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THE MORNJNG OREGONIAN, WEDNESDAY, JULY 5, 1923 T would be made to discount state ments of union heads that no vio illER'S CHILD BURNED lence would be .tolerated by the union. I A committee was appointed to FIRECRACKER IGNITES DRESS wait upon the sheriff tomorrow. , OF 8 - YEAR-OLD . STRIKE ORDER CANCELLED Message Received by Southern Olive Larson Expected to Die as Large Number of Strikers Result of Blaze Caused by Accident. Pacific Official Here. E. I. King. local superintendent of Expected Back Today. the Southern Pacific, last night re ceived the following message from the general offices of the Southern Pacific in San Francisco: - ULTIMATUM HAS EFFECT "Grand Lodge officers of the maintenance of way employes, in MODERN MODES ARB UPHELD BY CLEVER COMEDIE!NE. Maintenance of Way Forces Hear Nothing Regarding Conference Affecting Their Status. SHE BETill 0 Belief that a large number of the striking1 railroad shopmen would re turn to work today, was expressed vesterriav bv railroad officials. A few nf h strikers, it was said, re turned to different shops yesterday and with that exception tne situa tion was said to have been un changed from the previous day. Yes terday being a holiday, however, it was expected that most of the- men would remain out until today. The fact that an ultimatum had been issued nroviding that the men must return to work by tomorrow morning or lose all seniority or pen sion rights also was expected to have Us effect. Maintenance Men In Dark. At maintenance of way headquar ters In the labor temple It was said last night that no information on the results of the conference sched uled to be held in Chicago had been received here. Railroad officials also received no news on this phase of the strike. It was said that If the , maintenance of way men should be called out, it would add 7000 more etrikers to the list in the northwest. - It was announced tnat it was necessary to close the employment bureau in the union station because it had been swamped with applica tions for work to fill the places of strikers. Trains Ron on Schedule. All the roads operating out of the city reported their trains were run ning on schedule time and that little or no inconvenience was experienced in the different shops. ' The number of Southern Pacific shop-crafts employes Is steadily in creasing, according to J. H. Dyer, general manager of the Southern Pacific company, in a statement h Issued. Mr. Dyer said that at Los Angeles, Sacramento and other points many of the shop-crafts employes who left their work July 1 are return ing to their jobs. In Arizona, he said, the shop crafts at work were 50 per cent of the force normally employed. New Men Beine Employed. "New men are being employed, lie said, "and these are being added to the force of employes numbering more than one-third of those whom the strike can sought to involve that remained loyally on the Job since the first. "It becomes increasingly evident that with the exception of a small minority the employes who left the service will take advantage of our offer of yesterday, whereby those vno report ior auiy promptly win have their seniority, pension and pass privileges restored without prejudice. Time of Return Limited. "After 7 A. M., July 6, those who fail to report for duty at the regu lar starting time on the shifts in which they last worked shall for feit the privilege of being returned to the service and their former places will be considered vacant to newly employed men. "The strike is having no effect upon the usual movement of our freight and passenger business." TRACKMEN'S STRIKE OFF (Continued From First Page.) i r i I ' I SEATTLE, Wash., July 4. An ex ploding firecracker caught in the folds of a lace dress .worn by Olive Larson, 6-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. O. S. Larson, today Ignited the clothing and caused burns which physicians said would probably re sult fatally. Mr. Larson, the girl's father, was formerly president of the Scandinavian-American Bank of Tacoma. FIREWORKS CAUSE BLAZES Apparatus Called Out 3 Times as Result of Celebration. Firecrackers and other forbidden Fourth of July fireworks caused three of the -nine fires which brought out fire apparatus yester day, it was reported early last night from the fire bureau. Youngsters shooting off fire crackers in a building at East Twenty-sixth and Powell streets started a small fire shortly after 11 A M. At 2:25 P. M., children set fire to a dwelling at 1242 East Clay street, through the use of firecrackers, while the third fire call from the same source came from 390 Everett street at about 6:30 P. M. In none of these cases was the fire loss of any consequence, fire bureau reported, and all blazes were extinguished within a short time. Nor were any of the other six fires of a serious nature. Gwendolyn Pates. Miss Gwendolyn Pates, who has created favorable comment this week at the Hippodrome for her exhibition of clean and enappy comedy in her sketch, has hair of the color that Titian loved to paint, and she has the positive opinion of persons who have this color of tresses. She wears her hair of the length that nature has caused