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TIIE SUNDAY OREGONIAN, PORTLAND. FEBRUARY 11, 1912. FOREIGN LABOR IN fILS 15 PROBED Tin Plate Company Seeks Syr ians, Poles and Rouman ians After Strike. OFFICIAL ADMITS CHARGE Mcrl Corporation H-larrcl hj Wa ne In Hearing to Maintain Blacklist Containing Many Thousand Names. WASHINGTON, Feb. 10. The Ameri can Tlnplate Company employment of foreign laborer! to take the place of American strikers In Pittsburg- la 190 came up at today's session of the Stan, ley steel committee. W. O. Irwin, vice-president of the company, which Is a subsidiary of the United States Steel Corporation, ad mitted that the company had advertised for Syrians, Poles and Roumanians. "Unions were not recognised after the strike. he said. "Did It discriminate against union men?" asked Representative Beall. of Texas. Ilaae Itlarkllst Charged. . naturally were reluctant to give employment of those who were vlcioua toward the men who entered our mills on the open-shop basts. said Mr. Irvln. J. II. Seldes. a Pittsburg newspaper man. testified that the Steel Corpora tion maintained a blacklist of several thousand men discharged because of their connection with labor unions. When pressed for the source of his In formation. Seldes demurred, saying- his Informant might be "slugged" If his name was divulged and that the list was exceedingly valuable. .Newspaper Maa Ilaa ' asses. He finally s-ild that the list was In the possession of II. A. Kagle. city edl tor of the Plttsbura; Leader. riTTSBt'nff. Feb. 10. "Yes, I've rot a blacklist the American Sheet A Tin plate Company kept." said II. A. Eagle, city editor of the Pittsburg; Leader, to day. "The list was turned over to me, but that does not matter now. It con tains 1000 names, and many of the men on It never knew they, were black listed. 64 CANDIDATES RUNNING (Continued From First Pace.) provision; two Socialists Died aa can didates for Mayor; the party held a referendum convention and indorsed one and the other withdrew. Inasmuch aa only one Socialist Died for each of the other offices their Indorsement waa perfunctory, and the whole maneuver resulted in putting; a f ull-fledged So cialist ticket In the field. Business interests, dissatisfied with the past year's experiment with radi cal reform, attempted, late last year, to harmonize all Interests on a business man'a candidate. Tax Commissioner Parish then was rustling; around for Indorsements, everybody waa predict ing; that Cotterlll would ultimately get Into the fight, and It was expected GUI would be heard. Two months ago GUI waa not a seri ous factor. Now his nomination la con reded. That Is, the Gill organization claims It; the Cotterlll managers agree It Is true; the Socialists say they never had any other view of it. and In the last two Parish meetings the campaign orators have argued, first, that GUI waa lending support to Cotterlll so that the radical candidate would be his oppo nent, and. second, that anybody who voted for CotterUl waa. In reality, aid ing Gill, because Cotterlll could not defeat GUI In the final heat. That sounds like a concession that Gill would be nominated, but no official statement to that effect haa come from the Parish headquarters. MCaatlva la C'esaplea. Even locally the situation Is not thoroughly understood, and outside Se attle probably la viewed altogether In a wrong light. Should such a thing aa Gill's election occur, it doesn't mean a return to a wide-open policy, for Gill Is pledged to name Ed Cudihee. ex city detective and ex-Sheriff, aa his Chief of Police. Cudihee would not permit a wide-open policy, and Ulll proclaims in this campaign he doesn't want one. Tnere waa a light season In Alaaka last year and northern trade fell off naturally. In addition a portion of the J Alaskan business was diverted by bet ter business offers elsewhere, but a part waa undeniably driven away by police oppression and the fear of north erners that they were marked for es pionage. The wholesaler, manufacturer or commission merchant who haa lost this trade Is for GUI. So la the man who had a Job a year ago and la out of work now. So Is the downtown mer chant who found a falllna off of trade, and most of the hotel mi a Parish finance committee found in 1 Is travels, were missing the transient trade so keenly that they supported