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Newspaper Page TextTIIE MORNING OREGOXIAN. FRIDAY, AUGUST 4. 191G. 3 EFFORTS TO AVERT STRIKE REDOUBLED Federal Officials to Seek Con ciliation, Though For- -.1 mal Action Waits. Aug. 3. (Special.) The soldiers of Company F, Engineer Corps, remain ing at this post have received orders to prepare to go to American Lake to act as instructors at the citizens' training camp, which will open there August 10. There are about 30 men in the company. The detail from this organization, which is now at the train ing camp at Monterey. Cal., has teen ordered here and will also go to Amer' lean Lake. , . CONGRESS URGED TO ACT President May Make Personal Ap peal to Managers and Men to Kffect Settlement In In- -terests of Public. pe- 7 g- I SO- i rill i LOS AXGELES FEARS STARVA- - TIO IK STRIKE IS CALLED. t f3 vr: irr T.- Amy 1 Kno- Tial.J According to Fred P. Greg' son, traffic manager ofthe Asso ciated Jobbers, this is what wi happen to Los Angeles if the threatened National -strike of trainmen becomes a reality: . Railways will operate only mail and passenger trains. , Sources of Los Angeles food supplies will be cut off. Perishable food supplied will last only three days. Meat supply wlil be gone in eight days. Supply of flour may last 30 days. In many instances starvation will ensue. Los Angeles receives 2000 tons of food a day by railway from the East. The Associated Jobbers are the clearing-house for all Los An geles food supplies. MR. HUGHES OPTIMISTIC Nominee Sends Telegranr to-Gathering in 'Washington. WASHIXGTOX, Aug. 3. ScoVes of Republican Senators and Representa tives were presented here tonight to William R. Willcox. of New York. chairman of the Republican National committee, at a receotion tendered hv Representative McKinley. of Illinois. manager of the Taft campaign in 1912. During the reoeption telegrams were read from Charles E. Hue-hes and Charles W. Fairbanks, the Dartv's Presidential and Vice-Presidential can didates. Mr. Hughes telegraphed from Bridgehampton. N. Y.. the following: 1 wish it were possible for me to be present tonight at the reception of Chairman Willcox and to join in this expression of confidence and esteem: t is gratifying constantly to receive assurances of strong support and J de- Birnr 10 express, 10 me republican Sena- . WASHINGTON, Aug-. 3. While . the strike vote of uO.0O0 railroad em ployes was being counted in New York, every agency of the Federal Goverri ment affected by the situation was preparing today to do all possible to avert a final break between the rail roads and workmen. William L. Chambers, commissioner of the board of mediators and concilia tion, was in communication with Presi dent Wilson during the day, though board- officials pointed out that noth ing of a formal character could . be done until the railroad managers and representatives of the employes re aumed negotiations next week. A call was issued for a meeting to morrow morning of the Senate com merce committee to decide whether hearings will be held on Chairman Kewlands resolution proposing an in vestigation by the Interstate Com merce Commission of hours of labor on railroads and urging the employers and employes to postpone a settlement of their differences until a report can be made. Hours of labor constitutes one of the chief causes of the threaten dd strike. Thrw Chamber of Commerce of the "United States, which yesterday ap pealed to President Wilson, for Federal intervention to prevent a strike, is urg ing action on the resolution. The Chamber is considering calling a con ference of representatives of commer cial organizations to impress on Con gress the necessity of taking some im- YtieriiHte Ktpnst. The President late today designated G. . v. Hanger, assistant commis sioner of the Board, of Mediation and Conciliation, as a member of the board. The law stipulates that there shall be three members, but Judge Martin A. Knapp, chairman. and William 1 Chambers, commissioner, have served alone because an official of the Depart ment of Labor, designated as the third member when the board was formed, was not qualified for the place. Judge Knapp and Mr. Chambers asked the President to increase the membership because the work of the board already has become great and the threatened railroad strike has added to the necessity of having an other member. Administration officials . said every thing possible