Morning Oregonian., June 02, 1916, Page 5, Image 5

THE MORNING OREGOXIAN, FRIDAY, JUXE 2, 191G.
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THREATENED STRIKE
STOPS TUNNEL JOB
Work Suspended Indefinitely
on Big St. Johns Improve
i ment for O.-W. R. & N.
WAGE RISE IS DEMANDED
About 12 00 Men, Mostly Heads ot
Tortland Families, Are Laid Off.
Plant Is Closed to Avoid
Having Labor Troubles.
tertaln the officers of the battleship
Oregon and cruiser South Dakota dur
ing their stay in Portland for the Rose
Festival next week. Dinners an3 lunch
eons will be given and a trip over the
Columbia River Highway will be ar
ranged. The committees will mo" at
noon today in the Oregon building to
perfect arrangements for the entertain
ment programme.. The following is the
personnel of the committees:
Oregon Governor Wtthycombe, Georra E.
Hardy. J. H. JDundore, O. B. Coldwell. John
B. Yeon, S. Benson. O. C. Bortzmeyer.
Emery Olmstead. L.. c. Gilman, Captain G.
F. Blair. James O. Conville. George H.
Kelly, H. L. Corbett. E. B. MacNaughton.
D. C. O'Reilly. Charles F. Berg, W. .C.
Wilkes, John F. Carroll, R. w. Schmeer,
Frank C. Rlggs. John S. Beall, Charles A.
Burckhardt. Kufua Holman, Captain Speler,
J. O. Hoyt. F. N. Clark, J. W. Brewer.
South Dakota Mayor Albee, C. C. Colt.
S. C. Bratton, General G. A. 'White, J. C.
Alnaworth. E J. Jaeger. Lieutenant J. H
Blackburn, U. S. N. : H. M. Cake, John
Burgard, O. K. Jetfery, H. C. Wortman.
Russell Hawkins, Dr. A. K. Hlggs, Joe Day,
A. I. Fish, W. A. Montgomery, Hugh Hume,
Lloyd L. Mulit, O. M. Plummer, Arthur
Jones, C. H. Hamilton. M. O. fnsley, H. L.
Keats. Lloyd McDowell, M. E. Lee, V. E.
Conklin.
Construction work on the St. Johns
tunnel of the O.-W. E. & N. Company
was suspended indefinitely yesterday
by the contractors, A. Guthrie & Co.,
owing to a threatened strike.
A few weeks ago the men asked for
an Increase of 50 cents a day. The
company declined. The men threatened
to quit work on June 1 unless tne in
trease was awaroea.
As the most effective means of pre
venting a strike and its attending dam
Aging results, the contractors closed
down the work at 3 o'clock yesterday
Afternoon.
It is understood that this arrange
ment is entirely satisfactory to offi
cials of the O.-W. R. & N. Company,
who are willing to wait with the tun
nel work until the situation clears.
An aggregate of 1200 men are af
fected by, the contractors' suspension
order. Most of them live in Portland
and have families.
Work on the tunnel has been under
way since early in the Spring. The
payroll aggregated J100.000 monthly.
The contractors also were spending
$50,000 a month for supplies.
Cost Exceeds foOO.OOO.
The contract called for treating the
tunnel with a concrete lining to give
It more stability and permanence. The
work is about 70 per cent completed
The entire cost exceeds $500,000.
Idleness on the tunnel work will not
affect train service. The O.-W. R. & N.
Company has been routing its trains
around the St, Johns peninsula ever
since the reconstruction work started,
as was done before the tunnel was built
live years ago.
The situation, however, is bound to
lave a serious effect on the plans for
regrades and crossing eliminations on
the Sullivan's gulch line. It was the
intention of the O.-W. R. & N. Com
pany to handle all its traffic through
the tunnel while the gulch work was
In progress.
Now that the tunnel cannot be used,
the gulch work must wait, inasmuch as
the tracks in the gulch cannot be used
while the regrae is under way.
The men employed by Guthrie & Co.
liave been working on an eight-bour-a-day
basis. Their wages vary from
28 Va cents an hour for common laborers
to 50 cents an hour for semi-skilled
mechanics. Or, if the pay is computed
fey the day, it varies from $2.25 to $4
Increaae Is Agitated.
Recently a group of men became act
ive among the workers and encouraged
them to demand a flat increase of 614
cents an hour all around, equivalent
to 50 cents a day.
