THE "OREGON DAILY TOURNAI POSTlJAND. FRIDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 3, 1SCS.
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Agents and Contractors Collude
. to Deprive Laboring Man
of Profit.
' PUBLIC EM PLOYM ENT
1 AGENCY IS SOLUTION
Organised Labor Favora This Plan
Others Art for More Careful Super-
j vision f Private Agencies-Norai
Bank Project Makes NeeVl Prciaing
' ' -A man with a famtlr wh out
to work on railroad construction cannot
.. hope to wnd anything homaV aald a
well-Informed laboring ' man ' today.
Waaes are ostensibly good, and upon
- r the surface it would appear that a. fair
-fcroflt could be made, but there, ere
"' many deala between employment agent
-j " and contractor" that the worklngman la
' never able to do mora than aujport totm
'" '. elf"'.- '- '
Thla atetement prompted toivestlga
'i tlon. It auggaatad tha establishment of
i a public amploymant of f lee, or broader
power for soma labor commissioner.
hou 4utv It ahould ba to ferrat out
fraud upon unskilled labor In tha heavy
I work to be pressed around Portland for
tha next decade.-. Mora railway , men
wlU be hired front thla point neat year
"thari from any elt Bf the west. Heavy
, work advertised will no doubt draw
' large number of worklngmen from dte
tant plaoea. Vnleaa thera 1 aoma power
with authority to lua authantlo state
ments about tha need of big cootrae-
- 5 tor, warning to the country at large,
it la regarded poaalble that there may
r be a greater influx of 'unskilled labor
than van b . aecoramodatad. . :
v Tha Omly Bemedy. ,' " ' :
- Friends of laboring men have re-
,'newed tha demand for a publle employ
ment office, a the most probable rem
edy for tha evil that la aald to deprive
' the average railroad eonatructloa hanu
of a profit on hia work. The suceeaa
attained at Seattle la cited aa an in-'
, stance of what auch an office can ac
complish. It la recalled that thara waa
a movement hero last year for auch an
office, which found general support for
' a period, but did not fake tangible form.
' Organised labor Indorsed thla aolutlon
and frequently has urged establishment
of auch an office, which would have tha
effect of doing away with ail tha pri
vate employment ageribtes. . . ' -
;: . At present there la no mean by which
''an employment agency may ba punished
Jar defrauding worklngmen, cava that
provided in the general fraud law. ' City
agencies are required oy city ordinance
' , to refund the . fee charged-and trans
portation expenaes If they aend men 01
women for work which does not exist
- or where' there waa no probability of
- the applicant receiving It. . '...
.,'- Seeenrse XJmrted. '-.';'--'.f ,
In 'addition, the license committee has
' viewer to revoke the license of aa agency
where It has been found guilty of auch
' abuses. But there" la no other remedial
'. measure, aave recourse to the freed pen-
- nltlee. Further, -city officials - cannot
liave Jurisdiction beyond the city boun-
dary. and are seriously handicapped.
. t 7 having DrJ-homaaVXclacUio-Oll-t
taw tm iu,i Kt.j LuuwiTO .... me nous jusi wnen 11 l needed, cure
- construction contractors often collude
with employment agencies, the agree
ment being that the latter anal I have
the . exclusive privilege of fumlahlng
rnen, and the - former shall keep the
workmen but a ahort time befori d la
charging; tbem. Each new applicant la
rompelled to pay the employment fee
and perhapa a sum for clothing or pre-
. limlnary equipment. Shortly after this
mount has been earned, he la die
charged and opportunity la created for
repeating the-profit of hiring another
loan. No doubt exists that thla profit
: Is divided between the contractor and
the employment agent ,
Sow the System Works,
It. Is because of auch conditions that
' men frequently find they can make noth
, ing In eons t ruction , work, aa they are
. never permitted to keep- their ptacea
.long enough to much more than, break
' even with the contractor and employ-
ineiir'aaent
More glaring frauda oif ten haveTbeen
perpetrated upon the laboring claaaes.
jo some inatancea men are sent to J!s-
- tant places where there is no .work to
be bad. and being broke. . are mostly
unable to return to thla olty to prosecute
. tne rrauouient agent.' Such cases .-.
this character" aa . are brought, to the
attention of the local license officii!
are taken up by threatening to forfeit
the" agent's license If the fee ami Iran,
portatlon coats are not refunded. It l
aafe to estimate that a niultitu1 'of
eaaea never are re pored, as the victims
., have not the means to return to make
complaint, and are mere- eager to get
vrork than to punish a wrongdoer.
