EDITION 3 P, M.
SECOND EDITION 4 P. Iff.
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ADERS' SENTENCE STIRS UNION LABOR
SY APPROPRIATES $1500 FOR SURVEY FOR MOUNTAIN WATER
IPERS, MITCHELL AND
IORRISONSENT TO JAIL
f Court of District of Columbia Finds Them Guilty
Kempt of Court, in Publishing the Buck Stove and
r Company as "Unfair,"
Won, D. C, Dec. 23. Jub-
of tho Bunrumo court or
of Columbia today found
pQotnpors of tho Atnorlcnn
of Laber: Secretary
rrlson and John Mitchell,
nldent of the MIno work-
L guilty of having llug-
nolutud" an Injunction
JiiHtlco Gould at thu ap-
Huclc'B stovo ami Rungo
lxlng their punishment as
i, ono year in Jiiil.
, nine months In Jail.
R, hIv months In jail.
crow olit of nubl cation
iorutlonlst. tho ofllclal or-
so labor organization, of
classing tho Duck com-
pinfnlr" nnd urging that
era wun luuor not to tnulo
ineorn.
Innunl roport to tho Amer-
rnuon or Labor. Prosldout
Bald no had violated tho
terms of the Injunction nnd assorted
thnt ho did not boo how ho could do
othorwlao.
Tho federation at tho Donvor con
vention accepted and endorsed Gom
porH' report, ro-olectlrig him to tho
presidency of tho organization.
Krank Morrison, who Imh been
secretary of tho federation slnco
2897, also subscribed to tho stnto
montH made by President Qompcrs,
and Ills report was endorsed.
(lompetH, Morrison nnd Mitchell
have been associated In the publica
tion of the Fcdorntlonlst.
Tho case Ik tho development of
i one of tho hlttoroflt fights In tho his-
j lory of American unions, At tho
head of tho fight against tho labor
loaders was James Van Cleave,
president of tho Duck's Stove and
linage company, who also Is prosl-
I dout of tho National Association of
I Manufacturers.
(Continued on pngo 7.)
IS MAD i
AT BEING
BOUNCER
BEING POWEKLLSS
ADDS TO HIS IRE
(United Prcsa Lcnacd Wlro.)
Berlin, Dec. 23. Clprlnno Coatror
tho deposed president of VoncsuolnV
lii furloiMB with rage today.
Ho has received by cablo a copy of
the proclamation of Acting President
Gomez, announcing hlB ovorturo,.
and warning htm that his property
has boon confiscated and thnt, If ho
nttomptfl to land In his own country,
ho will bo mot and arrested on a
chnrgo of ombczzllng funds, This
proclamation I.) signed by 80 promi
nent citizens of Vonczuola
Tho nev3 that his countrymen
hnvo llnnlly nrloon ngnlnst him trana
formod Mm Into a wild man. Ho
(Continued on pngo two.)
iiimiiiaiini8maitmf iiiitii
Hllt
NLY ONE MORE DAY!
DO YOUR XMAS SHOPPING
WEWSJBPIW!
HUNDREDS
ARE LEE1
HOMELESS
BROOKLYN FIRE VERY
DISASTROUS
(United PrcB Loaood Wlro.)
Now York, Dec. 23. More than
1000 mo'n, women and chlldron woro
driven from their homos curly today
lit tho Icy, Btorm-flwcpt Btroota of
Brooklyn during a flro that consumed
an ontlro block of npnrtment houses.
Scoros wro ovorcomo by tho lire, nnd
othoro bornmo unconucloiiB in tho bit
ing cold. A heavy snow elorm was
raging, nnd tho jitrootB wero deop In
drift, (hat Impeded tho work of tho
firemen ami Toscuors.
Mnny of tho fnmllles nro destltulo,
but nil woro provided for by neigh
bors whoao prompt nsnlHtnnco unvod
many lives.
Tho flro started nt an early hour
and tipriad with mich raplJlty that
those who woro forced Into tho Icy
hljjjijmd little tlmo-to soIzq cloth
lug to protect thomuolveH.
