The Oregon daily journal. (Portland, Or.) 1902-1972, December 20, 1908, Image 60

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Newspaper Page Text8 THE OREGON -! SUNDAY- JOURNAL,- PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 20, .1808. LABOR PARTY IM LOSE HOLD British Trades Unions Kay . -Be Denied Eight to Pay SnlflnVs to Members of HouseLatest News European Countries. of ' By Charles P. Stewart. "(Staff Correspondent of. United Press.) : London 'Dec 19. With a larger rep- rekcntatfoa In parliament than It ever ' had before and every prospect of a sun fcftter showing in the next Ine, the Eng lish labor narty is nevertheless In the K...in... nnoiiinn In its history. It is to the court of appeals recent a clsion . denying trades unions the right to pay salane to their members in the house of commons that the party owes Its mharrsment. . If the house OT lords, to which the laborites have taken their oas from the -court of appeal, ; tuna n vM thn latter, not one or the worklngmen wll! be able to retain his seat In the rational legislature. Ail are poor men. England allows Its law makers no salaries and the labor repre " sentativon have the-efore been depend ent on the $l,00t) thf unions paid each of them vearlv and without it all must go back to work at their trades. The suggestion ' has been made that the fund be Talsed by voluntary contri bution. That It, would be possible to nrnvlilA It v.t(nmtlcal v by such a method is eorusldere so doubtful, how-. ver, that the plan has been praeucany abandoned and the adoption of another tne Is unlikely until the peers announce , their decision, probably late in January. An adverse ruling by them will leave v the Labor Party three courses. The doubtful method of voluntary contribu tion may be tried; nominal offices at salaries of 1,000 each may be created In the various unions for the members chosen to do parliamentary duty; an at tempt may be made to secure the pass age of an act legalizing the previous custom of sUpportinsr the Labor legisla tors directly from union funds. There ar objections to all the je plans. The first Is considered too uncertain In ita financial results. It is feared the ' courts would look upon the second as a mere evasion and rule against It, too; It is by no means certain that the third is possible of accomplishment. It would - in any event Involve seven or eight months' delav during which there would bo serious danger of s weakening of the present ;xwerful patrtv organization. Hay 8 TTphsld. ; It Is mow than likely that the court nf appeal will be upheld in the house of i lords. The-ruling was Dasea on the as sumption that trades unions are formed for specific purposes and that even a majority cannot use their funds for tne furtherance of anything else. The laborites elected 1 members to - the last parliament, 55 to the present one and count on 80 In the next. Though in a minority, the delegation made It self a political power, was instrumental - In securing; the passage of a half dozen of the most important industrial actw ever. Introduced In parliament and more than once cast the deciding votes on closely fought Issues of general as well as of labor Interest. For months and months after almost every dispatch from India began bring ing news of anarchist outrages and anti government olotN among the natives, the British press refused to take any notice ' of the situation, aovernment officials told them there was really nothing the matter and they believed It Like government officials everywhere, the ones her didn't care to have a hul . laballoo raided about the way they'd been conducting business. They were , undoubtedly trying hard to get things straightened out, but they felt it would be a good deal pleasanter for them not r to have the public know there was any . thing to straighten. But they couldn't . keen It quiet forever. ' Britons Just back from India got to talking and writing letters to the pa pers. Then it fcegan to be noticed that shoals of women and children were coming home on every boat from the ..orient their fathers, hisbands and brothers preferring to have hem out of the way of danger in case of a big rebellion. British Frees InTOitigaWs. Finally the Dress began to realize that : It had better be doing a little Investigat ing. It did it pretty thoroughly when It started. It was hard work. too. The . colonial authorities exercise so strict a censorship oo all messages from the center of the disturbances that lots of Important happenings are probably nev er heard of in England. Supporters of! the administration the "cnvarmruni as Europeans call it have a way of re ferring to everyone who te.lls unnleasant truths as a "traitor." In fact, in many ways it has been made particularly un pleasant for whoever ventured to say I , ,1 ls dnntpr shea of a bloodv re bellion In England's most Important de pendency. The newspapers stuck to It. however. . l nev have pounded the home govern- i ' uucwmnny Kir letting the dis contented natives get such a stfirt on .them, and War Minister HeMano ...