THE SU5DAY OREGONIAN, PORTLAND, DECEMBER 12, 1909. HQADS TO CONFER WITH SWITCHMEN Negotiations for Ending of Strike to Be Begun in Chicago Monday. FULL CARS MOVE SLOWLY Coal Dealers Say Fnel Famine, la Threatened, tmt Companies He- tort With Figures Showing Freight Is Moving. CHICAGO, Dec. 11. Negotiations be tween the railroads conference commit tee, representing the General Managers Association, and the switchmen's com mittee will begin In Chicago on Monday, according to an unauthorized statement issued here today by the General Man agers' Association. It Is expected the points at issue be tween the railroads and tUe employes will be discussed. Interstate Commerce Commissioner Knapp and Labor Commissioner Xelll on Monday will take up also the dis pute between the Illinois Central Rail road and its telegraphers, who have asked for an increase of 10 per cent In wages. The demands of the teleg raphers were denied by the road and the dispute was referred to the media tion of the Federal commissioners. L5.YUM EXPLAINS ERBJIAX &AW J'rovislons for Arbitration of Diffi culties Set Forth. Before the recent strike was called bv the switchmen against the IS North em Railroad systems, the average citizen was not aware there was such a statute i as the Erdman law, to eay nothing of the provisions of that measure. That the public might have a better understanding of this measure, which was enacted by Congress In 1SWS, Charles W. Bunn. gen- eral counsel for the Northern. Paclflo ' Hallway Company, has prepared thefol ' lowing Rynopsis of its provisions: Whfinew a controversy arises concerning ' wages, hours of labor or conditions of em i pltyment, seriously interrupting; or threat ' enlns; to Interrupt the business of the car t 'ter, the chairman of the Interstate Cora , meroa commission and the Commissioner of I; JLabor are required, upon request of either the. carrier or the employes, to use their best efforts, by mediation and conciliation amicably to settle the same. 1 The next section of the law says that if t their mediation falls the controversy mav be !ettled by arbitration (note that this require i consent of both nartlea). that the carrier fvhall select one arbitrator, the labor organ t j satlon one. and the two thus chornn shall ''elect a third; If the first two arbitrators fall to select a third within five days, he Is "to be chosen by the commissioners above mentioned. A majority of the board thus ohosen IS eitlHOWftied to settle th rilvntita , The board 1 required by the next section Tof the law to commence its hearings within h10 days and to make an award within 30 Jays. The act provides that pending the arbitration the status before existing shall I not be changed, but provided that no em ploye shall be compelled to render personal '. service without hi consent. The awur and evidence taken Is required to be filed la the circuit Court of the United States. The law says this award "shall be final and conclusive upon both parties, unless set aside for error of law apparent on the rec ords." The law next say that the award Khali be faithfully carried out by the parties and that It may toe enforced by the court, in so far as the powers of the court permit. But here again the law carefully provides that no Injunction or other process shall Issue to compel an employe to work against liis will. So that the award whilst perfectly binding on the employer Is only morally so on the employe. The act next says that em ployes dissatisfied with the award shall not "by reason of such duisatinractlon" quit the smrvlce within three months without 80 days' notice. The employer dlseatisiled with the award Is forbidden to discharge employes within three months because of such dissat isfaction without 80 days' notice. The law ontlnuaa the effect of the award during one year. The act distinctly (4th section) limits the ' right of either party to take the controversy Into court "except for matter of law appar ent on the record." Upon such questions alone Is any appeal to court given. No ap . peal therefore lies on queBtlr,n of fact, on 1 question of the reasonableness of wagea or of any of the terms of service. The questions of law which give the right to either party t't appeal to the courts are such as: that the arbitrators did not hear the iiartles; or - that they did not take an oath as