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THE . MOKXTNO OITEGOXTAX, TTESDAT,' DECrarRTR 15, 1914. 5 UNION DISCLAIMS BLAME FOR ARMS Refusal of Miners to Surren der Guns to Militia Is Up v held by Secretary. PUBLIC OPINION IS HOPE Labor Leader Says Strikes Not Won by Violence Proof of Operators Men Starting .Colorado Trou ble Declared Available. DENVER, Deo. 14. Edward I Doyle, Secretary-treasurer of District 15, United MIneworkers of America, In his testimony before the Federal Commis sion on Industrial Relations, today asserted that the union did not hold Itself responsible for the disarming of the strikers, since Its leaders had no authority to compel obedience, except to the rules and regulations of the union. The arms were personal property. He thought It proper for strikers not to turn over all their arms to the militia because they were apprehensive as to how they were to be treated after the arms were given up. Numerous telegrams, letters and ex hibits were turned over to the com mission by the witness at his office. Answers Are Refused. This matter was not Introduced for tnally into the record, but was used as a basis for questions which the witness declined to answer on the ground that lie was one of a number of labor lead ers under Indictment for conspiracy to murder. The questions related to the purchase of arms by the union. The witness offered to produce evidence that the employes of operators started the violence. If the commission would pay (the expenses Involved. No strike, he declared, had ever been won by violence. Public opinion In the last analysis decided strikes, he de clared, and the strikers were handi capped by the lack of good education among their leaders and the funds to hire literary talent to present their aide. Southern Miners Io.c Much had been gained by the strike, lie declared, in the Southern field, but In the Northern Held the miners had lost ground. Although the Southern miners had not 'secured their demands the operators know now, he said, that the men can and will strike. The epirit of the men was such that they as-ill not allow themselves to be im posed on again and the operators, be cause of the spirit, he said, would be Inclined to treat their men with more consideration. "Such an exposition as this sis months ago," he declared, "would have ended the strike differently." PASSENGER FARES HIGHER Xew Routes Now Effective in East I era Territory. ' WASHINGTON, Deo. 14. Increased passenger fares between St. Louis, Mo., Chicago, 111., and other similarly lo cated cities, and points in the Eastern territory, east of the Buffalo-Pittsburg line, will become effective at midnight. By the terms of the tariff filed by the railroads with the Interstate Com merce Commission all round-trip tick ets sold at reduced rates between points In classification territory and Central Passenger Association territory will be withdrawn and only straight-fare tick ets sold. The straight rates between points In the two territories are increased, gen erally on a basis of a quarter of a cent a mile. The advance between St. .ouIs and New York, for instance,, is Si. The fare between Chicago and New "York will be $20, an increase In about the same proportion. The advances were made by the roads following the suggestion of the Com mission In its decision of the advance rate case that passenger fares gener ally did not yield an adequate revenue. The Commmission has not passed upon the reasonableness of the in creased fares, but holds them as sub let to complaint. If any should be filed. 8 UTILITIES BODIES UNITE Mate Commissions to Concentrate Against Freight Kate Increase. i TOPEKA. Kan.. Dec. 14. Public utili ties commissions of eight Central West ern States have agreed to concentrate their resistance to proposed freight rate increases by railroads in their ter ritory, and, at a conference in Omaha Saturday, undertook to combine to en Kape expert accountants to examine the roads' books to determine if the in creases are warranted. Results of the conference were an nounced here last night by Judge A. E. Helm, commerce counsel for the Kan sas Public Utilities Commission, who paid that the commissions of Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa, Minnesota, North Da kota. South