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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (July 9, 1919)
THE MORXIXG OREGOXIAN, WEDNESDAY, JULY 9, 1919. 11 HELD FAULTY IDEAL Dr. George Rebec, in Address, ,t Pleads for Artistic Life. "bolshe- AMERICANS SAID WARPED Banker ProDhesles Change In Na tional Development, With "Heart j Interest" to Come. ' America, with the remainder of the world, is in the throe of economical revolution upon which the outcome of reconstructions! democracy depends, according to Dr. George Rebec, speak er at the Women a Ad ciud luncneon fceld yesterday noon at the Benson no tel. The present and future economic situation Is not a thing to analyze with pleasure, he declared. Prior to I"r. Rebecs addreaa Misa Ethel reterson. member of the club, rave a talk end in a short bjsinesa meeting- which followed Misa Amy Brun was elected chairman of the ex ecutire committee. Miss Brun an Tiounced the names of Mra- W. P. Strandborg and Mrs. Katheryn Coffleld as additional members or the exeouuve board. Dr. Rebec said that too many Amer icans are inclined to think that be cause several monarcha have been pulled down from their thronea in Eu rope that democracy is all but estab lished there, and that because we have a republic as our form or government our ccuntry is an example in w racy. Ballet Held Iaflaeaeed. One of the points he made waa that while individuals have the right to vote and are safeguarded with the secret ballot, yet In many aubtle ways their votes are Influenced by economic con ditions; that the man or men from whom the voter gets his bread and hatter. In a subtle way. has "got" the voter. He traced the development of economic conditions from the beginning of American history, and pointed out how the original system of letting each man develop his own business under the system of free competition and no restraints, had left the way open tor the growth of many complex and dif ficult problems. A satisfactory adjustment of eco nomic conditions must be worked out. he said, before the United Statea will be a true democracy. Pr. !.oec also said that In the earn est effort to work out practical eco nomic standards and to "fire broadsides' of education at our growing children In the schools with the idea of produc ing citizens who will measure up to a practical average, many of the finer phases of character had been lost, in cluding a real. Inborn appreciation of the more spiritual phases of develop ment, as in music art and poetry. Heart laterest "Lacking. The American ideal that has been unconsciously built up. he said, is largely of the auccessful business ma type, and aa a nation we are lacking In "heart." and In the quality that nourishes artists and geniuses, rhilan throphy. he said, has been substituted for this deficiency, and Christmas baskets have been depended upon to take care of "the fellow who got left behind." Th doctrine of free competition for all. with business success as the main Ideal and inspiration of the great middle cla?. he said, is not one de cerned to produce great artists. Pr. Rebec concluded with the proph y that we are just now on the eve of a great upheaval and change In our Industrial and economic systems, which will bring also a psychological evolution. This will finally lesuit. he predicted. In many beneficial thing including cultural progress. have styled Its sponsors vists." Striken Rap C W. Hard. "It is a comic situation." said E. F. Dodson. publicity agent of the strike committee, "when one of this man's ability tries to throw a hammer into the engine just as tbe train is so near its destination. The strike is practical ly won, and all that he may say will have little bearing on the issue. I want to say that if there any bolshevist in our union, I Ttnow the man. He is trying to place this or ganization in the spotlight because things didn't go as he wanted them to. He has said that he is the one man In 10.000 who would dare take such a stand and make such a statement.lt took some 'nerve.' all right, but such men are not called unionists. It ap pears that he may be looking forward to promotion say, wire chief." Strike Vote Held Lea-aL In reply to the statements made by President