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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
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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
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nv a woman h.w h..pnr.y dirmnl that a tube ct r.-niaiw
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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
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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.
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