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THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL. PORTLAND. OREGON FRIDAY, MARCH tl It- r HARDING PLEASED WITH SETTLEMENT III PACKERS CAS E Br Drid Lwrenoo : (Coprritbt. r T Joanwl) . Washington. March 25. -President "Harding yv&m a happy man yester day, fills administration had settled the first Industrial controversy that has threatened : to disturb the eco nomic peace of the country. Mr. Harding met the representatives of poth the packers and their employes and expressed his gratification over the amicable outcome. ; Secretaries Davis, Hoover .nd Wallace of the departments of labor, - commerce and agriculture, who handled the negotiations for the government, Srere there, too and it was really' an unusual sight employer and employe Joyful over the - result. : - Broadly speaking, there is a deeper significance In the settlement In the packer troubles than . appears on the surface. Members of the cabinet were careful to point out that some of the morning papers today gave a wrong im pression when they endeavored to in terpret the policy of the Harding ad ministration as one favoring wage cuts. The reduction in wages in this case was entirely a matter between both parties to the controversy and was neither sug gested by the administration nor pressed by it as a point of special Interest to the government. STANDARDS HELD JH VIOLATE But there was a principle laid down which may be of guidance in industrial 'disputes in the future and which has a world of meaning to the business world in America. It is simply that, union . labor Is not unwilling to accept reduc- . tions in wages if there is no attempt at the same time to use the economic sit uation as a means of breaking down the standards which union labor acquired for itself daring the war. The packers say they could have stood a strike. The men naturally didn't want to be thrown out of employment at this - time, but they would have endured great sacrifices if the packers had insisted on abrogating the eight-hour day and other advantages which have nothing , to do with compensation, but which have a great deal to do with the conditions of work. PEACE 21 OT FZE3U5E5T 1 Of course, it cannot be - said that permanent peace has been attained as between the packers and their employes. A more accurate description of the set tlement would be to call It a six months' truce, but the psychological effect of the agreement today Is the confident hope that a recurrence of controversy may be handled later on in the same way as it was this time. For the next six months, at any rate, the employes accepted a reduction in pay of about S cents an hour, while the pack ers agreed not to make any further wage reductions ; without submitting Vthem to 'arbitration. f The packers granted the eight-hour day which had previously been the standard, and agreed to submit any changes in ' work hours to the admin istrator. Judge Alschuler, who has been virtually the dictator as between em ployes and employers in the packing in dustry since the war. The Alschuler Agreement, which became effective la 1917, was to have ended a year after the proclamation of peace between the United Slates and Germany. The un certainty about the date has caused con troversy, and while, the packers in sisted the war was over, union labor thought that technically war conditions remained.. 3JEW- AGREEMENT DESIRES The truth of the matter Is, that labor" wanted to retain the advantages of the Alschuler agreement and the pack ers wanted to get rid of It. Finally, .the understanding was reached to continue the agreement for another six months, after which it will be definitely termin ated and a new agreement will have to be written. The controversy may break oat anew then. Still the - men- think they win be in a better position at that time to insist upon terms similar to tha Alschuler agreement than they are to day. The packers have their own views on the subject. Meanwhile there is an industrial trace. .Both sides are happy and expectant. : President Harding and his cabinet maintained throughout the confidence of employes and employers. Union labor had a chance to size ; up the Harding administration In . an Industrial dispute and didn't find it so "reactionary" after an. Secretary of Labor Davis didn't appear to have all the