THE SUNDAY OREGONIAX, PORTLAND, JANUARY 21, 1906.
K DUKE DENIES
Maintains She Is True to To
bacco Man.
HURLS HIS CHARGES BACK
Alleges improper Conduct or Hus
band and Alleged Housekeeper
at Various Times Says He
Kicked Her Out or Bed.
TRENTON. N. J.. Jan. 20. Special.)
Mrs. Lillian N. Duke, defendant in the
divorce suit brought by James Duke, head
of the tobacco trust, filed in the Court of
Chancery today her answer to her hus
band's petition. She states that they were
never residents of this state and declares
untrue the charges of Improper conduct
with Frank T. Hunter. In a cross-bill
Mrs. Duke charges her husband and Miss
Mary Smith, whom she characterizes as
his alleged housekeeper and servant on
his farm near Somorville, N. J., with im
proper relations at the farm and in a
house on Fifth avenue in New York.
She sets up a long list of cruelties and
asks for divorce and separate mainte
nance. Forced Her to Travel.
According to her declaration, after her
marriage to Duke he insisted upon her
accompanying him to Europe on an ex
tended trip, knowing that she was unfit
for fatiguing travel, because of a chronic
affection of the heart with which she was
afflicted at the time. On several occa
sions, Mrs. Duke says, she begged him to
delay the journey so she might get a. rest,
but he refused and compelled her to ride
through storms of hail and snow in an
omnibus over a. large part of Italy and
France, the strain leaving ner in a weak
ened physical condition from which she
has never recovered,
"While under the influence of liquor, she
says, her husband would kick her out of
bed, call her vile names, and on one occa
sion, she declares, he struck her with a
crutch. It is also charged in the cross
bill that Duke drank nightly large quanti
ties of intoxicating liquors, which in
creased the Infliction of indignities to
which he subjected her: that he refused
to permit her to meet her friends, engage
in ordinary amusement, such as attending
the theaters or dining with him at res
taurants; refused to permit her to be vis
ited by her brother and subjected her to
insufferable insults.
Duke Spread Reports.
Duke is charged with having spread
broadcast false charges of improper re
lations with Frank Hunter, and with em
ploying a force of detectives to spy upon
her.
Mr. Duke sued his wife in September,
3905, after nine months of married life,
naming Frank T. Hunter as correspond
ent. In October Mrs. Duke brought suit
asking that the divorce suit be dismissed
before Chancellor Emery on the ground
that Mr. Duke was not a legal resident of
the state. This case was decided against
her. They were married at Camden. N.
J., in 1904, after a two years' acquaint
ance. She had already figured in the di
vorce courts. She was Lillian Fletcher.
of New York, when she married James
McCready, a commission broker. In 1S92
she asked for a limited divorce on the
ground of cruelty. The husband at the
same time sued for absolute divorce on
the charge of Improper conduct on the
part of his wife with a young Cuban. Mc
Cready won his sulL He died about 12
years ago.
MISTAKES BY THE PEOPLE
Should the Legislature Have the
Right to Correct Them?
SALEM. Jan. IS. (To the Editor.) By
those who are seeking excuses to evade
the expectation of the primary law in
the matter of the election of United
States Senators, it is frequently urged
that between the time the people's vote
is taken in June- and the meeting of the
Legislature in January some objection to
the man selected might be discovered
that had not been known to the people
and the power of correcting the mistake
should not be taken from the Legislature.
But suppose the same situation should
arise as to the Attorney-General or Secre
tary, of State or any other state officer
who is elected in June and does not qual
ify until January and no Legislature to
step in and save the people? And the
same risk is taken with every state ofll-
cer that would be met in the election of
a Senator.
And suppose such a direful thing should
be discovered even a year after a state
officer had been inaugurated, wouldn't it
be a matter of wise precaution to cstab
lish a sitting commission with continu
ing powers to Interfere in such matters
at will when to them It appeared nec
essary?
If to protect the people in January from
a possible mistake they may have
made in the preceding June in the matter
of selecting Senators, it is necessary to
have a Legislature to sit in Judgment,
why does not the public protection ro-
quire such a safeguard as to state offi
cers, and why should It not be on duty
during the ensuing four years? In fact.
5s it not true that the people are not at
all aware of the dangers to which they
arc exposed at such times as the Legis
lature is not in session?