To catch the elaas of employment
VINOL'S RELIABILITY
jrvomlnan SHyslelaaa Join Omr Zooal
Brarrlste, Weodard, Clarke Co la
. Vratotec Thla afarltorlowa yrepa -
J,. Countless physicians and drugglate
i era now preaeribtng and Indorsing
Vlno as the most valuable cod liver
... oil preparation known to medicine, and
'vlL ' Mt auperaedlnf.au other , forma
vi too iitt on snq emulsions.
This Is becsuse Vinol la ,niF..iu
to conUIn in a hlshlv Concent rat Ail
agenta - futltyof ' auch wrong - la aa
imminent question. Officiate atato that
the permanent agenta in a city are lea
inolined to wrong the laborer than the
transient agenta who are attracted by
new work in the vicinity. These pay
their license and try to snaps their af
faire aothat they can make a good
clean-up and get away before being
caught. For a period, they were wont
to fake out a licence for only a short
part of the semiannual pe:;od, thus
gaining the .oppirtc.Mty to rerpetrate
their frauds f?r a small -figure. The
license official have adopted tie policy
of making these tranaienta pay for a
full half year, regardless of the length
of time that they Intend to remain in
business. , .
Seattle's municipal employment -office.
which - has been running for four or
five yeara, la the uaual example cited
for auch an Institution it Portland. The
regular reports aent oui by thla office
show that a large number of people or
placed monthly, the .total running Into
the thousands each month.
Mi iaasaaaoe Cost Xow. ,
'The cost of maintaining it le aald to
bv quite ' low, aa the only duty re
formed la keeping the names of app'l-
ccr.ts for work and .those desiring em
ployment and connecting them. Mu.ih
of the time thla la done at the office
of the agency, ' which cauaaa dosena of
people, to remain about the place.
business msn desiring help on short
notice simply goes to the employment
office and either meets some of the
people waiting there or takes the ad
dress of some on the waiting Hat Thla
office . pas had the effect . of making
Seattle-the central point in a labor way
for all of the Industries throughout tha
adjacent" country, and in thla respeot
haa been of great help to the city.
Some local people advocate more rigid
atato lawa, made- directly applicable )
the employment bureau fraud. They Be
lieve tbet auoh raeaaurea would be of
greater efficiency than" an employment
agency, by having broader Jurisdiction.
Their suggeation la to regulate strictly
private agencies, and ferret out any
case of fraud, especially those suggest
ing that a big contractor and an em
ployment agency are working In collu
sion to swindle employes. ... .
.Would eliminate Graft.
Organised labor In the city haa been
quite pronounced In support of a public
agency. -tin championing this Ian It
la aald that the public agency quickly
would drive aU of the private lnatltu-1
tlona out of business, or If any remained.
they would bo. unfanged. If the big
contractors were- compelled - te - deal
through., a. public agency which waa
operated' on. a clean baala, graft natur
ally would be eliminated. ';
Removal, of a charge, or reducing It
to a nominal aum, would make the -public
institution popular. The friendly in
fluence of organised labor also .would
contribute heavily to tuq success of the
Institution, and enlist a multitude of
potent advocates and champions- A pub
lic agency, making reports of what It
needed and waa doing. -also would In
form the publle at large thoroughly of
the labor situation, which la not the
case under' present conditions. -
Many of the unskilled labor elaas and
their friends -Will -urge - establishment
at a publlo agency thla winter. Others
will endeavor to have the same evila
reached In another way. . ...
