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THE" OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, . SUNDAY ' MORNING, OCTOBER? 1,1911. SaSSiE William Sproule ; Chosen Be- cause of Diplomacy and Ex- ccutiye Ability He Displayed in New York. - ' " especial to Tbs Journal.) . Ssn Francisco,, Cat., Sept. SO. WIN llnnrt Sproule. ,whose appointment at president of the Southern Pacific com- . pony, with headquarters In this, city, ' it has been announced, will arrive next . Thursday to enter upon hla new duties. .'! His appointment becomes effective next Monday. y -,' ' i M Bproulo has already, resigned 'the .' presidency of the WeHs-yargo express company and has been succeeded by. B. 1. Caldwell, of .New York, vice-president of the Delaware & Lackawanna railroad. " It i la .genemlly believed In local Southern Pacific circles that Sproule owes his new position tr Rnhert S. IO vet t, John C. Stubba and Jacob H. J Bchlff. of Kuhn. Uoeb & Co., the New .York bankers of tbs Harrlman system. ' They were influenced, It la said. by. . the ability of Sproule as an executive man, his lone connection with the company on this coast and that they desired hla elements of popularity and diplomacy. alary Wot Known. .' Once they had arrived at this eon ' - elusion Lovett ottered Sproule induce ments to take the place which he could .not refuse What salary ba is to get - :' is not knnwn. '--.-- . - proule la the sixth president of the Southern Pacific Leland Stanford was ths first and C. P. Hantlngton the eec- end. Each got S2S.O00 a year. They were large .owners in the-property. The first man to be president who ; was cot an owner in the road was . , Charles M. Hays, of Montreal. He came to San . Francisco under a contract for three year at J 5 0.0 00 a year. ., - Hays remained a year, IS. -H. Harrl- man. succeeding him. Haya received his other two years' salary in full.' ' Xarrlman Seoeired $75,000. HarrBHSITTrecelved $75,000 a year as president of both the Union and. South ern Pacific lines.. He was a large owner in both properties. - - ' Lovett, as successor to Harrlman in ' the presidency of both roads, has also been enjoying . similar salary, It Is ' ' said; 4 Ha is not an owner In the prop- erty. v Neither Is Sproule. , Stubba and Krottschrtitt. in their positions of .authority over all the Har rlman properties, get $36,000. It Is be--. ' lleved that Sproule was induced to . leave the express company by. the offer of something like that salary, utensils and cots forOwlthstandlnr long sieges at strike points are ' being for warded from Chicago tonight On spe cial trains. , ' ; . , , mallroads to SMrbt. . " VThe strike followed the. refusal.ef the Harrlman : lines . and. the .Illinois Central to recognise the system's fed eration. , This, in effect. ls a union of unions, which demands that all contracts be signed on the name, day, and expire. the same. day, so tht in the event demands are' not met,, a 'general strike, such , as is now so popular In Europe, might be called. The railroads, admitting the , fear of the enlargement of the Idea' to include all trainmen, de clare they will fight to the last ditch before recognizing the, -system's feder ation. . STRIKE SITUATION .:; GROWING CRITICAL if J ' .is (Continued from. Page One.) SACRAMENTO STRIKE COMMITTEE ISSUES ITS , FIRST STATEMENT '(Br th International News Rerrlre.) Sacramento, Sept SO. At the conclu sion of the first meeting the Sacramen to strike committee issued the follow ing statement: ' ' "To the public: 'During the month at June this year,-Representatives of six shop crafts met in Salt Lake City, Utah, and formed a federation and drew bp a combined .schedule. In this schedule, the major portion of the rules were al ready in existence. "In no rule did our federation set a precedent. In the case of each rule, the same was already In existence on other roads, i "We have made but one demand on the " Harrlman lines; that they should meet the represeiitatlves of .the crafts composing our federation, and confer with us on the schedule that we had pro. posed. "We ask of the public only honest Judgment, honest criticism, and, if con slstent, their moiat support. "Each craft has been-notified of fi nancial support from Its international body. : , . .. . . .. "The leaders are jubilant over the first day's results