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"The Statesman receives the leased
wire report of the Associated
Pre. lh greatest and most re
liable press association la the
world. '
Tuesday generally fair; cooler;
Increasing south to west winds.
SEVENTY-FIRST YEAR
SALEM, OREGON, TUESDAY MORNING, MARCH 29, 1921
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ployes Held. J
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ORIGINAL PARTIES
DIMINISHED TO 67
sion Allows Carriers and
.Vorkers to Still Ne
gotiate n
MRS. MILLER
TELLS STORY
OF TRAGEDY
Circumstances Indicate That
George J. Kuebler Lost Life
Through Accident
POLICE Gil
UPPEfiJlD
Communist Movement To
Seize Halle is Postponed
Officers Still Fear Cra
rying Out of Plans.
ARRESTS WHOLESALE
AMERICANS ARE HELD
PROHIBITION
MEN MUST BE
ACTUAL "DRYS"
Pereons Too Recently' Con
verted Not Acceptable to
Superintendent Herwig
leged Bolsheviks
CHICAGO, Har. 2S.The : peti
tion of four thousand empToyes on
sixty-seven "short line" railroads
for wages and working conditions
Identical with those on the. trunk
lines was dismissed by the rail
I road labor board today. The ease
was. heard last fall on the request
of fifteen onions.. -
Because of the diversified du
ties of the shortline employes, the
board declared it was "impracti
cable to determine what reason
able rules shall be on the short
lines," and without a uniform
classification of work, j the board
declared It could not undertake
'to determine reasonable wages.
Originally 103 carriers, employ,
lug from 25 to 400 men each were
parties to the dispute. Ten elec-
, trie j lines were dismissed and 2S
others applie d the wage scales ot
the trunk lines. Under the de
cision, employes and carriers may
still! negotiate their own agree
ments on wages or working con
ditions, but the decision stipulat
ed that it should not be consider
ed as affecting "any wage in
crease now In effect nor any agree
ment regarding wages between any
carrier and its employes." ,
to! Is KillediWhen
i Hit by Baseball Bat
' ' BLACKSBURO. Va4 March 28.
' L. O. Sumner l ot Norfolk, at
the Virginia polytechnic institute
was almost' Instantly killed here
when a baseball bat slipped from
the . hand of his friend, Otis
Forbes, and struck him above the
heart, t
Forbes is . prostrated.
A letter received' from Mrs.
Delia Crowder Miller by a Salem
friend appears to clear the cir
cumstances attending the death
or George J. Kuebler, ber fiance,
who was president of the Mutual
Life Insurance company, rated as
a millionaire, and who lost his
life by falling from one of his
office windows on the tenth floor
of the Life building In Chicago.
Friday. March. 18.
His - death was -instantaneous
and the fall, from all indications.
was purely accidental. Mr. Kue
ler sometimes suffered falntaittg
hadn AVreo?. P! Communications Are Cut to
fnrnr J1? iI Check Agitation by Al-
of these attacks came on as he
stood near the window, causing
his fall to the street below.
Mr. Kuebler was an attorney.
He was a member of the Chicago
Athetic club, of which he also
was a resident. He was a mem
ber of the Hamilton club, the Chi
cago and the Illinois Bar associ
ations, was a 32nd degree Mason
and a Shriner. He was a writer
ot national note for insurance
publications and moved in Chi
cago's best sets socially. At the
time of his death it is said be
had three big cases in the courts
involving more than $1,000,000.
Mrs. Miller, while In Salem, wait
dean of the public speaking de
partment at Willamette university
and was author and director ot
the historic pageant of Willam
ette University, and the North
west. She is now a resident of
Chicago, living at the Elms hotel
in Hyde park. It was not known
when Mrs. Miller lived here that
she also was wealthy. She lived
modestly and entertained only her
close friends.
The friendship between Mrs.
Miller and Mr. Kuebler covered
a period of years, but it was not
until the last few months that
they had thought ot marriage.
The wedding was to have taken
place some time this year.
IK TAX
OPINIONS ARE
HIDED 001
HALLE, Germany, March 2S.-
Eisleben Is quiet and is under
control of the police. Reports
from BItterfield say", authorities
have suppressed the revolt. The
only fighting has been near San
gerhausen, where a workmen's
armored train was held up and
several were killed and wounded.
The , workmen still have the
upper hand in Leuna. police show
ing no intention of attacking the'm
for fear they, will fulfill their
threat to blow op big factories
tber- : .. : .
