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Newspaper Page TextPA HE KIT TETIFOT DMA TTJ TRTTirXE, MEDFORD, Oft Ed ON". MONDAY. JAXl'ARV 20. 1017 OREGON WAGE AW REARGUED SUPREME COURT Box Factory Which Brought Test Case, Claiming Law Confiscatory, Has Doubled Capacity Since Under Law Legislation of Eleven States Affected. By OU.SOS CAIIDN'KII, WASHINGTON, Jan. Tli.i Vnitcd States supremo court lias be listenim; to "rennpitueiits" in the Or egon uiiiiinium wuijc case. This is the t'-st case on tlie law to compel the payment to women workers of a "liv inv wii'i! ; in this case, .fM.ti I o week Tin- court heard this case argued l)r eemner li, 11IH, hut promptly went to sleep. After a two year-,' nap il -urt woke up and in June, I '. 1 .;. asked that the nrirumcnts he npeatci! So on January IS anil 111 they wcr repented. Justice Ilrnndci.s argued the ease ii 1!)14. At that time lie was just I.oui uiauuiis now inal lie is a supreme court justice he does not have to lis ten to the rearmament, which wn made by his understudy, Felix Frank- turter. Resides the traditions of I Id eourc make n improper lor a jus tice to take part in n case in which ho lias appeared its conn-el. A certain measure of judicial inm-anee is req uisite to the denatured equity in which our supreme court ileitis. Law Passed in 11(1:1. The Oregon minimum wuire law wn pnssed in l'.HH. The bo.vmakinv firm which has carried the case to Wash ington, made the plea that it would lie unable to pay so Iiihic a naiie ns ifH.li-l n week. Such n wnjje would be "confiscatory." lint this was merely for the brief. The factory has, in fact, youe on paying the miniiiium waire, and the only result has b 1 to double the enpacitv of the factory. Will the court take judicial notice of this fact I Ask the court. Mr. Frankfurter probed the judicial iutellect very lightly in this direction. He reminded the court that "the facts relative to work mid fatimie are be fore the court." (They bed been pre sented in that wonderful brief prepar ed by Josephine (ioldunirk). "How are they before the cn-.irl ;" snapped Justice Day. Klcveil Stall's Affected., There are eleven states which have minimum waiie laws, but in practically till these states the aw arc not en forced no effort is made to cnl'iii.'c them because the -laic a in liorit ics have been wnitic;; for the supreme court to dccule whether such Iria-du-tion is "constitutional." In nianv other states the people have delayed pntlini; such statutes mi the books pending the supreme court's consent. Why the supreme co'nt has not de cided this minimum wue question is one of those mysteries deen as the mystery that Ihe people have permit ted the supreme court to usurp the veto power, under pretense of "inter prelinjr the coiistituiion." i lie supreme court is also .sleepim; on the "l!iin!in;r ten-hour case." This is the lest ease on Ihe law to make ten hours a maximum working day lor men as well as women. It was argued April 17, I ft Hi. hut two months later the Venerable justices n-ked to have it argued o er nniin. Most IiiiMirf jint ('ns,.. These two cases an' miiluuldcdlv the miisi important c-a-is that have come before Ihe 1'niteil Stale- su pi'em lilt since th art attempt ed to deal with the ctcus!,.u of -lav-fry into free stale-, and by the lire.l.l Scott deci-ion bronchi on the ci.il will'. The interests which have ton-Jit the ten-hour and the minimum uaur ease hope to place a "eoii-l if u: lomi i" hairier in the path of all