Of course there are those who will won
der why the people are not quite liable
to make a mistake in June in the sclec
tlon .of members of the Legislature that
might not come to light until January, as
in the case of United Slates Senators, but
such suggestion would be glaringly im
pertinent. Evidently there Is but one class
of officers chosen by the people who are
not susceptible to thhe influences of mis
taken judgments and yet there are
great many old-fashioned individuals who
still believe that somehow, the people "do
no require any special supervision.
T. T. GEER.
INCORPORATED IX. IDAHO.
St. Paul Docs Not Show Pass to Be
TJscd in Bitter Root Range.
LEWISTON. Idaho. Jan. 20. Attorney I.
X. Smith, of Lewlston. today filed the
articles of incorporation for the Chicago.
Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Company
of Idaho. The incorporators are:
I. N. Smith, of Lewiston, and H. R. Wil
liams and A. H. Barkley, of Seattle. The
officers are: H. R. Williams, president;
S. W. Cook, secretary, and A. H. Blakely,
treasurer.
The capital is $2,000,000. of which $150,000
Is subscribed by the Incorporators. Lew
iston is designated as the principal place
of business of tne company In Idaho.
The articles cite that the line through
Idaho will be about laO miles In length.
and that the state will be entered from
Montana, between the 46th and 47th de
grees of nortn latitude. In this territory
there are four passes through the Bitter
Root Range, on the Idaho boundary line.
They are the Burnt Creek. Squaw Creek,
Lolo and Fish Creek passes. The three
flrst-s&rocd ld to the isl4ale fork oi the.
Clearwater, and the last named to the
North Fork. The distance from Lcwiston
to either of the first-named passes is ap
proximately 150 miles by way of the Mid
dle Fork of the Clearwater. There are
now three engineering parties working
from Kooskia. Idaho, up the Middle Fork
of the Clearwater, and they are said to
be Milwaukee men.
HELD AS A HOTEL THIEF.
Tacoma Suspect lias Letters With
Portland Addresses.
TACOMA. Wash.. Jan. 20. (Special.)
In Herbert J. Callahan, alias Howard do
Lome, alias Harry Kelly, arrested today.
Chief Maloney thinks he has a hotel-room
thief and the man who has entered rooms
in half a dozen hotels in this city within
the last ten days. The prisoner confessed
that he robbed rooms in three, hotels, but
denied any further operations. He told
what he did with the stolen property and
it was recovered.
In his pockets were letters addressed to
"Howard de Lorme. General Delivery.
Portland." and to "Herbert J. Callahan.
680 Water Street, Portland." There was
also a letter of the Robinson Manufactur
ing Company, of Chicago, in which It
was stated that Callahan had done effi
cient work as shipping clerk for the com
pany for two years.
TO PRISON FOR A MINUTE
Soldier Serves Unusual Sentence In
Seattle Courtroom.
SEATTLE, Wash., Jan. 20. (Special.)
In sentencing Joe Munch to one minute's
imprisonment yesterday afternoon. Super
ior Judge Frater established what Is be
lieved to be a record for minimum punish
ment. Munch served his sentence of CO
seconds in the courtroom and was then
allowed to depart a free man, while the
court clerks and the attorneys who were
In the courtroom at the time clustered In
the corridors and discussed the unusual
proceeding.
Munch is a soldier stationed at Fort
Lawtoiu and the evidence placed before
Judge Frater went to show that the man
had received a pretty thorough physical
chastisement at the hands of the polica
and that he had also spent several days
in the city prison before his case came up
for trial.
E
STRANGER LOSES HIS .MONEV IN
TACOMA rooi.noo.MS.
Bombard IIoukc of the Proprietor of
Gninbllag-Hounr and Eludes
the Police.
TACOMA. Wash.. Jan
An unknown man. w
, 20. (Special.)
ho is supposed
to have lost $200 in
poolrooms today, went
house tonight and
through the expensive
damage to the amount
caped before the police
scene.
John Malone's
to the latter's
throw stones
windows doing
of JR0. He es
could reach the
Scnndnl Over Rock Crusher.
CENTRALIA. Wash.. Jan. 20. (Special.)
An application for an Injunction was
tiled in the Superior Court of Lewis Coun
ty, the l"th Inst., restraining Mayor Law
rence, of Chehalls. from issuing warrants
for $1200 and $215, respectively, for a rock-
crusher and the freight thereon, which
that city purchased October 3, 1904.
T. A. Stephens, a citizen and taxpayer
of Chehalls, alleges the total indebted
ness of flie city is still over SSO.000. far
beyond the constitutional limit of Indebt
edness of cities of this class.
