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THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 25, 1910. IlOil Gill , IB ffiffiSK FOraiSESllS Harriman Lines Agree to Per mit Delegates to Make Re turn Trip by. Way of .Cali- ... fornia at Same Rate. . C C. Colt, chairman of the commit tee on transportation for the annual convention of the National. Woolgrow ers' association, to be held hereJanu-. ary 4, S, 6 and ?,' received a telegram last night from Chairman A. D. Charl ton, of the. Transcontinental Passen ger Agents' association, Chicago, stat ing that additional concessions would be given delegates to the convention. - The latest - concessions , consist -'..of what is considered a- very low rate over the Harriman' lines from Ogden and Bait Lake, giving the traveler the priv ilege of Returning home by way of CaU Jfornla. The transportation committee applied' for , this privilege some time ago ,and it was with deep appreciation that thV good news from Mr. Charlton was received last night, sr, : The regular convention rate of '. one nd one-third fare for the round trip was, granted by all t lines some time ago from all points west of Billings, Denver and down to New Mexico points, but It was thought that It would prove a drawing card to have the . Harriman lines provide for routing the delegates so desiring by way of Huntington west bound and by way of either San 'Fran cisco or Los Arigeleseastbound, . According to the dispatch ' received from Mr. Charlton, the rate from Og don to Portland by way of .Huntington . and from Portland to Ogden by way of San Francisco will be u S5 5; from'Ogden to "Portland, by way "of Bunting-tor and from Portland "to Ogden by way or Los Angeles,' f65; from Salt Lake to Port land, by way-of Huntington,' and from Portland, to Salt Lake, by way of San Francisco, $57, and from Salt Lake to Portland by ' way of Huntington, and from Portland to Salt Lake by way of Los Angeles, 65" ' f These tickets will be on sale January 1. 2 and 3, and will be good for 30 days. Mr. Colt considers It a very Important concession, and ' believe It will swell the attendance by several hundred. . Another important telegram was re ceived last night by D. O.. Lively, chair man of the general committee on -arrangements, stating that a 3000 foot ' moving picture . film will be shown at 'the sheep, show to be held In con June ? tion with the convention at the Armory, The film .depicts the enormous stock yards and packing plants at Omaha and is said to be one of the most realistic ever shown.' r law as PRfipnsFrr. - WOULD EQUALIZE -PAY OF, DEPUTIES fContinued From Page "One.)" '' ty clerk," circuit court clerk, sheriff, ;tax department Jiuditor and treasurer. ."Section 2. . The cpmpensatlon of such deputies ; shall be fixed by the .county court and shall be uniform : In U departments that Is, the chief depu ty J n each department sh. ll receive the same, salary, the ' second deputy lu 'each department shall receive the same sal ary, and so on for the full number re quired; provided, ' that the ' deputies In the recording department of the county clerk's office shall be paid according to the amount of copying done by each deputy, but shall not exceed $90 per month." . , v -'.-' " : ''Salaries at Present.' Chief deputies In the offices referred to are now paid aa follows: L. It Maxwell, assessor's office, $300; It, T. Page, auditor's office, $150; H. Cv8mith, circuit court, $150; Fred W. prasp, clerk's office, $160; Jacob Proeb. tel, sheriffs office, $150; S. D. Martin, tax department, $125. - Ul ft is contended by those favoring the v 3fcill that these deputies are of practi cal ly equai ran, wun bdoui me same responsibility and all of first import lance, i To pay Maxwell $200 and Mar tin only 3125 Is pointed to as an in justice. To the suggestion that the ' county court ean remedy this . by re ducing Maxwell,7 the reply Is made that Jthe reduction has not so far been made, and the only safe way to Insure equal ization - is by compulsory r act of the legislature. ' -vi-- --, w- '. f Examination of the county pay' roll thews the following salaries paid to county officers and their . deputies; . , .Assessor Best . Paid. . f Jlssessor, $375; chief deputy, $200; one at $160. two at $125, two at $110, 12, at $90 and seven at $75. ' j Auditor $200, chief deputy. $150. t Surveyor $160, deputy $130. County clerk ' $250, two chief depu ties $160, one at $126, four at $110, two at $105, two at $100, three at $95, one at 390, t 17 at-$75, The last named art; copyists In .the recording .depart inent ' -v-.. v,':.;' ' v ; "v ;'". ' Sheriff $375, chief deputy $125,, one at $112.60, five at $100, two Jailers at $90, matron $70.i,v:4f,H',,.;l;::..,,,ti. . Tax department-sheriffs