Starving Woman Occupied a Ceil
7 in Bridewell on Chargs of
; Shoplifting.'-
SURE OF SQUARE MEALS
DURING IMPRISONMENT
la Arrested and Fined Under an As
sumed Name Declared by Frienda
to Be Innocent of Crime, but At
tracted by Comforts of JaiL
Hun a reds of Uvea saved every year
croup, heals
every aort
burna, cut a, . wounda of
MAEW00D IMS $150,000
DAMAGES FROM PLATT
Aged Senator's Nemesis Brings
.'Another Suit Loeb, Wynne
and Miller Accused.
' - (Joarnal BoeeUl Servlca.1
Omaha, Nov. t Mae Catherine Wood
has filed another eult against Senator
Piatt and others for 1110.000 damages
The defendants In the ault are Thomas-
C.,J3 tt ,acdrJL-FlatUaa-Officaraf
the United States Express company;
former Postmaster-General Wynne, -Wil
liam Loeb, secretary to the president
and J. Martin Miller, late consul at All
le Chsppelle.
The suit follows tha lines of former
Suits, alleging that the defendsnte eon
spired to decoy her to' New Tork for the
purpose of committing a felony on her.
The petition alleges that ehe waa oaught
in New York, an effort made to drug her,
and that ehe was deprived of her liberty
for two days. Immediately afterward ahe
aays these Tnen published statements
that she hod eued Piatt for breach of
promise, which wss false. '
' Mies Wood declares that she believes
that all these machinations against her
were for the purpose of distracting pub
lle attention rrom the marriage of Sea
a tor Piatt to Carrie -Thompaon, alias
Ullian janeway, in Washington. ....
FIRST TRIP OF HEW -
STEAMER A SUCCESS
form all of the medicinal, curative, ele
ment of cod liver oil, actually taken
from fresh cods- livers, but without a
drop of the useless, system-cloaalna oil
- to upset the stomach and retard Its
work.
I Vinol la not a patent medicine, as
everything tn it Is named, on the label.
and it eait be eecn that It Is absolutely
free front, drags and all Injurious In-
gradients. -- . . ,
- A prominent .physician writes': "I
believe Vinol to.be the moat valuable
rod liver oil preparation, the beat
body-builder, health . restorer - and
strength creator known to medicine to
day, and I ahould be very sorry to have
to dA-w1thout Vinol In my practice.
A member of. the above firm aays:
Iit caaea where cod liver oil, emulsions
and other tonics fail. Vinol will heal,
strengthen and cure. - . ' -
"Tn the strongest manner we Indorse
and guarantee Vlnml to create strength
for old people, weak., alckly women and
children, and after severe sickness, and
Is cure hacking coughs, chronlo colds,
all throat and bronchial troubles or re
ture money If It Jla. .
WOODAftD, CLARKE A CO, .
Xnigg1sta.
(Special Dlapatrfe to The Joarnal.)
- Wenatchee, Walw Nov. I. The he d
steamer Columbia haa aucceasfully com
pleted her first trip up the river. The
Columbia la the first of a new fleet of
steamers that la being built by the
Columbia Navigation company.
The new-host-haa been, designed for
4thejsssengtri?ada, although 'freight
to a small amount will be earned. A
aistar ship, the Okanogan, will be built
Immediately, and together with the Co
tumble will make- dally trips between
thla port and Brewster. The Columbia's
speed is eight miles an hour agalnat a
slx-mlle current She carries s crew
of 24 men and is licensed to carry 20
passenger. Captain I. B. Qray of En-
tlat a pilot of many yeara experience
on the Columbia river, le In command.
The cost of the new boat ia t2S.O0O.
FUNERAL OF JOHN KIRTS
IS HELD AT WILKES
(Special Dtaeatrh te The Joeritl.)
- Forest Orove, Or., Nov. I. - The
funeral of John Klrts, a pioneer of 111,
who dlsd a few days ago st Lafayette,
Oregon, was held st Wilkes' cemetery
near Bsnke. eeven mllee from' here, at
10 o'clock thla morning. - Mr. Klrts waa
born In Indiana In 1130. He-came to
Ore son with an oa team when but il
yeara of age and located In Washington
county near where Greenville now Is,
and where he lived up to 19 years set.
when he removed to Lafayette. in 1M
ne married miss Kiinirs Ma ran. They
had 1 children. iMr. Klrts waa burled
by the Maeona .