Gill. Practically a.l his old friends are standing by GUI. but this does not mean, by several thousand votes, that tie people who supported him In the recail Iigt.t are here and supporting him- Many Just how many, nobody knows have left town and some are supporting other candidates, notably ex-Tax Commissioner Parish. Chilberg -Not for CIU . The most prominent man who sup ported UU1 a year ao and la not sup porting him at present la J. E. Chllberg. a nieniOer of tiie Parish campaign com mittee. On tne other hand, however, the Gill campaign organisation In cludes such men aa J. "A. Goldsmith, wholesaler; John Consldine, theatrical magnate; James F. ilcl.lroy. capitalist acd ex-Prosecuting Attorney; George A. Smith, capitalist: Ed Sweeny, hotel proprietor; Mrs. Catherine L. Stlrtan. head of a Jail reform movement: Miss May Krueger. for six years aggressive secretary of the Humane Society; sev eral prominent suffrage leaders and others vbu fought GUI a year and two years ago are with him now. These have all come out in the open during the past two months. Tax Commissioner Parish la not ex plicit in hist platform, but hia cam paign managers assert for him that he represents a happy medium between the radicalism of Gill and Cotterlll. The latter Is an ardent advocate of municipal ownership of all public util ities, a strong Prohibitionist, though ta says under existing laws he could not put saloons out of Seattle: a single laxer. a Democrat and a rather fre quent aspirant for office. Cotterlll undeniably lias a compact I and loyal working force that is mak i Ing an aggressive fight for him. He claims to per cent of the ministerial support and probably la overly modest In hla estimate. Aside from a small group of prominent Insurgents Identi fied with the Parish campaign head quarters he has most of the workers in both the insurgent Democrat and !n- surgent Republican movements. Hs ! has appealed for organized labor sup. port, but Gill probably has more of .h.. than he has. All the candidates are appealing for women's votes, but Cotterlll has the largest organization 1 of women. Soclallata Ileal Problems. ' The Socialists are a problem. Unde niably they have Increased both In numbers and the percentage of their vote. A fair estimate would give them a maximum of 16 per cent of the vote to be polled this month, but So cialist enthusiaata claim more and most of their opponents conceue inera raucu ''"or nil that politicians try to hold th. socialists cheap, there have been bets made that the Socialista will be at least a third In the Mayoralty race. 1 But as a matter of fact, the betting Is l light. A month ego a few wagers . were made that Gill would not be nominated: so far as a carerul inquiry today showed there is no money to bet that he will not be nign man in tne pri maries. There haa been a little money bet that Cotterlll will beat Parish and a few wagers on the final election re sult sre appearing. But betting money. which was so conspicuous a year ago, la ahaent TIOW. Registration Is still lighter than It waa for the recall campaign of last year, but the books do not close until Tuesday night. Two weeka ago it waa doubted whether many mora than S000 voters would register, but an Impetus waa given Just before precinct registration began by a uiu organisa tion meeting, at which 8000 persons were present, and by the agitation In favor of submitting at tne annual elec tion March 6. a DroDosltion to bond the post district for the acquisition of a part of Harbor Island upon which to erect a duplicate or tne lamous nuau terminal system of New York. Then, too, precinct organization work by the candidates has increased tne eugioie vote and there will not be much differ ence between last year's registration of 71.000 and this year's total. Thus far the campaign expenses of sll the candidates have been shaved closely. It probably cost more an executive commltteman has declared It coat flS.000 to elect Dllllng a year ago than it will to pay the bins this year for all the municipal candidates. There Is far more volunteer work this year and the public nun t the money to contribute for campaigns that It used to give freely. CHILDREN JOIN PROTEST LAWRENCE SENDS DELEGATION ,TO NEW YORK PARADE. Board or Education Meets Young sters at Train to See That None Miss Daj of School. NEW YORK. Feb. 10. (Special.) Braving the Arctic-like cold In their thin garments. 