VOL. LI-NO. 15,C8g.
DIRECT ELECTION
Only Four Votes of Two
Thirds Lacking.
ALMOST
CARRIED
f BORAH WILL CONTINUE FI3HT
Champion of Measure Confi
dent of Final Victory.
ONLY FOUR ARE ABSENT
la con Makes Laet Effort to Amend
Resolution to Salt Southern Ir
reconcilable, but Falls.
Democrat Are Divided.
"WAJtHINOTON. Feb. !. For the
firat time la history tha question of
direct election of Senators earn to an
open vote la ths Senate and the reso
lution submitting to the atatea a con
stitutional amendment to that end
only lacked four votes of the two
thirds majority necessary to It adop
tion. It received l. with S3 oppos
ing It.
Borah, who hss pushed tha fight,
waa slated at ths closo approach to
rtctory. saying this made It certain
that ths real fight waa orsr. Us aJded:
Ths resolution will be again Intro
duced at the first session of Congress,
regular or extraordinary, and urged
nrmlttlngty. Ths frlen.ls of ths
msasurs may rest assured that ths
matter wi:i not be permitted to be
forgotten. Tha next Congrees. In my
Judgment, will pasa farorably on the
resolution.
Result Known In Advance.
Immediately after ths reartlng of The
Journal, ths popular eleftlon resolu
tion waa taksn up. So Ions; bad ths
resolution bsea before ths Senate and
so carefully had ths membership been
canvassed that It was recognised from
ths moment ths question waa brought
up that It would go down to defeat.
Though It had been understood that
dsbate was shut off on tha measure
when called BP. Bacon, who had op
posed, ths resoluxon as altered under
tha Sutherland amendment, placing the
control of the elections In the hands
of Congress, hoped to haTS an amend
ment adopted that might render the
measure acceptable to some of ths
Southern Sens'nre,
Ths Georgia Senator's effort was to
prorlils that Federal supervision of ths
slsctloos should apply only In thoss
states wherein ths Legislatures had
V. method of holding ths elections.
I Vice-President Sherman ruled the
It aeon amendment out of order and the
Villcall waa begun. When Galllngers
Vims was reached, his answer waa
are. Looks of surprise were ex
A.anced by Senators, for the long de
bates on ths question bad developed no
more Inveterate enemy to t. e resolu
I tloa than waa ths New Hampshire
Senator.
I The clerk bad received several more
responses nerors ik occarrra 10 oauin
gsr that something was wrong. He
arose In some hasts and had his name
htftsd to ths "nays.
How Each Senator Voted.
Ths roltrall was:
Teas Bailey. Beveridge. Borah.
Bourne. Bradley. Brlgra. Brlstow.
Brown. Burkett. Burton. Carter. Cham
berlain, Clapp. Clark of Wyoming.
Clarke of Arkansas. Culberson. Cullom.
Cummins, Curtis. Davis. Dixon. Dupont.
Frye, Gambia Gore. Gronna. Guggen
heim. Jones, la Follette. McCumber,
Martin. Nelson. New land. Nixon. Over
man. Owen. Faynter. Perkins. Files.
Karner. Pf.lvely. Simmons. Smith of
Maryland. Smith of Michigan. Smith of
South Carolina. Stephenson. ' Stone.
Sutherland. 6wnson. Taylor. Thorn
ton. Warren, Watson. Toung (4.
Nays Bacon. Bankhead. Brandegee.
Bulkley. Burnham. Burrow. Crane. De
pew. Dick. Dillingham. Fletcher. Flint.
Foster. Galllnger. Hale. Heyburn.
Johnston. Ksan. Lodge. Lorlmer. Money.
Oliver. Page. Penrose. Percy. Richard
son. Root. Scott. Smoot. Taliaferro, Till
man. Warren. Wetmore 13.
There were four absentees Aldrlch.
Frailer. Crawford and Terrell. Had
they been preaent Terrell, it waa an.
lounced. would have voted agalnat the
vldrlch no announcement was made,
ater Crawford appeared on the floor
knJ explained that hla vote would havs
n "aye.
EARL PERCY WALKS TIES
Csher at Declea Wedding Tramps
From Montreal to Ottawa.
. OTTAWA. Ont, Feb. IS. The Earl
f Fercy. aide-de-camp to Earl Grey.
Governor-General of Canada, and for
tear a member of the British Parlia.
nent. walked tha ties Into Ottawa last
night from Montreal, thus completing
tto last stage of a Journey from New
Terk. where be was an csher at the
wedding of Lord Decles to Miss Gould.
