The Monmouth herald., October 21, 1921, Image 2

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BAR RAIL RATES' CUT PLAN
! Proposal to Avert Strike Held Impos­
OF C IM E N Ï WEEK
sible by Kailr *ad Chiefs.
Chicago.— Presidents of the leading
N EW S
RAILROAD STRIKE ♦ i STATE
IN BRIEF.
OCT. 30 ORDERED
Cove.— Foundation for the second
middle western railroads in a state­
ment Monday night turned down as . . .
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new business house to be erected on
., the site of the Trippeer block, burned j
First down in the September, 1918, fire, is
Brief Resume Most Important 1 "Impossible" the proposal of the rail­ 500,000 Msn to Go Out
road labor board public group that
Day; Million May Follow.
Daily News Items.
freight rates be reduced immediately
COMPILED
FOR
YOU
Events o f Noted People, Government*
and Pacific Northwest, and Other
Thinir* Worth Knowing.
Emery Mapes, of Minneapolis, 68
years old, president of the Cream of
Wheat company, died Monday night of
heart disease.
Archaeologists at work In the ruins
of ancient Ephesus have discovered a
crypt believed to be the tomb o f St.
John the Evangelist, it was said n a
dispatch receive«! In Paris.
Joel and James Cheat wood, twins,
celebrated their 90th birthday at the
homo of the former in Leavenworth,
Kan., Tuesday.
Both have reared
large families and are active.
A reduction of 40 cents a barret in
the wholesale price of flour was an
nounced Tuesday by a prominent Cali
fornia milling company. This is the
first drop in the price of flour In the
last two months.
John A. Spencer, ex-clergyman, who
was convicted In Lakeport, Cal., for
the murder of his wife, Mrs. Emma
Spencer, and sentenced to life impris­
onment, arrived at the state prison
Tuesday to begin serving his sentence.
Herman Stout. 15 years old. West-
vtlle high school boy, yielded a six-
inch screwdriver when operated upon
at a Danville, III., hospital Tuesday
morning. Stout had been at the hos­
pital for a week suffering from a sup­
posed attack of appendicitis.
Machinery of a national Investi­
gation, designed to cheapen the
marketing of dairy products to
give dairy farmers better prices for
their goods and to provide city con­
sumers with better products at reason­
able cost was set In motion In St. Paul.
Miun., Tuesday.
A site for a naval aviation base at
Charleston Harbor, Wash., has been
offered to the government by the
Charleston chamber of commerce, it
was announced Tuesday at a henring
before the house navul committee. Ad­
visability of establishing such a base
off Puget sound was discussed.
A. B. Burgess, a negro employed by
the Atlantic Coast I.ine railway at
Savannah. Ga , probably has the larg­
est family In Georgia. He is the fa­
ther of 32 children and had three
wives. Twenty six of the children are
living. The negro has been blessed
with seven sets of twins and two sets
of triplets.
as a possible means of averting a gen­
eral railroad strike, and charged that
the proposed walkout "would be a
strike against the government, called
by the unions primarily for the pur­
pose of nullifying the transportation
act creating the labor board.’’
The statement followed a meeting
of the association of railroads enter­
ing Chicago and was signed on behalf
of the organization by Samuel Felton,
president of the Chicago Great West­
ern. The Chicago & Northwestern,
the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy, the
Santa Fe, the Chicago, Rock Island &
Pacific and the Chicago, Milwaukee &
St. Paul are some of the larger roads
represented at the meeting.
By coincidence, the statement, which
reviews the railroad situation and
causes of the strike, was issued at
almost the same moment Warren S.
Stone, president of the Brotherhood
of Locomotive Engineers, was giving
out a statement in Cleveland telling
why the four big brotherhoods and
the Switchmen's Union of North Amer­
ica had authorized a walkout on Oc­
tober 30. The president's statement
said, in part:
"Th e thing it is proposed to strike
against Is the decision of the railroad
labor board authorizing the reduction
Of 12 per cent In wages which the
railways put into effect July 1. There
is at present no other possible ground
for a strike by the railway labor
brotherhoods.