it to grow, but at the same time she believes that short Jiair for women, as well as snort skirts, has come to stay. "It is all foolishness," she said, "to believe that the way a woman dresses or wears her hair, so long as she conforms to the general style of the period, has anything to do with her morality. Short hair and short skirts are more sanitary. They permit more free dom of movement, and conse quently more grace." strike was confined today to a few scattered clashes between strike sympathizers and workers, although a number of railroads established extra guards about their shops in a number of instances and took other added precautions. STRIKERS CELEBRATE DAY Situation at Los Angeles Said to Be Quiet. . LOS ANGELES. Cal., July 4. Hol iday quiet marked the rail strike situation here today. Most of the striking shopmen of Log Angeles celebrated the Fourth at their homes or with their families at mountain or beach resorts, while a few gath ered at the labor temple to hear re ports on the progress of the strike in other parts of the country. No violence was reported at local shops and both railroad officials and union chiefs pronounced the situa tion practically unchanged. STRIKERS ASK FOR STARS Union Avows Intention to Protect Railroad Property. SACRAMENTO. July 4. Striking shopmen today asked Sheriff Jones to deputize a number of their men to help guard railroad property here. This action was taken, the men said, because they feared that efforts conference with the labor board to day agreed to cancel strike plans and continue work under the recent wage decision of the board, under protest. Their grievances, includ ing a revision of the recent wage de cision and certain changes in work ing rules, will be taken up by the general chairman of the organiza tion with the individual manage ment, and any failure to agree will be submitted to the labor board." PASTOR JOINS RAIL STRIKE Preacher-Shopman's Resignation Refused by Congregation. WYMORE, Neb., July 4. Because he believed some of the members of his congregation would object to liis action in striking, Rev. Ernest Pow ell, pastor of the Congregational church here, and a shopman of the Burlington railroad, handed in his resignation as pastor Sunday morning. The congregation unanimously re fused to accept the resignation. At the night service the striking shop men attended the church in a body. Loss of Rights Threatened. TACOMA, Wash., July 4 The 1230 striking employes of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul railway shops here were teday warned to return to work by next Monday morning or lose all their rights with the company. The warning was issued by F. C. Dow, general superintendent here, following receipt of orders from H. E. Byram, president of the road. Clerks Strike Today. ROANOKE, Va, July 4. Norfolk Western railway clerks, some of whom struck here and at other points along the road yesterday will be called out on a general strike to morrow, according to C. B. Lane, chairman of the clerks" union. Of ficials of the road said the places of the strikers would be filled by transfers or the employment of new clerks. SPI1 Say "Bayer" and Insist! Unless you see the name "Bayer' en package or on tablets you are not getting the genuine Bayer product prescribed by physicians over twenty-two years and proved safe by millions for Colds Toothache Earache Neuralgia Headache Lumbago Rheumatism Fain, Pain Accept only "Bayer" package which contains proper directions. Handy boxes of twelve tablets coat few cents. .Druggists also sen Dot ties of 24 and 100. Aspirin is the trade mark of Bayer Manufacture of Monoaceticacidester of Salicylicacid, EUGENE HAS TWO BLAZES Firecrackers Blamed for Awning and Roof. Fire. EUGENE, Or., July 4. (Special.) Eugene had two Fourth of July fires, both thought to have been started by firecrackers. An awning in front of the Coppernall jewelry store caught fire, causing some dam age and the roof of Professor E. Thorstenberg's residence on Elev enth avenue East was damged to the extent of several hundred dollars. OF "E SUPREME COURT TURNS DOWN PLEA OF SLAYERS. Attorney for Rathie and Kirby Will Make One More Effort to Prevent Execution. Unsuccessful in his attempt to get a writ of error from the United States eupreme court to stay the execution of John Rathie and Elvln D. Kirby, slayers of Sheriff Taylor of Pendleton, Charles W. Garland returned from Washington, D. , C, yesterday. He said he would make one more effort to get federal Judges here to issue an injunction restraining the warden from hang ing the pair as scheduled for Friday, July 7. It was -two years ago that Sheriff Taylor was shot down In an attempt to stop a jail-break in which Rathie arrd Kirby were ring-leaders. TWO MEN BREAK JAIL Bars Pried From Second-Story Window at Pallas. DALLAS, Or., July 4. (Special.) Two prisoners escaped from the Polk county jail last night by pry ing a bar off one of the second-story windows. No trace of the men had been found at a late hour today. The prisoners were James Brooks, serving a nine-months sentence for contributing to the delinquency of a minor, and Archie Wilkinson, who had been arrested a few hours be fore on a charge of being