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WASHINGTON
PRIEST CLOSES DOORS OF
CHURCH ON IMMODESTY
WOMEX MAY NO LOXttEIt WOR
SHIP XM Aril EN TOO RAW
STRIKE! END
ANOTHER CONFESSION
OF ARSON SECURED
WILLIAM HASKIN OF BOA UI) MAN
HOPED TO GET INSURANCE
STE1NER IS
UPHELD BY
STATEBOARD
SHRIT OF DEAD JOHN
B. ENTERS HENRY FORD
tOWDEN VINS
FINDS I.W.W.
RESPONSIBLE
POSSIBILITY
IN FEW DAYS
HOME STATE;
WOOD SECOND
Reverend Father Tacks Notice on
Itofendant If Same Man WTio Suf
fered Fire In Portland Hit Year
Ago and Collected
Char-ch Door That .Women With
Low Necked .Dresses Forbidden
' SEVEXTIKTII YEAR V ' . ' . 1 : ' : : ;
. MALKM, OUKGU.V, WKDXESUAY MOUXIXG,. APRIL 14. 1P20.
- -
Sipis of Their Activitiex Dis
covered and Their Litera-
tore Is Passed Among Law-
less Strikers
WILSON APPOINTS ,
NEW LABOR BOARD
Hcpe Is Seen for Termination
of Strike in Orderly
Fashion
PHOENIX. Ariz.. Aoril 12. On
the doors or all four entrances to
St. Mary's Catholic church, notices
appeared today saying that -entrance
into this church is forbidden to wo
men, wearing low necked dresses."
The name of Reverend Father P.
Novatus. rector, was- subscribed.
Members of the congregation, said
Rev. Novatus frequently had nrotest-
ed in public utterance against pres
ent day tendencies, in - wdYtfAn'a
clothes.
WASHINGTON. April 13. Evi
dence of the activity of Industrial
Workers of the World toward Incit
ing and maintaining the unauthor
ized railway strike continue to ac
cumulate at the department of jus
tice and - officials ; admitted tonight
that they saw signs of. an attempt
to expand the railroad strike Into
"one phase of a world revolution.
Reports from field agents of the
department were not complete
enough to permit determination of
the government'! course in dealing
with the situation. ,
Labor Hoard Chosen.
President Wilson today issued: a
call for his cabinet: to meet tomor
row morning. It will be the first
teuton of Mr. Wilson's official ad
visers since! his western speaking
tour, on which he was taken ill, and
the strike situation was understood
to have prompted the call. In some
quarters ;lt was thought, an an
nouncement as to the government's
coarse would follow the cabinet
meeting. :
The president also sent to the sen
ate today: the nominations of the
Bine men representing employers,
employes and the public, whom he
bas selected to compose the labor
Board provided nnder the transpor
tation act to deal with railway labor
disputes. Those selected werei
Representing the public: George W.
Hangar, Washington, D. C. ; Henry
Hunt, Cincinnati; R. M. Barton, of
Tennessee. . : '
Representing the railroad corpor
atlons: Horace Baker, J. H. Elliott
and William L. Park. ;
.'. Represebtlng the employes: Albert
NEW MARION
. ; R1ANAGEMENT
Harry. Pierce , Comes From
Portland Hotel to Take
Charge of Hostelry
It is understood that the manage
ment of the Marion hotel arter May
1st, will be in the hands of Harry
Pierce, for a long time connected
with the Hotel Seward in Portland,
who will take active chargs as suc
cessor to Charles G. Miller.
Many Men Return to Work;
Others Replaced and More
Freight Mores in Many
' Places r
SITUATION BECOMES
MORE SERIOUS IN EAST
All New York City Switchers
Refuse to Return But Hope
Is Seen
(Continued on page 6)
NEW YORK. Anril 13. Interest
in the nation-wide strikes or rebe
lious railroad workers, which ap
peared to be subsiding west of Chi
cago while spreading in the east,
centered tonight in Washington.
Union labor leaders, who have
striven ineffectually to induce the
strikers to return to work, saw a
ray of hope in the appointment to
day of President Wilson's labor
T Ham WkMwU J a.
