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WEATHER FORECAST Oregon: Tonight and Saturday rain, warmer tonight northwest portion, fresh gusty winds becoming souther ly. Local: Min. temperature 87, Max 84, mean 40. Rainfall, .IS Inch. River, 8 feet, stationary. u CIRCULATION Average for Six Months ending March 31, 1920 ourm y 11 Oil l:fl 5259 3 3LW Member of Audit Bureau of Circulation Associated Press Full leased Wire FORTY-THIRD YEAR. NO. 8G. Hun Troops Withdraw AcrossRuhr Berlin. Apr. 1, he German regu lar troops which had crossed the Ruhr Ruhr were withdrawn yesterday to the northern bank of that stream, it la an nounced here. (The Ruhr passes Just to the south of Essen In the northern central part of the industrial district.) Officials of the cities of Barmen, El berfeld and Dusseldorf, it Is stated, re quested the minister of defense not to allow the troops to enter those towns. Strike Impending. The majority socialist paper Yor- aets has advices from Dusseldorf hieh declare that a general strike is intending in which all parties will nite. lne numu-i ul inuus wnu nave crossed the line from the Ruhr region into occupied territory is in excess of a thousand, according to the British authorities. Several Berlin newspapers print the report that the American member of the inter-allied Rhineland commission informed the president of the commis sion that he refused to participate In any decisions of the commission fav ored the advance of the French into unoccupied Germany, Clash Was Accident. Frankfort, Apr. 8. Assertion that there was no intention to fire a ma chine gun into a prowd Wednesday and that the Incident was really a mishap is made by a French officer who wit nessed it. Fear on the part of a French soldier that the crowd Intended to rush the patrol In the street led to the trag edy. This man, it is declared, put a belt of cartridges Into the gun for the pur pose of firing one shot'to disperse the crowd. The explosion of the srun, however, caused the soldier in charge! uf it to lose his head and the whole belt was fired. Inspection of the thirty six machine guns brought to Frankfort by French troops has been made and it is said none of them were found defective or to show a tendency to fire upon the In sertion of the cartridge belt. Inquiry! has failed to obtain a confirmation nf ' a report given out at the mayor's of fice that a woman and girl were struck by revolver shots fired last night from the windows of the Imperial hotel the French have established their hradbuarters. . An additional division of French troops was being brought into the .. Frankfort district but General DeMeto the commanding officer-Informed the Associated Press that there would be no further extension of the occupied territory at this time. ' The number of fatalities from the Schlllerplatz Rhooting has reached a total of seven. Twopersons were killed outright and five others later died of their wounds. Fletcher Denies Lack Of Definite Plans of Action Washington, Apr. 9. -Two years be fore the United States Joined the allies in me world war the navy general board prepared a comprehensive plan for war against a "central power" of Kurope. Rear Admiral F. F, Fletcher today the senate investigating commit we. He was replying to Rear Admir al Sims charges that when the United States entered the war the navy depart ment had no "well considered" plans or policies for fighting Germany. Admiral Fletcher said the plan "cov ered every phase of naval operations under the assumed conditions of war." Admiral Fletcher was a member of the general board during the war but a engaged for the most part with nis duties as a member of the war in dustries board, the priorities board and the council of national defense. . . No navy ever was or ever will be ful ' Prepared for war in the eves of ev eryone, the admiral declared, but the American navy when it entered the ar was -just as well prepared aa any mher navy ln the world when the great "ar burst forth," he asserted. a,i ,witnes9 li that sending all a anable destroyers abroad to fight mibmarines would have left the Amer ,Mn coasts and tiort. r.,n in.,.i.,Ki vessels and cargoes open to attack by merman cm,k....i . ouumu.imes. Ion J ' 'ranflPrt troops to France pro wged the war for a single day, the ad- asserted, Oregon Fire Loss $57,000 In March n, .... outsirtl . I , occuTeo: in Oregon, of Marl' rt',ana' anrln the month sated ,5?'e 0t Wh'Ch aKr- h lit ,m- ccrUrS to the