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THE MORNING OREGONIAN, SATURDAY. AUGUST 5, 1916. STRIKE MEDIATION ' WILL AWAIT EVENTS Federal Government to Post pone Action Until Men and v Managers Have Met. SENATE OPPOSES INQUIRY Resolution for Investigation Hours of Labor Is Tabled Sit uation Is Expected to Reach Crisis Next Week. of of the faculty of Seattle College and several Northwestern priests. Rev. John Nestor, S. J., is transferred from St. Joseph's to Los Gatos. Cal.. and Rev. Michael O'Malley. S. J, will come from Lapwai. Idaho, to St. Joseph's. Brother Patrick Skelly, will be moved from St. Joseph's to Seat tle College and his place will be taken by Rev. Joseph Carignano. S. J- from Portland. Father Carignano is a painter of some reputation. Rev. John Forhan, S. J., who taugrht philosophy at Seattle College last year, is ill at Oakland. Cal. Rev. John Dorgan, S. J will take his classes and Rev. George Bailey, S. J., will be brought from Gonzaga College, Spo kane, to the college faculty at Seattle. Rev. Sanctus Filippi, S. J- will be transferred to Spokane and will be replaced by Rev. Alexander Dlomedi, S. J.. from Spokane. Rev. Henry Gabriel, S. J., formerly professor of higher mathematics has been named professor of Hebrew at St. Michael's scholasticate near Spokane. Rev. Joseph Tomkin. S. J, president of Seattle College; Rev. Francis Burke, S. J.; Rev. John Dorgan, S. J., and Rev. Michael Hourican, S. J., will remain at the college. ' WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 After a con ference between President Wilson and Judge William Chambers, commissioner of the United States board of mediation and conciliation, it was Indicated today that the Federal Government would take no formal action to avert the threatened strike of 400,000 employes on 225 railroad systems of the country until representatives of the managers and workmen had conferred next week In a final effort to reach an agree ment. Any immediate action by Congress was precluded when the Senate com merce committee tabled a resolution by Chairman Newlands providing for an Interstate Commerce Commission in vestigation of the hours of labor on railroads and including an appeal to the railroad managers and employes to postpone consideration of their dif ferences until the investigation was completed. Favorable action on the resolution had been urged by the Cham ber of Commerce of the United States and opposed by representatives of the railroad employes. President Wilson was told by Judge Chambers that the mediation and con ciliation board believed there was still possibility of avoiding a strike through conferences between the employers and workmen or through intervention by the board. It is believed the Presi dent will wait until every other means of settlement has been tried before Intervening himself. Should all other efforts fail, it is understood he will make a personal appeal to the railroad managers and employes. The situation is expected by officials to come to a crisis early next week, when the strike vote has been counted and committees representing the two Fides to the controversy meet again. The mediation board expects to be called in should no agreement be reached at this conference. Meanwhile the Department of Labor and the mediation board will keep the President thoroughly informed of the progress of negotiations so that he may act if necessary. COMRADES ARE IMPLICATED Soldier Charged With Maligning ficers Will Be Punished. Of. CITY WILL GET FOOD 1H EVENT OF STRIKE Livestock Would Be Driven In and Vegetables Hauled Over , Highways, Say Dealers. BRIEF- FAMINE FORECAST DEALER BUYER'S FRIEND CO-OPERATION OF' SUBSTANTIAL BROKER HAS GOOD RESULTS. Railroad Officials Believe Walkout Will Be Averted, but Employes Say Granting of Demands Is Only Chance. Heads of Blgr Firmi Are Moat Influ ential Men in City, Saya Speaker at San Kranciaco Meeting;. Some vital facts about the real es tate man and the real estate business were presented by rr. Hartland Law in an address recently before the amiiaie membership of the San Francisco Real Estate Board. Here are ten extracts from his talk: The realty dealer is the real friend of the man who buys real estate. Best re sults for all concerned are always re alized through the assistance and co operation of a' substantial realty broker. Salesmanship is the basic principle of success in real estate business. With out sales there is no business. Heads of the big