,
ilLZSL
TIIE. SUNDAY OtfEGONIAN, PORTLAND, JULY 13. 1919.
llDLGQTT ASKS 1
IN ENDING STRIKE
V:
j Oregon Defegation in Congress
j Urged to Act.
TATE BODY IS HELPLESS
ti
I
ft
t:
t JoJnt GommJttee of Union In San
t $ i'raacisoo Advocate Walkout
t J Affecting Whole Nation.
-a .
j BAUTH. Or- July J! (Special.)
" Connor Oleott late today lent night
', tMtera to members of the Oregon dele-
I Ration In the United States congrera. I
i and William R Vil.on. secretary of ,
" labor. urging that aome action be taken
- at the capital to aid In terminating the
strike of telephone operators ana eiec
I trlral workers in Oregon.
The a-oernor'a telearam follows:
t i -At a namber of points In Oreso
telephone service is .very bad. due to
jtf flcoltles between employes snd the
t employing- companies. The state board
)4f conciliation has endeavored to ad
.list the difficulties, but lacks authority
J to attain concrete result. Any effort
an your part to aid In an aroirable ad
ijuatment or the dimcuiiy wouia
flaincerely appreciated.
I ? Similar telearams have been sent to
Washington by Mayor Baker and other
ft rominent Portland men.
? i SEATTLE. Wash, July li. Plan
-Vslrned to end the telephone strik
lOi Seattle br the oreannation of an
.SJ-bltrallTe body, which they say does
evt exist In Seattle at thia time, were
. son and the general emcee m in
" Pacific Telephone Telegrsph com
unf at San Francisco today by the
.Seattle chamber of commerce.
: Tha chamber, which declares crea
flon of such a body might see settle
'Went of the strike, has telegraphed
either commercial organisations in Pa
4fle coast cities of their action and
-secommendinc that a concerted effort
Xsif this sort be made In all cities at
. fee led.
Whiteelde. a special officer, on Port
land heights June 14. while Miller has
tha additional cnarge of assault and
robbery of C. P. Small on the east aid
on the night of June 19.
Garland Rose and Broda Sublette
were charged In an Indfotment with
the larceny of four automobile tirea
from A. Turtledove and for other lar
ceny, of a petty nature.
Captain William Hanaon of the 6un
nyside fire department is charged with
assault and battery on complaint of
L. W. Gllllhan. Willis W. Ireland was
Indicted on the charge of stealing an
automobile belonging to Addison
Knapp.
Passing iad checks Is the charge
against Leonard Coffman and Clinton
Grief. They are alleged to hava stolen
blank checks from the Fulton Wood
company and to have forged them. Hal
Strauch Is another of the alleged auto
mobile robbers, being charged with the
theft of a machine belonging to Mabel
McBrlde from in front of the Heilig
theater on the evening of July S.
J. F. Kelliher and Edward Far re 11 are
facing similar charges, both men being
alleged to have visited Italian garden
ers under the guise of officers in search
of liquor. Kelliber Is accused of taking
llaO from Thomas Eiconettl on June
15. while Farrell Is alleged to have
taken a similar amount from William
Poggi on May 17.
AT
CLEVELAND. July 12. Telephone
a-rrlce was tied up here, m hen approx
Unatelv "rOd union operatora and elec
lurtcal workers of the Cleveland (Bell
rsVatem) and Ohio State Telephone com
atanle went on strike at o'clock this
"saoming to enforce their demands for
Z Anion recognition.
t
- 8 PR IN Q FT ELD. Ill, July 13. A strike
'-k telephone operators and electrical
'workers affiliated with the Interna
tjonal Brotherhood of Electrical Work.
r In Cleveland and roungstown. J.,
'Was sanctioned today, according to an-
"nhuncement of Secretary Charles P.
"ford of the electrical workers' union.
J4r. Ford said officials of the telephone
companies In both cities had refused
i follow out the provisions of the
tfurleeon order which extended to the
AMrtion and electrical workera the
iris-tit to organise.
