FEDERATION
CONVENTION
N
Twenty-Seventh Annual Meeting
of Labor Body In Session,
at Norfolk.
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G0MPER3 MAKES REPORT
Tint Day Devoted to Speech anl
RepUl 111 the Reading of Reports
Fully Ftro Hundred Delegates u4
Members l Attendance.
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ORFOUC Va, Nor. 11,-Tb drat
annual convention at Jemtttowa Expo
sition today, tu devoted to speech
maklnf tod mding of report. When
adjournment earn tonight President
Oomper, Secretary Morrison and Trea
urer Ltnnoa had ubmlttd their report
and a partial import of the committee
on credential bid Wo heard. Ia re
opens to th eddr of welcome by
Governor Bwanon and Exposition itm
ideal Tuckr, Comport paid tribute to
th expoelUon tad to Virginia. B
folaUd to th fact that thU ia tbt 8rl
exposition built entirely of organized
labor. I!o confined bla remarks to gen
oref matter except toward tbe and when
la alluding to the trip of tba Atlantis
quadroa to Tairffle water ba took ore
lon to J that b knew of no organisa
tion that make ao little pretense of pa
trlotlsm, but la which true patrloliwn
prevail to tucb exUnt, aa la organlted
labor. Ha aald ba did not know what
jnlght result from tfilserulae. but whether
it ba (or fua or frolic or light, that org
nlaad labor, "Would ba there." Fully
600 hundred member and delegate at
landed tba opening session. Many men
prominent In organbted labor hal aaat
n the stage besldea premlnent etate
and exposition official! i' T "
Victor L. ltoger, tha Milwaukee ora
tor and Socialist leader, announced ba
waa continuing hi fight eplaat Pml
(lent Gomper, and would Ilia protettt
amlaat hit re-electlpn, but that tba dlt
placement of President Gompera eould
not ba looked for at thla time. Mr. Iter
$r aald be would tomorrow introduce a
taaolutlon demanding Federal legislation
pre renting tha transportation la Inter-
etate commerce of all "child labor"
manufactured product
Arthur A. Hay. tpeclal representative
of tba International Typographical
TVt.M - Ta. AnnMilMa la kM 4n aaW
the federation to antuma control and
finance tbe fight on behalf of labor now
icing waged by tba Cttlten' Alliance
of Lot Angele against trade union
. ' there. ;" ''
Among tbe delegate to the convention
are representative from Canada, Mexi
co and Colombia.
At the afternoon teatlon Gomper read
lilt report. Mr. Gomper' report to the
Federation In part la aa followsi
"Fellow Trade Unionist i In obedience
to, the requirement of our Inwa I tub
inlt to you a report upon aomo of the
mora important mattera which , have
tmntplred aince our lat convention. In
It oocura auoh tuggestlona and recom
mendntiona which to my mind ahould
recelva your earnest oomlJeratlon and
action. Of oourte, you will approoint
the fact ' that It it impossible : In
an annual rowrt tui'h at this to deal
Vlth tbe multifarious qucttiont which
liave transpired and the action taken
Curing tbe entire year. In the prepare-
' tlon of the tentative report for the con
didcratlon of the executive council I have
endeavored to 'have it Include the more
detailed trantwotlona In connection with
our movement for the past year. Nor
' therein it it possible to enumerate, much
lets comprehensively report, upon the
thousand and one matters of Importance,
perhapi of equal Importance, to those
incorporated in tbe report. Indeed,
though in those reports and In tbe
American Federation I endeavor to
publish much of the thought and many
' of the transactions in connection with
our real movement, the real history ex
ists in the arohleves of our offices and
In tbe memories of men. It awaits the
coming of the man who will itcord
and interpret for til time the great
strules maJi, the prejudice, tho Ignor
ance, tba Mgotry, tha telnehnee with
which labor bat had to contend, an4 tbt
antagonUm of greed wblob ba bo
ovemuuei the glorious acblevamentit
which hav dispelled the gloom and
brought the light of life Into tba borne
of the tollor and the spirit of aelf-rt
llance, unity and fraternity wblob our
movement baa engendered."
' MASQUERADED AS KAV.
Woman Who FobUi iU World for Sixty
Yiara Dead.
TRINIDAD, Nor. 11-MUs rtthrlni
VoabaugB, who for nearly 00 year paw
Hut man, died la a hospital la tbt
It today. 8b wm bora la Fnae 83
year ago, Whll young woman she
found It dlffloult to malt bar way be
oauta of her aes and adopUd man"
clothing and obtained employment a
bookkeeper la Joplln. Mo. Sh then
went to. St. Jotepb, Ho. After coming
bero aba marrUd tba woman with whom
b lived 90 yaare. Tba woman waa la
trouble and Mlsa Votbaugb married to
pro tact her. Tbt two -women maaquar
adrng a nan earn to TiiaUad two
year ago. After tha "wlfeV . death
Mia Yoabangb worked la rariova cap
eitlea until laat Ttar when ah vaa tak
a to a bopltal where her tea jfaa die
oloaed. Even after aba recovered aba
refuted to change her clothing and eon
tlnued to wear men' attire to tha and.
