THE MORXIXG OREGOXIAN, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1917.
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PRESIDES TASK
IS TO AVERT STRLE
Transportation Vital Part of
Nation's War Machinery,
Railroad Men Told.
OPERATION NOT TO STOP
If Necessary, Jlr. Wilson Says, lie
Is Prepared to Take Required
Steps to Sec That Traffic
Is Not ' Tied " Vp.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 14. Once again
President Wilson has undertaken per
sonally to prevent a general railroad
strike. He has called the heads of the
four great railroad brotherhoods to
meet him in conference November 22
and will insist that patriotism be put
ahead of private interest; that there
be no attempt to handicap the opera
tion of a vital part of the. Nation's war
making machinery.
The President is confident that noth
ing unpatriotic will be done, but if the
necessity arises, .he. Is. prepared to take
the required steps to prevent a tie-up
of transportation.
Faith Had In Patriotism.
Tn announcing today the coming con
ference with the union chiefs. Judge
William L. Chambers, chairman of the
Board of Mediation and" Conciliation,
made public a letter from the President
which said:
'It is inconceivable to me that patri
otic men should now for a moment
contemplate the interruption of the
transportation which is so absolutely
necessary to the safety of the Nation.
. . . The last thing which I would
wish to contemplate would be the pos
sibility of being obliged to take any
unusual measures to operate the rail
ways, and I have so much confidence
that the men you are dealing with will
appreciate the patriotic motives under
lying your efforts that I shall look for
ward with assurance to your success."
Emergency Operation Planned.
At the time of the threatened strike
averted by the eight-hour law last
year, it was understood that the Gov
ernment had developed plans for emer
gency operation of the railroads, if
that becomes necessary.
President Wilson's letter was sent to
Judge Chambers two weeks ago, be
fore the mediation board chairman left
for Cleveland, O., to confer with the
union leaders. It is understood the
conferences held there were productive
of substantial agreements, but that the
engineers, conductors, trainmen and
firemen were unwilling to commit
themselves unconditionally to arbitra
tion, although welcoming mediation.
Agreement Is Expected.
An adjustment at the White House
conference next week is hoped for
which will dispose of the possibility of
a strike, at least for the duration of
the war, either by an agreement to sub
mit the differences to an arbitration
board whose findings would be binding
or by postponing a wago contest until
the enemy overseas has been defeated.
The Switchmen's Union of North
America has agreed to arbitration and
It is understood the Order of Railway
Telegraphers also is willing to put their
. case in the hands of an impartial tri
bunal. The new demands of the railroad
workers would add J109.000.000 yearly
to their pay envelopes, according to
calculations of the railway manage
ments. President Outline Position.
The following letter from President
Wilson to Judge Chambers expresses
the President's attitude toward the sit
uation :
"My dear Judge Chambers: May I not
express my very deep and serious inter
est in your efforts to bring the railroad
executives and the brotherhoods en
gaged in train operation to an agree
ment that there shall be no interrup
tion in- the relations on either side un
til ample opportunity shall have been
afforded the United States Board of
Mediation and Conciliation to bring
about if possible an amicable agree
ment and that in the event of a failure
to bring about such an agreement any
controversy that may have arisen will
be submitted to arbitration in accord
ance with the provisions of the New-
lands law.
"I take it for granted that your ef
forts will succeed, because it is incon
ceivable to me that patriotic men should
now for a moment contemplate the in
terruption of transportation, which is
bo absolutely necessary to the safety
of the Nation and to its success in arms
as well as to its whole industrial life,
but I wanted, nevertheless, to express
my deep personal interest in the matter
and to wish you Godspeed.
"The last thing I should wish to con
template would be the possibility of
being obliged to take any unusual
measures to operate the railways and
I have so much confidence that the men
you are dealing with will appreciate
the patriotic motives underlying your
efforts that I shall look forward with
assurance to your success.
"Cordially and sincerely yours,
"WOODROW WILSON."
Judge Chambers issued this memo-
" randum:
"As a result of the efforts of The
board of mediation to bring the rail
road executives and the brotherhoods
engaged in train operation to an agree
ment that there shall be no interrup
tion in their relations on either side un
til ample opportunity shall have been
afforded the United States Board of
Mediation and Conciliation to bring
about, if possible, an amicable agree
ment and that in the event of a failure
to bring about such an agreement ay
controversy that may have arisen will
be submitted to arbitration in accord
ance with the provisions of the New
lands law. Commissioner Chambers has
held conferences with leading railroad
officials and chief executives of the
brotherhoods.
