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About Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 15, 1922)
ft CIRCULATION Dally average for July, 5924. Member Audit Bureau of Circulation. Member Associated Press Full leased wire service. THE WEATHER OREGON: Tonight and Wednesday showers; moderate southerly winds. . Local: Rainfall, trace; total tor storm 1.87 Inches; max. 77, mln. 63; southerly winds; cloudy; river, minus 1.8 feet. 1 ibV 1 1. FORTY-FOURTH YEAR NO. 193. SALEM, OREGON, TUESDAY, AUGUST 15, 1922. V PRICE TWO CENTS ON TRAINS AND NBJW8 STANDS FIVE CENTS n rs E3 ill rvn i 13 V 1 WW srivj 1 am. lit J Agreement Is Signed Ending Coal Strike WAGE SCALE AGREED TO BY COAL MINERS Coal Operators Pre If pare to Resume Mining: i Tomorrow Only For ' malit ics Remain. i Cleveland, Ohio, Aug. 15. .1". n A :t- 1 TJnnn 1 T3ll operators and miners today ratified an agreement to bring 'about the settlement of the ! soft coal strike. Formal sign 1 ing of the agreement went I over until a joint conference i this afternoon. j Cleveland, Ohio, Aug. 15. (By Associated Press.) A wage scale I was ready today for the signa tures of soft coal operators and miners, and prospects were that noma mines would be opened on Wednesday. Formal ratification was set for this aiternoon. All details of the scale were annrnved in principle by both aides before the drafting of a ten tative understanding, which was described today by both sides as the entering wedge in settlement e BAf, moi ctrikA that beeran - Ul i. - li twentv weeks ago. "It is all a matter or procea said President John L. Lew- Is, In referring to the delaying of actual ratification. 'The strike is now over," said Joseph Pursglove, an operator who jcrved on the sub-committee. ! The settlement provides that the miners shall be returned to work at the same scale of wages that were In effect when they went on strike; the new contract is to ba continued in force until next April 1; the agreement also provides for appointment or an advisory fact-finding commission mart of its. duties to consider fu hire settlements on disputes in the coal industry. Thn "chpnk off svstem" of col lectins union dues to be preserved by the new agreement. The settlement came alter Week siient in marking time here by operators and miners. Opera tors controlling production- or 60,000,000 tons annually are com mitted to- adoption of the agree tnent In nrincinle. The operators In the meeting have mines in Ohio, West Vlr einia. Pennsylvania. Indiana, Illi wis aud Michigan. Orders went lorth from these nnerators to get jfeady to speed u coal production. 'Miners, too, were confident that . early resumption ' of work at scattered mines would result in f other operators hurrying their ac I'teptance of the agreement. JSPEfLIFlT FRUIT EMBARGO 8n Francisco, Aug. 15. Ship tint of perishables and livestock fom Northwest points through Gerber, Cal.. which are under an aibargo of the Southern Pacific !fmpany, are being accepted by "e company in the expectation tat the embareo will be lifted etore the shipments reach Gerber, ''mpany officials said today, when J'i that the company's Port- Tld STf.r.( m It c . , i li Shipments Thora h.i heen nn mtarg0 between Portland and 'Mber. The company officials here were Peful of ordering a suspension 'he embargo late today " or 3r'y tomorrow. HARNEY CAPTURED BY IRISH NATIONALS Dublin A i o k n a r.-not. it i J . .U J AMI"-1 Press.) Ktllarney. the last "ion of importance In County "fry held by the Irish Irregulars. been occupied by national I;1" troops. The occupation was ded by , brief engagement on r outskirts of the town after ! ch the irregulars fled. Brotherhoods Peace Conference With Railroad Executives Engineers Notified By Stone to Return to Work Immediately Chicago, Aug. IE. (By As sociated PreBS.) Warren S Stone, president of the Brother , hood of Locomotive Engineer ' has notified branches of bi unlon in the far west that un less the men who walked out on the Santa Fe without author ization return to work imme diately, their places will be filled, according to a statement made public today by A. Q. Wells, vice-president of the Santa Fe. !a OPENING PRICE PRUNES HELD UP . , . , in The -threatening aspect of the rauroau 6u "lu"""' " 11 1 4 1 1. nIt..ntnn Whllh jcoic.uttj. .o.