THE MORNING OREGONIAN. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1907.
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LIVED IN FEAR OF
TERMAGANT WIFE
Clyde Phillips Says Brother's
Life Was Threatened
by Her.
ALWAYS LOCKED HER OUT
Cleveland Coal Man Dared Not Go
to Sleep Otherwise Accused
Murderess Helped to Tend
Dying - Husband.
Cl.EVELAXD, O.. Nov. 11. "My
brother lived In deadly fear of his wife,"
Clyde Phillips testllied In the preliminary
hearing before Justice Brown today,
In which Mrs. Charlotte Phillips is ac
cused of having killed her husband, John
J. Phillips, coal operator and broker, on
the morning of September 2 at their East
Cleveland home.
Clyde Phillips, who is a younger brother
of the murdered man, also testified that
Ills brother once told him that his wife,
Charlotte Phillips, had attempted to kill
lilm with a beer bottle last Summer, and
irfter that he slept alone, and with his
bedroom door secured. The testimony
caused a sensation in this unusual case,
as this was the first time such evidence
' has been .heard, although there have
been several hearlnprs before the Coroner.
Dr. Charles I. Richardson, who was
called to the Phillips home a few minutes
before Phillips died, said he found a beer
bottle upon the stair landing where Phil
lips was supposed to have been shot. Dr.
Richardson also told of assisting Mrs.
Phillips in changing Mr. Phillips1 clothes
and cleaning up the blood. The hearing
will continue tomorrow.
LABOR IN CONVENTION
(Contlnud From First Piiea.)
ntriklnft telegraph operators were Just,
but says the strike was inopportune,
and he advised against It, urging the
union officers to accept what was offered
and work for the strengthening of the or
ganization with a view to bettering the
condition of the operators. He says 'that
ut least a tactical mistake was made.
He tells of correspondence with the
farmers' organizations with a view to
co-operation and recommends further ac
tion in that direction.
Anti-Injunction Bill.
Much space is given to the anti-injunction
bill. Mr. Gumpers says the report
of the majority of the House Committee
quoted only opinions of Judges against
which the bill was aimed and then shut
off the publication of the Federation's re
ply as a Federal document. He replies
to the statements of Secretary Taft on
the Injunction as follows:
Mr. Taft could not helD but know tht
labor , bill to reflate InjuncUon. w 55
ileslRned to create a privilege class of
wrong-doers among the worklngmen of our
country but to re.ore to them the riBh"J
of which they had been robbed bv court
decl.lon.; in fact, to restore the writ of In
junction to It. original beneficent and proper
purpose. He could not escape knowing
what Is common knowledge among the"
merest tyro, of the law; the fundamental
I??C Pv,'e8v.0f tl,e e"ulty " of thoSrt.
."Li t"15'9 UDon whlch injunctions are
Intended to serve.
He then discusses injunctions from his
standpoint at length.
Mr. Gompers next deals with the suit
?. an Cleave against the Federa
tion for boycotting Buck's Stove & Range
company, and argues the question at
much length.
Bill Stifled by Cannon.
In speaking of the difficulties encoun
tered In getting the eight-hour bill
through Congress. Mr. Gompers says that,
when Representative Rucker. of Missouri
asked the Speaker to recognize him for
the purpose of asking consideration of
the. eight-hour bill. he. the Speaker, re
piled in language more forcible than polite
that he would not recognize him or any
member of the House for the purpose of
considering that measure.
He says that since the President ordered
the prosecutors of violators of the exist
ing eight-hour law there have been fewer
notations, but tho court decision exempt
ing dredgemen makes the passage of the
federation's bill the only remedy.
He tells of the passage of the immi
gration hill containing many features pro
posed by the Federation, but regrets the
omission of the educational test. He con
demns recent decisions Interpreting the
alien contract labor law as aiding em
ployers to import workmen for the pur
pose of defeating the demands of union
workmen. ,
Bribery by Subsidy Grafters.
He tells of bis opposition to the ship
lubsldy bill because it proposes practical
y compulsory naval service from men
employed In the merchant marine. He
lays:
While the ship subsidy bill was under
consideration I unearthed and exposed a
'heme i.f (he promoter, of the shin sub
sidy who undertook to suhorn and corrupt
one or two men In New York so a. to make
It appear that Ihe men of organized labor
were in opposition to the American Federa
tion of Labor upon this measure. The for
gery of names of officer, of unions, coun
terfeit seals and letter-heads, to send out
fraudulent anneals to organized labor of
country for the support of the bill In
.-"pposltlon to the American Federation of
I.ahor were few of the means employed,
tit may he interesting to note that the
known IntereKts a well as the secret pro
moters of the ship subsidy hill are the chief
opponent, not only to labor's eight-hour
bill but to all of the relief legislation for
which labor has declared:
He exalts- In the defeat of Congress
man l.lttlfield's bill abolishing compul-
sory pilotage and In the increase of sal
aries in the postal service.