office, chief deputy $125, two at $113, eight at $90. I Unless there Should be a general raiss In salaries, the assessor's office would be; hardest hit by the; bill, for It has the most high salaried men and equal isation on the . present general basis would almost certainly make a serious put In pay in that office. . I j i Capacity Varies. I The last part of the proposed mea sure, providing that deputies In the re cording department of the clerk's of fice shall be- paid for the work done, finds a place in the bill because there is 'considerable difference in the number (Of f pages the girls in the , department Jafl write in a day. .. County Clerk, Fields has gauged the amount each can lao, and requires them to turn out work Accordingly, some are required to write ineny roore pages each day than others, but all receive the same pay., v v i? County ClMk Fields, when shown a lopy of ; the ,WH Bald the equalisation plan had his approval; nor would be Object to paying the girls in the copy ling department according 10 me worn Aono. Ho criticised the phraseology ol tthd bill,! however, in providing for uni form pay for deputies in an onrces for 'the . full number .required,", because this might Ijs construed to require the numbering of all i deputies, instead of allowing a general classification i-f those below the two or three of first tank, , ., , . i.,ni .ii.iii ;,., ? It was decided at a recent meeting of the Vallejo, Cal., trades and labor coun cil to organise the gas workers In that City if the district council of gas work ers did not take up the work soon. OBJECTS OF ART WHICH BROUGHT HIGH. FIGURES AT PARIS AUCTION 4 MILLIONS MORE - JO ENGINEERS IN' ".":,.'' WAGES, ANNUALLY (Continued from Page One.) '. ment After a wageflght that has been on for weeks. , The engineers gain a wage Increase amounting to about 10 1-3 per cent. , The battle was drawn. The engineers gained Increases In pay on a number of specified points, but on one of their principal contentions that they be paid for preparatory work on their engines they met flat idefeat'5":'''''':'" ? The principal agency In averting trou ble was United' States Labor Commis sioner NellL For days he gravitated between . the . headquarters of . me rail road officials and '. the ' union, urging peace as every new point In .the case came Up. His efforts were rewarded with success late today, when Grand Chief Warren S. Stone and Assistant Grand Chief C. F. Burgess, Ai Kennedy, A. H. Cadle and E. Corrlgan,- for the brotherhood, signed a peace agreement which, while no timfr-was set for its termination, Is expected to run at least a. year. ' - . - , . Stone's Statement. -: . . Grand Chief Stone . said, tonight: "I confident that the settlement' of the controversy as reached Vy the representatives of the railroad and the advisory board of the brotherhood will meet, with complete Indorsement on the part ol the engineers . affected. True, we have had to make several important concessions in order to effect a settle ment, but we feel the end Justified the means, and I can conceive nothing more Qlsastrous at this time of the year than a general strike of the western rail roads. The railroads would, of course, lose much, but their loss would be In significant beside that of . the traveling public. The agreement as It stands is a victory for the engineers." ::;' Terms of Xfew Scheduler The schedule given the engineers pro vides for these advances: Engineers on Mallet engines will be paid $1 more per 100 miles on heavy Mallets and 76 cents on the smaller type of that make of .locomotives., : ; Engineers on passenger, , . suburban passenger, ; through freight, pusher, helper; snow plow, work and mixed trains, 40 cents more per 100 miles.. A differential of 25 cents ; more is given engineers on way freight trains, besides the 40 cents provided for the others. ; This. makes an advance of 65 cents on way freight engines. , - All switching and transfer engineers will be paid 60 cents a day more, y:, The demand of the engineers for pre paratory time and a new method of computing overtime,' ,was dropped by the employes. . ' x' .' : , . Four million dollars annual increase in wages Is the net result This Is an average advance of $10.1 monthly to 32,780 men, or an Increase of 10.3 per cent in pay rolls of the roads involved. Coadnotors and Tralamsa Vext. Settlement of the wage demands of the engineers la expected to be followed here next week, probably on Tuesday, by an arrangement between the roads and the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen and the Order of Railway Conductors, which wilt add another huge sum to the millions the engineers have gained. The 75,000 members pf the trainmen's apd conductors' orders demand Increases of nearly $13,000,000. This sum, they tacitly admit is vastly greater than they expect to receive from the roads, but there is little doubt that the settle ment, when it comes, will be a sum In excess of $4,000,000. ' ; V . There are no very serious points of difference between the conductors and trainmen and the general managers of the roads, and the negotiation,; which have been In progress here for ' some weeks, It is believed, will certainly, end In amicable adjustment -'S' PORTLAND GIRL WILL SING AT' ST. PAUL'S 'T,j "'Tv-.' V'1"'. 