THE -BATHER: ' T
Oregon: Tueeday probably ran In
Ths EU testa a receives the leaeed
wire report of lbs Associated Pre,
tbe greatest aad ma reliable prese
colder- in east portion nth Mastering
cUtlon la Lt world.
- . , -ii-a
8EV CXTIETH YEAR
MALKM. OUEt-O.V. TUESDAY MOHMXi, APRIL SO. IPSO.
PKlCEl FIVE CHXTn
V
DENIM TOGS
GOOD ENOUGH
. . i i"i !
FOR STATE
Gorernor Olcott and 93 OtK
; er Oregon Officials and Em
( ployes : Pledged I to Wear
Overalls to Cut Costs
SUPREME COURT BOYS
I- ARE SHY AROUT IDEA
omen, Almost Without Ex
ception, Join in Crusade
of Economy
PROFITEERS GET BAD
JOLT BY UNCLE SAM
WILD TALKS OF AWFUL PRICES
REACH SENSITIVE EAR
Dollar Lemonade and Fifty Cent
Coffee Bring Howls Rat Dealer
Blame Costly Taxte .
NEW YORK. April 19. A. W.
Riley, chief of the "flying squadron"
or the department of justice, whose
campaign far has resulted in tha
conviction of 10 profiteers, with
fines ranging from fort to J2S00 and
imprisonment froni one day to, two
years, has uncovered a number ol
surprising commodities for which
dealers are tsaid to be asking exorb
itant price. Complaints of alleged
gongmg" m almost everything,
from pickles to rouge, and from
lemonade to whiskey are being re
ported to tMr. Riley by New York
consumers. One man who "had paid
S 1.1 5 to a restauranteur for a tinv
MORE PLANTS
TO BE BUILT
BY GROWERS
Executive Board of Co-operative
Association Authorizes
Expenditure of Nearly
$100,000 in State
CONTRACTS WILL BE .
LET WITHOUT DELAY
?Z V&ST'SiffnZ W Myrtle Creek. Riddle, Grants
Pass, Sheridan and Dallas
. Oregon's coup, d'etat will be done
It denim. :
Hereafter visitors to tils executive
flees may mistake the place for the
janitor's quarters, or, perhaps, think
the Non-Partlsau eague isnf the sad
dle In Oregon. r r.
i Governor Olcott has .joined the
verall brigade, and so also has his
secretary. Don H. Upjohn. Their
them, but glancing at his check, took
a newspaper he had been reading,
wrapped up his "meal" and brought
it to the federal prosecutor.
Sofe of the letters of complaint
were amusing, others pathetic. All
however, showed the seriousness of
the present era of high prices.
ine cbief of the "ffcing squad
VA' K n - t w - . .
Get Buildings
ONE MORE CRIMP -
IN AUTOCRACY
SWEDISH ROYALTY MAY XOW
WED COMMON FOLK
Law Which Forbade Prince to
Marry Man Not of Royal Blood
Amended by Royal Consent
STOCKOLM. March 2g. Swedish
princesses may henceforth marry
commoners, for the government has
introduced in parliament a bill to
amend the old law which forbade
them to wed anyone not of royal
blood. Under the proposed law onoly
the king's kuowleAge and consent is
requisite for such unions.
WILSON GETS
SET BACK ON
TURK TREATY
Allies Claim His Request Is
Made Impossible by Treaty
Already Signed by Polk
Last Year
GRUNAU GOES TO
JAIL FOR CRIME
Breaking Promise to Federal
Agents Brings Apprehen
sion and Confinement
At a meeting of tne executive com
mittee of the Oregon Growers' Co
operative association and Oregon
has received complaints of snrh I Growers' Packing corporation yes-
examples of alleged profiteering as Iterday it was definitely voted to start
ioiiows: consirucuou lnimeoiaiciy on a num-
Drug store whlskev at 12 i of plants. The aggregate cost
and $2 more for doctors' nresertn- will be neaily $100,000.
