TILLAMOOK
HEADLIGHT.
Federal Inquiry or
Railroad Strike?
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conc*uft.or*i engineers, firemen and brakemen
«inn non 000 ] U On ' C country an additional burden in transportation costs of
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pr°P°sc that thls waBc problerfo be settled by
reference to an impartial Federal tribunal.
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^J-ir *b<.se employes, whose efficient service is acknowledged, the railroads
»public body000*"5 1
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considered fairly and decided justly by such
Railroads Urge Public Inquiry and Arbitration
I he formal proposal of the railroads to the employes for the settlement of
the controversy is as follows:
matt.r.'iimJn'irnLr«
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cannot harmonize our difference* of opinion and that eventually the
matters in controversy must be passed upon by other and disinterested agencies Therefore, we propose that your
proposal, and the propo.it«» of th. railway, be d.spo.ed of by one or the other of the following method.:
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Fe Îof 7' ? SU m’ss’on to
Interstate Commerce Commission, the only tribunal which, by reason of its
accumulated information bearing on railway conditions and its control of the revenue of the railways, is in a posi-
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and equities of all the interests affected, and to provide additional revenue
necessary to meet the added cost ot operation in case your proposals are found by the Commission to be ju.t and
reasonable , or, in the event the Interstate Commerce Commission cannot, under existing laws, act in the premises,
la we join y request ongress to take such action as may be necessary to enable the Commission to consider and
promptly dispose of the questions involved; or
2. By arbitration in accordance with the provisions of the Federal law” (The Newland. Act).
Leaders Refuse Offer and Take Strike Vote
Leaders of the train service brotherhoods, at the joint conference held in Nev
ork, June 1-15, refused the offer of the railroads to submit the issue to arbitration
or Federal review, and the employes are now voting on the question whethei
authority shall be given these leaders to declare a nation-wide strike.
1 he Interstate Commerce Commission is proposed by the railroads as the
public body to which this issue ought to be referred for these reasons:
No other body with such an intimate knowledge
of railroad conditions has such an unquestioned posi
tion in the public confidence.
The rates the railroads may charge the public for
transportation are now largely fixed by this Govern
ment board.
Out of every dollar received by the railroads from
the public nearly one-half is paid directly to the em
ployes as wages; and the money to pay increased wages
can come from no other source than the rates paid
by the public.
The interstate Commerce Commission, with its con
trol over rates, is in a position to make a complete
investigation and render such decision as would pro
tect the interests of the railroad employes, the owner«
of the railroads, and the public.
A Question For the Public to Decide
The railroads feel that they have no right to grant a wage preferment of
$100,000,000 a year to these employes, now highly paid and constituting only
one-fifth of all the employes, without a clear mandate from a public tribunal that
shall determine the merits of the case after a review of all the facts.
The ¡ingle tune before the country is whether this controversy is to be settled by an
impartial Government inquiry or by industrial warfare.
National Conference Committee of the Railways
ELISHA LEE, Chairman
P R ALBRIGHT, C m 7Moxarw.
Atlantic Coast Line Ruilroad.
L. W . BALDWIN. 6>r$*/ Manat".
Centra! of Georgia Railway.
C. L. BARDO, Gtn’l Manafr.
New o.’k, New Haven ¿t Hartford Railroad.
B. H. COAPM AN, Lira President.
Southern Railway.
S E. COTTER, Gtn’l Manat".
Wabaeli Railway.
P E CROWLEY. Atst Viet PridJ~‘
New York Central Railway.
G. H F.MFRSON, Gtn’l Manat".
Great Northern Railway.
C. H. EWING. Gtn'l Manat".
Philadelphia A Readint Railway.
E. W. GRICE, Gtn'l Sn^t. Trans,..
ChcffTpeake A: Ohio Railway
A. S. GREIG. Asst. to Rtceivers.
St. Louis <5t San Francisco Railroad.