At Halle, the situation is quiet,
this being due, according to the
police, to postponement of the
communist plans, which provided
tor the. capture ot the surround
ing towns first. The intention
then was to march Into Halle and
gain control ot the strategic and
industrial center of the province.
Police are not yet ready to say
that the' communist movement
has failed, and are still nervous
of the outlook. However, It Is
generally believed that the police
are In a position to enforce the
law.
Gatherings Prohibited.
Later in the day Halle was cut
off from almfost every line ot
communication except to Berlin.
by the police, in an effort to
check agitation by alleged Rus-
PORTLAXD. Or.. March 28.
Prohibition enforcement officres
to be appointed for Oregon must
be actual "drys" or their poiM
ments will be classified by , the
Anti-Saloon league or Oregon as
an unfriendly act upon the part
of the person or persons responsi
ble, according to W. J. Herwig.
superintendent of the organiza
tion. Mr. Herwig gave out a
statement today in which he de
clared that men who have been
too recently converted to prohi
bition Will not bo acceptable to
his organization. He said the suc
cess or failure of prohibition de
psnds upon these officers. - . ;
"The offices of prohibition di
rector United States marshal and
district attorney are among those
to be filled bv annointment which
have a vital connection with pro
hibition enforcement,- said Her
wig. "The appointment of aien
who are not in sympathy with
prohibition to any of the offices
mentioned above will be consid
ered as an act inexcusibly . un
friendly to prohibition on the
part of whoever is responsible tor
the appointment..
"Men who remained wet iu,the
sunlight of past prohibition fights
but who have gone ory under the
shade of the political plum tre.
are not sufficiently seasoned in
prohibition principles to be In
trusted with prohibition enforee
mant." '
Three Victories Won by Gov
ernment in Decisions
. Gain From Corporate As
sets Affected.
RULINGS WILL AID
TREASURY DEPARTMENT
IIS
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BE
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Other Assessment Cases Ad
vanced For ' Hearing
On April 11
MRS. OLIVER HARRIMAN, who has consented Jo
hare her famous figure of Christ, which has been
called the world's finest, placed on exhibition. It was
carved on a Florida bean by a convict who was executed f
and whose grave is unknown. The carving is charac
terized by experts as one of the rarest and finest works
of art in the world.
Us ''.'If I . .
LULiBER ILL
CLOSES DDI
1 DD ffil OUT
ires
Seven Enter Nation
Races fOr April Tenth I elan bolshevik!, said to be numer-
American Consul "
j ' Transmits Message
i WASHINGTON. Mar. 28. The
American consul t Reral reported
to the state department today that
he had received -and transmitted
tb the diplomatic representative
of the soviet government the com
munication or Secretary Hughes
giving the administration's policy
tm trade with Russia.
i " rj "
ous here. No telephoning was
permitted except in German. The
streets were ordered cleared by
9 p. m. and no vehicles were per
mitted to go beyond the city lim
its. - . . ' . 1
Congregation' In the streets ot
more than three persons was for
bidden and .there were wholesale
arrests. The Associated Press
correspondent, two other Ameri
can reporters ana one Kngusn-
man. who had been frequently in
vestigated, were arrested for the
second time ' while entering the
security police administration
horisiiiartfrra vhorc thev had
Senator Has Stroke number or times. They
were sent to district pouce neaa
L03 ANGELES. March 28.
Seven drivers will compete In
national championship races to be
held on the Los Angeles speed
way April 10, the speedway as
sociation announced today. They
are Ralph De Palm a. Tommy Mil
ton, Eddie Hearne. Rosco Sarles.
Jimmy Murphy, Eddie PulJen and
Joe Thomas, i Four preliminary
beats of 23 miles each and a final
of 50 miles will be run.
Former Washington'
WALLA WALLA. Wash , March!
2jr- Lelv Ankeny, ex-United
States senator from Washington,
suffered a stroke of paralysis at
bis home here today and his con
dition tonight was reported to be
critical. i
fiJEIt, SISTER ID OTHER
IMIl'ES OF SIEL1 II.
: D!E 1IEHDI TDDI1S
III
quarters under guard and exam
ined for thre9 hours.
Reporters Are Questioned.
Their papers were scrutinised
for suspected forgeries, their
speech was examined tor signs- ot
the Russian accent, and their
opinions were solicited to deter
mine If they had radical sympa
thies. When they entered the
room conversing in English, a
rei-plendently uniformed sergeant
with monocle, closely clipped
hair and upturned moustache.
called out sternly, "speak Ger
man here." The correspondents
paid no attention to this order
and a young officer appeared and
said: "Follow me!"
