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2. STRIKE NOT CAUSED BYI.W.W.SAYSWOOD RAILROAD STRIKE SCENES AND TWO PROMINENT FIGURES IN SITUATION. MEXICO ASKS TROOP Our Store Opens at 9 A. M. Our Store Closes 5:30 P. M "The Store That Undersells Because It Sells for Cash" iillllillilliilllllllilliililllilllllllllllliNllllll l!l!!!l!llll!l!ll!llllllll!llllll!!!ll!llll!lllilll U.S.I Agents for the Butterick Pat terns and Delineator. All styles Mail orders receive our prompt and careful attention the same and sizes now showing. j day as received. Military Unable to Discover Any Connection. State Department Considers Ag-ain Saturday We Offer New Phase of Problem. Values That Are TrulyMarvelous UNOIM CHARTERS REVOKED AMERICAN POLICY IS HIT Brotherhood Members Ordered to Resume Work by Midnight Sat urday or Be Expelled. Ex-Ambassador 'Wilson Attacks At In Women's, Infants' and Children's Wear IN THE UNDERMUSLIN SECTION We have arranged this wonderful value-giving sale for the disposal of broken lines surplus lots and especially underpriced inducements a stock ad justment in this popular section at which cost or worth is not considered. titude in Testimony Before Senate Committee. r MOVE THROUGH 95c CHICAGO. April 16. Major-General Leonard Wood, commander of the cen tral department, United States army, who returned to Chicago yesterday from his eastern speaking' tour, be cause of the Insurgent strike of rail roal workers, tonight said he did not find "any evidence of connection be tween the railway men's strike and Industrial Workers of the World ac tivities." General Wood declared he found -traffic conditions improving throughout the department. Attorney - General Palmer. on Wednesday declared reports from his department linked the "illegal" switchmen's walkout with I. W. W. plans for "one big union" and a nation-wide walkout. , Of floe rn Find No Connection. Military intelligence officers here had been unable to furnish any con nection between the two. General Wood said. After revoking the charters of two Chicago lodges of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen and one San Fran cisco lodge. A. F. Whitney, vice-president of the brotherhood, today or dered all striking members of the organization in the Chicago terminal district to return to work by mid night Saturday or suffer expulsion from the union, with loss of their seniority rights. With 25 leaders of the insurgent forces under arrest in Chicago, charged with violating the Lever act, the movement of freight and live stock approaching- normal and the return of many strikers to duty, rail chiefs and brotherhood officers de clared the walkout which started more than two weeks ago, was defi nitely broken. Among the local unions whose charters were revoked, was Lodge '456 of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul railroad, of which John Grunau, head of the outlaw yardmen's asso elation, was a member. It was the walkout of 700 switchmen on this road that started the strike which subsequently spread to many railroad centers throughout the country. Prisoners Will Not Give- Ball. John Grunau. Harold Reading, pres ident of the United Enginemen's as sociation, and four other men arrested yesterday by federal agents, an nounced they would not put up bonds for their release. Martin Kenney, Shannon Jones1, John Logan and Hugo Radke said they would go to Jail rather than furnish ' bond, but 14 others who were released yesterday on their own recognizance, gave $10,000 bond for their release today before United States Commis sioner Mason. R. S. Murphy, spokesman for the yardmen's association, blamed broth erhood officers for the arrests. He said the men simply quit their po sitions and were not strikers. Five men forrwhom warrants were Issued have not been arrested. STRIKE IS FELT AT ALBANY Poultry Grower and Merchants Re port Delay in Shipments. ALBANY, Or.. April 16. (Special.) The wide effect of the outlaw rail road strike is shown by the fact that a Linn county poultry grower report ed yesterday that it was interfering With the work of his incubators. He said he had ordered oil for heating the incubators but it couldn't be de livered and he was having difficulty getting a substitute order filled be cause of the shortness' of the supply resulting from few shipments now. Merchants in Albany and other towns in this section are beginning to feel the effects of the strike. Or ders they placed several days ago have not been filed. The strike also is Interfering with road work in Linn county to some ex tent. The county recently ordered two new rock crushers and they ar rived in Portland two weeks ago, but " before they could be transferred for shipment to Albany