The trouble about the purchase of the
rock-crusher commenced right after the
purchase was made. A numbor of citi
zens alleged the price, "$1200, was far In
excess of what it should be, and it was
even alleged members of the City Coun
cil of Chehalis made a "rake-off" on the
deal.
Annuul Oratorical Contest.
ALBANY Or.. Jan. 20. (Special.) Dele
gates from Albany College, University of
Oregon. Pacific University. Pacific Col
lege. McMinnville College and Oregon Ag
ricultural College attended the business
meeting of the Intercollegiate Oratorical
Association of Oregon, and made arrange
ments for the annual contest March 9. at
Albany. Six judges were selected, three
each on merit of papers and delivers. A
committee was appointed to draft amend
ments to the constitution.
Protest Government Timber.
HELENA. Mont.. Jan. 20. Judge W. H.
Hunt. In the United States Court, today
told Dennis Burke. Samuel McBride, Pe
ter Larson and Charles Ahlm, convicted
of Illegal timber-cutting in Missoula
County, that the Government must pro
tect its timber Interests and the practice
of cutting timber on the public domain
must cease. He fined McBride and Burke
$200 each and Larson and Ahlm $150 each.
and gave warning heavier fines would be
assessed if they did not .desist.
Sold Liquor to n Mlnori
PENDLETON. Or.. Jan. 20. (Special.)
C. H. Walters, a Weston saloonkeeper,
was convicted In the Circuit Court this
afternoon of selling liquor to a minor.
Jesse Gordon, to whom Walters- sold
whisky, was the only witness for the
state. The defense attempted to prove an
alibi, besides denying the charge. The
jury returned a verdict after an hour's
deliberation. Notice for a new trial has
been made.
Adds to Oratorical Prize.
CORAVLLTS. Or., Jan. 20. (Special.)
Simon L. Kline, a former student of the
Oregon Agricultural College, has added
$25 to the Barrett oratorical prize of $100,
on condition that it be won by a student
of this college. Many students have al
ready entered the contest, and inasmuch
as the subjects are historical, it is be
lieved that the present list win be dou
bled. Harriinan Buys Tldclands.
SEATTLE. Wash., Jan. 20. (Special.)
E H. Harriman, the Union Pacific Rail
road magnate, has purchased block 202
from tho Vulcan Iron Works; block 2S
from the Denny Clay Company, and block
27 from the Seattle Gas Company, all
Seattle tldelands. At least, that was the
information given this morning by one of
the most prominent real estate men In
tho city.
New President Occidental College.
LOS ANGELES. Cal.. Jan. 20.-Jobn
Willis Bacr, of New York, ex-gcncral sac-
rctary of the Christian Endeavor Society.
with headquarters at Boston, and at pres
ent secretary of the Presbyterian Board
of Missions, has accepted the presidency
of Occidental College, one of the largest
Presbyterian educational Institutions in
the West, located in Los Angeles.
Sheep Lost on tho Itanges.
iMARYSVILLE, Cal.. Jan. 20. Thousands
of sheep are reported killed by the heavy
storm on tho ranges In this county dur
ing tho present week. Some owners lost
one-third of their flocks. But few Iambs
live" through tho storm. The Jos will
ametMt to many tb.ouea.n4c
NEW POLITICAL IDEA
Folk Tells Bostonlans How to
Kill Grafting.
JUST COMMON HONESTY
If Popular Uprising Against Corrup.
tifan Continues, Grafters Will Give
Up, Bccaxise Their Business
Will Xo Longer Pay.
BOSTON. Jan. 20. Five hundred of the
leading business men of Boston, members
of the Merchants' Association, attended
the annual dinner of the organization at
the Hotel Somerset today, and heard ad
dresses by Governor Josoph W. Folk of
Missouri: Mayor Weaver, of Philadelphia;
Governor Guild, and Mayor Fitzgerald, of
this city.
Mr. Guild. In extending the welcome of
the commonwealth to Mr. Folk and Mr.
Weaver, said:
Gocraors and Mayors of states and
cities pass away and shall pass away
and the memory of their titles may van
ish an last year's snow, but so lone as
virtue and conscience control the human
heart, men shall still turn to history for
the inspiration of the record of achieve
ments, for the righteousness that ex
alteth a Nation eternally written about
the names of Joseph W. Folk and John
Weaver.
Folk's Policy Honesty.