background neces sary for an iffective mediator In thi particular Industry, but he showed a nympathiNtlc understanding of the prob lems of the warkine; man, while &t the same time he called upon Secretaries Hoover and Wallace and experts who know the packing business intimately to give him adTice. .v-.:. .RAILROAD PROBLEM 3TEXT The administration's next industrial problem win probably be the railroad controversy and there, too. it Is not so much a question of high wages as labor standards that the workingmea want preserved. If any administration policy can be glimpsed in the packer episode, it is that Kresiaent Harding- is anxious to -maintain etroIUbTtum between capital and labor by preventing employers from taking too much advantage of the pres ent economic it nation in their attempts not -only to reduce wages, but t break up union arganisaQoua and eliminate the standards won by labor through years of bitter struggle. Portland Vet in , Civil Service of.. U7 S, Pensioned M. R. Chambers of the Portland land office is the first Portland man to be retired under the law recently passed by - congress putting civil service employes on the pension list. Chambers is retiring this gnonth after 1 years In the service, cne half of which were spent in Portland as special agent for the field divi sion. He is 70 years of age. Employes of the local general land office have presented Chambers with a Shrine ring in appreciation of the years he has spent with them. . ; . Someone Must 'Dig' To Print ; Claims on Woman's Jury Bill Salem, Or., March 23. Failure of the legislature l6 make provision for j the preparation of 'arguments for the vot ers' pamphlet relative ' to the referred women jurors bill will make it incum bent upon those interested either in the adoption or defeat of. the measure to plank down the cold cash at the rate of $110 per i page for ; any arguments which ; they 1 desire to make on ithis measure. This : is the dictum of Sec retary of State Kozer today after dis covery ; of this apparent oversight on the part of the lawmakers. j In referring the measure to the peo ple, the legislature directed the secre tary of state to set aside two pages In the official "voters pamphletfor ani af firmative argument and . two pages t for a negative argument. .It neglected, however, to provide for , the' appoint ment of a committee "to prepare these arguments or to designate anyone to be recognised In submitting copy for these reserved pages, and the secretary- of state has no choice but to treat all comers alike and require pay., ! Monday will be the last day on which these argument may' be filed. So far only one argument has been filed, the affirmative argument on the emergency clause veto measure. , V i Tunjuel for Project OnTieton Kiver to p Be J Made Deeper Yakima. Wash-, March 25, Comple tion of the tunnel for the temporary channel of the Tlcton river during the period of construction of the dam, and the discharge for the reservoir after the dam is complete, will be the first -work undertaken at Kimrock, according j to F. T. Crowe, constructing engineer, who made a preliminary 'survey of . the , job. The tunnel has . been driven about 1000 feet through solid rock and was thought to be j complete when work closed down In j 1917, but , it has been decided to locate the dam 'several hun dred feet lower on the stream and ' the tunnel - must be driven 700 feet to meet new conditions, t Crowe will direct the expenditure of $625,000 at the dam this Tear, .,-. w ; . i , . f,'. ' ' - l,l.,v . '. ' i ' Iragon to Perfect j Irrigation System Irrigon, ' Or.,- March : 25. The Irrigon Commercial club at its regular annual meeting named a committee to perfect a better irrigation system for the town properties and railroad park, held un der lease by the district farm bureau. A committee was also appointed to make a' membership drive and collect funds for carrying on the - publicity in con nection with the Umatilla Kapida Power Site association. I The following officers were elected: M. F. Wadsworth, presi dent. M. K. Dob le. vice president: N. Seaman. ' secretary-treasurer ; F. : I. Wait, B. li. Laen and H. C Wolfe, ex ecutive board. .. s , Galveston Gasoline Drops j to 21 Gents Fort Worth, Texas, March 25 (I. N. S.) Retail gasoline dropped 2 cents to 21 cents here today. . . . v. EASTERSPECIAL STOUT-LYONS Half