Dakota. Oklahoma and Arizona were represented. MONOPOLY IS ADVOCATED X'. T. Griff itli Tells. Senate Commit tee Regulation Is Rlgbt. WASHINGTON, Dec. 14. Objection to that section of the water power site leasing bill which limits the maximum Bale of power to any one consumer to 60 per cent of the output was entered today with the Senate public land com mittee by Kranklin T. Griffith, presi dent of the Portland, Or.. Railway, l.iprht & Power Company. "Compulsory publio utilities compe tition should be relegated to the past and superseded by regulated monop oly." said Mr. Griffith in defense of the right of one company to purchase the entire output of a power-producing plant. Other sections of the bill came in for sharp criticism. their fatherland. Euch. opponents should be esteemed." Answering questions regarding the war situation in the West, the Field Marshal pointed out that an army of millions of German soldiers was In the enemy's country and that the richest French provinces were occupied. "We don't underestimate our oppo nents," he said. "The French and Eng land fight with utter contempt for death, but we are gradually winning ground and are convinced that some day the enemy s resistance will be broken." "Germany Is prepared to wage the ar' for years and the side which is able to stand the most and has the best discipline is bound to win. The enthusiasm and morals of the German soldier, fostered - by (rood supply of arms, we are sure, will ultimately make us victorious." Speaking of the situation In the East. Field Marshal von der Goltz said he considered the Russian offensive had been a failure, but that hard fighting was still in prospect." "But the German army," he added. "which was victorious earlier against superior numbers, is bound to be so in the future." Field Marshal von der Goltz said he was convinced that the Turkish army bad greatly profited by its hard work during the last few years, and would make a good record. PROXY AUDACIOUS LIVES BRTTAIX TO FIT AND REXAME CI1ILEAS DREADXOUGUT. ' BELGIUM CALLED 'NORMAL Von der Goltz Sajs "Life Continues as if In Peace Time." BERLIN, via The Hague and London, 30:20 A. M., Dec 14. The correspond cnt of the Tageblatt In Sofia. Bulgaria, telegraphs an interview he had with i leld Marshal Baron von der Goltz, while the latter was on his way to Constantinople. Regarding Belgium, Baron von der Golta said: "The situation Is normal, the popula tlon having convinced themselves that the Germans are not barbarians. Life continues as If in peace time and com merce and transportation are getting better. "The Belgians fought bravely for Banker W Saw New Vessel Betas; Kitted for Battle at Belfast Says Silence Will Soon Be Broken. NEW TORK, Dec 14. (Special.) "The Audacious Is dead, long live the Audacious." That is the principle on which the BritiBh government has been acting in maintaining silence as to the destruc tion of its 25,000-ton dreadnought off the north coast of Ireland, according to a well-known New York banker who saw the original Audacious perish and who saw the new Audacious being fitted for battle at Belfast. His story, which is based on per sonal experience, is that the original Audacious lies at the bottom of the sea near the entrance to Dough Swllly, sunk by a German submarine or mines. He further says one of the two 28.000 ton dreadnoughts taken over by Eng land from Chile, either the Almirante Cochrane or the Almirante La Terre, both tremendously powerful sea fight ers and each carrying 10 14-lnch guns, has been renamed Audacious and will be sent soon to Join the battle fleet under that traditional and historic name. Then it Is expected the British gov ernment will break the silence about the disaster off Lough Swilly, offering the people a finer and more modern dreadnought than the one which was destroyed. CHICAGOANSVAGENT SHOT Czech Executed in Prague as Plotter With Body In America. LONDON, Dec 14. A dispatch to the Daily Mail from Copenhagen asserts that a Czech resident of Prague has been shot for corresponding with a Czech union in Chicago, which, it is alleged, is carrying on a campaign for the establishment of an independent kingdom in Bohemia. CHICAGO, Dec 14. Little surprise was expressed In Bohemian circles here today at a dispatch telling