GRILLS PINKEItTON
Attorney for Defendant Adams
Paves Way for Argument
THIELE MAKES IMPRESSION
RECEIVER IS
ANTED
Many Persons Endeavoring to
;0ust Geo. W.Hill From the
Position.
Clarehc Darrow Puta Man, to Whom
" Stev Adama Kado ConfeaaJoxv oa
the Rack Hawlcy Take Lead Again
rorStat.
firOKANE. Nov. ll.-A special to the
Spokeaman-Ilevlew from Ratbdrum,
Idaho, aarei
"Moat of tha day In the Steve Adam
case waa taken up by Clarence Darrow
In paving the way for argument at to
the truthfulneaa of Dnkerton detectives.
I. C Thiol asaUtant superintendent of
tba Plnkerton Spokane office, waa Dar
row'a victim, and from early morning
until court adjourned be battled with
the detective, going over and over again,
atep by step and thread by thread tbe
circumafances surrounding- the manner
In which Adams confession to Tbiel
wa made and the meaning of tha ataie-
niont. Prior testimony made by" Thiol
waa dug up by Darrow. Darrow ia good
at this- Hi cnuatlo manner, harsh voice
and sharp tongue, tend to lay great
stress on a point where otherwise an
attorney might fall. On the whole, Thlel
made a good Impression and while It is
certain he will be attacked in the nrgu
niont of the Chicago attorney, he did the
state no 'harm by occasional dicrep
ancles in his testimony J J.- H. Kawley,
who conducted the case for the state at
Boise, took the lead today, Knight retir
Ing for the time being. He bad only on
clash with Darrow. i'., ';,
WAS USED AS TOOL BY ROSS
Attoratyf Who" Li DerUlni Wyl (4
RemoTO AHoiote Of Court Claim ii
Eara Important Wkneate a Begaroa
Banks' BuatnoiaV
rORTLAXD, Nor. ll.-N0 lew than
eves local attorney are devUlng ways
of proceeding to oust George W. Bill
from tba office of receiver of tba Title
Quaranteo ft Truat Compaar. The
lawyer represent a large number of J
poaitora, with claim amou&tiog la each
case from $1000 to 920,000. It Is aatl
mated that the total claim of the aatl'
mil men wilt aggregate $500,000.
"Nothing ha been don definitely,
but we arc conferring oa tbe mattera aa
they ara brought to ua, and may take
action tomorrow," said S. C Spencer, of
Spencer ft Davis, who represent C F.
Fisher and many other. "It 1 plain
that under tbe law. Mr. Hill la not
proper: receiver for the Title Guarantee
ft Truat Company. We are credibly In
formed that tha bank paid out money
to certain clients since It waa closed for
the holiday, -while it refused payment
to other.
"We will produce a woman witness
who will swear that a few day before
tha receivership waa declared Hill in
formed her that tbe vault were full of
money, and that they only awaited the
expiration of the holiday season to pay
everybody who asked for their deposits.
In our opinion Hill I an absolute tool
of Rosa, and we might just aa well have
had Rota himself for a receiver.
"There i no us beating about tbe
bush, and it la just aa well to call a
spade a spade. Hill waa vice-president
of the company, and an active officer in
the bank, and tie must bare known the
conditions. If I frame a petition for a
new receivership appointment- I ahall
use as one of tbe grounds the fact that
Hill baa taken the benefit of the bank
ruptcy law."
C. F. Fisher, a depositor, said he felt
it a duty to prosecute the case and
show up the fact for the benefit of the
community, and a a warning against
reckless , handling of other people'
money. He believed the bank bad mis
represented the facts regarding Ladd's
connection with it, and he had seen
bank book issued by the bank officials
BUY COPPER.
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NEW YORK. Nov. ll.-A pool 5 In
which the largest copper consumers of
Europe are represented say the Times
today wos recently formed in London
and has purchased fifty thousand tons
of coppei The price paid Is slightly
above the prevailing price in the market,
Tbe copper Is to be delivered in Novenv
ber and December. The amount InvblV'
ed la approximately $15,000,000, which
la to be paid In London on delivery.
Automobile accident. 1
, HEALDSBURO,t Cal., Nov. H.-Chas.