would be done to avert a strike. If all other steps fail it is possible President Wilson will make personal appeal to the railroad man- agers and the employes, urging them to effect a settlement in the interest of the public. The question may be dis cussed at tomorrow's Cabinet meeting. STRIKK AVOIDAXtE IS URGED Public Service Hoard Asks Railroad Men to Arbitrate Trouble. SALEM. Or., Aug. 3. (Special.) By formal resolution today the .Oregon Public Service Commission urged upon the railroads and their employes set tlement of their dilfereJnces by arbi t ration that a general strike may- be averted. The commission points out the direct j.jitn'ey bus. drivers. Both . vuiiacmitwiura r 1111.41 uuiu jiuiiu w TRAFFIC TIE-OP OUT OF CITY PREDICTED Only Mail and Arrny Trains Will Move in Event of Strike, Says Conductor. s SOME ROADS PREPARING SMARTEST SPORTS AND OUTING Suits Npnunion Men Are Being Assembled to Meet Emergency Southern Pacific "Warns Tbem Against Losing Pension Rights. Not a train will leave Portland in the event of la strike, except possibly those carrying United States malls. troops and Army supplies, according i j a I . Of Golfine and Cotton Repp -In plain and striped combination effect, In rose, Copenhagen, green and tan. The skirts are white trim med with striped ma terials to match the jackets. Very Special $6.75 Third Floor. NEW MODELS INNOVATION WARDROBE TRUNKS T i. STATISTICS SHOWING EXTENT AND EFFECT OF THREAT ENED STRIKE OF RAILROAD MEN. Number of men, engineers, conductors, firemen and break-. men involved in eight-hour day demand 400,00 Total number of employes involved 1,000,000 Number of railroads involved I "S3 Mileage of roads involved ; 257,211 Number of stockholders and -roads involved 626,122 Par value of total capital "stock of railroads $8,630,286,892 Average holding of stock per stockholder (par value) ... 13,796 Total monthly receipts of railroads (April, 1916) 280.987.306 Total monthly expenses (April, 1916) '. 189,923.465 Total taxes paid by railroads in April. 1916 , 12,493,265 Total net income of railroads InApril, 1916 f 8,507.780' Net income per mile of line in April, 1916 "396 Amount the roads assert it would cost them to meet the men's demands (per annum) 100,000,000 Amount the men estimate it might cost per annum 25,000,000 Total number of cars of every kind that will cease to move in event of strike . j 2.507,977 FVeight cars ' 2,356.000 Passenger coaches 53 705 Company service cars (wreck, etc.)... ; . 96.272 Total number of locomotives 65,099 .i tors and Representatives my deep ap preciation of their earnest co-operation. "There has been no more important campaign in our recent history and we have rare opportunity to be of serv ice to the country. I am glad to say that the outlook is most encouraging.' CARMEN ARE UNYIELDING Both Sides Stubborn in Xew York 1 Surface Line Situation. KElV YORK. Aug. 3. A threatened tie-up tomorrow on all surface car lines in Manhattan and Queensborough, which was forecast in an ultimatum to the railway -.officials by .organiza tion leaders of the employes, was still in an unconciliatory state tonight, each side apparently being determined not to yield on the question of the right of employes to unionize. Various conferences held during the day failed to bring about anything ap proaching a temporary solution of the trouble. The public service commis sion adjourned without any progress having been made. 1 Continuing the Great Sale of MEN SHIRTS Hundreds of Them for Every Need 95 - Selling Regularly to $1.75 In all sizes from 1 4 to 1 lxl- Madras and Percale In a great variety of weaves and patterns.- With plain and plaited bosoms, soft and stiff cuffs. 7irst Floor 1 I I Early Autumn Modes In Soft Felt Hats For Town and Country Wear Shapes which might be called "knockabout" had they a bit less elegance of finish hats which fit in with the present-day sports apparel with pre cision. New ideas in soft, floppy brim effects and sailor shapes in such fashionable colors as rose, Kelly green, emerald green, butter, citron, French blue, buff and white, with tailored ribbon trimmings. $1.95 $2.45 $3.95 $4.95 Third Floor. r The "Great Western" Travel Bureau Will arrange sightseeing tours supply maps, folders and schedules -baggage checked give detailed information about steamer and train service free. First Trloor oLtO MercUndi of cJ Merit Only" Pictorial Review Fall Fashion Book on Sale Also the