and ths members are confident of an ultimate victory. ."J. O. TAYLOR. Chairman." end of ths system. That the wen who out- did; so reluotsntly . was admitted. They announced that they would obey the order of their chiefs, but that they were determined to give the matter still further Jhought while theTeTwas yet time to recall their action. At, the close of the day all the men who refused to go out at 10:80 a. m were still at their poets, and It was as serted by company officials that, so far as Seattle is concerned, 'the "better Judgment of the men had prevailed." ", COLORADO SHOPMEN ' LEAVE WHEN ORDERS ntur Tn III I is fl IT T Denver, Sept.. 80, Following the walk wtBt Mxf week ONE HARRIMAN LINE IN OREGON IS NOT AFFECTED BY STRIKE - - (Special to The Journal. Marshf ield, Or., Sept SO One of the Harrlman railway Interests which ap parently will not be affected by the strike is the, Coos Bay, Roseburg and Eastern, the SO mile railway in this county which is owned by the Southern Pacific There are shops here where a few men are employed but nearly all the men on the railroad and in the shops have been With the company for a long time and there are no unions among the local railroad men. AT ARGOWASH., WHILE SIX WALK OUT, 50 STAY. AT POSTS THROUGH DAY - . 8pecUl te The Journal.) THROUGHOUT-WESTUchinV-V employed at the Harrlman shops at Argo obeyed the strike order this morning and walked out. Fifty other carmen, cleansers, bollermakere snd sheetmetal . workers remained at their posts notwithstanding the orde of the union officials, '.'..j: . . i Although It represented only a small percentage of the total, the walkout 1 1ng the Union and Southern Pacific and the middle' westerr ' and southern lines tf the Illinois Central. ,W " y ;, ' V Fear that j the; strike may spread , to ither viines,ini s eVentuaaiy, to every line-In America, was' given added fuel when 100 Santa Fe shopmen in Los An- - gelee walked" odt wberi told to make re pairs that had been left by the striking :v Harrlman employes. .J-. That the battle may. be fought in the United States courts and may result in a final battle of labor against what it ' terms "government by injunction," is the belief expressed here tonight, ' fol , lowing receipt of a message from New , Orleans. ' i This message came to the . officials of the Illinois Central and read:. "United' States Judge' Foster today . granted a permanent injunction against ' ,the striking employes of the. Illinois . Central af New , Orleans. " Three rules v for contempt wre cited. , Two men were found guilty snd sentenced ,to imprisonment Another rule will v be tried Tuesday and still another on .Wednesday. A Judge Foster warned thw strikers that If a clean, aggravated cae i was brought before him he would sen , tence the offending striker to one year . In the: federal penitentiary," ; The system federation officials de K clar they 'will fight to the last against this "government by Injunction," which has become of such importance in re cent political events. ' Say.riaoes to Be ruled. " Although. officials of the Illinois Cen tral admit that between 12,000 and 13.000 of their ' employes have walked .. out,, they declare their places will be fUled without difficulty, and that' the road will suffer no Inconvenience as a - result of the strike. ; - System B'ederation officials along the' Harrlman lines 'declare. .'all. their mrri'-... ners 'obeyed the stilko call and place ': their -number at 26,000. These figures k are absolutely denied by Julus Krutt , schnltt. director of operation! and maln .; ' tenance. who declares tonight the Har rlman lines do not employ 25,000 men . In the crafts involved.- He declared fur ther that not nearly all the men went out ' : In the Omaha general shops, he said, only 29 per cent quit; In the Sacramen to general shops 25 per cent, and irt the Oakland shop yards only 11 per cent "Train-schedules, on all Unes are nor mal." . added : Kruttschnitt "and the maintenance of regular schedules will to no manner be" teterrupted." ; Btrlksbreakers Sec ml ted. ' Tt will be Impossible for several days to determine exactly how many men will go out , a a result of the strike order. i Many . of the shops of 'the-- Harrlman 'lines and the Illinois Central have been working only half time and were closed down Saturday., so It Is impossible