209 children or .Law rence. Mass.. strikers headed this after noon's labor parade down Fifth eve nue to Union Square, where a big mass meeting waa held In the Interest of the textile strike. Worn from the hardships of the big strike, but hardened to almost mature pose by the deadly rioting of the past fortnight, the children, who arrived shortly after 4 o'clock, were a feature Of the labor demonstration. Fathers, mothers and children of the families who will care for the young strike demonstranta stood In line at the Grand Central Station for hours before train time eagerly awaiting the arrival of the little sons and daughters of the Lawrence mill-worker a. Once the children reached the city, thousands of Socialist sympathisers with the Lawrence strikers marched with them down Lexington avenue, across Forty-second street to Fifth avenue and aouth In Fifth avenue to Union Square, where the mass meeting waa held. The visiting children had each been checked, with their names and New York addresses, before they were put on the train at Lawrence. Representatives of the Board of Edu cation went to the Grand Central Sta tion to meet the children from Law rence and to make, arrangements so that every youngster shall be started In school In thla city on Monday morn ing, aa Is required by the school law. Among those who offered to take care of the children were Mrs. O. H. P. Belmont and the Kev. Percy Stickney Grant, pastor of the Church of the Ascension. Mrs. Belmont and the minis ter were denied, however, being told there were more than TOO applications and only 114 children. When the distribution of the children began, difficulties were encountered when It came to splitting up a family. One little golden-haired girl burst into tears, and cried loudly for her "brother. The scene convinced the committee that it would not do to separate families, and many persons agreed to take five and even six children temporarily. INIONS PREPARING DEMANDS I. tl". W. Threats Ignored by Feder ation of Labor Directors. LAWRENCE. Mass., Feb. 10. W. D. Haywood and other officials of the Industrial Workers of the World said today there would b no settlement of the textile workers' strike here unless Joseph Ettor, the former strike leader, was frd of the charge of murder on which he Is now In jaL On th other hand, directors of the Central Labor Union, backed by the American Federation of Labor, went ahead with plans for presenting to the mill agents next Monday the demands of various classes of skilled labor. Fol lowing out the suggestion made soma time ago by Governor Foss, the direc tors will demand that the mlllowners take back their help, allowing them t hours pay for 64 hours work, and I then take up the demands ot tne af ferent departments during the 10 days following. MAIL INSPECTORS CHARGED Publisher Says Indue Influence Was Brought on Corteljou. WASHINGTON. Feb. 10. E. O. Lewis, president of the Lewis Publishing Company, of St. Louis, whose publica tions were barred from the malls by a fraud order Issued by ex-Postmaster-General Cortelyou. today before the House committee on expenditures of the Pott of flee Department charged that postofflce Inspectors In their al legations against the company had In serted a Hat of his enterprises, some of which had been failures, to show "that he was an all-around bad man." This, he thought, had Influenced Postmaster-General Cortelyou la Is suing the fraud order against his com pany. Mr. Cortelyou. then on the witness stand, replied hs bad not been Influenced. DEMOCRATS SPLIT INSULAR POLICY Quarrels and Bolt Mark Terri torial Convention at Manila. BOTH FACTIONS ARE BITTER Party Divides and Bolters Declare) Meeting Packed With Republl cans Taft's Administration of Island Affairs Made Issue. MANILA, Feb. 10. The Democratlo territorial convention for tne election of delegates to the National convention at Baltimore waa held yesterday. It was In continuous session 12 hours and was marked by quarrels between two factions which resulted in a divided convention. One of the factions attacked the Na tional Repnhllcan policy, but made no mention of President Taft or the Philip pine Administration; the other faction waa more vehement In Its denunciation of the National Insular policy and also went on