the switchmen quit work. The county court pur- " chased these rock crushers, one for installation at Saddle Butte, east of Shedd, and the other to be placed at .. Green's Bridge on the road from Jef ferson to Sclo. MEREDITH BOOM STARTED Action In Behalf of Secretary Taken by Iowa Democrats. DES MOINES, la., April 16. Action to cause the name of Edwin T. Mere dith, United States secretary of agri culture, to be presented to the demo cratic national convention as a candi date for president of the United States was taken here today by demo crats in state wide conference. Resolutions formally "presenting to the democrats of the nation Mr. Meredith as "our candidate for presi dent," were presented by Claude R. Porter, counsel-for the federal trade commission. . The resolutions also - urged the delegates from Iowa to the national convention to use their in rfluence to put Mr. Meredith as a can didate before the delegates from . other states and to do everything pos sible to bring about his nomination. Wilbur Marsh, national committee man from Iowa, told the conference - the Iowa delegation would be in structed as requested in the resolu tions. When chosen several weeks ago, the delegates were not instructed for any person as a candidate. Mr. Meredith was not at the conference. I " T " 1 I , . I .- '':';.. :':.'.: ':, ' '... -' '-" ', '. V A" :.- '. . v . v """ V'?7ynb;.- - VftXS&:.:.. ' 1 i - ' J i :-1 - - ''' c i 4 - -. r -v- J tv ' ' 4cw 1 i,' . , . -K ' fry v pi - - -in- i u ' ' it v - t " o - If4! . t fat: ' l v ' -rsfc&a I'hotos uy Lnderwood. Above Stocka of parcel post mall piled lm atreet before poatofflce la Chicago. Congestion ranaed fcy large ti of goods aeat by parcel poat which uaually ko by freight. Below Commntera from Irraey forced to mnea vrr their way to Aew York by trolley car. Insert (Left) John Gruaan, aald to be strike leader, aad (rljtht) A. f . W hitney, vlce-prealdent of Brotherhood of Hallway Xralnmen, who la flshtlaa; atrlke. HO STRIKE CHANGE SEEN LOCAU SWITCIOIEX APPARENT IiY IGNORE ULTIMATUM. 2 1 Crews Reported Working in Various Yards, Slightly Less Than One-Fourth Kormal. '" ' Although the striking switchmen continued to hold sessions, of various kinds throughout the day and dates on ultimatums issued by the railroad companies here had expired or were rapidly approaching the time of ex piration, little change was noted in the railroad strike situation yester day insofar as Portland was con cerned, j Ultimatums issued by the railroad ; uuiiiyuinca Lilac lue men niusi rciuin to work at once or lose their pension, insurance and seniority rights had no effect in" regard to the men returning. it was learned, although a number of new men were employed throughout the day by the railroad companies. Ultimatums Issued by the Southern Pacific and the . Spokane, Portland & Seattle railway had already become effective, and the terminal company of the Oregon-Washington Railroad & Navigation company and the North ern Pacific had issued an ultimatum which became effective at 8 o'clock this morning. Twenty-one crews were reported at work in the various yards throughout the city yesterday, this being slightly less than one-fourth of the usual number. Seven engines were being operated by the Southern Pacific in Brooklyn and East Portland, as com pared with 17 at normal. That the Southern Pacific lines will not under any circumstances give a hearing to the switchmen's organiza tion, was the statement contained in a bulletin received in Portland yes terday, signed by J. H. Dyer, general manager df the lines. Reports are being circulated, it is said, that the Southern Pacific expects to grant the switchmen's organization a hearing, and this is emphatically denied. to the character of the strike and they know that the outbreak is un der no revolutionary direction. "According to data gathered by the employes from their representatives in close touch with the strikers throughout the country," the state ment added, "the yardmen's walkout is not of a revolutionary character or origin. "A digest of the reports shows that in all localities the reasons advanced by the strikers for their action are startlingly alike. 