month y atatement Just isued by A. C. Bar- Mo-3 " marslal. Boardman, $28.: .C0U.n,y: with re loss montK aas lne li8t of towns for the Notice to Advertisers To insure Insertion in the Pital Journal, advertising P- must be in by five o'clock J" Previous day; full page ads y morning of previous day. All advertising received af r the above hour is at adver rs risk and insertion cannot ' guaranteed. THR CAPITAL JOURNAL. j. . - land municipal oiucmis uv ' of 8lllPPing or failure of the'steps to establish a. building guild here British Stand Regarding French Invasion Raises Big Problem For Allies Paris. April . The British atti tude regarding the French occupation of Frankfort will cause the oDenin of a diplomatic conversation between the powers of the entente concerning the whole subject of action with re- sara to uermany, it was said today In official circles, - In this conversation the French at titude will be based first on mainten ance of the entente, and second on strict execution of the treaty of Versailles. ' The French accepted the treaty as finally signed and consider it a sort of charter as regards relations with Germany. Great Britain, it is thought here, considers it rather as a sort nf elastic basis of .settlement of Euro- America Keeps Fingers Out of Ruhr Situation Washlgton, Apr. 0. America's atti tude towards any adjustment of the new situation created by the entry of French troops into the Rdhr district of Germany will continue to be more that of an observer than an interested participatn from what can be learned in official circles here. While recognizing the seriousness of the situation created by the independ ent aotion by France, officials here" were not Inclined to regard it as "deli cate" 'as the British foreign office In dicated last night. It was regarded as one of those situations full of poten tial danger but in which the probabil ities of adjustment was predominant, Since the United States has no repre- sentaUve of tne Rhine commission, is not a member of the league of nations and the commander of the little Amer ican army at Coblenz will not act with out direct prders from Washington, any steps taken by Great Britain or her allies to effect a more definite under standing with France must be without tureet assistance of the United States, 't was intimated. It was assumed, however, that Ambassador Wallace, would continue the part of an observer with limited advisory powers. Seat On Council Lost Second Time , By Tossing Coin Qrand Rapids, Wis., Apr. 9". For For the second time John Ostruskl has been defeated for a seat in the city council by the toss of a coin. Ostruskl and Grant Babcock, candi date, for councilman drew a tie vote in Tuesday's election so it was agreed to flip a coin to decide the honors. As the master of ceremonies was about to flip the coin Ostrdskt said "What will you take Mr. Babcock?" "I'll takeJieads," repXed Babcock. "Then I'll , take what's left," said Ostruskl. The coin was flipped and fell heatti giving Babcock the seat In the council. Four years ago Ostruskl tied with Mike Demenez for the seat and the toss or the coin went against him. Portland Labor Demands Trial Of Redys Slayers Portland, Or., April 9. Organized labor ln Portland last night, went un record to demand that the slayers of Wesley Everest, I. W. W., who was taken from Jail and hanged at Cen tralia Immediately after the armistice day outrage, be brought to trial. The resolution, which was origin ally adopted by the Metal Trades council in this city,, was presented to the Central Labor council last night and adopted by a heavy majority. The resolution condemned what it termed mob rule in no uncertain terms, and the full support of organized labor f Portland was pledged to those who are endeavoring to have the slayers of Everest prosecuted. Unions and City To Build Homes By Co-operation Toronto,. Ont., April 9. Union labor n,l municlDal officials have taken to erect houses at a minimum cobi. The(clty is to upply the land and the material and the unions the labor. One hundred houses will be erected as an experiment. Canada's Status Under League To Tip ThrP$hedL (JUt Ottawa, Apr. 9. Questions concern- ing Canada's status in the league of na-' I'Uion. as affected by the failure of the United States to enter the league will be discussed by the house of commons here Monday, it was announced today. Major C. W. Andrews will ask what ef fect the action of the American senate will have on the Monroe Doctrine, thi7000 acres at 10 this morning and announcement said, and N. W. Rowel' will reply. 