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TITE MORNIXG . OREGOXIAX. TUESDAY. 3r.Y 1021 5, STEEL HEADS TALK IE OFWJGE Financial District Expects Tentative Schedule Today. WORKMEN TO 'ew Scale and Workin for Independent Mills Will Be Considered. XEW TORK. May 2. Presidents of the various subsidiary companies of the United States Steel corporation conferred today with Chairman E. H Gary. While no announcement was made regarding- trie object of the con f erence. it was understood that the question of revised wage schedules would receive chief attention. At the close of the day it was re ported that the question of a new or revised wage scale has -been an im portant topic, although no official an nouncement was made. The financial district expect a ten tative schedule of wages will be sub mitted to the financial committee of the corporation tomorrow. HAMILTON'. Ont.. May 2. A new wage scale and working agreement for the independent steel mills of the United States will be the most impor lant matter before the biennial con vention of the Amalgamated Associa tion of Iron, Steel and Tin workers. which will open here tomorrow with representatives Of 25,000 steel work ers present. 150 .OOO to Be Affcctfd. While the wage ecale adopted by the convention will only d;rectly af fct the plants with which the Amal gamated has agreements. Michael Tighe, international president, pointed out that it would aiso "eventually af feet 150.000 steel workers in the plants of the United States Steel cor poration whose wages are generally based on'the standard set by our or ganization. Mr. Tighe declined to indicate the probable action of the convention. "W e cannot tell until our wage committee reports what the men want," he explained. "Some lodges may recommend increases or continu ance of t lie old scale. Our commit tee has been sifting out the various resolutions and will present a con crete proposal. "The amalgamated during the time of the present agreement has main tained most cordial relations with the steel companies," Mr. Tighe said. "We have an exceptionally smooth working contract, providing for wage reductions or increases, according to business conditions as shown by the companies books. Wnsfs Above Prc-War Basis. "The employers have adhered to our agreement and we have had little trouble in making adjustments. 'While our men have taken reduc tions in many cases, their wage i: still considerably above the pre-war basis. Because of depressed industrial conditions. Mr. Tighe said that the attendance at the convention was not expected to be as large as in past years. "Thousands of our men 'ire out ''of work, "'he said, "as many of the inde pendent companies have closed down or are working at greatly reduced capacity. "Conditions are the worst we have experienced in years. Not only Inde pendents but the plants of the United States Steel corporation have been working at about 30 per cent or less of their capacity. - Unionization Drive Planned. The convention, which probably wilt continue for nearly three weeks, will be executive sessions, unless a new rule is adopted opening the meetings to the public. Mr. Tigh said that he favors "open sessions" and such ac tion may be taken. Important amendments to the by laws and constitution of the Amalca inated are also to he considered dur ing the sessions, as well as other res olutions affecting the welfare of the organization. "Resolutions tending to support the campaign of the executive council of national and international organiza tions in the steel industry to union ize the plants of the United States Steel corporation are also to be con sidered. Thi committee, headed by Mr. Tighe. win launch its active cam paign June 19. Q LoposWMnwcflw mi T mill " b .-i I- VUlillUI 3S? m CONVENE ' f sreement ft ' .J ' "NL k MB ft' ;l Ml I if v fc 4 1 t r ;ff ' 4 The best news this Spring for all men: -new suits of commanding personality, moderately priced: to $60 Two buyers from my store, now in the East one for men's clothes, one for young men's are sending on new gar ments. You who want the last word in fabric, patterns, and type will wish to inspect these suits for spring. BEN SELLING Leading Clothier 'Morrison Street at Fourth PROJECT TO BE ASSIGNED CKXTRAL OREGON IRRIGATION' DISTRICT IS AFFECTED. Porlljuicl Coin pan 3 'Stands Read)' to Complete Development at Ex penditure of $750,0(10. SAI.UAf, Or.. J.ay 2 (Special.) The formal assignment papers look ing toward tile transfer to the Title & Trust company of Portland of all interests of the Central Oregon Irri- ation company, in ttc central Ore gon irrigation districi, with the ex ception of such rights as are neces sary to protect" the company's present contracts with settlers, today was submitted for approval of the desert land board. Two protests against the proposed sale of the irrigaiioa company's -in-, terests in the project have been filed with the board. One of these pro tests was prepared by attorneys for the central Oregon irrigation district, j while file other was from tlie.Oes-' Chutes river board. The former pro- the O.