the , statute requires, clearly this very restricted i tght to appeal to the courts is not import ant or material. COAIi DEAIJERS CRY FAMINE Itallroads Report They Ilate Fur nished Fnel in Flenty. MINNEAPOLIS. Dec. 11. For the first time in the history of Minneapolis, ' with the possible exception- of the : anthracite coal strike, dealers in this city say they are without coal. "The I situation Is dark," said Secretary j Reeves, of the Northwestern Coal Deal ; era' Association. "Minneapolis Is not i the only city facing this dilemma. Doiens of other towns are appealing r for help." i General Manager Goodell. of the I Northern Pacific Railway, when told of f the statements of the Minneapolis coal ( dealers, said: "I know that is not true, for I per I serially saw 17 cars of coal in the yards t there last night and 24 cars this morn- Ing. We had 300 loads of coal out of I Staples. Minn., yesterday, destined for f Western points, we have not had one 1 complaint of shortage of coal." J. ,M. Gruber, manager of the Great i Northern, said: "We hauled 21 cars of coal into the i Twin Cities' yards yesterday. About i one-half of that went to connecting f lines for delivery and the rest to local ( yards." A. I. Flynn end Charles Watson. ; agents of the State Railroad and Ware : house Commission, ' sent out to investt j gate the freight traffic situation In the Twin Cities' yarda affected by the I strike, reported to the Commission to day. "From the investigation made," the ; report says, "we are of the opinion f that the companies are making every 1 effort to keep the less-than-carload ' merchandise shipments moving with fairly good results, but the amount of tarload freight handled is much cur tailed. Receivers of freight are having more or less difficulty in having such carload freight as may be brought into this terminal properly placed for un loading, but a careful Inspection' of the records shows that conditions are grad ually improving in this respect." TRAINMEN VIOLATED ORDERS Brotherhood Official Says If Protect ed They Should Return. BUTTE, Mont., Dec 11. Robert Mc Intyre, vice-president of the. Brother hood of Railway Trainmen, conferred today with business men and strlklatg switchmen here. Mclntyro stated that the trainmen I walked cut In violation of orders, and ! that. if. guaranteed protection. they CENTRAL ANK iWe want your ban king and trust business. . Accounts opened without restriction as to amounts. Central location, new equipment, con servative manage ment and courteous treatment. MERCHANTS SAVINGS & TRUST COMPANY Cor. Sixth and Wash ington. Streets. Capital $150,000.00. should return to work. Hops for settlement here is strong. TAX METHOD ASSAILED GRANGE LECTURER PROPOSES REMEDY JFOR OKEGOX. Johnson Argues That Separation of County and State ISeries Would Be More Equitable. J. J. Johnson, State Lecturer of the Patrons of Husbandry, told Lents Grange yesterday afternoon, in his ad dress on "Taxation Methods," that there could be no uniform or equitable taxation in this state until state and county taxation should be separated, and argued that the two constitutional amendments proposed by the State Grange, to be voted on next November, will bring this about. Johnson Insisted that the first step in taxation reform is the removal of constitutional limitations, and the next is the separation of the sources of state and local revenue. He polned out that each Assessor for the counties assessed differently and largely for the purpose of reducing the demand of the state for revenue, although he is bound under his oath to assess at a cash value. "The framers of the constitution," he said, "thought they had provided for equitable taxation, but they would find now that every foot of real estate on the tax-roll Is assessed at 75 and 100 per cent of its full value; that while the amount of cash on deposit In the banks was. $74,000,000, the amount of money returned for the year by the Assessors was only $16,300,000; that in 1905 railroad property, the real value of which was f 100,000.000,, was assessed at (15,000,000, and this year pays on less than $40,000,000." Mr. JohjTison contended that the pres ent method of taxation is unfair and unjust, and he urged every member of the order to study the constitutional amendments proposed by the State Grange. The amendments are as