- reived rougher handling than any one! tiA ?r avin- when Captain Craig ! iru W: lam inn matter over m the bouse of commons, that h "deprecated such discussions."' The most hopeful Judges of the situation say an uprls- - Ing can only be avoided by a wonderful mixture of luck and good management. The pessimists .declare the British will be exceedingly fortunate if ther don't lose India altogether. What undoubt edly worries officialdom more than any other one thing, short of course of ac tual loss of the drfony. Is the frightful disorganization a general uprising rauBt inevitably cause. Abandonment, of hundreds of miles of railway the. -crippling of the tele graph service, prostration of all kinds - of business, wholesale commercial fai ures and naturally a frightful reaction jipon everv market and exchange at liome would Instantly follow anvthing In the nature of general outbreak, v Between its desire to supply the co lonial authorities with means to nir. disaffection in the bud and its fear of creating a scare by an extensive mill-! tsry movement toward the dondency. the administration hardly knows which' way to- turn. Indian Secretary Lord ! Worley la hopeful his plan for opening, more Indian administrative offices to natives and of vaguely nromising home nil "some time" will clear the atmos phere. Anglo-Indians are unanimous In declaring that it won't; that there's no escape frm. an uprising, and that the bet thing for Kn gland to do is to "Jump on it" and try to stamp out as ' culcUly as possible, ? , . v ; , ' , ',.'-' j Pope Pius Xs economies and good management are rapidly putting Ithe A atienn upon its "financial legi." n in already, in fact, better off than In i years, despite the fact that Pius' reve-1 tmes have been no larger than before, i "When his hollnees ascended the papal 1 throne lie lotd down some rigid flnan-1 einl rules. There was a good deal of. complaint concerning them, but the eu-' reni pontiff wouldn't deviate from his " j old y n Inch, . j The tirM thinr he renulrel iV,-I mting off of evcrv penny of unnecea. ry mrense. Many fervsnts were dis i'iiu(,j arwl score- of little household I'Mrafflrtnrn Were, rutldcesly ellmi-ru-,t , Nf-xt. the pop forbade the rislp. '"t vt i.i- of the church property or .v ..ry invr-strni lit partaking1 In the Blightest of the nature of specular ' Cheeks Filgrtei Money. Finally, he began keeping exact note of all money received from pilgrims, In the form of Peter' pence or private do nations. Such funds are turned over to the administrator of accounts, but the expenditure of even the smallest 'sum out of the routine is permitted from It only with Plus' personal "Q. K." Most of the Vatican's ready eash Is deposited In a clerical bank In Rome, which, pays per cent interest and keeps the fund ready for use at a .mo ment's notice. The only investment countenanced by his holiness-, are- in British consols .or in real estate in Rome, where rents are high and land values eaie. Germany .and Holland are whianered in diplomatic circles to be exchanelnr confidential notes ine rormera curt and resentful, the letter's suave and non-committal concerning reports that England and the "low countries" are Axing up an alliance. The storv afloat no doubt the one the kaiser heard is to the effect that England proposes to guarantee aosoiuieiy Holland s inde pendence In return, it is presumed, for a pledge of the use of such Dutch ports as Britain's fleets may some time hap pen 10 neea in war time. , Aa Unpleasant Situation. Considering that Wilhelm bis long neen casting yearning eyes on these same ports which would be strategic ally invaluable to- him any such treaty woma oe a severe oiow to the rather' land. The - situation Isn't mnde . any pleasanter when the fact is taken Into account mat tne Harbors would be more useful aa bases from which to conduct a campaign against England than any Maybe Queen WUhelmina hasn't for- F rotten, that the kaiser threatened, dur ng the Boer war. to seize and fortify the Dutch ports against Kngland If WUhelmina didn't do it herself. The queen's sympathies were with the Boers, of course, but all the same it couldn't have been pleasant to get an ultimatum of that kind from the German ruler. - The 'situation hasn't developed - far enough for even the most speculative diploma to do much forecasting, but the issue is nevertheless so vital to-the kaiser that titt'one would be surnrlsed to see him attempt forcible Interference if he becomes convinced the treaty is really going to be closed. j tie matter might, indeed, serve as a cause for the Anglo-Oerman conflict Europe has so long expected. Cut It' Out And bring It to Le Palais Royal and get a $2 Heatherbloom' skirt for $1. 