THE M0RXIXC5- OREGONIAN, TUESDAY, DECE3IBEK lO, ivvo.
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DISCUSS TRADE
National Civic Federation
Takes Up Problem at
Annual Meeting.
TO AMEND SHERMAN ACT
fcoth Low Favors Substantial Altera
tions In Anti-Trust Law -Mrs.
Taft Proposes Reform for Work
of Women's Department.
TTFTW YORK, Ier. 14. With a session
of ihe woman's department, at which
Mrs. -Tnft. wife of the President-elect,
presented a report of the committee on
welfare work for Government errtployes.
of which she Is chairman, the National
t'lvlc Federation opened Its annual meet
ing here today. Mrs. Taft proposed many
additional reforms for the women's de
partment, providing for Investigation of
Kederal Department buildings. navy
yards and the like, as well as stats and
municipal hospitals and police, stations,
with a view to discovering the need in
them for welfare work or for improve
ments. The sessions were devoted to the dis
cussion of the general topic of this an
nual gathering the promotion of friend
ly relations between employers and em
ployes. Both Mrs. Taft and her hus
hand are on the list of speakers, the
President-elect being scheduled to speak
tomorrow night.
Disrnss Trade Agreements.
The afternoon meeting was devoted to
a discussion of trade agreements, ad
dresses on the subject being delivered
by John Mitchell. Hermann Kidder.
Samuel nompers. James M. Lynch and
James O'Connell.
August Belmont commended the agree
ment plan, but said that laws would
have to be passed giving it the force
of a contract before public service trans
portation corporations could adopt it.
Samuel Gompers said:
"I wns amused when I heard gentle
man after gentleman making statements
from the platform which can be made
the subject of prosecution under the
Sherman anti-trust law. Indeed, the
.existence of the trade agreement. to
which we all point with pride, is In it
self all the evidence that is necessary.
'Surely it does not lie with me to
even criticise such men as the Justices
of our Supreme Court if their interpre
tation of the Sherman anti-trust law is
correct. That law. made at the demand
of the people to protect them from greed
and discrimination of trusts, 'now applies
to every association of working people,
and to the men themselves, not dealers
in anything, not organized for profit, but
trying only to protect the only thing
of value to them their power to labor."
Declares for Amendments.
Hon. Seth Low, as president of the
Federation, discussed the Increasing de
'mand for important amendments to the
Sherman anti-trust law. the efforts of
the committee to secure the passage of
amendments by Congress and the conflict
of interests exhibited In the search for
a consensus as to the amendments neces
sary. John Mitchell, former president of the
t'nited Mineworkers of America, opened
his remarks with a review of the new
relations between employer and employe,
that had come through the growth and
development of the Nation's industries,
saying that the laborer, as an Individual,
had become merged In the labor organi
zations Just as the individual employer
had been absorbed by the great corpora
tions. Rlildcr Tells of Difficulties.
Herman Rldder paid a high compli
ment to the intelligence of American
laborers, and said that "We have relied
imon that superior intelligence to solve
difficult labor problems." He said that
Inasmuch as that type of labor has
Fhared In the country's prosperity,
he felt it right to assume that it would
reciprocate in periods of depression. Mr.
Kidder referred to the newspaper In
dustry and to the retrenchments that had
to be made in the panic. He said that
when such an effort was made, and
the labor unions appealed to, he met
with a stone wall.
TRIAL OF NIGHT RIDERS
J-:ipht Alleged Murderers of Captain
Rankin Haled Before Jury.
t'NION CITT. Tenn.. Pec. 14. The
trial ' of eight alleged Night
Itlders on a charge of murdering- Cap
tain Quentin Kankin began this after
noon. Immediately after the men were
brought Into court the prosecution re
quested that the court. Instead of the
Sheriff, as is usual, select the jury
venire. The defense Insisted that the
indictments returned at the October
term of court, charging an offense of a
less perlous nature, be first disposed of
and that the Sheriff be permitted to
select the panel.
Judge Jones decided adversely to
both requests. Then the defense an
nounced it was ready for trial, but. be
cause of the ruling of the court, under
protest. Judge Jones announced that
he would summon 300 veniremen to be
present Monday morning, when the
work of selecting the Jury will begin.
DELAYED BLAST KILLS JAP
.oes to See What Is Wrong, When
Dynamite Explodes.
HOOD RIVER, Or., Dec. 1-L (Special.)