The situation In the Pacific coast
flstrlct. where 10.000 telephone opera
Jt-s and electrical workers have been
strike for a month. Is unchanged,
r. Ford said. The strike of operators
ployed by the Bell Telephone com
4nr in St. Louis, which was called
Vtveral weeks ago. is still in effect snd
te situation unchanged. It was said.
-
. J OAKLAND. Cal.. July II. The strike
sttuation remains at a deadlock In the
'list Bay districts. The electrical work
is local will meet Wednesday night
next to take a vote on the demand to
Ike Oreat Western and i'aciiic ia
Mectrle companies to close wires feed-
lag the Pacific Telephone company.
. 1
VATIOX-WIDE STRIKE URGED
J I
Telegram to Central Body by Pacific
j ' . Coat Committee.
Recommendations for a nation-wide
ie)ephone strike to enable Pacific coast
4rators and electrical workers to ob-
)$n their demands have been made to
fiernattonal President Noonan by the
Snt committee, which met yesterday
1 San Frsnrlsco. Such was the lnfor
tnatlon received by Portland electrical
Jrkers from their delegate. C. C. Don
pan. yesterday. His message follows:
J joint committee recommends Inter
national President Noonan to call a
f Itional telephone strike. Grosser has
J reived, telegram from Noonan saying
tree 11 la In conference with postal
authorities relative to retroactive pay.
j-frika committee votes thanks to Local
pr 125 in course pursued toward Hurd.'
i (Reference to action toward Mr. Hurd
Vfcs occasioned by the union's expulsion
t( the former president and the assess
ment of a 11000 fine. Mr. Hurd. fol
lowing testimony before the Oregon
Conciliation board last Monday, was de
clared by members of the union to be
as agent of the telephone company.
tad when he Is alleged to have violated
t9e strike order later In the week In
returning to work, the local filed for
trsU complaint against him and he was
f spelled and fined Jli'O. Notice of the
tiaion's action has been sent by regis-
rea mau to mt. nuru. n was saia last
rhC
2 Portland telephone operators were
Itfbilant last night upon receiving a re
frt that IS of the 20 operators bad
eualked out of the Eugene exchange.
4d that 14 out of the 1 employed at
Tee Dalles had quit. This extends the
fmka to towns that had not felt the
affect of the walkout to such an ex-
l-tit as In Portland, it is asserted.
4 The sum of 110 was contributed to
tw relief fund by the blacksmiths and
Iflpers union yestrrdsy.
J . joint meeting of electrical workers
rd telephone operatora will be held at
I o'clock today in Selling-Hirsch build-
kg for discussion of plans to bring
Wut greater co-operation between the
teo organisations in Interrupting wire
aornmunication.
. j
5100,000 BJILM IS ASKED
GEORGE BORING, IX. ALIENA
TION" SCIT, ASKS BIG SIM.
James E. Barliss of San Francisco
Act-used of Stealing Love of
Portland Man's Wlte.
One hundred thousand dollars is
asked in a suit filed In the circuit court
yesterday, by George Boring. Portland
business man. against James E. Bsyllsa
of San Francisco, in which Mr. Boring
claims that Bayliss stole the affec
tions of his wife, Jane Boring.
broke up his home. A divorce suit wss
filed by Mr. Boring against his wife at
the same time, and a petition was pre
sented to the Juvenile court asking that
the plaintiff be granted the temporary
custody of their (-year-old daughter,
Janet.
Mr. Boring Is the northwest sales
manager of the Pacific States Electrl
company, with headquarters in Port
land: while Mr. Bayliss is the head of
the Pacific coast agency for the Cadil
lac Automobile company, with offices
in San Francisco.
The plaintiff in his complaint charges
that Bayliss contrived by promises of
costly presents and a more luxurious
home and by professions of affection to
win away the love of his wife and to
persuade Mrs. Boring to refuse to live
with her husband.