that a Czech resident of Prague had been shot for corresponding with a Czech union In Chicago. It was freely admitted by Chicago Bohemians that there are several or ganizations which have as their object the freedom of Bohemia, and any., one of them might have had correspond ence with agents in Austria. "Most of the Czechs outside of Bohe mia are united to free their country," said J. R.' Psenka, secretary of the Bohemian National Union. "There are at Rheims a number of Bohemian mili tary companies which are supporting the allies. Shooting an agent of ours will not delay the end which Is cer tain to come. Victory for the allies against Austria and Germany means freedom for us." MEXICANS PROM SE ID FIRE COMES President Wilson Is Expected to Wait Another Day for Obedience to- Orders. 2 AMERICANS ARE KILLED Bandits Blamed for Double Murder in So nor a, and Punishment Will Be Demanded- Carranza Says Return Shots Mean War. WASHINGTON, Dec 14. Although both Provisional - President Gutierrez and General Carranza assured the American Government that their forces had been instructed to confine their fire to Mexican territory, nothing of ficial had been received late today to Indicate the receipt of such instruc tions by the respective commanders at Naco. Officials here are unable to under stand.! delay in the delivery of the messages, copies of which have passed through American telegraph lines to Naco. In the meantime intermittent firing continues. President StUl Walts. The general belief tonight was that President Wilson would wait at least another, day, perhaps discussing the subject with his Cabinet tomorrow, and then if the demands of the United States were not complied with, the threats of the Washington Government to return with artillery fire any firing into American territory would be car ried out. As yet, however, no further orders have been sent to Brigadier General Tasker H. Bliss, In charge of the situation at Naco, Ariz. Secretary Bryan had received no further word tonight of the circum stances surrounding the killing of Thomas Frances and R. E. Dunn, of Pittsburg, Pa., at Cananea, but as soon as the responsibility is determined. It Is understood he will make demand for punishment of the guilty parties. The reports thus far received say they were killed by irresponsible bandits. Carranza Men Take Town. Admiral Howard, commanding the American squadron on the west coast of Mexico, has learned through the cruiser Denver at Ensenada that a Carranza force of 1200. under General Iturbe, has taken La Paz. Lower Cali fornia, and that quiet now prevails there. General Carranza. through Consul Canada, at Vera Cruz, today formally advised the State .Department mat any use of force by the American troops at Naco, Ariz., in their . efforts to keep Mexican bullets from American soil, "will be considered an act of hostility, however well-disposed the Government may be." This agrees with the Gen eral's statement at Vera Cruz Saturday. PULLMAN HEART SHOWN PRICE OP CARS CUT TO GIVE WORK BEFORE CHRISTMAS. ARIZONA ACTS PROCLAIMED Dry Law and Anti-Allen Labor Measure Effective January 1. . PHOENIX, Ariz.. Dec. 14. Governor George W. P. Hunt late today, pro claimed the measures carried at the November election, including the pro hibition and the anti-alien labor meas ures, effective January 1, 1915. The attack upon the dry law in the form of four separate applications for injunctions will be filed In the Fed eral Court, probably tomorrow at Tucson. The measure providing that 80 per cent of the employes in all businesses with five or more employes be Amer icans, has been protested to the State Department already by the British and Italian Ambassadors upon the theory that it violates treaty rights of aliens. COTTON SHIPMENTS FALL t Germany Gets Only 1052 Bales in Four Months, Statistics Show. WASHINGTON, Dec. 14. Germany, during the last four months, received only 1054! bales of American cotton, 1000 bales of which was sent last month, as shown today by Census. Bu reau statistics. November's total cot ton exports were slightly more than one-half as much as November a year ago, while the shipments abroad dur ing the last four months showed a de crease of 2,801,000 bales. Cotton used In the united States showed a falling off