-... clfic lines to declare an embargo on fresh rruus over us coas,.! but which was lifted on the north and south main line this morning lms caused a delay In the an nouncement of opening prices of the California Prune Growers as sociation. RaeporntS from the south indicate that the association had originally set August 10 as the date tor an nouncing their prices, but the strike situation. at that time was such as to block any buying. Later intimations given out by the as sociation are to-the effect that the prices will be made public on h- about August 20 if the strike situation reacts more favorably on the market. OVER 2 MILLIONS LOANED SOLDIERS Counting the commissions passed yesterday oy the members of the world war veterans aid commission, there have been 924 annliranta who have received as a loan $2,321,000. The number that have taken the cash bonus reaches the total of 18,196. The amount of money that the slate has paid in cash bonuses totals $4,142,000. Many of the applicants are say inir evil things about the commis sion because they do not approve the applications as soon as tney are received. However, it must be taken into consideration that everything that is done in the of fices In the way of letters writ ten in,i received are kept on a permanent file. Also that the state might be insured againBi any un due losses, the members of the commission investigate each indi vidual application. SFOKANElme TO DISCUSS STRIKE Cinksne Wash.. Aug. 15. we her nf the four railroad bro therhoods of Spokane and vicinity .ni with members or tne switchmen's union at Hillyard to night to discuss the strike situa Between tion as affecting them, tseiweei 300 and 400 are expected to at tend, no. . , , The brotherhood here "'" have forwardea to me 6'""';i local railroad officials, the snemi a Aiairint attorney, a proiesi " " . . against the use of armed guar8. , that hnth the guards tonights will be meeting. at CANADIAN WAGE CUT Xfnntreal. Aug. 10. . ,o,liv cut me monthly wages of their shopmen about Tzuu,uuu, ""--"-- 1Va workers had mreau rt .. taken before the board of conciliation had deeded the dispute. ON CALIFORNIA Request ' Washington, Aug. 15. (By As ?aated Press.) T. DeWitt Cuy s chairman of the Association Railway Executives, was today zte& by leaders of the five trans- rtatlon brotherhoods the engi CJers, firemen, conductors, brake T,en and switchmen to form a ommittee of that association and F'aeet them in conference on the ihnnmen'a strike. I "We asked- Mr. Cuyler to come .-Into conference to try to avert thi crisis which Is approaching on the railroads, ' said Mr. Stone. Warren S. Stone, chief of the engineers and chairman of the conference of railroad labor or ganization officials, announced that Mr. Cuyler had been reached over the long distance telephone, but that he had not given a re sponse. Mr. Stone said he expect ed Mr. Cuyler, however, would mrrae because the executives as sociation chairman never had pre viously failed to respond favorably to a Joint request of the train service organizations for a confer ence. He added that he did not believe they could arrange the meeting prior to Thursday. The statement accompanying the shopmen's letter of rejection, in nriilltion to charging that the railroad executives also had de- clined to accept the president's " ,u ,., , B, Bftid "-f that "the railroad managements Unnnrent.lv intended to be tne - and for th(J trla eonvictiou of those employes " nnt ,ntennert shall VV UV1U . u V. uuu - .... not return to work." The letter, which was signed by the heads of the seven organiza tions on strike, informed the pres '.irl.r- unanimously declined for four rea sons The first was that in a previous proposal the president suggested that all employes on Btrike be re turned to former positions with "seniority, and other rights unim naired." "Your proposal of August 7 is tf.at the seniority Question be bll(K v..v "- - agreed to, or rather disposed ot only after they have returned to wnrlr " the letter said. "This strike cannot be and no other rail road strike has been settled until it was agreed that all employes on strike are to be returned to work nrt tn their former positions with seniority and other rights unim paired." The second reason declared that "there is no penalty in the trans portation act against employes who strike when an injustice is done through a decision of the railroad labor board." Forfeiture p ..ninriiv. it was added, would "read Into the transportation act a penalty which is not conrameu therein." The third reason, after reciting that the unions had agreed to a former settlement proposal of the president, said that they were "unable to understand why, af ter we had accepted your own terms of settlement you should now request us to accept a pro posal which is directly in con flict with your former proposed agreement." As a fourth reason the leaders declared the president's "latest proposal Impracticable" and tending to "create a chaotic con dition because of the undetermin ed seniority status of the em ployes." ILLINOIS OPERATORS ASK CONFERENCE Chicago, Aug. 15. (By Assocl ...j d.i Illinois coal opera- tors today received Frank rarnngiun, - .v. TiHioto Miners union, stating t Luc ti,., Mr Farrington was suiuui- "t.aJa district agree- . .slfed for Joint con- between Illinois operators ---- . r-ij,,. isnrt miners ueio c presidents of the thi v mm v must pass on acceptance. Dr. F. mu.. .ptar of tDe Illi- nuuuwu. iois Coal Operators association. said "as the operators nave ot trying to get euch a conference fr four montbs. mere ib nm ! . i . . 