(Joarsal Special farvtoe.)
Chicago. Nov. I. Mary Louise P. Hill.
the young woman -whoae diaappearanoe
from a boarding-house at 144 Ohio
atreet on October a caused a aenaation
in police circles for more than- a week,
and waa supposed to have starved to
death, haa been round In I Bridewell
celt "Mi H11L, who for some time was
a member of the choir of Moody s
church, has been a prisoner In the house
of correction since October 10 under the
name of Mrs Anns Harold. She was
committed to the Institution by Justice
Caverly to serve a fine of 120 for die
orderly, conduct having been arrested
on the charge of ehopuitlng.
Lata this afternoon ahe was released
from custody, when ber fine cares paid
by her friends. Tha woman made ber
true Identity known to Superintendent-
Lynch of the liouso of correction after
the prisoners Jut brought to the Insti
tution told her of the .excitement caused
by' the disappearance of Miss Hill.
Superintendent Lynen communicatee:
to the police of the Chicago avenue ata
tion and Detectives Bohan and Butimer,
aeoompanied by a ainger In Moody'a
church, were sent to Identify her. While
they were on the way It la declared that
the fine had been paid by a church
friend with -whom ahe communicated
and ahe had been released from euatody.
Miss Hill was a prominent church
worker, a medical atudent and aoololo
gist She waa wall known In social
settlement work and associated with
Mlsa Helen Gould. Jane . Addama an
other phllantbroplata. Her diary, which
waa found In her room after her disap
pearance, showed a long record of pri
vation ' and Buffering, the girl having
been for raonthe on the verge of starva
tion and sustaining life by the moat pre
carious methods .. Her friends state
that while Innocent of the crime attrib
uted to .her. she refused to make a fight
agalnat being aent to the house of cor
rection becauee of the certain proapeot
of comfortable apartments snd suffi
cient food. Under aa - assumed name
she thought that ahe was safe from
discovery. Her pride prevented - her
from saklng aid or telling her predica
ment to frienda. .
POOR FARMER BOY NOW
A MILLIONAIRE MINER
leanuu paciai
Chicago,. Nov.. I. A
I Srvle. - - - "
A few yeara ago
Tom Oreenough, s plain country lad.
went west from a little town tn Iowa,
seeking hie fortune, , Today he 'regis
tered st the awelleet hotel' here as
Thomas L. Oreenough of Missoula, Mon
tana, and carried with him a check call
Ing for f J. 000. 000. This rapresenta-the
proceeds Of the sale of bis mine In the
Coeur d'Alene district from - which
Oreenough and his partner Peter Larson
have teen taking $00,000 annually for
a number of yeara.
When Oreenough geta home he will
split the check "two ways," aa he and
Larson have alwaya done everything.
Oreenough aald that hie highest ambi
tion aa a boy waa to be a pony express
rider or a 'railroad brakeman, and hia
mining success waa a aort of an ace!-
dent ' : : : . .. .,. :
NEW MANAGER CHOSEN
FOR COLLEGE INDEX
(Rperlal Dlanatra to The Jaaraal.)
Paclflo University. Forest Orove, Or.,
Nov. - t.-On account of the illness of
Arthur Prideauz. '05, of Portland, busi
ness manager of the Index, the college
newspaper. Samuel Lawrence of Scholl
baa been chosen to sttend to the bust
nestnanagamenfof ' the periodical.
Lawrence Is a member of the, freshman
clsaa snd secretary of the Gamma Sig
ma literary aoclety. At a, meeting of
the etudent body held today H. W.
Sparks, a Junior,-waa chosen baseball
manager, and I. Bump, . a senior,
mansa-er of the track team.
m m a 1
Ihe Unginal
7' 'Brand
Wclsbach Mantle
Price 30c
TKi fhaaikVcpretenU the
foest product of our factory.
