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VOL." XXI.'" NO. 107.
PORTLAND OREGON, FRIDAY;VEVENING, JULY 11, 1913 TWENTY-TWO, PAGES.
rTv"v irmn i. fir? ttiarvf ii srirwa
rAiv-a wvr stands 'Irivit bents ,
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t.T
CREATES A PII
i ' I I lit)
: White k Solicitor '.General Is
, "Speaking Male, Suffragettes
Discharge Percussion Cap
-From Child's Toy;;:
, 5-
POLICE AT ONCE JvRBEST
DISTURBANCE-MAKERS
Mouse! Traps Thrown Among
Members Add to Excitements
of the Demonstration. '
(United Fma leased Wir, .
t: London, July 11. Th hou of com
mons wajs thrown into wild confusion
day lyi a - sensational suffragette de
monstration, a part Of which was In
tended ' to f rtfchten ' tbo commont Into
the belief that member were threatened
with a platoL Solicitor General Blmone
was making a epeeoh at the time. Two
male' aufifragettea,- believed to - be re
ponslble, for the demonstration. - were
arrested. :V ' ;.f" 'ii?.
Two men were seated in tho Tisltors'
rallery when one suddenly 'shouted:
"Justice for women." and fired what
other spectators and members believed
to be a real pistol. The . other man
hurled suffragette literature upon the
members, and threw mouse traps, eapfe
bearing the figure of a cat, on top, -
Officials overpowered the men and
when the "pistol" was seised It was
found to bo a child's toy. and that a
percussion cap' had been fired. The
men were Identified as H. O. Bennett
and Evaa Shaw.
Try to Reach King.
((Jotted Pr I.d Wlre.l '
Liverpool, July Jl-As King George
wss passlhr through the streets today,
a delegation of suffragettes attempted
to break through the lines and hand
his majesty a petition. The attempt
fayed. Later the women, armed with
pokers, Inaugurated a window, smash
ing campaign. , ,
TIFF BILL, TEN PER
CENT UNDER HOUSE
1 - 'i-.rfSi . - ... 4
fiATESfUP TO SENATE
: .-f; ' r"' ''VT.'rT'r'
"We Have Written a' Tariff
for . 5 the Average Citizen,"
: Decfares Senator Thomas.
. (United Prra Lessml Wire.)
Washington, July 11. The Demo-,
sratio tariff bill was reported to the
' lenate today by Senator Simmons, of
North Carolina, chairman of the finance
-sommlttte. The bill provides for re
actions In duty averaging nearly 10
per cent from the rates fixed In . the
house measure.
. , Senator Thomas, of Colorado, a mem
ber of the finance committee, comment
ing on the finished draft of the tariff
sill, said today:
, : k"For the first time In the history of
the United States, the senate majority
kas shown Itself more radical and more
progressive than the majority in tho
house.
"We believe that we have given the
people In this bill a sincere and highly
teceptable fulfillment of the tariff
pledge lit the- Democratic national plat
form. We. have written tariff for
the average oltisen. The bill Is easily
tnderstood, because ' Its whole trend ta
toward i a,, more equal opportunity for
all" ' '
. The recommendation for a favorable
report on the tariff bill was adopted by
the finance commute by a strict party
rote... ,f- - .;'' i 'r '
L
(United Pitts Leased Wire.) '
Wellington. N. Z., July 11. An at
tempt to blow up the Christ Church
military barracks has sent that city
Into a stat of great excitement.
. .. Large quantities of dynamite connect
ed with the burning fuse were discov
ered under the building Just ;ln Urn
for the fuse to be extinguished. A few
- minutes -more delay would hav meant
the complete destruotion of the bar
racks. i '': . '"is.x
The police are at a loss for a clue,
i There is no eviJence. so far, to con
nect the outrage with anyone, but It la
thought that some member of the antl
mllltarist faction may have been re
sponsible. if' 1
r V ,. -
:i ; . luniiea rms iiiissea wire. I " .
.Ban Francisco, July II.- "Violet
temperamental, bat I think 'there Is ft
BOMB
IE
CLONIA
BARRACKS
olgger in,th wood pn4v".--'.;-:
This , was., th comment ttfds,y of .
