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THE MORNING OREGOMAX, WEDNESDAY, JULY 21, 1920 WAGE RISE LEAVES STRIKE UNCERTAIN Rail Brotherhoods to Let Men Decide Issue. DISAPPOINTMENT IS OPEN Roads, Ilowxwer, Ixkso 'o Time in Planning to Pass On Bar den to Consumer. Continued From Firgt Page.) administration. The extent of this de cision is that the named increase ex cept as otherwise stated shall be added to the rates of compensation established by the United States rail way administration. Inrrenaes Are Listed. The Increases follow: Paaseng-er Service: Rnplneers and motormen, firemen, help er. 80 cents a day. Conductors, ticket collectors, basgafce mrn. flagmen and brakemen, $30 a month. Suburban service passenger employes, 30 a month. Freight 6errlee. Knplneers, firemen, helpers, $1.04 a day. Conductors, flagmen and brakemen, $1.04 a day. Superseding; rates established by the railroad administration the board fixed the following schedules: Yard Service: Engineers, firemen, helpers, 18 cents' In crease an hour. Foremen, $8.06 a day; helpers $6.43, awitch tenders, $3.04. Ilontler Service. - Outside hostlers $0.24 a day. Inside hos tlers, $5.00 a day, helper $5.04. Shop Employes Get Rlae. The following; Increases were au thorized for shop employes: Supervisory forces Machinists, boiler makers, blacksmiths, sheet-metal workers, electrical workers, powermen, moulders, cupola tenders and coremakers. including; those with less than four years' experi ence, all crarts, la centa an hour. Regu lar and helper apprentices and helpers, all classes, 13 cents an hour. Car cleaners 5 cents an hour; carmen 13 cents an hour. Tolearaphers, telephone operators, agents, towurmcn, levelmen, tower and train direc tors, block operators and staff men, 10 c'nts an hour. Agents at small non-telegraph stations, 5 cents an hour. The following increases were granted maintenance of way and unskilled forces: Construction forces, their assistants, sec tion, track and maintenance foremen and assistants and mechanics in these depart ments, 15 cents an hour. I,aborers employed In shops and round houses, 10 cents an hour. Mechanics Jet Increase. Mechanics' helpers In bridge and building departments, track laborers, common la borers, brtdga tenders, hoisting firemen, pumper engineers, crossing watchmen or flagmen and lamp lighters and tenders, sVa cents an hour. Train dispatchers are given an Increase of 13 cents an hour and yardmasters and assistant yardmasters, 13 conts an hour. The following; increases are added to the established rates for clerical and station forces: Storekeepers, chief clerks, foremen and other clerical aupervlsory forces, clerks wlih one or mors years' railroad experi ence, train and engine crew oa.Ue.rs, assistant station masters, tnaln an nouncers, gatemen and baggage and parcel room employes, 13 cents an hour. Janitors, elevator and telephone opera tors, watchmen, employes operating office appliances and aimilar work, 10 centa an hour. .Freight handlers or truckers. 12 cents an hour. All common laborers in and around sta tions, storehouses and warehouses, not otherwise provided for, cents an hour. Clerka Are Included. Clerks of less than one year's experi ence, 64 centa an hour. Office boys, messengers and other em ployes under IS years of age, 0 cents an hour. Stationary engine and boiler-room employes were advanced 13 cents an hour for engineers, firemen and oilers, while water tenders and coal passers receive a 10-cent increase. In the signal department foremen, inspectors, maintenance, signal men nnd their assistants, 13 cents an hour; helpers, 10 cents an hour. The decision provided that employes in the department named who are properly before the board and not otherwise provided for shall receive an Increase equal to that established for the nearest respective classes. "The Intent of this article," the de cision said, "is to extend this de cision to a miscellaneous class of su pervisors and employes, practically impossible of specific Classifications and at the same. time insure to them the same consideration and rate in crease as provided for analogous service. New Rates Established. i ue rouowing new rates are es tablished for employes of operating railroad car floats, lighters, ferries and tugboats in harbor service: New York Ilarbor: Ferryboats Masters and pilots, $220 month; first