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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 10, 1909)
ROADS TO REFUSE INCREASE OF PAY Demands of Employes Said to Be Inopportune at This Time. s DISCUSSION TO BE HELD Grand Chief of Trainmen's Brother Imod Goes to Look After Cltlma- turn to lie Presented to East ern Roads by Men. CHICAGO. Nov. 9. (Special.) Railroad ofricials today declared that no wage in crease would be granted their employes at this time, and that they did not ex pect serious trouble. The demands of the men were declared to have been presented at an inopportune time. Just as the rail roads are emeivini? from a period of busi ness depression, when earnings must be applied to equipment that should have been purchased a year affo. Though the railroads are insistent they cannot advance wajces at this time, they are ready to meet the Brotherhood com mittees and discuss the situation. Con ferences are expected to bepln the first week In December. Immediately following the expiration of the 30-da.y notice. W. S. I.ee. grand chief of the Brother hood of Railroad Trainmen, left the city today for his headquarters In Cleveland to look after the vote which the men Jiave recently taken on their wage de mands and to make arrangements for pre senting the notices to the Eastern roads. He is expected to return and to handle the situation in the local yards before taking up the more comprehensive move ment In the East. One point on which a railroad manager was emphatic today Is that the railroads will not recognize the claim of the Broth erhood of Locomotive Firemen and En Klnemen to legislate for engineers or to encroach on the Jurisdiction of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers. 'I do not see how the railroads can advance wages at this time, and I am satisfied they will not." said SlaBon Thompson, head of the Railway News Bureau. The managers did not attempt to reduce schedules during the depression. Economies were elTected in other ways, the chief one being- in ordering supplies." WRIT IS SERVED ON PORT Coos Bay Commission Enjoined From Selling Bond Issue. MARSH FIELD. Or., Nov. 9. (Special.) An Injunction suit has been started eg-ainst the Port of Coos Bay Commis sion to restrain that body from issuing bonds or In any other way Incurring in debtedness. The action was started by j. v. Bennett, acting as attorney for the Bennett Trust Company and the Southern Oregon Company. The validity of the Fort law Is not at tacked, but It Is alleged the Commis sioners were not legally appointed be cause of a technical error. The Injunc tion was served upon the members of the Commission by Sheriff Gage when they were""meetln: this evening In the office of Henry Sengstaekcn. It was issued by Countv Judge John Hall In the absence of J. S. Coke. Judge of the Circuit Court. The Commission had decided upon 1500,-000-bond issue and met to open bids for the bonds when the temporary injunction wan served. The hearing in the Injunc tion will probably be soon. ROADS ARE FINALLY PAID Jjong Contention of Lumbermen and Shinftlemen'a Association Over. SKATTLE. Wash.,, N'ov. . (Special.) The rat" committee of the Lumbermen A Shlnglemen'a Association yesterday paid the Great Northern. Northern Pacific and Belllngham Bay & British Columbia rail roads SM3.S42.1S. the checks' representing tt difference between Ui rates on forest products In effect prior to November 1. 1W7. and the rates finally announced by the Interstate Commerce Commission after the hearing during the Summer of J9-K This is the last echo of the famous fight between the millmeri and the north ern lines. Had the mill owners lost their tight, the railroads would have collected Jl.O.0 instead of the sum named. Tli checks were Issued by C. F. White, chairman of the rate committee for the mlllmen who managed their fight. The Northern Pacific received J193.tS3.i5: the t;reat Northern. JH2.663.S and the B. B. & B. C. J7024.SS. EMPRESS' CORTEGE GRAND IXmager's Body Begins 80-Mile Trip to Final Tomb. " PEKIN, Nov. . The cortege accom panying the body of the late Dowager Empress of China, on its 