"Th e labor board was created by
the transportation act passed by con­
gress in 1920, which delegated to it
the duty, in case of disputes, of deter­
mining reasonable wages and working
conditions. The wage reduction put
into effect July 1 was authorized by
the board under the provisions of this
act. Therefore, the strike which has
been ordered will be, if it occurs, a
strike against a decision made by a
government body acting in accordance
with a federal law."
SHIP LINE S P R E PA R E
FOR E X T R A DUTIES
Washington, D. C. — The shipping
hoard issued a statement that no ac­
tion was taken officially Monday, by
either the shipping board or the emer­
gency fleet corporation, to form or
discuss plans for using government
vessels in the event of a general rail­
road strike, and "that no request had
been made for them to act or to fur­
nish information."
A. J. Frey, vice-president of the
emergency fleet corporation, said that
the fleet could turn over 25 oil-burning
ships a day for ten days in the event
that their use was desired Immediate­
ly, the statement continued. He added
that there would be no difficulty in
obtaining crews owing to the number
of seamen out of employment, and
further, that the men, employed on the
laid-up vessels, would form a potential
nucleus in manning any such boats.
In a spectacular raid staged simul­
taneously In five precincts of Wash
Ington, P C., Saturday, prohibition of­
ficers gathered in 31 suspects. Includ­
ing the alleged "king of Washington
tmotlgegers," and a large quantity of
Chief's Bank Account Big.
liquor, and smashed what is believed
to be one of the largest whisky rings
New York.— Bank accounts of Police
in the east.
t’ommissloner Enright showing depos­
A hope that the public press through- its aggregating $100,421 since he as­
outout the world will do its part to sumed office in 1918 were read into
promote international understanding, the record of the Meyer legislative
and particularly to make easier the committee Monday. Other hank ac­
tasks of the armament conference, was counts offered in evidence showed that
expressed by President Harding in a E. P Hughes, ex-poltre inspector, who
message to the press congress of the retired a few months ago to operate a
world, which began Its session Tues­ private detective agency which guard­
ed piers, had deposited $1,069,152
day at Honolulu.
since 1918.
Several Russian provinces which up
to the present have been considered
Postal Loot $200,000.
self supporting, aro clamoring to be
San Francisco.— More than $200.000
listed for government aid because of
was the total face value, as disclosed
famine. M Kalinin, head of the Rus-1
by cheeking Sunday, of the registered
sian central committee for famine re-i
mat! stolen by four unmasked robbers
lief, announced in a speech at Moscow j
from the Rialto postofflce station at
Saturday.
The number classed as
New Montgomery and Mission streets.
starving, therefore, is raised to nearly
The actual loss, however, was much
25,009 000
lower, because the hulk of the known
Liberty bonds, whlih recently touch- j shipments involved was of a non ne­
ed the highest prices of the year, were i gotiable nature.
SCHOOL D AYS
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Quinaby.— Celery shipping has be-
I guu earlier than usual this year and
B R O T H E R H O O D S ACT
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distant points, while a large acre-
| age is being given special attention
Mail Trains Are Specifically Included in anticipation of the holiday trade.
In Instruction* Issued on W alk­
St. Helens.—The county court ap­
pointed D. W. Price of Scappoose, F.
B. Holbrook of Goble and Henry Krats
of t'latskanie as the budget committee
Chicago.— More than half a million to aid the court in preparing the an­
nual budget of county expenses. They
American railroad men Sunday were
will meet with the court November 7.
ordered to Initiate a strike October 30,
Salem.—A total of 8584 ex-service
while other unions whose membership
men entitled to benefits under the so-
brings the total to about 2,000,000 an­ called bonus law enacted at the last
nounced officially that they were pre­ session of the legislature and approv­
paring to follow suit and make the ed by the voters at a subsequent elec­
tion. have filed their applications with
walkout general on the same date.
the world war veterans' state aid com­
Under this programme the tieup
mission.
would be complete, according to union
Corvallis.— Loans by the student
predictions, by November 2.
loan fund amounting to $3508. and ap-
The hour was fixed for 6 A. M, plicatlons amounting to $1000 in addi-
October 30, except for one Texas line, tion, indicate the activity of the com­
whose trainmen were authorized to go mittee on loans for this year. In nine
days following registration 27 students
out October 22.