He says regnrding trusts that labor has
viewed thenj as employers of labor and
then proceeds to argue that unions are
not. trusts because they do not deal In
any product but only in producing powers.
He calls attention .to the need of vigilance
In regard to legislation on the subject.
Mr. Gompers speaks in highly laudatory
terms of the constitution of Oklahoma.
He says a number of propositions were
submitted to him prior to and during the
constitutional convention. He says of
the constitution :
Reference to It will show that the new
state han had more real regard for liberty
and the right, of man and the protection of
her people than ha. thus far been mani
fested by any other state In the Union.
Growth of the Federation.
Mr. Morrison read his annual report
and also that of Mr. Lennon, the treas
urer, tn his own report he says:
ft I. with pardonable pride that I report
at the close of thl. Hscal year $127,010.02 In
the treasury tho high-water mark in the
history -of the Federation. Of the amount
on hand lo:l.07S.x Is in the defense fund,
and can only be used for strike benefits in
the case of a .trike or a lockout of the
member, of the local trade and Federal
labor unions. The balance. $24.s:tl.l:i. Is In
the general fund, and is available for gen
eral exeenses of the American Federation
of I.ahor The total receipt, from all
.nurce. ar S174.330.2&: the total exueniM
are 13.e084: leaving a balance of re
ceipts over expense, of 114.369.42.
The gain in membership reported by sec
retaries of the international organizations
and the local trade and Federal labor union,
affiliated direct with the American Federa
tion of Labor over the membership on the
first of Heptember last year is 1S7.:I7B.
which certainly show, a healthy growth.
Full and complete reports have been re
ceived from 112 international organization,
and from a number of local unions, which
shaw that there were 1433 strikes. In which
there were l.to.271 Involved. Of that num
ber 113,225 were benefited and 17.3.1.1 not
benefited. The total cost of the strike, re
ported on wa. 13.090.330.34. Adding to that
amount the donations made by local unions
to other union., we have a grand total of
93,290,353.20 expended to sustain members
on strike during the past year.
The growth of the American Federation
of Labor from 1897 to 1914 was phenomenal.
The membership Jumped from 264,825 in
1897 to 1.676.200 in 1904. There was a de
crease in membership in 1903 from the
high-water mark of 1904. almost entirely
caused by Internaf strife, which led to se
cession and a number of ill-advised and
unsuccessful strike.. Since that time, with
but two exceptions, these organizations have
recovered their membershia. There were
1.68.1.424 members paid or reported upon
for the last month of this fiscal year, an inr
crease of 7224 member, over the high-water
average membership of 1904. If we add to
that number the 40,000 members of the
Vnlted Brewery Workers, whose charter
was revoked in June of this fiscal year, it
would give a total membership of 1,723,424
for the month of September.
The committee on credentials held a
session tonight In Norfolk and took up
various subjects.
Victor L. Berger, the Milwaukee orator
and Socialist leader, announced he was
continuing hrs Tight against Mr. Gom
pers, and would tile protests against
his re-election, but that the displacement
of Mr. Gompers could not be looked
for at this time. Mr. Berger said he
would tomorrow Introduce a resolution
demanding Federal legislation preventing
the transportation in Interstate commerce
of all "child labor" manufactured pro
ducts. Arthur A. Hay, special representative
of the International Typographical Union,
at Los Angeles, is here to ask the fed
eration to assume control and finance the
fight on behalf of labor now-being waged
by the Citizens' Alliance of Los Angeles
against trade unions there.
Among the delegates to the convention
are representatives from Canada, Mexico
and Colombia.
SHOE FACTORIES OX HALF TIME
Step Made Necessary by Present
Market Conditions.
MARLBOROUGH. Mass., Nov. 11. The
2200 employes of three shoe factories of
Rice & Hutchlns were notified tonight
that a half time schedule of work would
be inaugurated tomorrow and will con
tinue for an Indefinite period.
Charles W. Curtis, resident manager of
the company, said that the reduction Is
made necessary by market conditions and
uncertainty regarding the future.
Reductions in California.
BAKERSFIELD. Cal.. Nov. 11. Twenty
five Mexican section hands, working in
the local yards of the Southern Pacific
Company, were laid off today and the pay
of the remaining laborers reduced from
$1.50 a day to $1 a day. The reports from
outside stations Indicate that reduction of
the forces and wages is general.