for either the; federation or ;the railroad ffmciais' to determine the exact num. ber ,of 'Strikers,': 'rf...v 'j. -, v;; ,.. in anticipation. . Of . the strike,- It Is conceded that the roads have been mak ing, extensive repairs on all their rolling stock and tonight they claim -to be able to run for two months without making repairs, in me meantime, they declare, strikebreakers will be employed. The real menace of. the strike, v from ; the viewpoint of the railroads. Is that the train crews will be Involved. It Is the fear 1 of ".that" contingency, that is cauBing. tne greatest alarm. ornces were opened In a number of ouuamgs nere toaay for the employment ".of strikebreakers, and it 41 admtttMH i that- several huqdrtd have been sent souin sjorig tne lines of the Illinois Central. Scores, of private detectives nave neen sworn tn a special agents Doin io guara .. tne- company's property .and to- protect the- strikebreakers. , Chief McWeeny-of the Chicago po'lice ' ivivm. is uoiuing suuo city policemen in reserve la nanaie possible strike riots at Burnslde, where 4000 Illinois Central shopmen quit i , Bedding, srms..' provisions. . cooking out of 600 men employed in the Union- Pacific shops here, leaders of the eye tern federation tonight ordered the boilerraakers and car repairers, on the system tt various Colorado points to quit Immediately. The orders Was aN most unanimously obeyed here, while Cheyenne reports that of 750 men em ployed in the shops there, fully 725 are out- Two'hundered men obeyed the strike order at Salt Lake and 400 at Ogden, nearby.'; There was no indica tion of disorder at 'any place. 3oth the Ogden and Salt Lake shops operated this afternoon with reduced forces. Union Pacific officials, her declare ,they wVI have no difficulty continuing with non-enion men. shirt sleeves and went at the came with a I sest after two-weeks of rail roading; - - '',: ;'" Talks on Tariff vetoes. .Earlier In Aha Cay the. president had gone through the. exhibits of the state fair, garing with Interest at the huge apples, ears of ccro and 'other products of Missouri soil. But a single refer enee ,to politics .marked the day. Taft mads a speech to some 7000 persons In the livestock -pavilion of the fair, and kept the audience attentive . whJle he discussed, his taiKf vetoes. ' ' Breakfast' luucheon .and dinner at the Country club, without speeches, gave the president plenty of rest from ' his ; grind of ' speech making.-' ' After two weciei or aimless wanaer j Ing .about i the middle west President Tan win pegin nis jump into tne real Tomorrow . will be spent In Omaha, Monday in traversing Nebraska and on Tuesday the president will reach Denve". . CAE. Freight Eight Hour Late. (Special ts Th JonrnaM Albany, Or., Sept. 30. All the strikers who walked out this morning from the carshops and roundhouse received time checks from the superintendent's office of the Corvallls ft Eastern railway com pany this afternoon. The only em ployes left In the shops here were the foreman, storekeeper ,and hostler. The freight train that was supposed to leave here at 8:30 this morning did not get under wsy until 4:30 this afternoon, on account er these men .Being out The Strikers at Walla Walla. Walla Walla, TVash.. Sept. SO All the employes In the shops of the O.-W, R. at N. here struck today and precau tions are being taken to guard the shops. Two new deputy sheriffs, were named today to serve at the shops until the strike is over. About 10 men are affected by the strike order, here. PRESIDENT HOLQS ONE SESSION WITH MISSOURI MULES f Continued from- Page One.) saw hall a minion aoiiara worm or mules today. "Mules have gone up from $10 to $20 apiece In the past two days, because of the -declaration of war be tween Italy and Turkey." an old farmer told the president . Aeiator. Thrills. " Besides his experience with the mules, . the president saw a couple of old fashioned harness races on the fair ground track, and after mules and horses had done their share or enter taining, Hugh Robinson, an aviator, performed some aerial stunts in his aeroplane. , , ""'' - - Robinson soared. over the heads of the big crowd at the race track and fright ened a few hundred persons by doing an Interesting' glide down through the air currents. He stirred, the president o nervousness. . " ; hen came the