officers, $150. Tugboats and steam lighters Masters ana pilot.. s(i; pilots In South Amboy. Perth Amboy and Port Reading coal-tow- Ing lines, $::oo; mates. $100. Southern Tacific: Louisiana-Mississippi, gulf eoast lines and Texas A Pacific boats' carrying . one master. $230; two masters. t-'20: mates. $110; pilots, $155. Separate Checks Provided. The board provided that back pay checks should be made out separately ao that each man would know the amount he received from that source. Seven things were taken into con sideration in arriving at the award, the preamble of the board's announce ment said. They were: The scale paid for similar kinds of work in other industries. The relation between wages and the cost of living. The hazards of the employment. The. training and skill required. Degree of responsibility. Charactr and regularity of the em ployment. Inequalities In increases and treat ment resulting from previous wage orders. "This long delay and succession of disappointments, coupled with the pressure of a further rise in living costs, produced deep and not un reasonable dissatisfaction on the part of railroad employes who felt them selves called on to make sacrifices. as they believed, far beyond that of any other class," the board said in its report. Coat of Living Is Cited. "It Is clear that the cost of liv ing in the United States has Increased approximately 100 per cent since 1914," the decision added. "In many Instances the Increases to employes herein fixed, together with prior increases granted eince 1914, exceed this figure. The cost of living and wages paid for similar kinds of work in other industries, however, differ as between different parts, of the country. Yet standard ization of pay for the railroad em ployes had proceeded so far and pos sesses such advantages that it was deemed inexpedient and impracticable to establish new variations based on these varying conditions. "The board has endeavored to fix such wages as will provide a decent living and secure for the children of the wage-earners opportunity for education, nnd yet to remember that ux, v.-.i.o y. .i..ri.sc3 snouia receiv preferred treatment and that the great mass of the people must ulti mately pay a great part of the in creased cost of operation entailed by the Increase of wages determined herein. Distribution Is Analysed. "Those persons who consider the rates determined on too high should reflect on . the abnormal conditions resulting from the high cost jt liv ing and the high rates .now being paid in other industries. The em ployes who may believe these rates too low should consider the increased burden these rates will place on their fellow countrymen, many of whom are less favorably situated than themselves." An analysis of the decision shows than the $600,000,000 increase will go to the larger classes of employes in substantially the following basis: Railway clerks and freight han dlers, $123,000,000; maintenance of way employes, $160,298,000; engine men and trainmen, $157,000,000; rail way shopmen, $138,237,000. The remainder will be divided among the station employes, yard men and dispatchers and marine em ployes on tugs, ferries and other railroad-owned harbor boats. Nearly 75,000 employes of the American Railway Express company were not included within the pro visions of today's award. The board will open a hearing Thursday to pass on their demands. Only blacksmiths. NEW WAGE SCALE AND OLD IN SOME PRINCIPAL CLASSES OF RAILWAY SERVICE COMPARED. Old Scale. New Scale. Passenger service engineers (day) f 5. 80-J6. 60 $6.40-$7.40 Freight service engineers (day) 6.60- 8.52 7.64- 9.56 Yard service engineers (day) 5.60- 6.08 7.04- 7.52 Passenger service firemen (day) 4.00- 5.00 4.80- 5.80 Freight service firemen (day) 4.25- 6.15 5.28- 7.19 Yard service firemen (day) 4.16- 4.32 5.60- 5.76 Yard service foremen (day) 5.33 6.96 Helpers (day) 5.00 6.48 Switch tenders (day) 4.00 5.04 Machinists (hour) 72 .85 Boilermakers (hour) , . . 