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6 THE MORXTXG OREGONIAJT. THURSDAY, SEPTOrnER 17, 1914. COAL MINERS AGREE TO PLAN FOR PEACE Enci of Colorado Strike Prom I ised by Workers if Opera ; ators Accept Terms. I. TRUCE OF 3 YEARS IS AIM Convention Votes 83 to 8 and Cheers Are Bent Up for President Wil son, "Mother" Jones -and Other Interested Persons. more than was ever run on any track In the West. These relays will be fast and furious, for the cowgirls are all well known and the rules have been changed to permit them to ride with rubber cinches, which makes lightning changes possible. The complete programme has lust been completed and is as follows: 1. Bucking bulls, Sharkey, and cows and buffaloes. 2. Cowboys pony race. 3. Indian BQuaw race. 4. Cowgirls' standing race. 6. Cowgirls' relay race. 6. Tillle -Baldwin bulldogglng. 7. Indian relay race. 8. Cowboys" standing race. 9. Cowgirls' bucking contest. 10. Wild steer bulldogging. 11. Indian race, for cayuses only. 12. teer-roping contest by cowboys. 18. Grand march. 14. Grand Indian parade. 35. Maverick race. 16. Trick riding. 17. Trick and Xancy roping. 18. Indian war dance. 19. Cowgirls' pony race. 20. Pony express. 21. Stage coach race. 22. Cowgirls' relay race. 23. Indian race, for Indian race horses. 24. Tug-of-war. 2o. Quick-change race. i Ztt. LowDoys' bucking contest. 27. Cowgirls' steer roping. 28. Wild horse race. TREASURER OH CARPET TRINIDAD, Colo., Sept. 16. Colo- " rado union coal miners In convention late today voted to accept the peace - plan recommended by President Wll- ' son- The vote, which came after two days of vigorous debate, was 83 to 8. i The Colorado mlneowners have - called a meeting to be held In Denver Saturday, at which the same proposal is to be considered. After the convention adjourned offl cers of the United Mineworkers of - America sent a telegram to President r Wilson notifying him that the strikers - were ready to return to work under the terms of a three-year truce treaty " drawn up by Hywel Savles and will- S lam R. Fairley, Federal mediators ap U pointed by Secretary Wilson, of the - Department of Labor. Union Men Switch to Support. The afternoon session of the con ; vent ion was featured by speeches by ; John R. Lawson, Colorado member of -the executive board of the united .MineworkerB. and E. L. Doyle, district ' secretary, both of whom at first op- " nosed the President's proposal. Both .". today urged that the plan be adopted. Lawson called especial attention to the provision requiring the enforce 2 ment of the mining statutes of Colo- rado. He declared that this would se- - cure for the miners of the Btate rights - which they never before had enjoyed. Under the terms of the agreement accepted by the miners a. three-year truce is to be declared in the labor war in the state. During this time r the miners are to waive union recog , "nltion, but are permitted to maintain their organization. The workmen are - permitted to have grievance commit r tees with the right of appeal to a com- r mission appointed by the President of i. the United States in the event that the X grievance committees are notable to v settle disputes with their employers. President la Cheered. Before adjournment the convention gave three cheers for President Wil- - son, W. K. Fairly, .Representative Go- - ward Keating and "Mother" Mary - Jones. 2 The telegram to President Wilson follows: Th Colorado Mine Workers. In conven- - tlon. assembled, have carefully considered t your proposal for a settlement of the coal ; strike and after calm and deliberate thought, we have this day decided to accept - the proposition you submit. ' The delegates to this convention convey to you their abiding faith in your integrity -and your earnest and patrlotio desire to be - helpful in the present strike situation. v Upon notice of the acceptance of your C proposition by the coal operators, we wiU ; Immediately terminate the strike and return . to work. IDAHO REPUBLICAN" STATE COM MITTEE GIVES ULTIMATUM. Alleged Land Speculation With Money Borrowed From State Bared nnd Payment of Interest Ordered. BOISE. Idaho, Sept. 16. (Special.). State Treasurer Allen was put on the carpet before the Republican state committee, which organized ; here to day. as a result of a charge that he had used "dummies to procure a loan of $8000 from the public school funds of the state through the Land Board and had used the money to speculate in a land deal. ' The land was said to have been ap praised for $40 by the state, but it is alleged Allen made arrangements with the "dummies to buy it for $12.50 an acre and had them deed It to a com pany he organized, known as the Boise Investment Company, of which he was president. Later he failed