SATURDAY, 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
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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. -.
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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 ,
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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.
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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.