The body of T. Yukimote. a well-known
Japanese resident of Hood River Valley,
iviio was instantly killed Saturday whllj
blasting stumps, was brought to this city
today from Willow Flat.
Yukimote met his death by walking up
! a stump in which he had placed a
thurge of powder, which failed to ex
plode, with three other ehots. which he
had placed. Just as he reached the stump
the delayed charge went off. fragments
of the wood striking him over the heart
and caueln; death.
Funeral services were held over the
tlead man here today by Rev. S. Wakaba
yaskl, and the body will be taken to
Portland tomorrow for cremation.
LOWER COURT REVERSED
Men Acquitted In Timber Case Will
" Be Tried Again.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 14. The Su
preme Court of the I'nlted States to
ilay In the main reversed the verdict of
Ine United Stales District Court of Colo-
Mrs. James Patton, Bought Rare
Books Like Those Alleged Sold
to J. Wesley Ladd.
CHICAGO, Dec. 14. The names of J.
Wesley Ladd. a banker or Portland, Or.,
and of Mr. Emerson, a manufacturer of
Baltimore, were used by Assistant
1 . , ... . YnnKBm tnHav In hla
omic s aiiuiucj . j
opening statement in the case wherein
Mrs. James A. Patton, wire of a mil
lionaire of Chicago, charges that
Samuel T. Warfleld and William N.
Cooper defrauded her out of $22,700 in
a rare book swindle.
Mr. Pophara declared that Warfleld and
Cooper duped John McFarland, a legiti
mate dealer in rare editions, into going
Into the conspiracy. Out of kindness to
Mr. McFarland. who had been sent to
her. the attorney declared, by Mr. War
field, Mrs. Patton signed a contract to
take certain books which she was told
were to be sold to Ladd and Emerson.
rado. discharging from custody a number
of persons who were arrested on the
charge of conspiring to defraud the Gov
ernment by entering timber and coal
lands in Colorado. There were four
rases, F. W. Keitel, Robert Forrester,
Charles E. Herr and George C. Frank
lin being the, defendants, and three
coal land cases in which Charles H.
Freeman, Edgar M. Biggs and Alex
ander T. Sullenberger were defendants.
These men. with a number of others,
were Indicted on the charges of false
swearing and conspiring to procure for
corporations more of the public lands
than is allowed by law to one indi
vidual or one company.
Todav's opinion was announced by Jus
tice White, and sustained the conspiracy
indictments, thus reversing the District
Court on that point. That court, how
ever, was sustained In ffcidlng that sec
tion 4746. covering false" swearing, does
not apply to other than pension cases.
The Interior Department contended that
as amended this statute applies to false
swearing in any matter arising In the In
terior Department.
Justice White's principal decision of the
series was In the case of P. W. Keitel
and others. In which he discussed the
right to employ an agent to purchase
coal lands for a disqualified principal. He
i.. that an evnress provision ex
cluding the right to do a particular
act is both in form and substance a pro
hibition against the doing of such act
and characterized as inconceivable any
hypothesis that the act of a duly
authorized agent was r.ot the act of the
principal.
NAME USED ONLY AS BAIT
LEADING PORTLAXDER. RE
FERRED TO Br AGENTS.
"I know absolutely nothing about this
suit," said Mr. Ladd last night. "I do
not have the acquaintance of either of
the parties and at no time did I ever
have any business relations with them.
Some time ago the Portland papers
printed a story associating my name
with these parties, but it was without
foundation of fact."
It Is the contention of Mr. Ladd and
his friends that McFarland. who was the
tool of Warfleld and Cooper, Induced
Mrs. Patton to enter into a contract
agreeing to take a supply of books on the
representation that many prominent men
throughout the country would gladly pur
chase them. It was In this connection
only, it is alleged, that the names of
Mr. Ladd and others were used for ref
erence purposes In the development of
the conspiracy of which Mrs. Patton was
the victim.
TELLS OP MOTHER'S DEATH
TOUXG VARELA NARRATES
BUTCHERY OF HIS PARENT.
Jury nears Bloody Details of How
Machuca, Mexican Giant, Wield
ed Knife in Murder.
