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The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1903-10-24

New York, Oct 2O.-Mr. Dowie
arrayed in evening clothes, talked
for two hours tonight before great
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1903-10-24
BENTON CHANGERS.
THEY HELD ENTHUSIASTIC
RALLY AND INTEND TO
HOLD MORE.

Marriage of two Former OAC Stud
ents-One Football Team Says
the Other has Wringers
and the Others Says
it's False.
New-York tribune., 1903-06-07
CAR OYER ENHANCEMENT.
Runazcay Trolley in Orange Injuries
EIeUeD.
PASSENGER RELEASED BRAKE.

Orange N j. June 6.-Eleven persons were
injured by the overturning Of runaway cal On
the Orange and Passaic Valley trolley ROAD ias9
,,i,ht Four of the passengers were severely
hurt and they are now in the Orange Memorial
Hospital.
The list of injured follows:
pAD1;Fs5 Frederick of washngton-st' orsns'.
CURTIS William. compound fracture OF risnI es o"
jaw and fractured skull
c,yEN - ~ No 70 Lincoln Park Newark
FREEMAN An, Aagustgs sss xoi,1s OF S9. 1l' North
GREENwALD. Augustus. OF No 2o e, Conens.-' o IsS
HICKEY J. T. 22 Hickory-st-' Bioom"s'o' '"~'A
and cuts on the forenead -
JOHNSON William, OF West Orange; oaaU '"'" ~
and severely bruised
JONES. J. r. OF Jersey City. -. -.
KAvANAUGH. Mrs Deborah Of Ldsweiiyn Fark' CUT 0''
the head. .
VAN COURT. Charles. OF No 2e cOns-st' oranse' cut
and bruised about the body
VAUGHN E.. Of No. d Hll-st.. Bloomneo; ia"
ured and bad laceraton OF kneecap.
Tho accident was caused IT is said. by a pas
senser who accidentally released the Drdhe'
starting the car which was standing on an III
cline The motorman was in hotei a' 'ii'
time. Before the passengers realized H. tne car
swung around the curve jumped the ralis anu
went down a six foot embankment-
Johnson the conductor, was standing on the
side step when the started He tried 10
reach the brake. but the car jumped the rams
before he got to the platform. strange 10 say
no one had Jumped from the car, although II
was apparent to some that the car was running
sway. The whole thing occurred In less than d
minute, almost before any one realized the dan
ger. The force Of the collision threw the car
over on it's side, almost completely wrecklng IT,
The roof was smashed, the supports 10 the rool
were broken and the seats were reduced 10
kiudling wood. The platform was DehC anu
twisted.
The passengers were unable to extrlcate tneiii-
selves. People to nearby houses anu Sc
cured lanterns and in short time all the pas
.a,eara 1vara taken to the hospital in another
car This afternoon operation was performed
on Curtis and a splinter was raised from tne
brain He recovered consciousness later. TINS
evening his law was set and tonight the doctors
reported that he doing we'll
The conductor and motorman were arrested
but were later released.
New-York tribune., 1903-06-07
RAID ON TURF CONCERN.
Brooklyn Police Arrest Offending
Betting Commissioner.