The long walk was ths result of a
wager mads In Montreal. Earl Fercy
started from that city Saturday morn
ing and covered the 111V miles to Ot
tawa la three days, at the rate of more
aaa 17 miles a day.
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TABOO PROPOSED
FORSTAGECURSING
NEW TORE AtDEKMEX rLACE
BAX OX PROFAXITY.
One of Tbeai Questions Whether
Damn' and "HeH Come With
in Forbidden Category.
KEW TORK. Feb. II. Prohibition
of profanity and vulgarity on the
stags by a city ordinance Is being
urged upon the New York Aldermen
by representatives of a hundred
churches and religious societies.
As an Instance of loose language In
the theater. A. S. Colburn. president
of the Antl-Profanlty League, told the
Aldermen's committee at Its first
hearing of a current play In which
profane words occurred 15 times.
An Alderman, who opposed the ordi
nance, asked Mr. Colburn If he thought
"damn" and "heir were profane
words. Mr. Colburn thought they were.
t ttiink not. aald the Alderman.
"1 have looked them up In my diction
ary and find no warrant for such a
bellef.-
Mr. Colburn added that he had
counted "damn" 1S1 tlmea and "hell
ISO times In Shakespeare's plays. "But
thoss were ancient times." observed
the author of the proposed ordinance.
BATHERS MUSTBE MODEST
Snlts Should Fall Below Knees at
Vont Beach, Say Folic.
LONG BEACH. CaU Feb. IS. (Spe
cial.) A morality crusade launched by
Chief of Police Moyer has- brought
about an Interesting situation here.
While the managers of various places
of amusement are wrapping sacks and
sheets about table legs and stage set
tings, to the delight of patrons, the
police edict that all unseemly conduct
on or off ths stage must ceass Is prov
ing serious to many business concerns
such as bathhouses, postcard dealers,
owners of nickelodeons and othera
The Chief has advised the bathhouae
people that bathing suits for men and
women alike must be extended below
the knees and must cover the wearers
to the neck. This will mean ths expen
diture of many hundreds of dollars.
Parading along the beach or on the
streets In these costumes Is strictly
prohibited. Bathers must go directly
to the water, stay as long aa they de
el re and then don their regular cloth
ing. The bathing-suit question has dis
turbed church people and others for
many seasons, and Moyer says he will
try to satisfy the complainants. His
crusade Is also d.rected against public
dances.
IF MAN WEDS, HE IS RICH
Glenna Ferry Resident in Illinois to
Comply With Uncle's Wish.
WAUKEOAN. Ill, Feb. H. (Special.)
C. S. Manning, sged 3, and balling from
Glenn's Ferry. Idaho, is the center of
attraction at Waukegan and North Chi
cago Just sow. Manning, who la hand
some, asserts that hla uncle, who died
aeveral months ago. has left him 12.000,
000 In lumber Interests near Glenna Fer
ry provided he marries within a year.
He Is visiting John Landers, of North
Chicago, and asserts that he may locate
permanently In Illinois when be comes
Into his post-matrimonial fortune.
He takes the unique terms of his un
cle's will half humorously, but admits
that he la locking for a bride within the
time specified. He says that his uncle's
will carries the unique provision Be
cause he was anxious to see him settle
down and cease being a "rolling atone,"
He is said to have visited every part of
the world.
OLD MEN INHERIT MILLION
Salt I-ake Brother Leaves Fortune to
Poverty-stricken Pensioners.
LEICESTER. Eng.. Feb. it. It Is
reported that two men living at Blaby.
a short distance from here, who were
drawing government old age pensions
of five shillings weekly on account of
extreme poverty, have Inherited 11.
000.000. The money, so the story goes, was
bequeathed them by a brother. Henry
Bowns. who died recently at Salt Lake.
Utah. This Information Is said to have
been contained In a letter from the
testator's son.
POSSE HEMS IN ROBBERS
Hundreds of Armed Men Surround
Looters of Walnnt, III., Bank.
DIXON. IIU Feb. IS. Hundreds of
armed men under the leadership of
Sheriff Reld." of Lee County, are sur
rounding a SOO-acre tract tonight In
which four men who robbed the Bank
of Walnut. 111., early today and em.
raped with ISO0 are believed to be
hiding.
Members of the posse are armed with
rifles and shotguns and have been or
dered to kill the robbers If they at
tempt to escape.
