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ME EXPLOSION ' FATAL TO FIFTEEN Gas Ignites in Black Diamond Shaft Hurling Timbers Half Mile. DEAD MEN ALL FOREIGNERS Miners Canpht Shift Are Chans- . In 'o Other Working at Time Two lila.Mii Folkm Each Other In Quick Succession. 9KATTIE. Nov. C Two explosion. Berurlng within a frw minute of each other shortly before T o'clock this morn lnir. resulted In the drfh of IS men In the Ltnon mine at Black Diamond. 30 'mllea loulliuit of Seattle. Ten nvn Bruins; down on shift and Are men coming up.were eaujfht between tha first and sixth level, and It la al most certain that all perished. Natural iraa combustion la as limed a tha mom. All tha men were foreigners. Explosion Felt for Miles. Tha forca of the explosion waa ter rific showers of earth, timbers and bits of do thin believed to ba that of tha miners were blown from the slope of the mine. Timber measuring 1 lnche thick and eight feet long were blown half a mile. . , ' A big section of ateamplpe was blown a similar distance and sank 15 feet In tha ground. The hock of the explosion, which was felt for miles around, was so great that many thought there had been an earthquake. Hope Held for Night Shirt. Reports were received from the mine at midnight that the rescuing party had made its way In the shaft as far as the tlrst level. There Is a chance that the men on the niarnt shift, who were Jut going off duty, had not left tha alsth level when the explosion oc curred, and may not have been caught In the blast. It is pointed out. however, that even If the men had not left the workings, there is little possibility of their hav ing escaped deata. as the crumbling mine must have burled them. The alight hop that there are living per sons In the mine Is spurring on the working reacuera to get to the bot tom of the mine before It is too late. That there was gas present In the workings was shown by the report of tha Are boas, nled at t o'clock this morning. He reported all clear except the breaat. 1H of the sixth level, where he noted the presence of gas. Hecaers of No Avail. As soon as the extent of the disaster waa known, volunteers were assembled and rescue parties were sent In on the water level to attempt the rescue of any miners who might be alive. It is not be - lleved that any of the men In the lope escaped Instant death. Aa far known the 13 men in the tramears were the only ones In the mine at the aijjie of the explosion. The coal mines at Black Diamond are owned by the Pacific Coast Company. Three Injured by Flying Debris. Threa men. atandlng within 100 yards of the mouth of the shaft, were struck by Umbers shot from the" portal and were seriously Injured. The dead: Jullua puysaw. married, one child. Fred Settl. married, one child. Oscar Hart, married, one child. Casar KaeU single. Cyril liaes. single. Frank Oardinl. single. Isador Gardint. slnifle. Joseph Kumers. single. Maetili Fanstlrla, married, three chil dren. Dave London: sirvgle. C P-agl; wife in l:oly. Domini Gergory; sinsle. Albert Fontana; alnpl. Frans Vrrsun: slnsle. Jul. us CapptuU: wife in Italy. The Injured: Arvtla Martina. Louis Jlarlno, louls Krnnta. toon after the explosion, the mine began to rave in. indicating that all the supports had been blown out and the tunnels wrecked. It is doubtful It the mine will be reopened. The damage is estimated at $230,000. The only cause mine officials are able to assign for the explosion is that a fissure of gas may have opened and the gas ignited from a match ruck by a workman In the cage ascending to the surface. Fire Damp Not Evident. Tha night foreman, who emerged shortly before the explosion, reported there was no evidence of fire dump In the mine when he left, lie asserted that the explosion could not have been caused by a defective electric light, aa the power had been shut off from Uie lighting system several days. The Pacific Coast Company has rules prohibiting men from entering-' Its mines with matches in their possession. It la asserted, however, that the nve men wbo entered the shaft Just before the explosion had not been searched In accordance with the rules. The shock of the explosion brought the miners and their families quickly from their homes. Superintendent James Hamm at once marahaled 200 men and led an attack on the mine. It was planned to enter the shaft