About April 15. 1917. the plaintiff al
leges, ne returned to his home at 37
East Twenty-sixth street North unex
pertedly after an absence of several
days and found his wife and Bayliss
together there. He also alleges that
the defendant secretly met Bayliss at
her home on several other occasions.
Mr. and Mrs. Boring were married In
Seattle in 1910 and have one child,
Janet, whoso custody the father asks.
Baylies, it is said, is a man of consid
erable wealth in San Francisco, and has
wife and home there. The case has
been brought to the attention of th
district attorney's office for posslbl
criminal complications-
Reserve Officers' Course
Firing Taken by 20.
SHAM BATTLE IS .HELD
Men From O. A. C. Are in Class
That Is Making Study or Mill
, ,'tarjr Tactics.
flARGES OF ASSACLT. LARCEXY
I AND BURGLARY PREFERRED,
li
if
o Men Arrested In Allejsed Attempt
o Rob Tire Simp on Xight When
John Lndti Was Killed.
alt. larceny and burglary were
charges preferred against Richard
A-g and David Miller yesterday in the
ff.f ictmenta returned: by m grand jury
fc session th past week. Berg and
zl filer are the two alleged holdup men
fo were with John Ludtl when Ludti
;as shot and killed by Patrolman John
mn on the night of June 30. The two
lien were arrested while attempting to
ir a tire shop on the east side, it was
ajged.
Berg and Miller were Indicted on the
charge of larceny of an automobile be
lariglng to John L. Shater and also aj
tfi looting of the tire shop of C. U.
North. Williams avenue. Berg is
INJUNCTION CASE HEARD
Salem Company Would Obtain De
livery of Loganberries.
SALEM. Or.. July 12. (Special.) Ar
guments were heard before judge
Bingham In the circuit court here toaay
In the case brought by tne saiem
Kings Products company, asking that
temporary injunction be issued re
straining J. W. Lafollet from dispos
ing of his loganberries to any other
person than the plainuir-
The complaint charged mat mr. la
follet had failed to deliver any of his
crop of 3S tons to the company In ac
cordance with his contract and demands
that he be required to deliver the re
mainder of his yield still unpicked.
which will amount to about 16 tons, to
the company.
LIKENS' BCDY RECOVERED
Burial of Soldier Drowned Here to
Be at Home in loa.
The bodv of Chsrles Edward Likens.
former sergeant of the apruce division.
ho was drowned while swimming at
Columbia Beach Thursday night. , was
recovered late yesterday by Municipal
Grappler Brady. The body was found
ear the float toward which Likens
as swimming when last seen, within
I feet of the point where it was
thought he must have gone down.
The body will be forwarded to the
ome or Likens parents at urieni.
owa. The Knights of coiumous here
received a message yesterday from the
parents. Instructing them to take
charge and forward the body. Liken
having been a member of the society.
Film Company Incorporates.
SALEM. Or, July 1J. (Special.) L.
S. MrNutt. O. R- Stuck and Oscar Ert
ler are. incorporators of the Columbia
Film corporation of Portland, according
to papers filed here today. The pur
pose of the corporation Is to manufac
ture, produce, buy, sell and distribute
moving pictures. The capital stock is
I50.V00.
CARD OF THANKS.
We wish to thank our friends snd
relatives for their kindness, sympathy
and floral offerings sent to us at the
bereavement of mrr son and brother.
MR. JOHN 3. TALBOT
Artv. AND FAMILY.
"A Stitch in
Time Saves 9"
j sj Wages to weavers in the Orient
"J; have increased from 20c to $1-50
I0i ay nvest nw n
(Oriental &ug;$
it before the increases are felt
here. Our stocks were never
larger or more attractive.
Onr expert will care for your
repairing, cleaning and storage.
THE PRESIDIO. San Francisco, July
IS. (Special.) The first battalion of
the reserve officers training corps,
which is in camp here for six week
returned today from seven days on the
rifle range near. Fort Barry. The sec-
and battalion. Including company K, in
which there are several Oregon men,
left at 1 o'clock today for the range.