Much care has been exercised In ",r.-
vavsaa VP VI v 41 Willi lA UUT U IS-
William Haskin. who-collected in
surance on a fire in Portland ait
years ago. which, he told the author
ities, was caused by the overturning
of a stove when he was attacked by
burglars, has confessed to setting
rre to his store at Hoard man. Mor
row county, on March 16. last. Tne
confession was made to II. H. Pom
eroy, an investigator for the state
fire marshal's department, and Sher
iff T. D. Taylor of Umatilla county.
A night letter to Fire Marshal A.
C. Barber from Pomeroy says that
Haskin confesses he set fire to the
outbuilding expecting to collect
$6500 insurance.
Raskins Portland fire was at 813
Willamette boulevard. He claimed
that while his family was absent two
burglars entered the house, beat hira
and shot him. leaving him uncon
scious. He declared the stove wan
overturned, setting fire to the hous
and that he became con-clous when a
burning rug scorched his feet. Hat
kin was taken to St. Vincent's hos
pital where he remained a week. The
house was well Insured and Haskli
collected.
For the Board man offense Haskin
had a preliminary hearing at Hepp-
ner jvesterday.
Olcott and Hoff Support Hos
pital Head in Row With
Attendants
SEVERAL LOSE PLACES
Superintendent ' Minces No
Words in Addressing Him
self to Complainants
in
t
the selection of a successor to the
present highly satisfactory manage
ment and it is felt that Mr. Pierce
will be able to continue the service
of the hotel In a manner acceptable
to the people of Salem and its ever
increasing host of visitors.
Municipal Inspection
I Improves Meat Supply
: . ... .
PORTLAND. April 13. Portland
meats have steadily increased in
Quality and wholesomeness since the
incorporation in the city health bu
reau of a division of meat inspection,
according to the annual report of
Dr. E. E. Chase, divisional chief, to
Dr. George Parrish, city health of
ficer, filed today. -
Man Convicted of Murder
in Arizona to Be Hanged
PRESCOTT. Aria.. April 13. -
Nichon Martin, convicted March 29
on a charge of having murdered Ar
thur de Stcunder,, overseas veteran
of the Canadian army last October,
h was sentenced today to be hanged
June 25.
i-rYr'.lY,
Essential Things
ForWdnian
in
I
putes. Early confirmation of the ap
pointments is hoped for by the sen
ate so as to permit the board to get
into action promptly on the present
strike situation. "
Meanwhile, officials of the depart
ment of justice in Washington an
nounced that evidence of the activi
ty of the I. W. W. toward inciting
and maintaining the unauthorized
strikes had continued to accumulate.
Trouble la East Grows
While official estimates were lack
ing, the number of persons who have
been made idle by the strike, direct
ly and Indirectly, runs into the hund
reds of thousands. In the state of
Ohio alone 100,000 persons were re
ported out of work today with in
dustrial plants in virtually every sec
tion continuing o suspend opera
tion. In the mining district around
Scranton and Unlontown. Pa., 50.-
ovv mine and coke workers were
idle. ...
The main battleground of tho
strike which centered for several
days in the middle west, switched o-
aay to the east. Strikers of greater
New York, whose ranks were stead
Ily augmented during the day. unan
imously rejected all overtures of
peace at a mass mesting in Jerser
City tonight. Further complications
were injected into the situation by
a strike of 2000 Pennsylvania rail
road shop workers In Trenton. N. J
and reports of unrest among other
railroad shopmen in this district.
Purchase of which, at these prices, is made possible
only by our Retiring From Business Sale
Und
erwear-
This if two-piece Underwear for-women
and children of a quality that can't
mean anything hut just plain Goodness
through and through. Some are medium
light, some fleece lined and six months
from now you'll fee tickled in more ways
than one because you bought plenty. ,
: ..Pants and Vests, Children' Garments
10c, 15c, 25c, 35c, 50c. Women' Gar
' r ments...45c, 75c, 85c, 95c, $l-25 $1.45
"Union Alls
77
Lee'g Blue Chambray for girls from 7
to 16 years. A well-made garment that
will tave many a dress. They'll be
; much liked m the berry yards this Bum
mer. For girls '.7 -'to n years.