Mr. Folk said:
There have been great reform movements
of a political nature in days gone by. but
they were merely local. The present re
veals a situation of brighter promise to
the lovers of good government. Reform
shows signs of becoming .universal. In
stead of local and transitory. Unless this
idea of civic right now abroad in the land
dies out. we will pass from the age of sor
did commercialism to the ago of high
ideals. Even now wealth is not worshiped
with the same devotion It used to be. A
new standard has been established, new,
yet old Just honest), that Is all.
There Is nothing a corrupt man or those
who make a business of violating laws
fear more than publicity and an aroused
public conscience. The prisons might be
filled with grafters, yet. if the people
were Indifferent, grafting would go on
Just the same. On the other hand, very
few might get where they belong, yet. If
the people are awake, grafting can be
stopped through the force of public sen
timent. The grafters who would make money at
the expense of the common good do not
know good from bad all they know Is
whether it pays or not. They are being
taught that official grafting, insurance
grafting, trust grafting and privato graft
ing docs not pay, and. when this lesson
shall have been thoroughly learned, the
revolution will be victorious and repre
sentative government will be enthroned.
The greatest enemy to representative
government is lawlessness. The trust
magnate defies the laws of the state
against combines and -monopolies, and
then calls for the protection of the state
for his property. The dramshop keeper
wants the law enforced against the man
who "robs his cash drawer, but thinks he
has a tight to break the law requiring his
saloon to close on Sunday. The burglar
detests the lawbreaking of the trust, but
considers the statute against housebreak
ing an Interference with his personal lib
erty. The boodler has no use for the pick-
Socket, but thinks the .statute against
ribery is a blue law. Every law looks
blue to the man who wants to break It
Publicity for Corporation.
The people io not oppose wealth; wealth
in Itself ta a blessing, but they do object to
abuse of wealth. Graft cannot be exter
minated fully until special privileges are
dona away with and the doctrine of equal
right is recognized. It matters not
whether this special privilege be In the
form of a tariff arranged an to foster
monopoly, or a commission to control the
prices of necessities, or rebates to favored
shippers. Some special Interest at the
bottom of every craft. Corporations are
the chief corrupters of our public life. The
honestly conducted corporations would have
nothing to fear from the publication of
their expenditures reporting to the Mate
their expenditure!; with the proper vouchers.
It would then be difficult to conceal the
use of corporation moneys for corrupt pur
poses. In securing a representative government
the Influences of special Interest In legisla
tive halls must be curtailed. The free rail
road pass is a prolific breeder of corruption.
True to the principles of republican gov
ernment, wc shall be the most powerful of
the nations of the earth: forsaking tfceeo.
with a government of and by special in
terest, national and private prosperity en a
only be temporary and r must finally go as
eld nations have gone during the flight of
time through the aces.
BUS ANGERS THE LEADERS.
Do Xot Like Suggestion llooscvclt
May Run Again.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 20. (Special.)
Leaders of the Senate and House were
very much exercised today ovor the pub
licatlon of an Interview with Jacob Rlis
at Toledo, in which he is made to declare
that President Roosevelt may feel It hi
duty to accept a renomlnatlon In case his
"war against special private Interests"
has not succeeded at the conclusion of
his present term. They do not take
kindly to the suggestion, notwithstanding
an intimation from the White House that
the President purposes to stand by his
unequivocal declaration Immediately after
the November election; that he would un
der no circumstances be a candidate to
succeed himself.
Certain portion? of the Rlis Interview
arc particularly obnoxious to the leaders.
One sentence, which In effect declares
that all statesmen who differ from Roose
velt are not crooks, but that all crooks
are anti-Roosevelt men. met with em
phatic denunciation. None of the leaders.
however, would permit themselves to he
quoted. They feel that. If Mr. Rlis Is
correctly quoted. It Is up to the President
to officially deny the correctness of the
views presented.
HETTY GREEN WAS BROKE
Counterfeit Coin Would Xot "Pass.
Borrows From Prult-Peddler.
NEW TORK. Jan. a).-(SpectaL) Mrs.
Hetty Green, the richest woman in the
United States, borrowed C cents In Ho
boken Thursday morning. "When she
boarded a car on her way to the New
York ferry she had only a CO-cent piece
in her purse. Conductor George Krell
told her the money was counterfeit, but
on learning how hard up Mm. Green was
at the moment, he rang up a fare and
trusted her for a 5-cent loan without In
terest, When she arrived at the ferry
and was assured once more by Ferryman
Reisher that her SO-cent piece was bad
she sadly turned away and negotiated
her second loan with a fruitstand man,
PERSONALMENTON.
