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V THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAN, PORTLAND, JANUARY 23, 1910. PORTLAND UNIONS OPPOSE BOYCOTT Members Feel Reduction in Standard of Living Would Bring Reaction. WAGE REDUCTION FEARED '.Public Sentiment Capable of Forcing Abstention, Says Labor Editor, Conld Bring About Re forms by Legislation. Organized labor of Portland, represented In Its Central Labor Council, Friday night neglected to take any stand regarding the proposed boycott by trades unlonsts of the country against the meat trust. Some of the delegates to the Council admitted ' after the meeting- that they were not sf ! flclently familiar with the situation to : consider the subject, which may be taken , up next Friday night. In discussing the ' subject, however, individual members : seemed " averse t Joining the boycott. 1 fearing that any action by the wage earners in reducing their standard of ' living might suggest to employers a cor responding wage rodutcion. "Any boycott against the meat trust or any other trust will not prove effec tive, said Arthur Brock, associate edi tor of the Portland Labor Press. "Such a course amount? to attacking the situation from the. wrong side. It is the cause, not the effect, with which the American eople should deal. Just so long as men like Rockefeller. Carnegie and Morgan re allowed to amass wealth to the extent thnt thry have the American people under their control, just so long may we expect such conditions to exist aa the meat boycott seeks to correct. "If it is puesihle to arouse public senti ment to the extent that people will re frain from eating meat for 80 days or for any other period, we should be able lo arouse, a sentiment which would de mand the enactment of legislation and the enforcement of such statutes which would prevent the organization of such combinations as the meat trust.." "Why should the laboring man stop vating beefsteak anyway as long as he wants It nnd can afford to eat it?" asked A. D. fridge, a prominent member of or ganized labor. -if the wage, earner quits eating meat and manages to subsist on fish and rice along witli the Chinese, he may expect his employer to take advan tage of the situation and reduce his wages proportionately." Kastcrn Movement, Say "Westerners. Portland people were not worrying much last night about the boycott of all kinds of meats, decided upon as a part, of the efforts of organized labor to reduce the cost of living. Most persons from whom an expression of opinion was sought declined to discuss tire subject, savin;- that they were un informed and considered it an Eastern and not a Western movement. Mayor Simon was Inclined to view the subject lightly. "I saw something In the papers about the boycott of meat by some Eastern street car men," ho caid, "'but I presumed they were veg etarians. I really know nothing about the situation nnd so am not In a posi tion to talk about it." Mrs. M. C. alines, president of the Portland Women's Club, when asked whether her organization would take any action, either in conjunction with 1 he labor unions or independently of ihem, said she could not as yet express any opinion. There would be a meet ing of the club shortly, she said, and then some official action might be Taken. M. C. Dickinson, head of the Portland Hotel Men's Association, was not dis turbed by reports of the boycott from the East and thought that Portland people would still buy meat If they de sired it and could afford to pay for it. He said he did not believe the move ment would affect the hotels. .Packers Not Concerned. Among the meat packers having plants in this city little attention ap parently will be given the movement, even if action is taken by local labor ing men. Frank L. Smith, one of the local Independent packers and meat handlers, expressed the following opin ion: "I do not believe the plan will have any effect out here. We get our meats at much more reasonable prices than do people in the East; in fact the price of meat Is so reasonable here that I do not believe the agitators can find any grounds for complaint. The boy cott, -if it is declared in this country, will certainly have no effect on our business and we shall not cut down our orders or in any way make any change In our business." Officials of the Union Meat Company were not seen last night, but it was said by employes that no orders had yet been issued relative to any change in the working force or plans. Other packers in charge of local offices of the Eastern concern had no opinions to express. It was said by those familiar with the meat