THE MORNING OREGONIAN, MONDAY, DECEMBER 13, .1909.
UNION
COALITION
PHASE OF STRIKE
Switchmen of Eastern Roads
Will Discuss Increase With'
Managers Today.
ARBITRATION IS ASKED FOR
(ioTcrnor Eberhart Appealed To In
Minnesota Closer Bond of Men
Employed by Eastern Roads Is
Sought, Linking 500,000.
CHICAGO, Dec. 12. (Special.) A com
mittee of railroad managers headed by
P". O. Melcher. of the liock Island Rail
road, will mMt representatives of the
Bwltchmen's Union tomorrow to discuss
the local demands for a waco Increase
Mid improved working conditions.
The local switchmen filed demands for
t cents an hour Increase In wages No
vember 14, giving the companies the cus
tomary 30 days in which to give a reply.
It Is believed the managers will delay the
negotiations until the situation in the
Northwest, where the switchmen are on
strike, has cleared up.
The executive council of the Minnesota
State Federation of Labor held a ses
sion in St. Paul today and appealed to
Governor Eberhart to use his influence
to bring about arbitration of the strike.
The railroads asserted they were moving
freight satisfactorily and steadily Improv
ing the service.
Unions to Amalgamate.
Representatives from several points
throughout the Northwest brought tid
ings that a. shortage of coal due to the
switchmen's strike had created a serious
condition. Important action was taken in
Chicago toward an amalgamation of
union employes on ten Eastern lines
having connections in this city.
. Morn than 100 delegates from various
unions whose members are employed on
these railroads perfected arrangements to
obtain from the American Federation of
Jabor charters for ten branches of the
railroad employes' department of the
central labor organization of the country.
President Hawley, of the Switchmen's
Union of North America, leader of the
strike in the Northwest, was present and
informed the deleagtes that roads In the
Northwest territory were "beaten beyond
doubt."
While the coalition of the unions of
the different railroad systems practi
cally effected does not mean, accord
ing to the delegates present, that sym
pathetic strikes are contemplated or
that all union employes on the lines
affected by the switchmen's strike will
iiult their posts, the gathering of union
representatives was regarded as a
most ' significant move toward a
stronger combination of all union rail
road workers.
Strike Declared Shaky.
The mooting is one of a series to be
held in various cities, and when all of
the federations contemplated have
been formed. It is estimated more than
500,000 railway employes will be allied
more closely than ever. Among the
delegates at the meeting- were repre
sentatives of union workers on the
Nickel Plate, Michigan Central, Pere
Marquette, Wabash and Lake Shore
roads. ,
Advices from the Northwest indicate
that the strike is very shaky. Since
the Amorican Federation . of Labor
promised financial aid, the strikers
have taken new courage, but the rail
road managers say they are finding
plenty of men to fill all positions and
that but for blizzards trains would be
moving as usual.
WULLNER RIVALS CARUSO
Lied Singer Applauded as Much as
Famous Tenor.
"Dr. Ludwig Wullner, the sensation of
the last musical season throughout the
country, has made classical German
songs 'catch on' like musical comedy
nils.' " says Henry T. Finck.- dean of
American music critics, in the New York
Evening Post.
"He affected audiences like a religious
revivalist, like an orator at a fervent po
litical meeting. He got as much applause
concerts and gave four score. There can
be no doubt that his success will con
tinue to grow here as it does in Euro
npnn countries. "
This dictum coming from the leading
American critio sums up in a few words
the effect that Wullner is creating wher
ever ho is heard. Mueic is to him as
religion. The noblest and loftiest
thoughts are given fresh, transfigured
beauty, conveyed from composer to
hearer through the medium of his won
derful voice and presence.
Wullner will be beard in Portland De-
cember IB at the Masonic Temple, West
Park and Yamhill, under the direction
of Lois Steers-Wynn Coman. ,
But- when ha was 10 years old lie became
the victim of a sudden illness, very mys
terious, to which he succumbed so quickly
that hints of poison were frequently
heard. It has even been hinted that Leo
pold In a fit of jealous rage at his wife
gave poison to his own boy. The in
difference and lack of sympathy the King
displayed at the loss of his son estranged
th Queen, and only the pleadings of the
Belgian Ministers effected a reconciliation
in the hope of another heir. No other
son was born, and the next child was a
girl, called the Princess Clementine.
