THE MOTIVING OREGONIAN. THURSDAY, AFKIL 8. 1915.
LABOR AND CAPITAL
COR
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HONESTY
Railway and Union Heads
Both ex-Toilers, Stir Indus
trial Relations Hearing.
STRIKE OF 1911 EXPLAINED
Walkout of Shopmen Due to Opposk
tion of Companies to Federation
of Crafts With Other TTnlons,
Says Illinois Central Man.
CHICAGO, April 7. A colloquy about
the honesty of a man who, starting
at the bottom, advances to the head of
a &reat railroad as compared with one
who becomes the head of a great labor
organization enlivened today's sessions
of the United States Commission on
Industrial Relations.
The argument was between Charles
H. Markham. president of the Illinois
Central Railroad, who was on the
witness-stand practically all day, and
.Austin B. Garretson. president of the
Order of Railway Conductors and a
member of the commission.
The great strike of shopmen of 1911
on the Illinois Central and other so
called Harriman lines, Mr. Markham
said, really grew out of the attempt
of the American Federation of Labor to
organize the crafts of each railroad
system and it was opposed, regardless
of cost.
Organization Thong-h Menace.
The proposed organization was a
Berlous menace, as, if carried to a
logical conclusion, it would have left
the railroads and industries along their
lines helpless in the hands of a few
men.' said Mr. Markham.
"But the railroads' are in the hands
of a few men as it is," suggested Mr.
Garretson.
"But they are checked by their re
sponsibilities to the stockholders, to
laws and to the public," replied the
witness.
"Are you, Mr. Markham, "any more
honest now than when you were
rhoveling coal at Tucson?" asked Mr.
Garretson.
"Not a bit, but my responsibilities
are greater."
Vnlon History Declared Bad.
"But when it comes to the honesty of
the few men who control most things,
is a man less honest because he
chooses to rise through the labor arm
of the railroad business to the presi
dency in a union, instead of a railroad
company?"
"No essential difference hypothetical
ly, but the history of the Knights of
Labor, the American Railway Union
and similar organizations had been
bad."
Mr. Markham said that the employes
of the road had his most sympathetic
consideration and that he had no ob
jections to unions such as the two
brotherhoods of enginemen or the con- j
'ductors. as they were all railroad men.
but he said unions which included both
railroad and non-railroad craftsmen
were a menace. - "
2 ROB GIRL ON BUSY ROAD
Hiss Phoebe Xylan In Daylight At
tack Xear Oregon Clty.-
OEEGOX CITT, Or., April 7. CSpe
ciaL) Miss Phoebe Nylan, 17, 6120
Thirty-ninth avenue Southeast, was
held up at 1:30 o'clock Tuesday after
noon, on a main-traveled road near
Oregon City, although her two assail'
An in cscaoed with only her coat.
Miss Nylan. who is visiting with Mr.
and Mrs. E. R. Gregory, about four
miles from Oregon City, started for
town shortly after 1:20 o'clock. When
she reached the Mount Pleasant dis
trict two men stopped her.
"Get off that horse," commanded one.
but the girl ignored the order. "Get oft
that horse. I told you," he repeated.
"What do you mean?" asked Miss
Nylan, and one man grabbed the horse's
bridle and the other pulled the girl to
the ground. They then took her coat
and were rifling it, when an automobile
approached. Botbr made their escape
and the girl returned home.
BOOTLEGGER ADMITS GUILT
Mercede9 Barlett, 21, Awaits Sen
tence at Vancouver.
VANCOUVER, "Wash., April 7. (Spe
cial.) After pleading guilty to a
charge of selling whisky In the city
without a license. Mercedes Barlett.
ahnut 91 VMM old was fined $10 and
costs, which were paid by friends.
Regaining nis liDeny lor n. nn
time he was again arrested upon infor
fna i. tha KuneHor Court by
J. O. Blair. County Attorney, charging
him with selling liquor in a arj unit,
u. haa nnriH truiltv to this charge,
and sentence will be Imposed later.
Barlet carried whisky glasses in his
pocket for the accommodation of his
patrons.
Vancouver Fears Higher Kate.
VANCOUVER. Wash., April 7.: (Spe
cial.) That Vancouver was to lose Its
terminal rate, now enjoying on a parity
with Portland, was a rumor that spread
here today. W. P. Connaway, presi
dent of the Vancouver Commercial
Club, Henry Crass, ex-Mayor, and w.
J. Kinney, both past presidents of the
club, went to Portland to confer with
J. N. Teal, who is to leave tonight
for Washington. D. C. to represent
Astoria, and other points, also affected
by a recent decision. He was asked
to represent Vancouver should It be
come necessary.
Insurance Receipts $103,944.
CAf rir Anril 7 (SDecial.)
Harvey Wells. Insurance Commissioner,
...... . 1 11 a that thA rereints of
the department from January 1 to
March 31 totaled iU3,M.oz. Agents
licenses totaled J10.921; companies' li
censes. S27.983.85: tax on premiums.