Clarence Harvey, to a tors cablegram
received from his wlf. Violet Vlerloli
Colby, the musical prima donna, who has
been lost In Europe for six weeks. Har
vey flooded ,th wires with , inquiries
before Jie received this "repljr
: "Am in London; Inquiries very an
aoying.C '
''Swt Violet"' should remember?
added Harvey, "that it la natural for
nusband to be slightly Interested In his
wife. Something la wrong." , - ,
t j ( , i f 1 j 1
' h' 4.)4
Armstrong ! Expects Indictment
"I Am to Be the Goat," He Says
, It it :wt k . n 1 H , at f , at . tt , , , n ' ! .
UFollowing
Countr School Superintendent, Seated In His Office, Where lie De
f!; i dared He JWereljr Helped Men He Thought Deserving nd Never
" Received Penny for Aid Given. Below Is Police Captain Keller,
' Who Says He Saw Some Tapers' ' Which Contained Questions lu 1
Examination. , . ,. V. .
Is s k v I . t - K-"i I ,
BIHWFM ff
HE WAS NOT AWARE M
Keller WilLTell All He Knows
- But Is "FoK Joe Keller
"I am the goat.
"I suppose I am going to get a!J that
Is coming, just because 1 wanted to
help a few men, I thought deserving."
Visibly shaken, almost apparently, to
the verge of a collapse. County Super
intendent of Schools A. P. Armstrong,
who was formerly a member pf the civil
servloe commission, bitterly summarised
his experience' before th grand Jury
which Is Investigating a charge that
money was paid by policemen for high
civil service rating., .--.v- -
Armstrong spent over two hours be
fore th inquisitors yesterday after
noon, and his appearano as he left the
jury room gave. evidence that. he had
been subjected to a merciless oross-ex-amination
in his attempt to demon
strate his innocence. The former
civil service commissioner went direct
ly from the hearing, which he had de
manded that Deputy Dlatriot Attorney
Magulre permit him to have, to his own
office a few doors from the jury, room.
After recovering somewhat from the
nervous strain of tha ordeal, Armstrong
went on: ,
"Tes, I am to be the goat I am the
one that Is going to get It I did merely
what was right a it appeared to me.
I wanted to help a few men whom I
thought deserving. Before going further
tnougn, I want to say that statements
BADLY PAID GIRLS
VONT COOPERATE IF
VIRTUE IS DOUBTED
ITalted frets Lessee Wlre.V
Seattle, Wash.. July 11. It is a mis-
take to ' put; too! much emphasis on
the so-called t sex morality argument
In discussing the question of minimum
wages, was th advice given by Father
Edwin V. O'Hara, chairman of th In
dustrial -Welfare Commission, of Ore
gon, addressing a sectional meeting of
the National Conference' of 'Charities
and Correction thla morning. .
''It Is Indeed fundamentally a tnnral
Issue,' ' he said, "on . of social Juatlo.
But" the Insinuation ' that ' under-Dald
girls are largely Immoral, and t, that
th Increase .In wages ' Is going to
mak - It posslbl , for thm to lead
moral lives is fals in fact and dan
gerous in policy. , Girls ' will ' not co
operat with reformers who begin' by
casting reflections on their virtu. -- It
1 more to the point to show that vn.
der-pald girls ar preserving their vir
tue, Doi ar i uving on - two meals a
day and are forced to practice other
pitiable economies which undermine
their health and unfit ihem for the du
ties of wife end mother, and thus sap
th foundation of soclaty." ',
t i ii ' ( ' , y
First," VW w W
Grand Jui7 Hearing
X
that I received money ar untrue I
never received a penny to help anyone
get on th fore or secure a promotion,
"A thousand grand Juries asking rne
that question would receive the earn
answer. The only thing I did do, and
which -1 suppose they will charge m
with is, that I assisted police, officers
before they took the oivil service exam
ination, "Tfi whole investigation as I see It.