imlu-tii.il legislation of this -mi, T!. uiaili ur Ktimcllt aualll-t such law - i- t!iat tlie lire 'I'onliscatorv" and therefore vio late tin' ciaislilution.il pro i-i.n iu-U foiiiitl- the takiicj' of property wilii otit "ibie process ot' law." Also tht- nrj;iir violently for "the freedom oi private contract" that blc-scd pnvi- lej;e of the poor to freelv cunlr.i.t toi work for starvation wanes and to 'assume the risks in all dan ici-mis employments. The teu-hour day law is ultacked, as is the ciuM -hour rail road working dav law. us "legislation llffecliue; wall's," ami therefore tclitl inir to "abridge the freedom ol con tract." In the-e i'i!-is an ! lul l ha- been nmde by Atlorne- linindei- .'in.! Ft'ankl inter to cct a f.-w -...ial and industrial fact- before tin' eo-irt -fads which are rc.llv the inundation of the whole problem. Mr. I'.iaii.lcis felt, when he aimd the , , ihat the court was not ciiiii.-iv nnpci i.cis to fnet. nml that the pros,,.,-!- ,.,, ood for li fnvornbh' ,!,-.'isi..i;, IPit lis the vent's have slipped l.y llii- M TO MEMORY OF ADMIRAL DEWEY IN GREAT BURIAL CORTEGEiOXIVlAN'STESTIiVlONY TRII .i. . ,. . . i nfts-itrts-v.'i".? .- sr. u -iitj&yifr TlioiisIln(, f m,cs and soldiei-s nmrche.l ami tliousan.U of peoplcllncd the streeu of WnslilnBton while cannons tooml in all parts of the worM in tlll.llte to the memoiy of A.hninil (ieorue llevvey when burial or ,is btMly took place at the nnlion's cnpiu.1. The top picture shows u imit of the forti-ce, the lower picture the c:iskct lieiiiK carrittl on caisson-. REFUSE 10 LEAVE OR GO TO IRK TO T IMOTHER UNEARTHS SETTLEMENT OF PAY $12,393,000 MURDER MYSTERY MEETS APPROVAL XKW YOIIK. Jan. .). )r.indamus proceed mp s ijjere bejun today in the I5LTTK, Monl., Jan. 211. Women f the underworld, fonnerly residents of Butte's scareiruted district, which i supreme court by Virginia aulhori- Ims been closcil by order of the attor-i ''l's "'W'nst West Vineiniu's entire nev pcneral. arc not as williiu; to ae- legislative assembly to compel levy- ept belli as the benevolent workers I '"K ot a tax to pay the supreme court RTTLAXD, Vt.. Jan. 29. District; CHICAGO, Jan. 23. Settlement cf Attorney C. V. I'ouiin said today that . the suit of minority stockholders of photograph purporting to be the i the Chicago, Rock Island and Paeifi,: of Itntte are anxious to help them. Some of the women have stated that they would be winning to accept "re spectable" work nt u salary of siU a week. The impression gained is that the women are remaining' in Iluttc. not because they are tillable to v.i I away, but because they are hopiic.'- for a "let-up" id' the moral wave whit h I'cs'llted in tile closing of the district two weeks ai;o. These are the conclusions reached by workers employed by the Silver llow Mini-tcrial association, as re ported to that body at its meetinir to day. Tin' woikcis, in conjunction with representatives of the .Morals retterinclit lci'iMie, have interviewed nil women of Ihe former district they could find and have offered them help. The minisicis at their meeting today pledged themselves as tin or ganization to aid any of the women to find eaiplo u'.ciil and to relieve dis- ( rcss. SAYS LAWSON IS PERJURER (Continued From Page One). levied Oregon trip for the preHrnt. if the committee's wishes are reitarded. I Ih'nlnl Position. 