80-mlle Journey to the Eastern Tombs, left the Forbidden City early this morning and passed out side of Pekln. The route along which the procession will travel la thronged with people. A holiday in memory of the Iiowager Empress Is being observed. The new Imperial Guards escorted the foreign diplomats who participated in the procession for a distance of BOO yards. The members of the diplomatic corps slpnalixed the exit of the late ruler by a division. In the vote taken with regard to the time that the corps should attend the final rites, some of the diplomats declin ing to be present at 5 A. M., but agree ing on 7 o"clock. CHEVROLET WINS RACE . X (Continued From First P.-VO knuckle In the first lap and was com pelled to withdraw. Accident Bars Robertson. George Robertson, who was to have appeared in two events with his Fiat Sixtv. broke an oil pipe before coming to the mark and was out all day. In prac tice before the races he made the two mile lap in 1:82. a showing that would have made him a competitor In the big car races. Chevrolet's winning of the JOiVmlle race in 2::4S was a brilliant exploit, lower ing Burman s record of 1:24:13 4-l made in a Bulck at Indianapolis. The big pilot stopped but once In the 100 taps, and then only when his machine Taught fire. Chevrolet assumed the lead In the first lap and Increased It slowly but steadily for 7J mile.. The Chalmers-Detroit cars for a time took his exhaust at distances that semed to increase only by inches, but In the first ten laps these Inches had multiplied Into almost a mile, trained of Harding, the Appcrson driver, who was in the press box, detect ed what escaped the lay observer. Ignor ing the thunder of cheers which drowned all other sounds. Harding cried in his ex oitement: "You're on fire! You're on fire. Louis!" fc Chevrolet apparently was ignorant of the fact, but when he had gone about a mile, the smoke belched Into his face, Then he experienced his only delay. In the few minutes It required to extinguish the blaze, DIngley regained the lost laps and took the lead by about 30 yards.- His triumph was short-lived, for Chevrolet overtook him In the next lap. He was never again, in danger. No serious accident marred the day's sport. The nearest approach to such an accident occurred in the 85th lap, when "Harry Stillman.' whose Marmon had not experienced a single delay, ran Into the inner gutter of the track. Neither he nor his assistant was hurt beyond a few bruises. Three Wheels Lost. Three wheels flew off the car. one of them rolling 200 yards. At this time Etillman seemed certain to beat out the Chalmers-Detroit drivers for second hon ors, having worked- to the fore of the machines, while one was replacing a tire and the other was renewing Its fuel. Stillman's withdrawal left the two Chalmers-Detrolts to fight It out for sec ond place. Charles Basle's Renault stayed hopelessly to the finish, many miles behind, but the other cars had gradually been eliminated. Summary of Events. One mile, time trial First Fist (St"nr 0-37 7- second Bens (Oldneld). 0:40:1: mini. ' Christie f chr.iile i. "0:4 lourlii. tsuarn Kul herford I . o:."i1:S.,. Ten-mile sto-!: rhrssi- 4 to 0 cubic Inches plslon displacement First National (Alhrnl -iT:22: second. r.ailonal ( Kln caidi 8 i;7:71: talrd. Apperson l Harding), b.M.tt: also ran. Kenault. Flat. Stea.ns. Ten-mile race for light cars First Chalmers-Detroit. (Matsonl, 9:48:40: sec ond. Chalmers-Detroit (Knlpper). 8:4lJS4. third. Bulck (Nelson). :50:18; also ran. Ten'-mll" free-for-all, handicap First, Marmon (Stillman I. S:34:SM); tecond Mar mon (Parroun). o :8:ir,; third (Aiken). Il: 12:41; also ran, Renault. Froerer. I:ainier, Knox. . , Two miles. free for all First Flat (BtranK), l::il:63; second. Bern tO:dfleld. 1:37:1S: third National (Aiken). 1:4.5:7:.: aiso ran. Christie. S0O-miles stock chassis race First. Bulck (Chevrolet). 2:46:48: second. Chalmers-Detroit (Dlnglev). 2:r.3:32; third. Chalmers Detroit (lirimer). 