Dozen Fancy Sunkist Oranges 15c Second Half Dozen for lc One Carload on Hand at Oar Third aad Xorxlson St. Store Plant ROSES Now! . DnKm-d Quality Rose are tr- stordy, two-year-old, field-Krown roses that you .may absolutely depend upon to fire splendid flowers tSMSO-n- We offer the por roses and th best oTSI DIAMOND QUALITY LAWN AND ROSE FHHTIJZER gVe, rich r Fr Seeds During Merck 14 to 19 With. 50c or More PurcLaso fH lows Quota ORASS . SUED . ff. rtnns, tested mcU that sntd abon tks artaMutod tsadacd. Bay Iimosd Quality, tKKJNl MID YAMHILL. STS. KUU 4040 mmd 512-31 4 - -' .:w Ouaftt - VCaCTASLg SEED Tsyrnd T.rt3 tbonwrtUy tested aad WrtU-mlarlw ouity. TARIFF MEASURE STRIKES PRUNING HOOK OBSTACLE Washington March 25. (I. N. S.) Snags were encountered today by the plans of Republican . senators and representatives- from Western and Middle Western state to ' jam through congress at the approach ing extraordinary session the emerg ency tariff bill passe 1 at the recent session and vetoed by former Presi dent Wilson. ,1 ? '; That the measure will have to be modified materially, and given that conciseness President Harding is known to favor, if it is to be passed again, some of the most influential Republican leaden of congress predicted. VIEWED aS JOKE - ; ,i i Weighted down by amendments fast ened upon It by the senate, the bill aa it was disapproved by former President Wilson was regarded as a Joke by a number of Republican senators and rep resentatives who now entertain the fear that any attempt to repass It without the dotting of an i" or the crossing of a " t would prove disastrous to the Re publicans, j ; : i i j , These same members of congress, who were fearful lest Mr. Wilson sign the bill at: the close of the last session and thereby put the Republicans in a politi cal hole, - are urging upon President Harding that it be cut to the bone so as to provide only for the "two-inch" meas ure ha advocated for taking care 'of a comparatively few agricultural products. OPPOSITION EXPECTED The declaration of Senator Willis (R., Ohio), f ollowlng-an hour's confer ence between the president and himself that the president does not favor par ticularly the emergency tariff bill in the form in which Mr. Wilson turned it down, did not occasion much surprise at the capitoU where, it was anticipated the sponsors of the idea to shove the measure through would soon find them selves in difficulties, e ; The danger of another Democratic filibuster, against the bill is but one of the obstacles In the way of its early and speedy' passage. Cloture rule or restriction of debate, is not always easy to invoke in the senate,, however. The fear la entertained that there may be delay In getting- even a "two-inch" bill through as a means of affording protection for the year's harvest of wheat and other agricultural product a TO AID FARMERS , The energies of Repotrtlean leaders of congress will be bent toward giving the farmers all the aid possible, as fa vored by the president, but the question has been raised by some of them if any emergency tariff measure can have any more than a psychological effect upon the serious agricultural situation con fronting the producer, ;. The tariff, like the tax question. Is regarded as certain to engage the attend tion of congress for many months to come, and : while Republican leaders re fer to the adage that it is a long lane that has no turning they' admit they have not yet been able to see a turn in or an end to the tariff and tax lane ahead of them. . , Hurried Conference v Held by Attorneys, i For Mrs. Stillman i New York, March 25. U. P.) A hur ried conference of attorneys for Mrs. "Fifl" Potter Stillman was held her today to marshal additional evidence in the divorce suit of - James A. ' Stillman, president of the National City bank. Additional evidence must be filed before noon tomorrow, l-;. -y-. Participating in the conference were Ixjuis S. Levy of New York and John F. Brennan of Yonkers, representing Mrs. Stillman, and John E. Mack of Pougb keepsie, guardian for 2-year-old . Ouy Stillman. named as co-defendant With his- mother. - .. i Later, it was understood. Mack was expected to meet Stillman's counsel. i The principal ' new development, dis cussed at this conference, was the affi davit recently filed by the plaintiff con taining copies of five letters