Two Other Daughters Born.
Leopold had" two other daughters, the
Princesses Stephanie and Louise. The
latter has been involved in various esca
pades something like those of her father.
Through his influence she was married
young to Prince Philip, of Coburg, whose
profligacy and inhuman treatment of her
drove her from her home to Brussels,
where she appealed to her father for aid.
Leopold drove her away from the palace,
and compelled her to return to her hus
band. Later he had her shut up in an
asylum, from which she escaped after
ward, and is now living in utter penury
in Paris. All his children received the
same 'close treatment in money matters.
Th youngest. Princess Clementine, lives
fecluded in Brussels and sees as little of
her father as possible.
Although penurious with his family,
King Leopold has been enormously suc
cessful in business dealings. He has
been interested in all sorts of projects,
the most famous of which is the Congo
rubber industry. Accused of inciting hor
rible cruelties to compel the natives to
furnish a given amount of rubber, Leo-
MINE BURNSj6 ENTOMBED
Kentucky Rescue Party Trying to
Save Xegro Miners.
WEATHERPORT, Ky., Dec. 12. A
rescue party entered the Baker mine of
the West Kentucky Coal Company today
In search of six negro miners imprisoned
in the second level by an explosion yes
terday.
Fire In .. the mine has been burning
steadily and It is hardly possible that the
rescuers will penetrate far.
KING OF BELGIANS IS ILL
(Continued From First Page.)
SEAL SOON TO BE
EXTINCT, FEARED
Secretary of Commerce and
Labor Counts Many Bache
lors Among Mammals.
ONLY 212 JAPS REJECTED
$50,000 Asked to Fight "White
Slave" Traffic Shipbuilding De
creases Fifty Per Cent of
Craft Have Wireless.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 12. In the re
port of the Secretary of Commerce and
Labor, Charles Nagel, made public to-
TWO PROMINENT FIGURES IN RAILROAD STRIKE NOW
WANING.
! r' ' Y ! J j
l V. T
Hnwley, Grand President of
Switchmen's Union.
M. R. Welch, Grand Secretary
Switchmen's Union,
pold has been indifferent to the censure
of the world, but has gone on taking his
profits through blood. He was heavily
Interested in the French Panama Canal,
but got out before the crash came. Out
of the Suea Canal he made an enormous
amount of money.
BHffi LAWS AVAILABLE
NATIONAL. MONETARY COMMIS
SION'S REPORT OF VALUE.
Information of Importance to Fi
nancial World and Students of
Economics Soon Made Public.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 12. Information
of unique value to the financial world
and to all students of economics regard
ing the monetary and banking systems
of all the civilized nations, including the
United States, will be made available
during the coming year through a score
or more of volumes prepared by the lead
ing authorities in America, England and
Europe, and to be published under the
auspices of the National Monetary Com
mission. It will constitute a library of banking
without parallel in the literature of any
country, and will supply what is at pres
ent practically an absolute lack of in
formation in the English language regard
ing the development during recent years
of tile financial systems of the world.
The Monetary Commission issued here
tonight a statement outlining the scopo
of the forthcoming publications and the
exhaustive Investigation which resulted in
the compilation of the material. The
Commission urges all bankers, business
men and students of finance to avail
themselves of the opportunity thus
offered to study the conditions and ex
periences of other countries as well as
of our own,
From the statement it appears that the
Commission for a year and a half has
been engaged in collecting information
about the banking and currency systems
of the leading countries of the world, and
a list has recently appeared of the pub
lications Which the Commission now has
in press or is preparing for the press and
which will be available for the public In
the near future.
The National Monetary Commission con
sists of the following:
Nelson W. Aldrlch. Rhode Island, chair
man; Edward B. Vreeland, New York, vice
chairman; Julius C. Burrows, Michigan; Eu
Kene Hale. Maine; Philander C. Knox. Penn
sylvania: Theodore E. Burton, Ohio; John
W. Daniel. Virginia; Henry M. Teller, Colo
rado; Hernando D. Money, Mississippi; Jos
eph W Bailey, . Texas; Jesse Overstreet, In
diana; ohn W. Weeks, Massachusetts; h
ert W. Bonvnge, Colorado; Sylvester C.