Henry g. Cartwright OF No. SIT Union-st, Brook
Ivr who had been conducting at No. 81 Court-st.
+bat borough a business 5 betting commissioners
on the races largely for out OF town customers to
vvbon, a1Iurfng circulars sent. arrested
~, datectves from the Brooklyn bureau yesterday
aSternoon He Is charged with violating Section
351 Of the Penal Code which prohibits the taking OF
bets on the races
At the address given Cartwright had been operat-
ing under the narns Of III Bradford Clarke. tr.
exDert Handicapped" In the Office was a woman
Typewriter who was taken to Police Headquarters
but afterward was released There were tnousanos
OF circulars fifteen or twenty lists OF names. SUP
posedIy of people who wanted 70 ger rlch quickly.
with addresses all over the country. and several
baskets full OF letters, which were taken away IN
a patrol wagon.
According to the police Cartwright has been
operating his scheme Under various names Tor
several years In 1901. they say, he was IN the
rennett Building. in Manhattan, and on February
Of this year was arrested in raid made upon
Crawford & Co., Turf Correspondents, at NO. 4lS
Nassau-st Manhattan, es being the manager OK
the concern. -
Cartwright protested that he was doing q per
Sact1v legitimate business, and promised that Il
C,aptabn Forrnosa would 'Iet uD on him ne Wou4d
leave town and more trouble Acc91paaS Ac}.I
ing the Circulars he sent out was an eXPaadtieLt
and illustration of a system purporunB 70 sIo%
how net profits of s96 Is could be made IN one Week
on an investment OF slto- 49,, - r--+-r-tzt.,,
Captain Formosa received a dip on Car'Trl8nII
r2rookIvn place from Inspector McClusky- Two Se5
tectives went the Court-st Office represeLSSs99 fS9
Themselves farmers from Penns nsy4vaIHs
terms OF his circular got receipt and then placed
him under arrest.
New-York tribune., 1903-06-07
PLAN NOT GENERALLY APPROVED,
Secretary of Amalgamated Painters FaVors
Arbitration Proposal, However.

Officers of unions who were seen last night did
not as a rule approve the plan of arbitration pro-
posed by the Building Trades Employers Associa-
ton. Henry Froelich of the Inside Architectural
Iron Workers Union. said:
Il do not believe in such proposition 1t is a
plan TO do away with the walking delegate. The
employers will have to put up with the walking
delegate
William Fyfe. business agent of the Amalgamated
Carpenters Society, said he would wait before CIV
ing a statement until his union passed on the
matter. President Clarke of the Building Material
Drivers and Others said that the unions would NOT
accept il. Richard Wadron, secretary OF the Anal
gamated Painters Society thought differently
The plan is good one" he said. 6! believe
many unions viii adopt it There has been too
much power among the walking dele
gates"
The official Of the Board of Building Trades
at Its meeting last Wednesday On the motion 10
expel the Building Material Drivers and Handlers
unisns made public last evening. 1t shows the
vote TO have been close. Nineteen associations
voted no TO sixteen yes. three failing to vote.
New-York tribune., 1903-06-07
LOSSES IN MILLIONS.
THOUSANDS OF MEN IDLE.
Uvhat the Strikes in Building Trades
and .Shut1ozcns Haze Cost.

The strikes tn the building trades and the
shutdown in the building material ana luliioei
yards, which have thrown more sklNeo hie-
chanics idle than any general strike ever ~
in ;his city are now being looked upon pS Inc
labor unions themselves as one OF Ine mus
costly experiences they have ever hao' INC
skilled men who are idle, estimated at ho"i
100000 to 10000 have nothing to gam LOT INC
loss OF wages when the shutdown in the luilloer
and building material yards Is over 10 coii-
rensate for the wages lost. as they hao niaoe
IN demands and were thrown idle because OF
.ba continued determination Of the Board OF
Building Trades to support the demand Oh lhe
79uildins Material Drivers Union for recognllloh
of the organization Including the losses III
profits by employers through the stopping Oh
work the loss OF wages, the losses OF siiah
storekeepers and others dependent Tor custom
on the workers. the losses have been inquired al
S25 Oo0.oc0 up TO date
The shutdown in the lumber and building ma
terial dealers yards began about May D. anu
hes lasted thirty-two days. The following are
the estimated wages lost by the dlnereht ui"Ue'
thrown idle by the shutdown:
Carnenters 10000 men. at 81 20 a day, 1or
thirty-two days. s.. 1.44oo00: bricklayers. ''ooo
men, at So % 81. .324. 600; plasterers, 4'co. al
S. a dav, SG40eo0; piasterers' helpers, 4.Voo al
s350 a day. S44S Geo: ironworkers, 5000 at
$3.50 a day. S1152.o00; laborers, 25,Ooo, at sZ'
100000; eI~-trical workers, 700 at 81
s2s6 600: stonecutters, 1000. at 50, Sl,6eo'Vo'
Numbers. 900. at 81 % 1899 900; boilermakers
rnachinists marble workers. tile layers cement
,nasons marble polishers. wood fathers, starr
builders glaciers and others. S3,Soo.eo; un-
skilled trades. other than plasterers laborers
10000. S3so00e00-
About two thousand building contractors
.re involved in the shutdown, and their loss OF
-,rofts Office rent and other expenses foots up
fatvreen g.. 100000 and Ss,oo0oo0 Merchants
have lost a seasons trade by not having
buildings finished on time, and others more
remotely affected If they have not incurred
losses already Will suffer.
The plans for building during the month OF
Nav went OF for a time in the apparent beleI
that the shutdown would not last long. Plans
for lib new buildings were filed in the Build
ings Department in May, 1903, at an estimated
cost of $40 500. $50. In May, 1902, plans were
fled for 126 buildings, at an estimated cost
OF sS644 o35 Many new office buildings IN
tended to be rushed along in hurry have not
been started yet, owing TO the shutdown in the
building trades In a number Of cases the loan
and trust companies advanced money for these
buildings contingent on their being furnlsheo
within q certain time. In the case OF builders
with little capital but plenty Of enterprise, TINS
makes the situation very serious one,
New-York tribune., 1903-06-07
STOCK EXCHANGE GIFT TO POLICE.
Three Inspectors to Report How $4,000 Can
Best Benefit the Force.

