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Tirrc onncox RTATT-SMA.X: Tiirr.KiiAY. .rnir. lviosa. .1 . f i i : REAL PAY FOR Later Rock Island switchmen pent a delegation to confer with road offi cers. Some' of the : men returned" today and the others planned to re port tomorrow. . W. F. Scjiaff, manager of the New York Central, said 22 firemen and clfcht switchmen .returned to work. IhfcJiaJd th New York Central was taking care of 8 per cent of nor mal freight traffic and moving 1(K. car dally, in Chicago. Out law s Deny I. V. W. Charge While insurgent leaders continu ed to claim that the strike was grow ing, the general managers associa tion announced that more freight Vra moved in Chicago today than on any day since lh strike started. At the stockyards. It was stated that although livestock, receipts were far from normal, they were steadily improving. The Chicago Yardmen's assocla- CITY TEACHERS Dallas School Board Is Up : held in Election on Spe- dal Tax Levy - DALLAS. Or., April 1 4.--(Special to The Statesman in oneNof the liveliest school elections held in Dal las in tecent years the board of di rectors of district Ho. 2 In which this city ts located won a victory yester uay when the citizens voted to allow tb board to increase the tax levy tnore . than 6 ner cent over that of! last year. nd also for the adoption 1 4I Tn Chicago .rdmcnj asaocia Cf the budget as prepared by . the ,tk,tt en,d "Pp,rt hat t ? NV boara. ,. - . , ; There was strong opposition toil the School board's demands for more money to conduct the schools but friends of the schools crowded the polls at the last moment and won the Victory by a three to one vote. i With the juoney as now voted the .Dallas school board will be in a po sition to offer teachers as big wages as they are receiving in any part of tilp state. .Tracy Staats, clerk of the board, states that np to date bnt few applications have been received ' as the teachers were reluctant to place applications until the outcome of the election was known. The salary schedule for teachers as adopted by the school board at a meeting held last night is as fol lows: . ;, Grade -Teachers of no experience $810 per year; one year successful experience, $900; two years success ful experience, and normal graduates $990; three years successful exper ience. $1080.' r. " - " ' High school No experience. $990 One year successful , experience. $10&u; two years successful exper ience $1125 and three years success ful experience, $1200. CLUB FAVORS SCHOOL BILLS UNANIMOUSLY (Continued from Page 1.) - : between County Assessor Ben West and Mr. Stewart. The latter said there is $3,500,000 of taxable pro perty in Marion county that is not paying any school district tax. Mr. West called for an explanation stat ing at the same time that' only pro perty of $350,000 in valuation in the county .was beyond the reach f the present ' law" Jevying taxes for schools; it -: :: . , X- In the final thow-down It was ad leaders were behind the switchmen's strike, and declared that John Gun nau. head of the outlaw orgapiza- t ion. 'had not been deposed. ' "Our conduct dnrlnjt the last -t 4 days will speak for Itself." the state ment said. "All of our meetings have , been open and have, been at tended by department of justice men who wouiH Siave arreeted anyone who showed I. W. W. tendencies." ' Reports from central and far wes tern states Indicated a' continued Improvement in the strike situation. Railroad workers ! returned at sev eral points and embargoes were lift ed by railroads. , NEW YORK SKK3 KKLIKP. NEW YORK.' April H. Restor ation' of passenger train service on the principal railways into New York made headway tonight. The rush of volunteer students and businessmen eager to substitute for the strikers, evidently has had an' Impressive effect and is believed .by, railroad , officials to be respon sible for: another meeting of the re bellious workers in Jersey City to night. Their defiant attltnde to ward the roads was reported to have undergone a change. following opti mistic reports of the movement of trains without their assistance. It was expected that tonight's meeting would find', many advocates of a more conciliatory stand. Ferry boats plying the ; Hudson river from Manhattan.' to . the Jersey terminals were able .to handle the heavy traffic increased by the shut down of the Hudson tubes. . 