1 Flsk was brought into the inquiry by Thomas Y I.awson dcclariiis at the heartnus ill Washiimton that ' Archlhald White told him Kisk had I boasted to him ttiat lie controlled ' M'cretary McAtloo and bad offered one iih'Jit, to siimmou McAdoo from Ills be,l tiv telephone. I.awson also .said ho had heard Flsk was connect ed with the pence note "leak." Kisk denied that he ever had a conversation with White as described in the I.awson testimony. "I want to state positlvel-," be said, "th.'t the uieetinij describe,! nver took place. I never bed a con versation wtth White during which the name of Mr. McAdoo entered. I want to state that most unequivo cally." The banker said tint lie knew White only slinhtl.V and had met him casually probabh not more than ha!f a dozen times. Asked if be had an thins to do with I'losins up McAdoo's loisliiesn af fairs uftcr lie entered Ihe treasury. Kisk replied affirmatively, fpon enteiini: ihe rabiuet, Flsk said, Mc Adoo turned over all of his securi ties, larseh bank and trust company stock to risk's firm and on them ob tained n loan of $112, coil, (in Janu ary l.". H'U. Fisk said, all of the fccurllies liaviliK been disposed of, the debt was liquidated and a sur plus was turned over to Mi Adoo. .tudj'incnt of lL',:i!i:i,nnn, with inter-; est. adjudged lo be West Virginia's ; proporliou id' Ihe Virginia state debt in IHlil, when West Virginia was; formed. J 1'npcrs in the extraordinary pro- j cecdin, v. ilhoi't preccilent ill Aineri- I can jurisprudence, were received by the court, but no action was taken today. A rulinir is expected ncxl Mon- j day and if Virginia i.- .trivial leave to file tile mamlanins suit, West 'ir- ' linia prolialily will be vriven tune to! show cau.-e why a writ should not he ! issued. Kcopcuinv: of the ca-e may i rc.-iilt, as West Virginia has offset! claims it desire- to present. j Virginia's petition, presented today' by Attorney Genera! Pollard and oth-1 ers, chaises that West Virginia is temporizing in resjH'et to the supreme! court's decree, eiven ill l!ll.", and' does net intend to prmide for pay ment of the jad'Mieut trithiu the near! future. Thcrctore. the court is asked ' j to order the West Viruiuia senate and i hou -c of delegates, "forthwith and at the prc-riil session of the legislature' hi iciy a ia. upon inc property within becn nCal.( ii est ireinia suttieicnt to provuic for the payment of the decree and iildeineut," with intere-!. As an alteriMt i e. the pctiiiou nsi-.s Ihat tin- present leul-lattirc issue bor.ds to meet Ihe 'irinia j moment . The supreme court reln-ed over a body of Miss .Vora ("Betty") Benson, who is said to have died at the Pa cific' Coast hospital in Los Anseles, Oil., January 3, and w hich seemed to show bullet wounds in the buck, had been presented by the girl's mother, .Mrs. Chauncey I3enson of Chicago, I railroad company against Daniel G. Held and William Ii. -Moore for J7. 1300,000 was approved today by Judu iCarpenfr In the United States dis ' trict court. The terms of the seuie- 1 ment include the purchase of $j,0na,- ! 000 of six per cent preferred stock of who w as advised that the authorities ; 'he railroad company by Mr. Reid could not proceed until they received j d -Mr. Moore, the payment by them definite information from the Los of 5",0ii,i.i00 and all the costs of the AiiKeles polirci, xv3. Benson was j ""nation. told to write for Information. j The settlement is a part of the re- Miss Uonson's body was shipped j organization n!an agreed to by the to Chicago and later brought here as j several stockholders committees, the family formerly lived in this The 13. 