"Who are you?" was asked.
and he replied, tapping his chest.
"Here I am. follow me.
The correspondents followed
and were sTSbjected to a cross
examination ' regarding other news
papermen reported to have made
bol she vist speeches."
They were permitted to pro
ceed when the German authori
ties . finally were convinced they
bad no intention to act as agents
of the enemy and that they were
not bolshevik propagandists
CORLENZ. March 28. It took
the 20 men of the American mil
itary police only a few minutes
after their arrival at Montadaur
to DUt down the disorders. They
arrested th leader and confiscat
ed communist literature.
WASHINGTON. March 28.
Three victories were won by the
government today in the supreme
court interpretation of the term
"income" for the assessment ot
taxes under the income and excess
profits acts.
.The court held that any gain
derived from corporation securi
ties or corporate assets and any
increase In the value of a capital
investment, when realised. Is tax
able .as income. - The opinions
were endorsed by the entire court.
Solicitor General Frieison In
terpreted the opinions as uphold
ing all the contentions ot the gov.
ernment and said 'they would go
far toward relieving the treasury
department of inconveniences re
sulting from the multi-angled tax
litigation facing it for the last
year.
No estimate could be obtained
as to the amount effected by the
court's action.
Apparently with a view of ear
ly-clearing the docket of all im
portant tax questions, the court
before recessing until April 11.
advanced to that date hearing ot
arguments in the insurance divi
dend case, the corporations reor
ganization case and the inheri
tance tax. case.
Key Cane Derided
The first case involves tax a
Indefinite Cessation of Oper-
ations ls Announced To
Spaultfing Employes At
. Quitting Time Yesterday.
WAGE CONTROVERSY
JN UNSETTLED STATE
Workers Say.JMove is Lock
out, Management Says
Poor Market
v
w
y
Reaches Hotel at The Dalles
wounaea and Minus nis
Wntrh anH $300 I
THE DALLES. Or.. March 28
Carl Nelson, a contractor of
Missoula. Mont., stumbled into
water front hotel here early to
day With a . bullet wound la his
chest and with a story ot having
frlTStnViiJ tSS!i ' od Vppiie. to stock
day night near the railroad depot i tlw. -rMniiton i
IRION GIVEN
AUTO RECEIPTS
RENE 111
bv two men who relieved him .of
8300 in currency. and a waten.
One of the robbers, he said, then
deliberately shot him. and the two
men. evidently thinking him dead.
ran away. He said he lay where
he had fallen through the night.
but this morning- regained enough
strength to crawl to the hotel.
lion ot dividends applied as par- Sum ADDOrtlOned tO . ThlS
State $30,508.20
Mr. and Mrs; R. J. Clary, 1530 State street,-were i
fdrintd by telegram yesterday of the death in an automobile
accident near Astoria of Mrs. Clary's father, August Doimer
tere of Portland, "her sister, Mrs. Gladstone Dawson of Gear-,
fcart; Mr$. Dawson's husband and their 5-year-old daughter.
llu Doniierberg was amaster plumber of Portland, Mr. Clary
fs a?ent in Salem for the Union Oil company. He and-Mrs.
Dawson left last night for Portland;
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.JSTDM Al Orl Mar. 28 Four lives were lost near here
late today when an automobile carrying a party of six ran off
the Colombia highway near here and dropped bottom up in
crtek boltont.
The dead: t:. r-
AUGUST. DONNERBERG, 58, of Portland.
! MHS.LADSTONE DAWSON, 28. of Gearhart.
: GLADSTONE DAWSON, 32, her husband.
NANCY DAWSON, 5, their daughter. 1
T i i ' Dawson Dies From Injuries
Dawson who had been driving, sustained a-broken leg
rl Internal injuries which resulted in his death a few hours
, ffter the! accident. Mrs. Donnerberg who was riding with
"Cf hnsrnnil ' was rut Infnllv hnl not seriously hurt.
f Dawson did not recover consciousness and no explanation
aa obtained a in the tausf tof the accident. Those who in
estimated were of the opinion that it was caused by a break
n ine steering (gear. ;
i ! Accident Seen Bv Motorists
The accident was witnessed by two men Who were fol
lowing the Dawson car -in another automobile. They rushed
to the resrn nnd siirroAilpil in raisins the wrecked car frdm
Jhe eretk bed in a few minutes, but Donnerberg and Nancy
Dawson had been drowned and Mrs. Dawson crushed to death,
While Dawson was iinrnnsrinus.