2- Many Offer Services. ' Lehigh . railway officials tonight announced that, through passenger service from the Pennsylvania sta tion is being maintained without in terference or delay. Conditions in . i. . r .1 ' n . t . . i i fc- ih... ..1.1 i"" urjiuu vemrw im uiium more MatirtM r iio wa t, tiKnm2 utiui I nearly approached normal. districts in the county in. which no fre. lan 00 students at Col speclal school tax had been levi3d ambia un versity It was announced th r,ei,it. aia tonight, "are ready to act in any to vote a sneclal school tai. ' lr the railway managers and the Aom. on.ww.ifim. n, railroad chiefs might determine. The consideration of th Soldiers' Richard Derby, son-in-law of Sailors' and nMriaes-educational " fai vwonei Toeoaore Booseveit. bill elicited a few short natriotte ad- "rea uyr Bay express into teered when another amateur fire man gave out. After the Journey the begrimmed and prespiring "firemen washed up in the Morris PaK shops and lunched with the-train crew. CLEVKI,ANI. Afril h! Chief.- of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, Brotherhood of lx-onio-tive Kngin-rs and Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Kngtnemen today notified their general chair men throughout the country that they must not participate in any conferences with governmental or railroad officials at which represen tatives of the newly formed Yard men's association are present, lire Imports Many at Work. "We will not recognize the exist ence of tta-j revolting yardmen's or ganizations in any manner." Pres ident 1-ee of the trainmen announc ed today. . The brotherhoods will offer no objections to the yardmen's associ ation being represented before the tail road labor board, provided the brotherhoods are allowed to present their cases first, Mr. Lee said. - Brotherhood of railway trainmen officials tonight gave oat a partial Hat of telegraphic reports from their general chairman., naming railways on which all brotherhood trainmen have returned to work. More than 59 cities are named. The list includes all railroads In these cities: Washington. D. C. Coffeyville, Kan.; Muskogee. Okla.; Omaha. Memphis. Little Rock. Ark.: Parsons. Seattle. Tacoma. and Kver ett and Auburn. Wafch.: Ogdcn. I'tah; Harrow and San Bernardino. Cal.; Syracuse. DcWitt and i'tlea. N- Y.; Danville, 111.; Roanoke, Vt., and New Orleans. Other cities include Minneapolis, r.OO yardmen at work: passenger men at work on all roads in Pitts burgh Pa.; all yardmen in Saginaw. Mich., and all yardmen on the Cot ton Belt road at Shreveport, La. LUIUl A)D AJIuLO I Hard Life in Portland'i - ' eii.-iiich dresses. It was held to be like otb . ers that had been acted upon, an ed ncational measure worthy bf an af firmative vote-by the. people and it . was so recommended. j ; : ;; It was brought, out In the discus sion that each applicant under, this act would be allowed $200 annually, that there are now 3700 applications on file; and that only $178,000 is now on hand to meet these obliga tions. . This set. if passed will cre ate a fund of $400,000' annually for a term of otnr years. The measure to create funds for . , an industrial, school for the blind was handled more carefully ' than either ot the preceding measures due to Its pot heaving been so clearly un derstood. It was brought out that v what funds could be raised would be used to erect a trade school in Portland fn which the adult blind might be taught suitable trades by which they could earn a living for themselves. The measure was' approved - by a unanimous vote. , , . . , ( Under the proposed Crook and Curry counties, bonding:' amendment the discussion - was indifferent and the question by vote was laid on the table. ': v. -5 - .u,. Also the constitutional amend ment extending eminent domain over roads and ways was passed with an affirmative vote after a brief discus-lion- in .whieh a few whacks were taken it , the . non-resident ; timber owners. . ' Road; Contractors Hit -As a finale the matter of building ' permanent roads was called up again aud the question was asked why the county was able to construct perma nent highways at a cost of $15,000 a mile when the private price usually amounted to about $25,000. The ; question gave rise to other questions and .conditions and developed into an argument. A. pleasing Incident at th close cf the - meeting were several musical selections rendered by Miss James. Ruth Bedford. Helen Fleenor and Verden Mof f itt. Theu sual lunch was served with the compliments of the Commercial club. y. I VW. PLAimED. V-v'-rwiDEiREYOLUTION r (Continued from Page 1.) labor organizations t are nnder sur- .velliance. - Funds -used are closely . watched and all clues to the source ot the financial support are being iouowed.