MAN, WIFE FIGHT POSSE
One Killed and One Hurt Before Be
fender's Injury Ends Battle.
WAVERLT. Tenn, Feb. IS. Barri
caded In a houseboat. Dan Warren and
his wlfs held off a posse In a desperate
gun tight late yesterday until Warren
Buffered a wound that rendered him
helpless.
In the fighting. W. S. Rust, a Chicago
salesman, was killed and another mem
ber of the posse was seriously wounded.
The battle occurred near Clydcstown,
on the Tennessee Rlvec
pnpTi ixn nit Enn! WEDNESDAY. 3IAKCII 1. 1911." PRICE FIVE CEXT8. .
IT LAST, RUEF IS
TO
Rehearing Order Va
cated by Court
EX-BOSS IS TAKEN TO JAIL
California Supreme Court Re
scinds Previous Action.
WEBB'S POINT ACTED UPON
Action Makes San Francisco Politi
cian's Conveyance to San Qnentln
Virtually Matter of Course.
Graft Scandal Recalled.
SAX FRANCISCO. Feb. IS. After be
ing at liberty for IS months on a ball
bond aggregating $600,000. Abraham Ruef
was taken Into custody at midnight to
night, following the vacation of the Su
preme Court'e order remanding the caae
for rehearing.
Early In the evening. Ruef held a con
sultation with his attorneys and. after
bidding friends about town good-bye,
went home. A deputy was waiting at
his residence with a bench warrant la
sued by Judge Lawlor. Ruef quietly sur
rendered himself and the pair started
for the County Jail.
'An appeal to the United States Su
preme Court on some constitutional
ground is his only recourse now. It
such action Is not taken, Ruef probably
will start for San Quentln In a day or
two to begin serving a lt-year term on
a charge of bribery.
Justice Absent From State.
The order wss made on the motion of
Attorney-General Webb, which was ar
gued at length before the court sitting
en banc last week. At the end of sev
eral days' argument, the motion waa
taken under advisement with today's de
cision concurred In by the entire court
as the result.
The order of vacation was made on the
ground that the absence of Justice F.
W. Henshaw from the state at the time
the order granting the rehearing became
effective made the action a nullity.
One Point Considered.
In arriving at the decision to vacate
ths order this was the only point con
sidered by the court, which contended In
the decision accompanying the order
that no other contention of the Attorney-General
was worthy of considera
tion. In the decision granting the motion to
vacate the order of rehearing, the court
explained that the point on which It
had been granted bad never before been
brought to the attention of the Supreme
tribunal of this state. The court de
clared that the raising of this point by
Attorney-General Webb had raised the
gravest doubt as to the correctness of
the court's procedure and the subsequent
consideration of the question by the
court had entirely satisfied it that the
point was well made by the chief attor
ney of the state.
Legality Not Questioned.
The contention of Attorney-General
Webb that the court must alt In actual
(Concluded on pass S.)
GOING
PRISON
INDEX OF TODAFS NEWS
The Wea4b.ee.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, T
decrees; minimum. 83.
TODAY'S Fair; easterly winds.
Foreign.
Senator Monte chosen to lead new French
cabinet. Pace 8.
Ooroes says peace envoys without proper
credentials will be held spies. Pace S.
Politics.
HarrUon renominated .for Mayor of Chi
caso or Democrats; Merrlam chosen by
Republican. Pase 4.
National.
Upton raises err of alarm about annexa
tion In opposing reciprocity In Canadian
Parliament, pass -
Direct election falls four votea short of two
thirds majority in Senate. Page L
Senate screes to vote on Lorlmer today and
set on tariff board next. Pace 2-
Committee on Senator Gore's charcee ex
onerates McMurray. but holda Hamon
offered bribe. Pace 8.
Domestic.
Chicago papers publish abbreviated editions
because of difference with Typographical
Union. Pace 1.
Bqraw says renegade 6hoshonea killed nine
men In year. Pace 4.
Ruef must serve penitentiary term; last
chance of eacapa rone. Pace 1.
"Four-quartered" skirt makes famous Ha
rem earnient look tame. Pace 1.
New York Aldermen, asked to forbid stage
profanity, discuss what It Is. Page 1.
Orshsrn Glass. Jr., Portland student at
Harvard, elopes. Page 6.
Mrs. Turnbull denounced as adventuress by
lawyer for Baldwin estate. Pace 2.
Two masked men hold up express whlls
train goes through Bt. Louis. Page 1
Sports.
Spartana defeat Hawthorne, and win clear
title to cltr basketball championship.