fol lows, which are now being circulated among all the Granges in the state: Article 1, section 32- No tax or duty shall be Imposed without the consent of the peo ple or their representatives in the Legisla tive Assembly. Taxes shall be levied and collected for public purposes only, and the power of taxation shall never be sur rendered, suspended or contracted away. Article i. section t. Tho Legislative Assembly shall, and the people through the Initiative may. provide by law a uniform rulft of taxation, gyoppt on property spe- Brown Your Hair With Mrs. Potter's Wal nut Tint Hair Stain ou'd nvr think I ntalned my Iialr, aft4r X ae Mm. Vot-tWn Walnut-Tint Hair Htnin. The KtaJn ctoewn't hurt the hair aa Ayes do, bat make it grow out nice and fluffy." It only take you a few minutes once a month to apply Mrs. Potter's Walnut-Tint Hair Stain with your comb. Stains only the hair, doenn't rub off, contains no poiionout dyes, sulphur, lead or copper. Has no odor, no sediment, no grease. One bottle of Mrs. Potter's Walnut-Tint Hair Stain should last you a year. Sells for $1.00- a bottle at first class druggists. We: guarantee satisfaction. Send your name and address on a slip of paper.' with this advertisement, and inclose 25 cents (stamps or coin) and we will mall you. charges prepaid, a trial package, in plain, sealed wrapper, with valuable book on hair. Mrs. Potter's Hygienic Supply Co., 641 Oroton .Bldg... Cincinnati.. O. Mrs. Potter's Walnut-Tint Hair Stain Is recommended and (or sale in Portland by Woodard, Clarke Drug Co., wholesalers and retailers; KTysseH's Pharmacy, J!S9 Morrison sc.; S. Q. 6 kid mors & Co.. 251 3i t. Cant Sleep at Night? Poor Appetite? Don't mind! Don't raise a fuss! Don-'t seek for pills or doctor's bills. ;ut come and skate with us. TO EXPOSITION SKATING' RINK. i4 Moate anal Skat In Tbie After moon and Tonlcrfct. "pOR every-daywear nothing takes the place of i . the Raincoat; its long roomy skirts cover you up and you are ready for any kind of weather. We Have Hart Schaffner & Marx fine raincoats here in a number of good styles; all-wool fabrics and thoroughly rain proofed. We have lots of other good overcoat styles to show you; also fancy suits for business, blue or black for dressier -use and full-dress or tuxedo for evening:. ' t . . Suits. Raincoats. Overcoats . $20.00 to $40.00 A very for any dtlcally taxed. Tsotes shall be levied on such property as shall fee proscribed by law. The legislature, or the people through the initiative, may providi for the levy and collection of taxes for state purposes, upon different classes of property, and may pro vide for the ascertainment, determination and application of an average rate of levy and taxation upon property taxed for the apportioning of any state tax among; the several counties as county obligations to the state by reasonable and equitable rules. At the conclusion or Mr. Johnson's address, the following- officers were elected for the ensuing' year: Master, T. J. Kruefeter; overseer, Mrs. II. A. Darnall; lecturer, A. F. Miller; stew ard, Mrs. E. W. Morrow: assistant steward-chaplain, Mrs. A. F. Miller; treasurer-secretary, Mrs. "W. L. Hotchkiss; gatekeeper, "Victor Hotchkiss; Ceres, Lillian Thomas: Flora, Leila Lance; Po mona, Adah McCuIlom; lay assistant steward. Mrs. Amanda Hayworth. HARNEY COUNTY GROWING Revision of State Tax Roll Completed by Commissioners. SALEM. Or.. Dec. 11. (Special.) The final official summaries of the taxrolls of the 84 counties of the state, received by the State Tax Commission, give the total valuation of the assessable property 1901 Began business in a very modest way the smallest Jew elry store in the city nv:i, Clocks Everything in timepieces. from the tiny bedroom or trav eling clock to the large grand father timekeepers. Clocks for the mantel, the wall, hall, kitchen. bedroom or office. Some with bell strike, others with cathedral gongs and chimes. Some of brass, others of nickel, glass, bronze, enamel, iron, wood, onyx, etc. every one a guaranteed timekeeper and a very acceptable present. Opera and Field Glasses We have pearl opera glasses as low as $-5.00. Our line of Le Maire opera and field glasses is immense. Sheffield Plate The largest stock in the city. Our Sheffield plater is silver on copper the kiud that is so popu lar. Buy no other. Umbrellas