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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 11, 1917)
THE MORXIXG OR EG ONI AN, THURSDAY. OCTOBER 11, 1917. ' 'S three would b chosen in the same manner as- the present board. The present board will pass not only on the eight-hour issue between the company and the men. but on the ques tion of wages as well. This question comes before the board for the reason that the carmen rejected the proposal of President Griffith to pay them the 20 cents increase in daily wage asked by them, and to give them in addition whatever other amount might be saved by the company by measures recom mended by the Commission, because it provided for the present 10-hour day in place of the eight-hour day desired by the men. 31 r turns iSsi TO BE ARBITRATED Portland's Photoplay Palace Do your bit. A Liberty Bond helps Board of Three to Decree Wages and Hours for Platform Men. CARMEN DEMANDS rh nfrCT i Zj t Si ) ( Ni I 1 jmJ U lh LJ i r- FV. - - - " Vimi rr i-iniiij- .-IV . . i Amm Nann .n. r DECISION TO BE PROMPT Company to Seek Timber Relief . Trom Public Service Commission. Arbitration May Be Reopened After January 1, 191 S. AIT questioins of hours and wages be tween the Portland Railway. Light &, Tower Company and its carmen are to be submitted to a special arbitration board of three members, who will re port their findings next Saturday. By the terms of an agreement signed yesterday by Franklin T. Griffith, pres ident of the company, and the executive board of the carmen's union, the find ings of this board of arbitration are to become effective next Monday. Octo ber 15, and will remain in force until June 30, 191S. The provision is made however, that if the findings of the arbitrators prove not satisfactory to the company it shall have the right, after January 1, to an nul the award and demand a re-submission of the questions of hours and wages at issue to another arbitration board of three members. Thus, if the award of the present ar bitrators should meet the demands of the men for an eight-hour day and an increase in daily wages of 20 cents per day, it will remain in effect in any case from next Monday until January 1, or two and one-half months. Tte-adJuNtment May He Anlced. It is apparent under the provisions of the arbitration proposal that if the award of the arbitrators so greatly in creases, the expenses of the company that it cannot meet them, and it does not get further relief from the Public Service Commission, the whole question of hours and wages would necessarily have to be readjusted after January 1. Should the award of the arbitrators favor the men, it seems virtually cer tain that the company will be com pelled to ask the Public Service Com mission aain for relief in the form of increased revenue. For the com pany to meet th? scale of wages and hours asked by the men . even during the two and one-half months' trial period to Januiry 1 would entail an expenditure considerably in excess of receipts. The need of the company for further revenues has already been recognized by the Commission in its decision de nying the application ot the company for a 6-cent fare so it might meet the demands of the men. The Commission officially stated that the revenues of the company were inadequate and that its financial -condition was critical. This fact also is fully recognized by the men, who do not question the facts as to the company's financial condi tion, as brought out before the Com mission, and later in the Commission's decision. The men naturally feel their ow n demands should be met, but they feel strongly also that the Commis sion, in justice to the company, should srant It relief in the form of increased fares. Two Arbitrator imrd. Two of the men who will form the board of arbitration that is to pass on the questions at issue between the company and its carmen have already been selected. J. P. Newell, a well-known, engineer, formerly in the United States reclama tion service, who also was one of the experts called by the Public Service Commission to assist in determining the physical valuation of the company two or three years ago, has- been named by President Griffith, of the Portland Itailway. Light & Power Company. Otto F. Ilartwig. president of the Oregon ftate Federation of Labor, has been named by the union as its selec tion. Under the terms of the arbitration agreement, these two arbitrators will together select the third one. By mutual agreement between the union and the company, their choice must he on-o of the following four men: Oswald "West, ex-Governor of Oregon: W. B. Ayer. Federal food administrator for Oregon: Thomas Roberts, of Roberts Bros., and Circuit Judge W. X. Gatens. Hoard to Begin AVorlc at Once. Mr. Newell was out of the city yes terday, but is expected to return today, after which he and Mr. Hartwig will select the third man and the board will begin its work