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THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, P ORTLAND.; TUESDAY, MAY :-. 13, Wt. ELtO GIRLS W1AY STRIKE ON COAST s Walkout Decided Upon for Mon day Unless .Demands for In creased Wages Are Met. Oakland, CaL, May 18. (U. P.) Tale phone and electrical service throughout "Washing-ton, Oregon. California and Ne vada win be Interrupted Monday by a - strike of 18,000 electrical workers un less demands of the telepnone girls for wage increase are granted, Js the ulti matum Issued today by electrical work ers, following; big meeting- here. 'Julia. O'Connor, who directed the strike In New England, Is reported en route to the coast. . , ; The girls' demands were submitted several weeks ago,' but have received no consideration. " according to union, offi cials. " - The operators, whose cause la being sympathetically espoused by the elec trical -workers and linemen, are making the following demands; I First six months of service, $2 a day. Second six months, 12.25 a day. T Next .three months. I2.&0 a day. , , ' Eighteen months to two years, $a.50 a day. " yfrom two yeara on, $4 a day. Xo word Indicating a strike of Oregon electrical workers had been received at the offices of local .125, International Brotherhood of Electrical workers, in Portland up to : noon today, but the Oakland ultimatum, when it laapproved ' by the International "president, will be carried out here, officials of the union declared this morning. -. Coast headquarters of the interna tional are in Oakland - and Information of the mass meeting of electrical work ers is said "Undoubtedly to emanate from the office of . the international vice president in that city. If such is the case, it bears authority, It is said, that will require a sympathetic walkout In Oregon on Monday. Official word of action at Oakland is expected at Port land headquarters today. Portlanders Will - Go to Strawberry Show in Roseburg Arrangements have been made by the Portland Chamber of Commerce to send a-special car . of local business men to Xloseburg for : the annual Strawberry festival May 23 and 24. The festival Is , to- RoHeburg what' the Rose Festival Is to Portland, as the first strawberries In Oregon are shipped from this ptifht. .David F. Honeyman. chairman of the Jobbers' committee of the chamber, named as chairman of the committee on arrangements for the southern trip, has selected as his helpers H. J. Frank, R. La. Bracket! and W. J. Roope, Arrange ments for accommodations on the spe cial car may be made with E. N. W.eln fcaum at the Chamber of Commerce. Sister4n-Law of Justice Brarf&eis to i Visit Portland Soon Miss Pauline Goldmark, manager of the women's service section of the rail road administration at "Washington, D. C has written to Mrs. Millie R. Trum bull, secretary of the Industrial Wel fare commission, that ahe probably will arrive in Portland May 20. . Miss Goldmark is a sister of Joseph ine Goldmark. author of "Fatigue and Kfflciency," the book which served as a foundation for the brief which won the 10 hour day case for Oregon, and a , Sister-in-law of Louis Brandels, justice of the United States supreme court. . Professional women of Portland are making plans for the . entertainment of Miss Goldmark during her visit here. . , Men on Parole in . Portland to Meet - Keller Wednesday ' Salem, May 13. State Parole Officer Joe Keller has arranged tot meet all paroled men working in or around Port land at a conference to be held in the Multnomah county, courthouse Wednes day from a. m. to .noon and from 2 to p. m. This will be, the first official conference under the new rules estab lished by the parole board upon recom mendation of Keller and approved by the governor. ' ' Approximately 100 pa roled men. most of them worklna- in Portland shipyards, are expected to re port to the parole officer at this time. Roosevelt Highway i Campaign to Start An active campaign in behalf of the Roosevelt military : highway will be started In Eastern and Central Oregon next week. An itinerary 'of speaking dates, covering the period up to May 30, .: is being arranged for'a battery of speak ers, consisting of B. F.i Jones of New port, T. H. Hendley of Tillamook and A. I Norblad of Astoria.