3:33:1S; also ran. Re"" ault (Basle). Rainier (Marmon). Rensjult (Cllquot). National (Aiken). National (Kin caid). WOMAN BEGS FOR PITY APPEAL IS LIKELY INGDMPERS CASE Executive Committee of Fed eration Recommends That Case Be Continued. . RESOLUTION IS VIGOROUS 51 ME. STEIXHEIL PLEADS WITH COURT TQ STOP TORTURE. Judge Grows More Lenient Pris oner, Exhausted, Sits Forlorn and Dejected During Trial. PARIS. Nov. 9. The sixth day of the trial of Mme. Steinheil has not ad vanced the solution of the mystery un derlying the murder of the woman's hus band. Adolph B. Steinheil. a painter, and her stepmother, Mme. Japy. While the testimony given today was Indirectly more damasing to the defendant, tha whole case rests upon circumstantial evi dence. The juflge's attitude toward the ac cused woman is becoming distinctly .more lenient and at the same time her powers of resistance seem already exhausted un der the terrific ordeal. "Have pity on me, I am being tor tured." she exclaimed soon after the case opened today. Later in the day she sat forlorn and dejected, the personification of grief and misery, allowing the gravest accusations to pass unchallenged. Sev eral newspaper reporters who had inter viewed Mme. Steinheil soon after the crime gave testimony that was most dam aging to her defense. One of these wit nesses declared that Mme. Steinheil had said, after -a conference with Marietta Wolfe, the cook at her home, that the Wolfe woman would deny everything if her mlsstress was arrested: Judge de Valles called the witness' attention to the gravity of his testimony and the witness replied: "I accept full responsibility." It Is learned that the line of defense to be followed by M. Aubln. Mme. Stelnhell's counsel, will be based in large measure on the woman's mental condition. While insisting upon her entire Innocence of the crime. M. Aubin will admit the whole miserable etory of her Immoral past and will contend that exposure and the sus picions aroused against her had so af fected her hysterical and passionate na ture that It drove her into a condition of frenaied despair, rendering her irre sponsible for her acts and accusations after the crime. Orchards Now Bonded. NORTH YAKIMA, Wash., Nov. . t i ii ,.. q a 1. the latest thins: in local finance. Harry G. Moock has gona to Minneapolis, to bond the Olson Fruit Company, capitalized at 1157.000. for J75.000 to carry on development work. This u ,i..nri nver xao.ooo this year from prunes alone. . The bonding Idea, if well received m ine tuasi. wu oe "-' -development work in Washington. DAILY METEOKOLOfilCAL REPORT. (5 P M to S P. M.) 0 5.1 inch.. Total rainfall since September 1. 10O9 8 40 inches. Normal rainfall since September 1 1J09. 7.3:i Inches, srxcess since JV'Pte5biJl s LOT Inches. Total sunshine November s. none. Possible sunshine. 9 hours 48 min utes. Barometer (reduced to sea level at 5 P. 11.. 20.84 Inches. PACIFIC COAST WEATHER. . Observations taken at 5 P. M., PacIBo time. November 0; Suggestion Is Made That Labor Leaders Be Put Forward to Fill Vacancies on Bench of Su preme Court of Country. STATIONS. ,7 Win a I1; f 5 1 i Stat ef WeatbsT Baker City Boise Eureka Helena Kamloops. North Head. . . . Pocatello Portland Red Bluff RoseburK. ..... Sacnimento. . . -San Francisco. . Spokane Tacoma Tatoosh Island. Walla Walla Blaine Marshneld Siskiyou Tonopah Kallspell 4 4.V J lid 5' 42 52 5.1 O.00 cl.O 0.24 T. I 1). IO 0.34 0.3S 0.42 0.001 '0.48 O.CU 0.O1 1 0.02 1)1.412' 0.0S 0.121 0.0"1 O.tJSi M.02 o.:W 0.04 4'S (.1 6S sir 4 sw :ifi s I 4 fE :1S S 6 fE 4 S s SW 8 W 6 S 5 SW 12'SE I 4'S 12. SE '10 SW I 4IS 12 NW i 4;W Clear Pt. cloudy Cloudy Cloudy cloudy jCloudy Cloudy Cloudy Rain pt. cloudy Clear Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy 'Pt. cloudy Cloudy icioudy 'Snow (Pt cloudy Iclcudy T Trace. WEATHER CONDITIONS. The storm has moved slowly eastward during the day and a portion vt 'ft aPP"" to hava pasted eastward over British Co lumbia. Rain has been general over the pacific Slope durinc tha day. but no heavy amounts are reported. HlRh southeast winds continue o(T the mouth of the Co lumbia and southeast storm warnings hav been displayed for tha past 48 hours alone thThe"rnperature has fallen decidedly over Southern Idaho and Nevsda. but In other districts th