tlon; canary birds. S20 to 125 and At Myrtle Creek, a prune packing
13 to 118 for a cace- lemonade I Plant will fx? ouui. iwue print draw
urtul at n V. i A , . I I n tru havo )xn mailo and tha rnn
. . . i m. uuiri udiice hqu Rain in "" -- - -
panes were uuueu yesieraay to tnose haTe hen weak a " " tract will be let by J. C. Holt im-
t Sam A. Kozer. deputy secretary of tlto w ,' "e mediately. At Riddle it was also
iiaie ana n. jocnumerman. corpor-t k, ci.h . ' "
ition commissioner, both candidates! cSt. V? !t l SJf F fro" 20
tor secretarv of state a'onp with th J. to a Pund ome New
i.rJ :?:. ,f,-Ti:f Vork markets; prunes, three for 10
cents. in a popular restaurant; pea
nut on. sold as "olive oil." S4 a
quart; anthracite coal. $15, instead
of $9.50 a ton in Nyack, X. Y.. be
cause the miners were rranted a
wage increase of 50 cents a ton..
PRESIDENT REFUSED
ARMENIAN MANDATORY
UTOPIA DOES EXIST ON
LONELY PACIFIC ISLE
THOMAS MORE'H DREAM OF LAXD
Ol' NOWHERE CX1ME TRUE
All lrfmy HrM in Common and
Worth lj 1 Carrieil on In Proper
Seventh Ihiy AdtentUt Stjle
PAPEETE. Tharti. April If The
The mnnectlon with civilisation
mtabllrhed throtnh the opening of
the grevt Circle sea rout frof Pana
ma lo Autralia may affect the com
munal life of the 20 rodents of
Piira'rn is:and. until recently on
ot the niott lonciy plct In - the
world.
For more than loo jears the l
UniTo. dM-endants of white mu tine!-
and Tahitlan women and d
vo?it member of the Revenlh tmf
Advrnll't faiih. haTe livrd harmoal-
ouiily in whit the rare visitors re
gardrd a a port of I'tcpia.
Whcucv-r a hip i tighted. the
I
KANSAS MOB
HANGS NEGRO
FOR ASSAULT
Take Man From Jail in Pitts"
burgh and He Him cp Bat
Let White Companion Go
Free
Learae Cannot Act in Cai wh: pnla,ion turn w,a lo lh
LagUC VaaHOl rCl in WKVfftUbK prachen. orancea
WHITE GIRL WITH CUT
THROAT WILL NOT DIE
Without Help From
America
tames of SO other state officials and
tmployes who are pledged. :
I - Women Even Stronger.
The . women employes are going
and 115
to wear
even1 strixriger than the men
have pledged themselves
dresses r-coverall of material do
ibort'expttfslve Hun the denim."""
S. B, Goodin, secretary of! the state
onrd efQntnL ha volunteered to
give his assistance in the buying
. which may be done through state
channels .as goods are bought for the
state" Institutions. ! A meeting of all
interested persons has been called for
. o'clock p. m; today in the lobby of
ttte eapitol to discuss methods of buy-
- Ing. . i - - .1
Supreme Court Dubious.
The first hitch tn the circulation
-of petitions w4a .encountered when
the members of the supreme court
were asked to sign up. This is con
sidered, however, more in the nature
WOBBLY STRIKE
TIES UP BUTTE!
14,000 Men Affected by
Walk-Out for Six Hour Day
; and Other Dmands '
voted to put in a packing plant. At
Crants Pass a cement block plant.
suitable for the handling of apples
and pears will be built. This plant
will be erected with a view of ulti
mately turning it into a cold storage
plant. At Sheridan it was voted to
build a large drier and a packing
plant.
Preliminary steps will be taken
for these plants in the next few
cays. At Dallas the plant will con
feist of a la r pre modern prune pack
ing plant and a prune drier. In the
near future the executive committee
will be in position to. announce plans
for other plants.