at ence In the hope that some of the un fortunate miners might be alive. AYalls Crumble After Explosion. This hope was soon dispelled, how ver, when it was found that the shaft and tunnels were choked with debris, the walls and roof having crumbled Immediately after the explosion. De spite the fact that there was no hope of the 1! men having escaped Instant death. Superintendent Hamm deter mined to continue the effort to force an entrance Into the mine and the men were organised for this purpose. This work is not only slow bat dan gerous. The unsupported walls are constantly crumbling and there 1 danger of the rescuers being entombed If great care la not exercised. The Lawson mine was one of feepest In the world, the shaft tending to a. depth of feet, monthly output was 10.000 too. the It has been In operation stnee ISM. and gave employment to : men. Today's disaster is the second In the history of e Lawson mine, 13 men having lost their lives In an explosion there li rears ago. GENERAL STRIKE LIKELY (Corrtlneed From Ftrst Pa-. tween the express companies and their awn. failed on the one point that their men deimtnded that the union be reco sised by the companies and the compa nies refused. TM Is not the case. "On the contrary, on my argent re eaesc. the tnen withdrew their demand that the anion, ba recog&lxaA acta, yon see. this demand t omitted in the paper they aubmltted and nothing asked ex cept that no one be discriminated against in respect of employment except for physical violence In the strike. '-The negotiations failed oo the one point only namely, the companies would not acrtilesv-e In the reroest of the men that none of them should be diechargd for the reason that he had Joined the union. "I do not enter the dispnte. but It seems to me that the point on which the division occurred should be clearly un oVrstood. so that the intelligent may de ride whether there la reason for the con tinuance of the present condition. Is 't not tlrna we had parcels post, like that of other civilised countries?" AT THE THEATERS VIRGINIA H.VR.NKD la The Wonssn He Married." a new play by Herbert Baahford. ore seated at the Hellig Theater. CAST. Chung Dm Wing Chung Jack Harding ......George Baldwin Cbl John Harding-Ferdinand Munler Mr. Jack Harding tfonnerly Jeann Dumont) Sfl Harned Mrs. Whltaon 6alnbridse.Jan Gordon Hon. Cecil Arrasby C. letr Pwul Julea Slaraton Paul Harvey A MOST truthful. Intense piece of stage writing Is "The Woman He Mar ried." In which Virginia Harned came to the Heillg last evening. With pos sibly the exception of. "Trilby." in which she leaped Into recognition in New York years ago, and "Iris," a play in which she starred most successfully, in Miss Harned s present vehicle she far outshines any of her previous suc cesses. "The Woman He Married" affords ex ceptlonaf opportunity for this emo tional actress to exhibit her talents In a new and totally unexpected direc tion, and offers a breadth of treatment of which she has taken noteworthy ad vantage. The story, from the pen of Herbert Bash ford, concerns t. son of a rich merchant, who. against hie- father's Avishes and during his absence, has married a show girl, a sometime artist s model. Cut off without any funds, the boy, who is writing a play, finds he will be compelled to drop this work in order to earn a livelihood for him self and the woman he has married. In the meantime, actress-model-wife has received a measage from the artist, who, ignorant of her marriage, aska her to pose for his new picture. That her husband may go on writing hla play, in which she believes he is to reap fame and fortune, the woman sacri fices her own feelings In the matter and accepts the artist's proposition, se cretly and under her old name, allow ing her husband to believe that a wealthy woman friend la the source of the money supply. For three months . the play-writing and posing continue, and then on the night of the play's premier and the author's great triumph, he Jearn of the way in which his wife has earned the money that has made his success possible, and stops at nothing In his accusations of her. It is later. In the studio of the artist, that the husband looks upon the pic ture and finds It a beautiful conception of Rosetti's.