For girls 12 to 16 years... ..
$1.65
.:$1.85
Ribb
on-
We have taken, from our regular stock,
a lot of plain Taffetas a ud Satins and
-' marked them down for a quick clean up.
, The widths are many and there are nu
- merous colors and shades; also white and ,
black and a few novelties. "We have di
vided them into six groups at per
yard........5c 10c, 15c, 20c, 25c, 35c,
Hope Im Held Oat
NEW YORK. April 13. Railroad
officials here, while admitting the
gravity of the situation, expressed
hope that tomorrow would show an
improvement in the demoralized
freight and passenger service here.
They based their optimism on the in
creasing volume of offers of volun
teers to man the trains.
In the west railroad officials re
ported that strikers of half a dozen
cities voted to return to work, rail
road men at other points voted not
to join the walkout and embargoes
were lined by several roads. Strike
leaders . there refused to concede.
however, that they were losing
ground.
The .first positive act of federal
intervention was reported today from
New Orleans, where department of
justice agents raided a strikers
meeting and arrested six leaders on
federal warrants charging them with
interfering with the United States
mails.
mere was growing a arm over
p Sort age of perishable food and coa
in the east, especially in and 'around
New York, but shipments continued
lo arrive though with Increasing Irregularity.
Portland Case Improve.
PORTLAND. April 1?. The rail
way transportation situation in Port
land, in relation to the switchmen's
strike, wai said by operating offic
ials to be Improved today. Officials
.said that, hree full crews were on
duty at the Southern Pacific's Brook
lyn yards here and. that other men
were available when needed.
With no through freight arriving
from the east. Oregon-Washington
Railroad A Navigation company of
ficials said that the yard work was
very light here and that sufficient
men were on hand to handle it.
The strike on the Spokane, Port
land it Seattle railway was said to
be still complete..
SF.ATTLK STIIX CALM.
SEATTLE. April 13. All switch
men in Seattle continued at work to
day. J. J. TcCuIlougb. superlnten
dent of the Seattle switching zone.
announced today.
Switchmen who walked tout A
Everett. Wash., last night, returned
to work today, according to reports
received here.
TRAINS STICK IX CALIFORNIA.
LOS ANGELES. April 13. Ten or
12 passenger trains, both west and
Employes of th state hospital for
the insane who threatened U quit
unless Superintendent Stelner woull
discharge John D. (Happy) Gordon,
a parole convict, were told by State
Treasurer Hoff. when they appeared
before the board of control with
their grievance yesterday, that their
conduct was Inhuman. Governor
Olcott told them' they had "gotten
off on the wrong foot.' and that the
board would wholc-hmrtedly sup
port Dr. Stelnejr in whatever action
he takes relative to discbasging or
keening in his employ the disgrun
tled attendants.
As a result of the trouble at least
seven men will be discharged by
Steiner. M. H. Pogue. Salem attor
ney, who represented the attendants
before the board, said he was In
formed thst about 70 woUld quit.
Fteiner said he didn't earerhether
It was 70 or 170, he would maintain
discipline at the Institution. s
,Twety-Tvo Klrrt Involved-
That they would rtrslgn .their
places as attendants at the state hos
pital for the Insane unless Gordon
wVre discharged, was the ultimatum
22 employes of the 'hospital placed
before "Superintendent Steiner early
yesterday. Dr. Steiner informed the
disgruntled attendants that Gordon
would remain with the institution
as long as his conduct as a paroled
man and as an employe of the hos
pital is satisfactory to the authori
ties, and that they might have their
time If they desired.
The protest. of the. attendants was
placed before Superintendent Stein
er :-i the form of a petition.
Steiner Is Point IUaak.