Following is the scale of hourly
wages for the various kinds of work
ers: Soft ground tunnel miners, 43c;
eoft ground tunnel miners' helpers,
81V4c; donkey engineers (gas and
eteam), 43 c; hoisting engineers, 50c;
swing engineers, 37 c; mixer engi
neers (steam)v iZhic; mixer engineers
(motor), 37c; laborers (common),
18 c; laborers (concrete buggy men),
SI Vic; timbermen, 37 Vic; timbermen
helpers, 31 Vic; saw filers, 43 Vic; black
smiths, 50c; blacksmiths' helpers, 34c;
soft ground tunnel foremen, 62V4c;
timbermen foremen, 62Vic; sub-foremen,
43Vsc; sub-foremen, 37V4c.
The day was divided into three etght
Jiour shifts, beginning at 7 A. M., 3
P. M. and 11 P. M., respectively. The
crew beginning at 7 o'clock yesterday
morning worked without interruption,
but at 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon
many of the men failed to- put in an
appearance.
Consequently the contractors ordered
all work to cease.
FRUIT CONTRACTS HEAVY
SALEM VXIOX'S SALES NOW TOTAL
three: thousand tons.
DECISION LOWERS TAXES
TWENTY-ONE TIMBER OWNERS WIN
IN CLARKE COUNTY.
BOY OF EIGHT DRIVES OFF
Police Pick Up Lost Youngster, Who
, Kscapes, Taking; Team.
" 6ALEM, Or., June 1. (Special.)
Kicnard tomlth,. 8 years old, who resided
with his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs.
W. T. Davidson, at Rosedale, seven
miles south of Salem, is missing. A
horse and wagon belonging to a local
business firm also ie missing, and
iticnara is believed to have taken
them. The police are searching for
418 DOV. norse and wacnn.
) Richard came to Salem Wednesdav
and. was missed. The police picked
him up and were holding him at the
station pending the arrival of his
pranaparents. When the- desk ser
geant wasn't looking Richard walked
out and was seen to drive off with a
Horse and wagon.
WALKOUT AT MARSHFIELD
Employes of Mill Company Strike
Without Giving Xotice.
' MARSHFIELD. Or., June 1. (Sne
fclal.) The North Bend Lumber Com
pany had a walkout this afternoon,
when the dock and sorting-shed crews
demanded a raise from J2.25 to J2.50
per day. Instead of putting their de
mands at a time when the mill was
not operating, ,the 22 men did not re
turn to work in the afternoon and left
the mill idle. Manager George Steph
enson let them all out and arranged to
reopen tomorrow morning. He will
pay new men the amount which the
old crew struck for.
Value la 150,000, and Deals tor mu
Much More Are Pending; Crops
Short and Prices Are Up.
SALEM, Or., June 1. (Special.)
Contracts totaling $150,000 and involv
ing approximately 3000 tons of cherries,
gooseberries, strawberries, loganber
ries, apples, pears and prunes, have
been made by the Salem Fruit Union,
Robert C. Paulus, manager, announced
today.
The union also has deals pending for
the sale of3000 tons of different kinds
of fruits. The contracts consummated
have been made with Eastern dealers
within the last six weeks.
According to Mr. Paulus, the union
has a larger fruit acreage listed in the
Willamette Valley this year than ever
before, better prices are ir prospect
and the union faces the best year in
its history.
The crop estimate for the Willamette
Valley compared to normal production
in the different kinds of fruits is as
follows:
Strawberries, 60 per cent; goose
berries, 80 pe cent; cherries, 60 per
cent; prunes, 50 to 60 per cent; apples,
80 to 90 per cent; pears, 35 per cent,
and peaches, 50 to 65 per cent.
Cool weather and recent rains are
said to have delayed the ripening of
strawberries and other fruits and
caused considerable harm.
DRYS START MOVE
TO BAR ALL LIQUOR
Prohibitionists' Initiative to
Combat Proposal for Mak
ing Beer in Oregon.
PETITIONS TO BE SENT OUT
State Central Committee Meets in
Portland and Decides on Meas
ure to Stop Importation
i of Alcoholic Drinks.
The Prohibition party state central
committee, meeting at the Y. M. C. A.
last night, voted to initiate at once an
amendment to the constitution of Ore
gon to make the state absolutely dry.
The first petitions for the proposed
amendment, which prohibits the impor
tation of liquor into the state, are to
be put out tonight or tomorrow. Work
ers will start after signatures imme
diately, it was said.