- "The Blessed Damosel.' "with a face as pure as an angel's," and such an atmosphere about It that only to a gross and distorted . mind could It seem other than art. The predominating characteristic of Miss Hurried s work is Its intelligence, and every action shows vivacity and emotional power. She gives a clear and vivid picture of the woman he mar ried. Her third act Is a tremendous thing, her fiery denunciation of her husband for his unbelief In her be!nr like unto the flash and clamor of the first outburst of a big electric storm, and It leaves her audience gasping. Miss Harned's support Is admirable. "OVTt NEW MINISTER." A Three-act Comedy-drama by De maa Thompson and tieorge W. R?der Presented at the Bun galow Theater. CAST. Thaddeus Strong Byron Forney Darius Startle Richard Nesmlth Lem Ransom J. Irvln Southard Curt Hoten Charles F. Adams Obadlah Blurton Louis Flerc Sylvanoa BarUett Fred Clark Calvin Abdal William J. O-NelU Haanlbal Chapman. Andrew Ulassford Ekeezlrks Cliff B. Kelson Jack Frailer. .. .James If- Waltluun Jo Hansom Albert Norman Nance Kansnm. . .Mis Bessie Burn IMrcaa Tatteleby Emma Salisbury Southard Esther Strong....: Ruth Meech ONE of those comedy -dramas that finds favor with all classes and conditions of theater-goers Is "Our New Minister." which began a week's en gagement at the Bungalow Theater yes terday afternoon with a matinee. It is a humorous tale of life In the small vil lage of Hardscrabble, and is the work of George W. Ryder and that veteran actor and playrlght. Denman Thompson, who gave us also "The Old Homestead." Now In its tenth year, "The New Min ister" Is welcomed with the same smile we bring forth for "Sis Hopkins." Prim rose's Minstrels." "Way Down East" and a few other perennials that bring a certain sort of old Joys in their train. The humor In "The New Minister" is evolved from the quaint mannerisms, sayings snd doings of a score or more rustic folk who live and have their be ing in the forgotten little Tillage of Hardscrabble. In the State of New Hamp shire. Fortunately, the ministerial element la the least factor concerned In the play, although the a nortnodox leader of the un ruly Cock Is as full of pleasant platitudes ss a Christmas pudding is of plums. The actual mirth is provided by characters other than Hie minister, although, in a way. the etory revolves Itself around him. All the types traditional to stage stories of a doxen years ago are to be seen in this play. There the consta ble, a would-be Sherlock who capers and squeals when the bad boy says boo! There's the skinflint, the "meanest man In Hardscrabble." whose specialty is turning widows out of their homes; there's the walking bureau of informa tion In the person of the Postmaster; there's the town tattler of teminie per suasion In this Instance, and the slangy boy from New fork. Then there is the triumvirate of leading characters, the convict Just released from a prison term, hla good daughter and the minister. Part of the Hardscrabble contingency refuses to let the released prisoner go to work again In its midst, another part welcomes his return. This creates the friction that move the situations, most ly comedy, but carrying an underlying current of seriousness that pleased the audience. The best work, by far. Is done by the four comedian. Richard Nesmlth. as the detective; Charles F. Adams, as a Hard acrabblite, who designates his position as "on the fence"; Fred Clarke, the Postmaster, and Louis Fierce, a dtlsrn with settled opinions. Cliff Nelson made friends with his audience in his role of Skeesicks. a sort of Billy Baxter. Bessie Fume makes a nice. If colorless and painstaking. Nance, the convict's daugh ter. 6ame bill all week with matinees OA Wednesday and Saturday. THE 3IOHXIXG OREGOXIAX, 3IOXDAT, NOVEMBER 7, STOCKMEN LOSERS BY WEST TRICKERY Author of Defeated Livestock Bill Makes Serious Charges. WEST DIDN'T KEEP WORD Measure Would Have Been Great Benent to Cattle Raisers Had It Passed A. S.