September patterns, the embroidery book and the Second Floor new fashion sheets. I DEATH, RATE GROWS One-Fifth of Infant Paralysis Victims Die.' NEW FORCES JOIN FIGHT SPOUSE LIKES PORTLAND Refusal to Live in Spokane Basis of Divorce Snit. ' " His wife liked Portland so well that she refused to leave this city for Spo kane when her husband's business took him northward. So A. J. Keller filed suit in the Circuit Court yesterday for divorce from Orpha Keller, alleging grounds of desertion. Th refusal to go to him in Spokane in the Spring of 1914 constituted the desertion, it is charged. The Kellers were married June 11, 1910. There are no children, but prop erty rights in Wasco County remain to be settled. - Twin Jitney Drivers Have Same Police Trouble.. Kach Runt Afoul of -Same T.aw, P. lieeman, Judge and . .Klne. for ' Offense at Same Spot. - LOS ANGELES. Cal., Aug. 3. (Spe cial.) This really happened today: I". E.' and E. A. Nicholl, twins, are general strike and expresses its confi dence that a fair and impartial adjust ment may be obtained through sub mission of the questions involved to a board of arbitration. The resolution follows: "Resolved. That while, we make no attempt to express judgment upon the merits of this controversy, but with the single purpose of protecting the gen eral public, the railroad employe and the railroad alike from the hardships and distressing consequences inevitably attending a general suspension of transportation service, and for the mu tual welfare of all concerned, we do earnestly solicit and request the rail roads and their employes to join in a peaceful adjustment' of their differ ences by submitting them to a fair and impartial board of arbitration.' . SKIZURE Ol- ROADS ADJISED Washington Public Service Commis sion Suggests Action. OLTMPIA. "Wash.. Aug. 3. Recom mendation that the Federal Govern ment seize and operate all the rail roads in the country if the railway brotherhoods call a 'strike is contained in a letter sent to President Wilson today by the Public Service Commis sioner of Washington. lf the threatened strike occurs," says the letter, "we urge upon you that the National Government forth with take possession of all interstate utilities relating to commerce and in formation and operating them pending a period in. which Congress will have the opportunity of passing a compul sorv arbitration law." The letter was written after R. J. Clancy, assistant to the general mana ger of the Southern Pacific Railroad, visited the "Commission and urged it to ask the President to do all in his power to prevent a strike of railway employes. It is said that the Washington Pub lic Service Commission is the first state body to suggest Federal opera tion of the railroads in event of a gen oral strike. Were dressed alike; "' Jad their hair shingled: "- .Were accused of violating the same section of the ordinance referring to passing streetcars; Were tagged at the same corner-' Eighth and Vermont by the same po liceman; ; . Appeared In court at the same hour, before Police Judge White; - " Entered the same plea; Were -found guilty; ' ', Were assessed S3 or three ..days; . Own twin cars and ',"---. . Promised not to do it again. Battery A Note Engineers Ordered to Camp. .VANCOUVER BARRACKS,' Wash., ALEXICO, Cal., July 31. (Special.). The Battery now has a baseball team. More than that, it has 'one 13 to 0 victory to Its credit. The 1800 Washington militiamen stationed here took it Into their heads that they could wallop the Oregonians, but it required only five innings to put the aitids under their ambition. Run- after run wa3 tnade by the team, 'which lined up as follows: O'Mally, first; Zwald. sec ond; HarpoJe. short; Scott, third; Fits gerald. center; A. Myers, left; Mc Allister, right; Goodman and Scott, pitchers; McEvan, catcher. The game was witnessed by several hundred soldiers and civilians. A game is being sought with the team representing the Twenty-first In fantry that also is here. The quartet has been practicing for several days. So proficient have the four Become that they have been in vited by the officers of the military units stationed here to appear at head quarters for a recital. The men are preparing some special numbers for this event. The members are Corporal Smith, and Privates Dufur, Smith and Williamson. Small sized whirlwinds ramble through' one or two of the tents every once in a while, and leave the occu pants considerably disturbed, and their possessions somewhat scattered about. . With the horses here and ast be. coming acclimated, the time when the batterymen can go out on mounted pass is fast arriving. to union trainmen employed on roads with terminals in this city. . The men express confidence that there will be a walkout.