record .against President Taft and strongly condemned the local Ad ministration. Bolting Delegates Bitter. The latter faction wants territorial government in the Philippines, fort nightly malls from the United Statea and a fleet In the Pacific, and makes other demands, which were promulgat ed at a convention held by the bolting delegates today. The regulars elected six delegates to the National convention, although the last National convention refused to rec ognlze the Philippine delegation. The bolters say that yesterday s convention waa packed by Republicans and declare the platform waa written by the Gov ernment. The delegates elected by the regular convention were not instruct' ed. but the convention indorsed the Democratlo House under Speaker Clark and Representative Underwood. Iaaular Policy Wanted. The platform embodies a request for American citizenship for the Filipinos, a definite policy with respect to the Islands, encouragement and protection of capital In the Philippines, free trade between the Islands and the United States, and the appointment of a Con gressional committee to Investigate the local question fully. The bolting Democrats at their con vention today also elected six delegates to the National convention and adopted resolutions strongly criticising the local Administration, which were rejected Friday at the regular convention. An other resolution demanding territorial government for the Philippines, which was rejected on Friday, was adopted today in amended form. It substitutes for the previous demand, "Immediate Independence If the Investigating com' mlttee thinks that the natives are capa ble of self-government-" CIVIL SUIT IS NEXT STEP 'Dr." Hazxard Must Return Cash, Says British Vice-Consul Agasslz. TACOMA. Wash., Feb. 10. (Special.) "Within a few days," said British Vice-Consul C E. Lucien Agassis to night, "a civil suit will be filed in Kit sap County Court against 'Dr.' Linda Burfleld Hazxard, asking for the re turn of $1011 in money; $60 worth of clothes; certain pension funds; t0 in travelers checks; other cash items in jewelry and clothing belonging to the dead Claire Williamson and to JJoro thea, Williamson." Mrs. Hazzard's denial of ever having received these funds raised the first strong suspicion of foul play. A great part of this amount belonged to Claire. Mr. Agassis, as administra tor of her estate, now has a Judgment for $1200 against Dr. Hazxard for her short period aa administratrix. II on tlsf ed by Dr. Hazzard tne amount; will have to be made good probably by her bonding company on her $1000 bond. IRONWORKERS ARE READY Report Is That 30 Officers of Union Are Indicted. INDIANAPOLIS. Feb. 10 J. G. But ler, of Buffalo, N. Y., vice-president of the International Association of Bridge nd Structural Iron workers, conferred todav with Frank M. Ryan, the presi dent, concerning reports which Mr. Ryan said he had heard about the Gov ernment's Investigation of the dyna mite consp'racy. 'We are ready for any action that may develop." said Butler. "I probably will be at some point In Ohio next Tues- dsy." Mr. Ryan had announced it had been reported to him that $0 of the 40 or more men indicted for alleged com plicity In the dynamite cases were of ficers of the Ironworkers. NAGEL'S NAME PROTESTED Labor Unions Complain of Rulings on Immigration Laws. WASHINGTON. Feb. 10. President Taft has decided to delay until next week the appointment of a auccessor to the late Justice Harlan of the United States "Supreme Court. In the meantime various protests have reached the White House against the proposed appointment of becretary of Commerce and Labor Nagel. These protests have come largely from labor organizations, the complaint being that Secretary Nagel had been too liberal in hlr enforcement of the immigration laws. BRAZILIAN PATRIOT DIES Baron de Rio Branco Gives Lire to Service of Ills Country. RIO JANEIRO. Brazil. Feb. 10. Baron de Rio Branco, Minister of For eign Affairs In the Brazilian Cabinet, died thla morning at 9:10. He was stricken suddenly 111 on the evening of February i with uraemia Baron de Branco probably was the most capable statesman In Brazil. At the time of his death he had served continuously in office from purely pat riotic motives, aa he had been advised by hla physicians several times to re sign on account of his health. It