72 .85 Blacksmiths (hour) .72 .85 Car cleaners (hour) 45 .50 Track laborers (hour) 40 .48 Section foremen (month) lpo.OO 130.60 Yard firemen helpers (hour) 5314 -71 Hostlers outside (day) : 5.60 6.24 Hostlers Inside (day), 5.53 k 5.60 Yard firemen helpers (hour) 53 .71 electricians and other shop employee of the express company, some 2500 in number, were affected by todays decision. The problem of the railroad men who joined new unions last April and struck for immediate increases also remained unsolved. The labor board maintained its stand that the strikers violated the transportation act by walking out without first submitting their grievances and that therefore the case of the strikers was not be fore the board. No reference to the new union was made In the decision, but the preamble specifically named 18 recognized organizations as being parties thereto on behalf of the men. Decision 'ot Unanimous. The decision. Chairman Barton ex plained, was not a unanimous one, some members dissenting on nearly every section. The awards given were by a majority vote on each section. Demands of the railroad men wh struck last April and formed new unions were ignored by the board. In addition to the 16 recognized brotherhoods, two other unions, the International Association of Railroad Supervisors of Mechanics and the American "raln Dispatchers' associa tion, were made a party to the de cision. More than 400 railroads were specifically named as parties. The decision provides that in case of a dispute as to the interpretation of the decision, the question should be referred to the board for decision. The law does not require, however. that either side must accept th award. Computation Is Specified. The decision provided that the daily increase shall be computed as eight times the hourly rate and the monthly increase as 204 times the hourly schedule. The railroads, Mr. "Whiter an nounced after a conference with the Western Managers' association, will accept the board's award and apply ts terms immediately. 'The award speaks for itself," Mr. Whiter said. "It means, of course, that the roads must asked for increased rates. To meet the board's estimated $600,000,000 In crease will require an increase of about 18 per cent in freight rates." The new railroad unions which called the series of strikes this spring will submit the board's decision to a referendum vote, John Grunau, presi dent of the Chicago Yardmen's asso ciation, announced today. Ornnau Makes Statement. When .the attention of Judge R. M. Barton, chairman of the board, was called to Urunau's plan, he pointed out that the decision specifically J names 18 unions and some 400 roads as the parties concerned and does not name any of the new unions formed by the rail strikers. After Urunau's attention had been called to this point he held a confer ence with his associates and then issued the following statement: "The United States railway board's decision is unsatisfactory. It shows discrimination- when it entirely Ig nored the Chicago Yardmen's associa tion delegates, who were present with their demands and who represent more than 300,000 men of the various crafts affiliated and recognized as be ing an integral part of the member ship of the C. Y. A. "It was inconsistent to recognize one minority insurgent group and not the majority group, the group I speak of being the Masters, Mates and Pi lots of America." Working; Conditions Evaded. The award does not go into the dis position of the many wOTking condi tions which the brotherhoods inter wovo with their requests for in creased pay. Such subjects as the pay ment of overtime for Sunday and holiday work, the continuation or elimination of the national agreement, the application of the award to the various new rail organizations, will have to be determined later. In making its flat monetary award several differentials which have long been a source of contention and dis satisfaction among railway employes were adjusted. The differential which had given car repairmen higher rating than switchmen was virtually wiped out. The recent strikes of switchmen have partly been attributed to this differential. Kute Conference Held. WASHINGTON. July 20. Immedl ately upon receipt of the .announce roent of the railroad labor board's wage award, railway executives here went into conference today to frame their recommendations to the inter state commerce commission for ad vances in rates. The commission now has under con sideration the carriers' application for freight rate Increases to provide an added income of 1,017,000,000 annually but these increases do not take into account any wage advances. Members of the executive commit tee of the American Railway associa tion also met to formulate