(Continued on Page Five.)
w -am
CWMAS
A UE
HE
"Never. Saw Him but Once at
a . Banquet," Declares the
Speaker of the House, in
i", Reply to Lamar's Charges.
NEVER EVEN HEARD OF
LEWIS CASS LEDYARD
Wool Men Spent $25,000 to
Influence Tariff in 1911,
They Admit.
(Doited Press Lessed Wire.)
Washington, July 11. --Sneaker Champ
Clark Interrupted the senate lobby com
mittee, today to place on record an em
phatic denial of every statement voiced
by David Lamar, a stock broker, and
Kdward Lauterbach, a New Tork attor
ney,', connecting him with J. Pierpont
Morgan ft Co.
"I never met Morgan or any member
of hla firm," said Clark. "I saw Morgan
only once in my life, and that was
when I sat across th table from him in
a banquet hall."
"X never knew there was such a man
as Lewis Cass Ledyard," said Clark. "I
was Introduced to Lauterbach several
years ago and met him only one. .
"Every statement connecting my
name with anyone In Lamar's and
Lauterbach's testimony la a lie. I be
lieve that when Ledyard learnrd thct
my name and that of Senator Stone cf
Mireourl was being bandied about t at
he should herve communicated with us."
Intended intimidation by "big busi
ness" is alleged by Martin M. Mulhall
of Baltimore, who complained to Sena
tor Lee 8. Overman of North Carolina,
chairman of the senate lobby commit
tee, that he had been warned to leave
the city. Representatives here of the
National Association of Manufacturers
ridiculed Mulhall's allegations.
Secretary Marvin, of the National
Woolen Manufacturers' association,
submitted to the committee a summary
of expenditures and receipts of the as
sociation for . 16 years. It showed
amounts ranging from $18,000 to $20,
000 were contributed or raised by an
nual dues. No cash, Marvin said, went
directly to influence legislation. Mar
vin's objection to publication of the
statement was overruled.
Marvin admitted that a special fund
of 125,009 was raised .in MIL., when the
KNEW MORGAN
Bmooratlo- booae-planned revision orrmB8:aml - th Jutyn oTTOut at
th tariff. He said be- did not know
how the. money ' was spent
The taking of testimony by the house
lobby Investigating committee is ex
pected to start Monday, with former
Speaker Cannon and former Representa
tive Watson of Indiana as the first wit
nesses. The committee will be unable
to obtain Martin Mulhall's testimony.
The lobby committee this afternoon
excused James Klrby Jr., president of
the National Association of Manufac
turers, until Monday, to permit him to
go to Dayton, Ohio, on personal busi
ness. Chairman Garrett asked Senator Ov
erman three times to give the house
committee a portion at the Mulhall let
ters affecting congressmen, but Over
man refused.
"I'LL WIN OR DIE," SAYS
CYCLE RIDER; KILLED
(Cnlted Vrrn LMied Wlre.1
Macon, Ga., July 11. "I'll win this
race or break my neck."
The latter part of this declaration is
fulfilled today in the death of Martin
A.' O'Brien, who was Instantly killed
when his motorcycle skidded on a slip
pery track and dashed against a wait A
few minutes before the fatal aocident
O'Brien was thrown from his machine
at the same spot In the course, but es
caped injury. He at once'demanded an
other rt-achlne and reentered the race. In
the Second -fall, his neck was broken
and his skull fractured. .
SOMEBODY STOP JH(E DOG!
CAPTAIN AND-CREV OF
TUGBOAT HAVE NARROW
ESCAPE FROM DEATH
Men Leap When Loaded Barge
Turns Turtle, Crashing Into
Pilot House,
Escaping death by a narrow margin
this morning, when the tug Charles M.
Orelner had her pilot house taken off
and her cabin damaged by an over
turned sand barge, Captain J. I). Kropp
and the 'crew of the tug saved their
lives by leaping off the Imperlled-
craft. Captain Kropp Jumped into the
river and the crew of four men es
caped to a derrick barge in tow of the
Grelner. - '
The accident t thr Greiner, say of
ficials of the Portland Jug & Barge
company, owners of th eraft was due
to th sand . barge being overloaded,
causing it to turn turtle. , The tug
made her way up to the company's
dock at the foot of Davis street under
her own steam,' arriving at 10:16 this
morning, but with her cabin entirely
gone. She will probably have to re
main at one of -the local shipyards for
several weeks.