Hurd, each of which is spe cifically dented, Mr. Dodson declares that tbe strike 'ote and action were entirely legal, a d as provided for in the constitution and by-laws of the union. It is denied that any outside influence brought about the strike. President Hurd's contention that the telephone operators were ordered out on strike in order that the walkout of the girla might influence similar action on the part of the electrical workers Is also denied. They had their orders," said Mr. Dodson. "and they obeyed them. We had ours, and we didn't obey them aa soon as we should have. That'a a there is in that situation." President Hurd's statement that not more than 15 per cent of the 'phone op erators are compelled to work for -tving is also sharply scored by th strike committee, which places th number at nearer to 80 per cent. Sltnation Nat Changed. Locally the strike situation, to drag out that stock strike phrase, "remain unchanged." Service is admittedly poor, the company Is fitting tight, and there are no Indications that either party to the dispute is ready to sug gest another conference. Both assert that they have said the last word and made the last concession. The request from union headquarters at San Francisco, asking that delegates from local unions be sent there with out delay, may mean that some sort of conference is to be reopened, admitted T. C. Dowry, business agent of the local union. Mr. Dowry has tele graphed to San Francisco, asking If the request for delegates is made by the international officers, a matter which is not clear in the text of the original telegram. If the request Is official the Portland strike committee wi' send a delegate. STRIKERS RESTATE DEMANDS Joint Explanation Is Made by Oper ators and Workers. BURLESON SLEEPS, IS VIEW f f"crttnurJ F-om Flrt Pare pny offtc'B.1. substantially indorses. In Its report, the wape schedule and work In conditions for which the nel!o rlrls have pone on strike. The chedule dtr4cl by the electrical workers. wrft. a with that offered by the company, to be effective June 16, will be presented to Mayor Baker with out recommendation in the report. It was felt by members of the board that such radical differences existed petween the tirmands of the 'phone op erators and the offr of the company, as to warrant a specific stand on the part cf the board. Hence, the board gave an Almost complete indorsement to the schedule contended for by the op erators. Asseadsseat Is Irs;ed. On the part of the electrical workers, however, said members of the board, the diffrenc s between them and their em ployers were not so radical, for this r-ison the board hesitated to make a recommendation covering the demands of the linemen. The board also stronply urged upon Slayor Maker the necessity for so ameniiirisx franchise provisions, that power to necotiate settlement of strikes and labor disputes may rest with com piny officials within the stae. It ad -ocated a similar status or authority for officials of labor unions within the state, and declared its belief that such an arrangement would prove an invalu able safeguard to the public welfare. He tar to Work Opposed. I'niori officials stroncly oppose the uccesttcn. made by Burleson, that the strikers return to work re mi in a set tlement of the controversy through the medium of the wire control board. San Krancisco officials of the unions have advised them of a similar stand, and have asked that a Portland delegate be sent to i hut city at once, to contest any such trend of policy. At strike headquarters of the elec trical workers there t heated comment i: pon the statements made by C. W. Hurd. president of the local union, be fore the last session cf the conciliation board, wherein the executive is cred ited with havmc declared his unalter able opposition to the strike and to DO IT TO-DAV Wfe refer to that contemplated change for health's sake from coffee to P0STUM m There's a Reason" SAM FRANCISCO. July S The Joint committee of electrical workers and telephone operators directing; the strike on the Pacific coast Issued today a re statement of their demands. This was rendered necessary, the committee said. because "those in authority in the east appear to be under a