trade that if the West was in eluded in the general boycott on meats the only real sufferers would be the farmers, who are now getting top notch prices for meats on the hoof. Should the boycott move the packers to cancel orders until the demand be eomes normal again, farmers would have to feed their stock in the mean time and later sell at reduced prices. Some said that in view of the recent pledging of friendship and co-operation between the Oregon Federation of 1-abor and the Oregon State Orange any attempt on the part of organized labor in this section to boycott meat would "be received as a direqt affront by the farmers. v ,G0EBEL'S BROTHER DIES Search for Kentucky Assassin Is Given Pause by Death. PHOENIX, Ariz.. Jan. 22. The long search for the assassin of William loehel of Ifinturkv. met n. nnimn yesterday when Arthur Goehel, brother of tne statesman, who carriea on the man hunt unremittingly for more than ten years, was stricken with heart disease and died while visiting his brother, Justus Goebel. EVEN AUTOS INSURGE Queer Effect of Speaker Cannon's Presence on One. Washington (D. C.) Herald. Even automobiles insurge when Uncle Joe is around. Representative Huff, of Pennsylvania, is the proud possessor of a touring car. One night not many moons back, the Keystone I Representative was about to leave a r reoeption for home in his- car, when he espied Uncle Joe standing as if waiting for a conveyance of some kind. "Come along with me, Mr. Speaker," called out Mr. Huff. "You bet." said the object of Victor Murdock's admira tion. The machine was cranked, and off they started, down hill as it happened. When the bottom of the incline was reached the car stopped. "Oh," said Huff, "the engine is cold from stand ing1 so long." They tried hard to get the thing to go. but nothing doing. "Let's push it up to the top of the hill, and by get ting a running start maybe it will go," said your Uncle Joseph. As usual his suggestion was carried out, and the car once mdre ran beautifully, down hill. Thrice the pushing stunt was repeat ed, but to no purpose, as to a com plete getaway. Becoming disgusted the "Great" and the "Near Great" left the car standing, and hoofed it home. In the wee, small hours of the morn ing Mr. Huff was called up on the phone by a policeman, notified that his machine was blocking the street, and must be removed. Mr. Huff apologized profusely, stat ing that there was something wrong with the running apparatus, and that he would have the garage people re move it In the morning. This was done, and after a cursory examination of the auto-insurgent it was found tluit there was no gasoline in the tank. ' LABOR TAKES UP MAINS 'THOROUGHLY SATISFACTORY' SYSTEM IS DEMANDED. Committee Is Appointed to Draft Charter Amendment and Pro vide for Submission. Members of the Central Labor Council at a meeting Friday night instructed the legislative committee to prepare for sub mission to the voters of the city at the first opportunity an amendment provid ing a "thoroughly satisfactory" system for laying water mains. The committee was directed first to make a thorough examination of the city charter on this subject and then to formulate an amend ment which would guard properly the In terests both of the consumer and the property owner. The committee will begin its labors at once and will draft the amendment , ns soon as possible. If Mayor Simon should change his mind and call a special elec tion for considering amendments on the laying of water mains, organized labor will demand that its amendment be sub mitted at the same election in connec tion with any other amendments which may be offered on the same subject from other sources. If a special election Is not held in the meantime, the members of the committee will see that their pro posed amendment is placed on the ballot for tho general election next November. The Council also adopted resolutions last night urging the members of tho Oregon delegation in Congress to assist in resurrecting from committee the bill providing for a uniform eight-hour worK day for ail Government employes. The bill provides for extending the eight hour law to apply to all employes work ing on Government contracts These employes are now required to work nine and ten hour a day at the pleasure of the contractor. By unanimous vote the Council voted a per capita tax of 10 cents toward a fund which is being raised by the Amer ican Federation of Labor for fighting tho steel trust In its efforts to establish the "open shop." There are in the United States 3.600,000 members of the American Federation of Labor and this assessment will produce $350,000.