Approximately 250 men boarded the
Ecuador, a government boat bound for
Fort Baker, across the bay from Pre
sidio. After landing, they were marched
to the range, some two miles east
toward Fort Barry, where camp was
made. The second battalion will move
Into the barracks vacated by the re
turning men.
While on the range the men took the
prescribed army course in firing, and
reserve officers' training camp marks
mansnip records were kept. All th
men of the camp will have a chance to
qualify as "marksmen" and "sharpshoot
era" and, if qualifying, probably will
receive the badges from the war de
partment at an early date. The firing
was carried on every day, except Sun
day. Each of the four companies was
on the firing line for two hours at
time!
Colonel Charles H. Boyce Is in charge
of the encampment on the range, where
the men sleep In barracks and large
tents and have their mess in the vlcln
ity of the target range. Lieutenant
Colonel Walter Moore is giving the in
struction in musketry and conducts
squad and volley fire. All target work
on the range Is under the direction of
Major W. J. McCaughey, assisted by
Majors C. L. Tinker and D. O. Richard
and Captain C. O. Heath.
The senior advanced members of the
reserve officers' training corps were
declared winners In a sham battle con
ducted here Thursday morning. Com
pany H. commanded by Captain Evan
K. Meredith, and composed of college
men, about ZO or them rrom Oregon,
defeated a battalion of three com
panies in the maneuver.
The reserve officers training corps
was entertained Thursday night at the
Oregon building with several im
promptu stunts by members of the
corps. Marion " Bab McCart, Junior at
the Oregon Agricultural college, boxed
two rounds for a single decisior over
A. Kinney, from the University of
Idaho. Both men are members of com
pany H. which has carried off most of
the honors in the various competitions
held here. Earl A. Hutchings. recent
graduate of Oregon Agriculural college,
also boxed in a fast match with Ellas
M. Keely, the University of Montana s
lone representative in the camp. Lieu
tenant Scott, instructor in field artil
lery at Oregon Agricultural college.
refereed the boxing.
IRON RAEBIT IS STOLEN
Small Boy Suspected of Theft of
Front-Yard Ornament.
An iron rabbit, used for an ornament
in the front yard of Ella r. Hart, 113
North- Twentieth street, was stolen yes
terday, according to report to the po
lice. Police suspect the thief was
small boy with fervid recollections of
Easter rabbits.
Max. Burholzer. 81 Mct'Iellan street
reported that a thief had entered hii
room and had stolen S800 worth of sav-
ng certificates, a J30 Liberty bond, and
$a savings stamp.
STRIKERS TEAR UP TRACKS
Workers Completely Tie TCp Railroad
Systems In Portugal.
BADAJOS, Spain. 'July 12. Railroad
workers in Portugal who declared a
general strike on July 1 have torn up
tracks, destroyed bridges and blocked
unnels, according to travelers reach
ing here.
The railroad systems were said to be
completely tied up.
VIOLINIST TOWED IN FRANCE
Miss Susie Adele Becker Will Leave
Portland Today. '
A call from France to marry the sor-
ier hero of her choice has come to Miss
Lucie Adele Becker, the Portland violin- I
1st, who leaves with the 5.30 o'clock
train this afternoon en route to Stras
bourg, Alsace, France. The name of Miss I
Becker's betrothed is Sergeant Ray
mond Langlade, who is also a violinist.
Miss Becker plans to sail from New I
Tork city. July 29, with the steamer I
Rochambeau for La Havre, France.
Last April Miss Becker arrived in
thia city from Strasbourg, suffering from
the bad effects of shell fire and es
pecially' from want of milk and meats.
in her native town of Strasbourg. She
came here to visit her brother, Lucien
C. Becker and the latter's wife, and
planned to make her home with them.
She appeared with distinguished suc
cess as a young violin star at a sum- I
ber of Portland musicales. and gradu- I
ally recovered her good health. Then
came love s call, and Sergeant Lang
lade a suit would not be dented.