- They will make the circuit in an automobile, leav ing Portland Monday. Gould Troubles fn Court New York. May IS. (U. P; When the petition of Frank J. Oould for .re moval of his brother, George," from trusteeship of the millions of the late Jay Gould came up in supreme court Iter today, the defendant was ready with a request that large, sections of the complaint be stricken out- It Is al leged George Gould's mishandling cost the estate t25.000.000. Die from Eczema : T wrotte Joone Hopkhss Hwpltal l j west to several doctors. I tried other - - f. remedies. I taeecht 1 weald die. D.D-D. . eared m after I had aiw aii hop -- to veraet well agate tm earth. Mra. 1 Sanaa Wtoe, aw Fraaklia SC Beltaanre, Weeersefref havosen Di. D. D. beat as My cases ef esvers sate troeble that we knew It wiil help roa tee. la fact. we gtweaatea tae am W4uw, hb ILL Ictlcnibr S&n Discasa Thought Sha4.VouId Use of Cars Lost Due to Failure to, :; Jb .Capacity Attention is being called to.the fact 'thatj shipments of flour are hot being loaded to capacity since the railroad administration released its conirol. in a letter sent out by Regional AWrector R. H. Alshton. He declare that, dur ing the last month, a saving of 20 per cent could have been effected-for the railroad administration If shippers had loaded to maximum. j , Mr. .Alshton says that the mlilera are not averse to heavy loading , but are governed by the consignees orders " and the resultis' that onJy. S per cent of the capacity of the railroad equipment has been utilised-of late. "Had -cars been loaded- in March, 1919." says Mr. Alshton, "on the same basis as De cember. 1918, the flour loading from Minneapolis could have been: handled la J207 less scars. This means that other , shippers , were deprived :of the use of 1207 cars." TERRIFIC PACE SET Giant Tanks and Shells by Mil lion Turned Out When War . Comes to End. Washington, May 13. (U. P.) How Yankee Ingenuity armed the A. E. F. to the astonishment of the allies Is shown in war department figures made public today by Benedict Crowell, di rector of munitions. Had the war lasted two month, longer, three-ton tanks would have been, rolling from the Henry Ford factory at the rate of 100 daily. Only 15 were ac tually built- Over 200 six-ton tanks were completed and 289 were being as sembled. British and American staff officers designed a big tank carrying a dozen men, of which BOO were ordered. An other monster tank, an all-American de sign, was started, 1450 being the Initial order. Work on these was 50 per cent finished. Machine gun manufacture exceeded that of England, France and Germany. The army started with virtually nothing In the way of machine gun equipment. but in 19 months was producing 27.270 guns monthly against 12.126 In France and 10,949 In Great Britain. The sum mary shows ; Machine guns on hand In the United States at the beginning of the war, 1453. . . Machine gnns delivered to the United States to November 30, 1918. 186.281. Total rifle production during the 19 months of war was 2,506.307. About 30,000,000 rounds of small arms ammunition was manufactured. When the war ended America had turned out 38,000.000 hand grenades and, contracted for 726000,000. MEN OF EIGHTEENTH WHO RETURNED TODAY ( Continued From Pace One) Henry E. McGraw. Banks. Jesse McCurren, Portland; Joaquin M. McMurren, Portland. Josia C. Nelson, Newberg. William G..Nirmela, Astoria. Charles A. Olson, Portland. Byron F. Othus, Portland. Maxwell M. Page, Portland. Wilmer C. Page, Portland. Charles Parker, Portland. Glenn W. Porter, Aumsvllle. Hugh Ritchie, Wilbur. Clive V. Rosenthal, Portland. Charles Ross, Portland. Howard R. Salisbury. Portland. Frank H. Sanford, Portland. George H. Sanford, Portland. Jess