Aftor hours of work, hnnipored by
tho freezhig of water In tho mains,
tho fireman succeeded In bringing
the flumes uiido control.
Hurtling oinbera caught up by the
na'v sot fire to -ovorrl big whnrv.'H
In the vicinity of the blazing IiIook
but tho smaller flro were uxtlng
u'uhod befo'e any great damage was
done.
CITY COUNCIL MAKES
PROGRESSIVE BUDGET
Now Flro Department for East Salem, Increased Police
and Street Force, -Mo ro Money for Parks and Library,
On roll call Goodo, Prcsnall, Had
cllffo and Waldo wero absent,
A ycar'H blacksmlthlng work by
Ira JorROtxton, $44, was ordered paid.
Mr. Stolx reported on petition for
a sidewalk on east flldo of 18th street
botween Stnto nnd Chcmokota, that
It bo disallowed,
Mr. Millard naked thnt tho city
engineer ofltnbllch grade botwoei
Asylum nventie and State atrcot on
18th Btreet.
Mr. StoU objected to this, but Mr.
Mlllnrd'n motion carried.
Mr. Stols oakod an order to repair
crosnwnlkn on 17th nnd Milt atreeta.
Mr. Stole naked thnt tho rrtreot cr
frnnchlso ordlnnnco bo nudo 8-peclal
order for noxt Monday nlsht. Car
rled. DiocuHficd thn Hml;ct.
Tho council wont Into committee
(Continued on page two.)
SET A TRAP-GUN
FOR U. S. MARSHAL
I are now doing the biggest business in the history of our store, The banner day
Chicago Store will be tomorrow, as we have put the prices on all our Xmas
that will move them quick, No reserve on Xmas goods; out they must go,
below cost,. Later on we will let you know the reason why we are offering
joods at such small prices,
ices Sliced Away Down On
the Following Goods
i-es,' Misses nad Children's Coats and Suits, Ladies,' Misses and Children's Fine I
fe Dolls, Toys, Games, Books, etc, All our fancy hosiery and Gloves, Ladies'
W Neckwear, Handkerchiefs, hemstitched from 2c up, Fine Dress Goods from
the yard, and up. Dress and Waisting Silks from 25c yard and up, $1,50 Silk
alias now 95c; Better Silk Umbrellas, all marked out on sale, .Men's Furnish
ed Clothing, all marked down, Ladles' and Man's Slippers and Shoes going at
ig prices, Muslins at mill prices, Fuji-sized sheets for double beds, only 35c,
I Cases only 9c, and so along the line,
NAMESAKE OF BEN
FLEW KITE TOO HIGH
(United PresB Lcasod Wlro.)
Portlr.nd. Or., Dec. S3. Ilojnmlu
Franklin, chef Hi tho Whl to lloumi
during President Cltvulnud'a admin
istration, and now manager of an
employment bureau In Portland, W
today making preparations to meet in
i-uirt a largo number of men and wo
men, who cuurgo that Ueimnln uo
coptod tliolr 'noiuy, but kccurod tliuin
no employment.
tJurmaiu uud his young and pretty
wifo wero about to Iwivo Porllund
)Mloidny afternoon, utter creditors
nud attached hie bur-mi. One hun
dred women nud glrlh crowded about
him nud naked (or their potililoiui.
Uoruiain aud his wife fled to a nour
by hotel, whoro he waa arrowed on
t'omplulnt of a Mr. Cook, wlio olulmed
tuut Qormnlu ucoiptod money lor -Un
position of manager In u hotel In
uoseburg Cook suld ho leurned that
thoro was no hotol in Jlosoburg tlmt
runted u manager aud housukoopi,.
Uermalu wum taken butoru u Jus
i et- ol 4 lie vuco uud rttluused on
Hooo bond i. Jlu llvo.l lit luxurloMV
Hpurlmeuu In Portland.
(Unitod Prcfla Loosed Wlro.)
Tucoinn, Uec. 23. Deputy United
Stutcs Marshal Hurt Faulkner of
Junomi, Alaska, narrowly escaped
a uonsnutloal death nt that place last
Sundny night, according to dis
patches Just received In thin city.