Railroads listed in the first group obtained loans. Four per cent interest
on which the strike is to become ef­ is charged.
out
Paralysis o f Lines Plan.
fective touch 42 of the 48 states, with
La Grande.—J. H. I’ eare, recently ap­
a trackage of 73,000 miles out of the proved for the office of receiver of
total of approximately 200,000 miles.
the United States ¡and office here, and
The New England states comprise Carl Helm, approved for the office of
the group that is virtually untouched register of the same office, this morn­
in the first walkout.
ing assumed their official duties. Both
The strike orders were issued to the received word from Washington that
big five brotherhoods, oldest and most their bonds had been approved.
powerful of the railway unions, and
Salem.—J. A. Churchill, state super­
they specifically included mail trains.
intendent of schools, has returned to
Their provisions instructed strikers to
Salem after a week passed in eastern
keep away from railroad property with
ami central Oregon attending teachers'
a warning that "violence of any nature
institutes. He reported increased at­
will not be tolerated by the organiza­
tendance in most of the schools and
tions.”
said no difficulty had been experi­
The strike wus announced following
enced this year in obtaining in­
an overwhelming vote, said to be up­
structors.
wards of 90 per cent, favoring a strike
Eugene.— A farmers' institute is be­
because of a 12 per cent wage reduc­
ing planned for Cottage Grove Novem­
tion authorized by the railroad labor
ber 15, 16 and 17, according to an­
board of July 1, and after it was de­
nouncement Saturday of Ira P. Whit­
clared by the Association of Railway j
Executives in session Saturday that a ney, county agricultural agent, who is
co-operating with E. J. Edwards of
further reduction would be sought by !
the extension division of the Oregon
the railroads. It was said that the |
Agricultural
college, the Cottage Grove
strike decision was made before the
announcement of this further intended I chamber of commerce and the Eugene
chamber of commerce.
cut. Printed instructions as to con- ^
duct of the strike, issued in Chicago, I Hood River.— Stanley C. Walters,
chief forest ranger of the county, just
were dated Saturduy, October 14.
I fear It will be one of the most
serious strikes in American transpor-
tution history," said W. O. Lee, pres!-
dent of the railroad trainmen, who,
during recent weeks, has sent clrcu-
lars to his men warning them of the
critical nature of the steps they con-
templated.
The country was divided into four
groups, in which the men were au-
thorized to walk out progressively, one
group every 24 hours. Names of the
groups were not made public, but un-
officially the identity of roads in the
first group to go was learned, subject
to changes, which union officials said
would be few. This first group in-
cluded some of the country's greatest
rail systems, from coast to coast and
from Canada to the gulf.
W AY TO P RE V E NT
STRIKE IS SOUGHT
back from a tour of inspection, report-
e<* ,bat ,be six-mile stretch of grading
on the Mount Hood loop highway on
*be northeast base of Mount Hood is
nearing completion. Crews will break
camp in the next few weeks, he said,
Slashing crews, Mr. Walters said, have
finished five miles through dense tim-
ber *n tbe vicinity of Horsethief
meadows.
* 1 St. Helens. — A conservative esti-
mate of the building done and now in
progress in St. Helens during the last
six months is placed at $125,000. Most
of the buildings have been residences,
the business houses being the new
office of the Columbia River Stevedor-
ing company, the new Spokane. Port­
land and Seattle depot, which cost
$15,000, and the business block of Mrs.
H. F. McCormick now under construc­
tion and which will cost $35,000.
Eugene.— The conerete pavement on
the west side Pacific highway, just
south of Corvallis, has been opened to
traffic, affording a continuous 40-mile
stretch of pavement between Eugene
and Corvallis and eliminating a bad
detour just out of the Utter city. The
opening of this pavement also fur­
nishes a paved highway between Eu-
gen and Portland except for the sec­
tion of 12 miles between Corvallis and
Albany and a mile between Barlow
and Canby.
Washington, D. C. — The public
group of the railroad labor board and
the full membership of the interstate
commerce commission, by personal di­
rection of President Harding, joined
Saturday in an effort to avert the
threatened serious railroad labor com­
plications.
