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ORE60JTIA3T. FRIDAY, APRIIi 91915. TTTV. MORNTXG : 1 ' ' RAILWAY OFFICER'S VERSION DISPUTED Labor Men Say Federation Prevents Playing of One , Union Against Another. LINCOLN MAY TESTIFY YET Pullman President Reported Unable to Appear at Hearing Because ' of Illness Is Said to Have Been Playing at Golf. sioners relative to the issuance of free . . i -A1.ntv officials in accordance with the provision made by the legislature mereiur uao -sued by the Public Utilities Commis- . - . annKparlnn for SUCh 1 u 1 1 . a lunu "i' " - transportation has been prepared ana with its instructions me vAimuii transmitted to each Board of Commis sioner a small supply of the' applica tion blanks. The intention of restricting the free transportation to the lowest possible minimum is announced. Each board is asked to enter upon its minutes a reso lution naming the officers to whom they desire transportation Issued, and to forward to the Commission a cer tified copy thereof. The Commission ers are instructed to take up any transportation Issued, to a county of ficial who severs his connection with the county and to forward it to the Commission, to be returned to the proper office of the railroad company by whom it is issued. DYE FACTORIES RISING fMERICAN CHEMISTS -.MAKIXG EF FORTS TO MEET DEMANDS. WOMAN'S SMILE REBUKED mrip rLrt tnrii R Testimony In contradiction or modification of evi dence given before the United States Commission on Industrial .Relations yesterday by Charles H. Marlcham. president of the Illinois Central, was given today by A. O. Wharton, presi dent of the Railway Employes' Depart ment of the American Federation of Labor; James J. Mayer, ex-president of the Machinists' local at Clinton, 111., and J. I McCreery, of Paducah, Ky. Much of the testimony dealt with Mr. Markhara's expressed fear of the plan of the men to form federations of craftsmen by railroads, instead of hav ing the crafts belong to strictly craft unions: "Under the old plan the railroads were able to play one union against the other, and the expense of seeking redress of grievances was too great to be borne by the weaker unions," said Mr. Wharton. Consideration la Limited. The system federation plan provides that the grievances of railroad men shall be considered only by those men, and not by members of craft not em ployed by the railroad involved. For instance, a strike of machinists at an Industrial plant would not affect mem bers of the body belonging to the sys tem federation." "If there was a strike at the Baldwin Locomotive Works would the man on a railroad using Baldwin engines strike, too. rather than repair such engines?" asked Commissioner R. H. Aishton. "The point has never come up," re plied Mr. Wharton, "but we have fed erations on 52 railroad systems and no refusal of that kind has ever been brought to our attention; I think the facts speak for themselves." Mr. Aishton asked the witness' opin ion of the Canadian arbitration law. "One feature of that law is bad for the men." said Mr. Wharton. "It com pels arbitration, but three months' de lay is allowed before the law becomes operative. In the case of a coal-mine strike the law operated to give the mineowner three months in which he built stockades, imported strikebreak ers and made other preparations, while the men were helpless. In the case I have in mind the union was wrecked by the law's delay." Jurisdiction! Disputes Adjusted. Mr. Ashton brought up the subject of jurisdictional disputes in which no complaint against an employer is in volved. Mr. Wharton replied that there have been many such disputes on the roads federated, and that in no single case have the officials failed to adjust matters without the men's missing a day's work. "If the employers really want to do something for industrial peace and the public good, why not foster the fed eration plan?" said the witness, earn estly. Mr. Mayer was one of three men i...