Decrease in Dakota Gold.
PIERRE, S. D Nov. 11. Without giv
ing specific, figures State Mine Inspector
Treweek In his annual report to the Gov
ernor, places the gold production of South
Dakota at $1,000,000 less than for last year.
Havana Car Strike Continues.
HAVANA, Cuba, Nov. 11. The peace
proposal of General Orr tor the settle
ment of the street railway strike was
rejected last .night at a meeting of the
strikers. .
- Swift's Harrlsburg Plant Burns.-
HARRISBURG, Pa., Nov. 11. The plant
of Swift & Co., the packers, was com-'
pletely destroyed by fire tonight, entailing
a lose of J250.000.
COMMITTEES ARE WEAK
. (Continued From First Fagc.)
currency is non-elastic, that its volume
does not respond to changing seasons
and the' varying needs of trade. He said:
There were indications as early as
August that people were withdrawing
money and locking it up. It was the
incipient symptom of a disease which
always first shows Itself in this way.
In addition, increased commercial ac
tivity incident to the return of busi
ness men from Summer vacations, a
ripening crop and the in-laying of
stock of merchandise caused an unpre
cedented demand for mon.ey. Still, the
aggregate volume remained fixed and
non-elastic.
Had the National banks been em
powered to issue additional circula
tion e.rual to 50 per cent of their cap
Hal without a deposit to secure its re
demption, but. subject to a nx of 5
per cent, an nggregate Increase of
$403,000,000 would have been possible
and $200,000,000 would very 'likely have
been issued. The' people would have
carried to their safe deposit vaults or
taken home for concealment a National
bank note as readily as a gold cer
tificate and they would have been Just
as- safe.
The redemption of the National bank
note is now guaranteed by the Govern
ment, for it Is secured bv a deposit
of Government bonds, which arc direct
obligations of the Government. I grant
that it is illogical for the Government
to guarantee bank notes, but the peo
ple have become so accustomed to
money bearing in one form or another
the obligation of the Government, it
would be willing to concede the guar
antee to this suggested additional is
suance of bank notes.
I do not believe It possible to make
an elastic currency based on collateral
security. It Would be Impracticable to
have the Government pass upon the
solvency of commercial paper deposited
as a basis of circulation and the banks
would find it quite as difficult to get
bonds with which to secure additional
circulation as to get the money itself.
There is no occasion for the increased
Issue until the banks have exhausted
their cash resources, and when their
cash resources are exhausted, they have
nothing available with which to buy
bonds.
Of course the banks should not be
permitted to Issue this uncovered addi
tional circulation without the consent
of the Controller of the Currencv.
When the request is submitted, the
Controller will naturally look at th
record of the bank at the time of the
last official examination, or he will
cause a special examination to be
made and sftant or withhold consent in
the light of the record in his office. Bv
having the additional circulation iden
tical in form with the bonds secured
which we now have, the increase would
pass unnoticed and therefore cause no
alarm a very important feature, as I
view it
Work Xlght and Day on Ships.
NEW YORK. Nov. 11. Beginning today
the force at the New York Navy-yard
Is working night and day in order to have
the battleships now being fitted out for
the Pacific voyage ready by December
1 to proceed - to Hampton Roads, from
Which they will sail on December 16.
They are the Connecticut, flagship of the
fleet, and the Louisiana, Ohio, Rhode
Island and Alabama.
Rear-Admiral C. C. Sperry, who was
designated a few days ago to command
the fourth division of the fleet, hoisted
his flag on the Alabama. This assign
ment completed the division and squad
ron commands, the others being Rear-Admirals
Thomas and . Emory. Admiral
Evans, commander-in-chief of the fleet,
is in personal command of the first division.
NOW BECOMES 1
Mayor Busse Signs Chicago
Telephone Ordinance. .
PROTESTS ARE OFFERED
.Mayor Replies He Considers It the
Most Complete Ordinance to
Regulate Corporations That
Has Been Adopted In City..
CHICAGO, Nov. 11. -By affixing his sig
nature tonight. Mayor Busse made effec
tive an ordinance passed by the City
Council last Friday granting to the Chi
cago Telephone Company an extension of
its franchise until January 8, 1929, and put
an end to' the negotiations between the
company and the city which began De
cember 18, 19,., and which have continued
since that date.