'FRISCO BANKER DEAD San Francisco, Apr. 9. I. W. Hell .,, nritint nf the Wells-Fargo-Ne- vni National bink . and one of thej most Dromlnent bankers ift the state, ,t.j , a , tfea Adler aanit&r- Uieu JiriC . lum where his son, L W. Heiman Jr.,; president of the Union Trust company,! Li critically 111. j SALEM, pean affairs which is capable of div ers modifications. Conciliation of these viewpoints will be the object of the ensuing con versations, during which France, it ia stated, probably will ask Great Britain whether It stands for execu tion of the treaty. It is pointed out that articles 42, 4J and 44 of the Versailles treaty de fined actions by Germany wnicb might be 'regarded as calculated to disturb the peace of-the world and it is pointed out that such action by Germany was accomplished when the reichswehr penetrated the Rtthr dis- trict Turks Destroy Town And Burn U. S. Orphanage Constantinople, Apr. 9. Turks have destroyed the village of Harountyl, northeast of Arna and burned the American orphanage there: Two thou sand Armenian orphans were removed under fire and taken to Adana In safe ty by William Gilbert'Jr.. of Yonkers, New York. They will probably be sent to Cyprus. Turkish nationalists have taken over control of the village of Bardiza, about fifty miles from Constantinople, but there are few indications of trou ble in Anatolia. Hadjin, north of Adana, is still cut off from the outside world and other Armenian villages are being besieged by the Turks. Hundreds of refugees are arriving in Adana daily. Japanese Occupy Vladivastok By Surprise Tactics Vladivostok, Monday, April 5, Oc cupation of Vladivostok by Japanese forces today was the result of well prepared surprise maneuvers. At ono o'clock this morning sand bags appeared from every Japanese station.-The -"re'd" headquarters w.-.s covered by machine guns while the Russians were celebrating. Easter, ' -Hostilities opened at' the railroai station. The Zemstvo building was shelled by Japanese one pounders. The Japanese battleship in Vladlvo- stok harbor assisted the early morning attack by use of searchlights on the buildings the Japanese shelled. ; " A severe brush occurred at the Inter allied barracks compound. Three hundred Russians were 'penned in by machine guns apparently mounted ou the Japanese Red Cross hospital. They were captured and disarmed without resistance. - " - Two unarmed Czech soldiers going into their quarters were killed by flre from these machine guns, alongstrt; the American Red Cross barracks. . Japanese big guns shelled the hills across the bay. Except for activities with the shipping, all was over with in an hour. By daylight today the city was quiet with Japanese patrols preserving strict order. Flags were ordered replaced by the Japanese. Multnomah Tax Money Relieves State Shortage Responding to appeals sent out by Joseph Richardson, deputy state treas urer, Multnomah county this morning came to the relief of the state's "general fund which, yesterday was at its low est point In the history of the state wtih only approximately $11,000 to its credit, with a remittance of 1110,000 of its first lialf of state taxes. Ordinarily remittances of the first half of state taxes are not due from the county treasurers before, April 25 some counties waiting until the last day, May g, on .which to remit the state funds. Because the condition of the general fund is such' as to make It impossible for the state to honor any conlderable number of warrants Dep uty Treasurer Richardson has appealed to a number of near-by counties to push their remittances along as rap idly as possible in order to eliminate the necessity of paying the six per cent interest which would attach to war rants not paid for want of funds. Multnomah county Is the first to re spend but other counties have prom ised immediate remittance of at least a part of the amount now due the state. More than two million dollars, fund- u ta Pinted out, out of the first V1nn(1 TlnmCiOP Ttl f 100O, UamUge M Iowa Increases Muscatine, Iowa. April 9. The breaking of the Illinois levee a mile above the high bridge which spans the Mississippi river here had flooded the overflow of fully 40,009 addition al acres lying below the district first affected cannot be averted. The 'flood will create a lake two miles wide and twenty miles in length William Johnston, national singles champion, ana "fecK urn in were ae leaiea in an pAHiimuu nmwi itiiinni .. .. I ,!.. i...lnnriln,fn..nrl, ,1Q- --t maicn ai pan r laiiwu mt msm Roland Roberts and Johnny Strachan - 4. -. -?