C. W. KOUNS, Gtn’l Manager.
Atchison. Topeka A Santa Fe Railway.
H. W McMASTER. 'lin’l Manaf",
U heelin« fit Lake Erie Railroad.
Buy Your Season
Tickets to
Now and Buy
Them With a Smile
N. D. MÄHER, Vica-President.
Norfolk A Western Railway.
JAMES RUSSELL, Gen'i Manat"
Denver
Rio Grande Railroud.
A. M. SCHOYER, Resident Vica-Prea..
Pennsylvania Lines West.
W. I . SEDDON. Vsce Pres
Scsboajd Air Line Railway.
A. J. STONE, Viee-President.
Erie Railroad
G. S. WAID. Viee Pres S Gen’l Mgr.
Set>»et Ceatral Linea.
S. Flatt Jones is the Chautauqua
sparker. He Ignites the enthusiasm on
the opening night that gives Chau
tauqua things la general a momentum
JULY
6.
1916.
Mexico.
Partisan defenders of Mr. Wilson's
erratic courage in the past complac
ently congratulate the nation upon
the circumstances that the issue of
peace- or. war rests with the men
whom he made ruler of Mexico. They
cite this condition as though it were
highly creditable to the government
ot the United States. Rather would it
seein to be degrading that the tran
quility of this nation and the lives of
thousands of its citizens should be
admittedly at the mercy of an irres
ponsible, scheming politician, whose
power was conferred upon him, as a
reckless gamble with fate, by the
Washington administration.
Those who have the patience and
industry to read the five or six col-
unins of type embodying the latcst
State Department note cannot fail to
be convinced that the indictment of
Carranza’s duplicity and treacherous
hostility is just. But the expressions
of pained surprise and petulant re
crimination are as misplaced as they
are futile. No one save President
Wilson and the infatuated supporters
of his diplomacy ever expected con ;
sistency or honorable dealing trolli
the intrigu.ng adventurer who flings
insults at the government w b ic ii
seated him in power. * *
The
events of the last three years have
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made the people of that country be
lieve that Americans are a race of in
competent triflers and cowards; that
the American marines were driven
out of Vera Cruz by fear; that this
nation's courage and efficiency are as
bankrupt as its statcsmanslup. And
no surer way could have been found
to solidify that belief than to employ
half measures and reveal indecision
in the pursuit of Villa's marauding
band.
We have been compelled to discuss
so often the Ci^imitous record of the
administration regarding Mexico that
the reiteration has become wearisome
The reckless denunciation of Huerta
the de facto ruler; the meaningless
fatuity of "watchful waiting”; the-
secret deals with bandits! the aston
ishing invasion at Vera Cruz and the
skulking withdrawal; the stern an
nouncement that no one would be
permitted to interfere with anarchy
in Mexico, and the subsequent ulti
matum of the factions; the expedition
against Villa and the humiliation ne
gotiations with
Carranza’s tricky
lieutenants—the whole story is heed-
lessness, aggression, vacillation and
compromise is depressingly familiar.
But from it all one fact stands out
that clouds even the fine spirit and
national resolve in the present emer
gency— the administration never had
a logical, coherent Mexican policy,
and there is no reason to hope that
it has one now.
Treachery and truculence in Mexico
distrust throughout Latin-America,
and uncertainty, rather than enthus
iastic confidence, at home— these
are the conditions under which the
American people are being commit
ted to the subjugation of a people
whose government their own officials
have arbitrarily made and unmade.
Under such circumstances mere
partisan citicism would be unwise
and unpatriotic. If the evil results of
the administration's policy were all
in the past, the imperative duty of all
loyal citizens would be to forget
them and to concentrate upon the
problems of the present.
But the perturbing fact is that even
now the purpose of the government is
obscure. No one knows with certainty
whether intervention or withdrawal
will be the next move. The country is
ready, is eager, to obey the familiar
and worthy injunction to "stand by
the president.” And we have no doubt
it will do so, as soon as he comes to
a stand himself.