1 , hev will tLO- u The first forest fire in the Mol- . u section is running tnrougn anding timber, threatening two - rmills and at Jeasi one j. a grain and building!. COAST FEES era PINCH OF GLOME From Canada to Mexico Coast States Suffer He ups Fruit Growers Face Ruin in West.' San Francisco, Cal., Aug. 15. Railroads in California reported today they were in better condi tion to handle traffic than at any other time since last Thursday, when big four brotherhood men quit work. ' Men at Roseville, Cal., the neck ot the bottle of the Southern Pacific company and at Tracy returned to work and other roads reported additional move ment of trains. Fruit growers and shippers were more optimistic than they have been hi two weeks .and em bargoes on the movement of per ishable freight are expected to be lifted on some of the roads. Strikers Returning. The Union Pacific sent locomo tives manned by Dig four crews to Las Vegas, Nev., to attempt to move freight. If freight can he moved it was, announced that pas senger traffic' will be resumed. The Santa Fe lines are moving passenger trains slowly with crews made up In the main by traveling engineers. The Santa Fe is making no effort to move freight. The men at Roseville, most of whom are residents of fruit dis tricts, are said to have agreed to return to work after listening to pleas ot growers and shippers of fruit. Concessions also were granted by the company, but the nature of the agreement was not disclosed. Coast Feels Pinch. San Francisco, Cal., Aug, 15. (Bv Associated Press.) From the Canadian boundary line eouth al most to the Mexican border, the Pacific coast states today felt a bitter pinch from the railroad tie ups which have been developing, lifting and clamping down again ever since Thursday night. Passengers who had been ma rooned at the desert towns which serve as terminals for the Santa Fe linea southweetern divisions had been brought to places of greater convenience but little or nothing had been done, or appar ently, could be done, to fruit growers ot northern Washington, southern Oregon and northern California, while but little more was being done for those in the San Joaquin ot California, farther south. Fruit .Growers Suffer. Fruit erowers and others di rectly affected by the tieups took nn the cudgels In their own "de fense last night and meetings at Wenatchee, Waah., and Fresno, Cal., made vigorous appeals to President Harding for relief. The Wenatchee gathering, asserting that that district's $25,000,000 fruit crop the product of a whole year's work was endangered, of fered to supply and protect men to man trains to move the fruit. The Fresno meeting appealed to the president and the heads of the four great transportation brother hoods the engineers, firemen. conductors and trainmen to end e strike and avert what appear ed to be an imminent disaster to the fruit growers or, failing that, tn declare an armistice long enough to permit the fruit crop to be moved. EXCURSION RATES FOR HOP PICKERS PROVIDED Rnecial round trlD rates to hop niirera ft r nrovlded in new tar iffs filed with the public service! commission by the Oregon Elec-j trie railway. The new tariff pro-j .ie. o rnnnri trio fare of $2.06: between Portland and Hopmere as compared with a fare of $3.08 un der the old tariff, and a fare of $2.64 between Portland and Llvesley as compared to the old rate of $3.96. The fare to Hop mere 1 effective today end the rate to Llvesley will become effec tive Saturday. TEST ABAHEQ Inability to Prove Allega tions of Fraudulent and Illegal Voting Ends Ku KIux Action. For want of truth in the charg es upon which it was founded the election contest proceeding insti tuted by R. R. Coster in behalf of Chas. Hall, defeated Ku Klux Klandldate for the republican gubernatorial nomination, col lapsed completely yesterday af ternoon and was withdrawn by attorneys for the contestant. The contest fell under the weight of its own false allega tions and without any attempt on the part of Governor Olcott's at torneys to refute the charges voic ed by the Hall forces. At no time during the hearing of the case by Judges Geo. G. Bingham and Percy R. Kelly did the defense enter into Its side of the argu ment, contenting itself with al lowing ,the contestant to attempt to prove the wholesale allegations of fraud and illegal voting made in the contest petition. Charges Fade Away For three weeks the Hall at torneys sought to substantiate the charges contained in the in formation secured by Ku Klux Investigators and other agents of the klan and its allied organiza tions, upon which the contest was based, without avail. Charge after charge fizzled out Into thin air when exposed to the scrutiny of the court. Actual recount of one seventh of the ballots cast In the primary election showed that 01- cott instead of Hall had been short changed 31 votes by the election boards. The only indica tion of fraud revealed by the count, in precinct 201, Portland, showed that Olcott had been de liberately robbed of 34 votes. With heart sickening regularity the Hall attorneys turned their cards face up on the table only to