a request that the interstate commerce com mission incorporate the wage award In any freight - advances granted on the previous application of '.he car riers. In all probability, however, the car riers will ask that the wage increases be spread over both freight and pas senger rates. Proportions have not yet been worked out. ROAD COMMISSION'S POWER IS UPEHU Supreme Court,Says County Court Routes Optional., RIDDLE CASE INVOLVED Right or State Body to Locate, Con struct and Improve at Its Own Discretion Asserted. SALEM, Or., July 20. (Special.) The state highway commission has a legal right to locate, construct and improve state highways and is net compelled to accept routes adopted by county courts, according to an opinion written by Justice Burnett in the case of S. H. Rockhill against the state highway commission and hand ed down by the Oregon supreme court today. This action originally was filed In the circuit court of Douglas county to restrain the state highway com mission, Harry Hildeburn, contractor, and members of the county court of Douglas crunty from proceeding with the construction of what is known as the Canyonvllle cut-off section of the Pacific highway. It was alleged by the plaintiff that the cut-off was largely a new road and that the highway commission had no authority to lay out or create new roads where county roads already ex isted. It also was pleaded that the Riddle road was definitely designated as the Pacific highway by an act of the legislature, and that the high way commission was estopped from locating the Pacific highway on any road except through Riddle, by an understanding between the Douglas county court and Simon Benson, chairman of the commission. Contract Declared Void. Plaintiff also objected to proceed ing with construction of the cut-off on the grounds that the contract was voidfor the reason that the rights of way had not been obtained at the time of letting the contract, and final ly, mat there was an abuse of discre tion upon the part of the highway commission in attempting to locate the road over the cut-off route. the case was tried before Judge oniwurin or cuEene. with tVi .-- suit that he upheld the contention of Mr. Rockhill and issued an order en joining the highway commission and contractor from nroceerlint -arith construction of the hiehwav. - "'din vuiiieiiiion on tne part ui. in a piainmi ana respondent, and the one upon which the court below restea its decision in plaintiff's favor, said Justice Burnett in his opinion, "was that the highway com mission had no authority to or lay out a new road, but that this auwiomy was vested exclusively in the county courts. Also that the highway commission could only uraisiiau, OI- aaout roads whih i ready were county roads and public a?a, aS a part ox the state oj'Bitsiji ui roaas. General System Provided. "The act of 1917 provides fnr general system of state hlchav. consisting of trunk roads along the . wuico vl travel and commerce, with branch lines extending out into """'i' pui-non or tne state. It pro vides for a highway commis-inr. whose power, authority and Hntv not confined to any one person or ii.niB, ur io any one county or place but are general and extend to every iimiuei ana neighborhood in the "The courts have found much dif xuiijr Burnewmes, in close cases, in uiau.iBuisiims Detween general law ,.cu, aim local and spe- upon tne other, trut here the act is so broad in its scope, so general in its nature, that there is little if any room for questioning its a.a a. sjenerai law. it seems perfectly Dlairv. fmrr. i nr lh. - , .. . .. .o-tiwuo fiuviBions, mat it was the intention of the legislat ure that the highway-commission should have power to lay out. designate and im. prove roaas where there had previ ousiy oeen no highways. Otherwise wny would there have been any nro vision for acquiring rights of way, ana wny any provisions as to local changes, and why the distinction Between state and county roads, and tne provision ror the definite loca lion oi roaas by the state engineer Handicap Seen Otherwise. If this were not the proper con struction it would be impossible for tne commission to work out any com piete system or connecting roads. Th commission would be entirely at th mercy of the county courts, and would nave to iouow me roads as designat ed by the county courts however dif ficult