- Bennett, Demo crat, Refuses to Support West. I Charging Oswald West." as Railroad Commissioner, with the defeat of the' bill designed to regulate shipments of livestock over the O. K. & N. lines and extend to Eastern Oregon stockmen the relief they had sought from the Legis lature. Senator N. J. ' Sinnott, of The Dalles, introducer of the defeated meas ure, last night declared that the Demo cratic candidate for Governor should be loaded with the responsibility of that action. "The stockmen's measure providing that railroad shipments should be moved not less than 15 miles per hour from the time- they were received until they ar rived at their destination, was In a fair way to pass the Legislature," declared Mr. Sinnott. Misrepresentations Made. "West then appeared before the com mittee to which the bill had been re ferred, the members of which were not unfriendly to the measure. West represented to the committee that there were no complaints about livestock shipments In Eastern Oregon and that there were no abuses to be remedied. Because of these misrepresentations, the bill was defeated. Several Sena tors, including Mr. Bowerman, voted against the bill because they were misled by West. In the discussion of the bill when it came up for final pas sage, a number of the Senators quoted West as having represented that the situation regarding livestock shipments in Eastern Oregon was satisfactory and that there was no need for that sort of legislation. "At .the time the bill was under con sideration. Me. West came to me and personally requested that action on the bill be postponed for two years, promis ing that In the meantime the matter of delay in livestock shipments would be remedied." According to J. E. Reynolds, a prom inent shipper of livestock from Arling ton, Mr. West has failed "to deliver the goods." Mr. Reynolds arrived fa-ester-day with A shipment of stockkwhich had been 14 hours traveling 1 5 u" miles. West Falls- to Keep Promise. "West wanted the glory of changing conditions, but they have not changed a particle," said Mr. Reynolds. "The stockmen of the eastern part of the state are as 'much at the mercy of the railroads as ever. Conditions are worse If anything. The two years have passed and West has not even attempt ed to redeem his promise." Aa a result of West's attitude towards this measure In the past and the declar ation of the Democratic nomtpee that, if elected, he will veto any such meas ure. Judge A. 8. Bennett, of The Dalles, a prominent Eastern Oregon Demo crat and livestock shipper, has with drawn his support from the candidacy of Mr. West. In a letter Issued yes terday, Judge Bennett says: THE DALLES. Or.. Nov. . (To th Ed itor.) I ae in the Evening Journal of Sat urday, a long artlcl anent th present Gub ernatorial fight. In whlcn a law presented by mm on behalf of the livestock Interest to the last Legislature rerulatlnie the ship ment of livestock and requiring th railroad companies to nuki batter time. I criti cised and condemned. A a shipper of livestock I was exceeding ly Int.rraiod in this law. and as I under stand that Mr. Reynolds, a large livestock shipper from th Arlington country. Is pre paring a imilar bill to be ubmltted o tha next Lsllatur, I fuel called upon to de fend th policy of these laws. Th law submitted to th last Legislature waa not a "drastic" law. On the con trary, 1 submit to a fatr people that Its pro vision wer altorether Just and liberal. It inflicted no penalties upon the railroad compact and only made thm liable for th actual damage caused by their delay, and while th bill a presented fixed IS snlle per hour as the time which the stock trains were expected to make. Tot It also provided that aven In ease of greater delay tha railroad might Vionerate Itself from liability by showing that the delay was nec essary or unavoidable. Wert Oppose Meaaare. Th rat fixed la the bill wa IS mllea but w offered to rtduc that to 12 miles, and sir. Wast UU oppoaad tha measure. I submit that no reasonable person conld find fault with this proposed law. Th Impor tance of auch a law to livestock shippers can hardly ba overestimated. Every hour that a car of., livestock ia on the road great ly Increases th shrink and belpa to put stock ia a bad. eonbtloa for the market, causing great losa to tha uvstock shipper and at the earn time causing th animal to b feveriah and lea fit for food. Kow aa to th political bearing of this matter. 