'Every one of our investigators,' the digest says, 'is 'PUSSYFOOT' GETS 'S.O.S.' PROHIBITION LEADER CALLED FOR U. S. CAMPAIGN'. JUROR IS NOT AMERICAN CAR ORDERS ARE CHANGED Interstate Commission Acts on Coal Carrier Shortage. WASHINGTON, April 18. The con tinued coal car shortage prompted the interstate commerce commission yesterday to amend previous notice to carriers and Bhippers concerning the distribution of cars. "Until experience and careful study demonstrate that other rules will be more effective and beneficial," the announcement said, "the uniform rule as contained in the railroad admin istration's car service section circu lar, providing for the pro-rata dis tribution of cars for the transporta tion of coal shall be continued in effect, except that private cars, and cars placed for railroad fuel loading will be designated as 'assigned cars.' All other cars will be designated as unassigned.' " Suit or R. X. Stanfield Against Mike Angland May Be Appealed. BEND, Or, April IS. (Special.) The fact that one of the nine jurors who last night signed a verdict for R. N. Stanfield In his $1000 damage suit against Mike Angland, Powell Butte sheepman, is not a citizen of the United States, but owes allegiance to Canada, may be an important point in appealing the case to the supreme court, it was stated here today by Angland's attorneys. . A. Smith, the juror in question, was seated without protest when the trial began two days ago, and it was not until the case was virtually con cluded that the attorneys discovered that he is still a Canadian, although a resident of central Oregon for the past 15 years. BREAKS FORECAST EARLY EKD OF OUTLAW RAIL ROAD STRIKE. (By the Associated Press.) Outward indications point to an early end of the nation-wide railroad strike. The first big break in the strikers' ranks in the east, their last remaining stronghold, came yesterday when 500 Pennsyl vania firemen and enginemen voted to go back to work. Sim ilar action by the trainmen's brotherhood there was reported by its president, although at a meeting last night In Balti more trainmen declared they had voted to remain out, even at the risk of being expelled from the unions. Eastern railways continued to report increasing defections in the strikers' ranks, but these . were disputed by strike leaders, who declared the main body of their men was still holding firm. Continued improvement also was reported by the roads of the middle and far west. Switchmen at Toledo, O., voted to return to work, pend a settlement of their grievances by the labor board. The rail roads there will give their an swer today. Railroads in all sections of the country reported that: pas senger service was nearly nor mal, while freight service, vir tually abandoned since the strike began, was rapidly being ' resumed, t Speaker Expected to Help Bolster up Cause of "Drys" Against Light Wines and Beer. firmly convinced that so far as his territory Is concerned the strike is ail-American and entirely devoid of bolshevism or I. W. W.ism and that up to the end of last week the radical element was not in evidence at all." " MORRISON SCOUTS FRIGHT (Continued From First Page.) is chiefly just a plain ordinary strike for more pay." New York and New England in vestigators reported they had found strike sentiment "strongest among the intelligent and conservative men," Mr. Morrison said. Many of the strikers have served for long periods on one railway, he added, and never before were known2as2agitators. Oth er observers found "no virus of dis loyalty or revolution In the ranks of the affected workers except the usual evidence of extremists who are 'rid ing' the strike as sometimes happens to be the case." Mr. Morrison declared the railroad executives were "fully informed" as SENATOR, SM00T SCORED Rider to BUI Declared to Give Con trol of Public Printing. BOSTON, April 16. The alleged censorship power held by Senator Smoot over every government pub lication was criticised by Roger Bab son today in an address delivered in connection with the inter-church world movement. "Something which is not generally known," he said, "is. that Senator Smoot had a rider attached to a bill giving authority to the Joint commit tee on printing so that not a single government document can be printed unless it is approved by the chairman of the'eommittee." CULT EXPONENT ON TRIAL "Little Master" of Mazdaznan Held Corruptor of Youth. LOS ANGELES. Cal., April 16 toman Zar-Adusht Hanlsh. self-styled "little master" of the Mazdaznan cult, went on trial here today In superior court charged with contributing to the delinquency of minors. Selection of a Jury was completed yesterday. Hanish was indicted by a grand jury here and later arrested in Chi cago, five children were named in the indictment. (Copyrlg-ht by the New York World. Pub lished by Arrangement.) jjo.