PoIice Commissioner Greene yesterday received
from r. H. Thomas. president OF the New-fork
Stock Exchange, a check for 5000, accompanied oy
letter directing the Commissioner to use the
money I'm env way which he fit for the pur-
pose of benefting the force. The money is gift
of the Stock Exchange. The Commissioner immed1-
ately designated Inspector Brooks. of this Dor
ough; Inspector Mclaughlin of Brooklyn ana IN
snector E. 0. Smith as a committee TO make re-
mort as TO the best manner in which to use the
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money car he best used in the endowment OF DeuS
in hospitals, some other benenI not now prO PIE
I[ided FOR the uniformed force. The glft IS Ine
rae11It of the extra care exercised by the police
dIIrInp the removal of the Stock Exchange 10 1ts
ua1- Rome when the policemen worked overtime
~ g,aTd the quantities of securities removed from
the vaults in the Produce txchahse ou'iNi1'e ~
the new Stock Exchange
New-York tribune., 1903-06-07
DRAG OPERATOR DOWN.
Cro1cd Sees automobile ProbG5ly
Fatally Injure " oman.

Hannah Gazello, ffty-four years old. who
for the last fifteen years has been one OF ths
characters Of the East side. was knocked down
and run over by an automobile hanson. tbs
property Of the New-York Transportation Conn-
pany, at Thfrd-ave. and Thirty-third-st-. last
night She may die. Arthur Cumming. CT No.
sO3 Ninth-ave the driver, was arrested on a
charge of assault.
The old woman earned precariOus livelihood
by turning an old fashioned barrel organ She
was crossing Third-ave. with her organ when
the vehicle knocked her down and ran over her
left side. The accident was seen oy many
nedestrians and several Of them ran after ths
Automobile and dragged Cummings from MS
seat Patrolman Hugh ODonnell. OF the East
Thirty-hfth-st- station took MIN rom tne Gangs
~ the crowd The old woman was taken N
Bellevue Hospital where It was found that her
left leg was fractured. her face cut and tnas
internal injuries had been inflicted
New-York tribune., 1903-06-07
BOY C0NFEsSEs TO BURGLARIES
He Robbed Stapleton Postofice and Hotel
Suspected of Other Offences.