According to the report of the ac
cident made to the owners the Grelner
was on her way up from the Columbia
with a barge loaded with sand moored
alongside and a derrick scow in tow.
When off Linnton at. 9 o'clock this
morning the sand bogan to run and
tipped the barge, and it turned turtle.
As it went over it struck the pilot
house and took it completely off.
Seeing what was about to happen.
Captain Kropp cried out a warning to
the orew and then Jumped Into the
river Just in time to avoid being
crushed in the pilot house. The crew
jumped to the derrick and succeeded
In fishing the captain out of the wa
ter. The damage la estimated at
about $600.
ALL FIFTEEN ALLEGED
. W. W. RIOTERS ARE
FE AT OREGON COT
(Sneelsl te The Toornil.)
Oregon City, Or., July 11. After de
liberating all night on the case of th
I. W. W. agitators, on trial at Oregon
City on the charge of causing a riot
at the paper mills, the jury this morn
ing acaultted the IS men.
The two daysVtrlal ended at : last
S o'clock when no verdict had besr.
returned. Judge Eakln recalled it, gave
It Instructions to return a sealed ver
dict and locked It up for the night
The verdict was found about S a. m.
Yesterday there were rumors that
sensational evidence would be Sprung
by the state but it did not develop and
the trial was a very quiet one consider
ing the circumstances. The real fight
centered on the identification of these
15 men as the ones that caused the
riot Counsel for the defense contended
that the real agitators got away, and
that these men were Innocent specta
tors end had not been satisfactorily
Identified by the, state. Attorneys on
both sides made their pleas to the jury
quietly.
The verdict was received with fore
boding by business men of Oregon City,
who seem to fear the victory for thn !.
W. W. will lead to more trouble. They
look for more attempts to cause strike.
Several of the Socialistic sympathisers
from Portland were heard to say If a
verdict of guilty was returned by Ui
jury the town would be flooded by I.
W. W. men.
The fifteen men received news of their
acquittal with joy, and when turned
loose, walked down Main street with
their few belongings under their arms
In a jaunty manner. During th last
fw days of their Imprisonment thy
obtained paint in some manner and
painted on the walls of the -county jail,
"To hell with a Kangaroo court. We
want Justice," and other like aentences
and otherwise decorated In commemora
tion of their stay.
BANDON REFUSES
II KA START;
EDITOR MUST GO
Committee Summons- Him
to- Meeting of Nearly 200;
Resistance Being Rumored,
Hundreds of Men Gather,
"OUT OF TOWN BY LATE
TODAY," FOR DR. LEACH
"Americans Have No Sense of
Humor" "Joke's. On You,"
Is Retort.
(Special to The Journal.)
Bandon, Or., July 11. This afternoon,
as scheduled, Dr. B. K. Leach was put
aboard tho Coqutlle at the dock here at
1 .30 and. accompanied by a committee of
Bandon business men, forwarded to Co-
quille, where It Is Intended he shall be
sent through Coos bay and put on th
sand spit north of the bay, with in
struction to not return.
There were no sympathisers to object
to the deportation of Dr. Leach, and he
was a sorry figure, alone and without
a friend. Practically the entire citizen
ship was at hand to see him leave, and
the steamer Favorite also accompanied
the delegation to Coquille, loaded with
business men and others.
Sixteen auto loads of bualness men
left Marshfletd today for Coqulll to
meet Dr. Leach and see that he kept on
going.
Bandon. Or.. July 11. Trouble Is ex
peeled In Bandon late this afternoon at
the hour at which Dr. Bailey Kay Leach
has been ordered to leave th city. Th
doctor has sympathizers among th So
cialists and some of these are this
morning open in their expression. The
cittiens' committee members, however,
declare they will cause all sympathisers
to leave also.
It was reported this morning that Dr.