This amendment is the answer ol
the Prohibition party to the Initiative
measure to permit Oregon brewers to
manufacture beer and to fill orders
from Oregon consumers who. under the
present law, have to send outside the
state.
The amendment to be submitted by
the Prohibition party was drawn up
by ex-Governor West. It revises sec
tion 36 of article I of the state consti
tution by insertion of the following
two words: "... imported into
As amended, the prohibition section
of the constitution would read:
"No intoxicating liquors shall be im
ported into, manufactured or sold with
in this state, except Tor medicinal pur
poses upon prescription of a licensed
physician, or for scientific, sacramental
or mechanical purposes. . ."
"The party has taken this action.
said J. P. Newell, Prohibition state
chairman, "because after waiting for
nine or 10 days after the announcement
of the brewers' measure nobody seemed
to be doing anything to offset it. As it
is very important that action be taken
at once or not at all, we have decided
to meet the issue by initiating an
amendment to make the state absolute
ly dry."
More Than $20,000 Held Back Will Be
Paid and School Districts and
Road Funds will Benefit,
VANCOUVER, Wash.. June 1. (Spe
cial.) Twenty-one taxpayers were
given Judgment today against Clarke
County in suits for reductions in taxes
on timberland raised by the Board of
Equalization last Fall. The county
confessed Judgment. All the suits were
based on the allegation that insuffi
cient, if any, notice of the hearing be
fore the Board of Equalization had
been given.
The valuations of the property were
raised following the report of the Pa
cific Timber Cruising Company, which
cruised a large portion of the north
ern part of the county. The legality
of the cruise made is being tested in
the Federal Court, the county having
refused to pay the balance due for it.
asserting that it was fraudulent.
The suits involve several thousands
of dollars. The lands will be taxed on
the old valuation. As a result of the
litigation, more than $20,000 in taxes
which have been held up will be paid
at once, giving the road districts and
school funds much needed money. The
Clarke County Timber Company, a
Weyerhaeuser corporation, and the
Harvey Mill Company were the- princi
pal owners affected by the decision.
DALLAS WOMAN VICTIM
MRS. W. FRANCIS FOUND UNCON
SCIOUS IN HOME.
Large Gash tn Head la Cut, Apparently
by Sharp Instrument Memory
Blank as to Attack.
DALLAS, Or., June 1. (Special.)
Mrs. W. Francis, a. young woman living
in North Dallas, was found unconscious
at her home late this afternoon with a
large gash cut in her heacf, apparently
done with a sharp object.
The house was ransacked and $16 In
gold taken.
Mr. Francis was arrested tonight by
Sheriff Orr. He has refused to make
a statement. Mr. Francis is held pend
ing further inquiry into the case.
It is said, however, that he came
home about noon. He is a laborer,
doing odd Jobs. He was arrested in
town after a. neighbor's boy had found
Mrs. Francis unconscious.
In attempt to shield her husband
Mrs. Francis said tonight her husband
had not been home since 8 o'clock this
morning.
Mrs. Francis has partly regained her
senses, but as yet her memory is a
blank as to the tragedy.
DEAN OF WOMEN RESIGNS
Miss Ruth Guppy to Lieave Univer
sity of Oregon.
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, Eugene.
Or., June 1. (Special.) Miss Ruth M.
Guppy, for four years dean of women at
the University, today tendered her
resignation. She will leave soon for the
East, where her graduate studies will
be continued in some university. She
will work for a higher degree. The
resignation will be formally passed
upon by the board of regents at their
annual meeting tomorrow.
Her resignation came as a complete
urprise to the students. Miss Guppy
took the deanship following Dr. Luella
Clay Carson, Mrs. Ellen M. Pennell
having served as temporary dean for
several years after Dr. Carson's de
parture. WOODBURN GRADUATES 18
President Bushnell, of Pacific Uni
versity, Delivers Address.
WOODBURN, Or., June 1. (Special.)
The -commencement programme of
the Woodburn High School graduating
class of 18 was given in the Methodist
Church tonlcrht, the attendance being
Rose Festival Special
1UU Te8tWal " to-
offer as Spead est 8
S52 Cb $2550
cannot equal n- ;'; d e6pectay
8electd "anship. ; r opportunity;
perviso . -t tnis 3 a know ww
we ever bad a from me. arid
1 y0u bave tv probably fearu m me.
t you k'JTEE and tbese- P baVe, you
G?? COWe -mmcnse stock on
been bere y? i. tbeucn money
for this sPr- i cannot to
tied up. or
d Next
u . M.WF"" Hotel Block
Street ra" -
MAXWELL MAKES THE
FOLLOWING STATEMENT
TO THE PUBLIC
AFTER COMBING THE EAST FOR HIGH-
GRADE WOOLENS. THIS TniriT
OFFERING IS MADE.