K. T. Sand, Portland. Briton W. Sears. Portland, Clarence A. Smith, Portland. Chauncy R. Smith. Portland. James R. Stafford, Oregon City. William L. Stennett, Portland. William A. Takalo, Blind Slough. Albert K. Thompson, Portland. Ivan E. Thompson, Hillsboro. William Vance, Portland. John Vidiapin, Portland. Max W. Whittlesey. West port. Fred G. Wleden. Portland. , John Ia Anderson, Freewater. Blake J. Bow land, Oregon-City. Frank C Buzan, Portland. Floyd H. Chase, Portland. Alfred B. Clark, Portland. Fred Clausen, Portland. Williami C CowgiU, Portland. Herbert L,. Crawford, Portland. Lucius W. Crone, Seaside. Leo F. Crowe, Portland. Jay C Doyle. Marshfield. Frank E. JDriscoll, Portland. Jules V. Dustin, Eugene. Gust Falk. PorUand. William H. Folger. Oregon City. Albert E. Ford, Portland. James W. Foster. Portland. Edwin Gesch, Portland. Henry Glenn, Portland. George W. Goodwin, Portland. Francis K. Green. Portland. Kenneth C. Griffin. Portland. Alva Hardman, Hood River. Charles L. Harrington. Portland. " Otto C. Hartman, Portland. R. F. Hartman, Portland.. Hoyt Hayden. PorUand. William A. Hendrickson, PorUand. Charles L. Hill. PorUand. James G. Home. PorUand. Richard E. Hutchinson. Oregon City. Jesse M. Hutaon, Parkdale. Robert W. Kennedy, PorUand. John Kaight, PorUand. Herbert Littlefield. PorUand. Alfred Lloyd. Portland. Charles H. McClees, Portland. Wallace1 J. McCord, Oregon City. James McElligot, Portland. Martin McRay, Portland. Ernest McWhinney. Portland. Carl Martin. Oregon City. George E. Mead. Oregon City. Stephen -Med, Oregon City. Cecil M. Miller. Astoria. James F. McrreH, Portland. William J. Morrell, Portland. Earl L. Nichols, Seaside. Charles W. Nichols, Oregon City. Daniel H. Parker, Portland. Hilmar Pederson, Astoria. Walter Phillips, -PorUand. Victor . Porter, PorUand. Ralph W. Reld, Estacada. Eldon S. Renfro. Portland. Talcott Root, Portland. John D. Russell,: ForUand. Adolph R. Sacher, PorUand. Sidney ShoelU PorUand. . Archie Skelly, Portland. Karl M. Spauldlng. Hood Rhrer. Cecil Thompson. PorUand. . August VanroosendaeL Portland. Harold V. Vilas..; Portland. . I.. J. Vinson. Portland. Orvio W. Walker. PorUand. - Robert E, Warkentlnj Portland. . , Levi Whetsel. Portland. - 5.?, B- whitman. Astoria. Wallace, S. Wledor, Seaside, 1 J-t i- VipKerB, Portland. Walter E., W illiams. Portland. ; i Compromise Prevents StHL . employes or the Great Western Power company was averted today by a compromise on ' wage de mands by the Brotherhood of Electrical Workers. The men were granted S5.8S IN ARM NO TROOPS TRADE LETTER FROM -ENEMY COUNTRY, FIRST. !E 1914. ARRIVES .. .. : - Trieste rFirm Wants to i Buy Raw Materials for Jugo-Slavia, r Austria and .Hungary, j CommunlcaUon for the first tin sine 1914 from commercial i interests In any of the central warring powers of Eu rope has been received by the foreign trade bureau of the Portland Chamber of Commerce in a letter from a firm tn Trieste, asking for a. supply; of raw ma terials..' ' "1 ' Interesting " features are contained In the letter as the Hungarian firm speaks of "the ccessful termination of the war" and the difficulty of now obtain ing raw materials from the "hitherto powerful competitors, Germany and Aus tria." Another interesting note is rung when he speaks of his Flume branch in Jugo-Slavia. The letter follows : ."The successful termination of the war has awakened In our countries the Interest for trade relations with the al lies. OwlngJ to the difficulty of ob taining raw materials from hitherto powerful competitors (Germany and Austria), whoWlll hardly be able to hold their own markets, our population shows more desire for American goods. "My Trieste house transacts mainly insurance of shipping, shipbuilding and all supplies adherent to the operation of steamers." such as coal, oils and lubri cators, paints and ropes. My ; Flume branch, being at the sea outlet of Jugo slavia, Austria and Hungary, under takes beside the articles already jiamed taS handle metals, machines