at once. The agreement provides that the arbitrators must give their findings by next Saturday, Octo ber 13. Before the arbitration proposal was signed by President Griffith for the company and by Robert Walker, presi dent, and A. II. Stein. Gustav Anderson and O. P. Sidler. of the executive com mittee of the union, it was first ap proved at meeting of the carmen, held in Anon Hall, at " o'clock yester day morning. By the terms of the agreement, if the award of the arbitrators should be an nuled by the company after January 1, with the demand that the- question- of wages and hours' involved be re-submitted to a new board, this board of CONSTIPATION IS A PENALTY OF AGE Nothing is so essential to health in advancing age as free dom and normal activity of the bowels. It makes one feel younger and fresher, and fore stalls colds, piles, fevers, and Other dependent ills. Cathartics and purgatives are violent and drastic in action and should be avoided. A mild, ef fective laxative, recommended by physicians and thousands who have used it, is far preferable. This is the combination of simple laxative herbs with pepsin sold by druggists under the name of Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin. It costs only fifty cents a bottle; a, trial bottle, free of charge, can be obtained by writing to Dr. W. B. Caldwell, 456 Washington St., Monticello, Illinois. DISPUTE DRIES FOUNTAIN Vancouver Company and City Un agreed on Bridge Service. VANCOUVER, Wash., Oct. 10. (Spe cial.) The drinking fountain donated by the Daughters of the American Revolution and placed on the north end of the Columbia River Interstate bridge is dry because of a dispute be tween the city and the North Coast Tower . Company . about furnishing water. The franchise of the power company provides that it. shall furnish water for use of drinking fountains in the city free. The city asked to have the water turned on at the fountain, but the power company contends that as the street was dedicated to the county the fountain is not in tne city and there fore it has refused to furnish the water. CITY TURNS OVER CARLINE Tacoma Power Company to Operate Cars for Municipality. TACOMA, Wash.. Oct. 10. ( Special.) Manager Bean, of the Tacoma. Rail way & Power Company, agreed today to operate the city's new tide-flat car line on conditions named by the City Council. The city will furnish streetcars and all equipment; the company will pro vide motornien and conductors, and will keep the track and cars in repair. All money and tickets collected on the city line will be turned over to the City Treasurer and a monthly bill for actual operating expense will be given by the street railway company to the city. Commutation tickets will he Issued by the city on which a passenger can ride any place outside , the - city limits for six cents. SCHOOL BONDS ACCEPTED Centralia to Hare Xcw School Build ins Costing $32,813. CENTRALIA, Wash., Oct. 10. (Spe cial.) The local school board was noti fied Monday by the Attorney-General that the $45,000 worth of school bonds issued by the school district for the erection of a new school on the Ed i -son grounds have been accepted by the state. The board met Tuesday and award ed the contract for the building- to Sylliaasen & Sando, of Seattle, for J32, S13. The original bid was $36,495, but the specifications for the building were changed so as to bring the total cost of the school within the amount of the bonds. Elway & Miller, of Aberdeen, were awarded the contracts for the heating and plumbing. MINES TO BE ENLARGED Copper Properties Xcar Gold Hill, to Increase Operations. GOLD HILL, Or., Oct. 10. (Spe cial.) President W". M. Cowley, of the Cowley Investment Company, of Seat tle, and Attorney Howard II. Startz man, of that city, have been inspect ing the Copper King copper mines 20 miles north of Gold Hill in the north western part of Jackson County on Graves Creek. They anno-unce that their reorgani zation plans have . beerf adopted and that California capital will take care of the obligations of the concern and resume operations on the property on an enlarged scale. MINER STRIKES IT RICH Prospector Hits Fine Vein of Gold In Abandoned Sumptcr Mine. BAKER. Or., Oct. 10. (Special.) Word has been received here that V. Prese has struck a rich vein of gold ore while developing Borne of the upper workings of . the abandoned Columbia mine near Sumpter. Mr. Prese has been operating on this ledge, which is a part of the North Pole lode, on a small scale for some time. CHILDREN'S WORK SHOWN Exhibits of Youngsters Handicraft Displayed at Baker. BAKER, Or., Oct. 10. (Special.) Baker County children held sway here this afternoon at the opening of the local industrial fair, where exhibits of children's handicraft from all over the county were displayed. The fair Is' being held in the manual training building at the high school More than 200 exhibits were on dis play this