- OREGON, FRIDAY, APRIL 9, HowatGiven Prison Term ForContempt drerdi Ka.,rApr. t. .Alexao. der-Howat and the thre the miners' union officials sentenced to JaH today lor contempt of court were boded iff-the Jail here at ! -1:13 o'clock this afternoon-. Pittsburg, Kan., Apr. 9. Alexander1 Howat, - president of the Kansas coal miners; was sentenced to Jail for con tempt o court by Judge Andrew J. Curran of the Crawford county district court today. The "Judge sentenced Howat and three associate union officials to the county Jail until such time as they will testify- before the Kanaas court of in dustrial relations. Under the order of Judge Outran, Howat and the other officials will be taken to the county Jail at Girard im mediately. '. . Four mines of the district were idle this morning on account of the Howat i hearing) it was announced at the head quarters of the operators. . i Howat shortly after he reached his office made the statement: I "Our position ' Is unchanged. We stand where we stood. We refuse to testify before fhis court because we do not recognize the court. It Is an Insti tution founded to enslave the working man." ' Howat- was -found guilty of con tempt for refusing to obey an order of Judge Curran issued Tueesday that.lns the commission is greeted enthus he appear with four other officers of.tlcally by hundreds of fans in the cityj the United Mine Workers of America' ana numerous persons wnose names of the KansaJ district, and testify in ' did not appear on the petition sub the investigation of the coal mining! mitted before. industry now feeing conducted by the' In his letter to City Recorder Race Kansas court" of industrial relations Mayor Wilson points out that "this here. In addition to Howat, secre-aPPlntment is made pursuant to the tary-treasnrer and Robert Foster,' provisions of chapter 844 of the gen district aduitor, guilty and gave them'ral law" of Oregon for 1919." Under the same sentence he gave Howat. j the terms of this act the commission Counsel for the miners in an' empowered to hold boxing bouts in amended answer filed this mornlmr' the city. It was not known by the made numerous attacks on the Kansas industrial court law, alleging that itwoula likely be held, violated not onlv the Kansas hill of i Commission Is Credit, rights and constitution but that violated the federal condition. It Eastern Oregon Districts Fear Loss of Stock Baker, Or., April 9. Reports from the Long creek and Muddy creek dis tricts near here are to the effect that a second winter. -la being experienced, and hay is becoming so scarce that there is likely to be a severe loss rf stock if the winter lasts much longer. Because of the snow, all farm work has been discontinued. Upon the hills timber is reported to be strewn about and large trees uprooted are lying across the roads. Funeral Services : For Bishop Hughes Set For Saturday,' j Portland, Or., April 9. Funeral services for the late Matthew - ft. Hughes, resident bishop of Oregon, who died in Cleveland. Ohio, last Sun day. will be held in the First Method ist Episcopal church here tomorrow afternoon at 1:30 o'clock. The body will arrive here today. Final cere monies will be at the Portland cre matorium. Earl Cranston of Washington, D. C. formerly resident bishop of Oregon and now retired, and C. B. Mitchell, bishop of Minnesota, resident at St. Paul,. are in theclty to officially rep resent the board of bishops of th? church and both will deliver address es at the funeral. Pneumonia Takes Willie Simmons ; After a week's illness with pneu monia, that set ln following an oper ation for appendicitis, Willie Sim mons, four year old son of Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Simmons, 870 Trade street, died Thursday night at a local hospital. The body will be sent to Em, mett, Idaho, by Webb & Clough, where funeral and burial will be held. Little Willie, besides his parents, is survived by two brothers and one sis ter. Mr., and Mrs. Simmons moved to Salem last fall from Perry, Idaho. Willie was born at Emmett. Since Jan uary 28 Mr. Simmons has been con fined In a local hospital receiving treatment for injuries he sustained In an accident at Cottage Grove. Maeterlink Home In South Robbed Los Angeles, Cal., Apr. 9. The tem- porary residence