drunk and disorderly. Wilkinson had been left in the corridor, while Brooks was locaea insiae a cell, it was supposed that Wilkinson picked the lock on Brooks' cell and that to gether they pried the bar off the window. Wilkinson was arrested here as a deserter from the army two years ago and was delivered to the military authorities at Vancou ver barracks. OPEN SHOP IS DECLARED Grain Elevators in Kansas City to Hire Non-Union Men. KANSAS CITY, Mo., July 4. Grain elevators in Kansas City hereafter will be operated on the open shop basis, as the result of the grain ele vators employee' strike yesterday. Ben C. Moore, spokesman fer the op erators said today. The hiring of nonunion labor as strikebreakers will start tomorrow, Moore said. The elevator men walked out after failure to agree with a committee ot employers on wages and working conditions. operators- and union men say about 250 men are put. Brownsville Chautauqua Open. BROWNS VILI.E, Or, July 4. (Special. The Chautauqua is now under way at this city. The" initial programme by the Steelman-Marrin-ex-Taylor trio was given Sunday afternoon, and an impersonator, A. Mather Hilburn, gave readings in character at night. On account of intense heat, the audiences were not as large as in former years. The programmes will continue until Sat urday. ' MURDERER ACCEPTS FAITH John, Rathie, Doomed to Die Fri day,' Now Catholic. SALEM, Or., July 4. (Special.) John Rathie, who, with Elvie Kirby, alias James Owens, will be hanged in the state penitentiary here Fri day for the murder of Sheriff Taylor of Umatilla county in 1920, has ac cepted the Catholic faith, according to announcement by prison officials today. For the . past week both Rathie and Kirby have been visited by the prison chaplains daily. Penitentiary officials said ar rangements for the hangings had been completed, with the exception of sending out the invitations. These will be mailed tomorrow, Both Rathie and Kirby appeared cheer ful today. They conversed with prison officials and spent several hours reading the newspapers. It was" said today that Rathie had di rected that his body be sent to his relatives in Idaho for burial. The hangings are scheduled for 8 o'clock in the morning. Warden Lewis announced that only persons authorized by law would be ad mitted to the execution chamber. EX-JUDGE FACES DEATH Omer R. Woods to Be Sentenced for Wife's Murder. SALT LAKE CITY. July 4. Omer R. Woods, an ex-judge in Idaho, to day stands convicted of the murder of his wife. Marietta Woods, who was burned to death as she lay.in bed in the Woods apartment home here last January 9. It was the contention of the prosecution at the trial that Woods killed his "wife to collect $16,000 life insurance. The superior court jury which re-' turned the verdict against Woods reported its decision at 12;30 A M. today, and sentence will he passed July li. The jury verdict was murder in the first degree and as there is but one penalty for that offense im posed in Utah, that of death, Woods on July 11 will be asked to state by which method he shall die. In case he makes no decision, the court de eides upon' either hanging or shoot ing, the two execution methods of the state. Testimony at the trial of Woods was of a most startling nature. Evi dence brought out that the dead woman's hands and feet had been tied and her body thrown upon the oil-soaked bed. Woods' defense was that his wife bad been mJrdered by two burglars wno ransacked the apartment. Hospital Attaches Wanted. On July 29 the. civil service com mission will hold an open comDeti tive examination to fill vacancies in the positions of messenger and watchman for the United States Veterans hospital No, 77, Portland. The respective salaries of the posi tions are $600 and $480 a year, plug bonus, quarters, subsistence and laundry. Further information as to qualifications, etc., may be ob tained from John S. Howe, Portland secretary of the board of civil serv ice examiners. . , Attack on Girl Charged. SALEM, Or., July 4- (Special.) Charles Landon, said to be a travel ing salesman for -a San Francisco wholesale house, was arrested here tonight and is being held in jail on a charge of contributing to the de Unquency of a 7-year-old child. He LarnecTs Groc er y has its increased profits An example of how the retailer must re vamp his methods to meet new conditions. WHEN A. G. Lamed opened his grocery in 1918, the problem "was to get goods to sell not to -get customers ,to buy. Shipyards were run ning full swing, easy spending was at its height. Every time prices advanced, Larned's profits on his stock increased. Why should he worry about such things as "turnover," and the. dividing line between overhead and profits. When the turn carre and people began to see how far their money would go, Larned tried to stop the gaps. He let a clerk, go, cut down on his delivery service, and took a smaller salary than he was entitled to. Yet, stiU he went into the red ink. But Larned had determination. He stayed awake nights thinking how he could change things. His location was good it was a. neighborhood where many salaries people lived, and they had a relatively greater buying power than when things were at a