$62,537.51 and from other sources
2502.16.
Isaiah McBee Dies at Deer Island.
ST HELENS. Or.. April 7. (Special.)
-Isaiah McBee died at Deer Island, Or.,
on Monday. Funeral services will be
held at the home on Wednesday at i
Tnt.rmant will be in the Deer
Island Cemetery. Mr. McBee was well
known in Portland.
DANIELS
PLAYING
POLITICS
m
Resignation of Admiral Fiske
Reveals Extent of Friction
Throughout Department.
CANDOR DEEPLY RESENTED
Secretary Lacks Confidence of Offi
cers and Mem Colonel Harvey
Points Out How Spoils Pol-
lcyXow Prevails.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash
ington, April 7. The resignation of
Re'ar-Admiral Bradley A. Fiske from
the office of "aide for operations" in
the Navy has served to focus public
attention on the extent of the friction
that exists .between the more promi
nent officers of the Navy and Secre
tary Daniels, the civilian head of the
service.
The trouble in the Navy Is essen
tially this: Secretary Daniels beVeres
the Navy should be run as an adjunct
to the Young Men's Christian Associa
tion; experienced . navai officers be
lieve the Navy should be maintained
first of all as an efficient fighting
force and that everything should be
subordinated to this purpose. Secre
tary Daniels professes to believe that
the American Navy is efficient. Prac
tical naval officers of long training
believe the Navy is far from efficient
and is growing steadily worse. The
officers are not in sympathy with Sec
retary Daniels, and the Secretary
stands no better in the estimation of
the enlisted men than of the officers.
Flake's Vlewa Displease Daniels. .
At the last session of Congress Rear-
Admiral Fiske, one of the best in
formal naval experts in this country,
and recognized abroad as an authcrity.
was summoned before the House naval
committee while the naval appropria
tion bill was being framed and was
asked to submit his views as to the
needs of the Navy. Though he knew
his views were diametrically opposed
to those held by Secretary Daniels, he
frankly set forth his personal ideas
to what should be done. What
Admiral Fiske said to the committee
greatly displeased Secretary- Daniels
and the Admiral's recent resignation
is traced to friction that developed
following this testimony.
Admiral Fiske said it would require
five years to make the Navy highly
efficient.- He said the personnel was
not ' adequately drilled; that because
of lack of target practice gunnery
had become inferior; that lacking a
general staff, the United States would
go to war in a haphazard way, and
that we have no plan of battle ap
proach and no plan of torpedo at
tack. ' He showed that the United
States Navy had only one minelaying
ship; that It was deplorably deflcienj
in minesweepers, in submarines, in air
craft and in all auxiliaries, and tnat
having no naval reserve, it could not
man its ships for hostilities.
Attention has been directed to the
fact that the resignation of Admiral
Fiske immediately followed the publi
cation of the April number of the North
American Review, in which Colonel
George Harvey criticises Secretary Dan
iels as he has never before been criti
cised since he' entered the Cabinet.
Colonel Harvey quotes from Admiral
Fiske, Admiral Dewey, Admiral Knight
and other naval officers as justifying
his own censure of the head of the Navy
Department.
In this article Colonel Harvey reviews
the administration of the Navy by Mr.
Daniels: he censures Mr. Daniels' for
ignoring the rule of seniority in making
promotions and for promoting iavorea
officers over those entitled to promo
tion; he ridicules the Daniels order bar
ring liquor from all warships, and
shows how this order has aroused the
antagonism of the enlisted men to such
extent that they hiss the picture of the
Secretary of the Navy when it is thrown
on the "movie" screen;- he ridicules the
Daniels order barring trust brands of
tobacco from the Navy . canteen and
points out that the enlisted men have
boycotted the canteen to show their re.
sentment. N-
"Playing- Politics" Censured.
Colonel Harvey censures Mr. Daniels,
a Southerner, for opening the worth
less Navy-yards at Pensacola and New
Orleans, abandoned by the previous Ad
ministration, while virtually closing
down the Portsmouth, N. H., Navy
Yard, one of the most efficient on the
Atlantic seaboard. Secretary Daniels
campaigned In New Hampshire last
Fall, trying to defeat Senator Gallin
ger, and having failed in that effort, he
retaliated by diverting work from the
Portsmouth yard to Southern Iavy
yards. Colonel Harvey says he was
eager to meet the cravings or all de
serving Democrats." The Colonel adds:
"His policy was clearly defined before
he took his place. 'It is suggested,'
wrote the inspired Raleigh corresponds
ent of the, Charlotte Observer on the
eve of the newly appointed Secretary's
departure for' Washington, "that under
Secretary Daniels' administration the
old Charlotte Navy-Yard will be re
habilitated. This would furnish jobs to
quite a squad of patriots, and Mr. Dan
iels is agreeable to this idea.' "
Then the Colonel shows how Secre
tary Daniels lived up to his intention
to help the deserving Democrats of the
South.