supreme moment of the day for Taft. He and Governor Hadley hurried to the links- of the Se- $6,000,000 IS GAIN' , IN BANK CLEARINGS : ." RECORD IN MONTH (Continued from Page One.) filed for record last month and the value of the property sold was $1,840, 547. "For. September, 1910, there were 1316 transfers, with a total value of $1,642,518. ' Clearings for the banking month end ing at noon yesterday amounted to $49,. pared with clearings of S44.08M78.7S and balances of, $4,762,0(0.74 for Sep tember of last year. . Definite announcements of new con struction enterprises made during - the month assures at least a year of 'un exampled activity In the building line in this elty. Hotels, office buildings and business structures to cost not less than $$,000,000 were arranged for dur ing the month. In addition to this heal thy condition In the line of private con struction, a very large amount . of mu nicipal work Is 'contracted for includ ing street paving, park improvements and sewer extensions. " ' , J Wheat shipments for the month from this port amounted to 1.024.171 bushels as compared with-112,827 bushels for the ' same month . one year " ago. . Flour shipments .amounted to $4,860 barrels, while for September, 1810, this com modity, does not appeal In the list of ex ports. , '( .. ' ' .-- : .v The ' following table : gives - compre hensive figures ' in ' building , permits, bank clearings and postal. receipts for the first, nine month of 1810 and 1911; ' ,' '. 1010 , v 1811.' 1 Build, p'rmlt $ lS,812.46r '$ 14.126,588 Bank "ClYngr - $78,887.21 4 r -408.445,386 Postal receipts '. 644,100 ' ' 724.246 September figures show .tha't Portland enters - the busy season with no evi dence of a .reaction from any quarter. EASY TIME FOR U. S. ; JUDGE AT MEDFORD United States Judge' Bean will open the fall term of the United States court In Medford next Tuesday morning. Uni ted States Marshall Scott will accom pany Judge Bean to Medford and will be present at the opening of the term, It Is not probable that any one rrom the United States attorney's office will attend, as . lliu UnltaJ States has no cases coming up In the Medford dis trict Although comparatively little business is transacted In the Medford court the law insists upon the court be lag opened 'twice a year for the hear Ing of such cases as may be set for trial. ' '- -. .'.-. , MAN MUNCHING, BREAD JS ARRESTED AS BOLD, . BAD THIEF SUSPECT Detective Royle arrested a bold $ thief suspect last nttht la the .'$ $" person ? of William Ryan, who $ $ was taken Into 'custody at Fourth $ e and Burnslde streets. Ryan was w seen walking up the street with 4 a long loaf of French bread un- $ f der his arm the end of which he 4 was busily engaged In chewing. . $ - "Something wrong here,"- $ thought Royie to himself. "If e he came by that i honestly. It 4 would be wrapped up. , I shall look In yon bakery wagon and see If there Is a loaf missing. "Ab!l ha!!! - I see,' said Royle.- "I am a detective come with me," said the policeman, tapping Ryan on the : shoulder. . Detec tive Coleman was called to as sist In the arrest, so with Cole man In the lead, Ryan behind, munching the loaf of bread, and Royle as rear guard, they marched to the station. 'Let me have the bread, won't ,yer, copT" begged Ryan as he was locked up.,;' - DEAL FOR FWi SIREEI PHOPERIY Frank Dayton - Pays $55,000 X for 3 Story Brick; Leases It for $5000 Yearly. . ' -,' ....'. , ' v Yale Swamps Holy Cross. . ' New Haven, Conn., Sept $0. By the eeo re of 28 to nothing, Yale annihilated Holy 'Cross todsy. Two blocked kicks, long runs by Howe and Spalding, a safety by Gibson and four goals by Francis made up Tale'a score. ... i ' Beginning . May 1. . 