La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, January 16, 1915, Image 2

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Newspaper Page TextSATURDAY, JANUARY 16; Idlfil- ZC2 TWO LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER, THIRD ANNUAL CASH SALE SPECIAL FOR TWO DAYS 4 Buckle Arties Heavy. Rolled Sole .v . . . . . . $1.75 1 Buckle Heavy Sole . . $1.25 flip TAP C CD V ANDREWS BROS. I HE lUOVOKI U Grande, Ore. EIIGIIIEEIS ADD WATERED (Written and : issued by committees -: representing the brotherhoods of Engineer and Firemen.) : : . Chicago, Jan. 16. MiHion of dol lars have been dissipated in water ed stocks , and the yurser of 1 crafty manipulators lined with gold during i the reorganization period : among Western ' railroads according to statements made on the' witness stand last week by W. Jett Lauck. . statistical expert of he engineers . and firemen's brotherhoods . ' The current of the Western wage . : hearing was moving along smoothly vwhen Mr.. Lauck, under lirect exami- nation by Warren S. Stone, head of the Brotherhood of Locomotive En- gineers, threw a fright into the ranks ; of the railroads': representatives and ' brought spectators , in: the federal building v to ; the tip-toe of excite ment. The ' surface of the Western railroad financial scandals; was only scratched, however. It was int'-1 mated that more is forthcoming at a later date. The Rock Island, Great Western, "Frisco" and Southern Pa cific lines were mentioned , specific ally by Mr. Lauck as. having odorous . histories. ,f. ".-.--V i.: ';:' V. vVMj':'. Another feature of the week was1 the statement by Mr, Lauck in an ex- hi bit that forty -three of the princi pal Western railroads during the last five years have requested out of in creased earnings a sum of over $50, 000,000 which quite properly could be devoted to compensating . engineers and i, firemen for their .' greater 'efficiency, ; v and fop reserves,'. 'The committee of Western railroad , man agers a few months ago in a etate . ment issued to the public said that the demands of the engineers and fire- men would mean an expenditure of $33,000,000 by their s companies, the intimation being that such an outlay ; would be impossible to meet. Accorti- tag to Mr. Lauck, however, Western railroads, despite their wild-cat finan ciering, have been able to make yart sums and hide them away in reserve:!, and in ; other bookkeeping accounts, . to prevent, the men of the locomotive ; cab and other employes from re ceiving their just wage dues. Comparatively ' small inroads upon the exchequers of Western railroad companies will result from the wago increases requested toy the employes, according to Mr. Lauck's Exhibit 40.) - Based on data from the annual re ports of eighty-one companies, con sidered as one system, a 26 per cent lift in compensation to engineers and firemen would mean an outlay of $19, 442,000, or something over half of , the sum mentioned by the managers' committee. , A 15 per cent increase wovfld require $11,605,200 and a rise of only five ..per cent would involve i an expenditure of $3,888,400. An epoch making .set of : exhibits dealing with 1 the increased ' produc- . tive efficiency of engineers and fire men . on Western railroads had been prepared by Expert Lauck and were offered in evidence. . Observers who . watched these developments declared that Mr. Lauck and the two brother hoods were establishing' a precedent : upon which virtually all future wage ' movements in othor lines probably would be based. Tho idea is, accord ing to Mr, . Lauck, that inasmuch us .the employer increases ; his profits year by year, just so far should the empJoye be given a proportionate : monetary reward. Mr. Lauck claim ed that the high wall that is set for- . butdingQy between capital and la bor will bo broken down when this humanitarian principal is recognized by capita). The intimation was that the day of profit sharing is at hand. The rotteunecs of tho Rock Island and Great Western reorganizations were touched on Wednesday. Unfor tunately for the