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13 STRIKERS HOPE TO the alleged practice of supplying strike breakers to the teleDhone comoanv. A Portland Acrency for Polly-Anna Athletic Underwear for Women Department, First Floor The Rtrikem naM that manv c-irls ! had been sent by the Y. W. C. A. em ployment service to take places at the switchboard left vacant when the union BY We Give S. & H. Green Trading Stamps WithPurchascs Amounting to 10c or More-Stamp Books Redeemed in Cash on Third Floor Soda Fountain and Ice Cream Parlors in Basement Shoe Shining Parlors in Basement Kodaks. Cameras. Wheel Goods, 4th Floor operators walked out. A general boy-1 cott of Y. w. C. A. interests is inti mated by the strikers if further com- I plaint is made in this direction, they I THE 3IORXIXG OREGONIAN. WEDNESDAY, JULY 1G. 1919. First Hearing by Burleson Sus tains Confidence. RESULTS EXPECTED SOON Operators and Telephone Officials, However, Both. Are Sure of Ultimate Victory. With strikers and telephone officials each expressing confidence of ultimate victory, the situation showed no start ling developments yesterday, although the strikers announced that before the end of the week they would Jar Port land into realization that something was happening. Union officials declined to say what they were hatching, but declared the new tactics would be sen sational, without the slightest illegal procedure. E. F. Dodson. publicity manager for the electrical workers, expressed confi dence that James Percell, representa tive of the excutive board of the In ternational Krotherhood of Electrical Workers, who is now in Washington, T. C. eventually would succeed in end ing the strike by federal mediation. Mr. Percell will confer with postal authorities Monday, according to a tel egram from Clyde E. Dunavan, Port land union representative in San Fran cisco. Outlook Pleases Strikers. Strikers consider Mr. Percell's audi ence a real stride towards settlement of the differences, inasmuch as it is their first hearing before Postmaster Burleson. This news was cheering to the strikors because the local situa tion had been developing into a dead lock. V. J. Philips, commercial superin tendent for the telephone company, .aid yesterday that the company is giving good service, and is fast re cruiting new help to fill the gaps left by the strikers. He predicted that service would soon be normal. Strikers averr-ed the service was de moralized, and declared the company had an employment agent in the Union station for the purpose of persuading ilischarged soldiers and sailors to take jobs. Mr. Dodson told of an overseas soldier who accented a position, but rl ill not report for duty after his wife told him the strike was on. Striking operators declare their picketing is so efficient that the company has opened a girls' employment office in the Mor gan building because strikebreakers would not go to tho picketed offices to look for jobs. Discourtesy Is Alleged. Strikers were excited yesterday over alleged discourtesy of special police men at the Park and Oak street tele phone office towards Miss Hazel Ham mond, who had gone there to pay tele phone rent. Miss Hammond, who wa with her sister. Miss Mabel Hammond, and Miss Lucile Mohler, both strikers, reported to Mr. Dodson that special police had at first refused to admit her to the buildint.. Convincing the rpecipl officers that they had legitimate business inside, the girls got permis sion to enter, but reported that Miss ilohler and Miss Mabel Hammond had been ejected promptly because they wore strike badges. The girl strikers announced a mes sage from Ashland to the effect that 13S telephone subscribers, mostly busi ness men, had ordered their telephones removed July 13 because of poor serv ice. Mr. Dodson said probably no ef fort would be made to get up petitions from subscribers for a rebate from the, telephone company in Portland be cause he expected federal mediators to settle the strike before such peti tions could be circulated. Organizer Is Complimented. Miss Hazel Hammond, who recently organized a telephone operators' union in Eugene, Or., was complimented yes terday by G. A. von Schriltz, interna tional organizer for the electrical workers, who said that in seven years' work he had never been able to union ize that city. The draftsmen's local