The ordinance requires the telephone
company to pay the city 3 per cent of the
gross receipts from local business and to
allow a discount of 25 per cent from cur
rent rates on telephones for municipal
use. Rates to subscribers are readjusted
and materially reduced. The city reserves
the right to terminate the grant and to
purchase the lines upon 12 months' notice
in 1909 or 1924. on the basis of payment
to the telephone company for only such
tangible property as is necessary for the
continuance of the telephone business.
Protests Are Offered.
Lively protests by city and commercial
clubs and organizations followed the ac
tion of the Council in passing the ordi
nance. Special meetings within the or
ganizations and a mass meeting at which
all were represented were held, and reso
lutions asking that the Mayor exercise his
power to veto were drawn up and pre
sented. The chief objections cKed were that the
rates provided for in the new measure
were excessive and the terms of possible
purchase by the city unjust; alleged un
due haste in passing the ordinance: fail
ure sufficiently to investigate the claims
to consideration of a rival company, and
the -absence of provisions compelling con
nections with independent companies.
The Mayor, In announcing his approval
saids
Why the Mayor Approves.
"This ordinance was under considera
tion by the Council committee for nearly
two years. That committee had the as
sistance of a commission of experts ap
pointed under a previous administration,
the results of whose investigation, re
search and reflection are a matter of
public record. Abundant opportunity to
be heard was afforded everyone who had
anything to suggest to the committee in
connection with the framing of the ordi
nance. Viewed from 'every possible stand
point save only the question of rates, the
ordinance as passed by the Council is one
of the most complete that has ever been
adopted in this city for the regulation and
control of a public-service corporation..
"As to the question of rates, it cannot
now be definitely told whether they are
too high. Xhat pro em is essentially a
legislative one. If it shall be determined
in the future that the rates are too high,
abundant authority Is reserved by the
terms of the ordinance for their futur
regulation."
CARUSO ALLOWED TO LAND
Government Will Not Keep Out the
Italian Tenor.
WASHINGTON. Nov. 11. (Special.)
There will be no effort on the part of the
Immigration Bureau officials to stop Sig
ner Caruso, the Italian tenor, from land
ing when he reaches the. United States.
Rumors that the Government would In
sist upon Caruso's returning without put
ting his feet on American soil started be
cause of his appearance in a New York
police court last year. It was explained
today that the law under which this
course was followed, applied only to mis
demeanors committed In foreign countries.
CONSIDER THE CONDITION
Colored Bishops to Meet in Council
to Discuss the Situation.
ATLANTA, Ga., Nov. 11. Bishop Henry
M. Turner, head of the African Metho
dist Episcopal Church; Bishop L.'H. Hol
zey, the senior bishop of the Colored
Methodist Episcopal Church, and "Bishop
J. W. Hood, of the African Methodist
Episcopal Zion Church, have been author-
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Your Books when properly proved up by
the receiver are worth
Gents on the Do.
Have your claims proved and I will take
them at par on the following terms:
I will pay one-third in GOLD and two
thirds in merchandise at regular prices, at
either of my four stores, viz:;
MOIEK
MOTE
Two Stores,
Third and Oak Sts.
Formerly John Dellar's,
First and Yamhill Sts.
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Fourth and Morrison
Streets
Who's Afraid of the Situation? I A
m INot
ized by their several denominations to call
a council of bishops to meet In Washing
ton, February 12, 1908. The call for the
council says:
"The ecclesiastical, religious, civil, po
litical and sociological condition Of our
race at this time is such that it requires
attention, mature reflection and expres
sion as we have to bear the burdens of
government."
It is said those bishops represent,
through their churches, more than 2,00,-.
000 people and as many followers. Bish
ops Turner and Holzy are quoted as
being quite dissatisfied with the political
aspect of the negro question tn Georgia.
They claim it Is not only crippling labor,
but that it Is destroying their churches
and' that more than 3000 of their mem
bership have gone West and North since
March.
Judge Stewart Again on Bench.
BOISE, Idaho, Nov. 11. (Special.)
Judge George H. Stewart, of the Supreme
Court, was at work today for the first
time in nearly a year. Immediately after
taking office January, 1 he was obliged to
go to Portland for treatment for nerve
trouble and had not. been to' Boise since.
When the recent term of court at Lewis
ton convened he took pis place on the
bench but was obliged to'-give up. ' The
Judge then" went to Chicago, where he
consulted, specialists by whom he seems to
have been restored to health or nearly so.
Eyes fitted to glacses, $1, at Metzger's.