-s. April 16. There Is no doubt the American drys are becom ing panicky, for it is confirmed by the "S. O. S." cable to "Pussyfoot Johnson to return for a speechmaking tour. In fact the nntl-saloon league leaders, realizing what an effective speaker Johnson is. and the fame and publicity he has achieved here, are anxious for him to come home imme dlately to bolster up the cause. He sailed for New York Tuesday. Johnson said it wasn't improbable that the league wished to use him in the fight against the re-introduclion or light wine and beer, which if sue cessful he would consider a serious setback for prohibition. His office here will remain open while he is away, and he expects to return in three or four moaths. Meanwhile his voice canned will continue to exhort Britishers to pro hlbitlon, as at the request of the local drys he is making three or four talk ing machine records, each a three minute speech on prohibition. That "Pussyfoot" will return with a rosy report on prohibition prospects in Britain Is forecast. He says: There has been a remarkable change in the situation since I came to Europe 19 months ago. There i much more thinking, and serious thinking, on the subject than ever before. I've talked with a number of the large captains of Industry and they ate frankly worried over the international economic competitive phase of prohibition. "I expect much of Scotland to go dry in the fall elections under the local option law. The reports of a prohibition census being taken at In verness Indicate a good majority" will vote dry, though it is a city almost in the heart of the highland whisky business." WASHINGTON, April 16. While the state department was considering today a new phase of the latest Mex ican problem, a request from the Carranga government that its troops be given passage across American territory to attack revolutionists in the state of Sonora Henry Lane Wil son, ex-ambassador to Mexico, was drawing a gloomy picture of the sit- tion beyond the border before a senate investigating committee. Mr. Wilson asserted that "the un fortunate and mischievous policy of the present administration's attitude toward Mexico." was . responsible for the conditions described. That policy. he added, "had bound the United States to maintain Carranza In power and with him the legend that there la peace and order In Mexico. The stats department did not make public the text of the Mexican re quest, nor was any official Intima tion given as to the nature of the reply to be made. Mr. W ilson, who was appointed to the post in Mexico City by President Taft and continued there during the early months of President Wilson's first administration before his resig nation was accepted, said both official and personal records he had kept justified his arraignment of the ad ministration's Mexican policy. "To date," he said, "it has caused the people of the United states up ward of half a billion dollars. It has led to the violent death of 300.009 Mexicans and to the death by pesti lence and famine of 600.000 more. It has caused up to this week the murder of 666 American citizens within Mexico, it has kept 80.000 of our troops on the border. It has left in the Mexican treasury a dericit oi over 1300,000.000 to replace a surplus of $100,000,000 left by Diaz. William J. Bryan, as secretary of state, "ran the state department like the back kitchen of a restaurant," Mr. WiUon said. Almost every dip lomatic representative of the United States sent to Mexico since the fall of Diaz and some officials at the de partment, he added, had been unable to tolerate the Mexican policy. He named Henry P. Fletcher, ex-ambas sador; George A. Chamberlain, consul general, and John Bassett Moore, ex counselor at the department, a among this number. Mr. Wilson said the native prejudice against foreigners and a desire to appropriate directly wealth which thev developed aided the successful rebellion of Francisco Madero. He reviewed the events during Madero's regime and said during the Huerta revolution which resulted li Madero's overthrow, he found him self "penned up" in the embassy at Mexico City "with' 2600 Americans de pending upon me for food t-nd shelter during eight days," while the bom hardment of Mexico City left "8000 dead Mexicans, Bokliers and civilians. rot tins: In the streets with all water and lisrht shut off." Madero had been arrested by Huerta. Mr. Wilson continued: "On my own responsibility I called In Huerta. Felix Diaz and General Blanquet for a conference in the American embassy," he said, "and thereafter for hours the generals were induced by persuasion and threat to sign an agreement sub mitting their presidential claims to the Mexican congress for adjudica tion. TRY OUR MEXICAN CHILE, 15 LUNCH Sixth and Stark 8. A H. Green Holman Fuel Co Adv. stamps lor cash. Main J5J. 660-21. Sure Relief to 6 Bell-ans Hot water Sure Relief E LL-AWS FOR INDIGESTION ( ) 1 Theres n something rNsS!E g about iheci J 4 ) 0 n youlllike- T K B V. . .. Check Your Needs From the Following List: See What TruM Marvelous Values Are Offered at 95c Every sale must be final. None exchanged, no phone or mail orders, none sent C. O. D. 1ST Women's dainty pastel hand-embroidered and pretty lace edged Enve&pe Chemise. 