"At a conference in Cleveland, O.,
Thursday last, between Judge Cham
bers and Warren S. Stone, grand chief
of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engi
neers; W. S. Carter, president of the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
and Enginemen; L. E. Sheppard, first
vice-president. Order of Railroad Con
ductors, and W. G. Lee, president of the
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, it
is understood certain substantial agree
ments were reached. Judge Chambers
declined to state what these results
were, but the rumor is that the excu
tives of the labor organizations agreed
to the mediation features of the proposal,
and it is inferred that the conference
with the President which is planned for
2:30 P. M.- Thursday will have refer
ence to the arbitration features of the
proposed agreement. It is understood
that these labor executives are unwill
ing to commit their organizations un
conditionally to arbitration, but that at
the White House conference on the 22d
the executives will be ready to discuss
with the President some plan by which
it is hoped an adjustment will be
reached which will, at least for the
duration of the war, prevent any inter
ruption of railroad transportation."
Word From Unions Awaited. .
Operating heads of railroads center
ing in Portland have as yet no ad
vices as to demands reported now In
the process of formulation bv con
ductors, 'brakemen and firemen of
American roads. Such demands bv the
various rail unions will be country
wide In their scope and will, presum
ably, affect the Pacific Coast lines as
well as the East. No trouble here is as
yet anticipated and it is said here no
actio n will be taken until official com
munications are received from the
unions.
80 Years Old, Bathed
Internally for 20 Years
Mrs. D. C. Newcomb writes Dr. Chas A.
Tyrrell, of New York, a follows:
"My next birthday is July 13th 80
years old. Have used Tyrrell's 'J. B. L.
Cascade for more than 20 years. Best
and only remedy that brings relief with
out the use of drugs. My experience proved
that it always relieves. No danger from It.
My ailments were principally Uric Acid,
Biliousness, Costlveness, etc.
This Is by no means an exceptional letter
for Dr. Tyrrell to receive, as there are now
over half a million Americans using Dr.
Tyrrell's "J. B. L. Cascade" with like results.
By the scientific use of Nature's cleanser
warm water1 It eliminates all poisonous
waste from the lower intestine and gives
Nature & char.ee to work unhampered.
You will be astonished at the difference
In your feelings the morning after an Inter
nal bath.
The J. B. L. Cascade" will be shown
and explained to you by Woodard-Clarke &
Co' a drugstores, Portland, who will also give
you free on request an interesting booklet
by Dr. Charles A. Tyrrell, "Why Man of To
day Is Only 50 Efficient."
Get this booklet and know just why
Internal Bathing Is so effective In the pro
motion of better health. Adv.
GOMPERS PLEADS
FOR FAIR DEALING
WAR SAVINGS PLANNED
CERTIFICATES TO BE MADE APPRO
PRIATE CHRISTMAS GIFTS.
Campaign Opening December 3 Is Ex
pected to Raise Government Loan
of Two Billion Dollar.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 14. Newly ap
pointed state directors of the war sav
ings movement at their first conference
tomorrow with treasury officials will
formulate plans by which they expect
to make war savings certificates or
stamps the most popular Christmas gift
throughout the entire country.
It is planned to conduct an intensive
campaign in every state beginning with
the holiday season from which the Gov
ernment hopes to reap loans aggre
gating $2,000,000,000 within a year.
The campaign will open formally De
cember 3.
The state directors will listen to ad
dresses tomorrow by Frank A. Vander-
lip, chairman of the war savings com
mittee: Secretary McAdoo, Postmaster-
General Burleson and Basil P. Blackett,
of the British treasury, who has direct
ed a similar war savings plan in his
country. They will also confer with
their district directors, six of whom
have been named. Friday the state di
rectors will -call on President Wilson,
who is expected to give hearty indorse
ment to the war savings plan.
MISSIONARY IS SUICIDE
Woman Returning From
Leaps From Steamer.
Cliina
VICTORIA, B. C. Nov. 16. Miss A. P.
Davis, an American missionary home
bound from China, who has been suf
fering mental derangement, jumped
overboard from a Canadian liner No
vember 4, the first day out of Yoko
hama, according to reports reaching
here. Nothing was seen of her body.
Miss Davis was being taken to her
home in Virginia in care of two nurses.
She evaded them and crawled through a
porthole to her death.
CANDIDATES SIGN PLEDGE
Clichalis Makes Sure Its Officers
Are Loyal to Government.
CHEHALIS, Wash., Nov. 14. (Spe
cial.) A meeting was held here today
of all candidates for city office, the
purpose being to ascertain If they are
in sympathy with the United States
Government.