1" ' "'-r '- j New York, Dec. 24. Miss Grace Camp bell of PortlandOr , will be the princi pal soloist at the St Paul chapel, Yesey street at 3 a. . m. "', Christmas morning, Miss, CajapbelLia .knwu- la wuloal clal circles as a soprano Of hlgh abll-' ity. She fias been singing In New York at the Mabie Collegiate church. Fol lowing the singing of Christmas carols byrft male chorus, Miss Campbell will sing -"The Birthday of a King." t " ' ' C - "I ' f Three objects of art belonging to the famous collection of the late Maur ice Kann, recently sold at auction In Paris, which brought $17420. ' Above is a rectangular bas relief In white marble,' of the Madonna and Infant Jesus, which was sold for $4000. Below, on the left, Is'; a bronze statuette of Mars, which brought $6720, and a Btatue of Venus dolphin' and 'infant, In white marble, which was sold for : $6400. T WORDS OF CHER TO ALL CITIZENS 7 i,, ..:v.-. . r ' (Continued' from Page One.) lng. President Taft let the statesmen stand to one side ' while he - received three newsboys, Israel and David and Sammy, shook hands with them, chatted with them and, after telling them how glad he was to see them, wished them a "Merry Christmas." The boys are brothers who - sell newspapers about town. Sammy. Includes the White House In his delivery run. Tsrael , is five, Sammy seven and David nine years of age. The boys have been trained by their father to box, and when ushered Into the presence of the president with a number of members of the house and senate looking on, they offered to- box for his edification. . , ; . - Td like to see yon box; but I am afraid we cannot turn - this Into a 24 feot ring this morning, boys," said the president laughingly.,: j . ' The boys departed, pleased -with the distinction that had come to them and it Is expected now that every newsboy in town will want to call on the presi dent , i .' - Pinner off Best la the XanaV President and Mrs. Taft " will " sit down tomorrow to a "Star . Spangled Banner" dinner, for nearly every state in the union has contributed to the feast that will be served in the state dining room. The only guests will fee the house guests- of Miss Helen and Robert Taft - j r Rhode Island has contributed a' SO pound turkey, the pride of the little state. . : Georgia sends her very best "possum and ; sweet taters.'. Virginia gives oysters for thee, turkey dressing. Idaho has sent a bushel of white po tatoes, while California is - to the fore with boxes of ocanges, figs- and other fruits. Oregon was glad to send a box of her itnest applees, and so on through the roll of states. ' There were boxes of holly and mistletoe from North Caro lina and fragrant' flowers from south ern states. , i ' v . , - ,' ; Whereabouts of Cabinet People. '. Only a part of the cabinet, families will be here for Christmas day. '. Secretary and Mrs. Knox have gone to their place at Valley Forge, Ia., for a family reunion. ., Secretary and Mrs. fealllnger 'have gone south. Secretary Dickinson's 'family Is here, but In. deep mourning. . Ills son, J. M, Dickinson Jr., has arrived from xale. Eames MacVeagh is here for-the hol-v Idays. Secretary, and ' Mrs, MacVeagh' have other guests besides. Attorney" CeneraT" and MrsTWcker shars are here and have their sqp-in- law and daughter, Mr, and Mrs. iert Atkln of New York, and Miss Constance Wlckcrsham, their school girl daugh-. ter, home ror tne noiidaysv '.' Secretary and Mra, Nagel are here PRESiDEN SENDS and will have several guests to Join their family party. : The Secretary of the Navy and Mrs. Meyer will have as" guests for the Christmas holidays Miss Kll.se Eames, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Mines; Mrs. , Lillian Sears, Mrs. Cutter, Mr Jacques and Mr. Harding of Boston and Mr, Cutting and Mr, Bealle of New York. - , ... ... Secretary Meyer and his sen George will return in a day or two from a few days' outing in the south and Sec retary and Mrs. Meyer will entertain a large dinner party Tuesday. Thurs day they will give a dance. Christmas eve found the "White House deserted by tfie (president and the elders of the executive family tonight. The attractions of the theatre overcame the "early to bed" tradition of , the occa sion and