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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 3, 1915)
IRE BIGNESS HOT GRj'riE IN BUSINESS Court Enjoins Trade Boycott Practice, but Refuses to Dissolve Watch Concern. FUTURE ACTION POSSIBLE t t .Absorption of Other Coucerns Xot in Itself Harmful to Comma. nlty, but Tribunal Retains j Tower to Check Abuses. ! PHILADELPHIA. Jan. 2. The United States restrict Court decided today that t the Keystone Watehcase Company is not a combination in violation of the I Federal anti-trust law, but declared that Its alleged policy of boycotting I 1. . direct violation of the law and ! .hould ba enjoined. The Keystone ! "Watchcase Company controls a large j percentage of the filled watchcase busi i aess of the country. 1 After It was organized the Keystone t Company absorbed several large watch f case manufacturing concerns in various parts of the country, and also took over f the company which makes a certal. I natch of wide reputation. The court In j Its decision said that there was noth ' Ing unlawful in the operation of the ! Keystone Company and that it had not : acquired plants by improper methods. ! Trade Boycott Illegal. i The court declared, however, that it found evidences that the company showed a "definite purpose to restrain . trade by attempting to tlx and main i tain prices bv using a species of boy I eott or blacklisting, in order to lessen ; the trade of Its rivals." In 1910. the court said, the company Issued a cir cular to its customers fixing certain prices of the several varlet es of cases tt manufactured and also of a certain watch, the making of which it con- trTh,.iconipai.r. according to the cir cular, reserved the right to refuse to ell goods to jobbers if its rules re tarding prices were violated. The court declared that this circular was not a request, but a threat, and not an empty threat, but a real menace from a Ktrong manufacturer and a direct and unlawful restraint of trade. Mm Slse Considered. With regard to the watch it con trolled the court declared that owing to certain patent rights the Keystone Company had the right to make an agreement with Jobbers whereby a minimum price was fixed at which the Jobber might sell, but it had no right to control the retailers' price. On the subject of the lawfulness of the. company's absorption of other concerns the court says: "We think it no more than reason able to say that when a large busi ness has proved Itself to be beneficial and not harmful to the community t chould not be condemned because it is l-But." the court adds, "in case condi tions in the future -should make It de sirable for the Government to ask for additional relief, even to the point of breaking up the defendant corporation, we shall retain Jurisdiction of the bill, with leave to the government to take such action hereafter as may seem ap propriate." ' LITERACY TEST IS PASSED y( ran tlnord Krom Firat Page.) the President by the middle of next week. Among Senate amendments which Hoiue leaders have said probably would be accepted is one to exclude from the United States all persona of the African race or of negro blood. ". Another strengthens the phraseology of the prohibition of polygamlsts. . Closing hours of the debate today were devoted to an amendment by !. Senator Lodge to exempt Belgian j farmers from the literacy test and from the provisions which prohibit Ameri- cans from soliciting or inducing immi gration. Already several American or- ' ganizations are endeavoring to induce Belgian refugees to settle in this ' country. Belsiaa Farmers Excepted. The amendment, as finally adopted by a vote of 34 to 12. follows: "That the provisions of this act I relating to the illiteracy test or ln duced or assisted immigration shall not apply to agricultural immigrants from 1 1 Belgium who come to the Lmtea j Males during the course of the pres ! ent European war. or within one year t after its termination, owing to clr- . cumstances or conditions arising t through the war. if it is shown to the satisfaction of the Commissloner-Oen- eral of Immigration that the said Belgian immigrants come with the ln t tention of engaging in agriculture in : the United states and to become Amerl ' can citizens.' Pwladextrr Kfars Compliratloaa. ; The amendment precipitated long , discussion. Many amendments were i offered to include all subjects of bel '. llgereitt countries whose homes . had been Invaded. Senator Poindexter de ; dared other nations would protest ' under the favored-nations clause of : their treaties with the United States. Senator Root, who made an eloquent : plea for the Lodge amendment, de- tin red that it would not violate any treaty obligation. He pictured the ; Belgians as a people without a country ; and without a protecting government. who needed asylum. Many Senators ; from agricultural states protested : against the limitation of these ex . emptions to farmers. The literacy test as Anally approved j by the Senate is practically as it ' passed the House, all amendments to ' enlarge the exemptions to admit per- sons fleeing from political or racial as ! well as religious persecution having been rejected. The section follows: "That after four months from the approval of this ace in addition to the aliens who are by law now ex cluded from admission into the United States, the following persons shall aviso be excluded from admission there to, to-wir,: Illiterate Relative Adaalaalble. "All aliens over IS years of age, physically capable of reading, who can not read the English language, or some other language or dialect, including Hebrew or Yiddish: "Provided, that any admissible alien er any alien heretofore or hereafter legally admitted or any citizen of the United States may bring in or send far Ms father or grandfather over hi ears of age. his wife, his mother, his grandmother, or his unmarried or wid owed daughter, if otherwise admissible, whether such relative can read or not; and such relatives shall be permfftted to enter. That for the porpose of as certaining whether aliens can read the immigration Inspectors shall be fur- alahed with slips, of uniform slxe. pre pared under the direction of the Bee retary or Labor, each containing not less than 30 nor more than 40 words in ordinary use, printed in plainly legible type in some of the various languages and dialects of immigrants. Each alien may designate the particular language or dialect In which he desires the ex amination to be made, and shall be re quired to read the words printed on the slips in such language or dialect. Rellgtoos Peraeeatloa Gives Entry. "That the following classes of per sons shall be exempt from the opera tion of the illiteracy teat, to wit: All aliens who shall prove to the satisfac tion of the proper immigration officer or to the Secretary of Labor that they emigrated from the country of which they were last permanent residents for the purpose of escaping from religious persecution; all aliens who have been lawfully admitted to the United States and who have resided therein contin uously for five years and who have, in accordanc with the law, declared their intention of becoming citizens of the United States and who rVturn to the United States within six months of the date of their departure therefrom: all aliens in transit through the United States; all aliens who have been law fully admitted to the United States and who later shall go in transit from one part of the United States to another through foreign contiguous territory." Other features of the bill which change existing laws are designed pri marily to increase safeguards of health and morals and to protect labor of the country. The head tax on immigrants is increased from 4 to ife. Excluded List Increased. To the general exclusion classes are added the following: Vagrants, per sons afflicted with tuberculosis in any form or with any disability which ren ders them incapable of earning a live lihood; persons who teach or advocate the unlawful destruction oi property , those who previously have been de ported; stowaways: children under 16 years old unaccompanied or not com ing to one or both parents, and persons not eligible for citizenship. The bill provides as a pecuniary pen alty against steamship companies a lien on the vessels the owners of whicJ violate the proposed regulations. Un der the bill persons or corporations would be prohibited from importing contract labor or soliciting or inducing the importation of Immigrants, except that "skilled labor, if otherwise admis sible, may be imported if labor of like kind unemployed cannot be found in this country." The question of the ne cessity for importing such labor is to be determined by the Secretary of La bor. Labor Market to Be Watched. An amendment submitted by Senator Cummins today, and accepted, pro vides that the Department of Labor and Commerce closely observe the indus trial conditions of the country and no tify Congress whenever, in their opin ion, evpected Immigration would ma terially increase the number of unem ployed in the country or reduce tne standard of wages to workmen. The bill outlines a system of super vision of immigrant ships and also pro vides for Immigrant stations at inte rior points for the distribution of aliens. A provision of the House bill direct ing that American medical Inspectors should be placed on immigrant ships in foreign ports was stricken out in the Senate after protests from foreign gov ernments. TURKS DECLARED TOOLS rissiax orange: BOOK