alleged to have been written to Mrs. Stillman by Kred Beauvais. French-Canadian guide, who Is charged by Stillman with being Guy's father. In these letters Beauvais la purported to have made several ref erences to "our child." ' i ii - Belongings of Lost Trapper Discovered Lebanon. March 25. A party of four men of the Cascadia' section have made another search for the body of Mr. Swee ny, the trapper, who was lost In the mountains a few months ago and un doubtedly perished. His gun. shoes and a small pack which he carried were dis covered beside a tree, but no other traces of htm were found. Little hope exists of finding the body before the snow melts. White Shrine Unit Is Organized in' Salem E.l.m ttr Mmt SR. With a eharter membership of 64. the second largest or ganization of Its kind In the state, Wil lamette White Shrine No. 2 was installed here Thursday night. A large delegation of Portland Shriners attended the instal lation ceremonies. Cosntry Slaewood, $Ut Edlefsen'a. Adv. f - . - J"Mordiandro of Merit Onlj? i Swagger Easter Shoes ; for Small: Feet! For this biggest of spring events we have just re ceived the smartest shoes the kind most any little girl will be proud Xo wear with her fetching Easter costume. Best, of all, we areloffering them At Phenomenally Low Prices Misses' Brown Gdf and White Nubuck Oxfords I X Sizes 8 to 11 ! $4.50 i Sizes ityi tt 2 Sizes 2 X to 7 $5.50 $7.00 Nubuck Oxfords In misses and ichildren's sizes. Made of plump materiaJ, welt soles with low heels, some made with" tips,' also sprint heels on the. smaller sizes.. . All extra good quality. Widths AAA to C. j .- - Misses Brown Calf Oxfords Sizes tlji to 2 $5.50 Sixes, 2J4 to 7 $7.00 Made with Roods plump uppers with heavy soles. Imitation ana sioc up. low nceis. wiams AAA to C II Parents will be delighted with the service and quality of all oar shoes for both boys and girls. If your children are having trouble with their feet, do not forget to consult our Foot Specialist. ' E ' - - . ' - k - - - 1 -1 . L, . :': 1 - . : " -- Second Floor. Iiptnan. Wolfe & Co. I This Storm Uses No Comparative Prices' j They Are Misleading and Often Untrue Million for loads In Douglas County To Be Considered nosebnrg. Or.,- March 25 The com mittee appointed by the Douglas county court to designate the main roads and highways to be Improved by the pro nosed pond issue and the amount of money to be expended onj each has pre pared a tentative list, which 2 will be reported at a meeting Wednesday. The county court has issued a formal notice calling on each road district to appoint a delegate to this meeting, when a pro gram agreeable to all will; be adopted. The committee decided the bond issue should be in the neighborhood of 11,000, 000. Half of this ! amount Is 1 required by ' the state - highway' commission to meet Its propositions. If the: program is carried out it will mean a compre hensive scheme of connecting up the various communities with tliet market centers. u Ruby Henderson, arrested on a war rant from Fresno charging her with the theft of an automobile from George Den ton, was released Wednesday I evening n telegraphic instructions fullowing a settlement. Denton. accompanied by Mr. and Mra SUkwood, parents of the girl, arrived hero Wednesday from Fresno and Mrs. Henderson promised to return the car. HERO WILL MARRY GIRL HE RESCUED Boston, March 25. (I. K. S.) When Mounted Officer William J. Lamb of the. Back Bay dashed down the Fenway Bridle Path, and stopped the 'runaway horse ridden by Miss Gertrude M. ' Galla, ; Wisconsin Rapids, Wis., heiress, there began a- romance leading to a bridal path. Poa next Wednesday the officer and Miss Galla are to be married. t The bride-to-be Is a student at the con servatory of music. Lamb was a senior naval lieutenant In the war and joined the police force 18 monthaago. Some montha ago he was petroling the park when Mlsa OaMa's horse, fright- ened.by a broken rein, bolted. Lamb gave chase and rescued her. Dr, Ausplund Enters Pen Salem, Or.. March 85. Dr. A. Aus plund. Portland physician, convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to a term of from one to 15 years in the elate prison, several years ago, haa begun serving his sentence. : ! : Everything for Cash f "ricrchandise of tflcrit Only Everything f 07s Less C I Exquisite Easter J Blouses of Georgette and