peak. , : "Why not ask the bank?" was the idea that came to him. "They come in contact with business problems of all kinds." So he told his story to one of our officers. What Was Wrong Larned thought he had all the facts about his busi ness. When we asked him about his turnover, he couldn't tell, l Examination finally showed that his stock was only turning eight times a year, .when the attainable standard is twelve times a year. He couldn't buy new, live goods because his capital was tied up. We pointed out that depreciation on delivery equipment and interest on accounts receivable over 30 days due are items of expense. The Problem That Puzzles Retailers Everywhere This problem of turnover of hidden "leaks" is a vital one today. Dun's record of failures in groceries, alone, during 1921 was 3007, as compared with 1359 during 1919. The Harvard School of Business Administration has made a national study of retail costs. It discloses why so many retailers are constantly going out of business. Merchandising today can't be kept on the right side of the ledger except by knowing not guessing. We Gladly. Advise With Patrons The case of Larned's grocery is typical of many which need a "facing around" in their methods. Naturally, we can only advise, but in many cases, as m this one, a clear picture of what is wrong will lead to the remedy. We are interested in the affairs of our customers, be they large or small. Feel free to consult with the officers of the First National at any time. Avail yourself of the services of the oldest and largest national bank in the Northwest. If you are not a patron of the First National we "invite your account. . THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF PORTLAND OREGON THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK. WEST OF THE ROCKY FOUNTAINS 111 be arraigned tomorrow. rr-i Ann-.i n t - ao-oinct T.anHnn W&.S preferred by th girl's mother. GLOBETROTTER IS HERE Frank Clark, Sailor and Merry Vagabond, In Portland. 'The Wandering Jew" is declared to have been a mere ."piker" com pared to Frank Clark, sailor nd merry vagaoona. wno arnvea n Portland yesterday from Sacramento after attending the celebration of Forty-niners in the latter city sev-i ral days ago. A '"cMA.rinnr Pullman'' in France. India or the United States is as fa miliar to Clark as Washington and Broadway is to a sophisticated Portland flapper, and he is still go ing strong. Already he has made three trips around the globe. : . Besides this, Clark hasmade doz ens across the equator, eight across the continent and 20 or 30 rung across the Atlantic, he declared. Eugene Singer Gets Divorce, EUGENE: Or.. July 4. (Special.) Mrs. Arah Rae Smalley, one ot Eugene's best-known vocalists, was given a decree of divorce yesterday aeainst Edgar' Smalley on the eround of cruel and inhuman treat ment and she was allowed the use of her former name, Arah Kae. year. The county court has made an appropriation of $250 and a spe cial' premium for community ex hibits, which will he made a special feature for this year. Grant County to Have Fair. JOHN . DAY. Or.. July 4. (Spe cial.) The Grant county fair will be held at John Day September 27 to 30. H. F. Herburger has been re appointed secretary for the coming 8-ROOM HOUSE BE TWEEN TWO CAB LINES; HOT-WATER "HEAT, HARDWOOD FLOORS, 2 BATHS, 2 FIREPLACES; ON CORNER LOT, IS IN FINE CONDITIONS NO REASONABLE TERMS REFUSED. CALL 100X RALEIGH. Oregon Jerseys to Be Bought. SALEM, Or., July 4. (Special.) Mr. and Mrs. H. C, Phillipson of Chilliwack, B. C., have arrived in Salem to purchase two carloads of Oregon Jerseys with which to strengthen their herds. Mr. Phillip- son said the Willamette valley herds have . been advertised extensively throughout British Columbia and that a number of buyers will arrive here during the present summer in quest of prise animals. Men to Be Entertained. The men's resort, at Fourth and Burnside streets, will hold an enter tainment open to the general public this evening at 8 p'elock. Vocal-selections will be given by Slr, Jennie Jones, Gertrude Lawrence -and It. Desmond. Norman Kendall Cully will give an address. Motion pic tures will be shown. Paid Scout Worker Wanted. PENDLETON, Or., July 4. (Spe cial.) C. K. Warner, scoutmaster. In charge of boy scout work in the western division, has asked the county council of the Umatilla coun ty, American Legion, to assist in getting a paid worker who would work jointly with boy scouts jn Walla Walla and Umr.tilla counties. The last session of the council for the summer was held in Milton, and preliminary plans for a Joint cele- bration of Armistice day In this county were laid. ' The prestige of Oregonlan want ads has been attained not merely by The Oregonian's large circulation, but by the fact that all its readers are interested in Oregonlan want-t ads. Are You a Skeptic? Ninety-five out of every hundred peo ple that I in terview and treat are skeptical to a marked de gree, due. to the fact that they have tried every thing from Home Remedies to Surgery in a vain attempt te be rid of their Piles and other rectal conditions. I remove Piles without an op eration or surgery. 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