changes nave been sl.rht Conditions are favorable for continued rainy weather Wednesday, with htrh south erly "winds along the coast. FORECASTS, Portland and vicinity Rain: southerly WOregon and Washington Rain; southerly wind, r.lrh along tha Coast. Idaho Rain. Today is positively the last day for dis count on West Bide Ss bills. Read Gas TORONTO, Nov. 9. If President Samuel Gompers, Vice-President John Mitchell and Secretary Frank Morrison, of the American Federation of Labor, eventually have to serve Jail sentences for contempt of court it will not be due to lack of support from trades unionism. The executive council of the federation recommended to the annual convention today that an appeal be taken to the United States Supreme Court, both in the Buck's Stove & Range Company's in junction case and in the contempt pro ceedings growing out of it. That the convention will ratify the recommendation seems certain, and that the three labor leaders and their fellow officers will be re-elected for another year is predicted. Vigorous Protest Continues. A vigorous denunciation of the labor injunctions and of the denial of trial by Jury was embodied in the report of the council today. The report said: "We again enter our protest against applying the writ of Injunction in labor disputes- (unless where an injunction would lie If there were no labor dispute). We hold the ordinary use of the in junction writ in contentions between workers and employers is an unwarranted interference with the rights and liberties of the workers, and is intended and its influence used to intimidate workers, especially when they are engaged in a struggle for Improved working condi tions. "It should be borne in mind that In these proceedings Messrs. Gompers, Mitch ell and Morrison did not have the con stitutional right of trial by Jury. All the circumstances in this case go to prove that convictions would not have followed if the case had been submitted on its merits to a Jury of their peers. We hold that excepting where contempt is in the presence of court the liberty of no citizen should be committed to the keep ing of any one man. regardless of who he may be or what position lie may hold; on the contrary, we hold that a citizen charged with violating an Injunction, the penalty of which involves imprisonment, should have the same legal right to . a trial by Jury that is always accorded to a person charged with violation of the criminal law. To deny the right of trial by jury Is to take from the people the protection and priceless heritages which were secured by them after centuries of perseverance, struggle, sacrifice, exile and even martyrdom.. Labor Leaders for Bench, "Whatever difference of opinion may exist among men as to any controversy between labor and capital, no good citizen of our country who treasures freedom, can rest secure until trial by jury be- comes so well recognized and so firmly established in our legal jurisprudence that no man will ever again attempt to deny this essential and historical right." The council also recommended that or ganized labor take up action looking to ward the naming of suitable citizens to fill vacancies that may occur In the Su preme Court of the United States end In the lesser Federal Courts. On the subject of old ae pensions the council reported a bill providing for the organization of an "Old Age Home Guard." to be composed of persons more than 65 years of age who do not own property worth more than $1500 or whose income does not exceed $240 a year. If this bill is passed by Congress, these per sons may make application to the Secre tary of War for "pension enlistment" and shall receive from the Government S120 per year in quarterly installments. The report recommends that every effort be made to assist in the work of con servation of natural resources. A con tinuation of work among unorganized la bor is urged and each affiliated organ ization is asked more thoroughly to ad vertise the names of firms which employ non-union labor and conduct their estab lishments under unsanitary conditions. The Executive Council announced the revocation of a number