compared with the same month last year and the quantity of cotton on hand November 30 in inde pendent warehouses was 1,747,000 bales more than at that time last year. NEUTRALITY BODY CALLED Plans for Assertion of Pan-American Rights to Be Devised. WASHINGTON, Dec 14. Secretary Bryan announced today that he had called a meeting for Wednesday of the commission of nine recently appointed by the governing board of the Pan American Union to devise plans for a more vigorous assertion of the rights of neutrals In the present war. Although the recent naval battle In the South Atlantic has given England control of the commercial situation, the diplomats here are continuing their efforts to have all belligerent warships excluded from the waters of this hemisphere. Americans Only Officers Wanted. WASHINGTON. Dec 14. President Wilson was asked today by a delega tion representing the Masters' and Pilots' Association to support an amendment to the Administration ship purchase bill to restrict employment of officers of government-owned ves sels to Americana, "It May Not Be Good Business," Says Company Official, But 6500 Homes Are Open to Santa Claus. CHICAGO, Dec. 14. (Special.) Yule- tide good feeling won a race with strict business at the Pullman Company of fices when the recent order from the Northern Pacific Railroad for Jl. 600, 000 worth of equipment was under consid eration. And the spirit of Yule-tide won. From an authoritative source it was learned today that the order was accepted on practically a cost basis for the purpose of giving the Pullman employes there are 6500 of them a chance to bring Christmas cheer Into their homes. "Maybe it was not good business and maybe it was," said a high official of the company. "We think that In times like these it is up to the big concerns to set a good example by looking on the humanitarian side. We figured the job just as nearly on a cost basis as we could for the express purpose of keeping our men at work. Ordinarily we would have rejected the order I wouldn t say that we would take Friedl ander's Christmas Special a Diamond Ring for $85 Perfect steel-blue stone in artistic setting. It will make any one's Christ' mas happy. Many oth ers of like quality and prices to choose from. FRIEDLANDER'S Established 1870. Jewelers and Silversmiths 31 0 WASHINGTON ST, Between Fifth and Sixth. more orders on the same liberal basis, but I will say that the Pullman Com pany Is prepared to do the best It can to make it worth while for the rail roads to order now. If it were not for this Northern Pacific order I am afraid Santa Claus would have been conspic uous by his absence In the homes of many of our employes." MEDICAL MEN WILL AID AMERICANS UNITE FOR RELIEF" OF PROFESSION IN BELGIUM. Five Thousand Doctors and Pharm acists In Stricken Nation Will Receive Food, Clothing;, Etc. NEW YORK. Dec. 14. A movement was completed today for the formation of an organization of physicians, sur geons and pharmacists of the United States to relieve the 6000 Belgians of those professions. It was announced to night at the headquarters of the Amer ican Commission for Relief in Belgium. These united doctors and pharmacists will act nationally to provide food, clothing and medicines for the Bel gians. The organization was Inspired by the formation of a similar body among the noted surgeons of England. Dr. Frank F. Simpson, of Pittsburg, Is treasurer, of the new organization. Among those who already have iden tified themselves with the movement are Dr. Charles H. Mayo, of Rochester, Minn.; Dr. Franklin Martin, of Chi cago; Dr. William L. Rodman, presi dent of the American Medical Associa tion; Dr. J. M. Finney, president of the American College of Surgeons; Dr. George H. Simmons, editor of the Jour nal of the American Medical Associa tion, and Dr. Thomas L. Stedman, ed itor of the Medical Record. WORK FOR IDLE PLANNED California Commission Would Use Labor to Reclaim Vast Area. SAN FRANCISCO, Dec 14. With the double end In view of providing for the unemployed and of developing the re sources of the state, the California Conservation Commission decided here today to undertake an immediate recon naissance of 3,000,000 acres of land along the Colorado River In San Ber nardino. Riverside and Imperial coun ties, now