- The tax levied last night ia for January. It is possible that monthly . assessments will be levied so long as organized labor continues its fight against the steel magnates. LOVE LOST; $50,000 WOfi KANSAS CITY LAWYER LOSES "WIFE BCT GETS RICH QUICK. Average of $10,000 Per Minute Made insCourt by Verdict Against Affinity. KANSAS CITY. Mo., Jan. 22 (Special.) te r less than five minutes' deliberation yesterday a Jury in Judge Sheehorn's court gave A. L. Sherman, a Kansas City lawyer, a verdict of $50,000 as a balm for wounded feelings sustained when hi8 wife gave her love to another man three years ago. The suit was for $25,000 exemplary and tlS.000 actual damages. The defendant was J. C. Bilverstone. now of Seattle. Mrs. Sherman obtained a divorce a year ago. Their life was happy until Janu ary, 1907, when, Sherman testified, Sil verstone began to shed compliments and other attentions on Mrs. Sherman. Sherman said he asked his wife how it was she could bujt millinery and Hue dresses without approaching him for a loan. She told conflicting stories and Sherman went to Sllverstone's store to see him about it. Sherman said he seized Silverstone by the throat and forced him back on a barrel. Under threats of killing him. he said, he ob tained a partial confession. "After that my wife and I had fre quent quarrelB. and finally she left me, taking our child. The last I heard of her she was in Seattle." WASHTENAW MAKES PORT OH Tank Steamer Reports She Is Not Disabled. SAN FRANCI3CO, Jan. 22. (Special.) The oil tank steamer Washtenaw, of tho Union Oil Company, reached Port Har ford. San Luis Obispo County. Friday af ternoon. She reported that she was un damaged and would leave in the morning for San Francisco. No story was obtainable from the cap tain as to his reasons for not again picking up the ship W. H. Smith. The Port Harford dispatch says that the tow ing cable was broken because of the rough weather and consequent high seas, but the captain could not be reached to make any statement as to whether he made any attempt to And the sailing vessel. ROOSEVELT LAYS , PLANS Oyster Bay Congressman Ready to Withdraw on Demand. WASHINGTON. Jan. 22. Confirming the story of his readiness to retire from Con gress in favor of Theodore Roosevelt, Representative Cocko, of New York, who represents the Oyster Bay district, where the Roosevelt home is located, added yes terday that he had informally talked the subject over with Mr. Roosevelt. The talk was entirely informal.'r said Mr. Cocks, "and the President's ex pressions were given in a tentative way. Incidentally the fact that John Qulncy Adams had occupied a seat in Congress SUbSeauent tit hia TVcaManti ..... brought up' NEW PUN ON FOOT FOR GREATER FAIR Manufacturers' Association Is Asked to Join in the Movement. ACTION DELAYED ONE WEEK Tom Richardson, Publicity Manager of Commercial Club, Invites Big Organization to Help Out. Colonel Dunne Takes Issue. New developments for, holding the proposed fall fair in Portland appeared at the meeting of the Manufacturers' Association Friday night when Tom Richardson, publicity manager of the Commercial Club, gave an address invit ing the association to join tho industrial interests with the horticultural, agri cultural and livestock interests of Portland and Its tributary .territory to ward holding a greater fair represent ing a greater Portland. No .action was taken relative to the invitation other than to arrange for another meeting, next Friday night, at which time a committee will be ap pointed to go into the matter thor oughly and see whether it will or will not be advantageous to hold the fair in connection with the other interests. Mr. Richardson spoke for harmony, telling the manufacturers that he fa vored a "get together" movement for the sake of holding a great fair in which the various interests of the city would be unified. The manufacturers had not as yet decided concerning the location and while the site at the Coun try Club had been proposed it was also suggested that a good downtown loca tion, such as the Multnomah field," would be ideal for this. The manu facturers .were inclined to feel per fectly satisfied with their past efforts in holding like fairs at which they had always proved financially successful and which have evoked a wide interest from the community. Letters from the Retail Dealers Association and other organizations were read at the meet ing indorsing and pledging support to the movement toward holding a me chanics' fair. Mr. Richardson's plan, however, was totally different. He proposed holding a big fair and