Joseph Cavinaghi, fourteen years Old residing in
Richmond Road. Stapleton. Richmond Borough,
arrested yesterday by Detective William Me-
Kay of the Eightieth Precinct Police, suspicion
of having entered the Stapleton Posoff1ce several
weeks ago and stolen SO in money and q number
of tickets for q picnic Of the Southern Volunteer
Ffremen's Association, belonging tc Adolph Lien
hardt assistant postmaster and secretary Of the
Ffremen's Association
When arrested the lad denied having entered the
postofice but Ma agistrate Croak committed him to
the OF the Gerry society at New-Brighton, for
examination on Tuesday next. Later the boy
fessed that he did the postofce. but said he
only stole s. and the tickets He said he effected
entrance by climbing through the transom over
the front window.
Two days before the postoffice robbery the hotel
OF John Viemesieter at Richmond Road and Pros
pect-st. Stapleton was entered and 81 taken from
the cash register The police made investiga-
ton and secured evidence which warranted them
in suspectng young Caviuaghi- He was arraigned
at the Court Sessions and confessed to this
burglary. AS II his first offence he al
lowed TO go with a repTimand
It is now believed that Cavinaghi knows some
thing about number of burglaries that have been
committed on Staten Island of late.
New-York tribune., 1903-06-07
PARK cABMEN TO ANSWER CHARGES.
Legal Rates by Hour or Mile, and Proper
Action When Disputes Occur.

James B. Reynolds the Mayors secretary yes
terday informed fifteen cabmen, mostly DONG Ousl-
ness in Central Park that they must appear al the
civ Hall and explain complaints against them from
people who assert they have been oVercharse0
Public cabmen are entitled TO charge 81 an hour
and ordinarily people do not care TO speno more
than one hour in a cab in driving about the park
but some OF the cabmen usually exact from TO
60 20 This fee is absolutely illegal unISss t.e
fine snent in the cab warrants it, and the CITY
oficiais are determined to break up the apuse II
While many of the public cab drivers are honest
and fair there are many others who 1nduIge IN
piratica methods they think they M nave ave
an Seasy" victim in tow. The best way for any
one to act when charged more than 81 an hour is
to cali policeman and resist the demands OF & me
5riger IT is a violation of the law for cabulan
not to have displayed IN his CONVEYANCE scheduie
~ rates 4 person taking cab may elect TO pay
according to time or distance; If by the hour the
LEGAL rate ia ST. IF by the mile the proper cnarSe
is 20 cents In case OF dispute the patron shoulo
take both the number of the cab and the NUMBER mum
~ fhe poIiceman called on These can De sent -
the License Bureau. Licensed cabmen are oDhseo
tn carry passengers by the hour. .
The fifteen cabmen who have peen sunlfnpn@eu nc @ ~ ~
the license Bureau tomorrow have been charging
al of prices
New-York tribune., 1903-06-07
EYTORTTON IN STRIKE.
Jerome Investigating Charges by
Building Contractors.
WALKING DELEGATE IN BAD LIGHT.

1t was reported yesterday that District Attorney
Jerome was investigating complaints by building
contractors against walking delegates ac-
claring of strikes. Several contractors who were
clined TO lend their the statements IL
to the District Attorney this kind. and that II ne
secured enough evidence on the subject ne "0uio
set the machinery of his Office in motion
One case instanced by contractors was that OF
well known clubhouse. the building OF when had
been delayed by strikes 1t was aheseu Hat
large sum Of money changed hands before the
strike called off. the rumor being that the sum
was anywhere from $1,000 TO $1,000 1t was also
stated that when money had been subscriber Aor
the purpose by contractors other cohuaclois
thought the assessment was too high
Another case specifically set forth was the al
legged having OF S. 900 by contractor on tne SUD
wav as a condition OF declaring off strike. IN
none Of these cases however. would the contractors
allow their names to given as sponsors lot tne
statements The name OF "Sir s+ Herera1 others
delegate was often InenIOlIeo' D1N $1,000 "
also named - ~. -,,hI.o+ an any
wav that would authorize speclhc state1lent.
u-aS learned that such cases were under consd-
Grafton a 3 well as complaints against large hfin
OF building contractors of Irregular Hetlous III
getting building plans parsed; l.. in+anded this
week To get work resumed on the pubnc schools
in accordance with plan suggested py nm L. ~ q
letter 10 School Commissioner oaInuel o. roord
neIIy This was to get authority from the Board
nF B3I,l5ing trades to go to the lumber and build
inc material dealers and ask that LUMBER De pro.
vided for the schools Ihe union IN men carted ty
handle this material WIethei ~ was
,lrfo on drivers
New-York tribune., 1903-06-07
JOINT ARBITRATION BOARD MEETS
Rockdrillers Get 25 Cents Day Increase
Other Agreements Pending.