and tools, dhemicals. ores and phosphates, pro duce and canned preserves. "1 shall be thankful if you will be good enough to announce my enquiry in your communications o the commer cial world and if. you will kindly give me names of firms ready to serve my enquiry or to whom I may be able to apply direct." The letter is' signed by a well known Hungarian ship broker who was en gaged In world trade before the waf broke in 1914. The Chamber of Com merce is desirous of having merchants communicate with them before taking any action on this message. GERMANS WILL IS (Continued From Face One) President Wilson heard a lepgthy "re port from Ambassador Thomas- Nelson Page, who recently arrived from Rome and called at the White House this aft ernoon. There were informal confer ences between other members of the American delegation and Italian repre sentatives. The Austrian peace delegation is scheduled to arrive at St. Germain to night and from indications will assume a passive attitude when the terms are presented. - - ' Signor ' Crespl of the Italian delega tion is quoted as saying that, aside from her territorial demands, Italy will ex pect all peoples who were members of the dual monarchy in 1914 to contribute to the indemnity Austria-Hungary must pay. MOKE OUTLETS WASTED : The Serbians (now part of Jugo slavia) are demanding complete repara tion, in addition to Bosnia and Harxe govina. Jugo-Slavia is ready, however, to accord the Austrians and Magyars access to the Adriatic through Dmowiki. Poland is claiming the eastern part of Galicia and an outlet to the Black sea by way of Kramarez. In addiUon to their claim for the Teschem Basin, the Czecho-Slovaks want a sea. outlet to the Baltic. The Czecho slovaks furthermore are seeking the in ternationalization of the Elbe river, facilities to use the Hamburg and Stettin harbors and also an outlet to the Adriatic via Pressburg and Jugo-Slav territory. -OFFER OWIT THE ATT Tt was reliably reported that the Ger LAST CHANCE IS ... TOMORROW NIGHT "You're a Bet ter Mess o Junk Than I a na Hu ska Tin." Murtagk" and Our Wurlitzer SN SIGN WORD mans have , completed, a substitute - for every paragraph of the peace - treaty and that ' this document would be de livered to the allies today. v . ... ' However, ft. the entente envoys nave taken a definite stand, there Is not much' reason to believe that much time will.be taken for a decision by the Germans On, the terms that were handed to them at Versailles. It Is believed, .however, that should the Germans seek to go to '"Wei mar, time -will be given them' to . allow the German governntent to set forth its official posiUon. BUSS BEDS APPEAR 4Agent--of the- Russian Bolshevik regime are In Paris and are making one final, desperate effort to secure' recog nition of the.Lenln-TTotstky combina-. Uon at Moscow. Most of these agents are posing in the guise of writers. They are taking the fullest advantage of the German suggestion that if the Teutonic envoys fall to sign, Germany may make an alliance with the Bolshevists. As a matter of fact such an alliance is welcomed in some quarters, the argu ment being that Bolshevism in both Russia and Germany could be wiped out at the same time. SIGN AND REVISE LATER, . IS ADVICE OF LABORITES Paris, May 1J. (U. P.) The opinion is growing among British laborites and the French Social lata that Germany's wisest course is to sign the peace eraty; according to information from various sources. They believe it is only a mat ter of a year or two or three unUI there is a labor government In Great Britain and a Socialist government in France, when it would be possible to obtain re vision of the treaty along more liberal terms. Don't Sign, Will Be Order Basle. May 13. (U. P.) The Berlin correspondent of the National Zeitung reported today that Chancellor Schelde mann had Informed journalists that the German government will order its dele gates not to sign the peace terms in their present form. Plans to Reject' Opposed Zurich, May 12. (Delayed.) (I. N. S.) Social democrat leaders, speaking in the German naUonal assembly 'when the peace treaty was discussed protested against the severity of the peace terms, but declared they would oppose a move ment to reject, them, said a Berlin dis patch today. Socks- Special Prices Tomorrow New Silk Ties .They are "made :. with--the slip-e'asy " banids, easy to tie. jiwid flowing ends. - Many, colors and atterns. Special Wednesday, Fibre Silk and Lisle Socks For every day wear. Double spliced heels and toes. In black, white,tan, Cordo van, 'champagne and navy.