the grades and alignment might be. It would entirely prevent the ommission from taking advan tage of any cutoffs or new align ments, however much better the new route might be than the old one. ' "We do not think that the road by Riddle was officially and definitely located as the Pacific highway prior to the act of 1917, or at any time thereafter. The agreement between CASTOR I For Infants and Children In Use For Over 30 Years Always bears the Signature Everything About Cuticura Soap Suggests Efficiency 8oP.Ointmnt.TaIm.2P Wfrfwhwf Foriiirr!i CtaogmLOTmf Tt..,D.pt Z.MaldM.But. the county court and Mr. Benson (If there was such an agreement) was not with the commission and was not in any way binding upon that body. "The most that can be claimed from the evidence, it seems to us. is that there is some room for question as to whether -the location 'fixed by the commission was preferable to the other rbute. The commission has discretion In deciding this question." Cases similar to the action decided by the supreme court today are pend ing in several counties in Oregon, and the opinion of Justice Burnett is considered one of the most important affecting road work in Oregon hand ed down for many years. EXPLOSION BURNS MINER Superintendent of John-Jones Coal Mine Painfully Injured. MARSHFIELD, Or., July 20. (Spe cial.) John McGee. a miner for many years and superintendent of the John-Jones coal mine at- Rlverton, took an open lamp into the mine, which was known to be harboring gas, and as a result he 'set off a pocket of gas and received serious burns. When the men went on duty this .morning they found gas, and Superin tendent McGee started the fans to clean out the dangerous localities. After a time supposed to be sufficient for driving out the poisonous gases, Mr. McGee took his torch and went on an exploration trip. The explo sion which followed threw him 40 feet and caused a number of bad burns. FREIGHT RISE IS ASKED Southern Pacific, Xorlli Bank and O.-W., R. & X. Slake Aplioation. SALEM. Or.. July 20. (Special.) The Southern Pacific, O.-W. K. & N., and Spokane, Portland & Seattle rail road companies have filed with the Oregon public service commission ap plications for increases in freight rates to conform to the new tariff nought through petitions submitted to the Interstate commerce commission. Hsaringa on the latter petitions were held recently in Washington, with Fred William'!, a member of the Ore gon public service commission repre senting the lo-ial body. The new rates. If allowed by the nterEtate commerce commission, will gg.regate 24 per cent on the roads operating In the western territory, of which Oregon Is a part. BIG SMOKESTACK STARTED Concrete Structure at North Bend Will Be 110 Feet High. NORTH BEND, Or., July 20. (Spe cial.) The Buehner Lumber company, operating a sawmill in this city, has started construction of a. concrete smokestack which will reach into the air 110 feet, with a diameter of ten feet at the top. Connected with the stack will be a concrete protection wall in the vicinity of the fire room. The framework for the stack has been erected to a heigh of 80 feet and pour. Ins of concrete now is In progress. This stack makes the fourth of its kind on Coos Bay, two others carry- ng away the smoke from the main Smith mill and the Bay City mill, while the third is an idle one at the old pump mill. ARKING LAW HITS TRUCKS Express and Fruit Vehicles Ruled Out of Downtown Salem. SALEM, Or.. July 20. (Speclal.5 Under an ordinance passed by the city council here last night trucks, express and fruit vehicles are pro hibited from parking In the business district. For violation of the act the penalty is a fine of not less than $3 or more than $50, or imprisonment of not less than two nor more than 20 days. An ordinance passed at a previous session of the council providing that all automobiles should be parked head-on against the curb was vetoed by Mayor Wilson and sustained by vote of the councllmen. This ordi nance resulted in a general protest at the hands of motor vehicle owners. COLONEL SUPPLE BURIED Deceased "Was Former Cottage Grove Newspaperman. COTTAGE GROVE, Or.. July 20. (Special.) Colonel Thomas Henry Supple, who died July 17 in Portland, was once a. Cottage Grove newspaper man. He and O. J. Howard bought the Bohemia Nugget July 19, 1U01, and the partnership