"It may be that my future husband
and I will eventually settle In Portland I
at least I hope so," said Miss Becker,
last night. "I long to return before very I
long. At present Sergeant Langlade s I
business affairs will not permit him to I
leave France. He was wounded In the
face. In the recent war with Ger
many, and only recently was aemoon-
ixed, to return to civil life.
DOUGHBOYS OF FIRST DIVISION
EJfTERTAIX 10,000.
Army Tracks Camouflaged as Circus I
Wagons and Trained Animals
Included in Performance.
COBLEZ. Friday, July 11. (By the
Associated Press.) American soldiers I
who captured Cantlgny and scored
various other victories against the Ger
mans, are performing in a three-ring I
circus this week for the entertainment
of the soldiers along the Rhine. Hun
dreds of German civilians were per
mitted to witness the performances by
the payment of an admission lee of one
mark.
The 1st division Is presenting the
circus at Montabaur and the first per
formance was given today. Excursion
trains were run today from Coblens I
to Montabaur for the benefit of the
soldiers of the 2d and 3d divisions.
The opening performances today were
witnessed by at least 10.000 persons.
including Major-General Henry T. Al-
en, commander of the American forces
along the Rhine, and scores of French
and British officers. There were side
hows and refreshment stands and all
the other accessories of a regulation
circus.
A parade is held daily in Montabaur.
Army trucks, camouflaged to represent
ircus wagons, rumble over the cobble
stones of the town along with ele
phants, bears, camels and ponies from
the. Havenback circus. There are a
umber of trained animals.
All the human performers are sol-
iers. Including bareback riders and
acrobats. There are wild west features I
with Indians, a stage coach and all the I
fittings. The Germans appeared to en-
Joy the circus as much as the soldiers.
mfrnm
9m mm
The Throat of the Cheney
Where It Gathers Tones
Like a Living Voice
Th Cheney Acoustical
Throat
ill )lB!p!Sl
mmmBmasmemn
mm
&j? Hepplewhita
THE art of tone reproduction
has reached new heights in
this remarkable invention of
Forest Cheney, embodied only in
Cheney Phonographs.
Just as sounds are gathered and
controlled in a living throat, so
sound vibrations are controlled
in the acoustical throat of the
Cheney. .
Cheney
PHONOGRAPH
This exclusive , Cheney invention
keeps every instrument in an orchesr'
tra record in proper balance tones
are reflected perfecdy without possi'
Mity of distortion.
No other phonograph can duplicate
the serene purity or the richness of
Cheney tones the Cheney method
is covered by basic patents.
Cheney period cabinets, following
the finest traditions of Old English
furniture design, harmonize in every
environment.
Cheney Xujong. machine Company
rtpreienttd by
BOY OF TEN PASSES CHECK
Other Lad at Bend Finally Admits
Forging Woman's Name.
BEND, Or., July -12. (Special.)
After attempting to cash a $125 check
rawn in favor of Mrs. Harry Gant of
this city at a local bank, 11-year-old
ames Crumm first denied that he had be laid In Enterprise. Crews of men
gned Mrs. Gant's name to the check, I are laying storm sewers, putting down
new steel ter pipe to replace the old
wood pipe, and constructing curbing.
In the first unit Vhe city will lay
little more than a mile of paving in
the business streets this year, and
next year the improvement probably
will be extended to residence districts
and to the through stree' - connecting
G. F. Johnson Piano ClL
149 Sixth, Bet, Alder and Morrison
declaring that he had found the paper,
but later the boy broke down in the
uvenile court and confessed.
By mistake the letter had been placed
In his fathers box at the postoffice.
and the boy had opened the box. found
the check and Induced a 10-year-old
companion to pass it at the bank. Let-i
ter and envelope had been cast, aside
as he left the postoffice, and had been
found a little later by an officer. The j
boys had planned to purchase motor
cycles and a wagon with the money,
they said. ...