Soma enemy tied u cocked revolver
to. tho fence in front of his h6i,so
and attached u string to tho Irlggor
In Hiich a way thnt, when Faulkner
would open thu gate tho weapon
would bo dlsrhnfged Into IiIh abdomen.
Faulkner had been vlultlng frlondn
in thu evening, ami on iiih return,
noticed the string dangling nt tho
gate. Ho supposed It to bo ovldonco
of soino practical Joker and traced
tho Htrlng to the pistol buforo ho
throw the gate open. Ho Is nt n
Iohh to explain u motive for the
plot.
ANOHTER VICTIM
OF HIGH FINANCE
UNSPEAKABLE PRINCE
UNTHINKABLE PKINCESS
COME EARLY
l.ei v
illli
U nnd
1'riren.
THHIZZZiZZ
Watch Hi.)
cmoAuv
STORK
from now
on. It will
Pjr Vou.
!
Paris, Dec. 23. A decision III fa
vor .of PrlncoBH d Sat'an, formerly
Mlws Anna Gould And later Countess
dt Castellano, lu the suit brought by
Count Honl do Cattellano for tho cus
tody of helr children, io Indloatod !n
tho ruldretw before thu court by Paul
.Matter, eubutltuto public proseoutor,
who exproMKxt the gravmt view of
tho case.
After reviewing the MhoMcomlugs
of tl.o prlncosM and the count, M.
Mutter raid that the boat agreement
would bf to leavo the children with
tho mother, but, under the Injunction
of the court, and that a pro.'Mor be
constantly pretMint to protect them
from thu influents of thu prince. It
haa bee auggtf t d nt a pomlble solu
tion that the ch.lk.rfrn be given to
Count lloln's mothei, thv MarauoM
do Oatell&ue.
UNCLE SAM WIL
WATCH VENEZUELA
(United Prco Leasod Wlro,)
Now York, Dec. 23. Tho Inaur-
ance uuiudula nro bolloved to hnvo
claimed another victim In thu sul
clde today of Frederick A. Durham,
former president of tho Mutual He-
servo I.lfu Insurance company.
Durham ended his life with gas
In his apartment on Fifty-Highlit
street. Tho circumstances of his
death wore such Unit the ofllceiH be
lieve It wiih brought on by worry
over tho affairs of thu company.
Tho Mutual Hesorvo waa one of
tho companies which woro I uveal I
gated nt thu time of -thu ozposurus
made by Charles K. HuglicH, the
present governor.
MomborH of Huruhnm'a family d
flare that his death waa neeldentil
About a month rgo tho receivers
or tho Mutual Hesnrvu Life Iiib.ii
uiiqo Company filed civil suit to o
cover 1230.000 fund whloh two ld
to huvo been appropriated to his pri
vate use. Flvo ImllotmontM uro still
pending against him.
Hurnhum wax removed Hiimmnrlly
from office shortly before thu appoint
inont of tho reeelvura.
PREPAmNG"FOR"FIGHf"
WITH THE RAILROADS
DRIVES STANDARD OIL
OUT OF MISSOURI
(Unitod Press Loosod Wire)
Jefferson City, Mo., Doc. 23. Tho
state supremo court today haudod
down u derision which ousts thu
Standard Oil company of Indlnan
nnd thu Republic Oil company per
petually from tho state.
Tho decision iibo dissolves thu
WntorK-Ploreo OH company or St.
Louis.
I u addition to tho other features
of tho decision, each compnny lu
lined C 0,0 00.
Tho fight on thu Standard in tho
stnto lum been waged for u utimbor
or yourBf Attornoy Oenoral HaUloy,.
thu governor-elect, waa tho prime
mover lu the fight on tho Hockefellor
Intorosts. Ho caused u big uoiisntloii
several years ago by going to Now
York to take tmttlmooy and putting
thu high lltinimlurs of tho Standard
throtigli ono or thu inoet trying ex
ainlnatlonu they over rocclvcd.