All candidates were present excent
T. J. Long, who was out of the city.
They signed a pledge that they are
for America, and if elected will use
the power of their office to bring of
fenders against the United tSates to
justice.
OPIUM DEALER, SENTENCED
Frank Bassett, of Camn Lewis, to
Serve Five Years in Prison.
TACOMA, Nov. 14. Five years' con
finement, which will probably be at
Fort Leavenworth, Kan., was the sen
tence passed today on Frank Gion Bas
sett, private in Battery C. 347th Field
Artillery, convicted on two of three
opium charges filed against him.
Jack Gillis and Arthur Moore, also
found guilty of having opium in their
possession, were sentenced to three
months confinement, with a forfeiture
of three-quarters of their pay durinsr
tne term.
President of American Federa
tion Addresses Business
Men of Buffalo.
TRIBUTE PAID PRESIDENT
Pendleton Woman Asks Relief.
PENDLETON, Or.. Nov. 14. (Special.)
Alleging that her husband is making
preparations to go to war and that he
has entered into a pact to transfer his
property to his father, leaving her
without means for support, Goldie La
v ontalne, wife of George La Fontaine,
well-known young Pendleton farmer,
has filed suit here for separate main
tenance of 1150 a month. She also se
cured a restraining order preventing
the transfer of her husband's prop
erty and the Bale of an automobile
which she claims.
'In Recasting Industrial Conditions,
Old Ideas Must Be Thrown on
Scrap Heap and New Con
ceptions' Reached."
BUFFALO, N. Y., Nov. 14. While the
thirty-seventh annual convention of
the American Federation of Labor was
marking timo today awaiting the re
ports of committees. President Gom
pers addressed a Joint meeting of the
executive club and the Greater Buffalo
Club. He old the business men that
the long-standing problems affecting
capital and labor are virtually insolva
ble. "All that can be done." he said, "Is
to solve problems confronting us from
day to day, so that, day by day. e
may be better prepared to reach a
solution, if solution be possible, of
what has been a riddle for ages.
"We can allay all disputes during
this great war in which we are now
engaged by you gentlemen bearing In
mind, that all the virtues are not on
your side and the vices on ours.
"Neither side can claim all the pa
triotism, but it is possible to obtain a
better understanding so that the
standards of American life shall not
be lowered and to the end that our
boys at the front may be supplied with
all that is needful, not only for fight
ing, but for their comfort when they
are not fighting.
"To me this war has quite another
significance than the mere winning of
battle. It Is to bring a rejuvenation of
the democratic peoples of the nations
of all the world."
Gomp'rs 1, audit President.
Speaking of President Wilson and
the problems that faced him, Mr. Gom
pers said he was proud to serve un
der the leadership of "that great man
who la now voicing the aspirations of
the whole civilized world."
"What we aim to do," Mr. Gompors
continued, "is to advise employers of
labor to bear In mind that, in recast
ing our industrial conditions, old Ideas
must be thrown on the scrap heap and
a new conception reached on the rights
of others.
'Some ground must be reached on
which the industries of our country
may be speeded up so that the war
may bo speedily won. Of Its result I
have not the slightest mental reservation."
The morning session of the conven
tion lasted about an hour, adjourn
ment being taken until tomorrow
when word came from the committees
that no reports would be ready until
tomorrow. Two unions the steel
workers, on strike at Beaver Valley,
and the Arizona miners asked the
convention to help settle their trou
bles along the lines which President
Gompers and his associates nave ioi-
owed in other differences navmg to
do with industries that might nave a
bearing upon war supplies. Both com
munications were referred to committees.
Bmtoii Report Causes) Flurry.
The news from Boston late In the
afternoon that the strikers at tne
Watertown arsenal and faquantum baa
decided to continue the strike regard
less of the orders issued by the in
ternational officers here caused a
flurry, and it was at first thougnt tnat
the situation there had developed from
misunderstanding.
J. F. Toomey, secretary of the Car
penters' District Council, who went
from here to Boston, sent a telegram
stating that no information had been
received from the general presidents
by any Boston local. This was taken
to mean that some one nad iauea 10
forward proper Instructions and steps
were taken to straighten out the tan-
le- . .. .
After an Informal meeting oi me
general presidents the Boston situation
was explained by Vice-president, jonn
Duncan thus:
"We find that some of the general
presidents did not forward their In
structions to the Boston locals until
today. Some of the messages were
sent so late that they undoubtedly did
not reach Boston prior to the meeting
held this afternoon. A e expect that
the order to return to work will be
obeyed when it la received in due
form."
