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" ' ' - , SALEM, OREGON. TUESDAt DECEMBEB J J90S. FIRST SECTION EIGHT PAG Ei.
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COMMISSION
"! IS SHOCKED
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At Testimony Given by Sev
ieral Little Girls
i.
EMPLOYED AT SILK MILLS
Judge -Gray Expresses -His
Opinion of Fathers of
' I Children
AFTER NINETEEN . DATS. MINE
WORKERS CLOSE THEIR CASH
CHAIRMAN GRAY THINKS THE
OPERATORS SHOULD QUIT
OR PAY RETTER WAGES. '
SCRANTON, Pa, Dec. 15. The
Mine " Workers, after occupying" nine
teen dayg In presenting: about ' 160
witnesses, practically cloned their
case before the Anthracite Coal' Strike
Commission this -afternoon. : The af
ternoon; session today was one of the
most Important sittings the Commis
sion has yet held, because the quesn
tioh of j whether the close relationship
of the ;c,oal carrying roads; with i the
mining 1 companies shall figure In the
Commission's effort to adjust the
controveroy. came squarely, before the
arbitrators. ; The decision of the Com
mission, if Chairman Gray's remarks
can be so called was briefly this:
Thatj the Commission In a. general
way is adverse 'to the widening o the
scope of the Investigation beyond the
terms of the submissions of the min
ers and operators; that in carrying on
the Invctigttioh, It assumes that the
coal companies can afford" to pay fair
yw"ages:l that If the coal companltn In
presenting their side, of the 1 case,
maintain that, tbey cannot-afford to
give ail Increase 'in wares, .then the
Commission will hear what - the min
ers have to say on the ability of the
companies to do . so. and that If the
iljiislnohs cannot pay fair wage, the
employer ought to get out of It.
Several llttl girls employed In the
. llk mills, were called to the witness
; DOLLS, GAMES, BOOKS,
! FANCY- STATIONERY,
TOILET CASES, WORK-BOXES, ALBUMS
!. COLLAR " ANl) CUFF BOXES,
i PHOTO CASES, SHAVING SETS,
PERFUME BY, EMBROIDERY SQUARES
STAMPED LINENS, TABLE LINENS,
i RIBBONS, LACE CURTAINS,
FANCY SHAWLS, STAND COVERS,
i And all kinds of fancy trinkets :
j ; ' ' , suitable for presents: ;
Cue Extremely Low Prices apply to Ho1
idav G-oocls as well as to all regular lines.
schawl
W WW
Don't forget the practical presents Give,
your friend a new Overcoat, a part of Shoes
a new Bait' They will -appreciate the
spirit of the gift and will find the article
nseful. : : :. : : : : ' . ,
Everything In tnTrrTt
O 6 O OOO Cash Prices. O O OOOOO
Gheapeot ne-Price Gaoh
..Gtoro..
' ; (Vr cmniercinlanclCliclsK'teUSl!!.
E. T. BAIINTA Prop- ' ,
- Slbre Open Eveniof3 tui .r.,r
... i-nairman, Cray
plainly gave his opinion of parents
who would send their children to; work
at such a tender age. i Annie idenks,
aged 13 years, said she worked at
night from :30 o'clock unUl SO
o'clock In the morning. iShe had to
stand up all night during her work
and received 65 cetats a night.
The Commission seemed shocked.
Judge Gray asked her where her fath
er worked, and she told liffcn in the
mines. Judge Gray said; I would
like to see the fathers of these girls.
It may be necessary to send them to
the ilins, but I do not think a father
has the right to coin the flesh and
blood of his 4 children, into money.. It
Is an outrage, and I would like to see
what instincts he has.",
; HANGING POSTPONED
GEORGE SMITH, WIFE MURDER
: ER. SECURES CERTIFICATE
.OFK PROBABLE CAUSE. "
PORTLAND, " Or., pec. 15. Oeorge
Smith, the colortd wife murderer, will
not be hanged next Friday, according
to the mandate of the court. Judge
George having thiS morning jolgoed, a
certificate of probable cause, which Is
In effect to stay the execution until
the further order of the court, or until
the appeal has been heard In the Su
preme Court of the state. -,
Smith's attorneys, W: T. Hume and
Charles Petrain,"' appeared" before
Judje M. O. George in his chambers
tJis morn Ins a ud presented the bill cf
exceptions for his signature. Having
been attested by the district attorney
as correct, it was signed; by the Judge.