real estate firms are the most influential men in the city. They possess the true conception of conditions as applied to real estate and carry a potential power with a large clientele. You must study salesmanship as ap plied to real estate. The buying public appreciates the good Judgment of the real estate man and relies on his Judgment. He must know values and be exact. Sales do not originate in the buyer's mind. Men who have money are the easiest people in the world to lead if you have their confidence. The successful real estate broker knows how to finance a deal and figure the property in consideration to a sat isfactory ultimate conclusion. It is hard to sell any man who has all of the money required tot handle a deal. Sales must begin in the office. Initi ative is a prime asset in the business. You must know how to figure a piece of property from every conceivable angle and also know how to handle your customer. I have purchased millions of dollars' worth of real estate largely because of my confidence in the real estate brok era who brought these properties to my attention. They knew how to handle me and have made money both for themselves and for me. National Real Estate Journal. COLUMBUS. N. M., Aug. 4. The case of Hugh Clarke, the Massachusetts guardsman, under military arrest here on the charge of malignJng his superior officers in an article sent to a Holyoke, Mass., newspaper, grew to serious pro portions tonight when a search of his tent revealed a list of 28 comrades who had put their names to a statement . vouching for the truth of Clarke's al legations. The signers, who belong to Company T. Second Massachusetts Infantry, say they signed the statement after learn ing that Clarke had got himself into trouble, but they add that they did so at Clarke's solicitation. Clarke failed to prove his charges when the military authorities called on him to do so. He is in the Btockade, while the nature of his punishment is being determined by General Pershing. LILLIAN TINGLE SHIFTED DOMESTIC SCIENCE SUPERVISOR IS ASSIGNED TO POLYTECHNIC. VV. R. M'DONALD RETURNS Elk Keports East Booming: and Says Political Prophets Say Hughes. W. R. McDonald, past exalted ruler of the Portland Lodge of Elks, returned yesterday from Baltimore, where he at tended the recent grand lodge conven tion. He visited Washington. New York, Boston. Buffalo. Chicago and other Eastern and Middle Western points. While in Baltimore he made a trip with a party of other Elks, around the harbor and inspected the German mer chant submarine Deutschland and met aeveral members of the crew. . "Everything in the East is boom ing," reports Mr. McDonald, "and the political prophets say it looks like Hughes." JAPAN ACQUIRES RAILWAY Russia Sells Southern Half of Har. bin-Chanc Chun Line. LONDON. Aug. 4. Reuter's Telegram Company today says that it learns that after the conclusion of the recent Rus so-Japanese convention, a separate Agreement was reached under which Russia sells to Japan the southern half of the Harbin-Chang Chun Railway and recognizes Japan's right on th Fungari River between Kirln and Pe- tuna. Ihls settles a question pending since the signing of the Portsmouth treaty, JESUIT CHANGES ARE MADE Several Priests of Northwest States Are Affected. SEATTLE. Wash.. Aug. 4 (Special.) Jesuit changes for next year an nounced today affect several members iarrhoea For this disease Cham berlain's Colic and Diar rhoea Remedy is excel lent. Every family should keep it at hand. Only 25c per bottle. Obtain able everywhere. ' underneath the machine, except one girl, who walked to Bray for assist ance. , The body of Mrs. Schulz will be taken to Halsey, Or., and that of the young woman to Chlco, Cal. All lived on the Nine Lumber Company's mill property except two of the girls who were visiting the Schulz family. Alevlo Alexander Will Be Placed In Another Position In One of Portland's Schools. Lillian Tingle, for several years supervisor of domestic science in the Portland schools, was transferred at I the last meeting of the School Board to the head of the girls' department at Benson Polytechnic School. Mrs. Alevia Alexander, who was in this position last year, will receive another place iu the schools here. Members of the School Board seemed uncertain about the sum to be paid Miss Tingle in the new position.. The question of placing Miss Tingle in the new position was settled after some controversy between members of the School Board. The first