is expected that Senator Dr. Lauro Mauller. ex-Minister of Public Works, will succeed Baron de Rio Branco as Minister of Foreign Affairs. EEM HrCABE DENIES ALL Everglade Charges Declared Without Substance. WILSON'S MEMORY FAILS Secretary Does Not Remember Names of Those Who Advised Suppression of CircularDrain age Engineer Accuses. WASHINGTON. Feb. 10. The Florida everglades Investigation, .ordered by the House committee on expenditures in the Department of Agriculture, got under way today. Solicitor McCabe recited the department's version of the dismissal of C. C. Elliott, chief drain age engineer, and A.. D. Moorehouae, his assistant, declaring that Secretary Wil son's action waa due entirely to the financial Irregularities charged against the men In transference of public funds, and had nothing to do with the ever glades report, which it is charged was suppressed. Representative Clark, or Florida, whose charges against Secretary Wil son precipitated the Investigation. made public a letter Irom becretary Wilson, in which the Secretary said he could not recall the persons who rec ommended to him the suppression of a circular letter on the everglades pre pared by Elliott. Mr. Clark also made public a letter from Arthur E. Morgan, of Memphis, Tenn.. president of the Morgan Engi neering Company, formerly supervising engineer of the United States drainage Investigations and now a special drain. age engineer in the Department of Agriculture, charging that the dlsmls- al of Elliott and Moorehouae was di rectly due to the everglades contro versy and that they were being "sacrl rlflced to shield Secretary Wilson." 'It has been a matter- of common knowledge among the officials of the t'nlted Statea drainage Investigations for more than a year," wrote Mr. Mor gan, "that the suppression of the Flo rida everglades report, which was pre pared by Mr. Elliott, had been an em barrassment to the higher officials of the department. It has been known that the Florida land companies have been circulating broadcast Mr. Wright's original report as the official report of the department, whereas a differ ent report, prepared by Mr. Elliott, stating the facts of the situation and not so favorable to the everglades lands project, had been suppressed by Secretary Wilson." Solicitor McCabe said that tne engi neers had been suspended for lrregu- arlties in the pay accounts and for no other reason. The letter from Sec retary Wilson, made public by Repre sentative Clark, raid: It la impossible to furntsn you with the names of all persons who advised the suDDresslon of the circular letter and the report," wrote Secretary Wil son. "We have no record or tnem. and my recollection Is that these persons made their request to me verbally." ARMY OFFICERS CHANGED Orders Issued Affecting Assign ments on Pacific Coast. WASHINGTON. Feb. 10. Major Frank H. Law too, commissary agent. N VH XLS -rrOr m X. w V -V IV ST-rsf 1J a . litlf li st mKm Pi " LEADING Morrison at New Orleans, will assume temporary charge of the quartermaster's office in that city and will also assume tem porary charge of all construction work at Jackson Barracks and Fort St. Philip, La., relieving Captain Alexander J. MacXab, quartermaster, who will pro ceed to San Francisco for assignment as quartermaster of the transport Thomas, with station at San Francisco, relieving Captain Campbell E. Babcock, Seventeenth Infantry. Major Adrian S. Fleming, Fourth Field Artillery. Is detailed to act as Adjutant-General. Department of the Columbia, at Vancouver Barracks, re- j lievlng Major Peyton C. March, who Is entitled to promotion. Major March will remain at Vancouver until further orders. Captain Edwin Rich, medical corps, in addition to his other duties. Is des ignated as medical superintendent of transports at San Francisco, vice Col onel Rudolph G. Egbert, medical corps, who is relieved from that duty. The following transfers are ordered to take effect this date: Captain Harry S. Howland, from the Eighteenth Infantry to Sixteenth In fantry; Captain Gideon H. Williams, from the Sixteenth Infantry to the Eighteenth Infantry. Captain Howland will report to the commanding officer. Presidio, San ' Francisco, for duty pending the ar rival of the Sixteenth Infantry at that ' station, when he will Join his com pany. The leave of absence granted Captain