T do not believe the public needs to be I
told the condition of the woolen market.
A dance at the clothes offered both ready
made and tailored to measure and a com
parison of prices Is sufficient evidence ot
the demoralisation of the markets.
"After a trip of sine months to the lead
ins; markets ot the East occasioned be
cause nothing- could be bought out here but
cheap mercerised materials containing; in
ferior American dyes I have succeeded In
getting the best selection ot high-grade
woolens with the good old guaranteed dyes
that has been sent to the Northwest tor
many months.
"This stock Is now on the shelves at my
new store. 2S9 Washington street, Perkins
Hotel building. It Includes the largest and
finest assortment of Serges ever carried by
a merchant tailor In Portland (over 2300
yards), as well as an unrivaled selection
of Worsteds. Cheviots. Homespuns, etc
T bave also secured a limited supply
(about 75 pieces) of Irish Linen Canvas.
This material ordinarily costs from lso to
20c a yard, and after Jumping to from 40c
to &0o Is now almost Impossible to obtain
at any price. It is this material which,
placed In the front of coats, prevents break
ing. "I was also fortunate In being able to find
first-class linings which. 1 have purchased
in large quantities.
"Now. this is what I am going to do.
Though this stock has cost ma a premium,
I cannot carry so much money tied up un
der present conditions, and so am offering
for today. Saturday and Rose Festival Week
the Kpeciala quoted in my adjoining ad.
"Remember, I wilt cut every suit sold
myself, sa I have done for the past -0
years; will personally supervise all work
manship, measurement and fitting. Every
suit sold at these prices will carry my un
qualified ca'ARA.NTEE as to materials and
workmanship.
"I make this offer for our Rose Festival
visitors, my old customers and for those
In Portland who have not yet become ac
quainted with me."
MAXWELL, the Tailor.
Over Twenty Years
in Portland
Mr. Maxwell haa been In the merchant
tailoring bnnlness in Portland for more than
'0 year. His metbode and fair dealings
have won him new butane, ae well as re
tained the old. The MttiNfartlon he has
given bis euMomers haa been mora tbaa
satlfvlsur to blra.
These men who accept Mr. Maxwell's offer
now will have efttamlftnea a permanent
tailoring connection, wa are aura.
so large that many had to stand. The
salutatory was by Adah Dimlck, and
the valedictory by Vita Erntson. The
commencement address was delivered
by President C J. Bushnell, of Pacific
University, who advocated social pre
paredness instead of so much waste in
military preparedness.
The graduates are: Vita Erntson.
Adah Dimlck, Ralph Gilbert. Ruth Aus
tin, Agnes Simmons. Oscar Olson, Eliza
beth Wllklns, Mazie Lankins. Dwight
Parr, Ida Schmermer. Mattie Larson.
Harold Dimick, Crescentia Glass. John
Brack, Sophia Rasche, Walter Yergen.
Violet Stewart and Marvin Hertrler."
SALMON LEAPING FALLS
30 0 Flsli an Hour Pass Ladder, Ac
cording to Estimates.
OREGON CITT, Or., June 1. (Spe
cial.) Salmon are going over the Falls
of the Willamette at the rate of about
300 an hour from daylight to dark.
This estimate is based on counts made
in the morning at midday and at night.
The large pools in the fish ladder are
crowded with salmon. Deputy Fish
Warden Jewell estimates that from 800
to 600 fish axe in some of these holes.
Thirty-six salmon were seen going
over one Jump in the ladder in five
minutes one morning recently, while at
1 P. M. today 16 passed a given point
in five minutes.
Eugene Postorflce Shows Gain.
EUGENE, Or.. June 1. (Special.)
For six months the receipts of the Eu
gene postoffioa have shown an Increase
of from 3 to 9 "per cent, according to a
statement made today by Postmaster
Campbell. Since last October the
monthly business has not fallen as low
as last year.
Suspects Before Grand Jury.
MARSHFIELD, Or.. June 1. (Spe
cial.) Believed to be in connection
with the opening of United States mall
bags at the time of the Santa Clara
wreck. Jerry Kinney, of Marshfleld;
William Emery, of North Bend, and L.