Dr. M. W. Davis, a former dentist of
Portland, Is at the Oregon.
Miss Paulina Kline, of Corvallls, Is vis
iting her brother at 173 Hoyt street,
Mr. and Mrs. A. Rosensteln gave a
theater party yesterday in honor of the
ninth birthday ot their son. Bcrnie.
Mr. and Mrs. Dan J. Malarkey, accom
panied by Miss Florence Hilton, left yes
terday for an extended tour of Mexico.
They go nrst to El Paeo, Tex., via Dea-
...... - . f
ver. Mexico City will be their next ucsti- i
nation. Their Itinerary Includes other
Moilran oenterw of Interest, and then a
sea vovare from Pamlico to New Orleans,
whence thev will return home via tne
Southern Pacific, about six weeks hencc
CHICAGO. Jan. 20. (Special.) Orego-
nlans registered today as follows:
Prom Portland W. B. Finer. L. Hirsch.
L. Q. Swetland. at the Great Northern;
Pi Schiller, at the Sherman: H. J. Brown.
at the Windsor Clifton; F. A. Krebs. at
the Palmer.
STIDGER GOES TO JAIL
Denver Lawyer In League With. Gam
blers Is Fined.
tvpvwt?. .inn. 20. Judge Frank T.
Johnson today, of the District. Court,
fined District Attorney ucorge suuger
irw fnr mntcmnt of court and committed
him to jail until the fine Is paid.
The trouble arose over tne gamDicrs
cases, which were begun by Judge John
w.,Ti i rif rHr and were taken from
his court by District Attorney Stldger and
removed to the criminal aivision 01 inc
court for trial.
Vrtu iiri obstructed the due adminis
tration of justice In this court. Mr. Stld
ger," said Judge Johnson when he Im
posed the fine. "You have attempted, to
bring ridicule on this court in the eyes
ot the public and to Interfere with its
duty."
District Attorney SUdgcr protested ve
iimntiv savlm. that no notice of an
investigation of his action had been given
him. and charging tne court win un
fairness. "The sentence stands," answered juage
Johnson, calmly.
"To the defendants in tnis case, tne
men charged with violating the gambling
1-nra t irui that the court is war
ranted in discharging them on the
grounds of former Jeopardy, tney may
be dismissed, but I warn them these
later proceedings In the case? arc pre
mature, and the court still holds the
power to rearrest them.
Judge Johnson intimated that he be
lieved a conspiracy existed between tho
District Attorney's office, the Sheriffs
office and some of the Judges to deprive
his court of the administration of justice.
The offense witn wnicn suager is
charged Is not bailable, and there Is no
appeal. His only recourse Is to ask the
Supreme Court for a writ of habeas cor
pus If this Is granted. Judge Johnson
will have to show cause in the Supreme
Court for the arrest and fine imposed
upon hint
Tonight Mr. Stldger was taken to the
County Jail, where he will be nominally
impris'onc"! until lie pays nis line or is
rel-iasi-d b n writ of habeas corpus or by
the clertency of Judge Johnson.
BUDS SWELL IN CHICAGO
Warmest Winter Bay In History
May Injure Growing Things.
CHICAGO. Jan. 2a Something has gone
wrong with the weather machine. All
residents of this city are willing to swear
to this fact. The mercury reached S3 at
P. M. today, breaking all records since
New Year's day of 1876. when it stood at 65
above. Gardeners at the parks and along
the boulevards have become greatly wor
ried. The mild rains, light snows and
general Springlike weather of. the past
two weeks have brought the sap into mo
tion and buds are beginning to swell. Ma
ple trees arc said to be as far advanced
as they should be on March 3. and many
of the more or less delicate vines are well
along toward the Spring rejuvenation.
Now that a cold wave Is predicted for to
morrow, with a drop of nearly -W degrees,
great fears are expressed lest all vegeta
tion now started may suffer such a set
back as will cause great loss in the floral
and shrubbery display of the many miles
of park and boluevards in the Spring.
Warm In Cincinnati.
CINCINNATI, Jan. 20. The weather In
Cincinnati today was the warmost for
any Winter month for 31 years. The
temperature of the observatory tower reg
istered 71 at o'clock this afternoon.
HAZING TRIAL IS ENDED
James Case Finished, Court Takes
Up Charges Against Mayo.