Pace I.
Rain Interferes with Beavers' training.
Page 8.
Factflo Northwest,
Ex-Governor Ooodlng, of Idaho, and accuser
almost come to blows In midnight ses
sion. Pace .
Legislative committee reports Washington
National Guard Is rent by factlona.
Pace .
Attorney-Oeneral preparea titles of alx
amendments for ballot- Pace T.
Commerrlal and Marine.
Heavy shipments of flour to Oriental porta
Pace 10.
Liberal advances In prices of stocks. Page 10.
Wool dealere not Interested In new clip.
Pase 10.
Port of Portland Commission Is yet Incom
plete. Pace 18.
Portland and Vicinity.
"Colonist Day" to be observed generally to
day in Oregon. Pace 1L
Court rules City Engineer In error tn In
creasing coat of Hall-street Improve
ment. Pace 8.
February business statistics reflect pros
perity of Portland. Pace 1.
Portland Lodge of Elks gets elaborate head
quarters at Atlantic City. Pace .
Lent begin today. Pace T.
Oregon A Washington Lumber plant burned;
loss 875.000. Pase 12.
Mayor cautions East Side push clubs that
their attacks on "higher upe" by In
nuendo may , harm Broadway bridge.
Page 13.
Oregon Trunk to run first trains Into Cen
tral Oregon today. Page 8.
MAIL THIEVESGET $25,000
Uaska Sblpment on Steamer Bea
trice Mysteriously Disappears.
VANCOUVER. B. C. Feb. 28. The
disappearance of a large sum of money
and gold from the registered mail on
board the steamer Princess Beatrice
was reported today upon the arrival of
that vessel from Alaska.
The Princess Beatrice left Skagway,
Alaska, last Thursday night and dur
ing the time intervening between then
and the arrival of the boat at Van
couver the registered mall was plun.
dered and the contents stolen. It was
only when the mall was received at
the postofflce In Vancouver that the
theft was revealed.
Postmaster MacPherson said that
until the registered mall had been
checked It la Impossible to state the
amount of the loot.
Large amounts of bullion from the
Klondike gold field in the Yukon Ter
ritory are frequently sent by mall from
Dawson to Vancouver and Seattle. Al
though no figures are available on the
amount of gold sent down by the Prin
cess Beatrice, It is believed that the
loss will be in excess of $25,000.
PIE!
2 MEN LOOT CAR
ON FAST EXPRESS
Daring Holdup JsWithin
St. Louis' Limits. .
ROBBERS ESCAPE WITH LOOT
Masked Men Bind and Gag
Messenger, Begin Work.
SPOILS SAID TO BE BIG
Desperadoes Board Cars at One Sub
urban Station and Before Xext
Is Reached Leap to Ground
and Are Seen Xo More.
1 ST. LOUIS. Feb. 28. Two masked
and heavily armed robbers held up the
express car on an Iron Mountain train
within the city limits tonight, escap
ing with several packages and the
money box. which they removed from
the safe after binding and gagging the
messenger, M. M. McRoberts.
That the train robbers obtained a
large amount of money Is believed,
though no approximation of the sum
has been obtained. The men boarded
the train at Ivory Station, in the south
eastern part of the city, and leaped off
when the train slowed down at Tower
Grove station.
AH available patrolmen and detec
tives have been hurried to the Tower
Grove district In hopes of surround
ing and capturing the pair of despera
does. Ivory and Tower Grove stations are
two stops made by the Iron Mountain
trains before arriving at the Union
Station.
The train had Just left Ivory Station
when the messenger, feeling an Inrush
of cold air in hla car, went to the
rear of It and found the door open.
Closing It, he turned and found him
self gaxlng into the muzzles of two re
volvers held by one of the masked In
truders. "Hands up. and be sure you keep
them there!" the robber commanded.
McRoberta elevated, his arms, and In
a twinkling the eecond masked man
walked behind him.
"Now you can lower your hands and
put them behind you," the first man
remarked.
McRoberts obeyed, and an instant
later the eecond robbers tied his feet
at the ankles, and while he was prone
on the floor they stuffed a handker
chief Into his mouth.
McRoberts, in the position he was
lying, could see their every movement
the pair worked swiftly, as if
familiar with their task, and In a few
minutes bad opened the safe, an iron
strongbox, and selected therefrom sev
eral packages and the money box.