Leach had SO men. concealed In his
house to resist so the George W, Moor
and Lyons and Johnson mills will be
closed and the S00 employes will com
to the city to assist the business men.
The force of men determined to deport
Dr. Leach and his sympathisers Is ready
to use force against any resistance and
win number fully 600. It Is not known
how strong a following Dr. Leach may
have; All business htfuses will be closed
and If Dr. Leach Is in th city the citi
sens will march to his residence."'''
Excitement -la--at- th highest, pitch
and practically - no 'business' nas ' Deen
transacted this morning Th citizens'
oommltte members say. that they ar
firm in their determination that Dr.
Leach and any who ar his followers
must leave.
It Is learned that Dr. Leach may leave
for Coquille to attempt legal action so
a committee from Marshfield has been
asked to go to Coquille and with a com.
mittee from Bandon, Leach will be or
dered to move from Coqulll.
Keating of Cltlxens Oivea Order.
Dr. Bailey Kay Ieach, editor or a
local weekly publication known as
Justice, was- ordered to leave Ban
don by late this - atfernoon by a
gathering of -nearly 200 of th leading
business men of th city last night
When after being brought before th
meeting. Dr. Leach said on the street
(Continued on Page Nine.)
J
TO PROCEED IF WAIER
COMPANY IS WILLING
Senator Chamberlain's Work
of Years Brings Results at
Washington.
(Wuhlnstoa Boreas of Th. Journal.)
Washington, July 11. Secretary of
the Interior .Lane today authorized the
reclamation servloe to proceed with
plans for the West Umatilla project He
laid down certain 'condition which were
elaborated for the guidance of all con
cerned.
This, the sixth Unit, being the 10,000
acre unit of the west extension. Is
authorized on condition that the Oregon
Land ft Water company will agree to a
modification of its decree to the effect
that these lands may be sold in farm
units to be fixed by the secretary of the
interior, not exceeding those fixed for
Northern Pacific lands in the same pro
ject: the purchasers- to file water right
applications and .charges per acre to be
fixed by the secretary of th Interior.
The result follows several years of
bard work by Senator Chamberlain, who
has been an active and aggressive work
er for the extension whenever, there was
prospect that anything could be done.
There has also been hearty cooperation
between him and Senator Lane In fur
thering the project ever ( since the let
ter's arrival in Washington. The secre
tary's action today is very pleasing to
all friends of reclamation here, who
looked with . some discouragement ' on
th turn of affairs immediately follow
ing the change of administration," es
pecially on account of Secretary Fish
er' failure to advance th project to a
settlement before his retirement.
Under the . terms of the contract , th
Northern Pacific 'practically agree, to
permit the ; secretary of the Interior to
fix the prlee at which Its lands, shall
bo mads part of the project' The Ore
gon Lend A Water company lands ara
In prlvat ownership, and th company'
assent to th secretary's order will com
plete the essentials necessary for work
to begin..-' ".'r ;":' m fy ;;-.v.,
GoYernor Is Held Without Ball,
f Havana.'. July ". 11.' Indictments hav
been returned against General Asbert.
governor or Havana province, and Rep
resentative Arias, in connection with
th killing ' of General Armando Rlva,
chief of the Cuban national police.
WE
UMATILLA PLANS
BEST.
HAND IN STRIKE
State Executive Tells Crowd
They May Hold Peaceful
Gatherings but Must; Not ;
Interfere With Others. . 7
SECURES ARMISTICE , "
UNTIL TOMORROW
Miss Hobbs, His Secretary,.
Mingles With People and . -Gathers
Information. ,
Strike Situation. ;
At the request of Governor
West, strikers, management of '
the Oregon PacKing company and t
member of th Industrial Wei- '
fare commission will meet to-
morrow morning at 10 o'clock In,
the city hall, in an attempt tOj;
arbitrate their differences. Pick
W ets will be withdrawn by tho
strikers until after the meeting.
0 Governor West mounted a bar-
rel and reasoned with th strlk-
ers and mob of hangers-on this
morning.
-'
.
Governor West took a hand- tn the
strike of women at the Oregon Packing
company this morning.