ANNAPOLIS. Md. Jan. 3. The court-
martial concluded the trial of the case
nrainst 'MIdshlnman Charles S. James, of
Grinnell. Ia.. this morning. George Mann,
his counsel, having addressed tho court.
Iater the court took up the case of an
other first classman. Claude B. Mayo, of
Columbus. Miss, against whom hazing is
alleged In five different instances
Charges of hazing have been preferred
against Midshipman Richard R Mann, a
member of the first class, and who Is an
appointee of President Roosevelt He Is
already under arrest on tne cnarge ot
"Frenching" from the acaaemy grounas
LONE HIGHWAYMAN SCARED
Approaching Pcdcs'trlan Saves J.
Henley From Being Rohbcd.
William J. Healey. of 232 Cook street,
was held up at the corner of Williams
avenue and Cherry street at 2 o'clock
this morning by a lone "highwayman.
The thug, who was unmasked, was
scared away by an approaching pedes
trian and got nothing for his trouble.
DAILY CITY STATISTICS
Marriage Ucee.
TTOOD-6EVERANCE Louis Wood, 25. 3S3
Seventeenth street. Hazel M. nco, 1C
El.UO N-R ICKM AN LI oy d Elboa, 23; Net
tle K. Rlckaian. 18.
HAMILTON-LONG Frank Hamilton. 22. 233
Second eftreet; Eamx Loar, 19.
Birth.
RENKJ3N At 619 Holly street. January 18,
to the wife ot John Renken. a son.
SPARKS At 1253 Madison street. January
IE to the wife of Robert Edward Sparxn, a
OCHIKOBO At 267 Everett street. January
1. tO IOC WHC VI i-woj. w-.. .
GOON CHUNG LONG At 34S Couch street.
January 9. to the wife ot Goon Chung Long,
a son.
nnmrtv it g Tiuii Stark tret. Janu
ary is, to the wife of William C. Graddr. a
son.
t TT-rr.v.mnv At SI East Water atrcet.
January 9, to tbe wife of Joieph H. Llttle-
john, a danrnter.
Death.
TT.-r-vrs?- it rsi Fairbanks avenue. Janu
ary 18, Mrs. Mary Helmers. a native of Ger
many, aced k: year ana t cmya; reztas
ent to North Tamhlll. Or., for Interment.
rt-vcn XT.V At Aberdeen. Wanh.. January
12, Ojcar O". Kenahaw, a native of Iowa. acd
42 year. 3 montns ana a uy; remains
brought here for -Interment.
HELM At S78 East Ankeny street, Janu
.- fo AnAmr 3. Helm, a native of In
dlana. aped 5S year. 9 months and 21 dayrt.
DAVIS At Boulevard. Portland Heights.
January 19, Infant son or Mr. ana nn. Henry
Davis, a native of Oregon, aged- 12 days.
BalldlBC Permit.
WELLS. FA It GO & CO. Stable. North rup
icreet, between Seventeenth and Elghteenth;
BROWS BROS. Barn. Northrup street, be
tween Seventeen yj ana J.icmeer.in; .-sjw.
rz T PRIEST DweUtac Cleveland ave
nue, between Fremont and Beach Kretts;
flow.
THOMAS CONNELL Repair of store. Firs
yrm. HAIK DwUr, W W Btevcsth
smt; WW.
Tfl SEEK OFFICE
LThe
Duty of Union Men, Says
John Mitchell.
HELPS THE LABOR CAUSE
History or England Proves Good of
Sending- Leaders to Mingle AVith
Lawmakers and Exert
Tliclr Influence.
LVDIAXAPOLIS. Jan. 20.--,There is
no political office in the United States
which I would resign the presidency of
the United Mine Workers of America
to accept.
Wildest enthusiasm seized the dele
gates to the mine'workers" convention
when President Mitchell used theso
words in Tomlinson Hall this after
noon. Mr. Mitchell had asked permis
sion to speak on a resolution for an
amendment to the constitution provid
ing that any sub-district, district or
national officer upon accepting any
political office should resign his offi
cial connection with the United Mine
Workers and if he did not the resigna
tion would be requested and the office
declared vacant. In Its original form
the resolution was to the effect that
If any official of the Mine Workers ac
cepted a poll teal office paying $1000 a
year he should resign his office, and
was aimed at Secretary Dodd of Dis
trict No. 5. who has Just been clectea
clerk of court of Allegheny County.
By two amendments the provision as
to salary limitation was stricken out.