find them to be dueces and treys instead ot aces and kings. The information they purport ed to have proved in every in stance to be misinformation of the wild rumor type voiced by dis- (Continued on page two) STRIKERS RETURN ON MISSOURI PACIFIC Pueblo, Colo., Aug. 15. As the result of a conference here with Superintendent Shaver of the Mis souri Pacific railroad, all the' fire men and hostlers on the division between here and Horace, Kan., returned to work. The Missouri Pacific announced that the demands of the men for withdrawal of armed guards had been granted and that the men returned to work pending negotia tions for settlement of other points in dispute. Duke's Stay In Seattle Depends on Quality of - Food and Prohibition Seattle, Wash., Aug. 15. M. Helie De Talleyrand Peri gord of Paris, fifth Duke of Talleyrand and' thirteenth Count of Grlgnols, and Mme. LaDucbeese De Talleyrand, ex wife of Count Boni De Castel lane, formerly Miss Anna Gould, arrived in Seattle last night on the Admiral liner President Jackson and engag ed a suite at a hotel. "We shall only stay if they feed us well," said Talleyrand. "We should like to remain a week, perhaps. But in Vfctoria they have extraordinary very extraordinary food. These Am erican prohibition laws! Stu pid! We got excellent eervlre in Victoria, the best of atten tion. If the hotel here doee not feed hi well, we shall re turn to Victoria." mm is August Thomas Heads Managers y 1 1 . To fill a position in the theatri cal world similar to tKat of Will Hays in the motion picture field. Augustus Thomas, of New York, acknowledged one of America's greatest playwrights, has been chosen Executive Chairman of the Theatrical Producing Managors' Association for a term of three years. His salary is said to be an unusually large one. . W. W. ACTION IN E L Washington, Aug. 15. (By Associated Press) Attorney Gen eral Daugherty declared today that reports had come to the de partment of Justice indicating "the I. W. W. are quite active in connection with the railway strike." The attorney general added that there was no detailed information in the bands of the department, but he was satisfied from the gen eral Information received that a relation existed between the strlk era and activities of the I. W. W. "There are indications," said Mr. Daugherty in a statement to newspaper men at the department of justice, "that the I. W. W. 'a are very willing to take over some of the responsibility of railway trans portation and even the govern nient itself in the west." Washington, Aug. 15. (By Aa sociated Press.) The soy bean is rapidly taking a place as a major crop in the farming systems of the corn belt, replacing oats to a con siderable extent and taking part of the corn acreage, says the de partment of agriculture. Al though primarily used for forage, pasture and ensilage, the growing of seed during the last years has become a very profitable Industry. The production of seed has now Increased to the point where the supply greatly exceeds the demand for planting. County soy bean associations, growers, county agents and ex tension officials, notably In Illi nois and Indiana, have concerned themselves in the development of a commercial outlet for the seeds, it Is noted. Several mills in those states have become interested In the possibilities of that bean as a source of oil and meal. Two mills In Illinois have planned to use about 750.000 bushels this season, it has been reported to the depart ment, while other mills are plan ning on a smaller scale. New York, Aug. 15. Agree ment between operators and min ers at Cleveland will result in a general acceptance of their terms throughout the coal mining in dustry and a nation wide end of the strike, notwithstanding the relatively small representation of operators at the Cleveland con ference, officials of the national association declared here today. L WALK OUT PRESIDENT CONVINCED NOTHING CAN BE DONE Executive Has "His Back Mediation Continue by Leaders of Brotherhoods Announcement to be Made to Congress Within 48 Hours Action Awaits Developments. Washington, Aug. 15. (By Associated -Press.) Pres ident Harding will place the rail strike before congress and before the country within 48 hours, it was off icialy an nounced today at the White House. The announcement came after the president had con ferred on the strike situation with his cabinet and with lead ers in congress and after railroad union labor organizations had made public their rejection of the president's last settle ment proposal, together with the statement that chiefs of the non-striking unions planned to continue their efforts at mediation of the rail controversy. The administration spokesman?" who made known the president's purpose declared there was "no ground for the executive to stand upon in advancing any further proposition" for settlement of the railroad strike, other than those which have already laid before the managements and representatives ot the workmen now striking. The Impression