It i$ the best mantle made
Gives I5J more
light, uses' 2
leu, gas than any ,
other mantld. , ..
Strength .
Unexcelled
IlsbaI '
It is the cheapest
mantle because it .
saves gas, it gives
more light, it lasts
longest '"
Buy the best
and the cheapest:
Price, 30 cents. ' , "
' Imltittons are Werthless .
' . .. . and Extravsssnt ...
Remember all apv. sas
asantlos are not.
' Wobbachs.
The fenuine has
. this Shield of i
, Quality oa the
. boa. Five kinds.
II. 20. 25. 30.35c tsacs
; For Sale by All
Dealers -
rttEB-AA .yaw datW (at
a rear, aasal esd f RES
NratAsg.
ft
The Big Sale was more than a success. Thousands of Bargain Seekers
.were here and every bne-purchased'.The closed every hour
to avoid the tremendous rush for these goods. , ;
B(54!-9a(5oQO 1
.' " . . .. . 1 . . . . ....
Worth of Clothing, Shoes,
' Ladies' and Children's
: ' .... . ;'' - '.- . w . .. -.
Hats, Furnishing Goods,
Hose and Notions .
Going Below Cost of MateriaL HoVandWhy These Sacrifices Are Made. Read
We, Will Wolf Co Inc.' purchased $164,386.00 of merchandise of the foregoing de
scription from the Board of Trade at price less than cost of materiaL" . . "
oignea. wiiwi- wuu1 vw, iw - -
THIS MEANS THAT .WE HAVE A LARGE . CAPITAL INVESTED IN THIS .."BANKRUPT- STOCK.'L AND WE
MUST TURN OUR MONEY QUICKLY. THIS STOCK" MUST BE SOLD AT ONCE SO WE CAN RESUME OUR
REGULAR WHOLESALE AND RETAIL BUSINESS. ' WE HAVE ALREADY DEVOTED AWEEKS TIME IN
ARRANGING KELLEY'S - STOCK FOR THIS GIGANTIC SALE. AND ALL OP OUR. FORMER STOCK HAS
. BEEN MOVED TO OUR LARGE STOREROOMS TO MAKE ROOM FOR THE T. P. ' KELLEY SALE. THE
GUARANTEED BANKRUPT PRICES FOLLOWING WILL GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT THIS MKAa
TO EVERY MAN, WOMAN AND CHILD. IN DOLLARS AND CENTS! " - r ;;.
Men's Clothing Dept.
;v - j. X l .:V-;:V ; c: KeUes Price.;
SllCashmere Suits In dark 'colors.... ......$10.00
67 odd size Suit, fall patterns .,.,......... $12.60
,$5Suits4n worsted and French pique $15.00
123 Men's Worsted Suits, fancy satin-lined . .$20.00
205 Men's Blue Serge Suits, med. wslght ....$18.00
63 Men's fancy worsted Suits, heavy weight.$25.00
22 Men's unfinished worsted Suits, winter -
.weight .....$27.50
846 Men's worsted Suits in all colors'-.;.. $32.50
868 Blue kersey Overeoats..T7T;,.. '.....'. $12.00
35 Black Melton Overcoats......... ..$13.50
723 Dress Overcoats $1 6.00
88 Cravenettes, English make..... ...... .$22.00
1 42 Short Coats, odd sixes, worth up to. . ... .$30.00
38 Pair of cotton Pants.....;
Boys' Overalls, as long as they last.
Men's dress Pants ................
Men's fine all wool Pants, for Sunday . .
Men's $5, $6, $7 Pants, as long as they last. ,
Sale PriceJ1
$4.39
$6.38
S7.85
59.89
58.89
$9.58
$11.45
$13.69
84.98
3.5.89
- i 57.45
S10.98
85.73
491
12
$1.49
?2.28
3.27
Shoe-Departriienfr
Men's fine viclltii Shoes. .......... V..
Men's fine bo calf Shoes i . .
Men's fine calf skin Shoes,...;....
All of the $5 and $6 Shoes go at, ..; . ....
All of the ladies' high-price Shoes go at..