- . The matter of filling the places of sinners nas Deen lert with . the Na tional committee representing all the railroads, said company officials in Portland yesterday. The committee will meet in New York Cilv August 8 when another effort toward arbitration wilt- be made. 7 There will be no arbitration, and not a train will run after the strike called." said a member of the Order of Railway Conductors, who has a run out of Portland, yesterday, -with the possible exception of those carrying man, or troops to the border, or sup plies to the Hitter. If the .strike is ordered, as it surely will be, approx imately 400;000 railroad men will walk out throughout -the country. All Operative tailed. ' "This is the first - time that all men engaged in the operation of (rains have united in making demands on the companies, and because of this unity of action the men will be invincible in the struggle. Even if the compan les could get a sufficient number of men. they could not work them, be cause practically the entire body would be composed of green hands. The companies in the nast have pitted one railway union against the other, but this time that will be im possible. They know that, and as a consequence, are appealing to Wasb- ington to have the Government in tervene to prevent the Walkout. Just how Federal officials can do this is something the railroad workers can not understand, unless it would be by having the United States authorities step in and take charge of the var ious lines. "This could be done probably on the ground of public policy. But the Gov ernment could not compel the men to remain . at work. Nothing but moral suasion could be used for this pur pose. It would, I think, be within the scope of Federal power to tell the men that their grievances would be satis factorily adjusted independent of the railroad authorities, asking the men to remain, at work pending this solution of the matter. Refusal Voiced Flatly. '"The men demand an eight-hour day and time and a half for all over time, and this has been backed up by an overwhelming vote, as the count of ballots in New York shows. There is no doubt that the National com mittee representing the men, now in session in New York City, ' will be guided by this. As the railroads have already flatly declared that fliese de- iwanus win hoi oe granted, a striKe is inevitable uTiless the companies aban don this stand, or the United States averts it by taking over the control of the roads for the purpose of adjusting the difficulty, as I have already out "We do not know whether the roads wili attempt to man their" trains with non-union men in the event of a strike," said an attache of the O.-W. R. & N. Company, yesterday. "This Is a question that has been left to the general committee which meets in New York on August 8. All of the lines involved in the controversy have agreed to allow this body to have complete charge of the matter, and its dictums will govern the actions of all the roads in the combine. . ;s - Pension IllKhf m will Be I .oat. "Thus far. the O.W. R. & N. Company has made no effort to procure men to operate trains in the event of a strike. ' t . Officials of roads having terminal offices here have said that the matter was out of their Jurisdiction. and would be directed from the different headquarters of the various systems. Several Eastern and Middle West roads have, it is said, already started to assemble non-union men. . .