Willful Waste of Life.
the army, before the Democratic
party launched itself on a career of
preparedness, was about 97,t>00 uien.
1 lie Hay-Chamberlain bill increased
the nominal strength of the army to
175,000 men, but this increase is
spread over the next five years. The
most that the army can be increased
the first year is to 120,000.
It was the boost of the orators at
St. Louis that President Wilson had
“kept tbe country out of war.” 1 hat
boast recoils on their own heads in
the presence of the facts of the
shameful waste of life on Mexican
soil.
Chicago Shocks Democrats.
It is not necessary to read between
the lines of the dispatches from St.
Louis to know that the managers of
the Democratic party are very much
dissatisfied with the work accomp
lished by the Republicans in Chicago
recently. Four weeks ago the leading
Democrats were unable to conceal
the delight which they felt over the
prospective split in the Republican
ranks. They felt certain that n would
be the 1912 campaign over again and
that Woodrow \\ üaon was virtually
assured of four more years in the
Vi bate House.
The grief of «ionie ci the elder
statesmen a. non g ¿he Democrats is
pathetic. The saddest of thcie is Sv
ator Stone of Missouri. He cannot
comprehend the idea of a Progressive
voting the Republican ticket, not
pausing to consider that the' plat-
forms of the two parties are almost
identical. Also he is in tears because
Col. Roosevelt will not promise to
run for the presidency. "This.” says
Brother Bill, his voice quivering with
emotion, "is one of the most pitiful
and tragic betrayals ever recorded in
American history." One is tempted to
feej for the gentleman from Missouri,
but really it is impossible to shed any
real tears. A harmonious Republican
party means a Republican president
and a Republican administration at
Washington, and that is the best
thing possible for the American peo
ple.
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the White House having a proper
conception of international duties and
national rights, with the firmness to
perform the one and to demand tne
other? There would have been ho war
and no occasion for war. Nor would
the difficulty with Germany have
been so long drawn out and so irri
tating. Mr. Hughes indicates what his
course would have been when the
warning notices in regard to the Lus
itania were published, lie would have
issued a warning of his own. Therein
is the fruit of the difference between
the two men. Hughes would act; Wil
son would temporize. Do wc want a
man of action, or a man of inaction
for our president?
As Others Se« It.
Commenting on the nomination of
Mr. Hughes as Republican candidate
for president, the foremost British
metropolitan paper, the Tunes utters
thes ctvords. "The campaign between
Mr. Hughes and President Wilson
probably will be the roost important
river lhe civil war, for behind the
>..milt diate issues involved lies the
v.-hole problem of the future atti'ud -
of the United States toward the
cst questions of interna.lc.ial polity . '
I ne. 1 iines is right.
Never in its history has this ccun-
u_> had such moinentious issues
awaiting decision. And never in its
historv has the need ot a strong man
at ths tic.m been so obvioui.
The present Democratic administra
tion has emphasized that rued.
i he limes may well speculate as to
the effect the result ot the election
will have upon international affairs.
For tour years wc have b.een the
cat’s-paw of the nations—their ' fool
m the middle ’—their sport and laugh
inc; stock.
1 he Wilton administration has dis
credited tis in the eyes of the world
and has earned for itself lhe reputa
tion of cowardice and faint-hearted
ness.
But the slate is about to be wiped
clean. A new chapter is to be written
in American histofy and it will be in
a firm bold hand—that all the world
may read.