Phlnney, a business man of this city
while ridinor in an automobile Tester
day was hurled Vver a precipice, falling
atdlstance of forty feet. Hi neck was
broken and death wa instantaneous
as late a August 25 bearing Mr. Ladd's
name a president. Ha himself had been
led to believe by both Hill and Ross
Mist Udd was one of th principal ad
vim and backer of the bank,
"I waa negotiating for ome time with
Mr. Ros with tb intention of going
out for them to sell water bond and
other accuraies, be aald, "and they
showed extreme tollcltud a to my
character. I wa convinced from their
action that tbe bank wa all right, and
I put some money into it, although t
had been hit pretty hard only a abort
t!2f W 54b failure of tbe Ore
toll Trust ft' Saving bank."
H Coovert ba a claim of W.
Ree for deposit of $20,000-, Idd trill
tak action probably tomorrow wHh a
view to aecurlng the removal ttt Receiver
HilL Other depositor art vfpreented
? C. F. Scbnobel. Eeed ft Bell, and
McAlIietet ft Upton,
kUXAU Rfi CONFESSED.
Hlghtwatchnun fi7 ftfteJ Told of
- Other Kobbdfy'i
GOLDFIELD, Ner, Nov. isM the
Inquest today oa the death of V 1
Kline, who wa hot while robbing tbe
bank of the Nerada-Goldfield Reduction
Works, Samuel H. Jooet, nlgbtwatchmaa
at th work, testified that Ralph Clp
pal, Klin' alleged accomplice, had con
fessed to him that h helped rob the
Gardner MilL Jone wa sharply que
ttoned by th juror who wanted to
know why Gipple, sshora Jone said he
knew ao allgbtly aa not to know his
name, ahould bare confessed that he
robbed tbt mill and should have pro
posed tha robbery of tbe reduction
works. Jones said Gipple bad told him
they had secured $800 from the Gard
ner mine but that he did not implicate
Kline in the robbery.
- ENGAGEMENT BROKE.
..CinCAGO, Nov. 11.--A wedding thai
waa looked forward to with interest in
Chicago and Pittsburg ociety wa an
nounced canceled by the young woman'
mother yesterday without any explana
tion. The persona interested are Mia
Mabel Pontefract, a Pittsburg heiress,
and John Cudahy Jr., son of tha Chicago
packer. Miss Pontefract' father waa a
merchant of Pittsburg, who left a large
estate to hi widow and daughter.
John Cudahy it 23 year old and ia
working in tb Louisville Packing Com
pany's office a plant controlled by hi
father. .
The engagement waa announced last
summer. The acquaintance began at
Mackinac Island, where the Cudahv'l
hav a summer home.
CASHIER BUSTED BANK.
NORFOLK, V, Nov. 11-ThePeopW
Bank of Portsmouth, which suspended
several daya ago, went into the hands
of a receiver tonight on the petition of
the directors, who gave, out the state
ment that tha bank had been made in
solvent by the defalcation of the
cashier. , v- :.
CARS CRASH
DENSE
Forty are Injured, Two Perhaps
a a at . ..la - at
raiaiiy as nesuu oi
Collision.
RECKLEiNElS THE CAUSE
..;ia. ;
Try to Steal Switch oa Comlnf Cat
and Collide en Long Trestle Bat
Cars Luckily do Mot Topple Over
Several Victim May Die.
SEATTLE, Nov. 1L Forty men,
women and children were injured, it
seriously, and two perhaps fatally ia a
collision between Youngatown street
cart ia a dense fog. Both cars were
smashed up and 71 per cent of the pas
senger injured. Tbe accident was due
to the attempt of tha conductor and
motorola a of th city -hound car to steal
a switch on the out-bound car. The
tracks run over a trestle abor the tid
flat and tbe fog made it Impossible for
the men ia charge of the eara to see
each other until within a fear feet Tbe
coaches narrowly escaped tipping over
into the deep water. t
Several victims may die, among them
Hotorman Hufftne of the in-bound car.
The place where the accident occurred ia
several miles from Seattle oa a aingle
tracii and the injured were without
medical attention or competent aid until
a special relief car arrived. A feature
of tbe accident was the number of in
jured about tbe head and face, due to
striking against cross aeata. ' ' "
- Among the injured is C. L. Harbaugh,
traveling passenger agent for the Penn
sylvania Railroad system." C. W. Smith,
assistant librarian of tbe Stat TJniver
sity, ia also a victim. ,
FEARED HIS WIFE.
The Consumer I'll bet they are putting their head together to keep from
paying that fine. - :
. The Standard Oil lawyers are making tremendous efforts to have the
$20,240,000 fine wiped out. Over twenty-five reason are advanced. Newt Item.
Slept Alone With His Bedroom Door
. Securely Locked.
CLEVELAND, O, Nov. 11. "My
brother lived in deadly ; fear of hi
wife," testified Clyde Phillip in the
preliminary hearing before Justice
Brown today in which Charlotte Phillips
is accused killing her husband John J.