-- Wed-' nesday, 55c Each 3 for S. 4b H. Green Trading Stamps Exclusive Kappenheimer House in Portland I MORRISON and FOURTH - UBEiqrY CORNER - "-7 i im CHARLES tt GREASED LIGHTNING Faster'n And ' ' "- ' r - , And m - - iiT""' " ' j. I.. p yJU,.-. Sennett COUPLE REFUSE TO TALK AT INQUEST Jury, After Testimony, Requests That Eugene Tuck and Mrs. Middleton Be Held. "" 'Although . offered an opportunity to explain to a coroner's Jury their knowl edge .of the facts of the mysterious death of Mrs.-Edna Tuck,-at her home early Saturday vmoming; Eugene Tuck, hus band of t the dead woman, and Mrs. Marie Middleton. a roomer at the house, both) refused to take the stand Monday night. The jury, after hearing much testi mony, recommended that the couple be held to the grand jury on a charge of murder. Tuck . and the woman, both nervous and apparenUy ill at ease, were taken from the city jail to the courthouse by detectives. " The woman, heavily veiled, seemed the, more composed of the two. Tuck, ashen white, took little interest in the proceedings. . The inquest- was devoted to the de tails of the flndinc of the body, the posiUon of the revolver with which the woman was killed and other facts al ready made, public Tuck was extremely nervous in his cell today with indications of a possible break. - Express Strikers Return New York. May 13. (U. P.) Strik log employes of the American Railway Express company here today went back to work pending action on their de mands by the labor board of the rail road administration at Washington. 14U SU at Washington. . BjrMdwar S3S0. DANCE at Cotillion The Hall Beautiful Balt-bMrtni iprfnf floor. Plnert Ballroom In Wat Informal! (vary -Kvenlnf 1th at WathtMeten. Underwear Union Suits Special spring weight; 'short sleeves, . ankle or H length. Fine quality Egyptian cotton in white or ecru. Famous C h it hf ers and other lines. Specially-priced 35c $1.65 $1.00 A Suit give an extra discount. Ask for them NOW -Of r I RAY IN Chained Lightning Fun in Every Foot. . ft 4 : firtx i'feprf it 1 11 ACT TIMES TONIGHT AND IT'LL BE A LONG TIME GET A CHANCE' TO SEE DOROTHY AGAIN FRISCIILLA DEAN "THE SILK LINED BURGLAR" STARTS TOMORROW CASCADE MARKET TrIIRD AND YAMHILL UP "v WE ARE OUT TO WIN IN THIS UNJUST BOYCOTT OF OUR TWO MARKETS Because we employ well-paid and contented meat cutters who are not affil iated with any .union, our two 'markets are being Boycotted .and picketed by the local union. The master butchers, t oo, . having allied themselves with the union, have boycotted our wholesale department in this unfair attack. To the buying public of Portland who believe in.s qua r e dealing, and to the thousands of such buyers who know that a "square deal" in prices and qual ity is to be had here always, we of $er f or Wednesday these ! I EAT Choice SIRLOIN STEAK, lb.. Choice LIBERTY STEAK, lb.. WEINERWURST FRANKFURTERS BOLOGNA or GARLIC SAUSAGE,"lb. ON THURSDAY ONLY ALL SMOKED MEATS WILL BE OFFERED AT WHOLESALE PRICES NO SUCING CAS1 MARKET THIRD and YAMHILL THOS ,H. INCH H DOROTHY T HoTnebreaLker" 3C BIG MID-WEEK PEC Choice ROUND .STEAK, 12k Fresh Home Made SAUSAGE, lb r h u wm ECONOMY V MARKET FOURTH and YAMHILL ! S1 X Presents BEFORE YOU OM ECONOMY MARKET FOURTH AND YAMHILL ttALS - ! lb.. For the benefif of late shoppers, who find it in convenient to bur earlier, our two - markets' WILL REMAIN ' OPEN UNTIL 6i30. (- J 1M UWI llrl . -vaiMsFa Dim CO vAaTi, i. V-T: s