of charters for failure to comply with the constitution, among them being those at Ogden, Utah, and Everett, Wash WILLIAMS' RECORD PROBED Spokane Authorities Believe He Killed Police In That City. snnvivi; Wh. Nov. 9. That Will iam William's, now held In Seattle's Jail. is the man wno muraereu. ruu vin A. B. Waterbury in this city on tne night of November J, is the theory now being investigated by ine ponco uepari- ment. Williams was arrested at Seattle, ac cused of blowing open the safe of the First Presbyterian cnurcn 01 mat city. In Jail he fractured his skull by butting his head against the cell door. American Golfers Praised. NEvv YORK. Nov. 9. Miss Dorothy Campbell, the British and American golf champion, in giving her estimate of America- women golfers, states that the only criticism she could offer is that the Amer ican players are slightly behind their Eng lish sisters In the approach shot. She de clared that there was no room for any im provement in the long game of America, and greatly admired the drives and brassie shots of Miss Curtiss. Stanley Wins First Ten Miles. VICTORIA. B. C, Nov. 9. William Stanley, of San Francisco,- made good in two ot the three legs of his challenge to British Columbia runners by defeating Rowan, of Nanaimo, in the.JO-mile contest and Broughton, of Portland, in the first 10 miles last night. He was defeated the first five miles of the race by Bayliss. the Victoria runner. Stanley's time for the 30 miles was 2 hours, 6 seconds. Seven, Race Horses Burn. WALLA WALLA, Wash.. Nov. 9. Fire, originating from a carelessly thrown lighted match, tonight destroyed the barns and stables of the Walla Walla j . . .i.tim tnMlh'r with seven rair - valuable race horses, causing a loss of $25,000. Ollle M-. one of the most famous trotters In the Northwest, was among tne noreea uui Trunks, suircases and bass. Largest variety at Harris Trunk Co. MAIL ORDERS PROMPTLY FILLED AGENTS FAY HOSIERY FOR CHILDREN We Not Only Recommend SIMMONS KID GLOVES But agree to keep them pressed, shapely and mended forever FREE OF CHARGE ASK US ABOUT IT Cor. Fourth and Morrison Sts. Larjjest and Leading' FURRIERS and EXCLUSIVE OUTFITTERS 1U wjmea Anu v,nuajnui New Pur Style Book MAILED FREE Upon Request WearSilverfield FURS Merit Made Them Famous. (mm For Depart ment Specials FUR NECKPIECES AND TIES Today we will offer ehoice from several as sortments of .Neckpieces and ies m jap Mink, Sable Squirel, Natural Squirrel, Brook . Mink, Marmot, Brown and Black Coney, conforming -to the latest decree of fashion; values a? $12:50.:$3.95 Muffs to Match. The Largest Fur Factory on the Coast Every piece of material, is of the finest quality,1 every stitch stands for merit the linings are of the finest scientific models for all shapes and sizes, splendid models for conservative tastes. Suit Depart ment Specials $32.50 Dresses at $17.85 Dresses in this season's newest fashion constitute the special offerings in our dress section Wednes day. We do n6t believe it is possible to duplicate these dresses at our price-. Values up to $32.50. $17.85 Stunning Suits at $15.85 Special sale of plain tailored and elaborate, dressy styles, in English worsteds, two-tone .diagonals, imported broadcloths, and hop-sacking worsteds; coats of various lengths, plain tailored or silk embroidered ; new plaited Sjlfi QC skirts; values to $35.00 ) X tJ.OJ Mm Correct Millinery Hats at $2.95 Stunning Fall Hats, embracing all the ne'west style thoughts m clever millinery," in French Felts, Velvet, Bengaline, Moires, etc., atractively trimmed with fancy feathers, wings and ornaments. Values to $11.00. See Fourth- QO QC Street Window? OL i U J GRAFT TABLES TURN Prosecuted Now Threatens to Sue Prosecutors. BRIBERY CHARGES MADE Arthur McKinley Declares Rudolph Spreckels Offered Wife $ 10,000 to Steal PaperS Burns Is Expected to Flee. BAN FRANCISCO. Nov. . (Special.) The most Interesting side . issue of the dismissal of the felony charges against the men who raided the United Railroads offices In search of documents was the threat made by Albert McKinley that he will bring suit tomorrow against