meeting of the Joint Arbitration Board of the
Rapid Transit Contractors Association and the
General Federated Union held yesterday i'll
the Office Of John b. Mcdonald readjust the
wage scale. The rockdriers, teamsters, pipecaulk-
and house-shorers asked for increase OF
wages. 1.-THE following statement made by
w @. Douglas. secretary OF the Rapid Transit Con-
tractors Association, after the meeting:
The agreement Of June 4. 1901 between the Cen
trail Federated Union and the sub-contractors on
rapid transit work has been adjusted by allowing
an advance to the rockdrillers Of 70 cents a day,
and leaving the adjustment Of the Pipecaulkers
and House-shorers unions for future time All
other trades embraced In the agreement amount
ing 10 about twenty TO remain at their old
rate TO the completion of the rapid transit work,
thus closing the conferences which have been held
pursuant to the terms of the original agreement
until the completion OF the rapid transit work.
The agreement signed by John J. Pallas, Mat
thew McConVille and James p holland on behalf
McNulty. NJ J. Degnon for F. Holbrook( and T..
J. Farrell for the sub-contractors on rapid transit
railroad
Representatives Of the Rockmen and Excavators'
unions whose members strike, waited
around in the corridors while the meeting was In
session They appeared to think that all the strik
ers could the old terms. They were IN
formed that only such were needed could
New-York tribune., 1903-06-07
GETS VERDICT FOR OVER $4,000.
Mrs Reich Sued Daughters of Mrs. lie Bau,
Who Agreed to Buy Farm.

Mrs Elizabeth Reich yesterday recovered YER
aic+ for "a 5a3 after a trial in the Supreme Court
oe,ainst Edith I. Over and Lillian Ymar. the daugh-
ters of Mrs. Alicia lie Bau, in suit to compel
them to carry the purchase of tract Of land,
known as the Brentwood Farm on Long Island
which. 1t asserted by Mrs Reich their mother
had entered into an agreement to buy for $4,000
Mrs Reich alleged that she was the owner some
years ago of the Brentwood Farm. and to raise
money obtained loan from Mrs. le Bau. giving
the farm as security. Mrs lie Bau Mrs. Reich
averred received an option to purchase the prop
erty within year for $4,000. on condition that
she Informed Mrs Reich of her intention to retain
the premises. Mrs. LIE Bau subsequently rented the
would keep the farm to Mrs. Reich. in writing.
This letter was lost but its contents were estab-
jished on the trial. Mrs Reich executed a convey
ance of the estate to Mrs. LIE Bau, who died last
year without paying the purchase money.
Mrs LIE Baus daughters denied that any agree
rnent to purchase brentwood Farm was made by
their mother and that any such sum as $4,000 was
ever settled upon a the purchase price.
New-York tribune., 1903-06-07
WOULD INDICT DELEGATE.
PouIson BIames Him for Hectd
WorIas Trouble.

Tho walking delegates and pickets still continued
TO hang around the Hecla Iron Works and moIesl
the men who have gone back to work yesterday
and Captain Dooey. of the Bedford-ave. police sta
lion had detail of there to see that no preach
OF the peace took place In some cases the police
went so far as to escort the wOrkmen TO and from
their homes but there not policeman for
every man and Of the latter were assaulted
when they got into side streets.
Niels Poulson, president Of the Hecla Iron Works,
walking delegates and IF possible viii have some
of them indicted for intimidation or conspiracy
Regarding the action 10 be taken he has arranged
for conference with District Attorney Clarke Tor
tomorrow. MI Poulson praises the work Of the
police highly but realizes that they cannot afford
adequate protection against the continued annoy
Of the walking delegates and pickets. Regard
3ng the situation he said yesterday:
These men. have positive proof, are incited and
paid by the walking delegates not only 10 Watch our
This has been done in several instances and num-
her Of employees bear the marks of their brutal
be3tnSs. More than this our employees have been
further threatened, all at the instgaton OF the
the District Attorney and demand some remedy
from this walking delegate There must be some
these works close down forever in this part OF the
city and move TO other city. This Will
positively be done unless We secure the desired
relief
John Abt ironworker. arraigned be
fore Magistrate Higginbotham in the Lee Avenue
Court yesterday. the charge Of intimidating
workInen OF the HecIa Iron Works. As there was
no evidence to sustain the charge the man was
discharged
New-York tribune., 1903-06-07
SAYS LABOR UNIONS USE A CLUB.
1ackawanna's President Thinks Demands of
Miners Are Beyond Reason.