afternoon. Prizes aggregat ing $150 will be awarded tomorrow. ASTHMA SUFFERER WRITE TODAT and I -will tell you of th simple home tre t merit for asthma and rronch!ti which has cured many after phy sicians and chanpe of climate had failed. I want you to try it' at my expenae. Drop me a card and I'll mail you a 25c Fample bottle FREE. Oeo. J. Thomauio, Box -169, Ues IMo.nw, Iowa. Adv. CONTEST FOR CADETS OPEN Applicants for Military and Xaval Academies Summoned to Salem. SALEM, Or.. Oct. 10. (Special) Rep resentative Willis C. Hawks', who is expected home from Washington, I. C, this week, has announced a competi tive examination to establish a reg ister for eligible young men for ap pointment to the United States Military and Naval Academies. Mental examinations will be held at Katon Hall. Willamette University, on Saturday. November 10. Young men between the ages of IS and 20 years, residents of the First Congressional District of Oregon, are invited to en ter the contest. The age requirement for .the Military Academy is between IS and. 22 years. Infantry Awaits Final Order. CENTRALIA. Wash., Oct. 10. (Spe cial.) It is expected that Company M, Second ashington infantry, which ar rived at American Lake Monday from Everett, where it has been doing guard duty, will entrain about October 20 for Camp Greene. The recruits and re serves for Company M, who have been at "American Lake for several months awaiting the arrival of the company, will increase the total enrollment to nearly 200. Belle Bennett Roy Stewart Melbourne McDowell Three stars whose reputations guarantee realism in the great play of the big outdoors A story of the guilty, who faced judgment in the desert without law. Spectacular scenes, big- thrills in this out-of-the-ordinary play. Paramount Pictographs, showing features at Denishawn, Mutt and Jeff cartoons and other interesting features. Liberty distinction consists not only of superior plays, service and house charm, but has the added beauty of true musical interpretation as well. Did you note the "Shadowland" theme running throught "Bab's Diary"? Monett and Molette are master organists. 5 f - " t t r P'. .'. v)fc Nt' xx i - x! NELSON FUNERAL TODAY OPERATOR "WILLIAMS, BLOOD VOL. I'MEEBi ILL AT HOME. We can deliver green or dry slab wood In any quantity promptly. Albina Fuel Co., Broadway 3000, A 1144. Adv. Man Who Gave Qnart of Life Fuld In Tranafuxion Operation Xorf .Weak From Loss. SEATTLE. Wash., Oct. 10. Fellow newspapermen. public officials and other friends of J. B. Nelson, corre spondent of the Associated Tress at Seattle, who died yesterday, today paid tribute to bis memory, llcsfages of condolence came from up and down the Pacific Coast to his half-sister. Mips Margaret McAdam. here, and flowers banked hig-h around the casket in a Seattle funeral chapel. Mr. Nelson's death came one week, almost to the hour, from the time he closed his desk and went to a hospital suffering from anemia. He expected to return to work in a fortnight, but a few days later his physician announced his condition was bad and called for volunteers to allow blood transfusion. One. Bailey Williams, telegraph op- Long Distance Physic When the pill roller is in Baker, and is able to connect with a prescription case in As toria, it is obvious that some ef fective medium was used. In this little story the sce nario places C. L. Palmer, Jr., at Baker and he is given imme diate connection with the City Drug Store at Astoria. No tele phone, wireless, telegraph or other electrical device is used. Result: One druggist connected with one paying job; expense, practically nothing. In fact, Mr. Palmer was so well pleased that he counted the words in his Oregonian want ad and mailed the Want Ad Man an extra five cent piece to square the account. A nice little film story could be made out of this plot. It would show the anxious boy scurrying from place to place looking for work. Despair. Happy thought the Want. Ad Man. Enter, smilingly, the representative of the human hope page of The Oregonian. Curtain, the druggist watching the waves of the ocean, the pic ture slowly dissolving into the reproduction of one nickel. Oregonians live in a busy sec tion of a busy world. Business has grown beyond the time when personal acquaintances can be depended upon for trade. The way to do business nowadays is to advertise. It is obvious that the advertis ing medium which goes to the most homes will get the most business for the man who uses the most space. The Oregonian band plays an advertising tune in every home every day. erator in Xelson's office, (rave a quart of blood in vain yesterday and is at his home today, weak rrom tne loss. The funeral will be held tomorrow under the auspices of the Seattle Press Club, of which Mr. Nelson was past president. Officials of the University of Washington, with whom he asso ciated, and members of the Moun taineers, a trampinsr club, to