to meet the interest, amounting to $831. The committee delivered the ultima turn to him to pay the interest forth with or resign from the ticket. It is said Allen agreed to meet the interest payment. All the state committees organized here today. The Republicans re-elected George A. Day State . Land Commissioner, state chairman. Will H. Glpson was -elected secretary. The executive committee was named, as follows: C. H. Potts, Coeur d'Alene: E. H. Dewey, Nampa; Fred Gooding, Shoshone; D. W. Davis, American Falls; Miss Margaret Rob erts. Boise. J. H. Gipson was re-elected chair man of the Progressive state commit tee and Paul Davis secretary. The res. ignation of P. Monrow Smook as Na tional committeeman was accepted and J. M. IngersolL of Pocatello. named to succeed him. The Nugent faction controlled the Democratic committee. J. T. Pence was elected state chairman and J. P. Pope secretary. George H. Hill, of Rlgby, was named vice-chairman. MAPLETON TO SEE LIGHT R. H. CLOW, CAPITALIST, BUILDS FINE WATER PLANT. Culvert Only Matter of Delay to Turn ing on Electric Current for Betterment of Town. ROAD BIGGEST DELINQUENT Oregon California Tract Owes Half of Clackamas' Unpaid Taxes. OREGON CITY,-Or., Sept 16 (Spe cial.) County Treasurer Tufts has completed his report of the tax col lected this year up to the first of this month. The amount of delinquent taxes is $61,005.06, of which $30,267 is due from lands in dispute between the Government and the Oregon ' & Cali fornia Railway Company. The total amount to be collected in the county this year is $840,914.92. of which $779,335.54 was paid into the county's treasury. The amount of in terest collected is 7575.38. Instead of charging 15 per cent pen alty. Sheriff Maas will collect 11 per cent this month and an added penalty cf 1 per cent a month, as the tax com mission has suggested. : MAPLETON, Or.. Sept. 16. (Special.) - That the natural resources of Oregon r can be efficiently brought under con- trol to the betterment of mankind is ; being demonstrated successfully by R. H. Clow, the Mapleton capitalist. In the ; near-completion of his electric light and power plant that will serve the people of Mapleton and the near vicin ity. Some months ago Mr. Clow conceived t the idea of a water plant for Mapleton and summarily put in a small dam in - a canyon on his land about one-half , mile west of the -town.. From there he : piped the water to the consumers. : The water from the canyon will now J serve two purposes, but to conserve - every arop oi avaiiaoie water mr. viow has erected an immense concrete dam, - the largest in western Lane County. '. From the dam Mr. Clow has laid 15 . inch prepared wooden pipe to carry ' the water down the canyon to his powerhouse, which is located In the business section of the town. Practically the entire town baa been wired but light will not be available. for several days, as Mr. Clow has been forced to wait for the Southern Pacific to put In a culvert before he can cross their right-of-way on the new Eugene Marshneld road with his last few lengths of pipe. Mapleton can boast of being the only unincorporated town that has a water and light plant within itself and not owned by a corporation. Mr. Clow- has set a flat rate of 25 cents a lamp for residence purposes. The entire cost of the project will ag gregate about $6000. DRYS TAKE TWO CHANCES Vancouver to -Vote on State and City Prohibition at Election. VANCOUVER, Wash.. Sept, 16. (Spe cial.) The City of Vancouver will be required to vote on state-wide pro hibition and r local option at the general election in November. Peti tions containing 903 names were turned in, and when the City Clerk checked them it was found that 249 were Illegal, leaving 649 on the petition. The law requires 570. As some of the drys fear they cannot carry the state they are planning to have two chances by which they may ban liquor from Vancouver. Two local option elections have been held here, and both were won by the wets by majorities of less than 200. TIME TO LEWISTON IS CUT O.-W. R. & X. Company Announces Change in Tratin Schedule. LEWISTON, Idaho, Sept. 16. (Spe cial.) The O.