attitude taken by the board was not In favor of Miss Tingle, although Superintendent of Schools Alderman had made the rec ommendation that she be placed in the new position. A vote i on the matter showed three directors opposed to Miss Singles appointment to the position. but, acting on the desire to support the recommendation of Superintendent Alderman, a new vote was taken, in which Directors Drake. Plummer and Smith joined in favor of Miss Tingle. Miss Tingle left. April 6. for a trio to Japan, having been granted a leave of absence on account of ill health. She is expected back in Portland within a couple of weeks. SKILLED LABOR NEEDED BAKER DISTRICT FEELS SCARCITY OF WORKING MEN, Mills, Logging Camps, Mlnins Districts, Farmrri and Builders, All Want More Employes. bcarcity of skilled labor is keenly felt in the district around Baker, Or., and some of the sawmills have wired their plants tor electric lights to work double shifts and handle the business. Such was the message brought to Portland yesterday by C. Q. Powell, edi tor and one of the owners of the Baker Herald. "Men for the lumber mills and the woods are wanted in our district and they are not available," said Mr. Powell. "In the mining and farming districts similar conditions prevail and the em ployment agents are so hard put to supply skilled men that they are ac costing every stranger on the streets and asking them if they are looking tor worK. "We are building a new high school, costing $125,000. and the contractors are having difficulty getting sufficient skilled labor for that, too. The school will be one of the finest in the state. "Employers and labor agents alike are appealing to Portland to send them men and the number demanded ia in creasing daily. Although the people of Portland may have their daily bill-of-fare greatly curtailed in th event of a protracted strike which ties up all railroad traffic next week, nobody will starve to death. This the consensus of opinion of men engaged in the meat and pro vision trade in the city. It was said yesterday that the meat supply now lying in cold storage is sufficient to last about three days. The native fruit, melon, milk and vegetable stocks are carried in quantities just about sufficient to last 24 hours, while eggs would not last much longer. 'While a strike tying up the rail roads will cause a great deal of incon venience in the meat trade." said George L. Parker, a First-street dealer. there would be no actual suffering. If necessary, people could become vege tarians for a while and benefit by it. With railroad shipping facilities cut off, we could soon -get cattle, hogs and sheep here by driving them in from the country direct to Portland or to river points and bringing them here by boat. During the big railroad strike n 1894 we supplied this city, T acorn a and Seattle in that manner." Famine Would Be Brief. The meat supply In the city would last about three days after the rail roads were tied up, if a strike occurs," said a representative of the wholesaje meat firm of T. R. Howlt & Co. "After that we would have to hustle to meet the demand. People would be com pelled to curtail the consumption of flesh food or go without for a few days, out after that we could get a plentiful supply of stock into the city in various ways without using steam cars." While the vegetable and fruit sup ply on hand would be exhausted in a day or two, if the railroads are tied up," said A. E. Burnett, of the com mission Arm of Burnett & Son, "the market would soon be at least partly replenished by the use of boats, autos and wagons. "There would be a considerable shortage under this mothod of trans portation. however, and people would suffer to a corresponding extent. "The cities and towns of the North west Paciflc Coast territory are sur rounded by too rich a farming coun try, producing enough at this time of year to supply their needs, to make starvation possible in the event of prolonged tie-up. It is the people In the Eastern cities, where dependence is placed on railroad connections with distant districts for food supplies who would suffer severely, should there be a long cessation of railway traffic Farmers Would Lose. "I do not look for a protracted tie- up, though, because the effects of it would be too severe to permit of such a calamity. Around Portland, and. in fact, all through Oregon and Washing ton, farmers would lose thousands and thousands of dollars through the losses of