Mr. Hughes may be depended upon
The Colonel Comes Home.
to defend American rights and privi
Col. Roosevelt has returned to the leges everywhere and to uphold our
Republican party and announced that constitutional principles.
he will "strongly support Hughes. '
T he logic of events left him nothing
else to do. It he had chosen any
other course he would have justified
the insinuations of his enemies when
the Progressive National Committee
issued its statement in January, w hen
he gave out his interview at Trinidad
and when he sent his telegram to ex
Senator Jackson while the two con Harp Soloist Carries Valuable
ventions were at Chicago. His accep
tance of the Republican platform and
Instrument.
recommendation of the chairman of
the Platform Committee (or president
made the final declaration for Hughes
Elizabeth de Barrie GUI, hnrpbit en-
inevitable. In fact, when the nomina i
tion of Hughes became a political tertainer, is one of the Chautauqua’s
certainty, (t was easy to predict the most unique offerlug«. Inimitably pre
senting, as she does, n splendid vocal
Colonel s course.
The colonel’s statement to the Pro mid Instrumental con ert, delightfully .
gressive National Committee does interspersed and comb’ued with de-
not give all the reason w'hy Hughes lertahle character stories noil imper-
should be elected. It was not so in «onatlous.
tended. The supreme issue, in cur
Mr-. Gill Is wonderfully proficient on
opinion
preparedness against the the harp, mid the $1.000 gold iiistr'.l-
economic conditions at the end of the
meat which she plays b a nut let -
great war, was barely mentioned. I
Whether our mills, factories and
mines shall close and thousands of
cmploves be thrown out of employ
ment, while the millions of gold that
have been flowing into this country
since the war began flowback to Eu
rope, is the great issue.for November.
But the colonel's statement does cut
the ground out from under all in
dividuals who declare that his elec
tion as president meant the salvation
of the country. I here is nobody who
really believe that who can consis
tently refuse to support Mr. Hughes.
T he only Progressives who can stand
out against the colonel’s advice are
those in the South, who sought to
give Southerners a chance to vptc
their views on current national prob-
lenis without violence fo their civil
wzr prejudices. Elsewhere the Pro
gressive movement was not a perty
at all, but a protest against incidents
and conditions that have passed
away.
The colonel will feel at home again
in the Republican party, which Rave
him all his opportunities for service.
CARRIES HARP
VALUED
There is time when plain speaking
is a relief to the soul, but it is impos
sible to express in words the grief,
anger and humiliation of patriotic
citizens when they read accounts of
such a slaughter of our soldiers as
that which occurred at Carrizal, when
two troops of the Tenth Cavalry were
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practically annihilated. Their loss is
directly due to the stupidity, blind
ness and perversity of an administra
tion that would not recognize the
necessity of making adequate prep
arations to deal with any emergency
Hughes and Wilson.
that might apse in our relations with
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Mexico—until the emergency arrived.
It should now be quite evident, to
Our relation with Mexico have beeq
Trio of Soloists to Present Strong Musical Program
delicate ever since Mr. Wilson be those who have questioned it, that
at Chautauqua
came president. We have had ample Mr. Hughes has definite and positive
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time in which to raise, train and equip opinions and that he does not seek
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an adequate force to deal with Mexi for softly padded words in which to
can hostility. The administration was express them. His message of accept
warned over and over again that an I ance of the nomination indicated a
adequate army could not be conjured belief that language is made to reveal
out of nothing at a moment’s notice. thought, not to conceal it, and his
In response the president talked airly communication to the Progressives is
about an "armed citizenry,” and was made up of plain words that say what
ably abetted in his folly by Mr. Bryan they are meant to say. No man can
with his picture of "a million men misunderstand them. There are no
springing to arms between sunrise rhetorical fights that dazzle the eye
and tunset.” » » * While a brave and leave the mind bewildered Sonic
effort was made to fool the country of the Democratic papers have Lem
into the belief that the Hay-Cham- saying that Hughes is a mar. of the
bcrlain army reorganization bill rep same type as Wilson, so why change.'’
resented a genuine advance in the di Nothing could be further from
rection of preparedness, events have truth, Theirs is the difference
marched so rapidly that its exposure tween strength and weakness,
as a hollow sham is already in pro tween decision and indecision,
gress. No longer ago than two weeks, tween courage and timidity,
the day the troopers of the Tenth Hughes has shown by his entire
Cavalry were lured to their deaths, career that he will decide what is
tbe army appropriation bill was under right to be done, and then do it,
MP.3. GILL.