DO N
OT KNOW WHAT
CAUSES SICKNESS
Modern People Have Many Names for Same
Diseases, According to NeW Belief
Does human health, depend on one
organ alone? This question is becom
ing widely discussed since L. T. Coop
er first advanced his theory that the
stomach ts.thortrue seat ot life and
all health dependent upon' it. ,
Mr. ' Cooper, who has met with re
markable success in the sale of his
new medicine, believes that the stom
ach is responsible for most sickness,
and that this organ Is weak in the
present generation. While . discussing
this theory recently,' he said: "I am
asked time and again to tell why my
medicine has made '..such a record
wherever I have "introduced it. My
answer always is, 'because it restores
the stomach to a normal condition."
No one will deny that today there are
more half-sick, men and women than
ever before. Nothing critical seems to
be thu matter with them. They- are
Just half-sick most of the time. They
don't know really what Is the matter
with them. I have talked with thou
sands during the past two years, and
few knew indeed what their trouble
was. One said nervousness, another
said kidney trouble, another liver com
plaint, some constipation, or heart
troublo. or lung trouble. Many had
treated, as they calK-d it, for most of
these diseases at different times. A
very common complaint . Is 'all run
down,' or 'tired all tlje time," or 'no
appetite.' '
"I know positively that every bit of
this chronic ill health is caused by
stomach trouble, and nothing else. My
New Discovery puts the stomach in
sound condition In about six weeks.
Mighty fc wpeople can be sick with a
sound digestion. That is why my med
icine Is selling at such a tremendous
rate. I have convinced many thou
sands of people that these things are
so, and the number Is growing by
leaps and bounds." . (-
Among more recent converts to Mr.
Cooper's beliefs is Mr.: Edgar L. Hinds,
living -at 6 Tappan street, Everett,
Mass. Mr. -Hinds has . this to say on
the subject:
"I have suffered with stomach
troublo for eight years. I was not sick
enough to be in bed, but Just felt bad
all thd time. My greatest trouble was
that I always fs)lt tired, would get up
in the morning feeling as tired as
when 1 went to bed.
"I had a very irregufar appetite, and
was troubled with dizzy spells. If I
stood for any length of time, I would
have a dull pain In the lower part of
my bnc-k. I was nervous and felt all
the time as though something terrible
waa tfoing to happen. I tried many
kinds of medicine, but nothing ever
helped me. ,
"I had about given up all hope of
ever being in good health again, when
I heard so much of Cooper and de
cided to try his medicine. I took one
bottle of his New Discovery and was
greatly surprised at . the result. I
gained 12 pounds in a few weeks. I
can now eat anything I wish, and feel
like a new man. I cheerfull recom
mend this medicine to all sufferers
from otomach trouble."
It is worth anyone's time.' who Is not
enjoying good health, to learn of Mr.
Cooper's wonderful preparations. We
are selling them in large quantities.
The Skidmore Drug Company.
M
AchesosTi
Is delayed two days in order to get money to take back East to The J.
M. Acheson Co.'s creditors. I had first thought I -would go and get them
to wait, but yesterday's response to the distress appeal of this tine
store was so good, so heavy, so satisfaetoiy, that I will delay two days .
before I go, and I will take the cash.- I won't take cash, either. I'll
leave the cash here with our banks and use our banks' balances in New
York, and I have headed off that unscrupulous, lying, reputation:de
faming Portland attorney. I would like' to name him here, but he has
the same name as another Portland attorney '. The latter is the soul
of honor above suspicion, arid of good practice building up business
firms instead of tearing them down. So I don't think it would be fair
to the latter attorney for me to here name;' the freebooter, scavenger
attorney who is now in the East. It is I J. M. A. against this thing
in the East. I rely on the people to vindicate and uphold this store
and the credit of this city. '." .
$300,000
Worth of wonderful varieties and completeness,' the soundness. of the
qualities, the marvelous bargains in the most seasonable and desirable
of merchandise,' all; combine to pave the way to the success of this store
plant. You will not regret coming, no matter how far- away you live,
to this .
ByJielping this big store you will help yourself. We urgently advise
you to come, bring your friends with you. You may never again, dur
ing the coming Winter, be able to -secure merchandise at these wonder
fully low prices. '
Every - Article Reduced
RADICALLY
A sample of our great bargains. No time to mention many, and space
costs money.
COATS
Regular $7.50 Coats;
Regular $12.50 Coats.
Regular $30.00 Coats.
.$ 2.95
5.95
.$17.75
SUITS
Regular $15.00 Suits . .S 5.50
Regular $25.C0 Suits $14.50
.Regular $35 to $40 Suits. .? 18.75
Wholesale
and Retail
JLM. Acheson Co,
Fifth and
Alder Sts.
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