000, DOO stock to be purchased state. Mrs. Benson told the district i is I'rt of a n' issue. J20.000,000 attorney the girl went to Los Ange-!of which will go to holders of the les a year ago to join a moving pic-j Present twenty-year debentures of tare company. A telegram announc ing her death was received in Chi cago early this month. A card on the casket marked "pneumonia, do not open," aroused Slrt Benson's suspicion and she had the casket opened and a photograph made, which convinced her that the young woman had been shot. Ac cording to Idstrirt Attorney Poulin the cause of the death given in the death ccrtificato was "yellow liver atrophy." No word, ho said, had from the California au thorities. C. St the !i(i:ia i ? a iitr.iicss visit;) from '-lupous. the company. Objection to the settlement was made by the counsel for the KeuoK and Des Moines Railroad company, which has a claim against the Chi cago, Rock Island and Pacific Rail road company, growing out of its lines having been leased by the Chi cago. Uock Island and Pacific tall road. The objection was overruled by Judge Carpenter, who said that tlio rights of the objector were not affected. Miss Lenorc Vance wdll leave Tues day for an extended trip to Eastern points, expecting to be away for i inree nir-nias. 1 A year perty lo i--'ie a ia ril .'.uncut of W in -Mi-factiou w ii lih"!din' actio rt:u of lite piv-tM MUSICAL TREAT E M..ilrd i pror.i , i i ; I. mc;:'. n p.. tile 1'rc-byti all ol the be-taii-I- in t'o r a! ulv :l-t una nan emu I singers am it v wi! ullieh clerioi.e -hollid atte'.i! siiiirers a- Mi-.- (leraldine Tile;--. Mi ami M's. licorye Andrews. Mi-- !': enec llacli-!;-.'. Mi-- Kntli Wan M's. K.liui l-.u.es and oih, r- wii1 i tile ktlld ol mhiijs tout evr!'o!n' to hear. 1 iley Choral . ( llie- IT"' fell, peel has w - ll-tlei -hp il to hi- taelory bed the "colli i-ea ill pidlel.ll el authorized Ii will be aee o- Ii t V ol'i ll iienec even one . Mil'iudv I- o i' l ine 111 i ' s , lal; acd faithfullv oi' Mr Aioirev. I lies a 1 e liio-T ei u "' ii m ii ii in mm i n imumi nm u o eiuionl j ' ' ' ' i v"-"n Pi ! i " r! fest . F j il Jff? M in-1 i i, men - qvmi'd bv the l a. w it ii w iio-e lamiii.il'. Mi-, im-t. N'oc all WOI'KC il.- .II! liillill , Middle Obled , n .o:e - on w peak. I. Whether a- i I'.iaiitleis iinh lies thai the l, Ilpa.'lt ol - a piotdeli il ll'l one i in.l M.s. i :llll; .le-e 1.1 .ill. j Is 1 11 I ! lo ,1. '- will h, ible ' tll.-ll- b, . I Who 1 .' -jell '-1. 1 I ..lliid-t duply "KonJon's" Lightens Her Housekeopin g. V.'omen who do Vc . -.pwork must nvoi.' the il! . t rfectn of dust nv a woman h.w h..pnr.y dirmnl that a tube ct r.-niaiw n s l'u:ir:!'.d Jelly will clear her In . u in a ji'iv. In i..ct, l.. ) r.ii.hon ii-.e!H::s-nt Ar-.-ri. :ut h-nwr.ivcs have Kcnd "i's f .i c. !! in - h.v.J or nasal c.-.:.u::i. ,n,e 'is ofier y u -..i l, ,:rc 't'l ,rv tti.d i .ns. d-.i;ists .". rent tubes v.ith inc u(.'rst.ir..!ini! t'' ,t if tV fir i t..!v ''..it's woitri oi c.-H-'i. . u cn e t vour Lsicnn's Catarrhal Jell.'. M.pneaivl.s, cvi. Io:h r:ti'.