TIIE MORNING OREGOXIAN. FRIDAY, AUGUST 4. 191G.
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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.
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LOS AXGELES FEARS STARVA- -
TIO IK STRIKE IS CALLED.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
When Senator Reed appealed from
the ruling of the chair he could not
get enough support to have a roll
call on his appeal.
Quinahy Sleeting Draws 800.
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