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
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feaa a'aralite (Twtn tl it ot 66 for
wakta a will aead taa geooiaa recip
fr oa raqavst ta aar ! or wotnaa who
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hair growth. Or taating Jbax f tha ras
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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.
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brings (
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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
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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
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