-W. R. & N. Company an nounced the following change of sched ule for passenger trains' between Lew- iston and Portland, effective today: Train No. 5 will leave Lewiston at 7 P. M. daily and arrive at Riparia 9:4s F. M. Train No. 11,- connecting with No. r. will leave Riparla at 10:16 P. M. daily, arriving In Portland the following morning at 7:20. Train No. 12, returning from Port land, will leave Portland Union Station at 8 P. M. daily, arriving at Riparia 4:45 A. M. Train No. 6, connecting with No. 13 at Riparia, will depart from that point for Lewiston at 6 A. M., arriving here at 7:40 A. m. The change will effect a reduction of time of two hours and 80 minutes from Lewiston to Portland, and a re duction of 30 minutes from Portland to Lewiston. LINN SCHOOL FUNDS READY Checks Will Be Mailed to Districts on October 5. ALB ANT, Or- Sept. 16. (Special.) w. l. Jackson, County Superintendent of Schools, has announced that the ap portlonment of school funds has been made and the checks will be mailed to the various districts on October 6. The semi-annual appropriation from the county Is $15,564, which, with the annual appropriation of $32,829 from the state, makes a total for Linn Coun ty of $48,398. A sum of $100 has been allotted each district and the balance will be allotted on a per capita basis. allowing each student $1.85 and the county $2.40. . Boys of 2 0- Arrested at Vancouver VANCOUVER. Wash.. Sept 16. (Spe cial.) Charged with having stolen a Ford automobile at sedro-Woolley. re modeling It and driving it to Portland. where it was sold for $150, Mark Owen and Elmer Barr were arrested here at 2 A. M. today by Captain Elmer Bar beau, of the Iooal police force. The lads are but 20 years old. Barr has served a term In the State Industrial School. Open Evenings Until 9 o'Clock 3SS Biflr- P Most: isoin St Come Tonight Sure! OUILE BROS.9 FAILURE iamo Stock Now on It should be remembered that the Soale Bros. Fatlare Stock, which was authorized sold to me hy order of the court, most be sold Immediately for whatever It will bring:, and, as stated heretofore. In addition to this I have alno secured a number of other very fine pianos which will be offered at lower prices ana values than ever before kesrs of since piano aeiiing eommenceo. .icier oeiore nave aurn elegant valuable instruments been offered at uc redactions. I have for several years represented, from time to time, a number of the eredltora Involved tn thla unfortunate failure, and I am duty bound. In Justice to them. Is aee that thla stock Is cleaned up nnd the money secured at the earliest poaslble moment, thus nrotectlna: creditors from further noaslble loss, I nm a wholesale piano man, dont know much about retallins pianos, but. while I am about It, I'm going to get rid of nil necumulated odds and enda In the piano trade that I look after, even If I have to give nenrly everything away. 97-20 Old .Reliable, Time-Honored Pianos of Quality Ghickering, Ivers & Pond, Behning, Wegman, Chase, Baker, Fischer, Lester, Weber, Steck, Stein way and many others. Every piano a reliable make manufactured by piano makers of the highest possible standing. $250 Pianos $ Guaranteed 5 Years . $350 Pianos $ Guaranteed 10 Years $450 Pianos $H"(fX00 Guaranteed 10 Years JivU All Others Equally Low Play eir Pianos Less Than Same Quality Upright $700 Values $ Guaranteed 10 Years ' $850 Values $ Guaranteed 10 Years $1000 Values $(K Guaranteed vJ' Also many others not listed above some of the same values for even less, some more. To appreciate the true value of these great bargains you should see them. Grand Pianos Now Go for Less Than Same Quality Uprights $700 Values, Now $800 Values, Now $950 Values, Now . ..'51S All Old Established, Reliable Makers Talking Machines Must Go ! Columbia Edison Victor Of Most Every Kind Also Records Any Boy Can Now Buy a Piano for His Moth Sister or His Best Girl. Look! Read! Act! Quick! ale MM er. X 7 i! Mil Sln I r- 'l'rpT-' svsl'.-,.f. Ipsr-fr-rll, W: othor rtrb k.r 1.00 Down--$ 1 .00 Per Wee! Some Pianos a little more, but any Piano on terms of m lt. l year, z years or o years pay more or ail any time $ 600 Wurlitzer Electric Piano $166 1 OOO Best Electric Piano Made $28S $500 Weber Piano $2S8 $4SOEmerson $227 Upright Pianos $1.00 Per Week Player Piano or Grands g2 Week Total Value Sale Price $1050 Weber Pianola . $537 $1560 Lester Grand Pianola .... $666 88-NOTE 3 SOO Burmeister- Pianola - - - . $21S $1 OOO Lester Grand Pianola . . . $537 Would You Like a Steck Piano? $48 TERMS 76c PER WEEK A Steinway for Only 388 We must also close out all Fixtures Four Desks, Two Safes, a Number of Chairsj Music Rolls, Rugs, Stools, Benches, Cabinets and Typewriters. Co Eo LJUG - Agent and Creditors' Representative RE Soule Bros. Bankrupt 388 Morrison Street Open in the Evening Until 9:00 o'clock Chance Wins Nomination. PASCO. Wash.,- Sept 16. (Special.) W. H. Blackmail and A. I Doble, running for the Republican nomination for Commissioner of the Third district. tied on a vote of 59 each. As a result the canvassing board convened . this afternoon and . decided to determine the tie by lot. Mr. Doble won on the draw, and is now considered the Re publican nominee for Commissioner. ROUNDUP STRINGS ENTER Fastest Relays on .. Record Staged With Isarg-est Ilet of Mount. PENDLETON, Sept 16. (Special' With more than 12 strings already en tered, with relay races at the Roundup next week will be the greatest events of the kind ever seen on any track. An entry of ten strings in one .race means to horses and 40 changes. This Is Albany Apples Shipped by Carload. ALBANY, Or., Sept 16. (Special.) A carload of Albany apples, consist ing of Jonathans, Kings and Grimes Golden varieties, will be shipped out of this city during the latter part the week, according to a statement made today by C. H. Stewart, secre tary of the Albany Fruit Growers' Association. As a general thing, when It is too good to be true it Is exaggerated.