At first the real intention of the people
behind the resolution was not known. It
was not until James Warthon. of Pennsyl
vania, nnd Richard Webber, of Kentucky,
made ringing addresses that the real Im
port of the resolution became apparent.
Then It was to be seen that It was a hid
den attack on William Wods, president
of the Pittsburg district, who at the last
election was elected Clerk of the Alle
gheney County Court on the Republican
ticket. He has been asked to resign his
position at the head of the affairs of the
mlneworkers of the district, but has
steadfastly refused to do so. The position,
as head of the mlneworkers carries with
It a salary of JltflO. The office of Clerk
of the County Court carries a salary of
:is.
President Mitchell held that union
officials should be encouraged to ac
cept legislative offices, saying:
"The history of trades unionism In
England for the last 20 years shows
that they have taken care to elect
their chief officers to seats in Parlia
ment and to maintain them in their
positions. And the good they have
been thus enabled to accomplish is In
calculable."
At the close of President Mitchell's
speech a motion was made tolay the
resolution on the table and was
adopted.
OPPOSE JAPANESE JjABOK.
Miners Declare Themselves Mitch
ell Ttefuses Pay AVIthont Work.
INDIANAPOLIS. Jan. 20. The United
Mlneworkers' convention declared today
against the open-door policy of this Gov
ernment toward the Immigration of Jap
anese and Corean laborers. The conven
tion also decided to favor a plan to have
Congress build roads across the continent.
National Secretary Wilson was Instructed
to communicate with all trades union ex
ecutive committees, with the farmers'
committees, and the Good Roads Associa
tions of the country with a view to hav
ing bills drawn and presented to the va
rious state and National legislative bodies
Incorporating the sense of this resolution.
The 13 delegates who represent the strik
ing Alabama miners, who have beep out
of the mines for 19 months, made a plea
for moro financial support. They said the
Alabama miners would stay steadfast to
the cause, but pleaded for shoes and cloth
ing for their famllle.-1. The matter was
referred to the International executive
board.
The Alabama situation and the deplor
able conditions that exist in some sections
of the bituminous field were brought to
the attention of the delegates through an
appeal before the convention by Adam
Pow. a delegate from Alabama. In pre
senting his appeal for assistance to the
convention. Pow graphically pictured the
distressing condition that confronts the
miners of his own and other Alabama
districts. He declared that for the last
ten months families that average four
persons had been existing on a weekly
sum of not more than &0.
A resolution presented by President
Harry Douthwalte. of Colorado, providing
that President John Mitchell be given a
two months' vacation, on pay, and with
expenses, in which to regain his health,
was declared "out of order" by Mr.
Mitchell, who dealt it a death blow with
his gaveL He was applauded.
Tho sub-committee of the scale com
mlttee of the miners, which has been con
sJdering the wage-scale demands to be
made by the miners of the central com
petitlve district, composed of Indiana.
Ohio. Illinois and Western Pennsylvania.
and also to be made by the miners of
Iowa. Michigan and that part of the Vir
ginias that ships to the West and North
west, has agreed to report to the general
committee meeting the following de
mands:
"First Admission of the Southwestern
States to the central competitive fields.
' "Second A 12i per cent Increase in
wages.
"Third Prohibition of employment of
boys less than 1 years of age.
The general committee will meet tomor
row or Monday to consider the demands
agreed on by the sub-committee and for
mulate a scale to be submitted- to the con
ventlon.
GIRD "LABOR UNDER LIGHT
Investigation of Conditions to Bo
3Iade by Congress.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 30. (Special. )
Congress may decide to have the Bureau
of Labor conduct an exhaustive Investiga
tion Into conditions surrounding girl labor
in the United States. The President urged
In his message tljat some action be taken.
Miss Jane Addams. head of the Hull Set
tlement. of Chicago, and Miss McDowell.
connected with tho Chicago University
Settlement, have been conferring with
members of Congress for some days, and
are very much gratified over the progress
they are ma King.
The women have a bill carrying an ap
propriation or weewo ror the work. It
Is unlikely that Congress will go as far
as this. v hat has been advised by the
Congressional leaders is that an appropri
ation be made to bring out a good knowl
edge of conditions. It Is quite likely Sec
retary Mctcalf will recommend a limited
appropriation.
Typotbctae Claims Success.
NEW TORK. Jan. 20. The Typothetae
tonight at tho end of the third week of
the printers' strike Issued the following
statement in which they declare that the
QAVFIl CATARRH OF LUNGS
OHL V Li SO COMMON IN WINTER
BY TAKING PE-RU-NA.