perishable stuff, even though a tie up of short duration occurs. Business men engaged in the foodstuff trade do not think for a moment that such disaster as a long strike will occur, and for that reason no provisions have been stored here to meet such an emer gency." Railroad officials in the city still think that a strike will be averted through the efforts of the committee looking after the interests of the traffic companies, when that body meets with the representatives of the employes in New York next Tuesday. In the event of failure to effect a peace protocol which will keep the men at work until the differences are finally adjusted through some medium, those looking after the destinies of the corporation are confident that the Federal Govern ment will intervene in some way to avert a walkout. The railroads having Portland terminals are still making no effort to procure men to take the places o strikers should a walkout occur," said a railway official here yesterday. "W will do nothing for the present, and it is thought that the threatened strike will be averted In some way. Tbousht Is Appalling. The direful consequences of a tie up would be or sucn magnitude that even the thought of such a calamity appalling. Humanitarian, If not eco nomic reasons, will provide means to prevent it. and I do not think thi such a-contingency will ever happen Local members of the various rail road unions involved in the struggl are not so hopeful of peace. In fact. the prediction of a strike some day next week, which will tie up every road coming into Portland, and of the other principal steam tratfcl systems in the country, can be heard almost whenever a railroad trainman is encountered. It will be a strike." declared switchman standing with a group of other railroad men near the yards on the East Side yesterday. "There is n chance of the companies and the rail road men getting together and averting it unless the companies give In. We want eight hours and are determined to get it. There is enough money In the treasuries of the various unions in volved to give each member from $50 to $60 a month for the next six months Besides that, the majority of the men. judging from those residing in Port land, have saved money in anticipa tion of this struggle, and we are well prepared in every way to go out and stay out for an indefinite period. I don't think the strike will last long. but am convinced that it will be long enough for us to have our demands ac ceded to." All of the men seen indorsed the declaration of the switchman. Operators on the electric trains out of Portland over the lines of the rail way companies Involved are Included in tne membership of the railroad men's union. BEET GROWERS GET RAISE Sugar- Company Increases Offered Price 50 Cents on Ton. SUTHERLTN, Or, Aug. 4. (Special.) The Utah-Idaho Sugar Company of Salt Lake City, will pay the Sutherlln beetgrowen. 60 cents a ton more than the contract price of $4.75 for their crop this season, according to a mes sage . received today from Alexander Nlbley. manager of the Oregon division of the sugar company, following .a recent visit of Thomas R. Cutler, gen eral manager of the Utah-Idaho com pany, through the Oregon beet terri tory. The increased price of $5.25 was authorized with the promise of an 'ad ditional raise for first quality beets next season. The bulk of the Suther lln crop is in flourishing condition, despite an adverse season, and accord ing to the estimate of Field Superin tendent Samuel Story, of this district, and approximately 175 cars of beets will, be shipped to the Grants Pass factory from here this Fall. MR. AND MRS. LEVY VISIT San Francisco Railroad Man Is on Way to New York. Henry R. Levy, of Oakland and San Francisco, Is In Portland for a few days en route to New York where he Is to visit ex-Senator W. A. Clark. Mr. Levy is prominently Identified with Paul Shoup, president of the Pacific Electric Railways, a subsidiary of the Southern Pacific System, In the land epartment. Mr. Levy is accompanied by Mrs. Levy, who was formerly Mine Esther Pllger, a Portland belle, well known here some years ago. They are topping at Hotel Oregon. Mr. Levy formerly lived at Walla Walla and for a number of years was rominently Identified with the mer cantile business on the Pacific Coast. Mr. and Mrs. Levy will leave, prob ably Monday for Puget Sound, after which they will take the Canadian Pa' cific route East. COURT IDLE FOR TEN YEARS Russell Creek: Justice of Peace, However, Again' Seeks Office. WALLA WALLA. Wash.. Aug. 4. (Special.) Angus McKay, who h been Justice of the Peace In Russell Creek Precinct for more than 10 years, during which time he has never had case before him, today paid hia dol- ar to get on the ticket again mis Fall. He gets no pay unless he has cases but says he doesn't mind the fil- ng fee for the run of running ior office. Judge McKay is a pioneer and a life long Republican. So far as known he has never had opposition ior nis oi fice and seldom do any of the voters even scratch his name. Submarine Shells Constantinople LONDON. Aug. 4. Constantinople and the suburbs of Kartal and Penbik recently were bombarded by a sub marine from the Sea of Marmora, ac cording to Constantinople advices transmitted by the Athens correspond ent of the Exchange Telegraph Com pany. Train Drags Turner Man. Bert Simmons, a telegraph operator at Turner, was Struck by the train yesterday afternoon while standing on the station platlorm at Turner ana was dragged for nearly 100 yards. Al though seriously bruised It is thought that he will recover in a short time. No bones were broken. He was brought Into Portland at once, and is at the Good Samaritan Hospital. GOOD choosing Here tomorrow from this offering of boys' fine Norfolk' Suits Nobby tweeds, Cheviots and fancies, in the most pleasing" of color tones. Each suit has an extra pair of knickers. Cleverly designed and tailored thoroughly. Ex ceptional style, worth and wear, C? Cifl priced at i pO.OU Wash suits for little shavers Middy Norfolks in plain fabrics, in stripes and in dainty color Moderately priced 50 combinations. from $1.50 to. -Second Floor. Blouses, Hats, Caps Everything for the Boy! Second Floor. FV C 11. JLxMorrison at fourth' 2' INCOME TAX INCREASED COMMITTEE - AGREES If ADVAXCE IX HIGHER FIGURES. Compromise Said to Have Been Reached by Senators as to Copper Zinc and Lead to Be Added. WASHINGTON. Aug. 4 Democrats of the Senate finance committee to night decided to propose an amend ment to the special revenue bill In creasing the surtax on incomes In excess of $2,000,000 from 10 to' 13 per cent. This is the only change con templated in the Income tax rates as carried in the House bllL Tentatively the committee has id- provea tne income tax rate or 2 per cent a year on all Incomes In excess of $3000 for single persons and $4000 ior persona with families and surtaxes ranging from 1 per cent on incomes in excess of $20,000 to 10 per cent on in comes in excess of $500,000. The 13 per cent tax on $2,000,000 Incomes i an added classification by which It is estimated the total revenues would be considerably increased. The committee began the considera tion of sub-committee reports, in order, and did not nearly complete considera tion of the Income tax provisions to night. It will continue to hold ses sions night and day until the bill Is complete. Although it was not discussed to night, it is reported that the sub-com mittee which has been considering protests against tne excise tax on pro ductlon of copper has decided on compromise which would lower the proposed taxes and add products of lead and zinc to the munitions taxable list. Details of the compromise are withheld. Farmer Breaks Shoulder. GOLDENDALE, Wash, Aug. 4. (Spe cial.) W. L. Harris, one of the lead ing wheat growers in the Klickitat Valley, residing near the Twin Buttes Finn to th company east of Goldendale. was the victim of a harvest accident yesterday. Harris was hauling hay into his barn and was struck by a swinging derrick fork, knocking him off the load and break ing his shoulder. WOMEN TAKE AERIAL TRIP Seattle Aeroplane flight Follows lied Cross Camp Life. SEATTLE. Wash.. Aug. . (Special.) Seattle society women are threaten ing to supercede the automobile with the flying machine when they want the real thrills of outdoor life. Today three of the women who attended the Red Cross women's service camp at Fort Lawson took a flight in the air with Aviator Ed Hubbard, who oper ates a passenger-carrying hydro-aeroplane on Lake Washington. The wom en are Mr. Francis Ouy Frink. her daughter. Miss Gloria Frink. of Seattle, and Mrs. Betty Umbrecht. of Victoria, B. C. "It's just like riding In a big auto mobile." said Mrs. Frink. "and then rising up In the air. Just as evenly. "Zip. and you are up In the air," she explained. "Oh. it Is simply wonderful. There Isn't anything like It, All my life I have wanted to go. up in an air