- STATE CONTRACTS JUMP INCREASES ON PRICES DUE TO WAR CONDITIONS. Washington Save. 180 on Sugar Item Beeanse Taenia Firm Bid Being Overstocked. OLYMPIA. Wash.. Sept 16- (Spe cial.) The State Board of Control, which this week is purchasing ssrol annual supplies for all state institu tions, finds Its sugar bill increased t3600 due to European war prices. Contracts for 182,950 pounds of sugar have been awarded at prices ranging .from 6.2o to $6.70 per 100 pounds, depending upon the location of the in stitutions. The prices at the time of the last semi-annual purchase ranged from 14.28 upwards, the Increase be ing approximately S2 per 100 pounds. The increase due to war prices would have been much greater but for the fact that the low bidder, the Und berg Grocery Company, of Tacoma, bid nearly $1 below the market price, be ing heavily overstocked with sugar. This fact saved the state approxi mately (1800 on this Item. Savings will be made on fuel on ac count of the recent order of the Pub lic Service Commission reducing freight rates on coal from Roslyn to all parts of the state. If the order of the Com mission Is upheld by the courts the cost to the state on 8400 tons of coal ordered for the two Medical Lake in stitutions wil be reduced 60 cents a ton from the price six months ago, a sav ing of $2040. Similar savings are ex pected in the cases of others of the 11 state Institutions. "6uitcase" Ordinance May Go. ROSEBXJRG, Or., Sept 16. (Special) The so-called "suitcase" ordinance. which, was passed by the City Council some time ago to eliminate the prac tlce of bringing liquor into Roseburg In suitcases, may go out of existence If a measure Introduced at last night's meeting of the Council becomes -a law. The original ordinance has been sus pended for some time pending a ref erendum vote at the regular city elec tion In October. MRS. W0RTMAN IS AT REST Funeral of Pioneer Woman Is Held t McMinnville. JTMINNYTLLB, Or.. Sept 16 (Spe cial.) The funeral of Mrs. Ellsa A. Wortman, known in Yamhill County as Grandma" Wortman, was held this afternoon. Last rites were said at the Wortman lone on North E street where Mrs. Wortman had lived for years, by Rev. W. N. Thompson and Rev. Joseph Hoberg, the'latter a friend of the family for many years. Burial was at the Masonic Cemetery. Among the floral tributes was a large floral design from Olds, Wortman A King, of Portland. Medicine Salesman Arrested. ROSEBURG, -Or.. Sept- 1. (Special) Accused of selling patent medicines without a proper license. W. W. Ash croft, of Myrtle Creek, was arrested here today on complaint of 8, B. Sand efer. special investigator for the State Board of Pharmacy. He w.as arraigned in the Justice Court and entered a plea of not guilty. The trial will be held late In the week. FARM EXHIBITS SOUGHT Hill Lines Official Ask Fledges of Linn County Growers. ALBANY, Or, Sept 16 (Special.) To secure pledges from local commer cial organizations and farmers of Linn County to furnish grains, grasses and fruits for the Great Northern exhibit at the Panama-Pacific Exposition at San Francisco next year. George W. Yerxa, immigration agent of the Great Northern Railway, visited Albany Mon day. Mr. Yerxa said that the railway com pany is erecting a building on the ex position grounds, 60x180 feet la dimen sions, for the purpose of housing this exhibit which promises to be one of the attractions of the exposition. The purpose of the exhibit Is to advertise the country through which the Hill lines run. Exhibits will be shipped free. MRS. N. J. J5USEY PASSES Prominent Astoria Teacher, Retired Victim of Heart Trouble. ASTORIA, Or., Sept 16. (Special.) Mrs. Nancy Jane Busey. who for man years prior to her retirement about sii years ago, had been one of the most prominent instructors 'connected wits the Astoria public schools, died sud denly this morning from heart trouble The deceased was a native of Illinoit and 73 years of age. She left one sis ter. Mrs. J. A. Rannells, of this city, as well as two sons and two daughter. They are Lester Busey, of Seattle) Fred Busey and Mrs. Margaret Bishop) of Portland, and Mrs. R. EX Roger of Astoria,