LOS ANGELES. Dec, 14. With blood
curdling detail, John Varela. an 18-year-old
lad. recited. In Judge Jami
son's court today, the story of the kill
ing of his mother, Refugia Yorba, by
Fabronia Machuca, a giant Mexican, on
the night of August 18, last, and the
hand-to-hand light In which he and his
brother William engaged with the al
leged murderer, resulting finally In Ma
chuca being shot and knocked sense
less by the boya, and held until the
Marshal arrived to place him under ar
rest. Machuca is being tried for mur
der. Varela told how, at 2 o'clock in the
morning, he was aroused by the
screams of his mother, and, making his
way to the front of the house, found
her bleeding from Innumerable knife
wounds, while Machuca was bending
over her. He attacked Machuca,
struck him with his flst and finally shot
him, but not seriously. In a fierce
hand-to-hand fight that followed.
Varela was stabbed several times and
although his mother came to his rescue
and received her death wound from
Machuca, he was almost overpowered
when his brother William appeared
and also shot Machuca. This time the
latter fell and was finally captured and
bound by the Varelas, but not until he
had got to his feet and made an effort
to get away.
EVANS DEFENDS WARSHIPS
(Continued From First Pag.
ment "that a wound on the turret may
disable the turret's guns" is abso
lutely inadequate unless by "wound"
penetration is meant.
"Of all the inaccurate and mislead
ing statements in this wonderful Reu
terdahl criticism." he continues, "the
most incorrect Is that the battleships
of the United States are exactly the
same as were the Russian ships before
the Russo-Japanese fight In the Sea
of Japan. I assert that the battle fleet
of the United States never was and
never will be, never can be In the con
dition of that Russian fleet when it
went into action for the last time."
The leading features in battleship
designs. Admiral Evans concludes, are
the battery, the armor protection and
the motive -power. Any one of these
unduly sacrificed in favor of the other
means weakening of the fighting machine.
CEYLON ENTERTAINS FLEET
Admirals Guests of Governor.
Bluejackets Go to Kandy.
' COLOMBO. Ceylon, Dec. 14. Rear
Admiral Sperry this morning paid an
official visit, to Sir Henry McCallum,
the Governor of Ceylon. A big crowd
cheered him. Later in the day the Gov
ernor returned the call on board the
Connecticut.
During the stay of the 15 battleships
at Colombo Admiral Sperry will be the
guest ofthe Governor, while Rear
Admiral Seaton Schrorder will be en
tertained bv. General Lawrenc
The Sheathbocker
The newest thing in muslin
Undergarments is a comti na
tion of the famous De Be
voise Brassiere and Knicker
bocker in one garment. Elim
inate all unnecessary cloth
ing, under the close-fitting
Directoire skirts. Comfort
able, stylish, sightlv. $3.00
to $10.00
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Only 9 Shopping Days Then Xmas
Make Haste With Your Gift Buying-Escape the Terrific
Crowds of the Last Days Shop While All Assortments
Phoenix Mufflers
The newest thing in knit
Mufflers the hit of the sea
son. We have them in all
shades enough to supply all
who come. See the display
of exclusive novelties in Pa
risian jewelry at our jewelry
department. Selected in
Paris by our own skilled
buyer, especially for Tort
land trade.
Are Complete-In All Departments We Are Ready for You-Glove Certificates for Men or
Women-Also Merchandise Certificates for Any Amount-Goods Will Be Stored and De
liveries Made At Any Time You Wish-Shop in the Morning Before the Rush Commences
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Lovely Lingerie lh
Only rich and delightfully dainty garments fea
tured, but the prices are indeed low. A fortu-
nate purchase from one-of the best producers of
high-grade muslin wear. An immense assort
ment. Nothing could be more suitable for Christ
mas gifts, and the fastidious woman will be de
lighted with the richness and beauty of these
garments. Gowns, Chemise, Corset Uovers,
Drawers, long or short Petticoats and combina
Hons in styles without ZJ If PinO
number. On sale at 11 Li IB 1 S ItC
s O IF Stop and think of the hundreds of pretty things for
JxJYICLS iDtlH.S Christmas gifts that may be made tip from good
qualitv suits, men come in ana see now nine guuu
silks costs here. They can be used for opera bags, slipper bags, plain or fancy
waists, opera scarfs and in dozens and dozens of ways. Buy the silk and make
Christmas presents for your friends. They will cost you less ' and please your
friends more.
Not1 Give Gloves?
No woman can have too many gloves. They
are one of the most popular articles for
presents in our entire stock. If you do not
know the size, buy a glove order and we
will fit the gloves at any time you desire.