Summoned here by the president,
the three members representing the
Portland —The Brownsville woolen
public on the railroad labor board j mills at Brownsville. O r . will resume
were escorted by Mr. Harding to a \ the manufacture of woolen goods by
conference with members of the inter­ next spring, according to present
state commerce commission, which plans, and with that end in view the
was unfinished and left open to re­ Installation of new machinery and the
sumption Monday.
overhauling of the mill is to be taken
Silence was maintained even in the up this winter. J. L. Bowman of this
face of the strike call issued late Sat­ city, while on a recent trip to Browns­
urday at Chicago, but the purpose of ville. assured the people of that com­
heavily sold Tuesday and closed at a j
the meeting was said in an announce- munity that the mill would be started
Wheat Supply Cut Down.
decline of from 58 to 156 points for j
ment to be consideration of "the pos- again as soon as machinery could be
the second 4s and the various 4 V* per j Washington. D. C.— Wheat on farma.
v ,»f an early adjustment of rati- j obtained for a twaset mill
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cent Issues. Sales approximated $13.-1 excluding that required for use by the
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Bnlem Demand will be made upon
600.000. The decline was largely at-! farmers, was estimated by the depart­
the catastrophe fund of the state in-
tribnted to realising of profits by spec-; ment of agriculture*in figures made
Puebla Governor Flees.
, dustrial accident commission for the
ulatlve Interests who had bought at j public Monday at 318.000,000 bushels
Mexico
City.— Jose Marla Sanchez. I first time since the department was
considerably lower levels.
this year, compared with 447,000,000
governor of Puebla state, fled fro m , created as the result of an explosion
bushels last year.
A meeting in the Colorado state cap
Puebla Sunday night on horseback, at the mines of the Beaver Hill Coal
Itol Saturday night called by women’s
accompanied by SO follower*, in the company in Cooa county Friday. In
Ritz Hotel Change* Hand*.
clubs to stir public sentiment against
Frank A. Clark, formerly proprietor course of a demonstration against order to provide for such accidents the
prohibition violations was thrown into o f the Clyde Hotel, has recently pur­ state authorities, who wer£ charged workmen’s compensation act was
commotion when Judge I«en B. Lind chased the Ritz Hotel at Park and with being responsible for the r.ew amended in 1919 and a fund establish­
gey o f the Juvenile court, denied the Morrison. Portland.
tax law. which waa alleged to provide ed by setting aside $50.000. accord­
privilege of the floor, leaped to the
Mr Clark is one of the best known for excessive rates Although martial ; ing to W . A. Marshall, chairman of
top of a desk and shouted denuncia­ hotel men In the atate and is spending law has not been proclaimed, federal ' the slate Industrial accident commis­
tion o f city officials in the enforce several thousand dollars in making troops und‘<r General Maycotte are sion. There is now $100,900 ¡n the
meat of the prohibition statutes.
fund.
guarding the city.
the Ritz Hotel a Class " A " property.
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N INTERESTING plan has been
worked out by a certain high
school in its commercial depart­
ments. This Is a co-operative method
by which the girl students get actual
practical work together with the cUsa
work.
For Instance, In the salesmanship
course the girls work one week in
school and one week in some large
department store alternately.
The
stores are making their inducements
to young women who wish to become
saleswomen more attractive, and they
are staking a high class of employees.
And it is the girls who have taken a
course of training with the view of
becoming expert In the profession
wlio are sought for. They begin at
ttie bottom, while ttiey are still work­
ing In the school, and by the time
they have been graduated they are
ready for a good position with every
prospe«’ t of steady advancement.
The complete course Includes de­
signing, color matching, house fur­
nishing, etc.
A girl will specialize
later in certain types of the work,
but she is given a grounding In all.
I f she has n good foundation she Is
going to know what to sell hpr cus­
tomers. Slip is unlikely to make had
sales, and so sufTer returns.
With such school work and such
training as are offered by the ty|>e of
high schools quoted, a fine class of
women is going to be attracted to the
work in Increasing numbers.
The
stores realize the value of the ex­
pert. It Is a thing that will pay look­
ing Into by the ambitious business
girl.
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LYRICS OF LIFE
By DOUGLAS MALLOCH
HEART WEATHER.
KIES are not alwn.vs amethyst.
And stars are lost in midnight
mist.
The sun Is curtained by the rain,
I>ny has its darkness, night its pain;
And yet the hill the sun has kissed
I know shall feel his kiss again.