Gold, silver, natural wood handles. Our umbrellas are made for our exclusive trade, and to our order only.. We buy only serviceable silk and mixed bases, which are fitted with the latest improved detach able handles. These handles are "classy" not the common kind, and have that high finish and degree of workmanship that places them far above the ordinary arti cle. What better present for an Oregonianf Silver, Plate The silver plate we carry is made for us to our order. Every knife, fork and spoon is stamped "Jaeger Bros.," and we put extra silver at the points of wear. That's .why it lasts so much longer than the ordi nary plate. Sam Be vx jew NX V acceptable present A merchandise amount so he can get what he Rosen an Corner Third and Morrison Streets of the state at VSH, 755, 737.90, an increase of JS6,61. 774.90. or 16.149 per cent over last vear. The valuation of Hood River County, according to the official figures, Is $7,408, 80. an Increase of $4.o89,387. Jackson County, with a valuation of $28,438,666, gets, into the decrease column to the amount' of. J246.5S3. The largest percentage of decrease is shown by Curry County, with a fallinsr off of 6.38 per cent. The largest percentage of increase is shown by Harney County, with 168.30. Hood River Is next with 169.89 per cent. Union follows with 137.08 per cent. Multnomah is near the bottom of the list in percentage of gain, showing only 6.43 per cent over 1908. Clatsop County's Increase 1b 1.13 per cent. LILL WILL NOT PROSECUTE Insists He and Agnes Falrweather Had Been Sweethearts. . SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 11. (Spe cial.) Henry Lill, baggagemaster at the Fairmont Hotel, who was shot by Agnes Fairweather, the 18-year-old girl postal clerk at Twenty-firRt and Mission streets, on Thursday night, has no desire to prosecute the girl. The wound is superficial. Despite the denial of the girl that she and Llll were engaged and her anfa . tJirZr ?fuver81 "day. when all the world, is glad. At no other time are the people of this earth so happy; and the spirit oi giving prevails everywhere. A home without Christmas tokens is a cheerless one, and if we, who have from year to year enjoyed K.iTVn j u glV1?g , receivln of presents, should have the recollection thereof blotted from our minds, it would take from us our Dngniest and nappiest davs davs of rjeacn and contentment- nf irnnA urill tturowi -it s our business to hem von in t.h. eplpnfmn a-rtA tMiron a a -.rA ru ;,f eiry store in .Portland, but we have steadily grown until today ours is the v"1" ""C buiu over OO.UUU UnriSTmaS TiresentS. and he ned in mt nil wnr.f l,l , W utiu vkju tins year in tn , . . - - and original ideas could get together. 1 ".vi.v " PRESENT JEWKLRT STORK OF ', "?c-rv'"-.-T? ' 'T "T "'""- a "' L" ?" ? ' s V ' ' - ' - 1,1 ' ' " , .-v - (fr , , - ., i ' - !L. rx " f i - -c-,,-v ' - ji " .... $ , vr'J-:t I - . x,s. 4 - - . " - - - i1 , - ' u -V X x : ::r:: S X ' f asaiaBaaassasaaMBfcik .m stJ?l ' ..rt.,.y., . ah.....A-. ...M .. .- . r-.. . v, ...rSntaawiiiiiitaaaaa,! JAEGER BROS. 266 Morrison order, wants C. statement to the contrary that she had been endeavoring to avoid him for months, both he and his mother insist that they had been sweethearts for three years and that no longer ago than Thanksgiving day Agnes Fair weather was a guest at her home, ate Thanksgiving dinner with them and was considered one of the family. Miss Fairweather and her friends still insist that Lill annoyed her and Insisted on forcing his attentions upon her when they were not wanted; that he frequently attacked her and on numerous occasions destroyed her wearing apparel. She will appear in the police court again next Friday for arraignment. AMBITIOUS YOUTH CALLED F. F. Blancuard, O. A. O. Student, Dies After Long Illness. PORTLAND, Dec. 11. (To the Editor.) Fred Floyd Blanchard. the son of Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Blanchard, was born In Hlllsboro, Washington County, Or., April 27, 1888, -and died in Portland, December 6. 