yesterday voted 155 to the operators' strike fund. Reports from the dance the girls gave July 3 show a profit of $667. Two other dances have been given since, but the net profits have not been deter mined. Other dances which the girls iiave in various Oregon cities to in crease their fund are said to have aided materially. The joint strike committee of the operators and electricians yesterday appointed a sub-committee to make ar rangements for a publicity campaign. The 6Ub-committee will meet today. A committee of girls yesterday went to W. W. McCredie's office and thanked him for promising the use of the ball - park for the operators' benefit smoker July 30. ATIOXAL WALKOUT IS ASKED Unions at San Francisco Send Mes sage to J. P. Xoonan. SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., July 15. A request that all telephone operators and electrical workers' unions in the coun try be called out on strike before July SI on behalf of the striking operators and linemen on the Pacific coast was sent to J. 1. Noonan, president of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, by the general strike commit tee here today. In the telegram, the committee said the strikers had been unable to get a definite answer from Postmaster-General Kurleson in regard to their de mands and that the strike had "re verted to a fight against the postoffice authorities instead of the telephone company." Strikers who returned to their posts at Angeles Camp, Stockton, and Red Kluff were said by members of the committee to have j?one out again. Requests that they ask the interna tional president to order a nation-wide ' strike have been forwarded to all unions on strike by the general strike committee. say. . GOVERNOR PROTESTS STRIKE Interference AVith Business Is Pnt Up to Bnrlcson. OLTMPIA, Wash., July 15. (Special.) Governor Hart today telegraphed Postmaster-General ' Burleson an em phatic protest against continuance of the telephone strike. He declared that business was being seriously inter fered with through the present passive policy of letting the trouble run its course, asking either that arrangements be made to grant the operators the in crease demanded if it ia justified or to show them where they are wrong. Governor Hart states that telephone rtes have been increased in this state to provide for promised increase of wages, but that in some instances tele phone girls are still paid less than the minimum wage required for women under the state law. Obituary. EUGENE, Or., July 15. (Specials Mrs. W. J. Hill, for many years a resident of Portland, wife of a well known merchant of Eugene, died at her home here yesterday afternoon at the age of 47 years, from paralysis, having suffered a stroke several weeks ago. Mrs. Hill was born near Junction City, Or., and had lived in this state ' VICTIM WHO WAS FATALLY ( KtSIIKU BY ELEVATOR. t I , - , -r v 5 I I . - - r-V , i "i X L f - tyf- ll i , , y t i v , : I t X x x tX X fltirii.'iWWir'iniirft i f iHiffiWijmnriWnWni iMimifiiir I t WUIIaaa C. Shuette. I T WUIIaaa C. Shuette. The funeral of William C. Shuette. meter reader for the Portland Railway, Light & Power company, who was crushed to death early Monday morning, when he was caught between an elevator and the floor in the basement of the Ainsworth build ing, will be held today at 2 o'clock. The ceremony is in charge of the Woodmen of the World, of which organization Shuette was a member. Interment will be at the Rose City Park cemetery. all her life. Besides her widower, she is susvived by four children Daniel Hill, with the army in Siberia; Harold, Frank and Eloise. SALEM, Or., July 15. (Special.) Mrs. Elizabeth Allen died last night at the home of her brother near Chemawa at the age of 47 years. Mrs. Allen came to Oregon from Alabama a year ago with the hope of regaining her health. Funeral services will be conducted by the Christian Scientists of this city. CENTRALIA, Wash., July 15. The death of John Stasey, aged 70 years. occurred Saturday at Mayfield. The funeral was held Sunday at Mossyrock. Mr. Stasey was a native of Virginia. VANCOUVER. Wash.. Julv IS. (Spe cial.) Mrs. Mary Louise Higdon died Sunday at her home at Orchards, following an illness of four years. She was 59 years of age and a native of Indiana, coming to the Pacific coast in 1900. After a year's residence at