misapprehension as to what our demands are." The strike committee's statement said: "The original demands of the strik ers mere that the men should be paid $6.40 a day and that other minor working conditions should be granted; that the minimum pay to the operators when starting work for the telephone company should be $2 a day, and that they should receive at the end of two years acrvice a wage of 14 a day; these rates of pay to be made retroac tive to the first of January, 191$, at which time the previous agreement with the telephone company had ex pired. "The telephone company then made the following counter proposition: "That the men should receive IS a day to and including December 31, 1920, with no concessions as to other con ditions and that the operators should receive a maximum salary of 119 week after a period of seven years service In their agreement to termi nate on June 15, 1920. "This counter proposal waa not In any way satisfactory to the strikers. Therefore, on June 28, an ultimatum was delivered to the telephone com pany stating that the following points would have to be met before the coun ter proposition could receive any con sideration at our rands: 'Retroactive pay from January 1, 119. Termination of the mens and the girls' agreements at one and the same time. 'Maximum service period for the operators of three years in place of seven. The striking workers have not re ceded in any way from their original demands and will not consider a set tlement cf any kind until these three points have been met by the company. Lp to the present time we have re ceived no Information from the com pany or the government to the effect that these questions have been met." OPERATORS VISIT CORVALLIS Albany Girls Try to Persuade Oper ators to Unionize. CORVALLIS. Or.. July 8. (Special.) Albany telephone operators on strike came to Corvailis last night in force, accompanied by Miss Hammond, union rganizer from Portland, in an effort to persuade Corvailis girls to unionize nd Join the strike. The visitors pa raded the streets, talked to Corvailis iris at every opportunity. The electrical workmen connected with the phone system are on strike. Seattle Strikers Xame Delegates. SEATTLE. Wash.. July 8. Striking electrical workers of Seattle today named John D. Qulnn, and the atrik ing telephone operators named Miss Elizabeth Gilley, as their delegates to a conference to be held in San Fran Cisco this week on the telephone strike situation. Both delegates were to leave Seattle tonight. HIGH COSTS HIT MEXICO Commodity Prices Much Higher Than In United States. NEW YORK. The story of how the bandit Zapata was trapped and killed by Oarranza's troops was brought here yesterday, along with other interesting items of news from distracted Mexico, by W. M. Davis, a hemp planter of Campeche. who Is staying at the Hotel Pennsylvania while arranging lor the sale of one of the (ew cargoes of hemp that have come out of Mexico In many months. Mr. Davis used to live in Virginia, but he acquired 56.000 acrea Just out side Campeche some years ago and eventually became the sole independent grower of hemp on a large scale. He said yesterday that th esisal trust of Mexico, the Commtsion Reguladore. has a stock of from 700.000 to 1.000.000 bales of sisal on hand and Is holding it for a price of 15 a cents a pound. Sisal used to sell for about 6 cents, but the trust comprehends the present demand and is holding out for its price. "1 suppose they figure they've got to get more money." said Mr. Davis, "be cause the cost ot living in Mexico has gone a-whooplng. The advance has been J 400 per cent In campeche and l ucatan. Labor costs have advanced proportion ately. We used to pay an able man a peso a day. Now we have to pay five. t2 SO. in United States money. "The price of food here lsn t a cir cumstance to what it la la Mexico. The Oregon Gift Book, "Guardians of the Columbia" 50c Book Jshp, Main Floor I . S.