Arizona Miner Complain.
The following message was received
from the president of the Globe Miners'
Union, Globe. Ariz.:
"Conditions in Globe very unsatisfac
tory, although miners involved agreed
to abide by ruling of the President s
special commission. The copper com
panies are not keeping their part of
the agreement. Many or our active
members have been refused employ
ment, and this organization requests
that the American Federation of Labor
demand that President Wilson insist on
the mining companies living up to the
terms "of settlement."
A telegram was read from Mrs. Car
rie Chapman Catt thanking the federa
tion for its assistance in the cause of
equal suffrage and asking as the next
step the adoption by the convention of
resolution urging favorable action oy
Congress on a National suffrage
amendment to the Constitution.
The convention adjourned until to
morrow morning, word coming from the
committees that no reports would be
read today.
Lieut. Tom Greenwood Advanced.
CENTRALIA, Wash.. Nov. 14. (Spe
cial.) Second Lieuteant Tom Green
wood has been advanced to fill the
vacancy in company j, inira regi
ment, Washington State Guard, caused
by the recent removal of First Lieu
tenant S. M. Williams to Idaho. Ser-
Chilblains
TO CURE IX ONE NIGHT USE
Blainine
BO - Cents at All Drug Stores) or
Direct Postpaid.
E. DON McCRARY, R. PH,
Livrrmore, California.
Boston Mechanics Stay on . Strike.
BOSTON, Nov. 14. Strikes of union
mechanics on Government work in this
city. Chelsea and Watertown will be
continued "until open-shop conditions
are eliminated." according to a vote
of the Joint councils of the building
trades unions here today. After the
meeting a statement was issued deny
ing a report that officers of the Amer
ican Federation of Labor had ordered
the men to return to work.
Colds Cause Headache and Crip
LAXATIVE BKUMO QUININE remOTes
tne cause, inere la only one tJromo Qui
nine." E. W. GKOVE'S signature la on box.
30c Aav,
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Player Pianos -Note that
our prices are all below the
usual amount in mind to pros
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$387, $435, $465, $495
and up
Easy Terms of Payment Are
Yours for the Asking. t
Seventh Floor.
Merchandise ofoMeril Only
OUR HANDSOMEST SUITS
on Sale Today
Being the
Most Important
ANNOUNCEMENT
From Our Suit Section
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CManJmdin fO Merit Onj?
geant O. C. Nordlund has been ad
vanced to the second lieutenancy in the
company. Lieutenant Nordlund was
formerly a non-commissioned officer in
Company M, Second Washington In
fantry. Six more recruits enlisted in
Company G last night, bringing the
total enlistment to 104.
WOMEN TO BE ISOLATED
SEATTLE TO CONVERT CITY LODGING-HOI
SE INTO HOSPITAL.
Major, Council, Health Co mm inn I on.
Favor Plan to V"e Six-Room ,
Building aa Home.
SEATTLE, Wash., Nov. 14. (Special.)
A building opposite the county stock
ade, erected as a home for jobless
worklngmen when the city was con
fronted with a problem of the unem
ployed, will probably be repaired and
used as an Isolation home for immoral
women found to be a menace to the
health of soldiers and sailors and res
idents. Dr. J. S. McBrlde, City Health
Commissioner, will recommend the re
pair of this building for the purpose;
Mayor Gill favors the plan and a ma
jority of the Councilman are under
stood to be committed to an appropri
ation to carry it out.
Dr. McBride said today the building
contained about six rooms that could
be used as wards, giving a capacity of
50 patients. The Mayor declared it
could be put into good condition for
use as an isolation hospital for $300 or
400. He added that the employment
of three matrons at $100 a month each
would be necessary, as well as the
addition of one or more assistant bac
teriologists to the" staff of the City
Health Department.
This Season
Today We Place on Sale at $33.50-$43,50
Suits Reflecting the Finest Art
in Man-Tailored, Smart Winter Garments
Burella, Velvet, Broadcloth and Serge
IN PLUM, BEETROOT , ROOKIE, GREEN, NAVY AND BLACK.
These Suits represent' the most fashionable models now in vogue They are
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ASYRIAN DISROBES TO VOTE
J. Paul, 3 7, Misunderstood and Now
He Is in Army.
TACOMA, Wash,, Nov. 14. (Special.)
J. Paull, Butte Asyrian, thought it
odd when he was called before an ex
emption board and the examining phy
sician went over him thoroughly. It
was the first time in his life that he
had been told to take off his clothes
when he went to register for the bal
lot. That was what he thought the
procedure meant, and it was not until
he was on the train for Camp Lewis
that the thought dawned on him that
he might have made a mistake.