of Maurice Maeter- Santa Monica, near here, was robbed last night and police of Los Angeles and Santa Monica today began seareh for a woman porch climber, reasoning only a woman would steal the articles the author reported-missing. These articles included a pair of silk ! f se, a silver and gold mesh bag, a pearl handled revolver and a number of gold trinkets, all the property of the poet's bride. FISHERIES AGREE San Francisco, Apr. 9. An agree ment between the Alaska Packers as sociation and the Alaska Fishermen's union providing a 28 per cent Increase to the fishermen for the season was l signed last Monday, according to an (announm..!. Ui lne umon neaaquar- . - ..... . j . .. .... .. .w .-. .B.v..,.... for a week, however, before it was signed, union officials said. 1920. Census Figures - Washington, Apr. 9.: Popu lation statistics announced to day by the census bureau in cluded: Portland, Maine, 69,196, in crease 10.625 or 18.1 jer cent over 1S1. Biddeford, Maine, 18,008, In- -crease 929, or 8.4 per cent. . Quincy. Mass.. 47,611. in-, crease 14.969 or 4S.9 per cent. Lancaster, Ohio, 14,70$, in crease 1613 or 12.8 per cent Commission For Boxing is Named By, Mayor Wilson Notwithstanding the action of the city council about three months ago of rejecting a petition for the ap pointment of aa municipal boxing commission here. Mayor O. J. WilBon, in a communication to City Recorder Race today, made known the fact that he has named Dr. W. Calton Smith, Frank W. Durbln, Sr., and Dr.! Harry H. Ollnger, members of municipal boxing commission fori Salem. The city council police and health committee, to which was referred the matter of a boxing commisslno when .1.. ,...! V BA.,aHB1 n o pciiuuii warn buuiiulvcu dc h iui months ago. denied the commission on the ground that objections to it! were too obvious, and that "It would not be a credit to the cltv." I Mayor's Action Lauded. The action of the mayor in appolnt- commission today when the first bout The appointment of the commission is held a big credit to the city in that boxing bouts staged here will attract hundreds of fans from other, sections of the valley to this city. Bouts stag ed ln Milwaukie Wednesday, and on several occasoina prior to that were attended by dozens of persons from Salem, Silverton, Woodburn and far south-as Eugene.. a, Through" the appointment of the commission. Mayor Wilson has estab lished Salem firmly ln sportdom. SfMiVi' ?;imniii4li..Chhwdlrtrtot and that the coast will be attracted here by,,. , .. . , reason of the fact that thye will be able to appear in legitimate bouts. First Violence Resulting From Strike Reported Chicago, Apr. 9. One switchman was shot and several slugged at mn- lngs of the striking railroad men last night, police learned today. ' John Krintz, a striker who proposed that the men return to work, was shot it was reported. He was spirited away in an automobMe by friends. Sabotage and violence was advocat ed by one of the speakers, E. C. Esty, a C. Y. A. organizer who participated in the Gary steel strike and several la bor disturbances here. "They call me a rebel," Esty told the strikers. "I'm proud to be a rebel, In 1910 I had charge of a railroad strike ln the Twin Cities Minneapolis and St. Paul. The men all went out and stayed out. Boasts of Violence. "I went down to the I. W. W. head quarters and got some help. Then one day four passenger trains were wreck ed. The next day seven freight trains were wrecked. Then we sent word to the railroads that if they didn't come across, we'd tear down the round house. They didn't answer we dl4, The round house was torn down. "Then the railroads begged for mer cy, and asked to meet us. We told them to come to us. There was a meet ing. The union drew up a contract and the railroad refused it. The next day we blew up a bridge. That night an ice jam formed ln the river and tore down the rest of the bridge, so they don't know to this day who did the Job. But we won the strike. "I did 90 days in Jail for blocking the mails. I got off light because I tola the judge I didn't know the law. But of course I knew It then lA well as I do now." Life Insurance Shows Big Gain A gain of S83,85,813.19 In the amount of life insurance in force in Oregon at the close of the year 1919, over that of December 81, 1918, is shown by a summary of the life insur ance business in Oregon prepared by A. C. Barber, state Insurance commis sioner. The summary shows a total of 98,661 