-W. It. X. shops, but had been out of work for some time. He had been brooding for several weeks be cause of his inability to find em ployment, his widow said. Police and physicians were sum moned immediately after Twiggcr !.ad sent a bullet into his brain and le was rushed to St. Vincent's hos pital, where he died shortly aUer his arrival without regaining conscious ness. He leaves a widow and one child. There will be no inquest. CRITTENDEN WINS SUIT District Court of Appeals Upholds Meilford Compai.y Decision. SAX FRANCISCO. May de cision upholding a contract in whicn William C. Crittenden, attorney, is named to receive $67,000 i.nd 6 per cent interest for his interest in the Oregon Gas & Electric company of Mcdford. Or., from Wilbur E. Board jnan, capitalist, was handed down to day by the district court of appeal. Uoardman had claimed that the con tract was obtained through "fraud, duress and menace.' The contract was obtained, accord ing to Crittenden's action, after he had invested in the com nan r on test was general in character, and Kf.ardmn representation that It was asked that the board defer taking any i WOrth $126,000. Later he found it definite action with itlation to the , was worth between $67,000 and $80.- viv ana inuucea eoaraman 10 sign THREE GET JAIL TERMS VIOLATIONS OF WHITE SLAVE ACT ADMITTED. Li LAW PROPAGANDA ASKED Vnlversity Dean Pleads for More Americanism Education. SALEM. Or.. May 2. (Special.) Wider dissemination of the knowl edge of law and the machinery for Its I administration was advocated-' by Tiean V. G. Ha'e of the University of Oreson school of law in an address before the business men of Salem at a luncheon today. "We need to develop an army of 100.000 people mobilized for the en forcement of law," said Pean Hale. "If we were half as active in spread ing the knowledge of law and Ameri canism as the red element is in .-nreadinsr their doctrines there would be nothing to the red movement." Dean Hale urged l'beral education of the young along the lines of Americanism. transfer unlil the several persons and corporations interested in the deal get an opportunity to oe heard. The Deschutes river ooard protested the sale on the grounds that it might jeopardize an appropriation of $100,- U0U authorized by tnc United Mates reclamation service ith which to start work on the Deschutes Irriga tion project. , I'lans for the transicr were ais- cussed at a meeting of the desert land board held here last week. At that time the history of the irrigation com pany was reviewed, and ir was indi cated that the development work had not progressed as satisfactorily as had been anticipated. It. E. Smith, representing the Title & Trust company, toia the board on that occasion that his corporation was desirous of taking over the in terests of the irrigation company, with the exception of sold lands, and would proceed and complete the de veloment at a cost estimated at ap proximately $750,000. Before any transfer of the proper ty is sanctioned, the board will hold a hearing, and all persons interested in the deal have an opportunity to present their statemtnts. according to announcement by the secretary of the board today. the contract. Boardman attacked tha contract in the courts, the action be ing first heard in Alameda county, where Crittenden also was upheld. Boardman is now in Europe. WIFE ABHORS DOG THREAT COLLEGE GIRL SUICIDE Daughter or Shipping Board Offi cial Ends Life Near School. NORTHAMPTON, Mass.. . May 2. The body of Miss Harriet A. DeLan-I't-y of Waterburv, Conn., sophomore at Smith college, was found hanging by a rope from the Hoe shop dam near the college campus today. In a diary belonging to Miss De- L-ncey, who was the daughter of Daraghe Do Lancey, chairman of the bureau of international relations of the United States shipping board, was a statement saying she was despond ent because she felt she had not made the success of her life that she had hoped. IDLE RAILROADER SUICIDE Fred' Twiggcr Takes Life Wlicn lie Cannot Find Job. Fred Twigger, 45 years old and married, killed himself vesterday morning when he shot himself in the head at the family home, 5V1 Liberty street. Despondency because he was unable to find work was given as the cause of the suicide. Twigger formerly was employed at A Goncervativ Cutooiai Ifflll Divorce Suit Follows Separation and Remarriage. SAL12M, Or..