The same questions having been raised
as in the Belding case, and the judge
of the Supreme Court having signed a
certificate-of probable cause in that
Instance, Judge George concluded he
was in a position to sign the certificate
in thU case and save the trouble of
sending- the attorney to Salem.
The certificate, as signed, is as fol
lows: j.- .'-.' ,; i.
"I. Mi C. George, hereby certify that
l am Judge of . the Circuit Court for
Multnomah county department 4. and
the judge who presided at the above
entitled-criminal action,' and of the
court wherein the? conviction of said
defendant -was had. and that In my
o pi alon there la probable cause for the
appeal of the defendant, filed In the
above entitled action.? :;r - : '
; ' : M. C. GEORGE.- '-
The bill of exceptions was prepared
thU morning In the office of the county
clerk, and the appeal will be taken to
the Supreme Court as soon as possible!
Sheriff Storey was, this morning no
tified that the. execution of Smith bad
bsen postponed. 1 : : '
.r - m III!
-g-ingnRiKNii lenity.
COLOMBIA HAS.
MEAN DESIGNS
Is Preparinff to Make Attack
on Nicaragua
TO TAKE MOSQUITO STItfP
I
To Put Herself in Position to
Make Her Own
Terms
WANTS LAND WHICH CONTROLS
BOTH AVAILABLE ROUTES FOR
. ISTHMIAN CANAL WASHING -f.
TO? TO HAAre ELEGANT DEPOT.
MONEY TO FIGHT DISEASE.
"VvASHINGTON. Dec. 13. Whatever
doubt has existed In Nicaragua as to
the Intention of Colombia to carry
out her threat to attack her as soon
as her own revolutionary - movement
has been checked, has been removed
by the receipt of advices here that the
Colombian army officers at " Panama
and Colon are making ready for the
invasion of Nicaragua. i
Colombia wishes to take " forcible
possession of the Mosquito ? strip,
which would control both routes avail
able for the Isthmian Canal,' and so
enable her to make her own terms
with the United States.
Union Depot For Capital
. "Washing-ton. Dec. 15.- The : House
today passed the State Bill for a union
railroad station for this city to 'cost
14,000,000. The Government Is to pay
the Pennsylvania Railroad ;J1.500,
000. and the Baltimore & Ohli5$500.
000.. The House also passed the Ur
gent Deficiency .Bill, " which carried
among other items the appropriation
of, 1500,000 for the eradication of the
foot and, mouth disease In New. England.-'..
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Coal Fsm!n In Washington.
Washington. Dec. 15. The coal
famine In Washington Is already af
fecting the Government buildings and
the supply In most cases is near ex
hausted. The coal supply at the Pp
offlce ; Department ; was exhausted
early today and ail the electric ilpht
above(.the flrst floor were shut on. The
steam, pianc at ne interior jeojir
merit was. also. shut dowii. '' ; ( ;
. To Adjourn Fof Holidays.
Washington, IVc. 15. The Ben?te
today discussed- a. bill to promote the
efficiency of the Militia end Statehood
Bill and agreed to the concurrent re
port of the; House for adjournment
from December 20th to January 5th.
StUe For New Building. '
Washington, Dec," 15. The . Treas
ury Department has selected a site
for the public building att Spokane,
Wash., at the northwest corner of
Lincoln street and Riverside avenue.
Price S10O.000. ; " J
' . ' .
Pritchsrd Declares Himself.
Washington, Dec. 15. At the White
House today Senator ' Prltchard, of
Xorth; Carolina, declared himself in
favor of the reduction of the represen
tation of the South in Republican Na
tional Convention's; He said he would
support any properly directed ' effort
In that direction.
MRS., JULIA DEKT GRAM
PASSED AWAY SUNDAY EVENING
AFTER LONG SUFFERING
FROM HEART FAILURE. "
WASHINGTON. Dec 15. Mrs.