Toledo, Wash., she came to Orchards. where she has since resided. She is survived by her husband, Allen; three stepsons, Everett Higdon, William Hig don and Fred Higdon, living at Or chards; two stepdaughters, Mrs. W. T. Goodwin and Mrs. Alary Richards, both of Vancouver, and three brothers. Ches ter F. Bennett of this city, Wayne and Edward Bennett of Handle. Wash. Fu neral services will be held this tfter noon at 2 o'clock at the Methodist chu-rh at Orchards, Rev. F. ' Storey of riciating. Interment wi'.l be in the Fourth riain c emetery. TACOMA. Wash., July 15. (Special.) Mrs. Mary Louise Price Wilhite, age 85, and mother of Mrs. Overton G. Ellis, died here today. She had made her home in Tacoma and Olympia for 17 years. Mrs. Wilhite's husband was one of the founders of Kar.zaa City, Mo. Her husband died In Kansas City in ISSu and his wife's body will be taken there for interment. STUIKERS TO VISIT GOVERNOR Parties at Tacomn Plan to Ask Steps for Settlement. TACOMA. Wash., July 15. A commit tee of 1- striking telephone girls, to gether wjth representatives of the striking telephone linemen and mem bers of the Metal Trades council, went to Olympia today in the endeavor to persuade Governor Hart to take steps for a settlement of the telephone strike. The governor, it was said, will be urged to follow the lead of the Tacoma city council in asking Postmaster-General Burleson to bring the strike to an end. V. C. BOYCOTT LOOMS Tacoma Strikers Say Employment OfHce Provided "Workers. TACOMA. Wash.. July 15. (Special.) Striking telephone operators protest ed to the Y. W. C. A. today against BUST OF MOODY PRESENTED Alumnae Gift Unveiled at 40th An niversary of N'orthfleld Seminary. EAST NORTHFIELD, Mass. A bronze bust of Dwight L. Moody was presented to Nortfield seminary by the alumnae association as the anniver sary gift of the students who have at tended the seminary during the 40 years since the school was founded by Mr. Moody. The bust was unveiled by the youngest grandchild ot the rounder, little Marghret Moody. The first event or tne secona aay oi the fortieth anniversary celegration was an alumnae prayer meeting at 9:45 in the chapel, conducted by Mrs. W. R. Moody. After a hymn, "We Would See Jesus," Principal Dickerson led in prayer. Mrs. Moody then read the fifth psalm and spoke on prayer. She said that the object of prayer was to draw near to the feet of Jesus, and that that is the secret of a Christian life. "Prayer is the reference of our lives to God." She touched upon the lack of prayer in the everyday life and home of today. Nevertheless, she said, the soldiers in France, and those at home, had learned to pray in an emer gency, and that that must not be lost, no wthat the war is over. This was followed by a period of silent prayer, while Mrs. Moody read several prayers of thanksgiving. Two of the alumnae then led in prayer, and the meeting closed with "I Need Thee Every Hour." FALL OF DOCK KILLS MAN Driver of Heavy Tractor Dies After Being Rescued From Water. BRIGHTON. Or., July 15. (Special.) Collapse of a portion of the dock of the Brighton Mills company today caused the death of Paul Adams, em ploye of the company, who was drlv- Loganberry Juice , 29c Bottle Fourth Floor Phez Loganberry Juiced a delightful summer bev erage. Regular 35c size; OQ, on sale today at only tVl The Standard Store of the Northwest Olds, Wortman & King Reliable Merchandise Reliable Methods Hammocks 4 th Floor Woven Hammocks, Couch Hammocks, Lawn Seats, Porch Swings, Settees, Torch Chairs; popular prices. Fourth Floor. BASEMENT UNDERPRICE STORE WEDNESDAY SAVING SALES Toilet Paper! Special C -j 18 Rolls MX Basement Good quality crepe Toilet Paper. Limit 18 rolls to a cusomer and positively no telephone, C. O. D. or mail or ders filled. On sale Q" f( Wednesday, 18 rolls D-LUU Coverall Aprons $1.39 Basement Women's Aprons of splendid quality percale in plain pink, blue, lavender and green; also dark blue with neat small figures. Made in full coverall styles with belt and Q"J OQ pockets. On sale at D--07 Women's Tub Dresses Special $3.39 Basement Just the sort of frocks every woman needs for wear at the beach or about the house. GreaWnany charming styles in the sale some have fancy collars and cuffs. Made up in excellent quality ginghams in the popular plaids and checks. Make it a point to see