Others Ready to Operate,
The association already has estab
lished a plant at Medford at a cost
of $50,000 and another at Roseburg
costing $25,000. which, with the
Drager plant" taken over at Yamhill.
represents an expenditure of SI 00
000. in addition to the expenditure
authorized yesterday.
Plants constructed by the aasoci
BUTTE. MonU April 19. Streets
of a hesitation than a refusal, and it J J"1 Swi7tt tai Tl? atlon re ,n r
t hettAvod rhi.r rn.ti.A xfi.rtriif. win 'die miners who walked out this I .r v.h . ....1 ,
. embrace the move. The chief was not m,?1f?gI ft "S?fl'h.i! drt,ied P111"- ln building
iA his office yesterday. Nearly every- JL0!' Tl:J"?l Mil Zl U"d equipment, that has been worked
one else in the supreme coth-t build- f " VV "
ing unea up. , . I I t, A -..,
70 per cent of the miners were out.
I. W. W. leaders claimed 85 per cent
The circulation of petitions was
engineered by R. A. Harris it the in
dBstrlal accident department
. Men who have pledged ar:
earn A. Kozef , Henry J. Schulder-
out by lr. Holt. They renresent
several years of study by Mr. ifalt
daring which he visited nearly every
packing plant on the Pacific coast
. I in 1J KLandirdifMl ivxtom m n thar
were out. Between 13.900 and 14.- r,, T.. . .
000 men are employed in the rarious t" r. "'! 1 ' . .ny, cwln
man xm t w i f ""VoA I mines In the Butte district, mine of- V", "Jl ,h" u .VT OB,ru" "cti'
m ?t " T Kirk. w- A. Marshall,!.. . . .-Hm.teii I alike, though they may be different
C, H. Gram, R. A. Harris, JohH P.
Gram, R. W. South wick, R. R. Wal-
H. Bennett, rW .M. Price,
.Pickets this morning attempted to "Vrl:iJ., , in1 eniloy.T cIll.De
CHICAGO. April 19. -John Cru-
nau. president of the outlaw Chicago
yardmen's association, was taken to
jail at Joliet today by federal offi
cers after be had refused to give
1000 bond on a charge of violating
the lever act for which he wia ar
rested last Thursday with 24 other
strike leaders. Federal officers said
he bad violated his promise to remain
way from union meetings.
R. V. Miller, organir for the
United Enginmen's association, an
other man arrested last week, was or
dered held awaiting'bondsmen. Mil
ler told the district attorney he had
not violated his agreement not to
attend meetings until advised to do
so by his attorney.
Following the issnlng of new war
rants last night for ten strike lead
ers. District Attorney Cline Indicated
25 others would be served on men
who succeeded to the offices vacated
by leaders arrestew. Harold E. Read
ing, an officer of the' englnemen s as
sociation, rearrested last night, is In
Jail at Wheaton. He refused to give
bond for bis release'. The cases will
be heard April 24.
While railroads .announced traffic
conditions here Were approaching
normal, a new menace to railroad
service came in the form ot a strike
threat from 35.000 freight handlers
and railroad clerks.
George A. Worrell, chairman ot
the Brotherhood ot Railway Clerks
on the Chicago and Northwestern
railway, said a delegation of workers
would confer with railroad heads on
a demand for a wage increase.
If the demands were not met a
strike vote would be taken.
At the national headquarters of the
Brotherhood of Railway Clerks in
Cincinnati, it was announced a
strike vote had been authorized.
The roads announced 528 switch
ing crews were on duty today as com
pared with 495 last Saturday and the
normal number ot 75. The move
ment of livestock was reported nor
mal.
er. Charles Grassman. Eugene An- ?h;" disorganizing the work,
franc. C. E. Morton. C. S. Hoxie. H. in6 f"fJ.7rt"re I"? Molt Ha, Other Plan,.
transferred from one to the other
Carl T.
emptied but the majority went
Mr. Holt is now working on stan
Lai a a.i . . . . m ... .... s -i i . iitii in miw wn n
v ' - . i inrnnrn rn rn nnn ot in annua i
" -a---., ----- - naa Thprp wrp a f a wfif fir htm I w.j.o t sjp tiu auiu
WW nM nvt T akMM A J Al II C?AI - w v - - w 1 1 1
- ua;uivuu a;jat a aa
aer, J. B. Glesr, A. D. Davison, Mur
ray Li LHart, Uoren R. White. Mau
r Mfn.ii I a a nil zed plants for apples
uu a taaaava a a as a a s a ,- .