ACCISES GERMANS OP TREACHERY. Foreign Minister Says In Orange That Ottoman Tried to Prevent Be ing Drawn Into War. PETROGRAD, Jan. 2. Sergius San- zonoff, Russian Minister for Foreign Affairs, today published an Orange book, which deals with the events pro- ceding the Turkish attacks on Russian seaports in tho Black Sea. The Orange book contains 98 docu ments and is intended to throw light on what Is termed in a summary of the contents Issued through the Petro grad Telegraph Agency "the clandes tine and obstinate methods employed by Austrc German diplomacy in forc ing the Turkish government reluctant ly to war against the triple entente powers." "The documents in the book." it is said in the official summary, "gave evidence that the independence of the Ottoman Empire was already imperiled when the German military mission was established In Constantinople. It van ished definitely from the moment the German cruisers Goeben and Breslau took refuge in the Dardanelles. "The Young,Xurk Cabinet, believing, perhaps in good faith, to conduct the destiny of the country, displayed a cunningness thoroughly Oriental in en deavoring to escape from Teutonic in fluences. "The diplomats of Great Britain, France and Russia, perceiving the lit tle eagerness which the Turks were showing to permit themselves to be drawn into the war, which would in evitably compromise the country, tried to persuade the pacific element in the Ottoman Cabinet. "They succeeded, however, only in delaying the rupture which was a part of the Teutonic programme "As soon as the Austro-German dip lomats became convinced that the Turks were hestltatlng as to what course to take. German hands led Ger man ships in a treacherous -attack on the peaceful shores of an empire which was maintaining perfect neighborly re lations with the Turk.- That's Wh?! So that every man and woman of Portland and vicinity will know about my new location I am advertising; it by making these and many other reductions in this $85,000,00 store of "Quality." In other words I am going to pay you, in money saved, to remember that it was B. M. Gray who saved money for you so generously. February First Stephens Building New Location Wash, at West Park . I consider this the best and -cheapest kind of advertising I can get, and I feel confident that you will not confuse it with tho "annual clearance, bankrupt or whatnot" excuses to unload the odds and ends of passe .merchandise. 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Chesterfield Suits and Overcoats for Men and Young Men $20 Suits and Overcoats - - - $13.50 $25 Suits and Overcoats - - - $16.75 $30 Suits and Overcoats - - - $19.25 Because P" oiuus auu jcljxlo we're $40 Suits and Overcoats Moving $45 guits and Overcoats $22.25 $26.75 $29.50 As an extra "memory jolt" your choice from one special assortment of MEN'S OVERCOATS in desirable colors and fabrics that were $30, $35, $40 $ 1 3.SO KNOX EATS you know the regular price the world over SjX.95 BEACON1 HATS the standard $3.00 Hat for well dressed men.. . .$1.35 SILK AND OPERA HATS.. $4.50 Because We're Moving. 273-275 Morrison St. at 4th Shop Compare Investigate Then You 11 Know "We're "Moving J Terms of Sale Are Cash. ' - . I q . . i YORKSHIRE IS PREPARING Fearing Invasion Krom Enemy, Corps of Civic Guards Organized. LONDON. Jan. 2. Stimulated by the expectation that Germany probably some day would attempt a landing on the East Coast or tinfriana. lormnire is making: special preparations to resist the invaders by enrolling a corps of civic guaras ana votunieer. chief headquarters will be at Hull and is raising by subscription, lunos u which to provide uniforms, arms and on iiintnen t. Tiarnn Nunburnholme. who is the leading spirit in the project, said to- that the movement was mamns satisfactory progress, man utiuno been drawn up Dy "e mmury -ii.n.iti to the course to be pur sued both by noncombatants ana tne new force in the event of an in vasion. WAR TAX REVENUES GROW Custom Receipts Fall Off, but In ternal Ijevy Increases $5,000,000. WASHINGTON. Jan. 2. The so-called war revenue tax began to ngure in marked fashion in Government reve nues during December for the first time. Customs receipts fell off dur ing that month nearly 7.000.000, com pared with December. 1913. but ordi nary internal revenue increased for tne same period nearly 5,000.000. How much of that came from the emergency tax is not shown in the Treasury statement, but probably it was a large part. Total receipts for TWAmher amounted to i,-,oi compared with 54.282,256 in 1913. dinary disbursements amounte 156.994.982. , , . The net balance in the general fund at the beginning of 1914, was "."?