87S Washington street. Christmas cards. New Tear cards, art calendars, exclusive lines Imported and domestic. The postal' shop, 124. Fifth street, near Washington, TUHNEL GRAUT AT FORT Ull '. ' ' ,..,' iA. .... i Facilities in Line With Mak ing? It Coast's Chief Sub sistence Depot. Washington, Dec. 19. The Southern Pacific railroad is granted the privilege of constructing a tunnel under the Fort Mason military reservation in San Fran Cisco from Its tracks to the wharf, in a bill which passed the house today. The bill has passed the senate, only the president's signature being required now to make it a law. The track is desired by the military authorities and the bill was pressed by ine war aepanrneni. Fort Mason is to be made the leading nunsiHienoe uepoi or me facirio coast. The track connection with the Southern Pacific ls desired to facilitate the un loading of stores at the reservation .as well as the loading of transports at the military wharf. 1 Representative Kalln took advantage of the few minutes th house was In session' to get unanimous consent to th passage of the bill. , COLORADO . PI. A II? IE . 1 DOG SHOOTS BOY (Special Dispatch t Tbs Journal.) '' ' Grand Junction. Col.. Dec, 19. Con. tractor J. C. Johnson's seventeen year old son. Calvin, with shattered riant arm, had to walk two miles to the near est house for help when he became the victim or an unusual hunting accident near rausaae. - Johnson, with two companions, had stopped to rest and set his gun down at the edge of a prairie dog burrow. The prairie dog Jumped out, according to Johnson and his companions, striking the trigger of the gun, which was dis charged, the. full load of shot striking the boy in the arm and shoulder. lie was brought here and placed in the hos pital, where his,. arm was amputated near the shoulder. , pier. ' near the foot of West Eleventh street on Friday. - Rig hogsheads had been brought in by the Cretlc from the Mediterranean. As a dozen hands rolled one of them up a pair of skids upon a dray the burden escaped, crashed upon the asphalt, burst, and the con tents, large; Irregularly shaped chunks, like black creatures, went . bouncing about. They scared horses and seemed trying to elude pursuit ' - Policemen aided in : recapturing the chunks and th'e hogshead was repaired. When about two thirds of the stuff had been replaced there w.as apparently no room for the remainder. It required much pounding and jam ming to crowd the resilient rubber back. To make easy the job of headlngHip the cash two heavy freight handlers stood up on top or tne nogsneaa ana jumpea. At the rebound one of the men was shot off to one side and the ether man up Into the air. The head was caught into place at last and the hoops were tight ened up. .-. ,.- . . .. CONGRESS QUITS FORIIOLIDAYS (Colled Press Leased Wire.) Washington, Dec. 19. Both houses of congress adjourned today until January 4, During the two weeks' intermission many of the representatlvesvand sena tors will return to their homes to spend the holidays. "A number will remain at the capital to participate In the deliber ations of minor committees, although the big tariff hearing, which has con sumed five weeks of the time of the wavs and means committee or tne house, is practically ended. WHIPS HER' IIIVAL.ON 4 : CROWDED TROLLEY Wife, , Heavily Veiled, . Catches , Hub- band Flirting With Passenger Other Women Applaud. ' Burlington, N. J., Deo. 1. Holding up a Burlington county trolley 'car ba tween this city and Mount Holly, while she thrashed a woman she believed to be her rival;- the pretty wife of a trol ley conductor created much excitement among a score of passengers on on of the late trips last night. -- Entering the car here, heavily veiled. opportunity of spying flirtation between her the wife had an upon a vigorous husband and the other woman berore she lifted the veil and faced. the confused pair. " -- Passengers who scented a sensation when the wife ordered the other woman to leave the car, were scarcely prepared for what followed. The badly rattled rival for the conductor's affections did not hesitate to obey the order, and made toward the rear door. As she passed the seat where the wife stood the angry woman sprang toward her, fastened both hands in her hair, sent combs and hairpins flying and be gan to drag their , owner through the aisle. . . ..