Smith. California; Lemuel P. Padgett, Ten-
night, Jl is ' announced gravely that
some- seals are married and some are
bachelors and are so officially recog
nized by Uncle Sam. There are at least
2,000 "bachelor" seals on St. Paul's and
St. George's Islands. Some 2,000 of the
sals there are Benedicts of a polyga
.mous temperament and have among
them about fifty thousand wives, class
ified by the Government experts into
harems. It also appears that there are
only 140,000 seals left now on the Prl
byloff Islands, and the deduction fol
lows that it is only a question .of time
when the seal will be a memory.
Off the coast of Florida, a series of
experiments have proved that we can
produce our own sponges.
At Afognak, Alaska, a new salmon
station has liberated more than 3,000,
000 young red salmon to the rivers, and
during the year the government de
posited in various waters of the United
States more than three million fish.
The effectiveness of the immigration
limitations agreed upon between the
Government and Japan is demon
strated in the reports which show that
of 2664 Japanese who applied for ad
mission to the country. 2432 had the
proper passports from their, home gov
ernment and only 212 ware debarred.
The magnitude of the foreign com
merce is amazing. The total value of
imports was more than $1,300,000,000.
The value of exports was more than
$1,600,000,000..
During the fiscal year 1909 our
shipyards built only 1247 merchant
vessels with tonnage of 238,090, the
smallest product since 1898. Of 282
steamships that carry steerage passent-
gers to and from the United States
half of them have been equipped with
wireless. The mainland of Alaska, the
United States, Hawaii, Porto Rico and
the Panama Canal zone have been
equipped with wireless land stations.
Secretary Nagel recommends fur
ther development of the bureau of cor
porations. A definite Federal system
of statuory publicity Js urged. This
would compel all important corpora
tions engaged in interstate commerce
to report at stated intervals to a Fed
eral agency, such as the Bureau of
Corporations, the essential facts re
srardlng their organization, manage
ment and condition. Any attempt to
solve this problem through state ac
tion has been and necessarily will be
futile, says the report.
Rejections Increase Yearly.
In all during the fiscal year lt.235
aliens entered the country and 67 per
cent of them came from Russia and
the countries of Southern Europe. A
total of 29 per cent of illiterates i
shown by the report. These aliens
brought $17,331,828 into the country.
or an average of $23. do each, it is be
lleved that 33 per cent of them were
assisted to reach this country. A table
showing rejection of immigrants since
1904, embodied in the report, is as lot
lows:
104.
16
Cause of Rejection.
Idiots
Imbeciles -
Feeble-minded persons.
Insanity (including epileptics)
Likely to become a pudiw .,.....0
paupers and beggars
Afflicted with contagious diseases
Afflicted with tuberculosis
Criminals
Prostitutes and other Immoral women
Procurers of prostitutes......
Contract laborers
1905.
as
lOOfl.
92
190T.
29
4.79S
l,06O
" " 35
9
3
. 1,601
7.898
2,198
" ' RO
4
1.164
7.009
1X15
2. SI 4
6.S6S
3.Si2 .
' "341
18
1
1.434
1908.
20
45
121
184
3.741
2,900
S3
1K6
124
43
1.932
1900.
1H
42
121
167
4.45S
2.S0S
82
27.H
323
181
1,172
Archduchess of Austria and Empress of
Mexico, leaving as little as possible to
his first born. The only real and pure
love of Leopold's life, so far as known,
was the affection he had for his mother,
Oueen Louise, who died when he was 15,
but not before he had promised her he
would never sign a death warrant. This
is one of the few promises he has kept.
Because of Leopold's treatment of his
familv more than anything else the other
nations of Europe have turned against
him. Other monarchs have been guilty
of indiscretions and immoralities and have
been forgiven and overlooked. Leopold
has not only done these things, but
throuarh them h-as brought an immense
amount of unhappiness to his family.
As Crown Prince he married the Arch
duchess Henrietta, of Austria. She was
a. beautiful woman and came to Belgium
in the glow of her sunny youth and
beautv only to meet with a frigid and
tyrannous reception from her husband.
Old Leopold I. father of the present King,
was no saint himself, but he became dis
gusted with the way Leopold treated the
young Queen. Henrietta took refuge in
passionate devotion to her son. Leopold,
Count of Hainault, whom she idolized.
nessee; George F. Burgess. Texas; Arsene P.