Besidea Mr. TinnnrtMrr the oiilr one in the wrecked car
, . Wtin wra.- J , I D lUa oMl' nf i K
t-v,, . j prouioii aliens irom owning ;inu
awsons, who had been thrown clear of the car ana was un- and naming leases- to three
'jtt:a. , . . . ..Ja--.:-,- . years. . . ;..
LONDON, March 28. A Ber
lin dispatch to the London Times
says that-in the Ruhr district
Monday passed rtttletly. In Dnes-
seldorf and neichboring towns the
communists placarded the walls
with a summons to a general
strike, but there was no response
except in Haraborn. The small
industrial town ot Mettmann is in
the hands of the communists, es,
timated to number 500. The
neighboring towns of Wuelf rath
and Welbert also have been oc
cupied by communists.
Elsewhere the security police
have the situation well In hand
and it is expected a majority of
the working people will resume
work tomorrow.
Week Awards
Statesman Classified
1 Ad Contest
KILL 1H T."
.
SACRAMENTO, Cal.. March
2 8j The' senate Judiciary com
mittee tonight voted to table
Senator Duncan's bill designed to
Each week the Statesman
wilt give three cash rewards
Tor the best "stories" about
Statesman Classified Ads.
The awards will be announc
ed each ; Tuesday morning;
l6t reward. 12.50; 2nd re
ward. 1.50; 3rd reward,
1.00.
Contestants must see that
their "stories", reach the
Statesman office before Mon
day morning of each week
In order to be considered.
Last Week Awards.
A number of very inter
esting "stories" were receiv
ed last week, nnd the Judges
have decided upon the fol
lowing as the winners:
1st reward. $2.50, Mrs.
Grace Keuscher, 1535 North
Church, Salem. J
2nd .reward. Miss Esther
L. Thompson, route 8, box
67. Salem. - ,
3rd reward, Mis Teddy
Kirk, Indian school, Chema
wa, Oregon.
Out of the large number
of stories received, the Judg
es have decided that the fol
lowing should have compli
mentary mention and will be
published In future Issue.
1st. Rovena Eyre, 1190
Oak Street.
2nd, Miss Lula Koschme
der. 295 South 27th street.
Salem.
3rd. Evelyn White, box
412, Newport. Oregon.
The story winning first re
ward is published in full be
low; the others will be pub
lished in future Issues of The
Statesman. Watch for them.
CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING
Mow a ria.Htf1Ml Ad Helped a
Iiilieartmr! Woman
I have been wantins; for a long
time to tell you of the great joy
a Statesman ad brought me. A
few years ago my husband came
home, and announced Hhat he -had
purchased a bookcase. He has a
habit of buying that way. when of
course. J would sooner go along,
and help select things.
It seems that a friend or his
was going east, and arter having
spent months and months of bis
spare time building a bookcase
he wa willing to sacrif ice (?) It
! of a corporation in this case the
Du Pont Powder company, and tne
last whether inheritance taxes
can be deducted from taxable in
come. ... -
. The "key case! selected for de
cision today, wan the appeal
brought by the Merchants Loan
and Trust company, as trustee ot
the estate of Arthur Ryerson of
Chicago, from decisions of Illinois
courts upholding assessments lev
led by Internal revenue officials
on profits realised through sale
ot certain' trust assets. Included
In the-trust fund were 9300 shares
ot stock In Joseph T. Ryerson &
Son. a corporation which were
valued at $561,000 March 1.
1913, but which were sold in
1917 for $1,280,000. Collection
of the tax on the dirrerence in
value between March. 1913, and
the date of sale, as income, was
upheld by the court's decision.
' Inronir Called Ciain
The word "income" was defined
by the court in a case under the
corporation excise tax act ot 1909.
Justice Clark said, as "a gain de
rived from capital, from labor or
Tor both."
"It is obvious that unlesa this
definition be modified It rules the
ease at bar:" the opinion said,
"and notwithstanding the argu
ments heard we continue entirely
satisfied with that definition.
Since the fund so taxed" was the
amount realized Irom the sate ot
stock in 1917, leas the capital in
vestment an of March 1, 1913. It
is palpable that it was a 'gain or
prorit, produced by 'or derived
from'ithat Investmnet and thereby
becomes the 'realised gain which
has been repeatedly declared to
be taxable Income".