Phillips, coal operator and broker, on
the morning of September 2. Clyde, who
Is a younger brother of murdered man
also testified that hi brother once told
him that his wife, Charlotte Phillips,
had atempted to kill him with a beer
bottle last summer, and after that he
slept alone with his bedroom door se
curely locked. ,
.The testimony caused a sensation in
this unusual case, aa this was the first
of auch evidence that had been heard,
although there bad been several hearings
before the coroner. Dr. Charles L.
Richardson, who was called to Phillips'
home a few minutes before Phillips died,
8a id he found a beer bottle upon the
stair landing where Phillips waa sup
posed to have been shot.. v ; ;
Richardson also told of assisting Mrs.
Phillips in ohanging Phillips' clothes and
cleaning up the blood. The hearing will
continue tomorrow. .
at least lost their live a tha result
of a fir in tbe Hotel Gardo thi morning
and several others were Injured. Fir
broke out shortly after 1 o'clock In the
servant quarter on tb fifth floor- and
her four person were suffocated to
death. Another man lost hi life by
falling from a rop ha used as a fir
escape Tbe fir was confined to the
fifth floor and one below, ft was out
shortly befor 2 o'clock.'
POWERS' FOURTH TRIAL.
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GEORGETOWN, Ky, Nor. ll-Th
fourth trial "of Caleb Power, ihtfgjd
with, complicity in the death of WiUlaat
Goebel was called today, hut because of
th absence of the commonwealth's wit
nesses the caw went over until tomor
row".
BRYAJf 6FSAKS,
SOLTOAU WJYK0t 1L W. t.
Bryan was tha guest of honor on tb
twenty-first anniversary of tha Jeffer
son Club of this city at tha Plankingtoa
House tonight. Covers were laid for
900 guest. . Bryan responded to tha
toast "Democracy."
FD2E DESTROYS CITY. '
KJUIQLT, Call. Nor. 1L Two Kvos
were lost in a fire that destroyed a large
section of the poorer residential quar
ters at tins port yesterday. Tnrea wou
aand people are homeless.
HliliS III APPLES
JURY SAYS "NOT GUILTY."
Dollar-Swisher Land Fraud Cases Come
to End.
SPOKANE, Nov. 11. A special to the
Spokesman-Review from Moscow, Idaho,
says: . ' -X '
The seventh day of the Dollar-Swisher
land fraud case came to an end 'tonight
when the jury after deliberating an hour
and 20 minutes returned a verdict of
not guilty for both William Dollar and
Arthur F. Swisher. The entire day has
been passed in the pleas of the attor
ney. When the verdict was read Met
dumes Dollar and Swisher, who sat be
side their husbands during the trying
week, weeped and laughed with joy. i
Oregon Crop this Year Runs
Into Seven Figures. ,
EASTERN DEMAND A FACTOR
Will Soon Make Greatest Wealth la tha
State traces Also Run Over the MU-
' lion Dollar Mark Settler Are Being
Attracted. ;- ' " '- ' ': .-
PORTLAND, Nor. U.-On the basis
of reports from county inspectors,' the
value of Oregon's fruit crop this year
is officially estimated at $475,135. Tail
figure, far In excess of any previous
year, ia based on amounts actually re
ceived by growers, and represents an
increase of S3 per cent over the fruit
crop valuation of last year. j
To the high prices now paid for Oreg'
on fruits it partly due the increase in
this year's total, but the larger acreage
set out in orchards in response to east
em demand is also a factor. The heavy
plantings of the last few years are be
ginning to bear, and the further increase
in the value of the crop will probably
be very rapid in the future.
' According to the President of the
State Board of Horticulture, the suc
cess with which Oregon growers are
meeting ' "within a' ahort time make
fruit crowing the greatest of wealth in
the State." - .
The apple crop forms the largest item
in the list with a total value of $1,-
423,000, Prunes paid Oregon growers
this year $1,590,625; pears, peaches, and
cherries all in excess of $230,000 and
strawberries over $400,000. Oregon pears
this 'Tear have sold at wholesale in the
East at ten cents apiece. Hood River
apples as high as $3.75 a box. At these
prices, with cheap land, good transporta
tion and a steady market, Oregon is at
ratting settlers and prospective fruit
growers from all sections of the country.
A HOLOCAUST.
Five Persons Lose Lives in Hotel Fire
at New Haven.
NEW HAVEN, Nov. 12.-Five persons
BREAK WATER MAIN.
VANCOUVER. B. C Nov. 1L At
hieh tide last night the Edith lost her
bearings in the fog while going through
the first narrows and ran aground di
rectly off the land in place of the nar
row's 'water mains. Tbe tide going out
before the vessel could get off the tug
dropping down to secure a berth , ran
director in one of the mains. Heif
weight crushed a pipe which is one of
the four supplying this city with
water.