Now Paull is seeking to get out of
the Army. He is 37 years old and has
been in the country a number of years.
He said that fellow Asyrians told him
he would have to register to vote and
that when be was asked his age he
did not quite understand. Evidently he
believes the members of the board mis
understood him also.
Fall Carloads Required.
NORTH YAKIMA, Wash.," Nov. 14.
(Special.) Apple shippers 'must load
heavy or get no cars,, according to in
formation received by railroad offi
cials here. A letter from S. A. Herlng,
car service agent of the O.-W. R. & N.
Co., to the company's representative
here stated that the National Food Ad
ministration has requested report of
the names of all shippers who refuse
to load to the capacity of cars.
Belgium to Set Milk.
CHEHALIS, Wash., Nov. 14 (Spe
cial.) Shipment of 20.000 cases of con-
Quality Same as Ever
San Felice Cigar
Now 6c v
As long as it was possible to do so
we have kept down the price of the
San Felice Cigar, so that it could be
retailed for 6c. However, it becomes
imperative for us to increase the price
to 6c
Taxation, raw material and wages
have advanced so much during the
past year that it is no longer pos
sible to sell San Felice at the old price.
To those smokers of fine taste who
recognize in ban fence a cigar of un
usual merit we ask your continued
patronage. It is unnecessary to state
that the same high standard of San
Felice quality will be maintained. San
Felice Cigar now 6c The Deisel-Wem
mer.Co., Lima Ohio. Adv. .
You know this nationally
and justly famous underwear
for men. But you cannot ex- J
pect to buy these union suits
at this sale price until wool
drops back again to normal 2
and this may be years. I
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All the Union Suite A
you Need I
At This Sale j
UpmarfW te & fix
t'rWUnJiM dtU Merit Qy
Natural Gray
Three Weights All Sizes
Strictly High-Grade .
Finely Tailored Underwear
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Heavy Repp, Heavy Oxford,
Imported Woven Madras,
Percale, Russian
Cord and Crystal Cloth
Away Underpriced
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densed milk to Belgium to be dis
tributed by the Belgian Relief Com
mission has been started by the Che
halis plant of the Carnation Milk. Prod
ucts Company.
Counterfeit Money Circnlated.
HOQUIAM. Wash., Nov. 14. (Special.)
In the neighborhood of $400 in coun
terfeit $1 pieces was placed in circula
tion here Saturday night and Sunday,
according to the officers. This is the
first time counterfeit money has been
reported in circulation here for several
years and the circulators apparently
operated quite extensively.
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What Physicians
Prescribe for Nerves
THE USE OF ORGANIC PHOSPHORITE
Something over sixty years ago Pe
louz, a French scientist, discovered a.
form of organic phosphorus which,
when taken into the human system,
was quickly converted Into nerve tis
sue. Nearly half a century later Robin,
a distinguished French physician, be
gan a scientific Investigation of tha
use of this organic phosphorus and Its
effect upon the human system, with,
results that amazed the scientific ami
medical world, and today it is an ad
mitted fact that in the treatment of
those ailments, directly or indirectly
due to depleted nervous vitality, sucli
as neurasthenia, nervous weakness,
premature old age, insomnia, lack ot
energy, fatigue, nervous debility, thin
ness, etc.. it is unequaled. Today physi
cians and hospitals everywhere recog
nize its merits by its use in ever-increasing
quantities. It is therefore a.
matter of more than ordinary interest
to all such sufferers to learn that this
organic nerve-building phosphorus is
now obtainable of druggists every
where In the form of 5-grain tablets of
pure bitro-phosphate, at a cost so low
as to be within the reach of everyone.
One of these tablets should be taken
with each meal, and the results in many
instances are little short of marvelous.
Dull eyes become bright, sleep is re
stored to the sleepless, the nerves re
gain their strength, thin people put on
flesh, and the whole system becomes
charged with that strength, vitality and
energy which makes life so truly wortav
while.Adv.
LITTLE ONES AND OI I) ONES.
James Kdwardn, 2UX Harriett St.. Mont
gomery. Ala., writes: "I sleep all night and
cough but little. I feel like a new man now
from UHtng Koley's Honey and Tar. My
whole family Is using It now the little ones
and the old ones. It has cured our coughs
and broken our colds." Foley's Honey and
Tar clears stopped air passages, removes
phlegm, heals raw. inflamed membranes,
soothes sore chest, makes difficult breathing
easy, and relieves those deep-seated, rack
ing coughs, Sold everywhere.-? Adv.