Lace Featured for Beauty, Quality and Price at $4.95 c ACTUAL REPRODUCTIONS Blouses that will lend added distinction to the Easter costume when worn with the finest of Easter suits or skirts. Fascinating styles whose charm lies as much in their smart, distinctive cut as In the fine texture of the georgette and lace. In white, flesh and ecru. 0nly once in a great while are we able to mike such an offfering as this. The blouses are so extraordinary at 4.95 that all are very likely to CO before tomorrow night. Sizes 36 to 44. ECONOMY BASEMENT. Lipmao, Wolfe to Co. , New Bags $1.98 -You wHl enjoy l carrying a smart, new canteen or other j bag. such as these in kodak, envelope and inverted pyramid styles, Of genuine leather in alligator or web grain, some in tooled effect. ? Bags that look as if they cost a good bit more than 1.98. ; 0 ECONOMY BASEMENT ' - Lipman, Wolfe A Co. Silk Gloves at 59c Pair , -Two-clasp - gloves in white and col ors, sizes 5 to 7 XA ; not all sizes in all colors; some slightly irregular. Fashionable to the finger tips and the kind that women will" not al low to remain in the store " all day at . 59c, ' ' : ECONOMY BASEMENT i Lipman Wolfe & Co. Satin Camisoles $ 1 .25 Of flesh wash satin, . bodice top, with shoulder straps and other trim ming of lace. Sizes 36 to 44. Cami soles that will add to that s delightful sense of being daintily dressed "all through" for Easter, and very special at $i.2t. ; i , ECONOMY BASEMENT Lipman, Wolfe & Co. I; For Misses 8 to 14 These Lovely Easter Dresses of Taffeta $10.85 and $11.85 ... I o Any girl will adore these smart models in navy, peacock and green. Imag ine one in navy with narrow novelty ribbon in rpse and Copenhagen at the waist and little hnd embroidered motifs in -the same colors on bodice, or a dress -in green with rose embroidery on collar and sash. And one of the nicest things . about them is their lower-than-usual prices. ; V ' Little ToU Wash Dresses $2.98 Just the cunningest of Easter frocks for miss 4 fo 8 of crepe, batrste and linen finish fabric hand-embroidered, smocked or trimmed in cretonne or other contrasting color effects. .: -. ! ECONOMY BASEMENT, Lipman, Wolfe & Co. ACTUAX. REPRODUCTIONS To Sell All These New Suite for Boys Before Easter Special at $7.50 Boys' Navy Blue Serge Suits Sizes 8 to 17 i ; ; ' ' i.v v 'i -' Distinctly superior quality at this remark ably low price. -! Dressy knicker suits for Easter. , , . .A New Furnishings for Boys Neckwear 25c and 50c ' Caps $1.25 i.. I Blouses 85c - HaU $1.75 We Have Underpriced . Them at $6.95 These suits should have arrived several weeks ago. , They have just come in by ex press, and to make' up for lost time, we are pricing them at less than they would usually sell for, eve, under the low price system of the Economy Basement Store. You will find the new spring styles, belted and Norfolk in smart mixtures, checks and stripes. Trousers are full cut and full lined with. taped seams. Sizes 8 to 17. Saturday's the Day at 6.95 ECONOMY BASEMENT, Upman, Wolf & Co. Men's Fine Soft Cuff Shirts We could offer shirts at a lower price, but J? A f NOT shirts of this grade iff l.O The quality of fabric and making in these stamp them as shirts that would sell for far more in the regular way. Of woven and corded madras-and fine count percales in a variety of patterns, coii- f servative and otherwise and "they are fast color. , sAnd the fit I. You slip them on and there's not a draw riot an uncomfortable feel ing neckband and armholes are just fight body is plenty full roomy elbows PER FECT FITTING SHIRTS 1 Sizes 14 to 17. . - . The New, Narrow Knitted Ties for Men, $1 and $1.25 ECONOMY BASEMENT. Upman, Wolf. & Co. Sale of Women's Fine Pumps and Oxfords Saturday Is the Last Day at $2.95 a Pair The price is nothing less than amazing for footwear of such quality and style. $ They are made well-j-of fine black, brown and patent kid; They are wanted spring models NOT fancy, undesirable lasts sometimes found in sale offerings. . - - Included are pumps, one-eyelet ties and five-eyelet oxfords with Louis heels, leather, enameled and covered. Lines will be somewhat broken into by today's selling, so come early to secure the best choice Saturday. . j . ECONOMY BASEMENT, Lipman, Wolf A Co. - This Store Uses No Comparative Prices They Are Misleading and Often Untrue DOC30000( J