Ulysses 8. Grant dfcd at her residence
In this city at 11:17 Sunday night.
Death was due to heart failure. Mrs.
Grant had suffered for years from
valvular disease of the heart, which
was aggravated bjr a. severe attack r'
bronchitis. , Her g prevented her
rallying from t fie attacks. Her daugh
ter. Nellie Grant Sartoris. was the
only one of her children with her at
the time of beri, death, her three sons.
who had been gummonea nere, an oe
lng out of the city.- There- also were
present at the bedside when the end
came, Miss Rosemary Sartor's, a
granddaughter; Dr. Bishop, one of the
attending physicians, and two trained
nurses, r Death came, peacefully, -the
sufferer retaining consciousness prac
tically to ths end. ;
Washington, Dec. 15. The arrange
ments for -the' funeral of Mrs. Julia
Dent Grant, the widow of th former
President, will not be mad until Brig
adier General Fred D. Grant.- one of
her sons, arrives from the West. It Is
expected that he wUl reach bere Thurs
day. The President will take no ac
tion on the death of Mrs. Grant be
yond the sending of a handsome floral
piece from the White House conserva
tories, conveying an expression of bis
grief and that of Mrs, Roosevelt.
BIG POOL OF CASH
FIFTY MILLION DOLLARS AMASS
ED TO MEET EMERGENCY
IN MONEY MARKET.
NEW YORK, Dec 15. A number of
banks. Including J. P- Morgan & Co,
have formed a pool' of $30,000,600 to
lend In the money market In the event
of an actual emergency.
Legal Blanks, Statesman Job Office.
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FRIENDSHIP
TOO PRECIOUS
With United States to Be Risk
. ed for hither
GERMANY OR VENEZUELA
Such Is the Concensus of the
Opinion of English
Press
ARE AFRAID GERMANY MAY-DE-!
CIDE TO DEFY MONROE DOC
TRINEITALY . IS GETTING
RESTLESS, AND .WILL JOIN
ALLIES IN BLOCKADE..
LONDON. Dec 16. The Issue of
the parliamentary papers has to a
considerable extent, i but not - alto
gether. abated"5; the public Impatience
with the Government. The grounds
of Great Britain's complaint against
Venezuela areheld fully to" justify
the employment of force to obtain sat
isfaction. The?"' feeling against the
Government, bbwever. Tor too readily
linking Itself! t Germany.; whose
claims are supposed to be purely .fin
ancial, still runs high.
ThlsV strong fellng Is the outcome of
the apprehension that somet Impulsive
action on the part of Germany might
end In anger the existing friendliness
between Great Britain and the Unit
ed States. In? thia light many news
papers protest most strongly, and It
la asked what would happen should
Germany try, to defy the Monroe Doc
trine and try to obtain a foothold In
South America.
In short, all. the opposition papers,
as well as many of those In sympathy
with the Government, contend that
the friendship of the United States Is
loo precious to be risked for either
Germany or Venezuela.
Italy Will Press Claims. '
(f ;Rome. Dec. 5. In the Chamber of
Deputies , todnjy. Foreign Minister
Prlnetti made a statement on the sub
ject of Italy's ! attitude toward Vene
zuela., lie said: "Italy claims dam
ages for her citizens who ' sustained
losses during thel Insurrection. : The
Italian Minister at Caraca. having
exhausted all efforts to bring about a
friendly adjustment, presented a list
of IImj claims reduced to the minimum
of 2.S10.256 bolivar. , N '
. V
- W.tt Join the Blockade.
' Perlln.' Dec' 15. The Foreign Office
today informed the Associated Press
that Italy will participate In ' the
blockade by Agreement with the " al
lies and that "a. portion of the coast
wilt be assigned to the Italian ships.
Some Apprehension Felt.
Washington, Dec. 15. The situation
In Venezuela is causing much com
ment among the Senators and tnere
are! indications that a resolution of
inquiry may be Introduced at an early
days This proceeding. In ail proba
bility, would have been Instituted to
d.ij but for the fact that 'assurances
were received from the State Depart
ment that Us Information Is quite
meagre. ': ; -' . ?