GOVERNOR MAKES REQUEST
Major Willis Wanted as Inspector I
for Third Oregon Infantry.
SALEM. Or., July 13. (Special.)
pon the recommendation of Conrad
Staf rin, adjutant-general. Governor Ol
eott today sent a letter to the war de
partment at Washington, D. C, request-
g that Major Percy A. Willis be ap-
inted Inspector-Instructor for the
Third Oregon infantry.
Major Willis served for eight years
the - national guard of Oregon,
previous to his entrance Into the United
States army. He is on the active list of
nited States army officers, recently
ing stationed at New Orleans, but
now is visiting relatives in Oregon. In
is letter to the war department the
governor inclosed the recommendation
the adjutant-general.
with the main country roads,
present Job will cost $117,000.
The
Gypsies Ordered to Leave City.
Patrolmen Morgan and McCormick
yesterday issued orders to a tribe of
gypsies to leave the Kenton district
and move from the city limits. Real
dents of the neighborhood in which the
gypsies camped allege that the tribe
had been etealing everything movable.
WOMEN! DRY CLEAN
THINGS AT HOME
Try it! For a few cents you can
dry clean everything.
ing
pon
Enterprise Paving Its Streets.
ENTERPRISE, Or., July U. (Spe
cial.) Preliminary work is now well
under way for the first pavement to'
Save five to ten dollars quickly by
dry cleaning everything in the home
with gasoline that would be ruined by
soap and- water suits,, coaca, waists,
ilks. laces, gloves, shoes, furs, drap
eries, rugs everything!
Place a gallon or more of gasoline in
a disnpan or wasnDoner, men put in
the - things to be dry cleaned, then
wash them with Solvit soap. Shortly
everything comes out looking like new.
Nothing fades, shrinks or wrinkles.
Do not attempt to dry clean without
Eolvite soap. This gasoline soap is the
secret of all dry cleaning.
A package of Solvit soap containing
directions for home dry cleaning, costs
little at any drug store. Iry clean out
doors or away irora flame.
til
10th and Alder
Largest Oriental Rue; Dealers
in the West
An Added Pleasure
Sunday Dinner at
The Hazelwood
Where one is sure of being served with
the latest of the season's delicacies.
Plate Dinner 60c Vegetable, Dinner 35c
Table d' Hote Dinner $1.00
HAZELWOOD
SPECIAL
CHOCOLATES
can now be purchased from
enterprising dealers in
nearly' every town in
Oregon. If your favorite
store does not already
have them, send the name
to ns and we will write '
them.
HEN you return from your Sunday out-
ting you'll enjoy these supper suggestions
Toasted Cheese Sandwich
Cracked Crab with Mayonnaise
Chicken a La King
Fruit Salad -
Watermelon
388 Washington
127 Broadway
" J3ia xz
r
WE PLACE
YOUR
H
Ei. Mi
h-5 -v
Dr. B. E. Wright
IN THE
BEST
POSSIBLE
CONDITION
AT THE
LEAST
POSSIBLE
COST
Provided you take into consideration careful,
highly-skilled work and the best grade of materials.
Where a few teeth are missing a well-made and
perfectly fitted bridge will prove a blessing. Inferior
bridge work will cause irritation, trouble and pain.
A perfect-fitting plate, such as we make, will fit
snugly, chew your food satisfactorily and improve
your appearance 100 per cent. A badly fitted plate
is humiliating, annoying and a waste of money at
any cost.
In gold or porcelain fillings, crownwork and the
painless extraction of teeth our work is unexcelled
at any price.
My Prices Are Very Reasonable
DR. BE. WRIGHT
PAINLESS EXTRACTION OF TEETH
Twenty Years in Active Service
Northwest Corner of Sixth and Washington, Raleigh BIdg.
. Phone Main 2119
Office Hours: 8 A. M. to 6 P. M.
Open Evenings by Appointment
Consultation Free
Sundays 10 to 12 A. M.