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STEPS ARE TAKEN TO END RAIL STRIKE . (Continued from Pace 1.) department of Justice officials to be due to a desire for fuller knowledge at to the agencies which caused the Uoauihorlzed walkouts. Mmr nrri.. lal reports from strike centers have- indicated activity of the I.,W.V, cad officials said that It was pro cosed to determine whether this nr any other organization was carrying GFOivcnriEIair HIEE OECIFE 'After Mi Mlmt totally TaU a Kaw . York baaia.a ' naa rmr hair and bov feaa a'aralite (Twtn tl it ot 66 for wakta a will aead taa geooiaa recip fr oa raqavst ta aar ! or wotnaa who viikH to orarcona dandfBS er ria mew hair growth. Or taating Jbax f tha ras aratWa, Ktlko. , wU la aailod wit a reip if yaw Mad 10 eta atanpa or iMr.r. Hia adaraaa la J.aa B. Brutaia, far oi, BtaMoa . Jiaw York. X, Jf. out & program that would bring it within federal statute. Mr. Palmer declared that If fed eral action was taken, the govern ment won Id not enter the contro versy as a supporter of either aide. Its action, he Mid. would be govern ed 4y Uf responsibility to the peo ple. ' ; It- wan Indicated again that the department might employ criminal statutes If it decided on legal pro ceedings. -Agents of the department reported I. W. V. fomentation: In a score of places, officials declared. They were said also to have revealed that .the members were offering financial and moral support to the strikers. - Officials also, had under consider ation measures for feeding commun ities which might be cat off by the strike. - ' - Federal district- attorneys and field agents, were instructed to deal with individuals and firms "making exorbitant profits oat of the situ ation" under the profiteering stat ntes. With resnect to movement of the mails and emergency food supplier. Mr l.i!intr said It had been sug gested thnt the government resort to motor transportation If nece sarv. , The army transport service of the army is ready to moyte "to the aid armv la ready to move-"to the aid according to announcement by the Council of national defense. ? " LADD & l Eatabliihed 1B68 J - i General Banking Business ; Office Hours from 10 a. m. to 3 p. m. t r , , -. ,: i , lessees ,, , , UlUrTllKlttlOOD IIKAIK 'lH'HV n.KVKLAND. 0 ADril 12 While brotherhood leaders were doing their best to turn the flanlc ot tne swuen- men'a strike, labor anion officials I the crafts in the railway shops to night were reported to te laying plans tor a city-wiae waiaouti ironi railway shops Thursday- A wheme is said to be under way to form a "Cleveland Shopmen's As sociation, and to cut loose irom me American Federation of Labor. Th switchmen's strike suread to night to the car repairers, one of the six shop crafts atiillatea wun n? American -Federation of Labor, 200 of whom walked out m the oinn wood shops of the New York Central lines. Cleveland railroad terminals tnnirht vr tied ud. not a switch man or yardman being at work. The car repairers quit to enforce demands for 67 and 72 cents an hour and in sympathy with striking switchmen. . Passenger, mail and milk trains continued to move on almost normal schedules. Passenger, mail and milk trains continued to move on almost normal schedules. Butchers, marketmen and grocers outbid each other for available stocks in local packing house and commis sion markets, prices In many ln- IkBpGxter Efectrically ,61bs.-: 51bs.4ozo Cooked 41fes.8oz. AUTOMATICALLY? 7H0USANDS of women have already learned , the secret WHY DON'T YOU? Miss Grace Bogue, of the Westihghbuse' Go., will dem onstrate. how it is done AT OUR STORE 237 North Liberty Street Thursday, Friday and . Saturday 1:30 to 5 P. M. . . -I t Portland Railway, Light and Power Company stances n-achlng new high levels. Meat price jumped two to five rents a pound and vegetables front fl to 3 a crate over Saturday. iiMetM arxl lre SjN-ak. Nearly 4ou mriuWrx ol llvvlcal Imlers of .the Hrotht't hood f rail road " men " met and : wVra ld rM-d by Samuel Compers president of the American Federation of labor and W. G. ler preidident of the Urotherfcood. Mr. Iee outlined Ibe situation and dwelt on the start of the trouble In Chicago. He said the strike of the Shlcago yardmen's asxociatjon was unauthorized and "illegal," and that the principle underlying the strike was 'destruction of the brotherhood tnd the switchmen" union of Ameri ca." and called on the men to remain at work and carry out its