Pujo, Louisiana.
FOUR DROWN IN COLUMBIA
(Continued From First Page.)
and not much the worse for their experi
ence. '
Hodies Washed Ashore.
The bodies of the dead were washed
ashore this morning.
Anna Hendrickson, one of the dead,, had
been working for Louis Fluhrer. store
keeper and postmaster at Maygers.
Grace Waud, daughter of Ed Waud, at
Maygers. had been working for Mrs. John
Larsen.
Lee Barber was a son of Dr. M. B.
Barber, dentist at Maygers.
Pearl Proctor, the only girl of the party
rescued. Is a stepdaughter of C. M. Davis.
Frank Kasoer is the son of Simon Kaster.
Amos Card is a logger at present en
gaged in the fishing business.
An inquest by Coroner Frank Sherwood
will be held Monday morning at 9:30
o'clock.
In one portion of his report Secretary
Nagel takes up the question of "white
lave" traffic. The departments in
vestigation shows, that the traffic in
immoral women is an established and
extensive business, by no means 'Con
fined to trading in imported women.
It includes alien women who have en
tered the country in a regular way
and American women as well. The
present Federal law merely prohibits
i.ie bringing of women into the coun
try for immoral purposes.
1 ne Secretary recommends that the
law be amended to prohibit the
bringing of women for such purposes
from one state into another state and
that $5u,000 be appropriated to enforce
all Federal laws against that traffic.
The need of amending Chinese immi
gration laws to fit conditions existing
is recommended.
Secretary iMagel lays down the. prin
ciple that the Government is entitled
to "a day's work for a day's pay." Be
cause of the low salaries established
In some of the grades it was found im
possible in his office, Mr. Nagel says,
to get capable civilians, rte advocates
the abolition of all clerical positions
paying less than $900 ayear and that
places paying from $900 to. J1800 be
created in their stead.
Only 10 More Shopping Days Before Happy Christmas
1
Valuable
Hints for
Monday
Shopping
Come Early
First of importance,, big.
Half Price sale of Tailored
Suits, Gowns arid Opera
Capes Phenomenal reduc
tion in big Sample Lot of
Men's Slippers Christmas
Pictures for 98 Cents
Amazing reductions in Lib
bey Cut Glass Furs, select
ed lot, One-fourth Off Holi
day linens way- down Mus
lin Department crowded with
special valued Toys - Lower
Than Ever Greatest values
in Millinery ever shown :
Men's Outing Flannel Night
shirts from 79 Cents to 98
Cents Specials in Ladies'
Neckwear,. Handkerchiefs
and Alexandre Kid Gloves
u n p r ecedented Biggest
shopping week of the year.
Old
orztnan w
Fancy Gowns, Opera
Coats '& Tail' d Suits
One-Half Off
Every fancy gown in stock, priced at $75.00
and over; all opera wraps and coats, regularly
sold for $50.00 and up; our entire stock of
tailored suits, sold for $60.00 and above. These
three lines comprise the very best we carry
and will be uniformly reduced to HALF PRICE
Entire stock of Lingerie, tailored, net, silk,
fancy, and plain waists, as well as all Kimo-
nas, greatly; reduced for Monday's selling.
Regular to.$48.50 Suits cut to $24.98 Mon
day This is an extra special and pre
sents a greater line of values than ever.
One-Fourth Off Furs This includes a special,
lot of furs that has been conservatively priced .
at $9.50 to $100 ONE-FOURTH OFF
ygbJM i i i i f liW i intti i
$12.00 Candle Stick.. $ 9.50
$15.00 4-pc. Tea Sets $12.00
$36.50 High. Ball Set. $29.15
$39.00 4-pc. Tea Sets $31.00
$39.00 Punch Bowl. . .$31.10
Special Xmas
Silverware
Nothing ever has appealed so
strongly in Christmas giving
as silverware of different kinds.
Values shown here are unusual.
$ 1.00 Flower Vases for 59
Hat Pin Holders. .75
Fern Dish $ 1.05
Jewel Case .... $ 2.75
Bread Trays. . $ 4.75
Water Pitcher $ 5.85
4-pc. Tea Sets $ G.25
Casserole ... .S 7.10
$10.50 do., silver cover $ 8.35
$ 1.00
$ 1-15
$ 1.50
$ 3.50
$ 6.00
$ 7.35
$ 8.50
$ 9.00
Carving Sets for Christmas
Priced at $2.35 to $11.75
Here is a variety of guaranteed carving sets, making one of
the most acceptable Christmas remembrances imaginable.