the presidential box at the new : National theatre, where Adelene Gene played "The - Bachelor Belles,' was occupied. Only Charley Taft re mained ' at home to watch for Santa Claus. ' . ,,V "BIG TIM" SULLIVAN TO DINE AND SHOE ; THE BOWERY'S NEEDY tTTiitted PrM Lets! Win. , New York, Deo. 34. Tomorrow will be a great day on the Bowery, , , The "big fellow," as State Senator Timothy i t ' .;'. ' . . r.f. " Did Santa BriiBooks? Then You Will Be Interested In ; ' Books exposed on tables are easily soiled and bindings damaged by falling to the floor.' . The old-style bookcase is not practical, because your library can outgrow it. , Besides, it is cumbersome, unsanitary and often an eyesore v, Globc-Wcrnicke Sectional Bookcases are built on the "unit" plan. ' Youxan add a section any time. G-W Book cases grow with yonr library. The price of a "tmit" is about the same as the' price of a single book. ; ' ; ' - " r. See our Third street window today then come and inspect our complete showing Tuesday. ' 4 H A See, r Closed vVVj' I 'Third Street VO-a t Vir ss AD Day , WlnAm , Blonday THE J. K. GILL CO. , , Toda 1 Th'i'OQAldertrectau Portland's Leading Book ii i D. (33ig Tim") Sullivan is known to' that thoroughfare, will give his annual. Christmas dinner- on Sunday. "Tim-; says that so far as Christmas dinners , are concerned he . believes In "repeat- ! Inar." v "Most everybody will celebrate Christ mas on Monday," said Sullivan tonight, "and they will have plenty to give away then, so far as edibles are concerned. So I will give my dinner tomorrow and the boys can eat their filL Then Mon day they can eat somewhere else. They get little enough chance to fill their bellies as it is." The dinner win be served " In the rooms of the Timothy D. Sullivan as sociation. Each diner will get all he can eat, a corncob pipe, a package of tobacco and an order for a pair of shoes, to be delivered a month hence. The show are , Sullivan's idea of a return for a kindness when he was a newsboy. His school ' teacher, noticing one day that his feet were coming through his shoes, and knowing that .every penny he earned was needed by his family, bought him a pair of shoes. When he 'teot his1' Sullivan never forcot this incident, and the shoe distribution is an annual adjunct to his annual feast iOMPERS IN MESSAGE . SAYS ORGANIZED LABOR' i MOST PATENT FCfR GOOD (Dnlted Preu beofed Wire. , Walhlngton, Dec. 24. The following Christmas message was issued to the workers of the country tonight by Sam uel Gompers: 'The cycle of time brings to our peo ple the Yuletlde of today. In it there are felt pangs for the suffering; en couragement for the hope. It holds ,for the peoples' betterment for the year and the years to come. ' . . , rThe pang of wrongs suffered In the yesterday of time and-the hunger ' for right and Justice for all humanity are the consciousness of and the incentive for man's efforts in behalf of bis fel lows. ' ' "Tho American organised labor move ment, among all the organized forces of our time,. Is the most potent factor to eliminate poverty, misery and Injustice and establish - Justice, happiness and good will toward all mankind." , . MEANING0F CHRISTMAS ' "BROTHERHOODS MAN" , SAYS; BISHOP FALLOWS 1 JTJnlted Prent ted W. Chicago, Dec. 24. -The following ex pression pf what Christmas should mean was written especially for the United Press by Bishop Samuel Fallows, pre siding bishop of . the Reformed Episco pal church for the United States and Car-ada: - ' "Christmas, with Its angel voice, calls on men to recognise each other as brothers sharing a common humani ty, redeemed and glorified by the son of Mary and the son of God. - - "It- means the abolishing of, all forms ' of caste wherever found. It means equal and exaat conscience to the employer and employe alike. It means the end of all species of serfdom. It comes pleading eloquently for the unity of the church, whatever Its differences, under, the : supreme ' leadership of the Lord Jeeus Christ ' It bids all divid ing antagonisms lo cease in the home, uniting In holy bonds all its members In marital, filial and fraternal love. "It comes to soften all asperities In social life and all bitter strife In polit ical. It dalls for International fellow ship between the nations of the' earth, the ending of all wars and the reign of universal and. lasting peace." , i, IN HIGH FINANCIAL ., CIRCLES MOST LIBERAL GIVING IS REPORTED B the Internatlonil Mews Bervto.) New York, Dec 24. Christmas eve was very quiet In the financial district as the stock exchange, the consolidated, the cotton exchange and the curb mar ket had suspended all operations until Tuesday morning. - The produce exchange was open for business. According to custom It will and Stationery Store have a celebration on New Year's.'eve, with a one, ring circus on the floor of the exchange for the benefit of the children of the downtown districts, tons of presents for them and a distribution of baskets of food. The exchange has also raised a large cum for Its. em ployes, 7 i ,, i . .':..''