& H. Green Trading Stamps Given on All Charge Accounts if Paid in Full on or Before 10th. Each Alpnth Get Your Trading Stamps Soda Fountain and Ice Cream Parlors in the Basement Shoe Shining Parlors in Basement ManicurttK Parlors on the Second Floor Best Butter At S1.15 Fourth Floor Delivered only with other purchases made in Grocery Dept. Glen wood Butter, 2 lbs. The Standard Store of the Northwest Olds, Wortman & King Reliable Merchandise Reliable Methods .n hat ? uroiaen macaroni 7 Packages 50c Fourth Floor Golden Age Mac aroni or Spaghetti. Eegular 10c size package. On sale Pfj Wednesday, 7 pkgs. for JUC BASEMENT UNDERPRICE STORE WEDNESDAY SAVING SALES Tub Waists At 95c Basement Cool, Sheer Voile Waists in several dainty new styles with latest collars and trimmings. Plain white or with colored stripes. OPT, Exceptional values. Special at 7Jl Girls' Middies At $1.15 Basement Plain White Middies with black tie. Sizes- from 8 to J- - C 14 years. Priced special, at tDAs-Ltl Children's Black Bloomers for 490 - r Tub Dresses at $3.39 Many Charming New Styles Basement Women's and Misses' Wash Frocks of good quality ging hams in various colored checks and plaids. Very attractive CQ QQ for house and beach wear. Practically all sizes. Sale price DOOi7 Sale of Women's Tub Skirts The Basement Garment Store of fers extraordinary values for Wednes day in White Skirts for sport and outing wear. Great assort ment of styles to se lect, from. Pique, ga bardine and tricotine materials. Three lots, special at $1.95, $2.98 and $3.98. Skirts $3.95 Dress Skirts of good quality wool serge, fancy plaid and striped silks. These are especially desirable for sport and outing wear. Shown in an ex cellent range of colors. at $3.95 Sale of Coats SI Basement These Coats are from our regular stock formerly selling at $22.50 and $25.00. Splen did, stylish, well-made garments, suitable for all occasions. Many are in novelty belted effects; also loose,. full styles. Mostly in the P"I O OC small sizes. Wednesday in Basement D-LO.OJ Sport Sweaters At $3.29 Basement Women's and Misses' Sport Sweaters; handy garments to wear at beach or camp. Sev eral good styles with belts, large col lars and pockets. Assorted colors; Khaki Apparel Basement Women's Khaki Outing Skirts and Bloomers in medium and dark colors. Ideal weara bles for camp and outing wear; $1.48 and $2.95 ,r.'i $3.29 Camisoles At 95c Basement Extra special offer ing for Wednesday; 300 wom en's dainty new Camisoles in a number of pretty styles trimmed with laces and ribbons. Full as sortment of sizes. White Qr. or flesh color. Sale Drice VeJU Basement Sale of Women's Knit Underwear and Hosiery Children's Hose Women's Vests At 23c Basement Low Neck, Sleeveless Vests, also wing sleeve styles. Fine grade white cotton. Several differ ent styles in this sale. Spe- O0 cially priced Wednesday, at CiOl Union Suits 85c Basement Women s Union Suits of pink or white cotton. Low neck; band yoke ahd tight knee. Shown in all sizes. Priced QC special for Wednesday, at Women's OQp Hosiery v Basement Good grade Cotton Hose with high spliced heel, dou ble sole and toe. Black OQ and white only; the pair Jt Hosiery 45c Basement Reinforced with spe cially prepared thread at heel and toe. Stockings that will give best of wear. Shown in black, AfZn white, and brown; the pair J At 35c Basement Children's Hose in me dium weight for warm weather wear. Double heel and toe. Shown in white only. Sizes from QfT, 7 to 9. Special, the pair eJC Hose, 3 Pairs $1 Basement Children's Fast Black Cotton. Hose, with reinforced heel and toe. All sizes in the lot from 5 up to 10. Priced spe- (PI . AH cial Wednesday; 3 pairs wltUu Basement Sale Toilet Paper 18 Rolls tf-f Special at P J- Basement Limit 18 rolls to a customer, and no telephone, C. O. D. or mail orders accepted. Good quality Crepe Toilet Paper. Shop Early! Handkerchiefs 6 for 25c Basement Women's and Chil dren's Handkerchiefs in a large assortment of patterns. OPT, Priced special at 6 for Men's $2 to $3 Shirts At $1.45 Basement It will be well worth your while to investigate this remarkable sale of shirts for no such values are to be had elsewhere. Great assort- . ment of neat striped patterns. Every shirt is cut in full stand ard size. Regular $2 fl- A fT to $3 values. Special BXefttl Bathing Suits Special $1 Basement Men's Cotton Bath ing Suits in one-piece style, black with white trimming. j- f( Sizes to 40. Special DXeUU Men's Union Suits, Special, $1.00 Men's Work Shirts Only 98c