Spreckels, Heney. Burns and Harry Wil bur for -50,000. William Hume, attor for McKinley, said today: . "The complaint, besides alleging im proper and Illegal arrest, will make full allegation of the attempt by Wilbur to bribe Mrs. McKinley to betray her hus- band and send him to the penitentiary. In the presence of witnesses Rudolph Spreckels and Wilbur offered Mrs. .Mc Kinley J10.000 if she would take from her husband's pockets papers which Spreckels, Heney and Burns wanted and thought he had. Spreckels used the term pentientlary in speaking of McKinley to his wife, and said that he (Spreckels) would give her so much money she could afford to let McKinley go to the peni tentiary or anywhere else." I What may develop out of the charges that are now brought against Burns by McKinley is yet to be seen. If Burns leaves the state, as it is expected he 13 about to do In anticipation of the action contemplated by McKinley, more delay may. come. McKinley, through his attorneys, says he will demand an im mediate trial of the case that' is now about to be begun. tlon ae Interpreter of the American Con sulate at Shanghai, Hugo Webber, aged 40. committed suicide in his room in a lodging-house today by strangling. : His body was- found fully dressed and in a reclining position against the head of the bed. Webber had deliberately Wan gled himself. Two hankerchiefs of fine Chinese silk were twisted Into a strong cord, and one end was tied tightly around the man's neck and the other was tied to the bedpost. HUNTINGTON GIVES $50,000 Big Purse Raised for Aerial Races at Los Angeles. LOS ANGELES. Nov. 8. Henry E. Huntington, traction magnate, today subscribed toO.OOO in cash for the Los Angeles aerial races, planned for the first of the coming year. Mr. Huntington is president of the recently organized Avia tion Society of California. An effort will be begun at onc to raise an equal amount from business in terests in California. t j .Job Lost, Suicide Follows. VANCOUVER, B. C Nov. 9. Despond 1 ent and brooding over the loss of a posl- Perinsy 1 vani a New York Short Line . The . Pennsylvania Special The Pioneer of 18 Hour Trains between Chi cago and New York is still running over the Penn sylvania Short Line and "making its time" with remarkable regularity. "The Pennsylvania Special" Leaves Chicago every day at '2:45 P. M. Arrives New York every day at 9:45 A. M. Leaves New York every .day at 3 :55 P. M. Arrives Chicago every day at 8:55 A. M. The equipment of this and other trains of the Pennsylvania System is of the highest Standard ; its motive power the pick of the roundhouse ; its crews, from engineman to flagman, from conductor to por 'ter, selected for their fitness. The superior grade of personal service maintained, on the trains of the Pennsylvania System is one of its well known and highly appreciated attributes. For particulars address F. N. K0LL0CK, District Agent, 122A, Third Street, Portland? Oregon. FELLOWS GROCERY CO. Groceries and Meat For This Week Only! 18 pounds Best Granulated Sugar for $1.00 , Rose City Flour, Fancy Patent, per sack. .' $1.50 Fancy Pastry Flour, per sack fio Good Family Flour, per sack $1-25 Potatoes, per sack $-00 Special. Coffee, 5 pounds for. $1-00 Green or Black Tea, 2 pounds for 45o Ground Black Pepper, 2 pounds for 55(3 Table Syrup, 2-gallon cans for , 95c Ghirardelli's Chocolate, per 1-pound can : 30o Baker's Unsweetened Chocolate, per poiyid 40c Baker's Cocoa, per can - 20c Raisins, 3 packages' for 25c Seedless Raisins, bulk, 4 pounds for . 2oc Currants, 2 packages for 25c Citron Peel, ,2 pounds for ' 35c Orange Peel, 2 pounds for 35c Lemon Peel, 2 pounds for 35c Mince Meat, 3 packages for 25c Mince Meat, bulk, 2 pounds for 25c rWalnuts, 2 pounds for 35c Almonds, 2 pounds for .. 35c Nuts - Brazils, 2 pounds for 35c Filberts, per pound 20c . Pecans, per pound 20c Economy Condensed Milk, 4 cans for 25c Carnation Condensed Milk, 3 cans for 25c "K. C." Baking Powder, per 25-ounce can 20c Shredded Cocoanut, per pound ,15c Table Peaches, 2 cans for .'. 25c Boiled Cider, per bottle 20c 349-351 Oak St. 348-350 Ankeny St. Both Phones 2596, Portland, Oregon