2D Pink or white seco silk or mercerized batiste Knickers. 3D 20 doz. only fancy cloth Sport Corsets, sizes 20 to 25. 4TH Women's Open Drawers, trimmed with fine swiss embroid ery; both medium and extra sizes. 5TH Both Silk Poplin and Silk Crepe Camisoles in plain tail ored and lace trimmed styles. 6TH Two for f)5 Fancy mesh or heavy Brocade Bandeau s. Two for 95c. 7TH Kiddies' Dresses, 2 to 6 years, and little toddlers' Creepers in every conceivable pattern and fine materials. 8TH Very fine high-grade Brassieres, trimmed with heavy im ported embroidery and Nottingham cluny laces. 9TH Heavy White Embroidery Tetticoats in several dozens of wide embroidery designs. 10TH Children's Navy Blue and heavy Khaki Overalls. Sizes 2 to 8 years. 11TH Two for 95e Little Girls' Amoskeag .Gingham Tlay-alls. Sizes 2 to 6 yrs. Come in pretty plaids, with elastic knee. All These and Many Other Items Will be on Sale Saturday at OZif As Long as Any Remain. Pleasing; Selection in New Style Veils and Veilings! At Popular Prices for This Sale 25c Veiling Rem nants, yard. . One-yard remnants of Veil ing in most all desirable meshes included are shades of brown, taupe, navy, black, white, etc. All priced for this sale at 23 f each. Slip-On Veils, ea . . Both imported and domes tic Veils in light and heavy meshes they come plain, chenille dot and in motif ef fects black, brown, navy, taupe, etc., 3 for 50f. 20c Mill-End -a Veilings, each O vJC High-grade Veiling in mill end lengths from 1 to l!t yards each both chenille dot and woven effects in black, brown, navy, taupe, etc. Priced at 50 each. Drape Veils at. . Both drape and circular Veils in hexagon meshes, chenille dot and plain border styles black, brown, navy, white Shetland, etc, at 50f each. 50c Veils at. . . $1.48 High-class Shetland and hexagon Drape Veils in styles with woven embroidered or chenille dot border they come in black, brown and navy. Chiffon Veils at. $1.00 An ideal Veil for motoring priced less than today's cost. A full range of staple colors to select from. They will go on this sale at, each $1.00. Two Underpriced Offerings In Children's Garments In Our Ready-to-Wear Section Hundreds of prudent parents have learned by past experience what splendid economies are made possible by the special underpriced offerings arranged each week for Saturday shoppers in our Ready-to-Wear Section these two offerings are well worthy of your best attention. Girls' Dresses $2.39 Sturdy Gingham Dresses shown in most de sirable styles in pretty plaid and stripe pat terns and in wanted plain colors every one of these garments is perfectly made and neatly trimmed. Children's Coats -$3.88 At this special price you have choice from several popular styles in check and plain col ored materials also in serges. All sizes, 2 to 6 years. Don't fail to see this splendid offering. SaturdaySale of DrugSundries LARGE SIZE BAR WOOL SOAP FOR lOf Limit, 5 bars to any one purchaser. None de livered except with other goods. Woodbury's Facial Soap 23 f Cuticura Soap 23 Resinol Soap ."5 Jergen's Violet Glycerine Soap, 3 for. .25 Magic Soap Flakes, 2 for. 15 Santiseptic Lotion 450 Palm Olive Talcum '. Airfloat Talcum . 1 pound Roll Hospital Cotton Pebeco Tooth Paste Pepsodent Tooth Paste Palmer's Dental Cream Palm Olive Cold Cream, tube 200 2O0 ...1O0 500 450 5O0 230 In Our Basement We Have Arranged a Sale of Women's New Style Pumps and Oxfords Only A price that brings to you a wonderful saving in up-to-the-minute footwear, and made pos sible only because vwe were fortunate in securing a most unusual price concession from the manufacturer. $4.85 Pr. Children's and Misses' Mary Jane Pumps In Gunmetal and Patent Leathers. Included are all desirable styles in the most fashionable leathers, black, brown and pat ent, straight lace Oxfords, regulation Pumps and the popular Mary Janes. All widths and sizes in the assortment, but not all sizes in each style. Select frem these won- CM OC derful values at D0J Men's Tan Shoes at $5.85 New English Last Men as well as women can save a worth-while amount on their ihoe purchases by attending this sale. We've just received and placed on sale for the first time a fine line of Men's Tan Lace Shoes in the fashionable English lasts. All sizes from 6 to 11. Underpriced $5.H5 Sizes 8Vi to 11 at. . . S3.45 Sizes 11 to 2 at S3.95 Our Store Now Opens at 9 A. M. The Most in Value The Best in Quality Store Closes at 5:30 P. M. Saturdays at. 6 P. M. nillllllllllllllllllll!l!l!l!llllll!l!l!l!lillllllli(li!!llllllllllllll!!li!lli;ill!ilii;!i!l!i:!i!;n