-e u-cJ drcri oil. r do. . r t i'o you a o quarter Uick iro.i. K ! SAN' FKAXCISOJ, Jan. -J!). The -tate produced iiuother witness today in the bomb minder trial of Thomas ,l. Mooncy here, who testified Ihat Mooncy. Warren K. Hilling-, Mrs. Iteiui Moonev and I-rael Wcinbcri,'. all defendants, were together July '2-1, ldlti, when a bomb was exploded during a preparedness parade, cost ing ten lives. The witness was Miss Sadie F.dcau of Oakland. The explosion look place at Stuart and Market streets, about n half dozen blocks towards the ferry from T-'l .Market. Frank C. Oxinan, 3 cat tleman, testitied Friday that he saw the snme party drive up to the corner of Stuart ami Market streets about twenty minutes beloie the explosion, in Weinberg's automobile. Corroboration of Oxmau's state ment that there was ti man Wit, . f mustache mid dressed like a laborer j)l the party was given bv Mi-S p f who said such n iniin was in t. ' mobile with Wcinber;; when he j'i awav toward the ferry. I OAKLAND GIRL drive awayheadache! Rub Musterole on Forehead ana lemples A headache remedy without tli fa. ccrs of "headache medicine." 1,'m;- . v I luadachc and thai miserable feeling fr, S colds or congestion. And it acts at CTln I .Mu-tcroic is a clean, white ointmtm made w ith oil oi mustard. licttcr tliam iniia.aiii wnnit. ..u unci 1... .i,;, Used only externally, and in no way q, j affect stomach and heart, as senw i- I tcrnal medicines do. Excellent for sore throat, LruncVuii t croup, stiff neck, asthma, ncuralifia. con! I. grslion, pleurisy, rhctimatism, hrnilui;,, j all pains and aches of the back or join(' f sprains, sore muscles, bruises, chilblains f frosted fect, colds of the chest (it oitra prevems pncumouiai. , L i t .ml Banking Facilities Available HVEIIY person has iped for one or more of the facilities afforded by the First Nation al Bank. Here are a few ways in which we are able to serve you. Clrckings. Savings and Time Depos its: Safe Deposit Boxes; Foreian Ex change: Bank Money Orders; Travel ers' Cheques; Collections; Money Transmillcd to All Parts of thi World. And DON'T FORGET OUR ADVIS ORY SERVICE TO PATRONS Capital f $100,000 MEDFORD OREGON frl TONIGHT AT 8 P. M. Here's the Program. Can You Beat It? I'AHT I. 1. Overture. "Echoes From the Metropolitan Orchestra," Tobani 2. Solo. "Carmena"' .MISS .MAR.IOR1E STEVENS. 3. Ladies Chorus, "I.a Charity" Hossini MKSIIA.MES AN'niiEW BAILEY. ISAACS, KNAPP. MISSES MA HI OX UOl'LD, WILLIE HOWARD, FRANCES ASH. 4. Solo. "The Little Daiuozel" - MISsS FLORENCE HAZELRIGU. o. Violin Solo, "Lepende" Meniaw-skl W. CARI.ETO.V JANES. 6. Duet. "Holy Mother." from Maritana. bv Wallace MRS. CEO. ANIIKEWS ANU MRS. KARL KNAPP T. Solo, Flower Son?." c roni Faust, Gounod MISS WILLIE HOWARD. TART II. 5. 'Quartette: From Faust Gounod Co) From Bohemian Girl. MRS. ANDREWS. C. C. MTl'RDY. MRS. ISAACS. GEORGE ANDREWS. J. Solo. "Why .My Soul" from Martha Flotow GERALDINE T1IEISS. in. riano nolo, "Scherzo." In B Flat MRS. C. C. M'CTRDY. 1 1. Solo, "Rosary" .MRS. FRANK ISAACS. 12. "Good Bye" MISS RCTI! WARNER. n. Solo. Drinking Song." from Martha, Flotow GEORC.E ANDREWS. DIRECTOR, H. II. HOWELL. Tickets 50c each, at Brown's or Hotel Holland, up to 6 p. m. After that at Presbyterian Church. Dalfo ..Chopin ..N'evin ..Tosti The Car Equipped with our supplies, such as holm, lamps, clocks, speedometers, pHiRS, etc., will be np-to-date in every de tail. Wc carry all the latest thin-s for auto and autoist and all the sod old ones and sell them at prices much below the usual rate. C. E. GATES The Portland Hotel PORTLAND, OREGON The Kosc City's world-famed hotel, occupying au entire bWk. All tmtside rooms. Superior dining and grill service. An atmosphere of refinement, with a service of courtesy. European Plan, $1.50 and Up RICHARD W. CHILDS, Manager ' 1 1 ti llltn Mrwtvl. VI IM' rrop, i v U wouiq htvy tova rl n-restiiuneu t by biivma