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
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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Ruhr were withdrawn yesterday to the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
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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
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maicn ai pan r laiiwu mt msm
Roland Roberts and Johnny Strachan
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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-
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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
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'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.