Tho Waturs-Plorco Oil company
for many yonm was tho r;proMit.i
tlve of thu Standard lit Missouri. Its
connection with tho Standard was
denied atendfnitly for years, but
proof thnt It a uubuldhiry bus
been developed In both tho stato
caao and thu federal units. Tho Ho
IMibllo Oil Contiviuy Is a similar con
cern. Tho onler to dleuolvo tho Waters
Plorco Company will become offoctlvo
January 16, unloai thu corporation
(urnlsluH ttiilllolcnt ovldonco thai will
ahow that It la a auparato company
from tho Standard Oil Today's do.
clulou Is tho result of n suit started
In 1905. Seven Judges concurred Jn
tho declnlou rendered today. Judgo
lamm, individually concurring In
tho opinion, cays that tho company
Bho-.ild bo fined 11,000,000.
FAILING TO DIE MAY
HAVE TO GO TO WORK
&U ik'.'T. I l' Due 23 Th
ut i ttiient admitted today that
r latnu hl, MaHio tnd NorUi
(ao Ina ar en route to Vcneiue'a
to protect the Interests of tho Units!
Sta'ea government an.d tho Americts
(United Press Imsod Wlro )
wM. m. ,.., ,i,v . ,k nun ,
officially liiiuounuod bore today that!
William It Wheeler, assistant see- J
rotary of tho department of Com
morce and Labor, has been secured
for the position of manuger of tho'
Ifllfflr llllr,lflll tt III.. M.r.il.t.,itu' Lv
change, n place whloh will pay tho
miiury in is, ouu anniiuiiy ami win
bo one or thu most rosponslble insts
or Its kind in tho country, particu
larly nUW Wllllll Mm ulil, ilvr.ru if tli
ntlre state uro uniting to wage war
against thu inereasod rrolght ralna
announced by the Southern Paolflo
and Hantu Fe.
Wheeler la an authority on truf
flo mattors and Ib particularly well
Infurinttil mi fitullilmu .., ,1,.. ..
clfle coast, where ho waa for many
7mn gtfHwui mumiKer for thu firm
nt Holbrook. Morrtl and StoUon. So
hlhl rtHCunlmi by Prtwldunt Hooso
v.t wm Wheeler Hint he was o-
rwuaijr ronBiuoring Him u a candi
date fir a placo on tho Intoratuto
tommeno rnininiMlon Heforo hi
Jng nmdo tHalatuilt aecretarv of r ini
mt-rto and labor ho waa a tuowbr
of thu Federal Jmutii$ruiion cunums
(Unllrd Itms Uoi'd Wlr.t
Portland. Dee. 23. Ohnrleu John
sou la lu Jail today facing a chnrgo
of disorderly conduct beoauso ho at
tmillitfitl In bill lilniHiiir will, nnrliilln
add yesterday when ho Bays ho dlb-
Liivurun iiiu gin io wuoin no was en
gaged was thinking or oloplug with
another follow.
Tho young mini culled at tho hotel
apartment of Miss Multlu Howard,
who. was his sweetheart, nud while
he was talking wit hher parents,
Johnson says the girl slipped out or
thu room uud phoned to another
man. Johnson Immediately pulled
a bottle or acid from his pocket.
Home or It had passed his lips be
fore his action wa noticed. Tho
lust man who attempted suicide u
Portland was sentenced to hard
work for 2 duys. Johnson auya ho
la aorry ho tried to kill himself.
CAMPBELL OUT FOR
THE SPEAKERSHIP
ICepre untailvts Campbell und
Dl hi it-It. of Clackamas county, wero
Ih thu city today. Mr. Campbell being
a candidate for tha auoukerihfp of
th. huu v. Mr. nim'ck la , son of
(Itforgc Dliulok. of this city, aud hotly
r flue lo'klnr men and a credit to
hu Iftgh !ntlv a mbly Tlioy arv
4 rr n tupportera of frco locku and
(Anal, and an open Willamette river
Afr CampbcU has orvxl ono term lu
tho lcgl laturo, and hna a atronjj fot-
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