Among the Senators and Represen
tatives who have discussed the Vene
zuelan question with President Roose
velt, the situation Is regarded as quite
serious, but It Is not generally be
lieved the United States will become
Involved In the controversy.
.In Possession of the Fort.
' London, Dec. . 15. -Cabling from
Willerasaad. Curacao, ths corre
spondent of the Dally Mail says that
the British flag Is now flying over the
fort at Puerto, Cabello.
A GREAT VICTORY .
UNION COOKS & WAITERS UNION
, OF SAN FRANCISCO HAS
WON OUT.
SAN , FRANCISCO. Dec. ?5. The
signing of an agreement by the Res
taurant Keepers Association. . of this
city, this afternoon, to unionize their
establishments, makes the greatest
victory organized labor has ever
achieved in this city. The Association
was primarily organized some . year
and a half ago, to resist the efforts of
thejthen Cooks and Walters' Alli
ance. It represents seventy-one of the
largest and most wealthy restaurants
In San Francisco. For a time the As
sociation was able seriously to cripple
the cooks and waiters' organization.
In fact, at one time the latter organ
ization was well-nigh crushed and
Pdisbanded through the actions of the
proprietors.. A handful of trade union
ists still clung to the principles for
which the Alliance stood, and : under
the masterful band of Its executive
officers has the supreme satisfaction
of having In a few months completely
absorbed the one-time : powerful aggregation-of
wealth and influence
Practically all the restaurants in San
Francisco are now unionized.
CATTLE PERISHINO IN SNOW.
THE DALLES. Or Dec. 15. A re
port has reached this city that a large
drove of cattle belonging to the var
ious farmers of this county, on ac
count of the recent snow storm, havrfl
been driven from the forests In the
vicinity of Mount Hood, to a. place
culled the iIeadows, located about '
five miles east of Mount Hood ' and
practically at Its foot, and there hud-
d!ed together they: are fast perishing.
There is five feet of snow at the
"Meadows." with not an ounce of hay
within fifteen miles.
, The "Meadows consists of a tract
of meadow land in the heart of a
heavy forest. In extent about 700
acres, wtilch In the summer time pro
duces a luxuriant growth of grass, but
In the (winter is a most dreary and
dreadful locality, covered with t snow
from a depth of five to ten feet, and
which becomes practically uninhabit
able for stock of any kind.
ELEC HON OF OFFICERS
WOODBURN COMPANY. O. N. G
ELECTS SETTLEMIER FIRST i.
. LIEUTENANT SATURDAY.
WOODBURN, Or, Dec 15 An elec
tion was held by Company D. Fourth
Regiment, Q N. jG of Woodburn. at
the Armory, ' Saturday night, to fill
a vacancy caused by the resignation of
First Lieutenant O. D. Henderson.
Thirty-six members were In ttenl
ance. The candidate wTere; Second
Lieutenant F. W. Kettlemler and Pri
vate Eugene Moshberger. S"tllemler
was elected by : one , majority. This
caused another vacancy and Eugene
Moshbergcr was elected second lieu
tenant by three majority, the other
candidate being Sergeant Roy Kelsey.
TESTING FOOD POISON
DOZEN YOUNG MEN DIETING ON
AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENT
PREPARED FOOD.
WASHINGTON, Dec. I5.-A bout a
dozen young men today began board
ing op diet furnished by the Agricul
tural .Departments and designed to
test fod adulterants.
NEW TRIAL FOR RIGGS.
ONTARIO Or.. Dec- 15. William
H. Rlggs, a prominent stockman of
Welser, who was last spring con
vlctedf grand larceny, has now been
granted a new trial, with strong In
dications of being a free man. JHc
has been at liberty under a heavy cash'
bond since his trial.
Mr. Rlggs was convicted of having
sold ft range horse that he did not
own. Throughout Eastern Oregon
there is a practice among horsemen of
letting the tall go with the hide. If
they And, upon loading for shipment,
that they have" a horse for which they
have not paid, they make a note ot
it and settle with the owner upon re
turn. This Is the trap Into which Air.