whom he was known as "Agate'' Nelson, today planned to attend. The body will be cremated. Mr. Nelson loved flowers, especially roses, and gave much of his time to studying botany. He was a lover of the outdoors and most any day he could be found swimming in Puget Sound. His friends, who always called him "J. B.," say he had a voluminous mem ry and was a wonderful storehouse of Tacts. Miss McAdam recounts that in his youth his boyhood playmates called him "Encyc' for short. Nelson was riven to gathering; information of all sorts and had intimate knowledge of conditions in every part of his ofTice's vast territory, which stretches from the Arctic circle to the Oregron line. Mr. Nelson is survived by a brother, James B. Nelson, of San Francisco. from draft on account of ill health. His widow and daughter live at llusuin. DRAFT EVADER ARRESTED Cowlitz County Man Taken to Camp Lewis by Sheriff Dunbar. KELSO, Wash., Oct. 10. (Special.) George Bozarth, the first Cowlitz Coun ty man who refused to bo with the draft quotas to American Lake, way arrested at his home on the Upper Lew is Hiver this week by Deputy Sheriff I'nnhar and taken to American Lake. He is not related to the pioneer Bozarth family. 'James Sykes, of Kelso, and Floyd Wilson, who were unable to re port at Kalunu in time to accompany the tiuota last Thursday, have gone to Camp Lewis. Cowlitz County has 46 men at Camp Lewis. The local exemption board met at Kalama today and rejected the ex emption claims of Julius Colvin, of Kelso, and Charles Heikka, of Mount Solo. Community Fair Is Success. KELSO, Wash.. Oct. 10. (Special. 1 The community fair conducted at Car rolls, five miles south of Kelso. Satur day was a great success. Practically nil - the residents of the tributary farming- country were in attendance and. the exhibits by the farmers and school children t were excellent. The fair was staged under the direction of Professor and Mrs. Hubbard and Miss Birdie Poland, teachers, of the Carrolls school. In the evening a social good time was enjoyed. M. Hue. the traveler, said that If !. were dropped from the clouds blind folded and fell imo any part of China lie would, instuikly know it by tbe smell, and "tasters." are able to deter mine the age and quality of liquors l-y a menial process. DIES IN FIRE three: buldixgs destroyed by enterprise blaze. Volunteer Fire Department Handicapped by Antiquated Equipment and Lack or Hose. KNTERPRISE, Or.f Oct. 10. (Spe cial.) The charred remains of an uni dentified man were found late today in the ruins of the. Cottlngrham room ing-house, which burned early this morning-. He is said to be a laboring man who had been in the city the past two or three days. He had a blanket roll. The fire In which he died destroyed the Cottingbam roomingc-house, a building- used as a schoolroom adjoininsr and the building occupied by the Wallowa County Reporter, Cole's second-hand store and the Enterprise Dray Com pany's office. The buildings were all owned by Mayor S. L. Burnaufrh, whose loss is $5000. with $1100 insurance. The Wal lowa County Reporter loss is $2000, in surance $1000: second-hand store, $1000, no insurance; Cottingham rooming house, contents $1000. no Insurance: contents of schoolroom, $500, no in surance: total, $9500: insurance, $2100. The Peoples Theater and the Rur naugh apartment-house were saved by hard work of the volunteer fire de partment. Owing to the antiquated fire apparatus and the lack of hose, the volunteers were handicapped In fighting the blaze. Had there been a wind, the business section of the city would have been destroyed. COLUMBIA P ii i ' inno Plays 100 v Here are players that typify youth in its every, degree in a play that bubbles with joy and radi ates that happiness so wonderful in life. It pleases us to show yVVwaaaaaii j j rfdj T " hf TC ' I 4ft " ifmw ;f? HUSUM MAN IS MISSING Cliauncey AVilliains Thought to Have Drowned in. White Salmon IXiver. . WHITE SALMON. Wash.. Oct. 3 0. Special.) Chauncey Williams, of Hu sum. Wash., has disappeared and it is feared by his family and friends that he met death by drowning in the White Salmon River. He returned from the harvest fields recently and Wednesday morning took his rifle and fishing out fit, telling his wife he was going up the river to camp 6, seven miles above Husum. and fish down the stream. He has not been seen since and. al though several posses have been drag ging the many deep pools and watch ing on both aides of the river, no trace has been found of his body or outfit. Hr. Williams had been exempted JACK PICKFORD and LOUISE HUFF And the other good attractions that go to com plete the Columbia Show. 1007o A drunken bank robber in the garret, two frightened girls on the second floor arid a young man being initiated into a college fraternity on the first floor. Complications without end in a show that sends you home a-thrill with the spirit of youth. . HAUNTED HOUSE