these pretty dresses. Sizes for misses and women. (JQ OQ On sale in the Basement at 30.0U Tub Skirts $2.35 to S3.75 Basement New shipment of Wom en's and Misses' Sport Skirts ju6t re ceived. White pique, gabardine and tricotine materials. Several smart styles trimmed with buttons and pock ets. Prices range $2.85 to $;$.73 Women's Voile Waists Basement Clean-Up Sale This is an assorted lot of waists remaining from former sales. All are worth far more money. Made up in dainty 6heer voiles plain white or with colored stripes. Several differ ent styles. Broken sizes. Basement special at 89 Muslinwear At $1.49 Basement WOMEN'S NIGHT GOWNS, SKIRTS and ENVEL OPE CHEMISE in a large selec tion of dainty styles, lace and em broidery trimmed. .On Q" sale in the Basement 3 Basement Women's Camisoles in many attractive new styles. White or flesh color silks, trimmed with ribbons and laces. Spe- Q?f cially priced Wednesday ftIC Women's Union Suits 65c Basement Women's summer weight Union Suits underpriced for Wednesday. Excellent quality pure white cotton. Low neck, sleeveless, tight or lace trimmed knee. Sizes 34, 36, 38 and 40 Pr only. Basement special for Wednesday "tJU Sleeveless Vests 23c 'Basement Take advantage of this sale and sup ply your needs for the whole season. Women s Low Neck Vests, sleeveless or with wing sleeves. Several different patterns. Regular and OQrt xtr ri7.ph. Raspmpnt snpria.1 Wednesday mHJK . i' WI T I i . White Canvas Footwear Shoes, Pumps, Oxfords The Basement Shoe Section announces for Wednesday a sensational Clean-up Sale of a great lot of Women's, Misses' and Children en's White Foot- M at a sacrifice J' : Broken lines. 8c price. and slightly soiled some have trifling im perfections. In the assortment are Women's White Canvas Laced Shoes, Women's and Children's Pumps and Oxfords in QO popular styles. Wednesday, a pair pL SHOP EARLY Middy Blouses At $1.19 Basement Women's and Misses' Middy Blouses of good service able material in plain white only. Styled with sailor collar and pockets. Black tie at- Q1 " Q tached. All sizes at Khaki Outing: Apparel Basement Khaki Outing Skirts and Bloomers in light and dark shades. Just the thing for moun tain and camp. On sale for Wednesday at $1.4H and $2.05 Sale of Odd Lines Boys' Pants Basement A phenomenally low price for such good pants. Quantity limited, therefore not more than 2 pairs to a customer. Made up in checked and striped material. Broken sizes 6 to 16 years. CHILDREN'S WASH SUITS, SPECIAL O80 50c Men's $2 to $3 Shirts At $1.45 Basement If there is a man in Portland who needs new shirts, here is an oppor tunity he should take quick advantage of. These are cut in full standard sizes and well made. Choice assortment of up-to-date stripe patterns. Regular Q- A (T $2.00 to $3.00 Shires. Special 3-Ltl Bathing Suits Special 95c Basement Men's Cotton Bathing Suits in one-piece style. . Black with white trimming. Sizes up to 40. On fl sale Wednesday in Basement, at wilv Union Suits at 95c Baseman t Men's Balbriggan Union Suits, short or long sleeves, ankle QCCr length. Sizes up to 40. Special Men's Negligee Shirts Special 98c Basement Men's Soft Shirts with Men's Work Shirts of strong, serviceable material. All QQ. sizes 14 V4 to 16. Special wOt flat collar or military col- QQp ar. Good quality. Special OU s Handkerchief: 6 for 25c Basement Women's and Children's Handkerchiefs in a large assort ment of patterns. Neat corner em broidered effects. Priced OCI special Wednesday; 6 for WO M EN'S CO L L A RS IQ odd lines on sale Wednesday Veils 19c Basement Women's ,Face Veils in black, brown or white plain 1 Qn mesh. Priced special at AtL Patent Leather Belts; Qf black, brown, red, green; at J-t Women's Hose 29c Pair Basement Fine quality Cotton Hose in black, white and eight popular colors. Double sole and toe. Not fill sizes in each OQn color. Priced special; pair Sale of Wash Goods ivsz I In the Basement Mid-season Clean-up Sale of Wash Goods starts Wednesday morning in our Basement Store. Thousands of yards Voiles, Ba tistes, Lawns. Organdies, Pop lins, Beach Cloth, Ginghams, Percales, Madras, offered in 3 GREAT SPECLXL LOTS. Lot 1, 19c a Yard Lot 2, 29c a Yard Lot 3, 49c a. Yard Pongee Silks S1.29 Yard Basement 34-Inch Imported Pongee Silks for women's skirts, dresses, men's shirts, Q1 Q etc Special a yard wlt-7 Silk Striped Waistings $1.19 Yard Basement 32-Inch Fancy Silk Striped Waistings in many heautiful patterns and color combinations. Especially adapted for Q- "1 Q sport waists or for separate skirts. On sale Wednesday, yard O AX7 Plates Plates Plates Great Basement Sale! Basement American Plain White Semi-Porcelain Plates in a special feature sale for Wednesday. Excellent opportunity to buy at a saving. 