contracts. Mr. Compers urged the, men to re main loyal to their union principles, carry out orders of their leaders and help smash the "insurgents." He said he was In syrapatny wun the men's wage demands to meet th Mgh cost of living but said the meth od used. by the strikers can gain noth ine and only discredits labor. He advised the men to'return to work and x(tilc the wane, innttr in a bus iness-like manner. Kffrrt I'nrertain. Jlr. Gompers said this might ap pear slow but it would win in the end. He tendered the assistance ot the American FVderatlon of Labor iu upholding the banner of labor ajid r.ledgd his- every effort to help the old organizations maintain their high standards and rt&ist the attacks of those intent on wrecking them On leaving the meeting many men said they were la doubt, some said thev would be back tomorrow and others declared they would stay out "until the railroads cante across with more money.". Mayor H. L. Dati-v issued a proc lamation calling attention to tit gravity of the situation' facing the city and' placing an embargo against IlolFheviki. L V, W. or anarchist agi tators coming here. Secretary of Labor Wilson was ap pealed to for aid in ending the stride of switchmen here, in a message sent by the newly formed Cleveland yard man's association. The messaee requested him to send federal concilators. , . IXlirSTIIIKS AUK CKIPPLKn DKTROIT. Mich., April 12. De troit went back to war-time lightless nights tonight and industrial plants received their second blow in six months. In the form of a general shutdown as'lhe result of the rail road tie-up. -Approximately fifty thousand factory workers went home temporarily jobless tonight when power was shut down to all but those industries classed as "e?sentlal" by the Detroit Edison company. One hundred strikers at Saginaw and 80 at Battle Creek returned to woik today. The number of unemployed In oth er Xlichiran manufacturing cities was placed at 18.000. RIVER VESSEL IN NEW HANDS Grahamona Goes on Colum bia Serrice. Two Other Boats May Follow The well known steamer Graham . . . ona tnat tor years gnaea nj aim down the Willamette has been aoia to a company that will divert the vessel to ttie run from Portland op the Columbia and Snake rivera to Lewiston. Idaho. These old favorites, the Tomona and Oregona, may also join their companion boat in the Columbia ser vice. Tho same company tnat nas acquired possession of the Graha mona now holds options on tne other two vessels. Should the two lntter b-at also pass under the control ot the new coronaii v It will leave the Willam ette without a boat to enter the river service should navigation rrom Port land to Salem and Corvallla be re vived. It was the fading away. of the hop industry alon; the tlrr and the in crasl cost of fuel and labor that !iiterrnoled steamer service on the Willamette. It was during the war that sailings wire voluntarily dis continued. . Should the Pomona and Oregona not be purchased under the -nding options, an effort may again be made to restore them on their run on the upper Willamette', 'I Read the Classified Ads. B latcbford MILK MASH The domplctelltik-Equal For Baby Chicks y-.Ti I The Feed that Prevents ( "White Diarrhea How el- TroulJe If Leg Weakness Contains No Dni?s or Tonics m D. A. WHITE & SONS Ralem Agents 233 State St. Phone 160 SALEM LEGION TO HAVE GUNS War Department. Assigns Army Rifles to Posts Throughout Nation The war department is now en gaged on plans for the distribution this year of abont 100.000 army ri fles to the posts of The American legion throughout thje couatry. Pro vision was made for the distributioa of the rifles, valued at about 12.000.- 000. by, legislation recently enacted by the congress. It is said some of the guns will be received by the Sa lem post. In addition to the loan of rifles, the bill provides for the sale to post of the American legion of "blank ammunition In suitable amounts fot said rifles" and further specific that the rifles be "obsolete or con demned army rifles" and that the number distributed shall not "exceed 10 such rifles to any one post." " The posts of the American legion requested these obsolete rifles for use "in connection with the funeral ceremonies of deceased soldiers, sail ors and marines and for other post eeremonial purposes." the nses to which the rifles are to be pat having been included in the -bill. W appetite, W W The flavqr digestion i H lasts-and the Y 7 g