WAw k omrA wal raemoers or in executive
r jhwc aw. iuic, I norted - i u nidi nw-, mrtj? yueraay a ro
, nnt, jonn KiessDecg. uuoen - i. ii,,. rt I w. E. St. John. Sutherlin. president
demand were nresented formally by M.. Harlow. Eugene, vice presl
:W. Allen, J. E. Allison. Ralph Mil
ler V i pnAA, d t aWv.av vrn 1 aemanas we,re preseniea lormauy djj V r .
w Z:JiL, R?!rh PJ',.ne:": the strikers! Their first intimation ofl$V. Sejrmour Jones of Salem
raangoen and bv the tiuie the ship
has roiue in. all is neatly packed la
laket and stowed ahoard the two
or thre whale boats at the landiac
place at the foot of the cliff. What-
fVar nf nt nvfar'nnat iap Iai Kin lav
WASHINGTON. April 19. The ,.k.n , f' ,iT.V V Vi,.!.
council oi me iraiiue ui nauuns unu i,n,;.t.1, ik.
agreed informally, according to In-t ashor, brw0Knt to lhe BOOM
and there, urdcr the direction of the
tnaclstrate of the inland, divided
equally ititotK the 40 famllle.
Sheriff Orerpoxered and
Forced to be Witness to
Crime's Perpetration
formation reaching Washington, that
It cannot n.um the mandate for Ar
menia, as was suggested by the coun
cil of Premiers in Pari. Import
ance Is attached by officials to the
decision since an almost essential
preliminary to a discusMon of Tur
kish readjustments by the San Reno
conference will be definition of the
conferences' attitude toward Arme
nia. The fact that it dos not control
military force, and other machinery
necessary to the administration of a
state U understood to have been the
basic reason for the decision of the
premiers. The council will suggest.
however, officials here believe. Ar
menta should be placed In the cate
gory of new states to be controlled
indirectly by the league such as
former German colonies and that
aome neutral state be designated as
mandatory.
I . S. in IUmI Situation.
The allied reply to President Wil
son s Turktsn note is expecxea oj
diplomatic olficials to point out that
ithoat acceptance by the I n I ted
States of responsibility for part of
the burden ot the solution of the
TurW.O question, the allies hifcve
found it Impossible to adopt his sug
gestion that the Turks be driven
from Eurore.
The allies hold. It was said, that
the eviction or the sultan was Im
possible without assumption by some
power, preferably the United States
of the oblixation for the protection
of Constantinople and contiguous
Turkish territory. For economic and
political reason, official said, tb
Strike Situation in
Portland Mach Better
4er Bevler, Vic H. Beckmanj, Brazier
: C. Small, K. E. Hinges. V. J. Page.
I. Thompson, John V. L. Hill pot, H.
F. Caldwell. C. K. Knickerbocker. S.
2. Culver, Chas. W. Craig, G. A. Nye.
the walkout, they declared, was the
handbills reading "The strike is on.
D. W. Johnson of Monroe and H. M.
Mathews of Amity. The meeting
signed by Nick Radkroctf, secretary I f.,so was attended by J. O. Holt of
of the I. W. V. union.
Durine the forenoon there was a I
I? Water.ithH Wf "f' 1 co
Waters. Homer D. Foster." J. C. i ., ... ,.,
Kugene and by W. I. Stalev. Robert
C. Paulns and C. I. Lewis or Salem.
Tibblts. L. C. Elwell. C Li Turner.
0; Chase, R. A. Klein, W. At Reader,
Edwin S. Woodford. E. C. Caswell.