- i -i h total cash assets in tne Treasury were $1,934.318,693. Or- amounted to NEWBERG KEEPS OFFICIALS Valley Town Decides by 415 to 28 Against Commission Form. NEWBERG, Or.. Jan. 2. (Special.) All plans of the backers for the com mission form of government were killed here today in the election which resulted in a vote of 415 to 26 against changing the present form of govern ment to the managerial system, now in vogue in La Grande. After much consideration of various city charters under the commission form a committee of seven was ap pointed to draft a report to the Coun cil on the proposal. It was accepted t th. r-ouncil and ordered printed in pamphlet form for general distribution and the date of election to pass upon It was fixed for today. a nf whale was discovered recently In the south Atlantic SPECIFIC PROTEST IS IDE TO BRITAIN Listing of Naval Stores as Absolute Contraband Calls for Explanation. CARGOES NOW ON OCEAN COST OF FIVE MONTHS OF GREAT WAR MORE THAN 6,000,000 IN KILLED, WOUNDED AND MISSING. $7,000,000,000 MONEY. At the beginning of the New Year foreign statisticians estimate that the war in Europe, which has raged for five months, has cost the nations Involved 6.000.000 men killed, wounded and captured and 17 000.OOD.000. These figures are suDQiviaea as wu- Killed. 15.800 1 80.000 250.000 30,000 35.000 250.000 160.000 Wounded. 64.000 Missing. ZS.OUU 58,000 Si 6,000 .J5.00 466,00'd Total. 104.800 1,100,000 1,800,000 13S.000 170.000 1.500,000 1.500,000 6,307,800 Great Britain. France Kusdia. . Belgium. . .. .. Servia. Germany. Austria. Totals 920,800 The estimates of wounded and prisoners are incomplete in several instances, because of lack of data from which to formulate them. Aus trians assert they have taken 80.000 .Servian prisoners, who are not included in the list. ' tMI IB Tionry. Monthly Expense. Great Britain, - "HSS-SSS Russia Germany. . .. . Austria. ..... 350.000.000 300.000.000 200.000.000 . . 1,375.000.000 Total for War. Jl.125,000.000 1.500,000,000 1,250,000.000 1,500.000, 000 1.000.000.000 $6,875,000,000 Totals Germanv. in. addition, has contributed largely to the expenses of her ally Turkey in the war. In addition, all the warring nations are said to fcave lost as much as thev have spent by the paralyxation of commerce and industry. Owing to this tremendous cost, financial authorities predict that the war must end within the next five months. Second Detention of Brindilla Ex pected to Cause Complications. Italy Explains Canse or Demand for Copper. WASHINGTON, Jan. 2. While no word came from Ambassador Page to day as to the character of the reply which Great Britain will make to- the American note of protest concerning interference with American trade, there were several developments in the gen ral shipping situation. The United States aslted Great Britain for information as to how the latter's statement, made early in November, that naval stores, including rosin, cop nr nr turnentine. would be regarded as non-contraband, will be reconciled in actual practice witn tne nuuutauuu from the British Foreign Office of a week ago saying these products now are absolute contraband. Information is sought as to how cargoes now en route are to be afTected, and whether resinous products are included in the classification. Italy Explains About Copper. , The Italian Ambassador informed the State Department that while statistics would make it appear that extraordl nnrv amounts of copper shipped from the United States to Italy might be for unneutral purposes, the fact was xnai as Germany needed Her own copper Italy could no longer import from- the countries Immediately to the north of her, but must seek the metal in the American markets. Much gratification was manifested at the State Department because of the release by Great Britain of the Ameri can oil tankers Tiflis and Narragansett and the freighter George R. Hawley, which had been held at Falmouth since November 30. The case of the Brin dilla, originally detained at Halifax and rearrested on her return journey from Egypt and taken to a French port, is looked on as likely to produce com plications. . Registry Precedent May Be Set Should the question of change of reg istry be raised, a precedent may be set, for while Great Britain has recognized the transfers when of a bona fide na ture, the attitude of France has never been explicitly declared. The communication which the State Department sent concerning naval stores is said to be the first protest on specific articles listed by Great Britain as absolute contraband. In the American note of protest it was said that while the United States objected to some of the classifications made, the discussion of them would be reserved until another time. The protest concerning naval stores was communicated to the Governors and Senators of several Southern states. Rosin