1 Intended to keep out of any political controversy about It, aa Mr. West 1 a Democrat ana I belong to that party, but alnc hi friends hsv seen fit to attack tha proposed law, I have a word or two to say. . It Is true abet Mr. Bowerman voted agalnit this law and la that I consider him to blame, but I have always considered Mr. West a far more to blama in tha matter. Mr. Bowerman waa in favor of th law at first and ao expressed htmaelf. as did also Mr. mart, of Baker, and it was aot un til Mr. West appeared before tha commit tee with Mr. Cotton and Mf. Penton and bitterly and actively opposed it that they changed tbelr poaltlon. giving as a reason that they did not feel like passing It over the head of the Railroad commission. I felt ther ws aom excuse for them under the circumstancea, but that there was none whatever for Mr. West, wbo ws psld a sal ary by the i people to -look out particularly for then- Interest In the railroad matters, and who. Instead of doing so. want out of hni way to appear with railroad attorneys and throw the Influence of his position In favor of th railroad and against th in terests of th people. Head and West Balk. There wa no opposition to the bill what ever except on the part of tbe railroads and Mr. West and there waa every Indication that th blil would have passed, almost unanimously, but for bis Influence. It 1 said in the article referred to that the grange opposed tha bill, but I never beard of any such opposition at the tlma and do aot believe It exlatad- Eugene Pal mer waa there, but if he oppoaed tha bill be never let me know It, and I hav always considered him one of my wannest frlenda. I talked with him frequently about tha measure ami be aeemed to think it a good measure and I remembber him at one time asking ma what I thought could be tha rea aon that Mr. West was opposing It. I cer tainly thought that Mr. Palmer wa en tirely with me in the matter and I always will until he tails ma personally otherwise. I would not write this letter at this time If R were not that th law probably will come op again and It has been charged that Mr. Wst says that he will veto such a bill if passed. He has never denied It and I t&ke it to be true. Under the circumstance. I am reluctant ly compelled to refus him my -it-port for position where h could, and I ffl would, cut the .throat of my buslnees. Another thing. I despise a grandstand ..layer who pose toe something he Is not. who puts oa a cowboy suit and walks a few .. ,. a railroad, araak. aae toru H all over the country, pretending to be a friend of th peopl. and than wba th first opportunity offers to do something sub stantial. Is found battling In th ranks of the peftple'a enemies. Very truly yours. A. S. BENNETT. SWEKP PREDICTED BY BRADY Idalioan Believes Whole Republican Ticket Will Win. POCATELLO. Idaho, Nov. 6. (Spe cial) Governor Brady, who spent Sun day in his home town, is confident of re-election Tuesdsy. "Basing a forecast on my experi ences as Republican state chairman for five years, and as a successful can didate for Governor! two yeara ago," he said, "I can .say tonight after a careful review of the situation throughout the state that I am more than satisfied that Tuesday's election will result In the success of the en tire Republican ticket. "I believe I am a fairly good Judge of political conditions in Idaho and I have no hesitancy In predicting; a sweeping Republican victory." Minnesota Claims Vary Widely. ST. PAUL, Nov. 6. Basing their claims on reports received today, the Repub lican and Democratic chairmen predict victory for their parties in the election next Tuesday, when a complete state ticket and nine Representatives in Con gress will be elected. Chairman Smith, of the Republican committee, places Gov ernor Eberhard's plurality at not less than 60.03a Chairman Day, of the Dem ocratic committee, predicts James 8. Gray's election, with a plurality of 20,000 to 25.000. BANK WME GONE REPORT OP CONDITION OP SEA SIDE INSTITUTION DELAYED. Examiner Wright Goes Over Books. Mother of Dead Cashier Dying of Shock of Son's Suicide. SEASIDE. Or.. Nov. 6. (Speclal. Missing securities, listed on the books of the closed bank of Seaside and the ab sence of President Henninger. have de layed State Bank Examiner Wright and hi assistant. Will H. Bennett, in making public their report of the financial con dition of the Institution. Examination of the books was concluded here this af ternoon bv the state officials and they departed tonight for Salem, where they will report their findings to the State Bank Commissioners. That the anxiety of depositors in the bank concerning the financial condition of the institution will not be relieved for a few weeks at least