James ttoberg. E. L. Fisher Mark D.
McCallister. Horace Sykete, B. W.
Johnson. A. C. Barber, Percir A. Cup,
Pr,' Rhea Luner. Harold L. Cook.
Charles E. Strickland, J. LJ MoaIIIs-
from the hirl carrying their mining
clothes and lunch 'buckets believed
the mines would be closed down.
Company officials declared .however.
eveery effort to continue operations
would be made.
Clashes between miners employed
on the morning shifts and pickts on
Anaconda hill in which sveral men
RIVER BOAT ON
ITS FIRST RUN
Recently the queen of England
sent imon; other presents for thi
Ulanders. a phonograph. No little
difficulty was met In deriding as
to whom the care of the Instrument
should be riven. It w, finally set
tled by aellinr at anction the privil
ege of use. The ownership, however,
temalns undisputed as the property
of the community.
The inlanders are a very devout
people. Resides chnreh services on
the Sabbath they bold regularly
morning and evening prayers tn each
PITTSBURG, Kaa April It. A
u;ob estimated at 140t persons late
today surroanded the Jail at Mai.
berry. Bear here. elz1 a negro
Identified as having attacked a w&lt
girl here ttla morning, and Laaged
him to a t el phone pol.
The mob did not molest a wtlt
youth, who with the negro, was cap
tured by a poise. After the lynch
ing the youth was removed from the
jail by the authorities.
The attack upon the yosng wx-
mnn took place while sb was goiar
to Mulberry from, her home. Fhe
was found tied ts two tree by a
small boy. Her throat was slashed.
According to physicians, however,
she probably will recover.
After their capture the negro and
youth were taken to Mulberry where
household, cverr tout fcavlr. a
tie harmonium to asilst in the sons "UU 8ced the yoang wo
servlcea. I man and the yoath tdectiOed the
Jnsttce is dinnMi s-fnrttn toinirTO aa the assailant.
Enrllsh law under the presldetjce of
a magistrate, who reports to the
British consul at Tahiti and he in
turn to the hlch commissioner ot the
Pacific at FIJI.
President's Cabinet
Called a Second Time'
WASHINGTON. April 1 -Presi
dent II sob today called his cabinet
to meet with him tomorrow for the
second time since he was taken III
News of the arrests spread rapid
ly and the mob soon gathered. Then
hlle part of the crowd held the
officers back, other pried the bars
from the Jail window, dragred oct
the negro aad led him to the tele
phone pole. A rope waa p rod o eel
aad the ban zing took place.
The negroe'a body waa eat down
ty officers tonight aad seat to Mcl-berry.
Noae of the members ef the ert
had been arrested tonight, accord
ing to reports.
Sheriff Could of Crawford eowaty
t Continued on pare SI
. n . .. .
iei epiemoer. it was said tkat the I started for Uilbtrrr r-.ini ,r
meeting unlike that held last week word that the mob was forming. He
to consider the railroad strike, would I arrived aa the crowd started for the
oe ueToieu io routine proniema. i He was overpowered aad was
It was considered likely however. J complied to stand with his arms
i a issues growing out oi tne strike about a pole while the negro was
wuhmj lui'ir in i"r some uiscusffiou. 1 naaged.
along witn foreign and domestic
questions.
- U VTwili. PSn,' , v'hrho refused to obey the strike call P L KUhpm Tmo IT
it u'r' )Ylllls:; n' 3 were severely beaten by the pickets Uranamona Hake I Hp Up
GieoVge H. dm nf ord II. ji and Down River Under
iiv. . . l Knnirneo irom miners uumus ui
----v.. ... unit, Ariuur o. veuwu. im.
H- Kloepplng. Vernon J. Kloster
Bryan H. Conley, N. M. Clark, H. S.
Bosshard, F. S; Craig. M. D. Pilken
ton, Fred C. Sefton, Hud Welch. J. O.
Binning. W. ArVerman Kdward
'-Heenan, Charles O'Neil, J. E. Hee-
throwUn awav by the pickets.