President T-uesdsle of the Delaware, Lacka-
wanna ana Western Railroad Company has decided
views the labor question He said yesterday:
The most serious problem before the commercial
world to-day is the labor trouble. That more than
anything else IN nay opinion is causing the de-
cline ia the stock market. Up in the coal regions
Ne are trying Te run our properties. and the miners
unions are running them for The demands Of
the miners have gone beyond all reason. and the
operators had either 10 take firm stand against
them or else give up all idea OF profits III the
future. The methods of the unions are those Of the
9lOld-up-they demand your money with club
and the more they get the more they want.
The time has come when all classes Of employ
ers VIII have 10 take firm stand in defence of
their interests. The issue affects mot only them
but the general prosperity Of the country. Hence
al those who are anxious for continuance of
that prosperity, especially The newspapers, should
lend their support IN opposition 10 totany unrea-
sOnable and arbitrary demands.
New-York tribune., 1903-06-07
TO ASK FOR t. G. BARKER's PARDON.
Petition Circulated in Arlington Has Many
Signatures, It Is Said.

movement has been started to secure the re-
lease of Thomas G. Barker, who is now serving
hve-year term in the New-Jersey State prison TOT
shooting the Rev. John Keller. in Arlington, TWO
wears ago. John Sumner, who was president OF the
association formed assist Barker In his delehse
IS said to be the leader in this the second effort 10
secure a pardon for Barker.
petition to this end has been circulated IN
Arlington. and 1t is said that over hundred Wen
known residents have signed it 1t is the intenuon
of Barker's friends to present this peuuoh
to the Board of Pardons which meets on
June 16 1t is set forth in the petition tnat the
signers believe the incarcerated man mas under-
gone sufficient punishment for his crime whicn
was not one of delberation, such as hardened
criminal might do, but OF passion under severe
provocation, such any man under the same COIL
ditions would be likely to commit
Attention is called to Barker's life prior to tne
daed and his good standing in the community
besides the petition letters from two or the JuF!
men who offciated at the trial. expressing the De
lief that the ends of justice have Deen accom-
nIished will probably be placed IN the hahos OF
the members of the board . - 49,.
Mrs Barker is living at the nome OF tn9
Misses Germond, on Laurel-ave. she returhed
ahout one month ago from trip to England
where she went to visit relatives over year ago
II is said that she back IN anticipation OF her
husband getting pardoned
New-York tribune., 1903-06-07
MYsTERIoUsLY LEAVES THE TRAIN.
The Body of Woman, Probably Priests
Mother. Is Found Near a Station.

Buffalo June 6-Angelna De Rogots. mother of
the Rev. P. Russomando, an italian priest while
en- route from Dover, n. j., to Ashtabula. Ohio,
mysteriously disappeared from a Lackawanna train
early to-day. A message received by the Lacka-
wanna officials here from Lounsberry, Tioga Coun-
ty, says the body of elderly woman had been
found near that station. The body, which is be
lieved to be that of Mrs. De Rogotis, was taken
charge of by the coroner Of Owego.
A feature of tie which puzzles the railroad
detectives that every window and vesttbule door
of the train locked the inside. There is
be assigned The porter says the woman did
not go out Of the rear door and passengers in the
Gay coach who awake all night. positive
that no woman from the sleeper into their