Sore Throat Develops into Bronchitis.
Takes Pe-m-na As a Preventive.
Mrs. Addle Harding. 121 West Brighton
avenue. Syracuse. N. Y.. writes:
"I have been a user of Peruna for the
past 12 years. With me it is a sure pre
ventative for colds and many other Ills.
Two or three times a year I am trou-
bled with my throat, a kind of raw,
smarty feeling, lasting three or four days,
and turning to something like bronchitis or
croup. I have always had to have the
services of my physician two or three
times In each cas.
'About two years ago. when I felt a
spell coming on, I tried Peruna to check it.
and to my great delight was not troubled
with the smothered and choking feeling,
and never have been since. I can check
It every time with Peruna.
"I earnestly recommend It to all. In my
home can always be found a bottle of Pe
runa."
Typothetae situation is unbroken. It
says:
"The members of the Typothetae of the
City of -New York are getting out the
regular work, and. In fact, those houses
engaged In competitive work have sent
out their salesmen after new business."
"Workmen's Stock Pays Them.
BIRMINGHAM. Ala.. Jan. 20. (Spe
cial.) The Bessemer Sewerpipe Works,
owned by N. O. Nelson, the St. Louis
philanthropist, has declared a dividend
of S per cent on the stock held by the em
ployes, an an additional dividend of 15
per cent on the wages earned by employes
last year. The plant has been in opera
tion two years, and the factory does an
Immense business.
Plumbers Ask More Pay.
PANAMA. Jan. 20. (Special.) The
ntttmbors emoloved here Installing the
city water works system and sanitary sys
tem in connection with tne building or
the new aqueduct have gone on strike,
demanding an increase in wages from 53
$7.50 per day. They also ask for a shorter
working day. The plumbers employed in
connection with the canal work are sup
porting their fellows in the strike.
Firemen AVill Xot Strike.
SCRANTON. Pa.. Jan. 20. It was offl
cktllv announced today that there would
n Qtrit-p. nf the Lackawanna Railroad
firemen. An amicable adjustment was ar
rived at during a conference or. several
hours' duration.
M'REYNOLD'S LOSSES GROW
Investigation Proves Gross Irregu
larity on Part or Firm.
CHICAGO, Jan. 20. (Special.) That the
failure of the grain commission firm of
McReynoIds & Co. will be heavier than at
first thought was proven today when
moro irregularities In dealings. Involving
alleged receipts of oats on credit after
Insolvency was known, were made against
George McReynoIds. head of the firm,
now In the hands of a receiver.
The allegation was made before Judge
Bethea in behalf of the Harris-Scott Com
pany, members ot the Board ttt Trade,
that McReynoIds had received 1SS0 bushels
of oats at 314 cent3 a bushel, within 24
hours of the time his bankruptcy was
declared, and that McReynoIds refused to
pay for tho consignment. The court or
dered the Chicago Title & Trust Company,
as receiver, to show cause within ten days
why it should not relinquish the property
of the bankrupt Arm.
It Is asserted that several banks. Includ
ing the Bank of Montreal, obtained bona
fldo receipts for money advanced. The
receiver. It Is said, will be urged to list
theso as part of the general assets.
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Chronic Catarrh of Throat and Lungs.
Mrs. Virginia Caviana. room 32. Cam
bridge Block. Portland. Or., member of
Companions of Foresters and Degree of
Honor (branch Woodmen ot the World),
writes:
"I was a chronic sufferer with catarrh
of the throat and lungs for a long time
before Peruna was recommended to me.
"On the advice of a friend I gave Pe
runa a trial, although I thought at the
time that it wuld be just like other medi
cines and do me no good.
"I was pleased to find that I was mis
taken, and my improvement began in less
than two weeks and continued until at
the end of four months I was entirely
well and certainly looked like another
i person.
"I had gained nearly 15 pounds, had a
splendid appetite and am indeed grateful
for what your medicine has done for me.
Success attend you."
Peruna is a safeguard, a prevent
ative, a relief for all the catarrhal
ailments of winter, whether acute or
chronic
If you who read this are suffering
from a cough or a cold, buy a bottle
of Peruna and take it according to
directions. It will relieve you.
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YOU'VE GOT YOUR HEALTH
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The broad-gauged man of today does
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man with his health and faculties haa
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gives up or even feels like it has either a.
small nature or some physical weakness.
Dyspepsia certainly puts tho best oC
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and hope. There is hope for him, how
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