Mavor W. Tom Stbdden and Sher
iff John K. 'Rourke issued a procla
mation today calling on the strikers
to refrain from fomenting disorder.
The sheriff said deputies would be
stationed in the vicinity of the mines
vVuTooaiaCr' R- C Damre11' each morning and evening
-wsa awUC.
The strike call was issued last
night. The I. W. W. demanded re
lease of all "industrial and political
f men r proiecuon agamsi Drlsoners. gix-hour day; minimum
the high prices of clothing the under- E"" 7 - day for all min-
era;
The 11S Wflm on at thn atato h nil Re I
ne signed the following:
as -w-
as a means of protection against
isneo. pledge ourselves as follows: I " r n..ninff -ant-
Whenever it becomes necessary to I , Knn nH rn.
PHKMire mob' clothing for our dally m. twoWnto work to
work, we will make use of materials. Jn machines and two men
Vln?J ?'nwe. ete.. conforming l"k tOKether in all workings.
tenerally to those of the overalls be-
ingadopted by the men." ;v ,
The women who have signed lol
low:
Virginia Weaver, Florence Varley.
The last strike which aneciea
workers in the Butte district was the
69-day walkout of the metal trades,
which ended October 20. 1919. On
February 7. 1919. a atrllce can simi
New Management
With Captaift Clyde Raabe In com
mand, the tlrahamona in?de Its first
trip to Salem from Portland under
the new Portland Navigation com
pany Sundaj ni?ht and returned to
Portland yerterdav
The- company will operate a daily
servlce except Sundays. Roats will
arrive from Iortland at 5 o'clock
a. m. and leave for Portland at R a.
in-, arriving at t'ortiana at :i d. m.
The Salem Commercial club and
the city have graveled and other
wise Improved Ferry street in th
vicinity or the old O. C. T. dock,
where the boats will land. The
work was done by a force of work
ers and Walter S. Low, city street
commissioner.
PORTLAND. Or.. April 19. Nine
switchmen, or three full crews, were
hired by the Southern Pacific com
pany at its Rrooklyn yards today
all experienced yardmen who came
to the city to take the vacant jobs.
They are ;mion men. company of
ficials saici. The Southern Pacific
is now operating ten of Its 17 switch
ing engines in the Itrooklyn yards.
While th" Oregon - Washington
Railroal Jfc Navigation co.upany was
rtill maintaining it embargo against
the riot of ireisht. its Albina yards
were having little difficulty in han
dling the perinhable coods and mer
chandise which must go forward.
and were nor operating with nine
crews. Th" normal complement of
yawl crews is 27.
"the Spokane. Tortland & Seattle
company had four f nginen at Work
reciscly half its equipment.
i ENGLISH LEAVE
IRELAND ALONE
Very Appealing Eyes, c Blossom'Smile and Great '.
Earnestness in Her Work That's Violet Heminz:
Actress Likes Oregon, It's So Mach Like England t New HofBLe Uw
I low Inhabitants to Work
Out Own Destiny
or pre
world should have the benefit of their
talents
No one who witnessed the produc
tion at The Grand last nlzht will
question Miss lleming's distinct gift
for making creatures of
real
she wa
how long that had ben; possibly for
tear of making aa admission of rl-
latlve ineiprlenre. Her father and
When you talk to Violet Iteming
you wstch her eyes!
They are very bright and they are
very blue and sometime when their
owner is serious for a while they are
Just a wee bit grey. Rut they are al
ways very bright and very clear and
they always hlne out the firM. warn
ing of a smile that i pretty soon JuM
simply going to blossom all over her
face.