shio and now I want to own one." Mrs. Frlnk's first remark on her re turn to the ground was that riding in her automobile was going to seem very lame now. Tillamook Gunners to Muster In. The Tenth Company. Coast Artillery Corps, which is to be mustered into the Oregon National Guard at Tilla mook this evening, will take the Fed eral oath to be administered by Cap tain W. G. Williams. Adjutant. Coast Artillery Corps. Oregon National Uuard. Lieutenant Shtppam. U. S. A. will put the company through the Fed eral inspection. The office of the Adjutant-General. Oregon National :uard. will be represented by Major Walter W. Wilson, Acting Adjutant-General. About 85 men have applied for admis- PYTHIAN ORDER ELECTS MICHIGAN MAX HEADS UR1XD KEEPERS OR RECORDS ASD SEAL. Sasrau Lodao Is Petitioned to Dr Tra safer Fees, aad Ex - Officio Coaveatloa Statma Asked. W. E. Hampton, of Charlevoix. Mlch was elected president of the Associa tion of Knights of Pythias Grand Keep ers of Records and Seal at the biennial meeting of the association at the Im perial Hotel last night Louis Bauer, of New Orleans. La., was elected first vice-president, and Hillary E- Quinn. of Jackson. Miss., secretary. The association adjourned to meet with the supreme lodge In De troit in 1918. A resolution petitioning the supreme lodge asked for a change In the trans fer card system, relieving members of the order from the payment of a fee when transfer is made from one sub ordinate lodge to another. The movement to make the grand keepers of records and seal official delegates to the supreme lodge conven tions, ex-offlcio, was revived, and a resolution was adopted calling upon the various state domains to grant this request. Further resolutions extended the thanks of the organization to the press of the city for the generous attention given the present convention. Recruiting Signboard Stolen. Somebody who evidently "didn't raise his boy to be a soldier" stole a metal signboard, with an advertise ment of the United States recruiting office, from a let at Second and Mad ison streets Thursday night. The theft was reported to the police yes terday, by Lieutenant-Colonel Charles A. Varnum. who Is in charge of the re cruiting office in the Worcester build ing. Colonel Varnum asked the police to assist him in protecting other signs put out by the recruit Ine office. i 'ttiifrflBHBfHKiiwmr.ii. LADD ESTATE COMPANY PRINCI PALS 44m4 You love to think of your old home and the boyhood days, don't you? How about your children? hi The keenness of birds In hunting out food was once attributed to their sense of meil, but it has been shown that It 1 due to their remarkable aiffht, AUTO TURNS OVER; 2 KILLED Bray, Or., Scene of Accident When Machine Pins Party Underneath. BRAT. Or., Aug. 4. (Special.) An automobile party from Nine Lumber Company, consisting of Mrs. A. W. Schulz. her two daughters and four women friends, whose names could not be learned, turned over on the Bray hill, one mile from the railroad sta tion, Wednesday morning, killing Mrs. Schulz instantly and injuring a friend so that she died a little later. Miss bcbulz was driving the car. and upon rounding a sharp curve she lost control of the car. All were pinned t?4 Dt3ICNtJfr-N-C 18 k r CO rOLCLt - JOHNSON - tCltlTtCT- af4 2 cL - IKN-CJ-AJOtCO m.cca uAjueMussr 3 Are they growing up in a place they can call their home? It isn't a pleasant realization to know that when the children have grown into manhood and wom anhood they cannot look back on one spot which will be dearer to. them than all others. Will their recollections of home be broken by vague memories of two or three rented houses and several apartments? , In this day when property and homes can be purchased with moderate cash payments and small monthly installments not known to our parents, there is no reason left for procrastination. Perhaps if homes were harder to buy people would be more anxious to own them. But that shouldn't be. - Buy your own home now buy it from any firm or individual where you can secure the beat proposition but by all means buy it. - If you can obtain greater advantages than we can offer you it is to your credit. We shall be very glad to explain what we have to offer and show you any of our various nrorret ties in which you may be interested. v , The house pictured is designed by Folger Johnson and suggested for Lot 8, Block 31, Eastmoreland. clung scsaitCMurivti D.Clap?. s Co. ;"co- Bidg. Z". 5 Start. PSjfJjaa