- --ac fn, iVta. ollAirtfH violation of an injunction against picketing the UlinOlS lPIlirBI FI1UJIJ. 0.1 vwa.a noted in the testimony of Mr. Mark- XT Morliham M 1 hut the men were dismissed by Judge Humphrey at tjpringneia Willi u wuruiur.. "Judge Humphrey's attitude was quite the reverse," said the witness. "Th te-atimonv of the railroad's strike breakers was such that - Judge Humphrey's suspicions were aroused and he remarked that there seemed to be perjury somewnere. tio was so mi with this that a fourth man arrested with us, Harry Andrews, who did not try to get bonds so our case could be prepared and who in conse- OUfUl'n o- ..vn... i . " ., ' was ordered released forthwith by the Judge. Strike Testimony Disputed. Mr. McCreery, a former shopman at raducah. where he worked for the Illi nois Central, and present vice-president of the Railway Employes' Department, contradicted Mr. Markham with refer ence to details preceding the strike of shopmen in 1911. and gave his version of the introduction of a form of the piecework system at Paducah. "We worked by the hour," said he, '"but presently we found that inspectors were checking the work done by each man. For the most rart they had to take the men's word for it. The men couldn't find out what he piecework rate was, but at the monthly payday most of them were told that their piecework pay would give them S20 or 830 more than they earned by the hour. They were asked on which basis they preferred to be compensated. Those who declined the bonus presently dis covered that their piecework rate no longer exceeded the hourly rate, but thev were warned thattheir standard of productivity was falling below requirements. We objected to the piece work system because It crowds out men old in the service, and makes old men out of young men." Lincoln May Have to Testily. Frank P. Walsh, chairman of the commission, informed reporters that he was investigating the illness which was reported as preventing Robert T. Lin coln, chairman of the board of direct ors of the Pullman Company, from com ing to Chicago to testify. J understand that he is well enough to play golf, and he may be well enough to testify. The commission has power to compel his attendance," said Mr. Walsh- United States Wastes Enough Coal Tar to Produce SO Times as ilueh Dye stun aa Needed, Says Kxpert. wisHTunTflJ". Aoril 8. American Av.am(i eomrtaniea are bending every trnri toward sud Diving textile mms tv,o. inriuatrlen uslne: artinciai auu f l ... ... - a u-iAi hnm nroducts to replace German dyestuffs, shut on Dy me imv- pean war. pannrta to tHA Denartment of Com merce, made public today, show that at i - .. : 1 ..... .. In eoilrse Of COn- leOSb .AUUO CM w ... struction for the manufacture of the coal tar derivatives on wnicn mo used in cloth manufacture, varnisueo j - . i i ..... - --A haned. Ao- proximately $6,000,000 is to be expend ed and within a lew monins it o . - - . ...... . V. i material for matea iiio-i uiulu . . .. . i. . i ,i vhiph heretofore was L 1113 n 1 1 1 1 ( i v. i uja .. -,n purchased in Germany at a cost uj. 00O.OJO annually, win oe wracu "- " the United States. irh. mnvA rtmnlic.ted chemicals. however, will require a greater length of time to develop. A report of the dyestuff situation, ii i v... reniittinn of Congress, LUllHU IU1 K J . " f was given out today by the department. It was complied Dy -j.non.as iuiw... a commercial agent oi me owaiuu who formerly served as Consul in Ger many and is familiar with the Industry. Mr Norton estimates umi -fmcx coke'ovens are wasting annually 8100,- ....n i k..n.niia that COUld be '. i .mn)nvA' In other industries, HjtVCU CLI1U 1.111.. ... - it having Deen preierreu ucidluw.w j ,i An aormnn chemicals rather u 1, jit: 11 M v.. than develop an American dyestuff sup ply: The American cone uausirj, un report says, could produce 20 times as mucn coal tar as mo w ui m usuo . dyes- . A proposal is now oems tuiiDiucm for the creation of a bureau of infor mation on the dyestuff industry in the department. omciais are nopeim umi i.uw will be the establishment of the coal J-..!.....-,. i th a RtatA that it will meet competition, even after the war is over. LINE BUILT DESPITE BAN Contempt Case Against Bend Flour Mill Is Expected to Be Begun, mrk-n n, Aoril 8. (Special.) Con tempt proceedings are expected to be begun, following the action of the Bend vtn.,1- mill Comoany. which is said to have disregarded an injunction served on an-omcer oi iuo - & . i .nnotnirtfnn of a nolo line bringing power to the company's plant in tne city jimn.. A..