Other packages they left scattered
about the floor wherever they fell as
they were tossed from the safe, and
when the train began to slow down at
Tower Grove, one of the pair gathered
the parcels selected Into his arms, while
his companion kept McRoberts covered
with his revolver. Backing out of the
end door, the robbers leaped off the
train, several hundred yardej west of
the station. In a maze of tracks, and
disappeared.
FOUR-QUARTERED'
SKIRT IS LATEST
WOilAX IX RADICAL "HAREM"
IS SEXSATIOX OX LINER.
Wife of Wealthy Importer Dons Gar
ment Slit Ways, Black Knick
erbockers Showing Beneath.
NEW YORK. Feb. 28. (Special.)
Passengers on the North German Lloyd
steamer- Prinz Friedrich Wilhelm,
which arrived from Bremen, have been
discussing: one burning topic of conver
sation the sensation caused by Mrs.
Alfred Marchal, who, with her hus
band, a wealthy Importer of Mexico
City, was returning from an extended
European tour.
On the second day out, Mrs. Marchal
created a furore by appearing in a
Harem skirt of most radical cut. But
the Harem skirt was a mild creation
compared with the one in which Mrs.
Marchal appeared on the afternoon of
the following day. It was called a
"Four-Quartered Skirt" and it put the
Harem garment in the "also ran" class
when it came to bizzarre effects.
The "Four-Quarter Skirt" is slit in
the back and front and on the sides.
Beneath it, Mrs. Marchal wore, a pair
of black silk knickerbockers, fastened
at the knees with silk ribbons, with
diamond clasps.
Mrs. Marchal today was clothed in
conventional style and refused to dis
cuss either the "four-quartered" or the
Harem gowns.
HAINES SALOON MAN SLAIN
Two Masked Robbers Shoot Edward
M'CoIlough When He Resists.
BAKER, Or., Feb. 28. Edward Mo-
Collough, proprietor of the Stockman's
Exchange saloon at Haines, 10 miles
from this city, waa murdered tonight
at 11 o'clock by one of two holdup
men who entered the saloon and de
manded that McCollough turn over the
contents of the cash drawer. He re
fused and on making a motion of re
sistance, was shot dead.
The robbers made their escape be
fore the occupants could prevent
them. Sheriff Rand was Immediately
notified and with a posse left the city
In automobiles. Up to a late hour no
trace of the murderers had been found.
McCollough was the son of Harvey
McCollough, a prominent resident of
the county.
Sheriff Frank Chtlders, of Union
County, arrived from Haines at mid
night with two bloodhounds and took
up the men's trail which led south on
the O.-W. R. & N. tracks toward this
cty and then turned cross country.
Early capture seems probable.
"FRIEND" TAKES WIFE, $400
Ex-Seattle Man Blames Loss of Fam
ily and Cash to Lodger.
LOS ANGELES, CaL, Feb. 28. (Spe
cial.) "My friend, he stole from me
$400 in cash, my wife and my little
boy," was the plaint of Domlnlck
Galda, a small merchant, formerly of
Seattle, to Detective Sergeant Chap
man at headquarters today. Then
Galda said softly: "He's a musician,
my friend."
The friend was Dominick Soff, who,
Galda said, lived at 689 Moulton ave
nue. Galda said he had taken Soff into
his home at Seattle and treated him
like a brother, feeding and lodging
him gratis. Soff followed the family
to Los Angeles, January 10. Mrs. Julia
Galda and her 6-year-old son, Samuel,
levanted with the 4O0 and the musical
Domlnlck Soff.
"WETS" WIN BACK CITIES
JIany "Dry" Indiana Communities
Decide to Switch.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Feb. 28. The
"wets" gained several of the larger
cities of Indiana that previously had
been on the "dry" side in local option
elections in 14 counties of the state to
day. The "drj's" held the county town
ships and some cities, but the people
decided for the return of saloons In the
cities of Marlon, Wabash, Vevay, Rush-
.vllle, Huntington, Connellsville, De
catur and Koko'mo. Cities that voted
to remain dry were Delphi, Tipton,
Petersburg, Green Castle, Gas City and
Noblesville. j '
FLOOR BREAKS AT FUNERAL
Forty Pitched Into Basement to Tune
of "Xearer, My God, to Thee."
ERIE, Pa., Feb. 28. Forty persons
attending the funeral services of Henry
Gussman at his home here late this
afternoon were precipitated to the
basement when the floor collapsed. All
were more or lsss bruised or suffered
from shock. The body was in another
room.
The accident occurred as the choir
was singing "Nearer, My God, to
Thee."