Gordon, paroled recently from the
penitentiary where he was doing
time for a minor offense, came to
the hospital as an employe about
four days ago. As far as could be
gleaned from the hearing yesterday
the main objection to him by the
other employes
ed convict, though the attorney said
.t th. Aiamwi. rniintr bos- he was lniormea mat sometimes pr-
. c t .oArn r.i t.ninr nf I oLed prisoners has been allowed
her loneliness and desire to meet qaal authority ith other employes
Hulrt. Another letter, dated March and that the other attendants were
tt .inH "Yoiir wtfA Irene" compelled to associate wun me i
Indicated' a marriage in Sacramento, social functions In the Institution,
-i .v.. .rilr Dr. Steiner. speaking in his own
iiijsiiiru ua ai r i u iiduauu o w x. v. -
COLl-MBIAX EDUCATOR SHOWS
NEW LIZZIE PKOPELLOR
Waste of Paper Manafactnre To B
I'srd to Make Alcohol to bo
Miied In Flivver Cocktail
ST. LOUIS. Mo.. April 13. Dis
covery of a new alcohol made from
wood and usable aa grain alcohol
and In a mixture for a gasoline sub
stitute, was described today at the
convention of the American Chemi
cal society in session her.
Professor R. K. UcKae of Colum
bia university, explained the new
ll'juld and expressed the belief that
it would reduce the cost of operat
ing automobiles. The alcohol, be ex
jralncd. Is obtained from the -sugar
in waste from the manufacture of
pulp and mixed with kerosne' and
Unzol forma a substitute for gaso
line. This mixture, he aald. does not
form carbon In the cylinders, and
affords more mileage to a gallon
than gasoline. Prefeasor McKe
said It had been used successfully
In Norway and Sweden and that he
believed it could be manufactured
General Leads in Chicago bat
GoTerncr'f Lead EIinrLere
Make Hia CI earl ALcad
HOOVER DRAWS
SCATTERED VOTE
Few Ardent Friends Write
His 'Name en Some
Ballots
THREE MORE ARE
ADDED TO LIST
World's Marriedest Man Has
Wives in All Parts of
Country
LOS ANGELES. April 13. Three
more women were said by officers
tonight to have been practically
identified as wives of Richard Hulrt.
known also as Walter Andrew Wat
son abd various other names, who
is alleged to have married at least
20, of whom five are missing.
Chief of Police Weir of Spokane.
Wash., telegraphed! his belief that
Hulrt. nnder the name of Carl
Stock e. married Mrs. Margaret Mey
ers of that city, lit Vancouver. Wash..
where she was supposed to be mak
ing her home.
Messages from New York sought
to identify Hulrt as one James
Wright, who. 13 year ago. using
the name of Charles Newton Har
vey, married Anna uerrttt in snei-
bourne Falls. Mass. Wright later
served a term In Sing Sing. It was
said, for having fired a "fake art
studio to obtain the Insurance.
Detectives found . among Hulrt's
papers a letter dated July 4. lilt,
and signed Irene Erickfton. then a
CHICAGO. April 13. Governor
Frank O. Lcwdea carried his bom 4
in 'this country cheaper than gaso-I state today In the Republics. pre-
line. Hdentlal preference - primary, with
Major General Leonard Wood sec
ond and Senator Hiram Johnson
third, the latteri name being writ
ten In by the state.
Returns from more than half of
state gave Lowden a lead which
maintained at the same rati.
Indicated a majority over Wood of
seventy thousand to eighty thousand.
General Wood carried Chicago and
Cook eounty, but Governor Lowden'a
vote In the state outside of Chicago
gave htm a lead which progressed
steadily with the countiag of returns.
Senator Johnson's strength which
was ia Chlcaco. where most of .bis
vote appeared.
There was no contest In the Dem
ocratic primary, but the names of
more than half a dozen Democrats
IRISH STRIKE
GREAT MENACE i?
... - -
No Dbordef as Yet But Peo
ple Are Determined and
Peril Threatens
(DUBLIN. April 13. The strike,
which began today la Ireland, ex-
ct In Ulster. In aympathy with the
political prisoners here and else
where, was a general one. .' ,
At first it was Intended aa a one-
declared "mavbe you would have
been better if I had used my money
on myself instead of getting mar
ried."
Tax receipts in the naniebf Elisa
beth . F. Trior, of Milllken. Weld
county. Colo., also were round.