-ft- Miller's veto giving the I " irsTur loses Mrs. Christofferson to Keep Money J. S. Ferree Gave. Court Scores Defendant for Part in Case and Advises Railroad Man "to Forget It" Gowns and Sloney Are Gifts. omrnnv rTTV.. Or Anril 8. (Spe cial.) The story of the lavish expendi- e x a fVrrce. or foruano, o" vt r-mmo . Mni Christofferson, wife of the aviator, Silas Chrlstonerson, m . i nKHtoo.a mpro disclosed to iuic iici iiil.1 i ... - - - day in the Circuit Court in his suit against her to recover money he. said he had spent on ner. t , ... n i, ia a well-to-do ran air. rerreo, " " " - road man, testified that he bought one i r9t S70. that he t, u w ii mr tier " j.ii. . made her a present of 500 at one time and 8100 at anotner anu moi ' her an automobile, which was returned. t ha enlH he bought for Al UI1C LIU"-' "v. A. - Mrs. Christofferson, who was then Miss Bisner, $11 worth or tnms iur u icV": of her parenU near Hillsboro, and that she induced him to lay the tiling. circuit Judge campoeii aisunoacu the case, denouncing the entire affair - mA iht, ram" When the court made the decision Mrs. Christof ferson smiled broadly at me juus, . he that "it Was It.i tin laughing matter," and that she "should be ashamed or nersen. ,.v it- .iiincre i amoueii told Mr. Ferree. "Now you should do your oest w in Bi- - - . . On the stand Mr. Ferree admitted to the attorneys for Mrs. jnrisiuiieru.. a-tAnnAa with Mrs. Chris tofferson were not the. first of their kind. . . . . "The first one got the best or me i" T3icnor " ha Raid. 1 tip same as tiiu iuwo . - - ennnd one married me ana tne mira one is this woman. "You call that being stung: the attorney. ' "Yes. I guess that is the best way to express it," Mr. Ferree replied. Mrs. Chrlstonerson Decame ttt,w..fcv. with Ferree before her first marriage, which was with J. W. Beckner. Mr. Christofferson is her second husband. The case was filed in the Washington . n; 1 Pnnrt hnt brought to vuuuiy v..v -- Clackamas county on -Mm Christofferson has no property in Washington County, al v. v. nanta thera live On i inuuiiii i w...w - . for which is in the name of her brother, acting as a trustee. ALIEN GIRLS 10 BE AIDED WOMEJT OFFICERS TO CARES DETAINED IMMIGRANTS. FOR Imprisonment In Jails Is Forbid by Gov. ernmrnt, Unless Found to Be Abso lutely Necessary. . .ir..'TnV Anril St Oreftter COD' WAflniiwv" . . ,-. sideration is to be shown in the future to alien women and girls who have been arrested or detained by Immigration au thorities, under amendments to the im migration ruleB which have just been approved by Secretary of Labor Wilson. . . .-wba Het.lneri or arrested nereaii" L"wtJU - on their arrival in this country will be placed under the supervision female officers, who will see to it that over Mayor Miller's veto giving me lema.e " " fn, in the lmlnt company the right tc . bring power to philanthropic or iniunction. Attorney-General Brown girls oe i p aceu j-..- ""-- - . . . i . , i. --t nf thA n uniesa f H' n Hi... cave an opinion i.un.1. - 1 ' Council is illegal. The flour mill, how ever, has its line completed. procedure to humanize the administra tion of the law," says me xiure.u m Immigration, "it Is important that the cases of women and girls shall be han dled in a particularly considerate and careful manner, not only while the aliens are being detained in this coun try, but in the event oi aeporiaiion, . u .-Hva In thA countrv of their nativity or at the port where they origi nally emparKeo i or uio unucu ouhm. The bureau Has maae arrange me a u to notify women's organizations in Eu- .J ..l,-.. ...V. .ra nf all fa ("tn BTlH dr. cu instances of all cases, so that in case aliens are deported, assistance may be rendered them wnen mey re&cu meir native country. REMAINS INDICATE CRIME Harry Morgan, Civil Engineer, Is Thought to Be Victim. i TACOMA, Wash., April 8. Called to investicrata a reDort of the finding; of - Du-ii ami fhnrred bones near the Town of Eatonville, Sheriff Longmire, of Pierce County, today decided a mur der iad been committed. The remains. he believed, are those of Harry Morgan, ai civil engineer, who nas been missing frnn Raton villa for a year and a half. The only clew as to the possiDie siayer woo o hanHU-errbief. tied .DOUt a rocs. v. 1 1 tA hava heen the weapon used to kill the victim, un mo a.iiuti.c chief was the laundry mark of a weu Eatonville resident, who, the Sheriff says, is not suspectea or Hav ing had any part in the crime. . , .. mr.tr.Al. Mm Tl 1 1 1 H Morgan lUUlfiO-ua ... ..... , or raaauiuiioii;, r i.., . ijuiry as to her son's whereabouts, but nothing was Known ai me ums w 1. 