seems probable, for word was received here today that W. S. Henninger, president of the bank and brother of the dead cashier, will be de tained in the Enst. Henninger left Min neapolis yesterday for the bedside of his mother In an Iowa town- The aged woman is reported to be dying as a re sult of the shock in hearing of the sui cide of her son, E. N. Henninger, cashier of the bank here. President Honnlnger, of the bank, has been in Minneapolis to confer with the members of the firm of David P. Jones Company, who held a mortgage, said to amount to nearly JooO.OOO, against the mill here. "The bank's books are in a very bad shape." said Examiner Wright today," and the examination cannot be fully completed until President Henninger re turns from the East. I believe that the mlsring securities are hypothecated, which would show plainly that E. N. Henninger cominitted suicide because he had been persuaded to lend money with out receiving any security." Acre Yields 506 Boxes Apples. HUSUM, Wash., Nov. S. (Special.) One of the most prolific small bearing orchards in this vicinity Is that of James Miles, six miles northeast of Husum. From one acre &06 boxes of apples were packed, consisting of Spit zenbergs, Newtowns and other leading varieties. The trees were set outonly IS feet apart. a i Give your children the benefll of trained teachers. Vote on No. 318 X Tea. The State Normal School at Mon mouth. This is the pioneer school for training teachers. (Paid advertisement.) MADE TOLL AND STRONG By Lydia E. Pinkham's vegetable compouna Jefferson, Iowa. " When my baby waa J uoi isu lyvuuu Ola x waa Bvur pletely run down and my internal or. trans were in terri ble shape. I began taking Aiyaia x. Tinkham'a Vrpti- ble Compound, and motner wrote ana fnld vnn 1rwt how I was. I began to gain at once and now I am vpal welL" Mrs. W. H- Bttegeb, 700 deny St, jelierson, iow. Another Woman Cared. Glenwood, Iowa. " Abont three years ago I bad falling and other fe male trouble, and I was nothing but skin and bones. I was so sick I could not do my own work. Within six months I was made sound and well by Lydia E. Pinkham'tf Vegetable Com pound. I will always tell my friends that your remedies cured me, and you can publish my letter." Mrs. C. W. DrNN, Glenwood, Iowa. If you belong to that countless army Of women who suffer from some form of femala ills. Just try Lydia E. Pink ham's Vegetable Compound. For thirty years this famous remedy has been the standard for all forms of female ills, and has cured thousands of women who have been troubled with such ailments as displacements, hbroid tumors, ulceration, inflammation, ir regularities, backache, etc. If yon want special advice write forit toMrs.rinkham,LjTin,MaS3. It is free and always helpful. .- rKwsd 1910. JUDGf - HADE LAW Best Legal Authorities and Liability Law No. "330 X by Unknown Parties Who PORTLAND. Nov. 4. To the Public.) Bill 330, against which unknown par ties are making; false and misleading statements, is practically an exact copy of the Illinois bill, which has been in operation for years. It is not so strong as the Pennsylvania measure. Has any harm come to Pennsylvania or Illinois? The cry to alarm the farmer and the small man is a false alarm. How many farmers and small men have ever had trouble? It does not alter the present law as to them for such employers of labor are always present with their employes and are knowing to any neg ligence and therefore liable now. This Is a ghost. These nameless people scream because this bill removes the limit on damages for death; bue-there is no limit now for damages for In juries. If a man loses his legs, his eye sight, his arms. Is paralyzed, or receives any Injury, he can today recover any amount the Jury sees fit to give. There is no logic In there being a limit for death, and the only reason it exists is because by the English common law when a man died the right to sue died with him, and England passed the first law, known as the Lord Campbell s act, fixing an arbitrary amount that v., A v v Colonel C. E. S. Mood. could be recovered for a man's death. The United States followed suit. Any voter can see the folly of an argument that a business is going to be hurt by a law which does not limit the dam ages for deaths, which are rare, when under the present law there is no limit for 'damages for