Rlggs fell. He had doubtless done
the same thing many times before, as
had nearly i every - horse-shipper Jn
Eastern Oregon. The last year had
been &. flourishing one for thelEastern
Oregon liorsethlef, and- efforts were
being made to stop It at the time MrV
RJggsVwas arrested. Under other cir
cumstances the case would have been
settled, -as .hundreds of other cases
are yearly settled, but his enemies gwt
in theif work at the" opportune mo
ment to".do;th damage in this - in
stance. Mr, Rlggs has many friends
among the best people in the region.
OIL FAMINE- ATt WALLA WALLA.
WALLA WALLA. Wash., Dec. 15.
Walla Walla 1 short onfJterOsene, and
the old-fashioned candle has- been
pressed Into service In some cam-.
Dealers report' difficulty In securing
bulk oil to supply the demand, and for
several days the supply has been run
ning low. By closing time Saturday
nearly all ' the merchants were out of
oil, and orders could not be filled. The
situation was simplified somewhat to
day, and by tomorrow plenty of trust
oil will be on the market, presumably
at Increased prices. " ; '
Mrs. Newly wed This pie crust I
made Is as tough as leather. What
shall Ldo with it? Mr. Newly wed
Turn-it? Into a peach cobbler.
IN-
TOYS, -
Great
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alS
Wov.
Li
i s
Vis
rOEii
CONTROL OF
GOVERNMENT
Advocated by the Quarter
master General i
BEFORE HOUSE COMMITTEE
On Military Affalrsr-Says
Would Be Cheaper and
Better
it
IN THE MEANTIME A STnON"J
DELEGATION FROM WASHING
TON IS GETTINQ IN ITS WORK
WITH SECRETARY ROOT WORK
ING FOIj "BUSINESS.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 13. Quarter
master General LuddinRton of ttic
Army befort- the House Committi-e; n
MilitaryAffairs .today advocated tli?
conducting of the transport service
under the control of the War Depart
ment. II said the temt of the s. rvlcc
now conducted. Is about $3,000 loss
than any estimates submitted by the
jr:. a.;e concerns, but said that in hi
opinion it would be in the irilertut of
the soldiers and th service. for"; the
War Department to operate Its1 ow'n
line.' -'. ' :'fh
Delegation From Washington.
- Washington.' Dt-c 15. Senator Foster
and Representative Jones, of Washing
ton, and a committee of cltlxens of
that state appeared before Secretary
of Wan Root today In support of th
movement to have the Government.
trnpori business with the lhlllpplne
conducted by way' -of Seattle or some
other irt on the 1'uget Sound.
They advocate CJIe acceptnnceiof the
bid of the Boston Steamship Company.
The Secretary said he would take their
wishes Into consideration before final
action.;- jj
ROUNDHOUSE COLLAPSED.
PHILADELPHIA. .Pa, ' Dec 13.
The roundhouse of the Pennsylvania
Roud at the Powellton Avenue Sta
tion, West lhiladelphla, collapsed tht
afternoon, burying ITfty men In the
ruins. A number of injured have been
taken out and removed -to the hospit
als. The ruins c.iunht lire 'and ur'i
now burning fiercely. .
Nobody was killed as a rcnult Of Ihe
accident. Thirty locomotives wore
daniag-d by the falling roof. Fire
men succeeded In subduing th flames
before they got any headway.
OLD WASHINGTON RESIDENT.
FOREST GROVE, Or.. Dec 15. S.
S. Bateman. who had been a resident
of Washington county for twenty
three ..years, died at Gales Creek yes
terday, aged 69 years. A widow and
seven children survive him. Inter
ment will be In the Gales Creek Ceme
tery Tuesday. ,
"Did you ever see such wild flowers?" :
he exclaimed as he walked with tier
afield. "You'd be Just as wild yourself
protested a modst daisy Indignant ly.
"If you Had a lot of chumW j.li kltu; Mt
jou and walking all over toil."
'"Is your wife sieeehles with in-lij;-natlonT"
"She says site is, but I b;iv
reason to doubt it." "
"We have an exp-rt to pump the or
gan In our church now." '! you
mean that h Is a musician? "No,
he's a milkman," I
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