Basemen t Men's Balbriggan Union Suits, short or long sleeves, ankle length. All sizes C- Afi to 42. Basement special 0-a- W Men's Balbriggan Shirts FQ' and Drawers; the garment Jti Basement Men's Work Shirts of good strong material. Also very serviceable for outing QQ wear, izes 14 to ISM, OC Men's Negligee Shirts of good quality; special at 98c Boys' Pants at 69c 89c 98c BOYS' BATHING SUITS Sizes 30 and 32 only on sale at 500 Basement Boys' Pants of striped and checked material. Excellent for vacation wear. Sizes JQ 6 to 16. Special, a pair U7C Children's Wash Suits of white percale; 4 to 7; at Children's Striped Den im Play Suits; 2 to 7; at $3.00 Women's and Misses' Trimmed Hats, Value From $3.98 to $5.98 $3.00 Rogers Spoons Special 9c Basement Wm. Rogers Silver-plated Tea Spoons in neat patterns. Q Priced special, each Wm.Rogers Des- i Q sert Spoons; each --7l Wm. Rogers Me- Ol dium Forks; each aWAl Wm. Rogers Des- O"! sert Forks; each AH Wm. Rogers But- "I Q ter Knives; each J-'' WM. ROGERS Sugar, shell, priced special 190 Fine for beach cottage, camp or automobile kit. Shop Early in the Day Girls' Hair Bows Special 45c Basement Get a good supply of these pretty bows, for they are exceptional values. Made in large full styles excel lent quality ribbon in beautiful A Tin new patterns. Basement sale, at OK Veils 19c Basement Women's Face Veils in neat plain mesh. Shown in black, brown and white only. Specially priced for 1 Q Wednesday's selling; your choice WOMEN'S BELTS small lot greatly underpriced for quick dis posal. Patent leather in black, brown, red and green. On t Q sale in Basement Store, at --7C wuatifl's uullaks in a large assortment of pretty styles; made up in fine sheer materials. Very latest shapes. On OP sale in Basement, at only anlV "Notion Day" Bargain Circle Main Floor CROCHET COTTON, OK, SPECIAL, THE DOZEN 0Ji Bargain Circle, First Floor Elgin Maid, a Perle Cotton for crocheting, tatting and embroidery work. White and colors. Priced special OfT. for Wednesday, the dozen OUlv Spool Silk for hand or ma- fj chine. Special Wednesday, at Hair Pin Cabinets, special at 70 Defender Safety Pins, only 30 Adamantine Pins, size 4 only; priced special per 1-lb. box 590 Regent Bias Fold, 7-yard bolt 7 0 Lingerie Tape in light blue, pink and white; priced special, bolt70 Cube Pins, jet only a cube 170 Dove Toilet Pins, a package 40 Kid Curlers, special, dozen 120 Child's Hose Supporters in all sizes, jasper only, special, pair 100 Bone Hair Pins in shell and amber colors; special, the box 100 Union Silk Taffeta Ribbons on sale Wednesday at, the bolt 100 Stickerie Edging in blue and pink priced special at, a bolt 190 I " ' 1 When everything was shut down last year we had to pay J30 grold for 100 pounds of flour. Sugar jumped to 65 cents a pound. Flour is now selling at 10 cents a pound ana sugar has got down to 20 cents. Eggs are selling at 25 cents apiece and butter is il.bO gold a Dound. ossPibly one or the reasons mat iooa is so dear is that very little money is in circulation. This is due to the trou ble between the sisal growers and the American manufacturers. The latter are expecting tne prices wm iaa ana the growers simply wont sell until they get their price. And they will ret it. Aside from tne nnanciai stringency. Campeche and Yucatan are flourishing. There is almost no trouble with bandits or rebels. The Carranza government had affairs well in hand. In 1 ucatan the peso is worth 5J cents on the dol lar, where it used to be worth only bout 5 cents. Mr. Davis exhibited a few samples of paper money, bills wnicn oore tne pic ture of Francisco 1. aiaaero, assasin- ated In Huerta's dictatorship. Mexicans a-enerally regretted Madero s death, ne said, because they see now that if Ma dero had lived and continued in power conditions would have been more stable. Mr. Davis felt convinced, he said, that the Carransa government is developing strength, except in very unsettled parts of the country, where banditry is rife, and he told the story of the luring ico's most famous guerrilla chief ex c ept Villa. 