discussion in the House. Chairman promptly. Mr. Wilson has ■howl
Hay, under the cross-examination of neither the power of decision or ci
i pie 'C
Representative Gardner and ether action.
lyric depth and tone lesonaBce ot «ur-
"The
Republican members, acknowledged
then that no item had been placed in present
pn-'rln't power «i d sweetnexa. Mr*.
the bill for machine guns for the mili ered,” says Mr. Hughes in his mes Gill bns n peli •■onfrolts voire and,
tia, or for increasing the number for sage to the progressives, "have been hinging to her own «’•oomp.inliueiit on
3. PLATT JONE3.
the regular army, although Gen. due to its own weakness and incerti the harp, affords «n idqnl combination.
that whirls nf top speed until the last Crozier had asked for $3,000,000 for tude.” That is the conviction of all . Fhe features Engll If. Irish. S'otcb mid
Americans whose minds are not
night, when the Hawaiian« play and that purpose.
This refusal is all the more amaz swayed by partisan bias. And Mr. nrtfTo folk eoiig«, wliicb the 'fcoulni
sLng “Aloha" ("Farewell and Love—to
of uurr ur of tM in-!'runieut prove i meat
You"). Who la Jones? What is hel ing because Chairman Hay admitted Hughes points out the evidence in efle- five
in the same debate that the armv had that "weakness ind incertitude"
Tens of thousands of Chautauqua en-
tn a rene: on>. repertoire of hatp
I l only about 700 machine guns. But it the long list of outrages against
ert eusemble, rresez ting a repertoire of instrti- tbucla«ts have heard him end hear was no more amazing than the fact America and A ncrican; cited in thr nolo« e-peclnlty picas ng oa the great
HE Gullotta Trio, con<
i sound the qui lity keynote of tbe musical him at every possible opportunity. that Chairman Hay and the members I note to M’-v.i •> of June 20, a series of lyre. au.il a« the od plantation melo
mental and vocal
number«. ’ ~
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They know what Jones Ls, but not one of his own party could not agree on crimes extendir g „ over three years, to
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their
se. ond
ond ’western
we.’e.n Chautauqua
«l’es ni: 1 "Tiie Mlavre.c ’ from ”11
portton of the Chautauqua.
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is tneir
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nation Tiovatoro.1 Mr« Gill'« rendition ot
no self-respecting
•cooled them last year rend« Ing a return engage»ent 1^ of them could descril>e him nny more the number of men actually provided which
tour, the ovations acc~-----------------------
That
should
submit
for
a
moment
*n considered by Chautauqua than they would attempt to devribe for in his bill for the regular armv.
"The Rosary” in n distili t »•<•« •ompflsh-
Iterative. Each member of this trio alone ha« I m »
Eddie Foy or Harry Lauder. He Is He insisted that provision be made scries has reached the height of dia- I tuent, lu this number s.'.a i ileuioti-
patrons a star attraction. The combination Is Itn men*.
of
Carrizal,
just P. Platt Jones. That’s enough. (or an army of 105.000 men, while holism in the massacre
1 «trntei the nipr'-me rank of the hmp
It was of Vinceno Gullotta. the violinist, tha t tlie famous Mary Andernon
To say anything more a!<out 1dm would other» said that the Phillipoine scouts and still we arc temporizing Is it Us, h tl’-li».- Ill iiiMHUDvIlt »bell p.aywl
wrote; "I shall never forget your most wonder! ul playing- With the Ionian
conceivable that we would have been
would
have
to
be
deducted
from
this
sea before ue and the roses of Taormina around us, your playing wu a dream be ••much too much "
total, leasing the actual strength of in our present position, with a man in I by an ar.fat.
•f beauty."
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Gullotta Trio to Appear
In Concert
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