companies, James M. Shocan, their counsel, paved the : way by criticizing a Rock Island chart in Exhibit 21. One thing led to another and finally Grand Chief Engineer Stone broke in and asked . cf the witness: "You have, an exhibit showing the . financial history of the Rock Island Railroad, have you not!" "Yes." . "Then it is possible for us to take the roof off the Rock Inland company and let everybody here look down in side and see what the reiki trouble back of the road's showing was ?" ; persisted Mr. Stone. "Yes, sir, I believe so," replied the FIREMEN SAY STOCK HURTS L' JI6S witness. "Well, then, we shall offer that latter," declared the" Grand Chief En gineer. , ' -Witness Lauck a little later the same day was reading quotations from annual reports of railroads to their stockholders ; and while consid ering the .Chicago ' Great Western something was said about the reor ganization of that road.- Mr.. Lauck in his usual v: dispassionate manner said that he understood J. P. Mor gan & Co., were given a fee of $500,- 000 for floating certain Great West ern bonds. vv-'';', ,: .-'.: "Isn't it true that 72 per cent fic titious capital stock was put on the market at that time and sold to in nocent purchasers? "inquired Grand Chief ' Stone. . '; ;' v: :;: .. y ).: . - "Undoubtedly that is true,'! retorc ed Mr. Lauck, "and it is my under standing that Mr. Morgan sold $1S, 000,000 m first mortgage bonds of the Great Western company a very easy thing at that time because the road was. not mortgaged at all for which act he or his company was given a fee of $500,000. I never un derstood what services were perform ed by Mr. Morgan, to require such a large commission. I have also heard that' the syndicate which i exploited the Great Western made something like $6,000,000." ; That ten or a dozen Western trunk lines virtually dominate the railroad Situation tin that part of the eountty was a statement by Mr. Lauck' on Friday. H. E. Byram, vice-president of the Burlington, a member of the arbitration board, had just asked the witness if it were not unfair to spread over all the lines, weak and strong alike, an arbitrary wage increase. "I do not think so," answered the witness, "because it is my contention that ten or a dozen of the Western trunk lines exercise control ever most of the weaker lines. We shall show that these smaller roads should not be looked upon as separate corporate units but should be considered a part of the larger and stronger systems. 1 .have in mind, for instance, the Chi cago Terminal Railroad which I be lieve is a single corporate entity but as a matter of fact is owned by the Baltimore and . Ohio and in my opin ion should be considered a nart at that system." . Charles Nagel, a neutral member of the board, said that Mr. Lauck doubtless was holding to his original contention that regardless of how prosperous or oqierwise a, pertain rood or roads might be the wage in crease muBt apply ; to all alike. Mr. Lauck said in reply to Mr. Nagel that me seriously believed in that .theory. Just for a moment a little later that day the skeleton of the old Southern Pacific company was dans-led before the arbitration ' board. Grand Chief Engineer Stone asked Mr. Lauck if he did not know that the Southern Pacific company had recently sold to a subsidiary creation' of its own the Pacific Land company oil and mineral lands worth several hundred million dollars at a nominal sunt: The witness said that he had heard of the transaction. : Mr. Lauck said that the total cap italization of the Southern Pacific Co. its. subsidiaries and controlled cor porations amounted to $541,000,000. although the original Southern Paci fic company's capitalization aggre gates onjy 8272,000,000. "Well, no matter which railroad the engineer or fireman works for, the southern Pacific company wiH surelv get the cream of the whole thing?" suggested Mr. stone. "Undoubtedly," answered Mr. ljauck, who a moment later had oc. casion to refer to the Louisiana and Arkansas road and its bad financial showing. Mr. Stone dryly remarked at wot point: v, "Mr. Lauck. isn't it true thit all the oil and mineral lands had been gobbled up before this little railroad was organized? In other words, it is just a plain railroad, isn't it?" "Yes, sir. it is." Mentioning the "Frisco" railroad, Mr. uuck said history disclosed that this company had given away $32, 000,000 in commissions and discounts to float its various layers of securi ties. The productive efficiency exhibits OLD MINSTREL GROWS BETTER I. , ' t r4' " ', I Manzie Campbell, Famous End Man Away back in the feudal ages wheH the old feudal barons ensconced them selves in their castles minstrelsy was their favorite form of amusement.: In days of peace, having nothing byt leis ure, time would have hung, heavy on their, hands indeed but for the wan dering minstrels who came with their instruments to play and sing: Many were the gay scenes within the grim old castle walls, when lords and ladies fair sat around the big old fireplaces with flagons well filled listening to the merry ; minstrel. t As wine improves with age, so min strelsy has .come down through the ages, richer and better. Jt has under gone many changes since the day of the grotesquely costumed troubadour of the middle ages to the smiling cir cle of a moderin first part.; Each in his time and place entertained by wit and charm of voice and nimble feet Richards ft Pringle's Famous Geor gia Minstrels have retained the old time .flavor in a new and beautiful 'The company will -T parade the principal streets at noon, and Rob ert Leach's challenge band will give a classic, concert' in front of the the atre at 7:30 o'clock in the evening on the date of the company's appearance here, which is Wednesday, Jan. 27, at the Arcade theatre. Adv. offered by Mr. Lauck showed in the main that: ' Freight train loads have increased materially in recent years. , Because of the installation of heav ier engines and the increase in ton nage and traffic, engineers and fire. men during the ithree periods coveree by the exhibits, 1890-1913, 1900-1913 and 1909-1913, have shown marked augmentation of, productive effici ency. ; ': . t, This increase on twenty-four rep resentative Western railroads, 1890- 1913, was 49.14 per cent for freisrht enginjeers and 41.14 per cent for fire men; during the second period, 1900- 1913, on forty-eight representative Western railroads, the increase for freight engineers, according to Wit ness Lauck, was 17.18 per cent and for firemen, 13.06 per cent. In the last five years on seventy-eight West errt railroads the productivity of rreignt engineers has grown 4.68 per cent and of firemen, 4.65 per cent; the figures for 56 compani'8 were, for freight engineers, an in crease of 5.12 per cent and for fire men, 4.97 per cent during the same period. -. A rather impressive statement was made by Mr. Lauck Thursday when he referred : to the generosity . of Henry Ford,! automobile manufactur er. Mr. Lauck said that although in the automobile industry probably one man's genius or executive ability con tributes more to the success of the business than do the employes, yet Mr.; Ford had established a Drofit- sharing plan in his Detroit plant that bore out the contention of Mr. Lauck regarding recognition of the produc tive efficiency principal. On Monday several switch-engine firemen were examined and empha sized the hopelessness of their jobs. Nearly all of these witnesses declar ed that they had - little chance for promotion or for higher wages. $675 NOTE FOR SALE. Secured by realestate mortgage Due October 1915, 10 per cent inter est, payable semi-annually. Address P. O. Box 428 La Grande. Adv. 1 14 St All accounts owing to the Geo. A. Anderson comnany are now in the hands of M. V. Mefford for collec tion, and parties owing the company can pay their accounts at the old lo cation of the company in the Gardi nier building. Adv. I Z tt. . All account owinr to the Geo. K, Anderson company are new in the hands of M. V. Mifford for colltcr tion, and parties owing the company can pay their accounts at the old lo cation of the company in the Gardi njer building. Adv. , . 