He mounted a tar barrel and talked to '
the mob that pressed about him.' H en
gaged in repartee with the strike lead
er a, winning his full share of applause
for quick answers. He yielded his place '
to Mrs. Bchwab, a strike leader, who in
sisted on explaining the strikers Side '
of the contention. She was followed by
Burns, another labor agitator. ; - '
The governor remained as one of the '
audience, mostly men and many of them
curious idlers, until Burns mad the
threat that th packing plant would be
hut' down. Then the governor sprang
forward, exclaiming: -
"Tou have the right of peacable gath
ering. You have the right of free
speech. But when you try to close anv .
plant of anybody's there'll be hell to -pay,
and I won't quit until It is settled '
If I hav to. work, slnglehanded,M -f ' ,
There wer other passes when the
governor thrnst .out hi Jaw. and stood '
facing the crowd -.declaring that tliex
power 'of. his ofllc--would be coneen--t
rated on keeping peace and order, no
matter what the cost At th same time '
h said: - :
"1 am her to protect these" girls. I '
think they should b better paid and
work under better conditions. But we've
(Continued on Page JSlx.)
Use of Abusive and:lndecent
Language, on ; Street' Must
Stop, Declares, Executive!. -
With the 'announcement that " all '
atreet speaking In Portland wilt bo
suppressed If. there is any further us, -of
vulgar or Insulting languag at
street meetings or any display of sign. "
that he considers indecent Mayor Albe
laid down his final ultimatum to- I. W,v .
W. and Socialist agitators today:
"I have given my last warning," said Y
th mayor. "If It la not heeded, ray
'next action Will be to direct the chlf '.
of police to stop all speaking In tho
streets and that means all speakln.'
I want this positively understood: Thorn
IS to be no more vulgar language from , ,
speakers at these meetings,' and th die-
play of improper signs must cease." ,J ' ;
Sign Arond Mayor's Xrfe
One sign that particularly aroused
the mayor's ire was carried into tho
council ohamber by an L W. W. sigh '
bearer at . the hearing given by the
mayor to strikers at th Oregon Pack
ing company's plant last Tuesday. It -bore
the words: ;To hell with white
slavery and $ a week." . ' . - " "
"Signs such as thee are certainly not
decent, and wilt not be permitted." said
the mayor. , "Any person carrying one -will
be arrested by the police. If there
Is any mor of this kind of work. 1
shall have to close the streets , to all
meetings," .':;,?' '.nWr, '' '
Mayor Albee's announcement this '
morning followed-his action last night "
orecaated in yesterday's Journal, dt- T '
reeling in ponce; to, ston any further t
meetings of striker and L W, W. aI-. ,
ta tors in , front of the Oregon Parking ,
company's plenty He directed, however,
that meetings be permitted on a vacant ''
block about J0O feet front th pUnt, - .' ; .
He also approved of th course takeo '
by Chief of Police Clark in orderimg
that ait atreet meetings toi at 10
o'clock. , f - , - ' v . '
Chief' Order Approved. ,'' .
"This order wa made by the chief.
on his own responsibility, ssid Mayor
Alhe. "J hearUly approve it however,
Any man should be able to tell all that
Is worth telling by 1 o'clock. -
"Let m say again at this tim that
I sincerely hop it will not be neces
sary for me te gl the order putting
an end to air speaking In the street.
I will not hesitate If It becomes nec
sary f or patience In this case has ? i
to. b ,a virtue , But I- thoroughly tu'
lleve In letting any man speak m tn
streets a long as he In or.j. riy i i :t
language and conduct. If I hxvo t .
press street speaklner. If. win riot i
eris 'Or, - suppression tit r i ....
which. I ' thoroughly b'licve n, t, it i,C
suppression of vul;;irny m l I:, ! v,
mad.i , ne''.iiiry by ttm ev! i. t .f (
sieii! rs th-tc-lv,- fr ( " j rot f ; .
u tee Hi.; , ,
GOV.
TAKES
STRIKE AGITATORS ARE ;
WARNED FOR THE LAST
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