WEDNESDAY, MAY 5, 1915.
THURSDAY, MAY 6, 1915.
PAGE EIGHT
PAGE TWO.
LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER'
toTWHFT MOWS
, c , uw ir l a HrAnde WHY? Because it is an Actual Cloeing-out
Thi has been the Greatest Furniture Sale ever held m La Grande. P
o i i . Ji.. j....: t 1ai Rl JY NUW!
date, u is rapiaiy arawuig w ww.. T - -
BEDS.
Regular price $14.00, closing out
price $8.35
25 designs, equal ralues.
DRESSERS.
Regular price $2750, closing out
price ....... $1540
20 designs, equal ralues.
CHIFFONIERS.
RANGES.
Tii iTnivprnal line of raiiKes. Reg-
Regular price $10.00, closing out j ular price j70) ci0Bing out price...;
price
.91085 M9-75
LIBRARY TABLES.
Regular price $8.50, selling out
price ..v..,-..., $4-80
19 designs at equal. Value. . tl
I (lesigllS, cqum toiuw. j t . -I ...
HUNDREDS OF OTHER PRICES JUST AS STARTLING. NOW IS THE TIME TO MAKE ONE DOLLAR
" nr. tuf WORK OF TWO
ck o el o
CARR,
La Grande, Oregon.
Furniture At Less Than
Manufacturers' Cost
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EttKERS .
MAKE REPORT
JOINT COMM1TEE EXPLAINS NA
GEL ATTITUDE.
Brotherhoods at Chicago Issue
tailed Statement.
I)e-
(Written by the Fireman and Engin
eer's committee.) .
Chicago, May 0. (Special) Be-
' cause of the unremitting hospitility
of Charles Nagel of St. Louin, one
of the two neutral arbitrators, 65,000
' engineers, firemen and hostlers in
Western railway territory received
small consideration at the hands of
the federal board which announced
its decision last Friday evening. This
finrnl board consisted of-six arbitra
tors appointed under the provisions of
the Newlands Act and tho final ver
dict uDon the sixteen, requests of
the engineers' and firemen's brother
hoods lay with the two neutral arbi
.1tr C. Pritchard. of Ashville, N. C.
, Tho fact that Mr. Nairel was for
years a nersonal friend and coun-
nolnp nf Ariolnhus Busch. . of St,
Louis; was later a co-trustee and co
executor of the Busch estate and a9
such had direct custody of some
thing liko $3,000,000 worth of rail
way stocks and Donas caused onic
ials of the two brotherhoods to pro
Wilson and members of the Board of are affected by the award, the total
Mediation and Conciliation at Wash- increase per day on such being
ingion. 120.25 and for the 'year, $44,110.25.
Those protests were in vain. Mr. For engineers in freight service, of
Nagel was up held by both the Prei- 11,617 locomotives in operation 2,686
dent and the mediation board All this, engines were affected by the award;
despite the fact that on April 20th W. the daily increase through the award,
S. Stone, head of the engineers' broth- $269.95; yeailly : increase $98,498.96.
erhood, was in Washington and in con- ; For engineers in switching service
venation with Judge Martin . A. out of -a- total -of 4,946 engines tho
Knapp, chairman of the board, was award affects 2,245, involving a oaily
assured by Mr. Knapp that if it were increase of $461.66 an a yearly in
true-that Mr. Nagel had -the corpor- creaBe estimated at $168,502.25.
ate relations referred to, that would Therefore, for the engineers, the
certainly disqualify him as an arbi- award affects 5,767 engines with an
trator. On April 80th, however, estimated increase in pay of $851.86
ChBirman Knapp and Judge William a day and $311,111.0 for the year.
L. Chamber's, the latter a co-membor For firemen in passenger service, ol
of the aume board, wired Grand Chief 7,273 locomotives in operation, 711 are
Stone and W. S. Carter, head of the affected by the award to the extent
firemen's brotherhood, that they, did of $74.05 a day and $27,028.25 a year,
not believe Mr. Nagel's business as- For firemen in. freight service, out
socintions in St Louis disqualified of a total of 11,61 engines, the award
him in any way as - an arbitrator, .makes an increase on 1,693 engines;
They added: "Our confidence in his $293.38 a day or $107,083.70 a year,
ability- and integrity remains Uii-'- -Firemen in switching, service fared
changed." a little better, as there are 4,927
So far as the award itself is con- switch engines in Western territory of
cerned, it is considered virtually which 4,601 engines are affected, for
worthless to the members of the en- a total of $1,028.15 dollars a day and
gincers' and firemen's brotherhoods. $375,274.76 a year. . ,
No sweeping increase in compensation The total number of engines upon
rates was ordered; no drastic change which increases for firemen were be-in-
ruins hfilnful to the members was stowed bv the arbitrators is 7,005; the
. i : . , i . : t , one CO .1 -. . .