.'. The banks, trust companies and pri vate banking establishments were open until noon today and In many of them the usual Christmas . distribution of gifts was made. , : , ,. -i At the offices of J. P. Morgan & Co., It is understood, every employe received a gift of money equivalent to a full year's salary. ": The Central Trust company gave each employe a bonus representing 60 per cent of his pay. James N. Wallace, the president of the company, received $50, 000.' .:'.-' 'JV..i, .;:;.:;.,,' S The",t7nlon Trust company, and the m . , . ments equal to 10 ner cent of all aalaf! ries. The State bank voted every em ploye a bonus of 6 to 20 per cent . Sim ilar action was taken by many other large banks and : trust companies, so that it has been far from a lean Christ mas for those employed In Wall street. Brokerage houses generally have been exceedingly generous , with . gifts to faithful employes.' , ' i . v -, JOHN MEEKER, PIONEER : OF WASHINGTON, .DIES (Speelal Dtaptch to The Jonrntt) ' ' ' Walla Walla, Wash- Dec 24. John D. Meeker, one of the early pioneers of the state, died here today at, the age of 86 years. He passed away at the Odd Fel lows' Home, where he had been a resi dent for the past tnree years. He was a brother of Ezra ' Meeker, of ox ; team fame. , , , John Meeker came around the horn In To O ur Store Friends We wish to extend our thanks for their most generous patronage. .x To Our Employe eo We wish to express our appreciation of their willing help and cooperation in handling the largest holiday business we have ever had the good fortune to enjoy. 7 , To Ono and All Wo Wish rrT- 1A "We Also Announce That Onr Storo Will Kemain Closed All Day Monday, Deo. 2G, 1010 For Tuesday and tne Following- Days Of next week we have arranged a series of special sales throughout the entire store that will be unusually attractive to those econom ically inclined. Tomorrow's paper will give further details of this special sale. Moving Picture Machines --rvMalce:;BigMone-""";; A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY for : men : with little money, no matter where located, to make big money enter taining the public, .Motion pictures always will pay because they show the .-public lite, tunny dramas ;. bubbling I ovef j with humor, history, travel, adventure, temperance work . and. illustrated songs. - Almost no- limit to the profit operating Five t Cent Theatres or showing itf churches, I the machine that fits your purpose school houses, lodge : halls, etc '" We are headquarters for all supplies and whether Motiograph. 1 Edison, Lubin or Powers. There isnt a thing in this field we don't selL We rent films and slides. If you want to make $15 to $150 a night send for our Theatre Catalogue 16, 'or Traveling Exhibitor's Catalogue. MOVING PICTURE SCHOOL J32S to S3S Salary Weekly WANTED -Men to Learn to operate. Learn Business in 10 days, on easy terms.' - Operators earn $25 to$3S per week. Write or call;' full-particulars given gratis. Largest and finest school on the coast The Flew York SWA WASHINGTON ST, 1859,' landing In IV.rtUn I, h.-- ' . taught school. Later he wert t t sound country, and t.ettlcd f.: '. i' i . Puyallup, where he was father of the hop Industry,- carrying the first root from Olynipla to that place on his btuJi. He was an Odd Fellow for 57 yntrs. ' SILVER PAVETuEIlT Denver, Colo, Dec 24.- Even If the residents of Sixth avenue do not ev?r walk Streets of gold, they will have had a substitute, for a part of Sixth avenue is paved w,lth silver. The avenue is being paved with slag from the old Grant smelter ud a part ' of the dump where a quantity of silver bullion was run off by mistake years ago was used before the fact was die covered. ' , ; ' But after quite a distance of the street had been surfaced with the valu able carpet a person who knew some thing about mining came along and no ticed the character of the paving and the company soon stopped the laying of the valuable deposit ; Investigate Cost of Grain Hogs. ' : Walla Walla, Wash., Dec 34. Accord- -lng to word received In the city today. Governor M. E. Hay has appointed E. LY Cowan, of, the state board of control, ex Representative H. H.J Hanson , and State President L. C, Crow of the Farmers union, to investigate the cost of making grain .bags at the penitentiary. , They will begin the Investigation early la January. . v . ; ? -w - W j , V aV , FOR DENVER STREET n LfA:U Film Supply Co, NEAR 17TII, rortUnJ, '0e.. ,