The opinion quickly dismissed
a, contention that the word "in
om" as used in the sixteenth
constitutional amendment did noi
include gain realized by a single
transaction but, only profits real
ized by one engaged in buying and
selling as a buslmess.
"It is sufficient to say of this
contention," the court ruled,
"that no such distinction was rec
ognized in the Civil wai income
tax or in the income tax ot 1894.
The argument which Is pressed
upon us falls to convince us that
a construction should be adopted
.hioh vnniri In a larz measure
defeat tbe purpose of the govern-
ment. .
T'Plalnly the gain we are consid
ering was derived from the sale
or personsl prqperty and very cer
tainly the comprehensive last
clause tin section 21 'gains or
profits and Income Irom any
source whatever, must also in
clude It. ir the trustee Is a Us
able person within the meaning
or th act."
Ilyerson Fj4tr SHtlel
. The reasoning tired in. the case
of the Ryerson estate was held to
cover the court's decision In the
appeal brought bv David M. Good
rich, of New York. Involving tax
ation of profits on Investment
capital, except that In one tran
saction Mr. Goodrich showed a
loss from the price he had paid
for the securities. The ruling or
the tax assessors that the value
of March, 1913, which was below
ALL COUNTIES PARTAKE
Highway Fund Gets Three
Fourths of Income Since
Sept. 16, 1920
REACHES 0; S;
Will Confer With Harding on
"Mission of Courtesy"
Wednesday v
SALUTES AMERICANS
Former Premier's Visit Has
" Nothing to do With War
Debt It Is Said
The sum ot $1,710,843.14 was
yestetday distributed by the sec
retary of state's o.'Iice to tbe state
highway fund and to the counties,
representing receipts from motor
vehicle, operator, chauffeur and
motor vehicle oealers' licenses
from September 16. 1920, to
March 15. 1921. inclusive.
During that period tbe total
receipts, after deduction or re
funds on acconnt of duplications.
was $1,808,194.25. From this
amount It subtracted $91,359.11
representing the expense of ad
ministering the law under which
the receipt and distribution of
money is made. v
or the net amount of $1,716
S43.14. three-rourths goes to tbe
state highway fund and one
fourth to the counties in propor
tion to the registrations received
from residents of the respective
counties.
To the highway liind goes a to
tal of $1.27.622.33. and the am
ount distributed to the 36 coun
ties is $ 4 2.21 .7. Mullnomah
county receives a total of $162.
251.90. the largest amount ap
portioned to any connty. and Lin
coln county receives $4H7.20, the
smallest amount apportioned to
any county.
Marion county receives
508.20, the second highest amount
in the state, and to the highway
fund from Marion county receipts
goes $91,524.59. Tolk county
receives $774.77 rnd to the high
way fund from Polk county re
ceipts goes $22,424.33.
NEW YORK, Mar. 28. -Former
Premier Rene Vlvlanl, envoy extra-ordinary
ot France to this
country, arrived today' on the
steamship Lorraine, and will go
to Washington tomorrow. He ex
Iects to confer Wednesday with
President Harding, tp whom be
camo "on a mission ot courtesy."
A small reception committee
went down the bay to meet the
visitor and brought him back to
Battery Park, where thousands
had assembled. -He was accom
panied by Stephana Lausanne, ed
itor of the Paris newspaper Le
Matin.
He declined to discuss the of
ficial nature of his visit before
ha viiti; talked with President
Harding.
"I have come to the United
States." be said, "to pay to the
President the respects of the gov
ernment and the nation of France.
In saluting tbe first and great
citizen of the rreat American de
mocracy. I salute also the great
and noble people for whom France
keeps her tender affection , and
eternal gratitude."
Marcel Knecht. director of the
French Information service here,
said tonight tbe former premier's
visit has nothing to do with
France's war debt.
(Continued on page
n VICTIM
RESIDED HERE
New Chief of Staff of
Army Will be Chosen
freter A. Kufner, Who Lost
Life in Umpqua, Son of
Local Residents
Peter A. Kufner, who was
drowned SaturCay '.n the South
Umpqua river near Riddle, when
a boat in which he was riding
overturned. Is a son of Mr. and
Mrs. Peter KuTner, residents of
Salem. K. F. D. 7.
Young Kufner, who was 23
years old, was wjth two compan
ions. Ted Fan-is and Joe Graham,
attempting to locate some lost logs
from their mill on a stream trib-
WASHINGTO.V. March 2S.