For a minute last nipht the brisht j mother before her were of the pro-
eyes looked very tired and the little tension and so when she came to
lady who owns and operates them j America It was only natural that she
looked very weary and she coughed i should act In Peter Pan and be Wan-
and she had one carefully supervised da. Since .then she has Increased
NEW TORE. April 1 Delariar
that la this generation there Is no
quarrel between Eaclaad and IrvUsd
Fir Auckland Ceddes. nw TtHiUh
the Stage I .tn basAadoe ta the Intf4 kiim . .-
She has been on the stare since U.rt, OB hln 4rrlTa, today that tne
as - rears old. She dldn t say ,rUh , irt.iAn4 should be allowed to
grapple with their own political dif
ficulties without outside Interference,
Asserting that It taken two to make
a quarrel, and that the present gea
eratloa of Englishmen have re faced
lo quarrel with Ireland, he said that
when the new home rale hill becomes
nun 1 1. It arltl Ik. jtw .11
little sneeze that was Just enough to. steadily in the extent of her appeal Brliuh ,bjeeta aoUdomlclled la Ire-
rs. Kreta Dahl. Helen Lovell,
Esther Bailey, Laura Lawrence. Ida
Kell, Ullian M. Hunter, Martha
Swart, Rhea Wilson. Echo Hunt,
iraee Hunt. Nora LInton Olive
tned bv the I. W. w. ana tne
mines, picketed for 12 days.
While Litmoing rencc
-r a- -
uons R. Meade, R. Baumgartner
agdelena Peterson, Arvilla Conn,
Alta E. Connson. Dorothy Chambers,
N. Ldnser. I. Millar-. Mary S. Matthls.
Valerie Brlggs. Ruth Walker. Mabel
F.r HllHolunn P.,,.. VrnllanMn ffirtt
I day in a
inv.. . " ,, I huntinr rabbits
"i.ma- Kern??.e nin aidS. It was apparent, the coro-
ma.",;nna A"01" "Urr said, that he had accidentally
vviison. tasie uraaer, txwu f hni8e;r wnlle trrlng to get over
(Continued on page 8) la fence.
BEND. Or.. April 19 Walter
Weber, a millwright and ex-service
men was found dead near nere to
field where be raa oeen
A ,22-rifle lay by
Street Car Bond Issue
Cut i Half in Portland
PORTLAND. Ore.. April 19. The
proposed bond issue of S. 000.00 0
to aid the local street car company
In keeping fares below eight cents
for the 13 remaining years ot Its
franchise period will be cut in half,
it was decided at a commission meet
ing here today. The reduced bond
issue is. to cover a period of five
years in place of the original 13. Not
more than 1500.000 worth of bonds
are to be issued in any one year. The
bonds are to be placed before the peo
ple forjote on Friday. May 31.
Strifee in West Uncertain
Bat Showing Improvement
SAN FRANCISCO. April 19 Con
flicting statements regarding the ef
fectiveness of the strike of railroad
switchmen on lines in Pacific coast
states were made here tonight by of
ficials of the railroads and leaders
of the newly organized yardmen's
association.
According to company officials.
sold employes who struck at the be
'glnninc of the trouble in the west
were returning in large numbers. R.
P. Greenley. chairman of the public
ity committee of the men's organiza
tion, said that of the 282 switchmen
who struck In San Francisco and Oak
land, only two had returned to work.
The Southern Pacific announced
that I was handling all freight ot
fered an all its divisions except Port
land. Ore.. Mound House, Fresno.
Fallon. Mina and Yuma.
bring a tear that brightened the eye, i until her very signal surrey In the
again and with appropriate warning tpreot production, a success which
the Iteming smile bursts in all Its promises even greater attainments
glory. The Mue eyes tMx-ame more mw
"I do llge Orecon. and Washins-land cave that breathtaking warning
ton. too." she admitted. "The ell- of the smile stain when the. hlch
mate in so in aph like home and tt I cost of living was mentioned
such a relief after California. Yon ; "You should Just see bow terrible
know I am English and our climate some ot m v eipenses are!" was the
Is so soft and warm and damp and! musical accompaniment of the latest
California Is so hot and dry." smile-blossom. "And yet I do not see
She went on to explain that the ; how anyone can be accused of prof-
cold from which she suffered was ac-! Iteering. It Is not Jut the clothes
quired during a walk in the rain In that we must wear but everything
Chehalis and that short hours of! that we need at all. When labor is
sleep and long hours ot travel had ! so hlch and rents are raised how can
prevented an early cure. a man w accusal ot proineenng
This is the first time .Mls Hrmlng when he has to put the prices of bis
has been in the weft and she ex- goods up to correspond"
pressed hersllf as delighted with the fly now the blue ey" were very
. . ( . V . , . '
country nut worn oui wiin iravn a
Sugar Reaches Maximum
in Portland Markets
"PORTLAND. Ore.. Apt 11 19 Su
gar at retail reached the record price
here of twenty cents a pound today.