existed until Feb ruary 7, 1902, when Mr. Supple sold his interest to Mr. Howard. Mr. Supple was 72 years old whetj he died and was a member of Lincoln-Garfield post, G. A. R., Port land. The funeral was held Monday In Portland. Surviving relatives are Mrs. John Green and Miss Jennie A. Supple of Buffalo, N. Y., Mrs. Arthur C. Phillips of Chicago, and Joseph and John R. Snpplo of Portland. Follow the Which Rivers Going east on the Canadian Pacific Railway you follow nature's highway built a million years ago. For all the way through The Canadian Pacific Rockies from Vancouver on the coast to Calgary in the foot hills of the Rockies a Canadian Denver your train trails one waterway after another Fraser, Thompson, Kamloops Lake, Shuswap Lake, Columbia, Kicking Horse, Bow and for twenty-four hours you ride through an Alpine Fairyland truly j "Fifty Switzerlands In One" AH the way you are welcome as a personal guest, and the question "Is everything quite right?" is prompted by desire for your pleasure felt by traiomeh and by the personnel of the CANADIAN PACIFIC HOTELS at which you may stop off Victoria, Vancouver, Sicamous, Glacier, Lake Louise, Banff, Calgary, and eastward. Let us help you with your reservations- E. E. Penn, Gen. Ag't Pass. Dept., CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY 55 Third St., Portland, Or. Canadian newspaper and Information Iranada CITY RAIL WORKERS E Scale Must Be Voted On Be fore It Is Accepted. DECISION CALLED VICTORY If Dissatisfaction Arises Over In crease It May Be in Ranks of Switchmen, Says Conductor. The efficiency of the office work ers of the railroad companies of the city suffe'red a relapse yesterday when all the bookkeepers, clerks and stenographers took "time out" to fig ure the amount due them through the retroactive wage-increase decision handed down by the United States railway labor board. The general at titude of the office workers appeared to be one of satisfaction with the in creased scale. Railroad executives would make no statement in regard to the wage de cision, pending official notification in the local offices. Local Unions Call It'Vlctory. Local representatives of the unions declared that, although the full de mands of the employes were not met by the board, nevertheless the deci sion was a victory for the workers and in all probability the scale would be accepted when put to a vote. "I believe that the decision will be satisfactory to the workers in gen eral," said Eugene A. Clem, eecre tary of lodge No. 91, Order of Rail way Conductors. "Under the new schedule conductors will receive an extra $18 to $20 per month, which, added to the $22 raise granted under the McAdoo regime, brings the sal ary up to $215. Since the total de mands of the conductors were for total of $225 per month, the increase granted probably will be satisfactory. Switchmen May Kick. "If there is any dissatisfaction It will probably come from the switch men, who were the poorest paid and had the most hazardous work of the whole group. Under the old schedule, the switchmen received only $3.11 per day the wage of a common laborer. The new scale will bring, their.wages up to nearly $6. In ail probability even the switchmen will accept the decision, for the time being at least. The Irigh cost of living is the most important factor in the railway em ploye's mind, according to Mr. Clem. As long as prices remain where they are the proposed scale should prove satisfactory, he said. Yet to Be Voted On. "Of course nothing definite can be known until the matter is put before the unions," declared Clem. "The or dinary procedure would be for the chairmen of the different groups to put the matter to a vote before their organizations. Probably the chair men will accept the decision with the understanding that final decision rests on a vote of the men them selves." BOARD PAYS IN $255.43 Barbers Prosper and Willing lo Aid Iaiw Enforcement. SALEM, Or!, July 20. (Special.)- For the first time since its inception more than 30 years ago the State board of barber examiners this year was able to transfer to the general funds of the state the sum of $255.43, which was the amount of money col lected In fees during the past year in excess of $1000, according to a report filed with the governor today. There was collected by the board during the period June 30, 1919, to June 30, 1920, the sum of $2904.61. while the disbursements aggregated $1649.10. "Wo find," said the con cluding paragraph of the report, "the barber business generally is prosperous throughout the state, and barbers as a rule are willing to aid the board in having the law en forced." Salem Mas $64,541 in Treasury. SALEM. Or., July 20. (Speclal.)