and turpentine had been intended for ballast with cotton cargoes, and the British government is on record as say ing that cargoes so made up would not be regarded as contraband. The State Department had no sooner sent notifi cation to this effect to shippers than the British Foreign Office published its new list. To prevent the recurrence of charges that American shippers conceal copper and contraband-articles In cotton and other non-contraband cargoes the fol lowing formal notice, supplementary to President Wilson's warning of last week, was issued today by Secretary Redf ield, of the Department of Commerce: "The attention of shippers or gooas to neutral countries is called to the importance of having manifests com plete and accurate. It is essential also to avoid mixing contraband goods in fn T-p-nes otherwise not contraband. It is alleged that some American mani fests have omitted certain contraband goods, also that efforts have been made to conceal contraband articles or to alter their appearance so that they will be allowed to pass. "A single ease of the kind is enough tn nmbarrass all American commerce to neutral countries by throwing doubt on the correctness of our manuesis ana on the neutral nature of our cargoes, thus possibly involving delay through examining cargoes that otherwise would be avoided." PLEA MAGE FOR PRIVATE LORD MAYOR ASKS AMERICAN TO AID IN SAVING SOL.DIER. TRADE RELATIONS OPEN ARGENTINA BUSINESS STIMULATED BV BIG WAR. . Death Penalty For Attacking Guard In German Prison Camp Protested to Minister at The Hague. LEEDS. Eng., via London. Jan. 2. Lord Mayer Bedford has appealed to the American Minister at The Hague, Henry Van Dyke, in behalf of Private William Lonsdale, an English soldier who has been sentenced to death in Germany by a superior courtmartial, for attacking one of the guards at the prisoners' camp at Loeberltz. Lonsdale's home is in Leeds. The Lord Mayor, in a telegram to Mr. Van Dyke, said that the citizens here were much distressed as a result of the sen tence and added: "Can you use any means whatever to save his life?" Lonsdale at first was sentenced to 10 years' imprisonment, but when the case was referred to a superior court martial, the German military authori ties decided that his offense was pun lshable by death. BREAKS A COLD A FEW HOURS WITHOUT QUININE First dose of "Pape's Cold Com pound" relieves all' grippe misery. Don't stay stuffed-up! Quit blowing and snuffling! A dose of "Pape's Cold Compound," taken every two hours until three doses are taken, will end grippe misery and break up a severe cold either la the head, chest, body or llmba ' It promptly opens clogged-up nos trils and air passages; stops nasty dis charge or nose running; relieves sick headache, dullness, feverishness, sore throat, sneezing, soreness and stiff ness. "Papa's Cold Compound" is the quick est, surest relief known and costs only 23 cents at drug stores. It acta with out assistance, tastes nice and causes no inconvenience. Don't accept a sub stltute. Adv. 1 Every Indication Points to Prosperous Tear, Says Secretary of Argentina Commission to Panama Fair. NEW YORK, Jan. 2. Business rela tions between the United States and Argentina have shown a marked im provement during the last two months as'the result of tho European war and the evidenced desire of American firms to stimulate trade, said Alberto M. D'Al kaine, secretary of the Argentine com mission to the Panama-Pacific Exposi tion, who arrived hero today on the steamship Vestris. "The shock to business created by the war," said Mr. D'Alkaine, "is fast disappearing. We have every Indica- tlon of a prosperous year before v. Our grain crop Is one of the largest in years and the best or feeling exists be tween the United States and Argentina that we have ever known." Two Argentine transport", the Tampa and the Chaco, have left Buonon Ayr'' for Philadelphia and New York, tin secretary aaid, carrying full cargoes of exhibits for the Panama Kxposttlon and a full complement of officers and men for the Argentine battleship Moreno, recently built at Camden. N. J. Counters do Butescret Voatf. WASHINGTON, J n. 2. rrlvste dis patches here today told of the death In Brussels Wednesday of Coint-i do Butsseret, daughter of Msjor-Genersl Story. V. S. A. She war. the wife of the Belgian Minister to l'etrograd and recently had undergone an operation. For some time her relatives hre were unable to get in communication with her. A man found Onink In I-.nm.rk I. tn';l over lo tho mre of a phy.icl.n "'"' 1. T..nt to in. proprietor ot the lt llto1 fry tne mra. AT LAST YOU SAY My Mind Is Made Up. I am going to have TEETH re?- 4 i 5.V.J.. -v, - t....iL?JL 4 "v BssU DR. E. Ot. 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