apreed upon; no conimenoimivo " toiai cusn increase is fi,ovu.ua a uy icca.
concrete provision spelling standard- and the annual increase for firemen is , It was ruled that on railroads
ization of wages and hours of Bervice estimated at $509,386.70. i where firemen are required to clean
was offered to the men. Where there Brotherhood officials fear that when locomotives thev shall be relieved ol
were Increases in rates seem to have the award is applied on the various that duty.
been raised considerably, careful Western railroads many of these ben-I Engineers and firemen who have
analysis show only a . few engines efits will be evaded or that service been required to set up wedges, till
were affected. It was a lean award, will be cut down to such an extent grease cups or clean headlights are
Summarized, the award gives that the so-called boosts in wages act' . relieved of such service at all points
Western railroad engineers the f ol- ually will mean nothing to the men! where competent roundhouse forces
lowing: ' Some of the other provisions of the are employed. '
In nnHsentrer service 7850 engines award to the brotherhoods are as-fol- A steD forward with1 respect ' to
from time relieved from previous duty
at the rate per hour paid for the last
service performed. . '
Engineers and firemen deadheading
were given compensation, for actual
mileage at the rate of 4.8 cents per
mile for engineers and 2.5 cents per
mile for firemen. -'- '.
Minimum pay for hostlers is to be
$4.20 per day of 12 hours or less and
engineers and firemen will haye pre
ference for positions' as hostlers. All
other roundhouse employes handling
engines over 25 per cent of their time
will receive $3.00 for 12 hours, or less.
Surprise tests were not aone away
with but a sep forward was taken
hv thn hoard ordering that they be
conducted not hazardous to the em
ployes. .
It was ordered that on coal burning
locomotives he coal shall be shoveled
forward at specific points whenever
necessary, or by men riumg .on jw
Kirby acted as counsel for the Man
llfaf.tlirAVft Railway Co. of St. Louis,
appearing in court and before the In
terstate wmmerce uramim
number of cases affecting that road.
That in St Louis Charles Nagel for
many years has been regarded as a
"corporation man" and that he, within
the past year, received the sum of
$200,000 for his services as executor
of the Busch estate. ;
.That Mr. Nagel, besides being the
trustee of the Busch estate, also is
director in the Union Trust Co. of St
Louis and a director in the Mutual
Life Insurance Co. of Milwaukee,
Wis., both of which companies have
large holdings of railroad securities.
That in the street car strike of 1900
in St. Louis Charles Nagel was sworn
in as a deputy sheriff and' organized
a posse of armed men of which he
was cantain. He had many strikers
arrested and uersonally saw theni
motives for that purpose, and coal through the police court and into the
of proper size for firing purposes . workhouse.
shall" be placed on all tenders. That many of Mr. Nagel's acquaint-
Provision is made that if two fire- ances jn St. Ixiuis look upon him as
men are considered necessary on iuui . non.sympathetic with labor unions, re
u. -: lnAnmnfivoQ in trnwrnf PrVl."P. ! i i 1 MfAwni
burning locomotives in freight service,
weighing over 200,000 pounds on
drivers, the matter shall be taken up
with the proper officials of the individ
ual railroads by brotnernooa commii-
hi- disinterestedness to President are in service of which 8dO engines 0m: , i standardizing wages was made wnen
"' - - Overt me ncrease in oassenirer ser-ithe board handed down the following
I vice from 5 cents to 75 cents an hour I rule regarding classification of en
iand the day instead of being tenjgines by weight on driving wheels:
hours, as in the past, is to run six-"For the purpose of officially classi
! hours and forty minutes. jfying locomotives each railroad com-
i The minimum passenger rate for , nanv. party to this arbitration, will
engineers shall be $4.30 and for fire. . keep bulletin at all- terminals show
men $2.50 a day. ! ing actual weight on drivers of all en-
On short turn-around runs, on trips ; gines in its service."
not exceeding 80 miles, Including sub-. No general rule as to engineers and
urban service, overtime shall be paid firemen throwing switches or flagging
for all time actually on duty or held through blocks or filling water cars
for duty in excess of eight hours. ' !was laid down.