50c . FOR 6 American Semi Porcelain Pie Plttes or special, 9 each. 75c FOR6 Medium Dinner or Breakfast Plates. Speckrr each, at 140 75c FOR 6 Large Dinner Plates. American semi porcelain; each 150 Basement Millinery "50c Day" Shop in the Basement Wednesday and get your share of these remarkable bargains. S. Sl H. Trading Stamps given with purchases. Untrimmed Hats 50c Women's Untrimmed Hats in good prac tical styles for everyday wear. Rough "I straws, imitation Panamas. Sale price JUU Trimmed Hats 50c Women's and Misses' Trimmed Hats in neat styles also Striped and Plain Color Cft Beach Hats. Priced very special, at MA Girls' Khaki Color Play Hats, Special, 50c All Women's Hat Shapes, Special, y4 Off S. & H. Green Trading Stamps With Purchases Ask for Them! m Coutil Corsets At$1.48 Corsets of a well-known make that never fail to give satisfac tion. Medium or high bust mod els, with long skirt and rust proof boning. We also include in this sale one model made up in summer net.' Sizes 19 up to SO. "Notion Day" Bargain Circle Main Floor J V- CROCHET COTTON, OCT,, SPECIAL, THE DOZEN Ot)C Bargain Circle, First Floor Elgin Maid, a Perle Cotton for crochet ing, tatting and embroidery work. White and colors. Special QFT, for Wednesday, the dozen OOU Spool Silk for hand or ma chine. SDecial Wednesday, at ' V Hair Pin Cabinet, special Te Defender Safety Pins, at 30 Adamantine Pins, size 4 only; priced special per 1-lb. box 5S) Regent Bias FoId,7-yd. bolt 70 Lingerie Tape in light blue, pink and white; special, bolt 70 Cube Pins, jet only; cube 170 Dove Toilet Pins, per pkg. 40 Kid Curlers, special, dozen 12 Child's Hose Supporters in all sizes, jasper only, the pair 10 Bone Hair Pins in shell and amber colors; special, a box 10 1 Union Silk Taffeta Ribbons on sale Wednesday at, the bolt 100 Stickerie Edging in blue and pink; priced special at, a bolt 100 BOOK SHOP MAIN FLOOR WILDFIRE VTJJ)FIRE J v - - i 'WILDFIRE' TEN OTHER NOVELS ZANE GREY The Bonder Locnon The Rainbow Trail The Heritage f ih? Desert Riders of the Purple Sag-e The Light of Western Stars; The Last, of the Plainsmen Th Lone Star Ranger, Desert Gold Betty Zane The Snort Stop And Hundreds of OtherOut-of - Door Books 75c Each Book Shop, Main Floor lne a tractor loaded with lumber when the accident occurred. The heavy tractor crashed suddenly throufh the planking of the doclc and plunged Into the water. Adams waa reacued by fellow employes and rushed to the train but died on the way to Tillamook, where he was being: taken for medical attention. Mr. Adams had been an employ of the Brighton mills for some years and lived in thia vicinity. He Is survived by his widow and two children. WOMEN OF LEWIS ELECT Legislative Council Ilears Address on Labor Troubles. CENTRALIA. Wash., July 15. (Spe cial.) The following; new officers were elected yesterday afternoon by the Women's Federated Leg-InlatiYe council of Lewis county: Mrs. W. A. Jackson, vice-president; Mrs. K. K- Harkneas, corresponding secretary, and Mra. 8. H. Davis, treasurer. They were elected for two years. Mrs. F. O. Oilbert was elected recording secretary for one year to fill out the unexpired term of Mrs. J. C Appleaate. resigned. Mias Myrtle Cotrlll. president of the council, holds over until next year. Miss Cotrlll announced her appoint ment of the president's council and de partment heads for the coming year. The president's council Is composed of Mrs. K. T. Camp. Mrs. P. R. Stahl and Mrs. George Reynolds. The council at its meeting yesterday was addressed hy Mrs. Kate Carr of Aberdeen, president oX lbs auxiliary of railway telegraphers, who spoke on la bor troubles, and Mrs. F. I. binott of Elma. A Massachusetts soldier killed in France made his will on two sheets of T. M. C. A. paper two days before his death, and mailed It to hts mother, writing. "If I An not come bark, then you will get $.".HM." The court dtral lowcd the will because of a technicality.