- - While some - women passengers screamed others . applauded the wife. The male passengers grinned. The con ductor watched the fight In a muddled state, undecided what action to take. Appeals to his wife did no good. Final ly, to prevent his car schedule from be ing entirely shattered, the conductor husband -essayed the j part of, ' peace," maker. - . - - . ' r.- His face was badly, scratched when, he at last broke his wife's bold upon, her rival's hair. The young woman left the car in haste, while the conductor held his wife In a seat The last glimpse passengers got of the rival was of a figure fleeing Into the darkness. Mrs. But Not the One; From the Bohemian. Hoyle My husband had' 1100.- 000 when I married him. - Mrs. Doyle How much has he now? Mrs. Hoyle Oh, he has' most of the ciphers left - A dinner for epicureans, kins grill Christmas. At the, Per- EVER TRY TO HEAD UP A RUBBER CASK? (Speelal Dispatch to The Journal. 1 New York. Dec. 19. How to jam a cask, full of rubber was a problem that had to be solved at the White Star CURES RHEUMATISM rn bottle. Pet nottte, ah nrrsurA xzkest to. RHEUMATISM n rra kavt roaxs. Sciatica Neuralgia Nervousness Sleeplessness Nervous Headaches Neuralgia Headaches Nervous Dyspepsia Nervous Affections TRADE BUFPUED BT A.W. Allen &Co. Wholesale and Retail Druggists, . 16th & Marshall Sis., Portland, or- PACIFIC COAST AdJENTS. WATCHES Solid Gold Watches Q20 to $125 , FOR CHRISTMAS Gold Filled Watches . 614 to SSQ D.R.2378 Pearl Sunbursts, set with 108 pearls and . fine H karat diamond ..................... f 10O.00 90 pearls, ?4 karat diamond ...f 85.00 Solitaire and Ouster Rings, from f 10 to $1500 ... Fine stock of Jewfelry, latest designs. New and fresh. Straight from New York. ' C. CHRISTENSEN ARTISTIC JEWELER 4th Floor Corbett Bldg., 5th and Morrison Sts. Open Evenings Take Elevator ENTIRE STOCK OF THE BOSTON STORE, N. W. COR. 1st AND SALflON STS. SOLD'BY ORDER OF THE UNITED COURT GREAT BANKRUPT STOCK SALE NOW IN PROGRESS. THRONGS OF BUYERS SWARM IN EVERY DEPARTMENT. CHOICE MERCHANDISE PURCHASED FOR THE FALL TRADE IS NOW BEING' SOLD AT. 40, YS 30, AND SAME GOODS AS LOW AS 25c 0 HE DOM "OF ACTUAL VALUES THE CREDITORS OF THE BOSTON STORE ARE THE LOSERS Fit' BUYING s m mm AT THE HEIGHT OF THE HOLIDAY 'SEASON WHEN ALL OTHER DEPARTMENT STORES ARE MAKING THEIR BEST PROFITS, THE STOCK OF THE BOSTON STORE GOES AT A FRACTION OF ACTUAL COST OF MANUFACTURE. . THE PRICES BELOW SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES THEY WILL PREPARE YOU FOR WHAT YOU MAY EXPECT WHEN YOU VISIT THIS SALE. EVERY VALUE EXACTLY AS REPRESENTED. : EVERY PRICE ABSOLUTELY AS QUOTED, ENTIRE STOCK SOLD AT PRICES CORRESPONDING TO THOSE BELOW. EVERY ARTICLE IN THE f STORE MARKED IN PLAIN FIGURES WITH THE BANKRUPT SALE PRICE. v , ' v WE DELIVER THE In Our Shoe Department Shoes for men, sold the town over at $3.QQ Bankrupt l Sale Price $ 1 .90 regular $1.50 valuesBankrupt Sale Price Women's shoes, Women's shoes, best known makes, sold the world , over at $2.50 Bankrupt Sale Price $1.50 Boys', Misses' and Little Folks shoes at the same reductions as above. v' STORE OPEN EVENINGS UNTIL XM AS. GOODS AT THE PRICES WE ADVERTISE In Our Suit Department Ladies' long coats, $6.00 to $7.00 values, best make, latest styles Bankrupt Sale Price !. Misses'and Children's coats, regular. $2.50 to $3.50 values, in all other Portland department stores ' Bankrupt Sale Price - " $1.42 Men's suits, sold by the leading clothiers of Portland at $10.00, and made by a firm with a world-wide repu v tation for good clothes Bankrupt Sale Price $5.43 In Various Other Departments WE OFFER ASTONISHING VALUES Ladies furs, the real $3.50 kind Bankrupt Sale Price - S1.69 - v.; Lace curtains, sold at $1.00 the year around Bank- rupt Sale Price - 48c Umbrellas priced regularly $1.50 to $2.50; bankrupt ' ' sale price ' . . ' 69cto$1.29 . . Christmas Suggestions' for Him .."Reefers and, Mufflers, values $1.00 to . $3.50 each ; bankrupt sale price .'. ,. .. .;. ... . . ...V.63 to $1.10 ' P"our-in-hand and teck ties, -50c values; bankrupt ? S3.1c ' price . h 4 1 4i Hi 75c values, bankrupt sale jirice . ;29 ' SPECIAL ATTENTION GIVEN MAIL ORDERS ACCOMPANIED BY THE CASH ' - . . THE BOSTON STORE KLINQE & ENEBO N.W. CORNER FIRST AND SALMON' STS.;