- At the close of business on June 30, 1920, there was a total of J61.041.O1 in the -city treasury, according to a report prepared today by C. O. Rice, cty treasurer. There was reported In the municipal fund $18,989.09; im provement fund, $42,628.60, and In the special sewer fund, $14,515.21. Roseburg to l?Mght Rate Advance. ROSEBURG, Or., July 20. (Special.) According to the edict of the Rose- burg city council there will be no increase in tVie water and light rates for p.rvlrp supplied to the city with- "if 4 -...i.w-iix y-y. Trail Have Ma regarding SAY S MAY ASS fli on rue u uui omc. 4 Jx 1 iiTimmiimiim! W iimimiimmmi f LMI III) uiiiiiitf itt mm 111! iiiiiiiiiiiiiu S. A II. GRKEK Woodlark Building THADI.NO STAMPS PERFUME DEPARTMENT COLD CREAMS CLA-WOOD Theatrical 50 Miolena Cucumber 50 Miolena Cold Cr'm 50 Uardas..50 and 75 ML Hood ..35-50-75.? Hudnut's. .50 and $1 Daggett & Ramsdell at 30 and 43d Ingram's 45 and 90 Colgate's 25 and 50 Pond's.. 30 and 60 1 Patent Medicine Department Fairy Foot Bunion Plasters $1.00 Sepol Shampoo....50d CLA-WOOD Beef, Iron, Wine.. $1.20 Peroxide Foot Powder 25? Listerine 85 Pond's Extract. .25 Bell-an Tablets. .69 W. L. Shampoo Cubes ...25c Bennett Milk Bone Dog Cakes . . .45d Energine 35 O. M. Tablets... 60 Eau de Quinine...50 Belladonna Plasters 25 Spanish Hair Lotion 757 Fruitola $1.35 Cooper's Dandelion Pills 25 Cascarets 25c This ts a S h e r w 1 n W 1 I 1 i a ms pro duct. It will stain and varnish the floor at one opera t 1 o n. It is very dur able, has a large cover ing capacity Vi Pt.. pt.. qt., gal. and gal. 11 Floorlac J noonuc The Correct Time ; is always a matter of importance if you desire to arrive at work on i time and you depend upon an alarm clock to call you. : Our collection of really dependable alarm clocks includes one to eight-day and plain or radium-face types. Price S2.00 to S6.00. iiiiiiiiiiMiiiiMMiiiHiiii!iiiiiini!iHiiiuiiiiiiiHiiiiniiiiuifiininiuiMuu!i!Miuii!!iitiiiiiiniiHiii!niniiiiitiiiiiniiiiMiii out a determined fight, the council at its meeting last night instructing the city attorney to prepare to carry the matter of Increased rates to tne courts for adjustment. The new rate set by the public service commission forces the city to pay a monthly rental of $27h on t nyarants. wnue Ever Read "THE GUESTS OF HERCULES" By C. N. and A. M. Williamson? Here, at last, is the re markable, all-absorbing: story in pictures, with the wondrouily, beautiful Katherine MacDonald in the role of the convent reared "Mary Grant," whose unconventional, though innocent, conduct and huge winnings at Monte Carlo brought her notoriety and sensational experi ences in the circles of mixed nobility. "PASSION'S PLAYGROUND A RIP-ROARING SENNETT COMEDY KEATES "The That Trio' in 1 nc n fl fl Q lsfl I Ql'Irft Ar I ft nmi!immiimiiriiiniiiiimiimii! 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Rankin was arrested at Ashland ORGAN Liberty News Weekly ShI iili 99 fmm (f-mi iNS today VvjRsI THURSDAY Q FRIDAY COMING SATURDAY vuiuiniivij inumnvuij i i iiTtrr r ri;c rvorDTii t 1-.VS v c i.rv r Park s. if. cjiif.r-v tradim; stamps TALCUM POWDER Frivole 40 Djer-Kiss 250 Mennen's 19 Mavis 25? Mary Garden 3oC Lazell Sweet Pea. .25 Vantine's Kutch Sandalwood 25? Gardenglow 75d Ambre Royal $1.25 Houbigant's Ideal$1.10 Houbigant's Quelques Fleurs -.$1.10 Bathing Necessities $9.00 to $10.00 Ladies' All Wool Bathing Suits. Ex tra special $3.08 $8.00 to $9.00 Men's Ail-Wool Bathing Suits at... $6.49 Men's and Ladies' Cotton Bathing Suits $1.49 We have the famous Jantzen Bathing Suits, the suit made to fit. Men's Suits $7.50 Boys' Suits $3.oO Ladies' Suits $8.50-$11.50 Bathing Caps 25-$I .oO Water Wings, pair 50 Ear Stoppers, pr. .25-50 Bathing Suit Bags 75 to $2.50 Sunday on the charge of the theft of a motorcycle from the shop of the Cycle Supply company of this city and will be brought back to Eugene at once. Deputy Sheriff Earl Luckey left yesterday for that city to bring him here. The theft is alleged to have been committed July 5. V