In freight service the day remains ; Finallv. the board denied the risrht
1 10 hours, 100 miles or less, overtime to engineers and firemen of accepting
I to be computed on a basis of 10 miles . a part or a whole of any rule award
per hour, as at present. - ed by the board and coupling it with
ao nnn no To en&inee"s and firemen in pusher a part or a whole of any rule existent
yt.uw.vv . and helper service, mine runs, circus and thereby creating a new condition.
trains and trains established for the' Charles Nagel, neutral arbitrator,
! exclusive purpose of handling milk j apparently sides with Messrs. Park
20,361.74 through freight rates will apply, ac-jand Brvam in these opinions. Sum
cording -to the class of engine, over- marized, besides Mr. Nagel's connec-
7,500.00 ( time to be computed on a minute basis.- tion with the Busch estate and its
I The board referred back to the en- ownership of large quantities of rail
56,138.38 gineers and firemen and the manage- road stocks and bonds, other facts
4,uwn mem oi uie uinerent roaus ior seine
12,878.00 ment the question of belt or transfer
, service as to rates of pay.
!No change was made in wages on
I engines operating in mountain terri
56 333.17 torv' tne differential of 10 per cent
' . over valley rates remaining.
11 081 75 e request with respect to narrow
' " I gauge locomotives was refused.
2 1R14IP EnR'neers und firemen by tho
,000.00 632,993.86
72,000.00
16,000.00
5,000.00
15,000.00
7,600.00
REPORT OF THE CONDITION OF
The La Grande National Bank
at La Grande, in the State of Oregon, at the close or business May 1, 1915
NO. 3655. '
- RESOURCES.
.Loans and discounts ........... .$636,993.86
Note placed with Federal Reserve bank, ban f an-
CISCO '
,U. S. bonds depossted to secure circulation (par
U sTbonds pledged' to secure deposits (par value)
.U. S. bonds pledged to secure postal savings (par
' Other' "boivd! 'securities,' etc, owned unpiedgetl
(other than, stocks), including premiums on
same'
Subscription to stock of Federal Reserve bunk
Lass nmount unpaid i.
Bankfrig house, $49,000.00; furniture and natures
. $7,138.38 ;
Other real estate owned , ...
Due from Federal Reserve bank
Due from approved reserve agents in New York,
Chicago and St. Louis i 7,666.01
Due from approved reserve agents in other
reserve cities .. .'"Vri'l 48'787-16
Due to banks and lwnkers (other than included
in 8 and 9)
Checks on banks in the . same city or town as re
porting bank
Outside checks and other cash items, $866.68
fractional currency, nickels and cents $483.86.. .
Notes of other national banks
. Total coin and certificates ............. .
Logjil-endcr notes
Redemption fund with U. S. Treasurer (not more
than 6 per cent-of circulntion)
ToUl i
LIABILITIES.
Capital stock paid in
Surplus fund .'-.. --
Umlivided profits 14,579.73
Less current expenses, interest and taxes paid 10,466.68
. Circulating notes -
Due to bnks and bankers (other than included in
6 and 6) ;
Demand depoalto: 4
Individual deposits subject to check... 328,874.79
Certificates of deposit due in less than 30 days 66,927.90
Certified checks 842.95
United States deposits 14.674.98
Postal savings deposits 4.660.88
Time deposits:
Certificates of deposit due on or after 30 days. .
Rediscounts With Federal Reserve bank
lating that he has opposed reforms
such as the initiative, reierenaum anu
recall and they show copies of
speeches made by Mr. Nagel in which
these reforms are referred to as "nos
trums." That the Asiatic Exclusion League
of San Francisco accused . Mr. Nagel
when Secretary of Commerce and
Labor, with derelictions, waste of pub
lic money and violation of his oath
of office.
According to the. Newlands Act,
either narty to the controversy has
the right to go before the Clerk of
,the federal court in Chicago and file
protest, which would bring the award
directly before the court for review
So far as known, neither the brother
hoods, nor the railroads will make
3,600.00
Total $967,747.59
State of Oregon, County of Union, ss:
' I, F. L. Meyers, Cashier of the above-named bank, do solemnly swear
that the above statement is true to the best of my knowledge and. belief.