Dealers predicted It soon would go
to 25 cents.
Within the past week beef prices
here have advanced three to five
cents a pound for various cuts, deal
ers said today. Packers advanced
tbe wholesale price two to three
cents.
all hours and one night stands.
The blue eyes opened wide in earn
estness and the voice that seems such
an appropriate accompaniment to the
wiJe with serlous-nr arsin and the
royal British 11 were being rolled
about in a very delightful way as If
she liked to play with them and hated
to let them Ket clear off her tongue.
eyes, sort and muieai ana sort oi mi aoes imi waj urn ioc u rrrc
sky-bluish in tone, became ry seri-lous.
ous as the little actress, who ta first . Thee solemn spots don't seem to
t .it .itL,k an.t trt i ir Innr thrttirh. md before
appealing little woman. dUcus-ed the It.. the absorbing smile was azaiajcost of ljl represented by
ikn h . kMn hr nroleruon. Ukheretl In witn me DOrODnif! vl " i
nd the significance of her success l warning and after a small couth the
nd the satisfaction he has in her little star explained the very complex
wnrk in its relation to the rather rampairn she na piannea aaini
modern problem of
fessiona and trades.
land to stand aside aad leave those
who live there solve their problems'
"I venture to add.0 he continued,
"thvt it will also V helpfuLlf the
many In "all parts of the world who
are not IlrHUh subjects bat are Id-teri-ted
in Ireland, l.kewtso staad
siJe and leave the Irish to grapple
with their own political difficulties."
fir Auckland also referred to the
Russian situation, stating that not
until Rut(a returns to the circle of
producing aad trading nations,
would economic conditions aad the
cost of living be placed on a norms!
footing. He added that the United
States and Great Britain were la cor
dial consultation on the question of
rr-opninc trade with that country
Arronpanied by Ijsdy Ceddea, fir
Auckland left for Washington.
Cot 0 Lirin cf
Standstill Now
WASHINGTON. April 19. The
virtually uacba&red dartag -the
month ending March IS. tbe depart-
ment of labor's bureaa ot labor sta-
romen In the pro-' her cold and laughed away the fears itlstlcs reported today. Figures made
that .have been growing about cold
"1 think that every woman should ! hotel In small western towns.
be first of all an Indhldual and In , No one w bo Kit the force of Ml
rnont cases this means that a woman j Heminz s work last nlsht could have
will have some activity outside of ber , ralz-l under what difficulties se
home life. Ot coarse." the melody! was acting or Just bw troublesome
continued, "it would not be right for j her cold has been to her. Thv found
any one who had a special gift ot any j In her a large power of vivid pr-
sort not lo use It for tbe gooj oiurayai ana earemi acMnr.
mankind. So many women are really
gifted In fields that have for a long
time been held exclusively by men
and It Is only right and Just that the I cully.
To this
must b added. If one Is to do her
Justice, a maraveloas rapacity to de
liver tbe goods in the face ot ditfl-
publle show the cost of the ZS arti
cles was only 4-10 ot one pr cent be
low the cost la January, when prices
reached a high water mark.
Vbolea prtces of commodities
other than food, the a' at !M Irs showed
were blcber In March. Lumber aad
building materials increased taore
than eight per cent over February.
Only clothe aad clothing showed a
rmall net decrease. Clothing prices
however, have Increased ft per cent
over March 191).