- - Break Begins in Chicago. CHICAGO. ADril 1 4. -The first Important break -in the ranks of In srrgent railroad employes in the- Chicago , terminal district came to- day, when, .railroad officers announc ed that groups of strikers on the , PennsylvanU, the Soo Line and the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific had decided to return to work. ' Edward -Corrlran. ' vll nrAKirlont ; ot the Brotherhood of Locomotive , firemen, and Engiaemen. said en ginemen on a number of road hs.4 voted to go back to work and would ' -pon ior duty tomorrow or Fri day. ... The first break was , i tne nn8ylTnI men. - who ' io retnrn . ir ' the rod would ot cancel I their " senforitv rlthts. ARRESTS IX XKW ORLEtXS. NEW ORLEANS. La.. April 14. Interest in the strike situation to night centered in. the investigation by the federal grand jury into the etrlke yesterday of about 100 itcgu Nine leaders among the "insurg ents" arrested by federal authorities last' night andtoday were arraigned and released on $1000 bonds. They were, charged with violation of the Lever act. interfering with essential food supplies and the United States mails. Jndge Foster, in his charge to th grand jury denounced as "a felony comparable to murder or any other high crime, a conspiracy or strike, the purpose of which is to prevent the movement of foodstluffs and ne cessities and to interfere with inter state commerce." INTO ITS GLORY High Cla Dyes Extracted From Lowly Pipe Mater ial by Chemists ST. LOUIS. Mo., April 14. Speak ers at today's session of the conven tion of the American Chemical so ciety ; said corncobs can be utilized In producing dyes and that ettorts were being made to obtain a sugar substitute from malt syrup . Experiments are being made Into the feasibility ot substitutting wood pulp for cotton, it was explained, with a view to reducing the cost of cotton material. This pulp already is being used as a substitute for cotton in the manufacture of explosives It was said. Dr." C. O. Johns'of the department of agriculture, cxpluins that "navy" and lima beans are good foods tor maintaining strength and relieving bodily fatigue, but that aduski. soy and mung beans.-Chinese products. and peanuts promote bodily growth besides maintaining strength. Dyes or a "vivid green" as well as the brown and blue vat dyes, are the latest properties discovered in tho humble corncob, according to Dr. K. P. Monroe of the United States bu reau of chemistry. It recently has been discovered, he said, that furfural, a rare and expen sive chemical used as the base ot sone dyes, ran be obtained by boil ing the cobs in sodium phosphate for two hours. By. the process, be said, the price of. furfural. $17 a pound, can be re duced to fifteen cents. raiite In the form of a resolution in Irtdiired and passed by the council Jthls morning. Anti-rent profiteer PORTLAND, Ore.. April 14. City officials today declared war on tortl rnt nrnfiteers. Information has been gathered ' tlon of the mayor and a full corps 'headquarters will be opened. in Port J land Immediately under the direc- of operatives will be detailed t& '..I. ..... . . ... - cil's rest ork. under-lb terms. of .th solution. - Ilelle So yon were at the Pla1 Dubb wedding! Well, how ,T. Irid look v Nelle Why she sppeard ra.i sblr well groomed. ' Tennessee Delegation Belongs to Leonard CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., April 14. The state Republican convention elected .eight delegates at large to day with-half 'a ,vote each and in structed them to vote for General Wood for president at Chicago as long as his name is before the na tional convention. litigation Is Avoided With Realty Brokers Real estate brokers to the number of 18S8 in the state have registered under the real estate registration and lie-ease law of 1919. according to a statement yesterday by C. V. John son, .in charge of that department in the state insurance commissioner's office. It is estimated that a total of 2000 will register this year, ,-l.ast year the number was 1537. Up to this time there has been no litiga tion to compel dealers to adhere .to the law. Some disputes have been settled without .going to court. Armenian Veterans Urge Recognition of Republic WASHINGTON. April 14. Five hundred Armenian veterans of the European war, who fought with the United States' forces, marched to the state department today and pre sented to Secretary bf State Colby, who acted for President Wilson, a .memorial; ask j -that the United states irani recognition to xne re public of Armerila 'as bas been done by Great Britain, France, Italy and Japan. m 9 v k I 1 T t . W I ft v- - - . - v . fcw -4 w . - V " i : ' f I . t I ' I - '---- I Not . " ''ml High mmt" priced mm DEALERS teU us that many people infer Vacuum Cup Tires and "Ton Tested' . Tubes are high priced, assuming that quality and hih price naturally go together, . . ' ' To the contrary, they are very moderately priced, due to a perfected factory or ganization operating in a plant utilizing every modern improvement and prac tical labor saving device, and marketing under an independent zone selling sys tem which makes possible highest quality at economy prices. 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