12 tf. E. RIESLAND, - - . Plasterer and Contractor. ) Cement work of all kinds, Foun dations and Flue construction. Cement block a specialty. - Call and see these blocks at E. C. Davis' Marble Shop.,' Phone Red 4 871. . ' " Hi Hi UltC Oar On Grindteff Plant , The ' mechanical work must be equally as careful as the examina tion rteeh. The prescription mart be filled with Scientific Precision. This is done in our own Laboratory on the Premises, where we grind) all of - 6ur own lenses. ' - ; : . We guarantee our lenses to be absolutely correct, scientifically and mechanically. Fitting and Adjusting. ; The-glasses must be made up in frames or mountings, that will be suited to each individual case. The appearance of . the glasses, - when worn, must be considered.. ,- : We provide mountings to harmonize with the features and give hand some and stylish effects. -. . ..: .. ' . : ": ; Specialties. ' We prescribe toric glasses when their use adds comfort v When the eyes- require different lenses for ner and distant vision, we supply bifocals with an invisible dividing line, so that only a single r-air, of glasses is needed.' f i I We have all kinds of specialties in frames and nose pieces, , shell frames, special designs and shapes to suit and fit all requirements. J. H. PEA RE ft SON, V La ' Grande' Leading Jewelers and Optometrist , I- j The front lace ! corset with the ! j mZitr j I ' Ric Tittle Mirk. V. a P.I. OfflM j back j PRICE $2.00, $3.59 $5 and up! Mrs. Robt Pattison Conetiere ! Phone R. 3221 Res. 1702 Oak: The accounts of the Geo. A. Ander son company are due and payable to M. V. Mefford who has offices in the former location of the company in the Gardinier building. Adv. 1 2 tf . H. A. ACKERT PLANING MILLS Cor. Greenwood and Madison St (Successor to Wenaha Lbr. Co.) ALL KINDS of custom planing done promptly. Our guaran tee behind every job of work. if Pnofecoional Dfoectoity FRATERNAL ORDERS. ' A, F. A A. M. -La Grand Lodge No. 41, A. F. A. M. holds regulsr meetingeflnt end third. Saturday at 7:30 p. m. Cordial welcome to r all Masons. C. W. NO YES, W. M. A. C. WILLIAMS, Sec. B. P. O. E. La Grande todg No. 433 MeeU each Thursday evening at 8 o'clock in Elk' club, corner of De pot street and Waihington avenue. Visiting brother cordially- invited to attend. - :-.' -. ' -' V . M. B. DONOHUE, E. R. ? S ADNA B. ROGERS, Sec. v : WOODMEN OF THE WORLD La Grande Camp No. 169 meet every first and third Friday at K. of P. HalL All visiting neighbors wel--. corned. f i-4 JOHN A. READ, C. C. y . J. H. KEENEY. Clerk. ; " MODERN WOODMEN OF AMER ICA La Grand . Camp No. 7706 vmeeta on the first and third Thurs day evenings of each month in the K. of P. hafl. Visiting neighbors ' welcome. H. C. BALL, V. C ; W. F. LANDRUM. Clerk. " ROYAL ' NEIGHBORS Irl Camp Meets every second and fourth Fri day afternoons, every month in K. of P. Hall. All visiting member cordially invited. . NELLIE CHARBONEAU, i ., Oracle. 1 LILY C. KIMMELL, Recorder. REBEKAHS Crystal Lodge No. 60 - meets every Tuesday evening in the I. O. O. F. hall. All visiting mem bers are invited to attend. LOUISE DOUGLAS, N....G. ZOE GOLDEN, Sec. UNITED ARTISANS La Grande As sembly No. 30, meet regularly every first and third Tuesday ,of each s; month in 'the K. of P. hall. All visiting members are invited to at- tend, - F. R. SUYDAM, M. A. -NORA M. SHORT, Sec- L O. O. M. La Grande Lodge No. 860, Loyal Order of Moose , holds ' regular meeting every .