Hulrt Is In the county hospital tnai pcuuou u..w..
receiving treatment rrom seu-in- tninmi.
flicted wounds. N charges havo
been placed against him nor has he
leen physically able to make a state
ment.
day demonstration, but a manifesto I were written la the ballots ia eeat-
Issued today by tne iraacs unios tering returns. neroen uoovera
congress and the labor party calls I name appeared la some Republican
fr Its continuance Indefinitely. I ballots.
The manifesto- exhort all citizens 1 Governor Lowden and General
to assist in preserving order. It wooa were in oniy canaiai
aaya the strike Is a solemn protest made speaking campaigns,
on which the Uvea of men are d- Women east a courtesy rote but
pendent and that no oeeaaion should It wa comparatively light-
be given Use military for an out-i in inicago.
bre4. I tlal preference primary was eombln-
The strike eould not have been ed wun an. eiecuon oi ware cwa-
more complete. - All kind. ol busl- raiueemeu,. un.xwMppuis
ness was suspended. ' The banks and Hon Judge and worker, shooting
the toek exchange her which man- and slugging and other act or viol
aged to keep open here during the ence marked the balloting. In one
antl-conscriptlon conflict, were com-1 precinct, zoo ie irom jwuK
pelled to close. piace.. an snianuum - -
Several rjovernment depertmente er wa shot after a
found st "Impossible to carry on the Adolph Muua. an elects Judge,
i.k , and Charles Net m r k aa election
Crowds of visitors, who came tolworaer. were iwMpf
Dublin for the Punchestown races I unia en iinea mm m - -
a ma bm a sn n raw aai at sr n ss m i dps a aii a aav w -
tlon to him by the compelled to cook their own polling plsce was not opened nnUl
ts that be 1 a parol- food and ake thelr ovn beds. A U - m.. when more were obtained,
irh tha attorneT said I . . , Mirnr Tbomnson. Republican
tlonal committeeman for Illinois.
oblired to close. I gamea iuh mnuw i
. Up to a late hour no disorder naa coumy . "Z
been reported. . Thousand, of per- year, through the elec
pons in Dublin still were carrying i romnmutm .u
demonstratlona ' ocUlde the I ,''7,.-
tangTennt. had b'eTeted there to the Republican national eonven-
to prevent acceas to the prison. Dur- Hon. -.f--,
Ing the day airplane sailed 6ver For Lowden. 2.; bo preference.
the crowds, at time almost ioucn-ii. . . ..
ing the housetop . I With Cook I
The Irish bishop', meeting W ,u-
M,mftoth i..ud a statement con- ed precincts downstata missing, tho
detuning the government's conduct. I returns at 1. o'clock thl nioming
gaei
chapter 100. laws or 117. wnicn.
among other things, makes it a mis
demeanor for any person to put ob
stacles In the way of paroled men
receiving employment.
"Under that act." said Steiner.
"every one of you men who signed
Thl caused one of the complain
anta to charge that Dr. steiner had
attempted to -blackball" from em
ployment attendants wnom ne naa
tlrharind from tne insiuuwoa
SAN FRANCISCO. April 13. San Thi. Dr. Steiner denied.
Pnnriurn dotertive went to Corn-1 ' Hand Off. is Hoard's Policy.
Ing. CaL. today to.seek clues to the! Dr. Steiner told the board It had
whereabouts of Mrs. Nina L. Delon- Ihom the Dollcr of the hospital man
ey. whom they think may be one of sgement for many years to employ
the alleged missing wives of Richard
Watson, or Hulrt. under arrest in
Ixs Angeles. Mrs. Ieloney was mar
ried here (art Decemler to Charles
Harvey.
Harvev Is said to hsve been an
alias of Hulrt.
(Continued on page S)
Some Members of Burleson
Family in Russian Post
CALGARY. Alt.. April 13. Mrs.
Thomas Rrowning. Calgary, today
received a letter mailed la Moscow.
Russia. July. lfH. before the war
broke out. Her brother, who wrote
the letter, aald nothing of war pros
pects, but told of a strike in Petro-
grad.
(Continued on page )
Census Figures Show
Most Towns Increase
WASHINGTON April 13. Wil-
liamsport. Pa.. 36.198; increase
4338, or 13.6 per cent. East Liver
pool. Ohio. 21.411; increase 1.024,
or five per cent. Denlson. Texas.