S
W* do nol ask perfection of
The earth below, the skies above;
They have their momenta that are
drear.
And winter conies to every year—
We ask It but of those we love,
Perfection only of the ilear.
Hearts have their weather, every
heart—
We do not live with perfect art.
Hearts have their time the thunders
roll.
Their little tempests of the soul.
But soon the tempest shall depart
And leave affection's aureole.
You who are patient with the skies
When suns go down and storms arise.
Be patient In the time of stress.
The tempest meet with tenderness.
l o « e must be patient, must he wise—
The sun obscured shines none the
less.
(Coprrtskt )
OBSERVING
TH E CUS­
TOMS.
Lady of the
H ou se:
W ell,
what do you
Went?
Hungry Har­
old It’s just 4
o 'clock .
lady,
*0 >ou ran gtm
me do ennven-
t n u l biscuits
an' a shot o’
(•a.
Make my mortal dreams come true
With the work I fain would do;
Clothe with life the weak Intent;
Let me be the thing I meant. .
—John O. Whittier.
T H E WH OLE SO ME CUSTARD.
” STARDS of different flavors are
always good desserts for the chil­
dren and are usually well liked
by them.
One egg to a cupful of
milk and two tubiespoonfuls of sugnr
or less will make a thin custard which
will be sufficient for two small cups.
If the custard is desired thicker, two
eggs to one cupful of milk will make
a custard which will mold. O f course,
when food value is considered, the more
egg the more nutriment.
Cup custards are more attractive in
api>earanee if decorated in some form.
A did of Jelly or jelly cut in cubes, a
candled cranberry or cherry, or any
bright preserved fruit is always fes­
tive, and a spoonful of nuts adds to
its food value.
Care should be taken In the prepara­
tion of a custard. I f baked, place the
custards In a dish of water ami watch
carefully not to overbake as they be­
come coarse and tough. A baked cus­
tard 1ms a finer flnvor than boiled, and
is particularly good with tart berries.
Nutmeg, cinnamon, orange rind,
lemon, maple or «'aramei are all good
flavors, as well as chocolate and cocoa.
Chocolate grated over the top, or
cocoa sprinkled lightly over the cus­
tards adds to Its food value. A pinch
of salt Is need«-d in ail custards, other­
wise, they are flat In taste. An orange
flavored custard is delicious served
with a spoonful of orange marmalade
on top.
C
Caramel Custard.
Put one-half cupful of sugnr in an
omelet pan and stir well while melt­
ing : when a golden brown add one
quart of boiling hot milk, adding very
enrefully a little at a time, when the
caramel is all dissolved and mixed
with the milk add five slightly beaten
eggs, a pinch of salt, a tenspoonful of
vanilla and strain into a mold. Chill
and serve with a caramel sauce. Four
eggs will make a rich custard, hut not
so well to mold.
For the sauce brown a cupful of
sugnr, add one-half cupful of boiling
water, stir until dissolved and when
cold serve as sauce.
A cupful o f cake crumbs stirred into
a custard will often prove a good way
of using leftover cake and making a
dainty, nourishing dish for a child's
supper or luncheon.
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H O W D O Y O U S A Y IT?
By C N. LURIE
Common Errors in English and
How to Avoid Them
"LOVELY.”
9* T ' v II> you enjoy the playi" “ Y'e-.
I J 1 had a lovely time.” T h e
person who used the word
“ lovely” in this sense did uid know,
or forgot, tiiat “ Imkdy" should l«p u*> d
only to describe something which is
adapted to or worthy o f being loved
—that is, of inspiring the highest
esteem of which the human being 1»
capable. The word "lovely” means,
according to the Standard dictionary,
"possessing mental or physical quali-
' Inspire admiration or *
winsome, charming, lovable, as ‘a
lovely face.' *
The won! "lovely’' has, therefore, a
distinct and valuable place in English
diction, and should not he debased by
nse in connection with common or or­
dinary matters, or trtfles. Instead of
“ lovely.” in m<»»t cases some such
words as attractive, agreeable, pleas­
ant. enjoyable should be employe«!.
Here Is correct u«e of "lovely” : “ She's
adorned amply that in her husband's
eye she l«>oks lovely.”
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