electrically- ... sealed V w A. M) p package ' jJL i brings ( Ml Mm to you . with all Its fcoodness perfect ly preserved. Sealed Ti2ht- KePt Right! At the ehange of shifts late today four full switching crews were work ing la the yards of the Southern Pa cific company, fdur it the Union sta tion yards- and three in the yards of the Oregon-Washington railroad and navigation company. The embargo on freight shipments had not been lifted, bat tome freight was moving. Of the Tba rl-ltnen working today about half were flea will b stripped of bayonets and other appurtenances, as was done in the loan by the government of obsolete rifles to the high school cadets In Washington. " No distribution ran be made until some system for handling the loan will have been devised. strikers who had returned to work and half were new men, railroad of ficials said. ." V . FIUKOO nKTTRXlXO TO NORMAL. SAN FRANCISCO, April 12. Con ditions In the Pacific . coast states, arising from the unauthorized strike ot railroad switchmen, were reported tonight as "steadily .improving by railroad company officials, whila leaders of the men on strike contend ed they were "holding their own." . If It were true that every knock's a boost, think bow high Burleson would be.. MEN TAKE UP THEIR WORK IN CHICAGO (Continued from Page 1.) Ml your dealer doent carry them ena money and bust dm t. and we will aend yoa one tor. trial. PosUs prepaid. cose ns should come ' with clean hands," he said. "The Rrotherhon of Railway Trainmen, took a strike vote In secret two weeks ago. Bal lots were cast at 140 points and au thorised brotherhood officers to eaH a strike if demands for increased pay and better working conditions were not granted. If our strike called in the opn, is illegal, what do they call tactics like that?" J. A. Farquharson. an officer of the Rrotherhood of Railroad train men, said Granau's charge was a fab rication. A. F. Whitney, ilea president of the brotherhood of trainmen, leader In the union's campaign in Chicago againt the Insurgents, said that the crux of the strike had come and the rebel movement was waning. me men realize they have no eadership and that nothing Is to be gained by remaining out." h satl. The outlaw movement is disinte grating." R. l. Murphy, a strike leader, de clared original demands "stand as first presented." and that wage in creases "must go into effect noin the return of the men to work." The Chicago managers association must come to us, he said. J"aad all negotiations must be in the own. Ve do not CXDwt anv intervention on the nirt of the government. There will always be some one to take Grti- nau's pUc if they arrest him." I ollowing the first big .rcak In the strike at Colambus, where Cg nnniman on snnair voted to re turn, firiken In other cities today returned to rtoty or decided to to a.. - - - iacg tomorrow. . v All Vole to eUlora. MriKlng switchmen and vardmr-n! here are planning to go back to work as soon as they can arrange to go In a body, A. F. Whitney, vice-oresident rt the Brotherhood of Trainmen, said lonigni. r. Whitney said committees of strikers from the Illinois Central, the onnwestem, the Chicago. uTJrlrne- ton and Quincy and the Chicago. Mil waukee and St. Paul roads, consulted wun him today. At a meeting tonight of the Chi cago district council of the switch men's onion of North America, a res olution was passed declaring it the a a a . m a a . . . i-HuDsaj oi ceiegaiea mat an un ion members return to work Imme diately pending settlement of all questions of dispute: TENSION KASES IX PORTLAND. PORTLAND. Ore., April 12. Gradal lessening f strike pressure marked the day's derelosmeata here. ttWe,re alvays meeting friends" . . Chesterfield OVER three million smokers over three million friends know the "satisfying goodness of Chester- field's expert blend of fine Turkish and1 Do mestic tobaccos. They know "they satisfy. F i, ITS IMPOSSIBLE" ""J HAT was faid about corn raising In the Wil lamette Valley. Still it bids fair to eventu ally being very successful. That Was said about raising loganberries profitably, and yet consider the industrial as well as fanning importance of that production at this time. Vision is as essential in farming as in business and nothing so helps one capitalize on his am bitions as a good banking connection- like the United States National UnitedStaJM0an'onalBanlt! rl , Ore$otv r 1 a ., al bm - t UM all 9 r -r f . t I ;,ee f:r.i Oregon. s f