1 . mvia nl n where the body . fonnri was the scene of a forest fire last Summer. 2 DIVORCED IN 12 MINUTES Superior Judge Sets New Record lor Fast Work In Tacoma. Tif(lM4 Wash. Aoril 8. (Special.) Granting two divorces in 12 minutes Superioir Judge Cliffora yesteraay n- . i i : ., t. V. n , I- helleverl t O be the LftUUDllcvi vv.'Ab T ' ... fmirt renorrl He diSDOSea rioiuc v. l' .1 ii v. .. . - of two cases between 10:05 and 10:20 A. M., allowing three minutes neiweeo announcement of the decree in one case and the calling or me nexi. The first suit was that of B. A. ml T.I i. Al a 17 ThomAS. SH 1 nuiii.a ngoiiw. . j i actress. The hearing lasted four mm iito. when a default decree was en- mi.1 A n.cia man that of .TullUS F. Prauss. aealnst Martha M. Preuss. for abandonment. He was given a decree the hearing lasting eigui mn"" CHARLES F. HUNT SUICIDE Manager of Fruit Company Kills Self Over BusinesWorrj CLE ELUM, Wash., 'April 8. (Spe- ... ti TX.,t if Cle Filum. Clal.J l.nLries - "T shot and killed himself Wednesday morning about 6 o'clock. Business worry and poor health are the only reasons ', . .i 4. hnva insnired suicide. A widow, father and two brothers survive. Mr. Hunt was in cnarge or the Pacific Fruit & Produce Company at Cle Elum. His brother discovered the body in the hayloft of the barn with ..... i, l. tha heart A 32-Call- a DUliei UHVU6" t . ber pistol was found close by, contain ing one expioapa sncn. v. Tr..r too as vears of age The ii i . .i i- ii ii " books of the produce company were examined and round to do euui. German Count Is Suicide, nr., TTvnuiM Wrnih.. A nril 8. Gus- . . . . . . . . J iDAimara a llarmflri tave jaaeiDutuc i...n.... . Count, who has experimented with hydro-aeroplanes on Lake Whatcom for several years, commn.i.:u - local hotel last night. - He left a note saying that he was known as Frederich j j ri-..i ,f "Hnrhiirir. Germany. fiaQCIUUllCl a. . o. where a brother resides. Despondency is believed to nave prainincu """ . nH hiu life, although in a letter . ., -K.Tai.nr .T T Tie Mat sent reueiiiu .v ..... . .. . - tos he said "enemies" were attempt- ng to defeat his plans ror political reasons I 1 YOU see the fit first. You can know be fore you buy a suit whether it fits and how it looks. You can be sure of quality, too, if you buy Hart Schaffner & Marx ready clothes. We fit all figures slim, stout, regu lar and stub. Come in and look them over and see yourself in them. Exceptional Values at $25 Some more, some less. Owvnsbttisrt Scsaiiner Msrs Stetson Hats Manhattan Shirts Sam'l Rosenblatt & Co. The Men's Shop for quality and service. Northwest Corner Third and Morrison HARVESTER ON GRILL GREGORY SAYS "ANTICS" SHOW purpose: was unlawful. Trust Legislation Declared Useless Un less Dissolution Follows Suppres sion of Competition. WASHINGTON, April 8. In oral ar gument in the Government's dissolution suit against the International Harves ter Company in the Supreme Court to day John P. Wilson, of the harvester company's counsel, concluded his open ing statement and Attorney-General Gregory made the opening statement on behalf of the Government. Chief Justice White asked Mr. Wil son why the harvester company did not grow up and expand along customary lines instead of having its organizers go to J. P. Morgan & Co. to "procure credit" for a combination of manufac turers to form a new corporation. Mr Wilson replied that the question would be dealt with later by another attorney for the company. t .1 Hf.V.nng nnri Afr. WlisOH had j UBtlliG .11...... .. a colloquy, the former inquiring if the object oi me suit w iwv w . tm.. competitive conditions existing in 1902, wnen nve nm - bined into the International Harvester Company. Mr. Wilson contended the object of the suit was to prevent re straint of the trade in 1912, .the date the suit was brought. "It would be as impossible to restore the competition of 1912 as to resurrect . i ,i hafgiiRA tha old companies tlltS - hiv. enne out of existence, said Mr. Wilson. Attorney-General Gregory argued h- sharmnn law forbade combina tion of competitive traders into one group with a preponderant proportion of business in one trade and that was what happened in the harvester combination. Although, he said, it was noi incum bent on the Government to show the purposes of the combination of such hA hiiHiivh antics" of the or ganizers in avoiding the appearance of . , . i 4 Vi.lr a merger snoweu mey iirivi." -" purpose was unlawful. unless tne uovernmeni ajmx to dissolve a corporation because of power obtained by eliminating compe tition among the leaders in- trade, Mr. Gregory contended, trust legislation had been a useless thing. 