17.065. increase 3.433 or 2S.2 per
cent. Plattsburg. N. T., 10.909, de
crease 229. or 2.1 per cent. Rah way.
N. J.. 11.042. Increase 1.705, or 18.3
per cent. McKees Rocks. Pa., 16,713;
increase 2.011. or 13.7 per cent. Sa
lem. Ohio. 10,305; Increase 1.362.
or 15.2 per cent. Bristol. Virginia,
Tennessee 14.776; increase 1,381. or I
10.3 per cent. Aiken. S.C.. 4.103.
Increase 192, or 4.9 per cent Leb-
annon, Tenn.. 4,084. Increase 425. or
11.6 per rent. .Swiss vale. Pa.. 10.
908; increase 3,527 or 47.8 per cent.
HYDROPLANE BEARING HOOVER PETITIONS WILL
ARRIVE AT FOOT OF COURT STREET AT 12:15
Heavy Ice Interferes
With Alaska Travel
Cl'l 1"IT E . -.II 19 t.. ......IT- I V
heavy ice is blocking steamship nav- i
Igatioa to Anchorage and other
r . n . . . a n I
poinio on iook iniei. Aiasaa. iwo
announced sailings for Anchorage
were cancelled today by steamship
eompan.es. Ice Is leaving Cook in
let water later thia year than for
many seasons, it I. said.
The hour is 12:15:
A quarter past 12.
Today, at the ferry slip on the bank of the Willamette
river in Salem, near the foot of Court street, between Court
and Chemcketa.
At that time and at that place will arrive the limonsine
of the air, the seaplane, the "Sea Gull," bearing Chester Mur
phy with the Hoover nominating petitions, the pilot of the sea
plane lein(f Victor Vernon, dean of the I'nited State army
overseas air seoutR.
The sky loat will also bear Hon. Clark B. Ely. who will,
addiess the'erowd on the river bank from the low oUhe boat
after it "lands" on the.vratir. ,
Mr. E1J- wa ehairman of the Republican state committee"
of New Mexico, was food administrator of that state, is now a
practicing attorney of Loh Angeles, and one of the country 'a
best orator.
He will have something to Kay about Herbert Hoover's
candidacy that will be worth Waring, and no doubt be will
have a great crowd to listen.
After the speech, the sea plane will circle over Salem,
dmprinif Hoover literature, and bearing Mr. Murphy to. the
capitol to file the Hoover petition.
The seaplane will leave Portland at 11 CMS and should
t "make the trip in 30 to 40 minute.
fwdea: Men. 189.667: women.
32.436,-totaL 222.103.
Wood: Men. 131.775; women. 23.--527
total. 149.301.
Senator Hiram Johnson' "vote la
Cook eounty was: Men. 35,516; wo
men. 5.365 total 40.811.
BOAT RUN TO .
BEGIN SUNDAY
Rejnlar RWer Traffic A.ala
to Operate Between Salem
and Portland
From shipping center la Port
land comes the Information that on
of the three Wlllaraett river steam
ers will be started south from Port
land next Sunday nlicht for a trip
to Salem. Freight. It aald. Is tov.
being received and passenger res
ervations are made Ir me n.ga
trip up stream.
The boat Is scueauiea to icstw
Portland at ? o'clock In the evenla
snd will arrive at the Salem dock
next Monday morning at S o'clock.
If present pUns are carried out
JUnes will be made every days
cpt saturaay. is inp io
ill be made at nlsht. wblle the r-
turn run will De maae curing in.
day. The boat will leave ibis cny
ror Portland at a. o'clock in tna
morning.
The new river service I being
started by the Portland Navigation
company, a new firm that bas ma Ja
Its appearance as a river carrier.
No announcement bcea made
as to what disposition will altlmate
ly be made of the other two rivrr
steamers. An option on their pur
chaw Is said now to be pending.
The so of one vesw-l only uaHer
high pressure service on the HaUm
run la doubtless meant a a feeler
to determine the amount of traffie
which may be developed In the ter
ritory tributary to the river.
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