- May 2. (Special.) Because P. A. Price is alleged to have told his wife that he would trade her for a yellow dog and then kill the dog. Mrs. Minnie A. Price today filed suit for divorce. Mr. and Mrs. Price have twice been married, their first wedding ceremony having taken place in Portland in 1910. They were divorced seven years later. In 1918 they were remarried In Van couver, Wash., and later came to Salem to make their home. Mrs. Price charges that her husband threatened to kill her on several oc casions and that she was once com pelled to seek protection of an officer. Pnd Th Orpgonian classified ade. flit Sentences Imposed Because of Absence of Evidence of Commercial Vice. Three men admitted violation of the Mann white slave act yesterday be fore Judge Bean in federal court and received short jail sentences. None of the cases contained elements o commercial vice, and Thomas H. Ma gruire, assistant United States attor ney, recommended leniency in two in stances. The men sentenced were John Dev ereaux, Paul L. Chambers and Will iam W. Atterbury. Devereaux and Chambers got jail sentences of three months, while Atterbury got two months. Devereauxi maintained that he had brought Margaret Silver to Portland from Tacoma to aid her in obtaining a divorce from her husband. They intended to be married as soon as this little detail was attended to, he said. The same excuse was used by Chambers to explain his transporta tion of Mrs. James Long from Kose burg to Louisiana. They also were to be married ,as soon as Mrs. Long obtained a divorce from her husband. The divorce has been granted since the offense was committed, and the new ceremony, it is said, will take place as soon as Chambers is released trom jail. Three years ago Atterbury and Miss Hazel Wilson went to Prosser, Wash., to be married. Their witness cid not show up. and rather than ad mit failure the couple came home and announced that they were married. Since that time, it was said, they have been living as man and wife. . FOR SEVENTY YEARS NORDYKE & MARMON COMPANY HAS STOOD FOR HONORABLE MANUFACTURING, FOR CLEAN, FAIR DEALING AND FOR BUSINESS FAIR PLAY Now $3985 MARMON Was $5000 Next Year's Prices Now! Not a new model. Not a lesser car. Not a single cheapening. Not one accessory re moved. But the finest Marmon ever built! THE Marmon 34 henceforth will sell on the 1922 price basis. We give you now the revisions we will obtain eventu ally in raw materials and lowered manu facturing costs. This $3985 Marmon 34 is the identical $5000 Marmon not a new model, not a lesser car. There is not the slightest compromise in quality. The entire differ ence is due to the times. The $3985 Marmon 34 is, in fact, the finest car we ever built. We've used the recent lull never closing our factory to make added refinements. The Mar mon 34 has continued to sell as the foremost $5000 car. We have made this re vision at the earliest op portunity six months sooner than anticipa ted. We make one com plete reduction, instead of several steps down- M ARM ON 34 PRICES NOW WAS 7-PaMeoper Touring . . ) 4-Pnsenger Touring . . fJ9!5.0O $5000.00 Club Roadster ) Speedster 4185.00 5300.00 Coup 4S7S.00 61S0.00 Sedan 5.275.00 6600.00 Limousine ....... ) Town Car ....... ( 3400.00 6S0O.0O Revised prices effective May 2, 1921 All prima mi IndimmapoUM UMd mtiimet i war eu ward. Our new price is based on the an ticipated lowered production costs of the next 1 8 months. . The $3985 Marmon 34 is complete it includes all its extra equipment and acces sories. Nothing has been removed. It is the finest car we ever built, a car that will give you constant pride of ownership. Thus we fulfill our ambition to bring the Marmon 34 within the reach of thou sands who have longed for a dc luxe car. Now the lower price establishes the Marmon 34 unquestionably as America's foremost quality car. The result of this reduction is certain it will multiply Mar mon sales many times over. The bare an nouncement of the new price is sufficient to attract thousands. So we recommend instant ordering. NORTHWEST AUTO CO., Inc. Portland, Oregon Distributors Eighteenth and Alder Streets Nordyke & Marmon Company Established 1831 INDIANAPOLIS Receiver Fined for Contempt. DALLAS. Or., May 2. A fine of $50 was imposed by H. H. Belt, circuit court judge, here Saturday afternoon upon John E. Cronin of Portland. Cronin was held in contempt in ha ingr failed to obey an order of the court to make an accounting cf his trust as receiver of the Pickney diry. By consent of attorneys for the cred itors of the defunct dairy company. Cronin got two weeks more in which to prepare and file his report. Uellowell Orchard Sold. WHITE SALMO. Wash., May 2. (Special.), The Hellowell orchard, two miles north of town on the Snow- don road, changed hands last week, when James Trotter purchased it. The consideration was understood to be between $10,000 and $16,000. The holdings consist of 125 acres, 35 of which are cleared and 23 in bearing orchard, the balance being timber ltnd. George Hellowell will leave soon for California, later going to Minneapolis, where he formerly lived. Mr. Trotter will take possession immediately. 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Consider the time taken by correspondence and the unavoidable delays of the mails. Try the long-distance telephone in your out-of-town business transactions. Recent improvements in transmission have made it possible to talk satisfactorily to any point in this country. Long - distance service is the direct and economical method of communication and does away with undue expense and delay. Ask for Pacific Long Distance. The Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company 34 l