accidents short of death, which are common. Insurance Companies Roused. The liability insurance companies who are back of the opposition to this bill, pretend that this is a change in the rock-ribbed foundations of the law. As a matter of fact the law they cling to in order to profit from human misery originated only in 1837, not by an act of Legislature, but by a decision handed down by an English Judge, and exists in this country not by an act of Legis lature, but by a decision handed down by an American judge. The commission appointed by the State of New York to examine the whole matter of employers' liability, says: "Up to 1837, the single principle seems to have been that the legal rights between an employer and his employes were the gams aa between strangers, and there were no special rules. Up to 1837, that single principle seems to have been the whole law on the sub ject. From that date, both in England and America, there has developed grad ually a large body of special law on employers' liability. This Is Judge-made law. The important point to be noted is the fact that this body of special law exists, for no clearly defined reasons of Justice or social policy. It is purely Judgermade and not much over 70 years nU On page 10 of the report the same commission says: "In th. Wttrsvi UJV LUHtl aiUU UOB UVbU waw " aj sure j y generated in ins puouc uimu buipij B.iicinitu mo ........ .h- ....ant Aniulltinna na to. em ployers' liability are unendurable." Y.. v - i -s Jndse Hens E. SIcCinn. . ! ' 7 - ' ' On page 7 the commission says: "The a Btate yon will have to protect the commission Is strongly of the opinion iaborers who come here; and If .TO" that the present legal system of em- ii3ten to this bunch of ignorant, hard- ployers" liability In force in this state, nearted and gredy men behind whom and practically everywhere else In the Btand the Insurance companies whose United States, in . Industrial employ- only blood Is money, you will keep Ore ments. Is fundamentally wrong and un- n m what Is now considered as the wise and needs radical change. Our darlc ages. Why cannot you listen to present system of dealing with this: eminent men like the New York Com- ouestlon. In New York (and the same miBgion, the Federal and state Judges, system prevails In all the United Theodore Roosevelt and Elihu Root? States) is to make no provision for Vote y, nd 347 no. the worklngman. but to ' require that (Signed) C. E. S. WOOD, the worklngman assume the risks of HENRY E. M'GINN, the trade, and to give him a right to w a tj-rbn. sue his employer only when the accl- VOTE "330 X YES" "347 X NO" (Fetid A4vertlroat-. Where Has the Pianola Piano Moved to? SEE PAGE 5. vs. MEN'S" LIVES Statesmen Defend Employers' YES" Against Malicious Attack Do Not Sign Campaign Dodger dent is due to the fault of the em ployer himself. That system, discarded in almost every other industrial coun try, we regard as inherently unfitted to modern Industrial conditions In dan gerous employments, and grossly unfair to workmen injured by trade risks." X Employers and Insurance. f And on page 33: "A large proportion oi tne empioyei a ui wm. surance against liability to respond In damages to their Injured employes. The Insurance company takes all charge of the relation between the injured man and his employer. From the date of the accident the employer takes no fur ther steps. The insurance company treats the accident as purely a business proposition, settles for as little as it can,- or. If that does not work, it forces the employe to sue, makes every pos sible delay, uses acute lawyers and takes advantage of these legal rights." How the Big Fish Escape. This doctrine that If an employe is injured by the negligence of a fellow servant he cannot recover against the employer, has been blasted even in the country of its birth, where Sir Fred erick Pollock characterises It as an un fair law, operating oppressively against' worklngmen as a class, and under which the negligence of the master himself is next to Impossible to prove. The memorandum by the English Par liament on the act of 1880 was as fol lows: "The doctrine of fellow servant is an exception to the general rule. This modern Judge-made law, which im plies a contract founded on a legal fic tion not In accordance with the fact, has been pushed to the extreme length ,by Judges, and In practice leads to the grossest injustice. The little master, who does the work himself with his employe. Is always responsible, but the large employer, who delegates his au thority, escapes responsibility." These decisions by the greatest jurists, legislative bodies and students of eco nomics ot the world, ought to be a suf ficient answer to the cold-blooded In surance companies who are opposing their ignorance and their narrowness to the sense of Justice of the modern world. As a matter of fact, these harsh rules do not obtain today in the admiralty courts of the United States. They never did exist In any country in Europe, and 1. (a ofmnlv nl 1 .r if clil im that tllfi abOl- ishlng of this Judge-made false doctrine will handicap the employers of labor In this country, when It does not in Illi nois; it does not In Pennsylvania; it does not in Germany; it does not in France, and It does not In England. Wuij.jiJj,.jw'..''''"JJl'''''W.jgj,a!W'"tJ! x i :-1 W. S. U'l civilised country has abolished Senile. cept the United States. One Reform at Home. The Edison Company has voluntarily refused to avail itself of this defense as bad business, and it has kicked the Insurance companies out of its works. It has established a regular scale of compensation so that when a man is In jured or killed, the amount coming to him or his family is capable of calcula tion Immediately, based on his wages and age. Elihu Root summed up the whole matter when he sad that Injuries to and loss of life of a workman is part of the cost of production of the .busi ness, and it should be carried by the business Just as much as the cost of re placing Its machinery. Another feature of this present hill, much cried out against, is that it re quires an Inspection of ropes, cables, scaffolding and the apparatus to which men in dangerous employments trust their lives. Can any man with a sense of Justice object to this provision? The Insurance companies say that the Injured roan can have his right of action against the employer if the employer fails to provide him with proper scaffolding, cables, ropes, etc but what these men want, who take tbelr lives in their hands, is not compensation after they axe crippled or killed, but Immunity be forehand. They are up against the most terrible feature of modern society, which Is that ss a matter of fact human flesh and blood Is cheaper In the market than Iron machinery; and what they want Is i. j ... A a m a,i.a immunity " . . . , s-t.,M, It vow want to be The Grime And Stains Of Summer Sports EASILY AND DELICATELY REMOVED Y HAND SAPOLIO FOR TOILET AND BATH It smooths away any broken cuticle and thorrjughly, but with velvet touch, cleanses and refreshes the skin. ' All Groceza wad 2rBgisU Mr. Taxpayer, Here s the Price! Are You Willing to Pay It? 0 Prohibition will cost Portland: 419 Empty Business Buildings 1500 Empty " Residence Buildings $360,000 Actual Cash Revenue $4,000,000 Actual Loss In Wages. And an Auditorium because the Elks' and other big conven tions won't come to a town where men wear bridles. Let us strip away all the trimmings on this question, and get at the real meat of it. What does it mean to youl What will it do for youl You have your home here. You want to stay. What will prohibition do to Portland! Just the things above stated and nothing else. These are plain, hard facts. You can't get awayrom them. Who "is going to make up this loss! You are. Your taxes must be increased to cover the cost. The prohibi tionist agitator won't pay it. He never pays anything. About the "time you are breaking your back to raise the .money for your in creased taxes, he will be over in Montana, telling the people there of the blessings of prohibition which you pay for. What is the gain what is your gain Just what it has been everywhere else that the people have ex perimented with pro hibition failure and folly and farce. Statewide ptohibi bition isn't new. It's old. It's a proved-up mistake. And it's ex pensive. It isn't even new in Oregon. In 1887 they tried to put it over on us, but we rejected it by a big majority in Portland by 4 to 1 "wet." . Let us bury it so deep tomorrow that it won't come , back for another 23 years. The way to do it is to maeli an X after the num- Ders o-so, o, aim oti. ( GREATER 0REG0NH0ME RULE ASSOCIATION (Paid Advertisements f?