They are listed at money-saving prices. See them Third Floor.
Regular $ 3.00 Carving Set, Special for $ 2.35
Regular $ 3.75 Carving Set, Special for $ . 2.95
Regular $ 5.50 Carving Set, Special for S 4.35
Regular $ 6.00 Carving "Set, Special for $ 4.75
Regular $ 7.00 Carving Set, Special for $ 5.50
Regular $ 8.50 Carving Set, Special for $ 6.75
Regular $ 9.50 Carving Set, Special for $ 7.50
Regular $10.50 Carving Set, Special for $ 8.35
Regular .$15.00 Carving Set, Special for S11.75
Combination Suits Half Price
As an unusually strong special we offer
Combination Suits, either Corset Cover and
Drawers or Corset Cover and Skirt or Three
piece Suits MONDAY AT ; HALF PRICE.
Toilet Sets at $1.50 to $5.00
Each set contains Comb, Plate Glass Hand
Mirror and Drawn Bristle Brush.
MANICURE SETS, with a complete set of
all accessories, from ....$1.50 to $6.00
SHAVING SETS, containing soap cup,
brush and mirror $1.00 to $5.00
Hair Goods Now
on Second Floor
The Hair Goods Depart
ment, formerly on the
First . Floor, has been re
moved to the Second Floor
in front of Washington
Street Elevator. Better
prepared than ever to
take care of the big busi
ness in this line.
Christmas Pictures Only 98c
A large assortment of regular $1.00 and
$2.00 Pictures, variety of selections and all
well framed. Big range for unlimited
choice. These go MONDAY, EACH, 9S
Outing Flannel Nightshirts 55c
Very practical gift for men. All long, warm
and serviceable. Regular 75c for 55?.
Regular $1.00 for 79k Regular $1.25 for
98?. Complete line of pajamas at special
prices for Monday.
Regular $1.50, Special for Monday. .$1.15
Regular $2.00, Special for Monday. .$1.55
7000 Prs.
Slippers
A wonderful purchase. Big sample stock. 2000 pairs. Sizes 6
to 8. Also several hundred pairs of other slippers and thousands
from regular stock All sizes and colors except in sample
stock. Almost' half price for more than 7000 pairs.
Values From $4.00 to $1.19 Marked Down to From $2.50 to 79c
Sample Stock
79c to $2.50
TREMENDOUS VALUES
Cushion Slips $1.98
Hand-embroidered, import
ed and domestic. Jute,
denim, linen or lawn.
$ 5.00 Values $1.98
$ 6.00-$9.00 Values.. $2.98
$10.00-$15.00 Values $3.98
Huckaback Towels
A reliable staple that is well
known to shoppers. Specials
for Monday :
$2.00 Towels for. $1.50
$2.75 Towels for $2.10
$2.50 Towels for '.$2.00
Hemstitched Napkins
Monday at $4.90 the Dozen
$ 6.00 Values for, doz $ 4.90
$ 7.50 Values for, doz $ 5.75
$15.00 Values for, doz $11.25
No better values in Napkins
ever offered.
Italian Silk Vests
Monday $3.75 to $10.50
These are beautifully hand
embroidered Avith inset me
dallions, Baby Irish and
Swiss Lace. Come early and
get good selection.
An O. W. K. Gift Certificate Would Make a Good Christmas Present
TRUST BILLS WAIT
Congress Shows Disposition
to Hurry Appropriations.
TAWNEY AND PAYNE PLAN
House lieatlers Outline Programme
to Hasten Action on Supply
Bills "While Slave" Meas-
' ure Tip This Week.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 12. Appropria
tion legislation will be undertaken by
Congress before the adjournment for
the holidays. There has been a sup
position that all measures of, any char
acter would be postponed until after
January 1.
Chairman Tawney. of the committee
on appropriations, has upset this scheme
by declaring that an appropriation bill
could' be passed before Christmas as
easily as not.