- The Southern Pacific has Issued a bulletin, in. which it warns all em ployes that by going out on a strike they forfeit all of their pension rights, and implored them not to walk out. Eight hundred persons attended the Sunday sessions of the United Evan gelical campmeeting here. Dr. C. C. Poling, of Corvallis, delivered the morning Irrmon and the afternoon and evening were given up to Mr. and Mrs. Suhr. missionaries on furlough from China, where they spent eight years and where they will return shortly. Miss TtTtha Magnes. of Wheatland, will probably accompany them. The collection for the day. to bo used largely tor missionary pur pose's and camp expenses, amounted to TS. Pathologists and Bacteriologists From All Over Country Selected to. Study Disease In AH of Its Ramifications. NEW YORK, Aug. 3. New forces were added, to the campaign against the epidemic of infantile paralysis here when two committees composed of path ologists and bacteriologists from all ovet- the co intry were selected today to study the disease In- all its ramifi cations. The number of deaths and new cases reached a now high mark- with the 24 hours ending at 10 o'clock today. New cases totaled 217 and the number of deaths was 43. Health Commissioner Emerson announced tonight that the death rate of the present epidemic was now 20 per cent of the cases reported, while in 1907 it was only 5 per cent. Of the committees named at the con ference of experts the first is to take up a laboratory investigation of the nature, communirability and virulence of the disease. Dr. Simon Flexner. oX the Rockefeller Institute- for Medical Research,, was made chairman, and the other members are Dr. Dudwig Ilek toenn. University of Chicago: Dr. Hans Zinszr, Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons; Dr. Richard M. Pearce. University of Pennsylvania: Dr. J. W. Johlinz. Vanderbilt University. Nash ville, Tern.; Dr. G. W. McCoy, Govern ment hygienic laboratories at Wash ington, and Dr. Theobald Smith. Rocke feller Institute. ..' The second committee, which is to de vise methods for the prevention of the disease- and its spread, is composed of Pr, Victor C. Vaughan,, University of Michigan: Dr. M. J. Rosenau. Harvard; Dr. William H. Park, health depart ment, laboratories, of this city; Dr. Francis W. Peabody, Peter Brent. Brl ham Hospital. Boston: Dr. John How land. Johns Hopkins University. Balti more: Dr. -Augustus .Wadsworth and Dr. Charles C. Bass, Tulane University. Now Orleans. ( . ALBANY. N. Y.. . Aug. . Infantile paralysis claimed six lives in the state outside of the city of New York today, the largest number of deaths in any day since the inception of the scourge. During the 24 hours ending; at S P. M. 38 additional cases were reported to the state department of health. These additions malce'a total of 51 deaths and 545 cases. -- RIGHT TO VOTE BLOCKED PROPOSAL TO ENFRANCHISE: Gl'AHO AT BORDER STRICKEN OUT. MINISTER BECOMES AGENT Rev. C. K. AV. Stoever Enters Insur ance Business at Tacoma. TACOMA, Wash.. Aug. 3. (Special.) Rev. C. F. W. Stoever. who resigned the pastorate of St. Johns English Lutheran Church here last Winter so that he might run for Mayor, has be come an insurance agent. He said that he had picked his now vocation after much study and in the belief that it offered an unusual future to him. Rev. Mr. Stoever was born in Oregon City, Or., where he was educated. He was in the pulpit here several -years. He first ran for Mayor two years ago and was deafeated and tried again last Spring, but was eliminated in the primary. Senator Jones Attempts to Let Mea of tVuhlKtos State tYko Are Not ' Rearlatered Cut Batlota. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington. Aug. 3. The rider attached, for a brief time, to the Army appropriation bill, . proposing to allow National Guardsmen on the border to vote next November in the - Congressional and senatorial elections, even though away rrom home, was soon adjudged by the Senate to bo pure buncombe, and as such was stricken from the bill with out the formality of a rollcall. The amendment was proposed by Senator Reed, of Missouri. Then came Senator , Jones, of Washington, after discovering that the amendment would not apply to the members of the Na tional Guard of Washington, and pro posed an amendment to the Reed amendment. Senator Jones wished to amend the rider by adding the proviso, "That the right to vote hereunder shall not be denied to any person, otherwise quali fied, because he may not be registered under trie election laws of his state." Senator John Sharp Williams, who sees the negro bugaboo in everything, was soon on his feet protesting against the Jones amendment. Ho figured it would permit the negro militiamen. where there are such, to vote for Sena. tors and Congressmen, and this was too much for him. He said he would make a point of order against the whole amendment, it being subject to a point of order, as it was pure legislation at- tached to an appropriation bill. The point of order was sustained. 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