The services were continued in the
home of a neighbor.
PRESIDENT HONORS NEGRO
Colored Lawyer Appointed Assistant
Attorney-General.
WASHINGTON, ' Feb. 28. President
Taft today nominated William E. Lewis,
of Boston, a negro, to be an assistant
attorney-general of the Department of
Justice.
This is the first time a negro has
been named for such a prominent posi
tion In the Departm-'
STRIKE SHRINKS
GRIGAGO PAPERS
Publishersand Printers
Disagree.
TODAY'S ISSUES FOUR PAGES
Employers Declare Men Have
Broken Agreement.
LYNCH AGREES WITH THEM
Newspapers' Statement Reviews Dif
ferences and Quotes Head of In
ternational t'nion as Denounc
ing Action of Workers.
CHICAGO. Feb. S'8. Because of dif
ferences with the local typographical
union, Chicago morning papers pub.
llshed tomorrow will consist only of
four pages each. The differences be
gan in the offices of the Hearst news
papers, the Examiner and American,
where the printers wanted pay on the
basis of 13 ems for 13-ems columns.
The printers in those offices went on
a strike at 8 o'clock this afternoon.
The Chicago Publishers' Association
maintains the strike was a violation of
the arbitration agreement and In a
statement quotes James M. Lynch,
president of the International Typo
graphical Union, as saying that the
strike is unauthorized, illegal and
without warrant.
In connection with the controversy,
the Chicago Newspaper Publishers' As
sociation made the following state
ment for the morning papers of
March 1:
"On February 6, 1911, James M.
Lynch, president; J. W. Hayes, secre
tary, and Hugo Miller, second vice
president of the International Typo
graphical Union, toegther with H. N.
Kellogg, labor commissioner of the
Newspaper Publishers' Association;
Herman Rldder, president of the Amer
ican Newspaper Publishers' Associa
tion, and oeorge C. Hitt. publisher of
the Ind'anapolls Star, the six constitut
ing the International board of arbitra
tion to adjust the scale of wages for
printers employed In the offices of the
dally newspapers In Chicago, met here
and made an award, establishing a
scale of wages for members of the
Chicago Typographical Union, No. 16,
employed on the dally newspapers of
Chicago.
Printers Raise Question.
"The award went into effect at once
in all the offices. After It became ef-
j fectlve, a question was raised by
printers empiuyea iu me univce
the Chicago American and the Chi
cago Examiner, the printers claiming
that they were entitled to be paid on
the baslst of 13 ems per line, whereas
the actual type set measured less than
13 ems per line. The columns of the
Chicago Examiner and the Chicago
American are slightly narrower than
the columns of all the other Chicago
newspapers. Therefore, in demanding
compensation for type set on a basis
of wider columns, the president of the
union Insisted that the printers should
be paid for work which they did not
do.
"The management of these two news
papers, in compliance with the con
tract with the printers' union, agreed
to submit the disputed question for
settlement to the joint standing com
mittee, a body authorized under the
contract between the Typographical
Union and the newspapers to settle all
differences of opinion.
Offer of Settlement' Made.
"The offer of settlement was made
in the communication by Victor E.
Lawson. president of the Chicago
local of the American Newspaper Pub
Ushers' Association, in a letter dated
February 18. It was renewed in a let
ter dated February 28.
"In spite of these requests ana aiso
in spite of an offer made by the man
agement of the Chicago American and
the Chicago Examiner to deposit the
small differences in wages with the
president of the Chicago Typographical
Union No. 16, to be held by him until
the final award was made, a strike was
called at 3 P. M. today, In the offices
of the- two newspapers mentioned.
This strike was ordered in violation of
the most binding contract and agree
ment to refer any and all matters in
dispute to the standing committee for
settlement. In taking that action, the
union violated its own by-laws as well
as its contract and arbitration.
Four Pages Will Be Printed.
"In consequence of the unwarranted
strike of the Typographical Union, all
of the Chicago morning papers will
print only four pages tomorrow."
The statement recites that when the
"bonus scale" was Inaugurated In ac
cordance with the award, the president
of the local union ordered the separa
tion of the Examiner and American of
fices, -which had hitherto worked as
one office, and their operation as two
establishments. While believing this
was a matter for arbitration, the pub
lishers agreed to the request under
protest, to avoid a strike. During the
confusion the foreman resigned. Later
the president of the union demanded
the foreman's reinstatement. Again
the publishers yielded to avoid a strike.
The third demand was the "13 ems"
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