Monarch, 2-clasp, pique kid, the pair $2.00
Derby, 2-clasp, pique kid, the pair. . .$1.50
Eskay, 2-clasp, overseam, the pair.. $1.50
Dent's Tan Cape Gloves, at only... $2.00
Prix-seam Tan Cape Gloves, the pair $1.75
Monarch Suede 2-clasp Gloves for only $2.00
NECKWEAR FOR GIFTS: See the new
jabots in real Irish lace and embroidery
and daintv lace effects ; 35 to $3.50
IRISH LACE STOCK COLLARS and
embroidered linen collars; ostrich feath
er boas, Persian belts and hand-painted
opera throws, etc.
"Women's 12, 16 and 20-button lengths
Kid Gloves, for street or evening wear.
We have the most complete stock of
gloves in Portland, with expert and
courteous fitters always in attendance.
We guarantee all gloves sold to be per
fect and make good any fault of gloves.
Slipp
For Men--Samples at
BTS About Half Regular
Seems like this slipper sale of ours has taken the town by storm,
and our Shoe Department was crowded yesterday with thrifty,
well-pleased buyers. We captured the entire sample line of a
famous slipper house, and we are offering them at less than
factory cost. As some sizes were missing in these sample lines,
we have added hundreds of pairs from our regular stock, and
we offer the entire assortment at only a little more than one
half the regidar price. They are in tan, black and patent
leathers Operas, Everetts, Romeos, Cavaliers and Columbia
styles. If you choose the wrong size, you are welcome to ex
change them for the correct size and width after Christmas.
It is the" greatest assortment of styles and the greatest oppor
tunity for savings ever shown on these seasonable goods, just
at the time when slippers are .most in demand. All styles
going at the great
reduction of. .
Toylan
7 Shows a Wealth of
2 Interesting Toys
MECHANICAL TRAINS Consisting of heavy steel engine,
with brake, one baggage-car, two coaches, 12 feet of 0
track and one cross-over. Regular $5.50 val.. special 0 TiJu
MECHANICAL TRAINS Same as above, but with larger
coaches and with 16 feet of track and two switches. P7 U
Today at low price ot.v3l ivJO
About V2. Regular Price
This is a regular $10.00 value
Tin Kitchen Sets Regularly
worth 6c. Special, each..4
Iron Phaeton AVith one horse
and two passengers, hand
somely painted, entire length
14 in.; 85c value, only.. 63
Savings Bank With combin
ation lock, regular 65c value.
Take advantage of this very
low special sale price of 48
Dressed Jointed Dolls, with
sleeping eyes, real hair, hand
somely dressed in pink, blue
or red costumes. Good size;
worth $1.75, special ..$1.25
Kid Body Dolls 12 in. long;
worth 25c each, special. ,18
Doll Trunks For the neat lit
tle miss to keep her dollies'
wardrobe in; size 4x(!xl0 in.;
worth 35c each. Special 25
Sweaters $2. 69 -Silk Petticoats $5.98
You Will Also Find Six Other Larse Bargains in the Style Salons
Yesterdav was a busv dav in Portland's largest and best style store, and crowds are sure to come
today, while these phenomenal bargains are in force. Some of the best things in the department tor
Christmas gifts are bargainized for these two days' selling, and Portland shoppers have shown their
appreciation of the bargains offered.
SILK PETTICOATS of unusually fine taffeta silk,
in a complete assortment of colors; also in fancy
plaids or striped effects. Values in the ec QQ
lot up. to $15. Your choice for today, ... .Wj"
All costumes and house dresses without
reserve, choice of our enormous stock, reg
ularly $20 to $250, on J V
sale for Christmas at 4
KNITTED SWEATERS FOR WOMEN Only
100 in the lot; the colors are navy, brown, red or
white. They are nicely finished and trimmed with
large pearl buttons. All sizes; $-i.oU
values, at the special low price of only.
All fancy waists in our entire stock,
$2.69
that sell regularly at $12.50 and up
V4 Less
we are offering during
this Christmas sale at
WOMEN'S FANCY TAILORED SUITS A lot containing about 250 very beautiful and stylish gar
ments, in finest broadcloths and fancy wool goods; regularly $38.50 to $185.00. Choice i'fess
of the entire lot at the exceptionally low terms of '. '
All Bath Robes and Kimonos at Very Special Prices.