H. U. Myers, Sixth Cavalry, Is extended one month. EAST IN GRIP OF COLD SORTHERS NEW TORK EXPER IENCES 41 BELOW. Fuel Famine Causes Suffering and Food Supplies of Beleaguered Cities Slay Fall. NEW TORK, Feb. 10. Bitter cold weather with the temperature falling : many degrees below the zero mark I hold sway over the Eastern sections of ! tha country today and tonight. Rec ! ords of years were broken In some sec tions, notably in Northern New York, 41 below being recorded at one point in the AdlrondackB region, while tem peratures of from 20 to 35 below were reported from many po'nts. Biting winds and a heavy snowfall Intensified the suffering In the far northeastern section of the state. Sev ral cities, notably Oswego and Water town, were virtually cut off from com munication except by wire and a food and fuel famine was feared. Suffering was reported in many smaller places where coal supplies have given out. The cold wave extended well Into New England, nnmerous points reporting temperatures far be low zero. Boston's low record was one degree below zero. In this city the minimum, was two below, reached at 9 o'clock this morn ing. There was one death in this city from cold and much suffering among the poor. Little relief was promised for tomorrow. PARKER GIVES UP FIGHT Portland Man Accused as Slaver Agrees to Return for Trial. SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 10. Clarence Parker, of Portland, Or., who has been In custody here for five days on sus picion of having engaged In the white slave traffic and who applied for a writ of habeas corpus yesterday, was arrest ed by the Federal authorities today. "The writ of habeas corpus baa been l Sprisng Md 'iTHE trend of the fashion in ladies' man-tailored suits for Spring . wear runs decidedly to dainty color effects. Even some of these handsome blue serges show dashes of color relief," while nearly all of the fancy weaves are similarly adorned. A 11 the past week we have - been receiving and opening the beau tiful garments selected by our Eastern am bassador in the great fabric and fashion marts; many more will be coming in during .this week. To obtain the best selection and the opportunity to take advantage of the first days of sunshine, ladies of Portland and the surrounding country are cordiall, invited to call as early as convenient. Ladies' Shop, Third Floor Elevator Service LUM CLOTHIER Fourth Street dropped, Parker agreeing to waive his rights and return to Oregon to stand trial. Linn Road Supervisors Sleet. ALBANY. Or.. Feb. 10. (Special.) Every one of the 33 road supervisors of Linn County attended a convention of the supervisors In this city yester day. The supervisors discussed meth ods of road building and exchanged SAVED MANY A PE-RU-NA'S MRS, EUNORE BARRETT, Peruna m Family Necessity. Mrs. Elinors Barrett, 810 South Lin coln St, Robinson, Illinois, writes: "I Just want to tell you what a wonderful medicine I have found Peruna to be in my family. I have used It for years. and I am sure It has saved me many and many a doctor bill. I first used It myself and found it cured me. Then my little girl was cured of a dreadful case of catarrh of the head. I always have a bottle of Peruna In my house, as I think It a real neces sity where there is a family." Colds and Catarrh. Mrs. M. F. Jones. Burning Springs, Ky., writes: "We have been using Peruna for some' time, and have no hesitancy In recommending it for the v,n thousand and one' ailments of humanity. No family should ever be without It. for It Is an unfailing cure for colds, and It is an excellent remedy to prevent and reuevg croup. i t y :--;:' i v " ' 'y I " ' i 1 G ideas and consulted with the County Court regarding plans for road work this year. County Judge Duncan pre s'ded at the convention. No more brass wedding rings will be per mitted in Milwaukee, for the sealer of weights and measures has taken up the c9 ot Jewelers that sell rinfts marked 14-karst whieli ars not ot the indicated purity ot gold. There will be arrests In future of Jewelers selling rings not up to the requisite degree of purity. DOCTOR BILL NEED IN FAMILY. "And to speak from a standpoint of experience I can candidly say that it is the remedy for internal catarrh (as I am one of the many unfortunates" in this respect). 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