468
4 Del. & Hudson.. 12,441
Pennsylvania ...10,174
JUhlgh & Wilkes-;--''-'
barre ...... ...1,800
Xehigh Coal &
Navigation ... 6.811
Combined . 1'nde- .
pendents i.., ,88.881
$600,000
. 87S.0OO
800,000
263,500
' 226,000
a
a 4
" (United pni teaiea Wlre.)'.'" ';'-r
Indianapolis, Ind.. April l.-All bl
tumlnous' and "anthracite coal miners
ara Idle today as a result of the walk
ing out of 400,000 miners upon the ex
piration of their agreement with the
mine operators at midnight Sunday. The
walkout la different from a strike. In
that tha minora. ?ef t " pumpmen ; and
othera In. the minea to protect them
from flood or other damage while Idle.
- The bituminous miners probably will
be Idle but a few weeks, pending the
submission to a referendum vote of the
compromise readied in Cleveland last
week. " The anthracite miners, number
ing about 150.000, will be out longer, as
no agreement has yet been reached.
They will resume negotiations with the
operators April 10.
- It Is believed V that ' the anthracite
miners will be asked J to vote on the
wake soale eomprbraisa measure as well
as the strike question. President White
ot the United Mine Workers" of Amer
lea, Who is at headquarters here, la con
fident that the operators of the-ar.thra-cite
mJnse-will follow the example of
the bituminous mine owners In. accept
ing the compromise, which would mean
that tha question will be submitted to
a referendum vote of ' the anthracite
mlnera. . .
Pittsburg; April I. President Feehsn
of the local miners' district stated to
day that he expects the coal miners of
the Pittsburg district to accept the pro
posed . wage acale -compromise, and re.
sums work Immediately.
. Fifty thousand men are Idle today in
western Pennsylvania.
Scranton, Pa., April 1--Ali the minea .
in this section of the anthracite coal
regions are Idle-today- The Dig eom
panlea announced that no attempt would
be made to operate the collieries, while
tha regular men are out. v It la expected
that peace will result from the meeting
between the anthracite miners and
operators In Philadelphia April 10.
70,000 Out in Illinois. r
' (Unlt.d rrM Leased Wtr. ' '
Springfield, III., April 1. With a toLsl .
of 845 mines In the state closed. 70,000 '
miners- are Idle today In thlq aectlon. ''
: -187.800 4
- -
180.0
1.008,441 a
FOOL JOKERS ARE ABROAD TODAY
not working. onAprll fbol Jokes. That,
la why there are no original- ones. "
, But the old. ones are good enough to
get results, and so to the person whose
mind la not in active operation on this
day this glad - spring, sunshiny after
noon; the following rules may not come
amiss r -. r. "-Vv
Keep - your' eyea en tba ground, up In
the air,-behind you, to the right and
to the left. -i
Don't pick up a purse, even though
there may be real money protruding in
vitingly from the flap.
Don't follow a quarter along the eld,
walk. It-looks foolish and somebody Is
bound to laugh, -
Don't pay any bills. '
, Don't !, --j- i '
t loti drink. ' . 1 ' ,
,' Don't answer the telephone.4 '
(.Don't take In any money.
Obey those "don'ts" and stty at home
and yoti may dodge the pest who thinks
It is tne height or humor tonlay a dozen
practical Jokes on a sober. Industrious
man But the chances are all agalnnt
you on this day. .April. 1, (, 1 12. For
they're out to- got- you. It ,1s. lndeeL
All-Foola' ay. . Let 'em fool. , :
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