Mr. Tawney has found a' ready sec
ond in Chairman Payne, and the two
have arranged a programme that will
insure the passage of the District of
Columbia appropriation bill and pos
sibly the Army bill before Christmas.
The determination to begin at once on
the supply measures is an indication
of the programme of the leaders for
the present Congress.
President's Messages Heeded. (
All recognize, however, that some ef
fort probably, will be made to carry
into effect recommendations of the
President, whether contained in his an
nual message (ft In special messages.
He is laying out an extensive pro
gramme and nobody believes that it
will be possible to do all that he asks.
His recommendations on railroad legis
lation are likely to give more, trouble
than anything else.
Tl.e conservation. Irrigation, postal sav
ings, merchant marine and other ques
tions will not attract so much attention
and may be more easily put aside than
the railroad question. There 19 antipathy
to bond issues and any measure involving
such a feature will be considered care
fully. ,
Anti-Trust Bills to Wait.
No one expects any anti-trust legisla
tion until- the Supreme Court passes on
Important cases involving the Sherman
law now before that tribunal. So sensi
tive, however. Is Congress to all sugges
tions on this subject that much concern
is being expressed over the prospect of
even a message, and it is- possible that
the message may be deferred until after
the action of the court. .
Aside from the consideration of ap
propriation bills there will be little at
tempt at legislation in either the Senate
or House this week. Mr. Mann will re
port from the House committee on in
terstate and foreign commerce his bill
prohibiting the "white slave" traffic, and
will make an effort to obtain action upon
it. Indications are that he will succeed.
when the fire was discovered and find
ing a large tub of water in the room,
quenched the flames by dashing the
contents of the tub over the room. The
damage is but slight. The fire was
evidently caused by leaking gas and a
slight explosion.
SPILLER STAYS IN PANAMA
Charge of Inducing Canal Laborers
to Leave Falls Flat.
PANAMA, Dec. 12. The Supreme Court
decided today that the decree IsaiiPrt by
President Obaldia, expelling W. D. Spll
ler from the country, wan illegal, and
rules that Spiller ma' remain in Panama.
He was charged with inducing canal
laborens to leave the Isthmus, and Lieutenant-Colonel
Goethals, chief engineer
of the canal, requested the Panaman gov
ernment to deport Spiller. To meet the
case President Obaldia Issued an execu
tive decree declaring that the enticing
of canal laborers from the country was
a misdemeanor punishable by expulsioin.
Kvon the honfiymonn tn the air is not a
nw Irica. M. Plammarlon. the ri!stiiiKtii3iri
French astronomer and aeronaut, took his
hrirlo for a. honeymoon trip in a balloon or
AURU5t 2H, 1KT4.
OflE DOSE RELIEVES INDIGESTION,
GAS ON STOW AND HEARTBURN
- Firemen Use Tub of Water.
A small blaze broke out last evening
in a barber shop at Sixteenth and
Washington streets, but on a still
alarm, was soon extinguished without
much danger. The firemen from di
rectly across the street rushed over
Take a Little Diapepsin Now and
Your Stomach Will Feel Tine
ia Five Minutes.
Every family here ought to keep
some Diapepsin in the house, as any
one of you may have an attack of In
digestion or Stomach trouble at any
time, day or night.
This harmless preparation will digest
anything you eat and overcome a dis
tressed, out-of-order stomach five min
utes afterwards.
If your meals don't tempt you, or
what little you do eat seems to fill you,
or lays like a lump of lead In your
stomach, or If you have heartburn, that
Is a sign of Indigestion.
Ask your Pharmacist for a 50-cent
case of Pape's Diapepsin and take a
little just as soon as you can. There
will be no sour risings, no belching
of undigested food mixed with acid, no
stomach gas or heartburn, fullness or
heavy feeling in the stomach, Nausea,
Debilitating Headaches, Dizziness or in
testinal griping. This will all go, anil,
besides, there will be no sour food left
over In the stomach to poison your
breath with nauseous odors.
Pnpo's Diapepsin is a certain cure
for out-of-order stomachs, because it
prevents fermentation and takes holJ
of your food and digests it just the
same as )f your stomach wasn't there.
lielief in five minutes from all stom
ach misery is at any drug store, wait
ing for you.
These large 50-cent cases contain
more than sufficient to cure almost any
chronic case of Dyspepsia, Indigestion
or any other tatomach trouble.