life Inurance policies ln force in the state December 31, 1919, aggre gating $204,899,912.32. Palmer's Name Is Only One Entered Harrlsburg, Pa., Apr. 9. There will be no contest on either the republican or democratic presidential., ballot In Pennsylvania at the primary election May 18. The time for filing petitions expired at midnight last night and the records show that A. Mitchell Palmer's name will be the only one on the dem ocratic ballot and that of Edward Ran dolph Wood, a retired business man of Philadelphia, will be the sole nomi nation on the republican ticket. Chicago Switchmen Drift Back To Jobs But Strike Spreads In Other Section Chicago, Apr. 9. Striking switchmen, who have been os t strike here for nine days, began returning to work this mornmr- Brotherhood officials who have been fighting the "illegal' walkout of their men, do not claim that the strike is broken, but -are much encouraged by reports from several roads that the men, in small groups, were reporting for work. The CKicago Junction railway, the , - Belt Line connecting the stock yards and packing plants with the trunk lines, was one of the first to report. Eleven engine crews were at work this morning, the report said, aa com pared to three yesterday. While the switching and freight situation showed improvement, the congestion in the yards grew so greet that seven of the eight railroads en- Probe Ordered. Washington, April 9. An investigation of the unauthorlz strike of switchmen and other railroad employes was ordered today by the senate. tering the Dearborn street station are ,, Ki . . , w T.v .Tl I' L V 'Jn- Thf.y parsing P- suburban stations to complete vlV on r euriace cars. John Grunau, president of the In surgent union, the Chicago Yardmen's association, declared today that the question of wages and hours had be come of secondary importance and that the real fight was for supremacy over the older brotherhood. Walkout Spreading:. Chicago, Apr. 9. Continued spread of the Insurgent strike of switchmen and englnemen throughout the coun try was indicated by reports today showing that more than 20,000 men had joined the walkout. Eight thousand were out in the Chi cago district, where the strike had Its inception nine days ago, and reports from a score of cities from coast to coast predicted additions to the strik ers ranks. Railroad brotherhood officials, who have appealed to loyal union men to assist in breaking the strikes declared the Chicago strike would be broken within 48 hours and said with its abate- I ment the strikes in other parts of the .country would end. ; , I Chairmen of the brotherhoods an nounced there had been an Improve work. They asserted that freight traf fic was 50 per cent normal. On the other hand leaders of the yardmen's union declared the strike was growing and that the men would continue to remain out of the parent unions. Strikebreakers Report. Notices were sent out by chairmen of the brotherhoods of railroad train men to all strikers reiterating their de mand that the men return to work and threatening them with expulsion from the union. , One thousand brotherhood men from other cities had answered the call for strikebreakers here, officials said. Although It was estimated that be tween 40,000 and 60,000 packing house and stockyard workers had been thrown out of employment today as the result of stoppage of cattle ship ments, packers announced that ne shortage of meat need be feared. Many Industrial plants reported thousands of employes would be thrown out of work, if the freight tieup continued another week. Nearly 4000 employes of 23 railroads entering Toledo, Including switchmen, englnemen and firemen, were reported idle today. In the St. Louis district including East St. Louis and Madison, freight traffic was reported virtually at a standstill with yardmen of 27 roads on strike.