letting the manufac turers come in with their display as but a part of the entire attraction and with the livestock industry, the agricultural, horticultural and even poultry exhibits included. Colonel David M. Dunne, a member of the Manufacturers' Association, took exception to Mr. Richardson's state ment that the manufacturers as an association had ever had any creditors in the conduct of the past fairs. He said: T wont you to understand. Mr. Rlcbard Ron. that we have at all times paid back dollar for itollar on the subscriptions placed toward getting- up our fairs In otiior years And we have at times even given to charity from the proceeds after declaring a small dividend. We liave never asked aid from the other industries In getting up our fairs and -have always felt that we have been able to hold our fairs successfully. Mr. Richardson then left and while no action was taken there was a gen eral feeling among the manufacturers at the meeting that their movement, started early this week toward hold ing a mechanics' fair in the fall, ap parently had been placed on a side track by Mr. Richardson's proposition to hold a greater Portland fair and al low the manufacturers to enter. A slight feeling of resentment appeared -that their proposition should be placed in the subsidiary position. No action will be taken for a week. Arter Mr. Richardson s address and a few words relative to the fair, the meet ing was given over to the discussion of a new flax industry which it is proposed to locate in Portland. This company, which is organized on the strength of a process invented by Dr. Thompson, a Seattle chemist, for treating flax, is being pro moted by Jerome- B. Gossage, who ap peared with Mr. Thompson last evening to give a demonstration of the process, which he claimed would remove the husk from the flax, or "rett" It. remove the gum and bleach It simultaneously in 15 minutes', a process which by former meth ods has required from five to 30 days and which has always been a cumbersome and expensive process. So much time was taken with the dis cussion that the demonstration was post poned, at the request of the members, of the association, until 1:30 P. M. today. Dr. Vincent Toles, owner of a big flax plant in Stockton, Cal., was Introduced and said that in the last few days he had met Mr. Thompson and Mr. Ooesage, become interested in their process to such an extent that he has agreed to sub scribe to stock. Ha spoke in favor of the process, as a flax manufacturer, and furnished figures which tended to show the enormous profits which would be yielded were the Invented process able to do what is claimed for it. V Messrs. Thompson. Gossage and Tolea were given a severe cross-examination by the members of the association and question after question was hurled Broad side. All seemed to agree the demonstra- ) tion would be a success, from reporw which- have been given, but the main questions asked were to the effect the process would have upon the life of the flax, the quality of the output and other like technical parts, of the work. The three defenders of the process stood the series of questions well and submitted a proposition to the manufacturers about aa follows: First, that Portland subscribe $100,000 to the stock of the company which has been incorporated at yl.uOU.OOO. The promotors then agree to furnish $100,000 in money from outside stock sales or dollar for dol lar of the money subscribed in Portland, then to "elect six Portland business men on the directorate of nine, have a Portland treasurer and do business with a Portland bank, and place the remaining stock in escrow for a period of two year that it would have no voting power to oust the Portland control. The plan is to get on a manufacturing basis, buy a site and erect a mill with 00 looms, costing J1000 each, and other machinery bringing the cost of the plant up to about $125,000, and then contract for the year's crop of flax with the local growers, offering 6uch prices that the farmers will be induced to put in crops. NURSE ATTENDS PRISONER Mrs. Johnson Confined to Bed in Clark County -lail. VANCOUVER. Wash,, Jan. 2i (Spe cial.) Mrs. Maud Johnson, who is In tho County Jail, a walling' trial on a charge of having obtained T1250 from the Nortn ern Pacific Railroad last April by fraud ulent representations, has been confines to her bed for several days by illness. The County Physician. Dr. Black. . has been In attendance and Sheriff Sapping ton has secured the services of a nunse. Dr. Black says that Mrs. Johnson has a tumor, but that an operation will not be neceaaary in the immediate future- Only One More Week of This Men's High-Class Suits, Overcoats and Raincoats Suits are all this season's styles and patterns. 