'Carransa had been offering a big re ward for Zapata for a long time," said the planter, "but there was little chance of capturing Zapata, because the coun try was favorable to him. Months ago a certain Carranza colonel let Zapata know that he wanted to desert Car ranza and wanted to offer his entire force of troops to Zapata. "The colonel kept sending word about this until finally Zapata bit. A confer ence was arranged in a certain town in Pueblo, a saloon being the meeting place. The colonel and his staff met Zapata and Zapata's staff and they promptly had a drink or two as a sign of friendship. Then the colonel gave a prearranged signal to his officers, who drew and fired before the noted bandit and his aid could get to their revolvers. "The Zapatistas were shot down to a man." HISTORIC BARMEMORY NOW Upton's in Gotham Xo Longer Ren dezvous of Story Tellers. NEW YORK. One more body blow was administered to John barleycorn with the closing of Park Bow's most historic bar. Promptly at noon an auctioneer, ham mer In hand, oustlea into Upton 3 known to newspaper men the country and. killing of Cmiliano Zapata, Mex-ver as the rendezvous of the greatest of American story tellers, to perform the last rites that marked its passing. Only the dealers who follow in the wake of business failures, fires and, as in this case, reform waves, witnessed the passing of Lipton's. To them the decision of Thomas M. Crowley not to fight the inevitable offered merely an opportunity to pick up a stock of rare liquor at unheard of prices. The doors of the famous cafe, it was announced will remain closed until they are opened to make way for a quick lunch room, where nothing stronger than buttermilk and tea will accom pany the short orders. The brass rail that has been polished by the shoes sometimes badly worn of some of the world's most popular novelists, already has been purchased for a song by an enterprising shoe, shiner who will use it before a raw of chairs In his shin ing emporium. It was in 1889, during the days when genius and strong drink so often went hand in hand, that Dan Donohue opened the Times cafe, in what then was the Times building. ParS Eow then was the center of the newspaper and pub lishing business of Amreica. Budding young writers talked of their hopes, and writers who were not so young smiled knowingly over their drinks across the mahogany bar. In the little booths that line the sides of the wall O. Henry and other writers whose tales will live long after Liptori's has become a shadowy mem ory, mapped out their stories. News paper reporters met there in the small hours of the morning for those were the days when the police never thought of interfering with the business of a saloonkeeper to boast of their beats and to plan revenge on their more suc cessful rivals. Hen years later Donohue was suc ceeded by Oscar M. Lipton, who organ ized a company that took over the cafe. Later Crowley, an intimate- of every man who ever laid claim to being a New York newspaper man, became owner of the place. He continued ac tively to manage the place during tne panicky days of reform and rumors of reform until when, accepting the situa tion against which other saloonkeepers still are fighting, he decided not to re new his lease. LOST TOOTH MAKES CLUE Youngster Leaves Impression on Bar of Chocolate. NEW YORK. The candy factory of William Bruson at 293 East One Hun dred and Thirteenth street, was robbed of $25 worth of nut bars. Detectives Mcllarney and Hand of the Alexander avenue station, found a half-eaten nut bar which showed the marks of a set of teeth with one tooth missing. At Alexander avenue and One Hundred and Thirty-third street they saw two boys laughing. Toe laughter disclosed a gap in the row of teeth of one of the boys and both were arrested. They gave their names as John Herilhy and Herbert Heins. Phone your wants ads to The Orego nlan. Main 7070. A 6095. "BAYER CROSS" ON GENUINE ASPIRIN "Bayer Tablets of Aspirin" to be gen uine must be marked wlah the safety "Bayer Cross." Always buy an un broken Bayer package which contains proper directions to safely relieve Head ache, Toothache, Earache. Neuralgia. Colds and pain. Handy tin boxes of Is tablets cost- but a few cents at drug stores larger packages also. Aspirin is the trade mark of Bayer Manufacture of Monoaceticacldester of Salicyllcacid. Adv.