- Tuesday night' at 7:30 in Moose Home on Adams ave. . Visitors, adways wel : come. -; ' '. ANGUS STEWART, Die, 2 F. A. EPLING. Sec. KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS Red Cross Lodge No. 27 meets every Monday night in Castle hall K. of P. hall). A Pythian welcome to alt visiting Knight. H. E. DIXON, C. C. HAL REES, X. of R. S. K. OF L. OF SECURITY Mt Em ily Council No. 2646. Meet sec ond and fourth Wednesday even ings at 8 o'clock in the Fifth floor of the new Foley building. Visit ing members are welcome. : ANGUS STEWART, Pre. CLARENCE E. GRAVES, Fin. Sec ROY E. GREEN, Red. Sec 0 E. S. Hope Chapter No. 13, O. E. S., holds stated communications the second and fourth Wednesdays of each month. Visiting members cor dially invited: - MKS. A. U. WILLIAMS. - ' W. M. MARY A. WARWICK, Sec F. O. R La Grande Aerie No. 259 en each and every Friday evening at 8 o'clock in top floor of New Foley building. Visiting members cordial , ly welcomed. W. C. HANSEN, W. P. L. F. BELLINGER, Sec. WOMEN OF WOODCRAFT CIRCLE : No. 47 Meet second and fourth Tuesday nights ' of each month at Eagle's hall in Foley Building. All visiting neighbors welcome. ' LOUISE HILARY, G. N. ULLIE ALLSTOTT, Clerk. AUCTIONEERS. TOM JOHNSON Auctioneer, makes a specialty of farmers' stock and machinery sales. The man that ret you the money." . Leave or ders at Observer office. - - - AB accounts owing to the Geo,1 A.' Anderson company are now in the hands of M. V. Mefford for collec tion, and parties owing the company can pay their accounts at the old lo- 13hQ Hotel Oregon PORTLAND, OREGON CENTRALLY LOCATED AS TO BUSINESS AND ALL PLEASURE RESORTS The place where all Eastern Oregon people stop when in Portland. Mr. F. S. Bramwell is always on hand to greet his many friends. ! 'S- v-;' . RATES -V-', Large sanitary rooms, without bath $1.00 and upward with bath .... 11.50 and upward M. C. DICKINSON, General Manager. F. S. BRAMWELL, Assistant General Manager. When in Seattle, stop at the Hotel Seattle. We own it . PHYSICIANS AND SUBGKQN&- A L, RICHARDSON, M. D. Phyti - cian and Surgeon: ovtr Hill' drag . (tore. Phone:. Office, Black 162;. residence, Main 65. DR. R. E. L. HOLT. Physician aaV surgeon; successor to Dr. N, Molii tor; corner Adams avenue and Den pot street Phone Office Main 68; t Residence, Main 730. -" DR. M. K. HALL Physician and snr. geon. Office Wen-Jaeobton Bldg. Phone Main 63. Rooms 11-12-13. a H. UPTON, Ph. G. M. D. Phyl - cian and Surgeon. Special atten : tion to Eye, Ear, Nose and Threat. ' Office in La Grande National Beak ..' Building. Phone:. Offlce Main Reldence Main 82. f OB. H. L. UNDERWOOD Phyaiciaw ana surgeon, msease or ttte ye DR. DORA J. UNDERWOOD Di. Mae of women and children. Of fices Adams avenue, over Re Croei Drug Store.' t EYE, EAR, NOSE, THROAT SPB CIAUST. DR. H. M. BAmrv PtU . exclusively to disease and surgery of Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat Abo the Fitting of Glasses. Offlce West : Jacobsor BWg. Office Phono Red 8431. Residence Red 2021. - DENTIST. E. P. MOSSMANn.nH-f. -,. and 7 new West Building.' Phone Black 1521; Office Hours 8 to 12 a. m., and 1 to 5 p. m. - - OSTEOPATHS. DR. C. H. DAY Osteopath Phy sician. Over Lair's Hardware Store Phone Main 68. Residence phone Black 761. Successor to Dr. Zim merman. CHIROPRACTOR. MYERS & KELLY Graduates of Universal Chiropractic College of ; Davenport, Iowa. Offices in New Foley Building. Phone Black 1871. VETERNIARY. DR, H. W. RILEY Graduate Vet ejdPrln Hospital, 1409 Madiseo. ' Ate. State SteMon liiepeeMT Stock Inspected for shipment HeaW - Independent Phone. Black 4X. Farmers Co-Operative Phone, Mailo .17. . ATTORNEYS AT LAW. COCHRAN A EBERHARD Geo. IT. uoenran and uolon R. Eheaaird1 Attorneys. La Grande Nation a). gemc Bldg., La Grande. Oregon T. H. CRAWFORD; ROBT. S. EAKIIN UKAWrVKU kakin -itfa neys at law. Practice in all tike courts of the state and Unit states, uince west-Jacobson bnilfl- mg, La urande, Ore., rooms 9-19 R J. GREEN Attorney at lJ Rooms 9-10. Snmmar Rlil. I, Grande, Ore. Practices in all tte ana r eaerai courts. UNDERTAKERS. W. H. OHNENKAMP CO.. dertaking and Embalming. Striatly modern. Day phone, Black 241. Night phone Red 3971 or Red 8412. J. C. HENRY Undertaker and banner: 20 years in business. phone, Main 62; night phones, wi, nea oeis, aiacK aaii. 1- Stage or Car Fare Paid, f To students enrallinir far. the iald- winter tern), paying four months Na tion in advance . Write for particu lars. Y ..... V- BAKER v BUSINESS COLLBGft W. P. KINOM, Pup Adv. 12 26 e e d tf. Gaidi- cation of the company in the nier building. Adv. 1 2 tf- High Grade Job Printing cost no more than the other kind. Observer.