prevailed among the president's advlBers that he would in his statement to congress and through.congress to the coun try make no suggestions as to leg islation, but the administration spokesman said much depended upon the events that occur within the brief time before he speaks. Hopes For Mediation Leaders of the railroad labor organizations today niade public the rejection ot President Hard ing's final offer for settlement of the national strike of shop crafts men, but declared that attempts to mediate the difficulty by direct dealings between railroad execu tives and heads of the four broth erhoods were still in progress. The union leaders after a con ference also made public a state ment declaring that the railroad executives by their responses to the president's final offer bad also declined to accept the presi dent's proposition" and had not even agreed to permit all em ployes now on strike to return to work. This statement, if made, it was said, would Include no suggestions as to legislation, but would be de signed to place before congress and the country the facts in the situation as viewed by the govern ment. President's Back-Un The president was described by one of his advisors as "having his back up" and fully convinced that nothing further could be done through negotiation. Endeavors at mediation how ever, were continued today by the leaders of the brotherhoods of railroad operating employes and ot the other railroad labor organ izations whose members have not been called out on Btrike. SURVEY HIGHWAY FROM OREGON TO WASHINGTON Walla Walla, Wash., Aug. 15. The executive board of the Blue Mountain Highway association, Congressman N. J. Slnnott of Ore gon and John W. Summers of Washington, officials of Umatilla and Walla Walla counties, to gether with a large number of road enthusiasts will gather at the Toll Gate, on the summit of the Blue mountains, 60 miles from here next Sunday morning at 11 o'clock to discuss and Inspect the route of the proposed forestry road over the mountains, connect ing the Wallowa valley in Oregon with the Walla Walla valley !n Washington and Umatilla county tn Oregon. A movement to secure construction of the road Is now well under way. Two Inland Em pires would be joined together by this road. It Is said. Inspect! Eeclamation Project. Taklma, Wash., Aug. 15. A. P. Davis, director of the United States reclamation service, arrived here today for a three days Inspec tion of the Yakima projects. Davlis says that be anticipates funds for the high line project will be avail able when the Rim Rock dam ix completed and that he Is planning his work with that in visa. R UGH NEGOTIATION - Up" Although Efforts at T r 10 LOS AHLES Los Angeles, Cal., Aug. 15. Passengers arriving here today on a Banta Fe consolidated train from Ashford, Ariz., where tbey were held up two days, reported that a fireman named Henderson was shot last night in the cab of the locomotive while the train was five miles from Needles. Santa Fe officials denied there was any shooting, but said that Fireman II. A. Hickey was render ed unconscious by a rock thrown from the station platform In Needles and that he was taken to Barutow for treatment. The Union Pacific today dis patched several engines with brotherhood 'crews from San Ber nardino to Las Vegas, Nev. It was announced at Union Pacific head quarters that the strike situation has been cleared on its system at San Bernardino and operation ot passenger trains will depend upon conditions at Las Vegas, a division point where trouble baa occurred during the strike. Determination ot conditions at Las Vegas will be made shortly after arrival of the engines there tonight, when a freight train will be made up and a call issued for crews. If crews respond there and freight trains move, passenger service will be restored. It was announced by Union Pacific gen eral offices here that no attempt would be made to take passengers across the desert until normal service conditions were deter mined by operation of freight trains. No service will be operated from the Bait Lake end ot the Los An geles route until the freight train call tonight at Las Vegas. REDISCOUNT RATE Washington, Aug. 15. Estab lishment ot a special re-dlsc.ount rate of 3 14 per cent on agricul tural paper is under consideration by the federal reserve board, of ficials said today. The proposal has been laid before the federal reserve bank. It was explained, and action by the board is being withheld pending their replies. although officials Indicated the suggestion was not meeting with favor generally. Officials explained the special farm rate would enable banks which made loans for agricultural purposes to rediscount at 3 Vi per cent one-half per cent below the lowest reserve rate now In effect. If the rate charged by the banks to the original borrower did not. exceed 6 per cent. Board officials apparently dif fered as to the advisability of the farm commodity rate being revis ed under present conditions. FOR FARM PAPER