Secretary Weeks Indicated today
that a new chief of staff ot the
army to succeed Major General
Peyton C. March wonld l" select
ed ln-fore congiess convenes on
April 11.
Compilation of nominations for
general officers is expected to be
completed this week by the sec-J
r"tary. The list. It is understood,
will be almost a duplicate of that
sent riHiKres by Former Secre
tary lUker. which failed of confirmation.
' Tbe Salem sawraill of the
Charles K Ssanldlasr Lorrmr
company baa shut down indefin
itely-.
' This was the notice given the
mill's employes by the manage
ment at quitting time last night
and 1 the latest development in
a controversy that has been waged
for severs days between the man
agement and the workers caused
by an announcement that the min
imum wage would be cut on April
1 from $3.fl0 to $3.
fa the neighborhood of 100
employes are affected by the clos
ing down ot the mill. Tbe sash
and door factory and the river
crew will 'continue operations.
Iieam Kbowr Co f! let
Charles K. Spauldlag said lait
night that the shut down Is due'
to the slump 1a lsmber bus!ness
and lack of orders. On the other
hand. Phillip Holden, an organi
ser for the . timberworaers. de
clared last night tkatahe move is
a lockout.
A committee representing the
workers yesterday proposed to Mr.
Spaaldlng that the difficulty ex
ist tag between t'.ra and the em
ployes be allowed to go before the
local arbitration board and It was
asked that he make his reply by
6:30 o'clok last night. When
asked for his answer Mr. Spauld
Ing is said to have declared' he
would not take tbe Issue to arbi
tration, neither to the local board
nor to the state board of concilia
tion. The workers declare they
have a paper signed by Mr.
Spauldlcg about a year ago la
which he agreed to arbitrate all
difficulties relating to hours and
wsges. ' They were unsble to pro
duce, this last night.' but say it
will be produced today. The em
ployes have called a meeting for
tonight, but the action they ex
pect to take could not be a see re
tained! act night.
Lumber Demand . Lac Hag-Mr.-Spattldlng'
assertion that
the closing ot tbe mill is due to
lack of demsnd for lumber is sup
ported by the general condition
of tbe lumber business which is
known to be slack throughout the
country, with the -announcement
that the minimum wage would be
cut to $3 on April 1 O. J. Myers,
local manager, said the company
officials were by no means cer
tain they could continue in oper
ation even at that wage, but that
to furnish employment the -company
would endeavor to go ahead
even If It could no more than
break even, also that an attempt
would be made to operate eight
hours daily. - For some time the
mill has been operating alx hours
dally, and tbe argument was made
that an eight hour day at $3
would be preferable for -the em
ployes rather than a six-hour day
at 45 cents an hour, which is the
rate oo the $3.60 basis.
Returns Curtailed, CiaJna
Further, the management as
serts that a $3 wage would be a
decrease ot only, a bout 35" per
cent in pay as compared with war
time figures, wh'le the price or
lumber on the same comparison
has drppped 160 per cent- Man
ager Myers cited other mills In
the state that hare cut to $3 and
some other that have cut to $2. 0
as tbe minimum wage. Mr. My
ers frankly said that $3 tntght
not be a sufficient wsge for the
ordinary man to live on. but
averred the cuT was an absolute
necessity if the company made
any attempt to continue operat
ing. One move of the Spauldlng rota,
pany, together with soroe other
companies, was to withdraw from
the Loyal Legion ot Loggers and
Lumbermen. This organization
at a recent meeting in Portland
refused to place the minimum
wage at less than 12.60 and as a
result some of -the mills with
drew from Its membership.
Spaulding employes said last
nlsht that all they are contending
for is a continuation of the pres
ent minimum ot $3.60.
(Continued pa, page 2J. ,. ( Continued on page )
Kansas Exhibitors Bar
Clara Hamon Pictures
WICHITA. Kansas. March 2.
A resolution barring films in
which Clara Smith Hamon ap
pears from theaters controlled by
the Kansas Exhibitors' association
was adopted by the association
today.
Greeks Gain Mastery
Of Bagdad Railway
CONSTANTINOPLE. March 2$.
Kutala has been evacuated by
the Turks and the Greeks are
masters of the Ha x dad rallyay.
and are continuing to advance to
ward Aurora.
Tbe Turkish communication
announces the withdrawal ot the
Ottoman forces to new positions..
The plan apparently la to keep
the army Intact end retreat into
i the depths of Aeantolla, drawing
the Greeks after it,
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