W. Stein, of Englewood. and two other
men were summoned to Portland today
to appear before the Federal trnd
jury. All parties left on the morning
train.
Asliiand Woman Dies.
ASHLAND, Or, June 1. (Special.)
Mrs. Isadora Thornton, wife of Captain
J. Edward Thornton, secretary of the
Elks' Club, died last night at Eugene,
after a' prolonged Illness. Besides her
husband she leaves two young sons.
Her maiden name was Isadora Duncan
and she came from a family well known
in earlier days in this vicinity.
A notable gift to the Vnlversity of Cal
ifornia is the library of about 6000 volumes
representing France's contribution to civi
lization, which formed part of the French
government exhibit at the Panama-Pacitlo
exposition.
ROSE WINS, TWO PRIZES
Eugene Woman Has Best Display of
Several Hundred Entries.
EUGENE. Or.. June 1. (Special.)
In Eugene's annual rose show today
Mrs. C. W. Starr won two first prizes
on the same rose, the Papa Gontier.
The awards were for the best single
flower and the best group of six roses.
The entries in these classes were open
to all varieties. Mrs. Darwin Bristow
won the first prize for table exhibit.
The display was held in the rooms
of the Chamber of Commerce. There
were several hundred exhibits.
NAVAL MEN TO BE FETED
Chamber to Entertain Officers of
Battleship Oregon and Cruiser.
Special committees of the Chamber of
Commerce have been appointed to en-
THROUGH TRAIN PROBABLE
Direct Service Between Portland and
Coos Bay Planned.
EUGENE. Or.. June 1. (Special.) A
through train from Portland to Marsh
field is being considered by the South
ern Pacific, according to an announce
ment made by Charles S. Fee, passen
ger traffic manager, who, with Assist
ant General Manager D. W. Campbell,
returned to Eugene last night, after a
trip over the Willamette Pacific to
Marshfield.
The operating department of the
Southern. Pacific will take over the
operation of the AVillamette Pacific,
now In the hands of the engineering
department, about September 1, accord
ing to an announcement made by these
officials. The operation of the road
will not be taken over until after the
completion of the Umpqua River bridge.
Meyer Is Sentenced:
VANCOUVER, Wash., June 1. (Spe
cial.) Charles A. Meyer, 27 years of
age, today was sentenced by Judge R.
H. Back to serve from 1 to 20 years in
tne state penitentiary ior muraer. we
was convicted of murder in the second
degree by a jury on May 13. It was
alleged that he shot John Kramer at
Hazel Dell on the night of December
25. 1915. Meyer expects to appeal his
case to the Supreme Court and until
such appeal is perfected and a decision I
given he will remain in the local jaifrf
gtTtV a3
1916
The Country-wide System
Forty-one Years of Telephone Progress
The faint musical sound of a plucked
spring was electrically carried from one
room to another and recognized on June
2, 1875. That sound was the birth-cry
of the telephone.
"The original instrument the very
first telephone in the world is shown
in the picture above.
From this now-historic instrument
has been developed an art of profound
importance in the world's civilization.
At this anniversary time the Bell
System looks back on forty-one years of
scientific achievement and economic
progress, and gives this account of its
stewardship :
It his provided a system of communi
cation adequate to public needs and suf
ficiently in advance of existing condi
tions to meet all private demands or
national emergencies.
It has made the telephone the most
economical servant of the people for
social and commercial intercourse.
It has organized an operating staff
loyal to public interests and ideals ; and
by its policy of service it has won the
appreciation and good will of the people.
With these things in mind, the Bell
System looks forward with confidence
to a future of greater opportunity and
greater achievement.
THE PACIFIC TELEPHONE
AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY
yo
How do you buy coffee?
COME women buy coffee by price,
some by looks, some by taste.
Of course, taste is the only right
way to judge coffee. Looks may
mean little, even to an expert. Price
is no true guide.
Taste flavor in your cup is su
preme because that's why you drink
coffee.
Most women know that good coffee
tastes better than indifferent coffee.
But too few women know that fine
coffee is not only good but also
economical.
For instance, a pound of
Schilling's Best goes further
than a pound of any other
coffee we know of. You
can prove this for yourself.
It is good coffee plus
plus extra care in selection,
handling and packing. This
extra care means extra cups
of smooth, rich coffee.
It is sold only through
grocers.
Before we pack it in
vacuum-sealed tins, we
grind it evenly and tii-e-out
the bitterish chaff.
Schilling s
Rest