1909. He graduated from the South Mount Tabor grammar school in 1904, after which he was employed by the Pa cific Electrical Company for four years, during which time he saved $1000 to help Oaus , ' 7 L. -------- Kciccnnn nr t no mnar. nn.tn-riata - ihm to ' ...... w j,... ..j aim uwcilacs luat WUUCJ') ULlAlUSt Remember that what you buy of us is lasting a present that, for years to k luuaiaui icmuiuci ui juur jLiuuiy JAEOER BROTHERS THE RESULT OV METHODS A -N I ORIGINAL. IDEAS. JEWELERS TL I Ql opticians I he Larffe More Street. Between Third and Fourth il - IP I jJ Ceritat I peg hr Hsrt gchsfneT & M.rs H him attain his ambition to become an electrical engineer. In September. 1908, he entered O. A. C. but failing health compelled him to leave in April, 1909. For eight months he was a constant suf ferer, but bore all with patience. He was converted in the Cloverdale United Breth ren Church, February. 1907. and united with the Laurelwood Methodist Episcopal Church. March 10, of the same year. From boyhood he lived a clean life. Since entering the church he was an ac tive worker of great influence. The church sustains a great loss, as It loses & young man endowed with rich gifts, actuated by high IdealB. He leaves a father, mother, sister, with other rela tives and a host of friends to mourn his loss. The funeral was held in the Laurel wood Methodist Episcopal Church, De cember 7. The sermon was preached by Bishop Barclay, of the United Brethren Church. Interment was made in Mult nomah Cemetery. R. B. MYERS. ARMY TEST NOT ABOLISHED General Bell Recommends Modifica tions and Improvements. WASHINGTON. Dec. 11. How deter mined Army officers are to procure modifications of the Roosevelt physical tests was shown today In the annual : u x a t largest establishment of its kind here. thoco norvlo 1,qtt. 1, lj t pU uu Uu10u,ta s,au. - . I .-- n . I . l i : xeeung anu good will EIGHT YEARS OF HONEST report of General Franklin J. Bell, chief of staff. "Riding tests and physical trainlnar should not be abolished," says he, "but conditions connected therewith can un doubtedly be improved." He announces that modifications of the system, "suggested by experience." shortly will be made to the Secretary of "War. No increase in the strength of the Army is recommended at this time. New Push Club Organized. The Ivanhoe Improvement Club has Just been organized in the Ivanhoe district, embracing the territory adjacent to Powell Vallev road, with the following officers: President. R. M. Bodley; secretary, L. W. Nelson; corresponding secretary. T. Lessourd: treasurer, W. H. Hawksley. Some of the working committees have been appointed. Tho club will work in harmony with the other organizations ot the Seventh Ward, particularly for elec tric lights, water supply, street Improve ments and sewers. It has more than SO charter members and much interest is manifested In the new club. The next meeting will be held the first Tuesday in January, in the Clinton Kelly Memorial Methodist Church, on the Powell Valley road. The submarine cables of the world cover a total of 27S.20S miles, distributed among; 20,333 cable. Three fourths of this total mllea.R:e Is owned by prlvats companies. 1909 Our business has grown in eight years from the smallest to largest in Portland . During A Gut Glass ,i Our $5.00 bowl has adver tised this department more than any other one thing. You can't get its equal in fine color and catting under $10.00 elsewhere. We tie ourselves to no one line, which mistake is made by so many, but purchase only the better grade pieces from the various makers. This plan has made our cat-glass department a model in up-to-data designs and novelties. Diamonds , A diamond is only beautiful when the color and cutting are right. We are believers in white stones, and our customers usually find their diamonds purchased from us are not only better color but more brilliant than others. You make no mistake in giving one of our diamonds as a Christmas gift. Watches Our watch department is the most complete in this city. We car ry timepieces in 20-year gold-filled cases (American watches) as low as $6.50, and up through such grades as Elgin,, Waltham, Dueber Hampdens. Illinois, South Bend, Howard, Hamilton and the fine Swiss repeaters, which strike the hour and minute. ' If you want to buy a watch for what it's worth and get an honest opinion, come to us. Sterling Silver Our line of sterling ware is im-x mense. In knives, forks and spoons, we have the perfectly plain, etched, engraved, chased, . beaded and English thread patterns. Everything in hollowware at prices that give us only a small margin of profit. M 7 V