$2.50'
$3.00
$3.50
81.29
$1.48
$1.98
$2.98
$1.96
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Hat Department
59 Dozen Men's crush felt hats ...,.........$2.50
Men's wool hats, large shape. .....r. ...... i. $1.50 ;
Men's fur dress hats, all shapes...;.........
Men's felt hatr for dress ...... . v.-.; r. . . . . : " '" . .' ' "
Dunlap shape hats, worth up to $5.00 . ......... - - -
Men's Stetson ships hats ...... ...... . .V. ...
Men's caps, latest styles 50c
Men's Knox shape hats ,. .. .. . .
All $8.00 Wilber hats
Boys' caps, worth 50c " ....... .
29
$1.69
82.15
". 9
Blanket Department
. . , ........ . .
........ . .... .
esSBUnketff-oraTMrtnds-
Heavy blankets in mixed wool
Heavy quuts .... (........ ....
Best grade of quilts T. ,'. . . . ................. r
49
91.38
;-834
$1.21
Furnishing Goods Dept.
aeSNa
- , i, - - ?
i
ay
25c
10c
15c
. 25c
35c
50c
Men's wool sox .;
Men's cotton sox
Men's black and tan sox . ..
Men's lisle sox
Men's fancy sox'. . . .
Men's ribbed underwear
Men's heavy ribbed cotton underwear . . . . . , 75c ;
Men's sanitary fleece underwear... .......... $1.00
Men's wool' underwear' ....... M ......... -.$15-
Men's heavy wool underwear ............... .$00
Dr. Wrighvs Health underwear... .......... $2.50.
358 Dozen 25c. suspenders .".,.. . ' ,. . . .... m
87 Dozen 50c suspenders ..................
- 3 Dozen President suspenders. . ......... -
65 Dozen silk dress suspenders..-......... V,
1843 Silk bosom shirts' .... ........ ...$2.00
361 GoU shirts ........... ............. ...$1.00
229 Dozen Sweet Orr union-madejAirtsj, t 75c
68 Dozen .black shirts .............. 75c . r
Men's odd-size shirts 50c
Men's white handkerchiefs... ...... ........... 15c
Men's bordered handkerchiefs.. .......... . 25c
40 Dozen bath towels ............. ........ 15c
320 Dozen silk neckties ;....U..,.i Mc ;".
410 Dozen double four-in-hand ties. .... 50c
65 Dozen Waterhbuse silk ties...... ... .$1.00-,
1468 Pairs of wool hose .. .. ...........
319 Pairs of heavy wool hose ......... .e 50c
88 Dozen pairs cotton hose, in black ..... 15c kind
31 Dozen pairs cotton hose in brown . 15c kind
Working so. .........................a, " "
Working gloves
- ia el at. ai . . m S SBtaSI, SS A 1
Ladies' umbreuas, silver handles, utataesignat.ou ,
-; - Kelley's Price. ' Sals Price.
...M.
7
110
tzytt
29
- 37
-39
48
84
98
6
19
21
34
84
49
-34.
34
29
87
93
S1.98
$1,4.LSchool umbrellas
i. ..............
These Umbrellas Are All Steel Rod and Nine Ribs.
E. & W. collars, all styles and new goods.,
34
13
2J
3
8
12
19
39
11
19
z
;7
3
8
98
39
11
- Notion Department
Boston garters ... . . . . . . ......... t , . -J
Imitation Boston garters . t ..... . . v , 8
38,463' Spools of 'machine thread, spool ..... ., 54
6,354 Packages of pins ' 1.
Hairpins, best grade, made of wirs, pkg. ..
318 alarm clocks, 36-hour time.' ....$1.50 63
Merchants wishing to bay in bIk can purchase from any clerk in the house at all goods are marked In plain figures
Rern Starts Promptly at 9 eu m. Tomorrow.
BaG' ON HAND EARLY. ' Salesroom-- ; :
229-
SALESMEN WANTED
YOUR MONEY 6ACK If Not Satisfied with
' Your Purchase During the Salev v
229;
SALESMHi WAHTEDyC
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