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Missouri Pacific train No. 8, due in this city at 10:40 o'clock from Kansas City, was held up and robbed last night by four masked men one mile east of Eureka, 30 miles from St. Louis. The train was flagged with a rod lan tern and. as the engine stopped, the four masked men aimed revolvers at the en- FREE PILE CURE Sent to Demonstrate the Merits of Pyramid Pile Cure. Wlifit It Mam Done For Others. It Can XJo For Yon. - "We have testimonials by the hun dreds showing all stages, kinds and de grees of piles which have been cured by Pyramid Pile Cure. If you could read these unsolicited letters you would no doubt go to the nearest drug; store and buy a box of Pyramid Pile Cura at once, price fifty cents. We do not ask you to do this. , Send us your name and address and we will send you a sample by mail free. We know what the trial package will- do. In many cases it has cured piles without further treatment. If it proves its value to you order more from your druggist, at 50c a box. 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Contents of many letters and packages had been taken and it is supposed many letters also were carried away. The robbers, after rifling the cars, forced the engineer to run his engine and cars down the track. The four Jumped oft and disappeared. Posses are now pursuing them. The safe in the ex press car Is said to contain $10,000 in cash. Three coaches In the train were left standing on the main line until after mid night, when a special train from here carrying the deputies arrived. The pas sengers were en route to St. Louis. The hold-up occurred in a sparsely set tled district and news of tho robbery did not reach St. Louis until late tonight. The robbers fired at the conductor. After the engineer disappeared Butts, the conduc tor, walked to a farmer's house near Eureka and telephoned" to St. Louis. Several robberies of the kind have taken place near Eureka. In one, John Hedge-peth. recently killed as a burglar I JJ; i. A f V- H t I- '.rr',' -- '- "a. .' " Rosenblatt ane Schafmer & Msnt $1.50 values at 5c $2.00 values at . r. . .. : .$1.15 Men's ah-wooi Underwear Sizes 34 to 48, in Fawn, Oxford Gray, Derby Ribbed and Blue Mixed; full sizes. $1.50, $2.00 nnd $2.50 values at $1.35 per garment. in Chicago, and hia gang took ,0u0 from a Frlscp train at Glendale. NICARAGUA IS TORN ANEW War to Death On Between Liberals and Conservatives. MANAGUA. Jan. 2t The Madrlz government has ordered the arrest of all Conservative leaders In Managua. Granade, Masaya and Rivas. The dis covery of a widespread conspiracy against the Madris regime is given as the reason. Two Manag'uan leaders. Benjamin Ellzondo and Fernando Solorino. were the first Conservatives to be arrested here. Wholesale arrests are expected at once in Granada. The issue is now clearly defined. It is war to the death between the Lib erals and the Conservatives. The situation is serious. Commerce and industry are completely paralyzed. TAGGART SHOT BY FRIEND Democratic Committeeman AVI II Probably Lose Eye as Result. NATCHEZ, Miss.. Jan. 23. Thomas Taggart. Democratic National commit- t n ITS"? fLrM MISS 4: 6 Great Annual Oriental Rug The biggest stock in. the North west is offered to the public at prices never heard of before. 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Forty-two bird ehot lodged In his chest, shoulder and face and It is feared that the sight of one eye will be lost. Taggai t spent the night at a sanatorium and will be removed to his home in Indianapolis today, accompanied by a physician. Tuggart was making his way through the heavy underbrush, when Horton, who was some distance away, flushed a bevy of birds and fired, without knowing that his chief was in that direction. Kuskln's Book Profits. London Chronicle. The profits made by Ruskln from lil. books were in the end very large and fully Justified his belief in being prac tically his own publisher. In "Fore Clavlgera" he wrote: "I could even sell my books for not inconsiderable sums of money If I chose to bribe the reviewers, stick bills on the lamp posts and say nothing but what would please the Bishop of Peterborough." George Allen. who published for Ruskin "in the middle of a country field" In Kent, told EI T. Cook that Ruskin's profits In 18S6 were over $20,000. and that In addition he had in creased a valuable stock. From one Issue of "Modern Painters' he clenred MO00O. w si t ' ? z ? i Jt 8F sJL -V " J