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
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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
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and original ideas could get together.
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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
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Remember that what you buy of us is lasting a present that, for years to
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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.
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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.
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