- , Shipments Held Up. . All railroads In Kansas City, Missou ri, operating under contracts with the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen were affected and the strike had spread today to Kansas City, Kan,, and Rosedale, an industrial suburb. Points throughout the southwest re ported embargoes had been placed on freight and cattle shipments to St. Louis, Kansas City and Chicago and freight traffic between New Orleans and Chicago on all lines was suspend ed. Rail centers throughout California felt the freight restrictions and east ward along the transcontinental lines several terminals reported strikes. Starting at Los Angeles, where ap proximately 1400 yardmen walked out yesterday the strike spread to yards In San Francisco and Oakland and other California cities. Company officials LATE BULLETINS Washington, Apr. 9. Voluntary instead of compulsory uni versal military training as proposed by the army reorganization bill, was adopted today by the senate. The vote was 46 to 9. London, Apr. 9. Italy's attitude respecting the French oc cupation of Frankfort concurs fully with that expressed in be half of Great Britain in the statement issued last evening, Vit tori Scialoia, the Italian foreigr minister, stated today. Washington, Apr. 9. After receiving the state department's interpretation of the Monroe Doctrine, the congress of Salvador adopte da decree proposing a Latin-American alliance with the United States excluded. Washington, Apr. 9. Representative Kitchen of North Car olina, democratic leader in the last congress, suffered a slight' stroke of paralysis on the right side today soon after delivering a speech in the house opposing the republican peace resolution. price 2 cmmL said 441 men were out in San FraaetS' co and Oakland, and walkouts were re eerted at Roseville, Bakersfield, Mo Jave and Cotton. The Southern Paeift estimated that 1800 men were on strike) on lines in its coast division. Unionized railroad workers at Louis ville, Ky., at a meeting voted almost, unanimously against striking in asm- -pathy with the Chicago "insurgents' brotherhood officials reported, ' Attempts to form rump unions ln several other cities were in progress today and votes were expected te b taken. A summary of conditions through out the country reported early today follows: Chicago 8000 men on strike: freight traffic estimated SO per cent of normal. Toledo 4000 employes of 23 rail' roads Idle. St. Louis district 2000 men out; freight trafflo virtually tied up. Buffalo 2000 men idle. - Jersey City 2000 yardmen and oth er workers out. - t Los Angeles 1400 on strike. Detroit 1200 to 1400 idle. ' San Francisco 443 men out. Gary, Ind. 350 Idle. Syracuse 250 men out. Saginaw, Mich. 200 men Pere iwir quette out. . . - Salt Lake 210 men on strike. Ogden 150 switchmen on strike; Decatur, 111., 107 men striking. - -Joliet, 111. 50 out on four ratlroadsv Scranton 50 men idle. - Springfield, 111. Baltimore & Ohio switchmen on strike. ; Niagara Falls. Two roads affected and traffic detoured. Strike to Force Consideration of Wage Demand Chicago, April 9, Wage demands of five groups-of railroad employes numbering 980, 000 will be pushed im mediately as the result of the sprea l of unauthorized strikes of switchmen and englnemen, G. A.' Worrell, gener-' al chairman of the railroad clerk's) organization of the Chicago and Nortt western system said today. Railway clerks, telegraphers, ais nal men, maintenance of way em ployes and stationary firemen ami oilers, the groups involved will pre sent demands to every railroad In th United States within a week, Worro'I said. Wage increases of 20 cents at hour and restitution of the pre-wer differential wage scale will be de manded and fifteen days of grac granted for compliance of the com panies, he said. "The men are at the end of th rope," said Worrell. "President Wll- son promised to increase the wage if ln six months the cost of living was) not materially reduced. The llvtnjr costs are just as high, if not higher. We cannot live on our present wages' Reckless Drivers Rouse Night Vigil The starlit sky of last night seeme.I extremely attractive to careless motor lsts, if police reports at headquarters) today are a criterion. For the omy Incidents that occurred during th night to disturb th quiet at head quarters, and to furnish discomfort for sleeping citizens were those of racing cars, cutouts wide open, an the strange antics of wild motorists. At 12:15 Night Patrolman J. Fl White was detailed to Investigate report made by W. W. Johnson, 401 North Church street, that two auto) were ' racing at a dangerous speed, one in pursuit of the other, arottsl downtown streets. At 2:30 Officer White was called ia solve more speeding, careless drivinir and open muffler lnoidents in the 109 block on Marlon street. Principals in the night's sprees are not known. FRENCH PATROL RILLS. Berlin, April 9. Lieutenant Count Kalneln, who was killed yesterday near Nieders Wollstadt, 1 miles north of Frankfort, was shot by a French, patrol, according to a semi-official dis patch from Frankfort.