0REGAIMA EDITOR ELECTED Milton A. Stoddard to Publish Year Book With E. Watkins Manager. UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, Eugene. April 8. (Special.) Milton A. Stod dard, of- La Grande, and Ernest Watkins, of Bandon, were elected edi tor and manager of the Oregana, a university year book, published by the members of the Junior class each year, when the entire sophomore class met this afternoon and cast votes for their favorites. The competition for the editorship centered around three candidates, of whom Marjorie McGuire. a former Port land Academy girl, was the closest riJlr. Stoddard is a brilliant student and a cartoonist of no mean ability. Watkins has gained experience as man ager while working for the Emerald, the college trl-weekly paper. The Oregana Is entirely self-supporting except for a fund set aside by the board of regents. In its paragraphs it attempts to give full space to every collegiate activity and the pages are brightened with cuts of university life. Plans for the next book are already being discussed by the officers-elect. Convict Road Work Bill Passes. SACRAMENTO. April 8. The Meek convict labor bill, permitting prisoners of San Quentln and Folsom peniten tiaries to work on the state highways, passed the Senate today and unless a motion lor . reconsiaerauon uicirana. will go to Governor Johnson ! GIRL CONFESSES "FAKE" MISS PHOKBB SYIAJI SAYS HOLBIP STORY IS NOT TBIK. Portland Lass at Oresos City Says she Told Yarn to Explain Her Iss of Cost en Trip. OREGON CITT. Or., April t. (Spe cial.) That the story of her holdup Tuesday on the Mount Pleasant rosd was manufactured out of whole cloth, because of her ambition to become a moving picture heroine, is the confes sion of Miss Phoebe Nlan. tho 18-year-old Portland girl, who Is staying with Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Gregory at Central Miss Nylan reported her robbery to Chief Shaw late Tuesday and the chief notified Sheriff Wilson. Further investigation convinced tho Sheriff Wednesday that there might not be much truth in the girl's story and he made a visit to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Gregory and the girl. wftr being closely questioned, confessed that she made up the story. Miss Nvlan explained that she lrtt Central Point for Oregon City. As she was riding along the road she became warm and took off her coat, which dropped to the ground. On her return home she discovered that her coat was .niAj that nha would make Lup the story of the robbery to explain Pit loss. Miss Nylan's story was Tealistic She told of her conversation with two men who robbed her of her coat and of tw men who rescued her. The coat, which she said was lost, was found hanging on a tree near the road. Miss Nylan lives at 6120 Thirty-ninth avenue Southeast, Portland. She is spending several weeks In the Central Point district with Mr. and Mrs. Greg ory, who are friends of her parents. crmi-n wllil in fii-rmnn V-"t ATrtro. I a iWa.. ia coin IT -wnn n fl V incuiii I i . riofo-jf his mans lor Dcumuai i -: .n r.nv(.rnnp .TnhnRon. I Cnrr - BOluieiy neueswiij. I p neni vn . - w-l nnrnn of thlS PeClfl 1 1 rfl SOH . ' " HSSSSSBBBB Ufe " HAMS BACON LARD WOMEN HUNT VACANT LOTS Houst-to-House Canvass to Be Made to Provide Land for Poor. BAKER. April 8. (Special.) To provide ground for the poor of the city Mrs. C. A. Fernald. chairman of the Alpha Club civic improvement com mittee, will soon start a house-to-house canvass to secure the vacant lots. Already many lots have been offered her. but she has more applica tions from those who want gardens so the canvass is necessary. The plan was started as a civic beau tifying movement, but has grown into a ringree plan and promises to be suc cessful from both standpoints. FREE-FARE RULES GIVEN Instructions Issued to County Com missioners at Lewlston. 1.EW1STON. Idaho. April 8. 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