1912, Cleveland lathers will receive $5 per day, -. ' Frank Dayton, the First street hard- ware merchant closed a deal yesterday ; for the . purchase of . the three .story brick building s.r the northeast corner of First and Taylor streets. Mr. Day ton bougth the property from owners jiving In England and paid $55,000 for, Something over 10 year ago Mr. Day ton took a 20 year lease on the (4 by 78 foot parcel, which he has Just pur-, chased, and Improved it together with a 22 by 54 foot piece to the rear, with the brick building which he has since oocupled as a hardware , store. Imme diately after closing a tibial for the pur- chase of the property, MfvDayton leased. It for $0 years to 3. W. Chadsey at an annual rental of $5000. - The lease trans action, was negotiated through the of fices of M. E. Lee. Mr. Chadsey will remodel . the ; building, converting ' the, lower floor into three store rooms front ing First street and two pn Taylor. lie Will pot In modern plate glass fronts and other up-to-date improvements. Mr.. Dayton retains a lease on' one of the First street store rooms. - ' v ' Journal want ads bring results. P ' caused much surprise to the operating i dalia Country club for a round of golf. department, which counted on the loy-1 No one was allowed to accompany the alty of the men at the. extreme northern! party. The president strippedlo his rs Think of that. A little plaster, with a dot of soft B & B wax, has removed already fifty million corns. And very few are now removed in any other way. The plaster is applied in a j iffy. It is harmless, painless, comfortable. Theain all stops the second you apply it. Within two days the corn comes out. Now millions of people never suffer from corns. As soon as they feel one they put on a Blue-jay, and the pain ends instantly. In 48 hours the corn is gone. It is folly to corse corns, pare them, protect them, when a simple Bftie-jay plaster ends the trouble entirely. Go get a package now. A la the picture Is the soft BAB wax. It loosens the com. V B protects the corn, stopping the pais st once. C wraps around the toe. It Is narrowed to be comfortable. D is rubber adhesive to fasten the plaster on. Blu-Jay Corn Plasters (2) . Alae BkM-iay Biawa flatten. All Dnuistt Sell . Gairute These, -';,,;; .-'.-' ; i'' - ;! bample auuibu tee . Baner A Black, Chicago and New York, Makers of Surgical Dressings, etc '',".'.'.-'' : ;- - ' ;'"-..-" . "' f '".'":. ''.' V "- '.' - ''.;'-';-. ..-'' i '-. ,. r' jet , ... hft, , 7 x? r - ( Bush & Lane "-Y lf Ml 40 to 50 PER CENT DISCOUNT MR. PIANO BUYER Don't Delayli Don't Wait! But Come, and Come Early, Too! Look) Read! Reflect! Then Act Quickly! 40 to 50 PER CENT DISCOUNT is Is the Greatest Piano Sale EVER KNOWN IN THE HISTORY OF THE PIANO BUSINESS IN PORTLAND m Ask the man who owns one 1 i PAR KROSE Pegs Classified! Section. J THE Packard is the prevailing car at every touring center because it is a being of fibre and sinew. To such . qualities has been added the unusual touch , of elegance that gives the Packard its distinction in the motor car parade. . - . Since 1907 the tnement el the Hotel Eltoa (W.t.rborr Mn.r AM sept e reliefer for th e MoftouriBlautomobilitta. Every ' a (Accordin j to the reg istrations published ia U1C fans CUlllUO Ul IIIC torirtis resiMeree who ihai ,top. New York Herald, 53 , .;fAtei yftlo9r?- ... . ii .t is interettlai to aole that the tier Cent OI all tbe Cart ' three Wdi.u cart repreled hare - driven by American tourists In Europe, from April 1 to July 1, were TPackards and ther were over three times as ytnany ..Packards aa care of any other make. U ' "FRANK stood la tbe asms ratio lor th- I... lour rests, -f -rttwYirtHtrmU ' Ths retlttrstloss st the Bites, at pablished la the New York Herald, show that amenf tlxtrtJa ' maker 14 pet cent oi all cart were ' Packards aad that there were near ly twleo as satnv Packard ss cars ' : SMae, f Vefsar ether C RIGGSJ V ' ' - s PACKARD. SERVICE BUILDING Cornell Road, Twenty-third and Washington Streets It Is the Greatest Because it is absolutely bona fide in every respect. It Is the Greatest Because of m extremely low - 111 . 1 prices at which they are bein sold. - . It Is the GreatesfBecause the 'majority of pianos, soia are sincuy-new It Is the Greatest Because of the frreat fluan- 7-: . tity of the highest grade of , pianos offered for sale. It Is the Greatest Because of , the exceptional- ..... 1y low terms being made - ; terms to suit your convenience. ' It Is the Greatest f fcause every piano, is . . fully warranted for 10 to 25 years and backed by one of Portland's.most repu table business houses Bush & Lane Piano Co. -v and the best the market affords for twice the price. Followingr Prices Prevail Monday. October 2 Only. and On No Other Date T -g-.w'1' iii Waist , - ' -V' v. '"ssjiiaisa.,- , , I SOS? Li: S7l : BUSH ; (. LANE -PlIANOr'CO.i Majestic TKqatre BuaJihg . 355 Washington St. Open Eycnings Until lO b'CIoct f l! 5f