F. L. MEYERS, Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 5th day of May, 1915.
(SEAL)
H. A. ZURBRICK.
Notwy Public for Oregon.
FRED J. HOLMES, V
C. C. PENINGTON,
JAS. G. SNODGRASS.
Directors.
i m At P08'1'0118 f motorman and helper on
'.,Hyi; e.ectric locomotives when such service
3,375.00. is instiled.
68,343.80 ! A minimum Hav's wmvp nf $4 !!n for
710,00 motorman and helpers in electric pas
senger service and ot $4.75 tor mo
torman and $2.76 for helpers in
freight electric service was awarded.
A minimum of 30 cents per 100
miles, or less, was added to the rates
of pay which formerly applied to locul
freight service, both for engineers and
firemen, according to the class of en
gine. In switching service on engines less
than 140,000 pounds on drivers, en
gineers are to receive $4.25 and fire
men $2.70; on engines 140.000 pounds
and over on drivers engineers will ro
ccfive $4.40 and fircment $2.75 on Mal
let engines of 276,000 pounds or less
on drivers the rate will be $5.15 for
engineers and $4.00 for firemen; on
engines over 275.000 pounds on driv
ers engineers will receive $5.40 and
firomon $4.25.
A little chang regarding prepara-!
torv time was niacin in that tho r. I
bitrators ruled than an engineer's jr!
iMTMumi a nine win commence at tne
time .he is required to report for duty
and will conclude nt the time the en
Kine is placed on a desiimated trark;
final terminal delay, after the lapse
of thirty minutes will be paid for tho
full delay at the end of the trip.
The articles regarding automatic
release of engineers and firemen was
denied. The award granted the men
continuous pay for all time held away
from home terminals after 22 hours
.$967,747.59
200,0000.00
50,000.00
4.113.0n
72,000.00
' 16,172.88
415,481.00
'203,980.66
6,000.00
respecting him, as discovered by an
investigator in St Louis, follow:
. That Mr. Nagel was attorney for
the Waters-Pierce Oil Co., a subsid
iary of the Standard Oil Co. -That
the law firm of Nagel and
such a move, the brotherhoods havinc
pledged themselves to stand by the
findings of the arbitrators' 'whether
good or bad. ..
There has been some talk of a con
gressional investigation but whether
this will begin in the U. S. Senate or
in the House of ' Hfeiiresentativeg ha.
not been decided upon. . It is know
that such men as Senator Robert: M.
LaFoliette of Wisconsin and Senator
A. B. Cummins of Iowa will be. ht
sympathy with the cause of the em
ployes. . v . . .
"There is one thing that the mem
bers of, these brotherhoods are intent
on finding out," commented Grand
Chief Stone, "and that is who is re
sponsible for the arbitration proceed
ings just ended and for the appoint
ment of Charles Nagel. We will find
this out no matter how long it takes.
We are in favor of the principle of
arbitration but we do not favor pre
arbitration in which the cards : ar
stacked against : us , from- the be
ginning." President Carter of the firemen's
organization had the following to
say: -.w"''. ,
" "As . we understand the Board of
Mediation and Conciliation, close iden
tity with great railway financial in
terests makes a person desirable ns
a neutral arbitrator in arbitrations
of wage disputes between railroads -and
their employes. With this we
.disagree. We hold that it would be-
just as reasonable to select Sam
Gompers, president of the American
Federation of Labor, as a neutral in
this arbitration as it was to select
Mr. Nagel. Both are probably in
tensely honest and each is controlled1
by what the Socialists call "class consciousness."
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3or. Chestnut and Jefferson Streets, " . V
; i La Grande, Oregon. V
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that caters to the Interior Trade. V
lAiiiil
Horses, Mares & Mules
FROM 15-1 TO 16 HANDS HIGH FROM 5 TO 10 YEARS OLD, FROM 1200 TO
1500 POUNDS. BLOCKY MADE WITH GOOD BONE. IF YOU HAVE ANY
GOOD HORSES BRING THEM IN FOR I CAN PAY MORE FOR THEM THAN
ANY ONE ELSE. I SHIPPED 8 LOADS OUT OF HERE TUESDAY NIGHT
AND WANT 8 LOADS MORE. I COME TO BUY AND NOT TO INVOICE THIS
WILL BE MY LAST TIME HERE. I WILL BE AT JACK MCCARTHY LIVERY
BARN, SATURDAY, MAY 8.
HAL J. HOLLAND,
Kansas City, Missouri.