held by the Federal Govern ment The reconnaissance Is to be completed before the Legislature adjourns and a report to the Legislature is to be made. Roughly speaking, the land extends southward about 80 miles from a point north of Needles in a strip about 47 miles wide along the Colorado River. Under the Carey act the state may KISMET The word of fate is spoken. The ballot is' cast and the days of parchment are at hand. Before the end, we will offer our entire present stock of "Wines, and brandies for sale for what it will bring, and bo long as it lasts, after which the Spring Valley Wine Co. will be no more in Oregon. Pure California. Wines IMPERIAL, elsewhere $1.50; our price gallon S5 OLD VINTAGE, a $2 wine gallon S1.15 CREAM OP CALIFORNIA, oldest, best. . . gallon 1.45 Above wines Include Port, Sherry, Angelica, Muscatel, Tokay, Claret, Zinfandel, Burgundy, Riesling and Sauterne. High-Grade Whiskies OLD KENTUCKY bottle 75t B. C. CANADIAN, bonded, 9 years old bottle 95 SUNNY BROOK, bottled in bond bottle 79j FIVE different WELL-KNOWN whiskies, .bottle 65 CREAM RYE bottle 79 SUNNY TRAIL, rich and mellow bottle Q0 MONOGRAM, elsewhere $3 gallon $2.25 OLD KENTUCKY, a $3.50 whisky .gallon S2.45 MARBLE, valued $4.00 gallon S2.90 SUNNY TRAIL, rich and mellow.. gallon 3.25 "PRINCE ALBERT, a $6.00 whisky gallon 3.85 Spring Valley Wine Co. Portland's Largest Liquor House YAMHILL AJTO SECOND STS. Main 589, A 1117 for Men Mm Pl , y You'll find here iust the thin era a man would buy for himself they're the gifts you should buy for him. Suitcases and Traveling Bags $5 to $35 Collar Boxes, Toilet Sets $1.50 to $15 Kid Gloves $1.50 to $6.50 Silk Shirts $5 "Neckwear 50c to $3 Linen Handkerchiefs 25ct 50c Fine Umbrellas $1.50 to $10 All Housecoats Reduced A 11 Dressing Gowns Reduced All Bath Robes Reduced Men's Furnishing Department, Main Floor BEN SELLING Morrison at Fourth fWRZ DAYS take up 1,000,000 acres. The plan Is to construct .an Irrigation system for tne reclamation of the land, with the labor of the unemployed. Those who refuse work for wages on the reclama tion projec are to be treated as vaga bonds and sent to the rockpile. After the development work nu been done the land would be opened to settlers on time payments. British Lose 2 53 Officers In Week. LONDON. Dec. 3. (Correspondence of the Associated Press.) The official offi cers' casualty list for the week ended November 30 was made public today. It shows that in these seven days the British forces on the Continent lost 79 officers killed and 141 wounded, and that 33 were reported missing. This gives a total of 253 for the week. The total of casualties of officers up to date is 3416 men. COST OF ARMY IS HIGHER Advanced Price of Kood for Man and Beast Noted. WASHINGTON", Dec. 14. The cost of the American Army ration has in creased to such an extent on account of the European war that it will cost $130,000 more to feed the soldiers dur ing the coming year than during the present year. Even the price of horse food has so increased that $100,000 more must be paid next year for Army for age than this year. These are some of the results of the war affecting the Army which made their appearance today. The Navy, also, is affected. The war freight rates have made It impossible for the Navy to meet out of its appropriations the cost of sending coal to Its various stations. In 1913. 2785 coal miners were killed ia the United States. 7 KKr& " fegrr.- "-tots ETVe u - " ot our car, smashed on the slippery curve ahead j picture of your You have neglected to put on Weed Chains. You anxiously view the slippery curve ahead and have a mental car smashed against a rock. Why nurse anxiety and coax calamity why take such chances when you know 13 Ghiaiiiis Absolutely Prevent Skidding 111 IB SiljMI::!:ifcl.i!,.;!,ii-!l. liailVil!:'!! No other device has ever been invented that takes the place of Weed Chains. All kinds of "make-shifts" have been tried useless and worthless all. The real value of Weed Chains has been 'proven so often and so satisfactorily during the last ten years that there is no room for argument. They are slipped on in a moment with out a jack. They don't injure tires even as much as one little slip or skid. 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