FARMERS TO HEAR TALK
Salem Sleeting to Be Addressed by
Agricultural College Professor.
OREGON AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE,
Corvallls, April 7. (Special.) Profes
sor A. T. French, state leader of farm
demonstration work carried on by the
extension department of the Oregon
Agricultural College, will address a
joint gathering of farmers and mer
chants in Salem Saturday. His subject
will be "Standardization of Farm Prac
tices." This meeting is the first of a series
which the Salem Commercial Club is
promoting in -an effort to obtain better
co-operation between the farmers and
merchants of Marion County. It is es
timated that 500 farmers will be in at
tendance. County Agriculturist Cha
pin will also address the meeting.
Albany Boy Scouts Aid Work
ALBANY, Or., April 7. (Special.)
Boy Scouts are being used in Albany's
cleanup campaign. Members of the lo
cal organization have been assigned
to cover certain sections of the city.
Their reports will be made the basis
of requests for cleaning up unsightly
places. '
$20 to $35
The best example of
ready-tailored garments
shown in America. Sold
in Portland only by
LEADING
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Morrison Street at Fourth
GE
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INDUSTRIAL INVENTIONS SHOW A
BIG FALLING OFF.
Many Plana Are Offered In Pari for
Savins Country, Bnt Few Are
Considered Practical.
! PARIS, March 11. (Correspondence
of the Associated Press.) Inventive
genius has done what it could to save
the country since the beginning of
the war, but its inspirations' have not
been entirely practical. Among the
thousands of ideas presented only four
have been experimented on with In
teresting results; the rest remain in
a state of embryo.
After the first visits of German
aeroplanes to Paris a man conceived
a plan for the protection of the city
from aerial bombs by stretching a
metallic netting from the Sacred Heart
cathedral In Montmartre to the Eiffel
Tower.
A Marseilles Inventor proposed a
portable railroad to accelerate the con
centration of troops. "It is simple," he
said. "When a train has passed over
the rails you have only to pick them
up and place them again in front of
the train, and so on, indefinitely. At
the war department they told him the
idea was of immense importance, but
that there might be some difficulty in
working It out. "Oh, that is only de
tail," he replied.
When Clemenceau in the Homme
Enchalne commenced his campaign for
the amelioration of the sanitary de
partment, a man suggested the idea of
transporting wounded In trains of bal
loons drawn by aeroplanes.
n-1. ilav.lnnmfnt flf the USe
of barbed wire Inspired an inventor
to contrive a sneii wiui who ul"o
attachments.
rr-v. . t,oa yA a dnrfiia1nr effect
on industrial inventions in general
The average is o appncauviio
in time of peace. It fell to 14 in Au
gust and had increased to 23 in Feb
ruary, including inventions Inspired by
the war. The war of 1870 had the
same effect and the records show that
it required three years for Inventive
genius to recovsr.
DAIRY INSTITUTE IS SET
Government and College Experts to
Judge Hllliboro Herd.
OREGON AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE,
Corvallls, April 7 (Special.) An all
day dairy institute will be conducted at
Hillsboro April 10 by Professors W. A.
Barr and E. B. Fitts, of the extension
department of the Oregon Agricultural
College, and J. E. Dorman, of the
dairy division of the United States De
partment of Agriculture.
This institute will be something out
of the ordinary in that an entire herd
of dairy cattle will be scored and
judgedxand used to illustrate the de
sirable dairy type. It will give an
unusual opportunity to become familiar
with the ideal dairy cow. Lectures
will be given on silos and silage, par
ticular attention being given to de
sirable silage rations at the present
prices of feed.
Xame Coincidence Unique in Deal.
ALBANY, Or., April 7. (Special.) J jinjirirB' - -
A peculiar coincidence In a Business
deal consummated in Albany today U
that the names of both partner be
ginning with the same letter was not
changed by the fact that one of them
retired. S. C. Denny, who came to Al
bany recently from Yaquina. pur
chased the interest of A. J. Darling in
the firm of Dugan & Darling and the
firm now becomes Tmgwn Denny.
Keep the Children
Bright and Happy
Happy youngsters must be
healthy. The digestive organs of
children get out of order as
readily as do those of their eld
ers, and the result is equally
distressing. When the bowels
are clogged with an accumula
tion of refuse from the stomach
the child naturally becomes cro
and fretful from the discomfort
and is often punished for temper
when medical attention Is really
what Is needed.
The next time your child Is
cross and unhappy, without ap
parent reason, try giving It a
mild laxative. Dr. Caldwell's
Syrup Pepsin is a mild, pleasant
tasting combination of simple
laxative herbs with pepsin, and
Is especially recommended for
children, because of Its freedom
from all opiate or narcotic drugs
and Its gentle action. It Is sold
in drug stores everywhere. A
free trial bottle can be obtained
by writing to Dr. W. B. Cald
well, 453 Washington St., Monti
cello. 111.
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