Big Sale of Men's Bath Robes $3.85
Here's a good special that will help many of the thrifty in the selection of gifts
for their men friends. Bath robes in handsome patterns and splendid quality, at a
great deal less than the regular price. They are our regular $5.00 and PQ fjF
$6 qualities, specially priced for today's selling at low price of only, epch.OOiOj
MEN'S SWEATER COATS Make the finest, sort of gifts for fellows who indulge
in athletics or out-of-door sports. We have them in all colors and sizes;
they are priced for this sale at from $1.75 to
Chinaware 5c Upsfabisl
-
For those who have many gifts to buy and not much to buy them with, these special
tables of chinaware furnish a welcome solution to' the difficulty. There is an end
less assortment of useful and ornamental pieces, priced at 5, 10, 15, 25,
35 and 50. Each price grouped at a separate table, so that choosing is easy
indeed. Look these over while buying small gifts.
$5,00 I
JUflEE SCORES ATTORNEYS
LAWYERS IX KATE CASE CIUTT-
CISED FOR LONG DELAY.
Missouri AKorncy Forces Officials
to Make Admissions About Two
Cent Passenger Kate.
KANSAS CITT, llo., Dec. 14. Calling
up the Missouri passenger and freight
hearing after a four weeks' recess to
day. Judge Smith. McPherson, of Red
Oak, la., severely scored the attorneys
In the case for their tardiness, and de
clared that he would not tolerate any
further delay. The case has been on
the docket for three years.
Part of the etate's issue is to prove
whether or not the railways operating in
Missouri can afford to carry passengers
In Missouri .for 2 cents a mile on trunk
lines. The law does not apply to short
lines.
Two witnesses, W. H. Whitenton, su
perintendent of the Rock- Island linee in
Arkansas, and R. E. Kim bell, auditor
of the Cotton Belt Railroad, testified to
day. In depositions given previously the
railroads had set up that It cost more to
carry Intrastate than it did Intorstate
passengers. Attorney Lehman. lor the
state, made both witnesses admit that
through trains carried both state and
Interstate passengers; that sometimes
state passengers rode as far on their
respective trains as interstate passengers
did; that the same train hauled both
and that It cost no more for the state
than it did for the interstate passengers.
Xo Hope for Poison Victim.
VALLEJO, Cal.. Dec. 14. Mrs. August
Rose, one of the victims of ptomaine
poisoning resulting from partaking of
the meat served after the launching of
the collier Prometheus, is in a very criti
cal condition. She is sinking and little
hope of her recovery Is entertained. No
The Mission
Of those corpuscles In your blood
that have been called "Little
Soldiers," Is to fight for you
against the disease germs that
constantly endanger your health.
These corpuscles are made
healthy and strong by the use of
Hood's Sarsaparilla.
This medicine ia a combination of
more than 20 different remedial agents
in proportions and by a process known
only to ourselves and it has for thirty
years been constantly proving its worth.
No substitute, none "just-ae-good."
new cases of poisoning have developed
during the last two days.
EXCEEDED EVEN SATURDAY
Monday's Piano Sales Greater
Than Previous Big Record
The statement made in Sunday's Ore
gronian of the large number of pianos
sold by Kllers Piano House Saturday,
among which were seven instruments,
each one costing over $750, seems to
have caused considerable comment. In
struments of such high cost are not
articles of general sale, nevertheless,
eadh one of the Instruments enumerat
ed was purchased by a buyer of Port
land Saturday.
To further Illustrate Oregon's won
derfully prosperous condition, while
not so many of the very highest-priced
instrumtnts were .sold yesterday, alto
gether Monday's sales exceeded Satur
day's. Numerous Instruments are set aside
to be specially delivered on Christmas
eve or Christmas aay, but. nevertheless,
the shipping clerk last night had slated
no less than 15 fine new pianos for to
day's delivery.
Where Is a more definite proof of
the development and growth of musical
education In Portland than this record
at Eilero Piano House? Incidentally,
too. it shows that the many broad
claims of others notwithstanding.
only place in Portland where the besrM
and the most tor the money la lo ua
obtained.
G. P. Rummelin & Sons
126 Second St., Between Wash
ington and Alder
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GIFTS
For Christmas
FURS
Misses' Furs, Neckwear and Muffs, in
while fox, sable fox, heaver, otter, etc.
Ladies' Fur Neckwear and Muffs,
in mink, black lynx, sable, ermine, ot
ter, etc.
Children's Furs, in ermine, squirrel,
krimnier, white Thibet, etc.
FUR COATS
Fur Riis and Rubes.
Store Open Evenings.
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