Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1903-1919, August 19, 1916, Image 5

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Newspaper Page TextI THE DAILY CAPITAL JOURNAL, SALEM, OREGON, SATURDAY, AUG. ii, 1916. ft. ff See Our Display of William and Mary's and Jacobean Period Dink Room Sets Our line of over-stuffed Furniture and Over-stuff Materials is the largest in Salem; see them, have us recover your heirlooms. Hammocks 1-5 Off Refrigerators On Sale The Theatrical Week Norma Talmndge in "Going Straight" and William Collier in "The Bugle Call" have been the principal celluloid attractions at the Oregon dining the week, the latter attracting special at tention. Harry Ding and Ethel Brad ley have contributed the vaudeville, features, both very satisfactory. Kitty Gordon in "As In a Looking Glass" and Bay Lawrence and the Fletcher children in clever vaudeville work, with the usual sprinkling of comedy, have bed the Bligh patronage to normal. Victor Moore in "The Clown" and Myrtle Stedman in "The American Beauty," both of the customary Para mount standard, have been the releases shown at Ye Liberty. The Hippodrome vaudeville present ed early in the week gave excellent satisfaction to good sized audiences. Wise is the mau who realizes that of two evils it isn 't absolutely neces aar to choose either. A calculator that shows the money values of one country in the terms of several others and applies the values to various weights and measures has been invented by an Englishman. An electric motor truck that re sembles a huge refrigerator has been built for a Porto Rico ice dealer to enable him to deliver his wares with a minimum of loss by melting. Though he could find only ten watches and clocks in Buckeye town ship, Illinois, the assessor reported taxing fcighty-two automobiles and seventy-eight pinnes. The electric furnace is being used in Sweden to refine by a secret pro cess chromium ores brought from South, Africa and New Caledonia. An apparatus to register automati cally the percentage of oxide of car bon in illuminating gas has been in vented by an Englishman. All quacks are not hatched from duck eggs. c: n fi ci u H n I! H CI 13 n El n ii !! CI CI n ii ii ii n ci ci ci ci u ci ci ii ii ii ii ii II ii ii ii ii ii !! II II II ii II II ii II II II OREGON :saaBasaaa&&3aaaDsaQsa&QBaaaBi Tonight Tonight n is ll II El CI II ii 2 Vaudeville Acts 2 u 11 ii ii ii ci a C3 ci ci ii El n u ci 11 'The Bugle Call" HARRY DING Chinece Bartione in Costume ETHEL BRADLEY Character Singing and Dancing A REAL PICTURE WM. COWER. JR.. IN NO RAISE IN PRICES COMING TOMORROW Kulolias Hawaiian 7 TKUUBAUUK5 7 I PFOPIF I TROUBADORS PEOPLE SINGERS, DANCERS, ENTERTAINERS FAMOUS HULA HULA DANCERS THE PARADISE OF THE PACIFIC Photoplays HAROLD L0CKW00D and MAY ALLISON IN ( D n CI CI D a n ci ii ii ii :, : society : (Continued from Pago Two.) with four candles and the other with more. Those at the dinner were: Mr. and Mrs. Settiemeier, Mr. and Mrs. J. vv. Sadler, and the little guest of hon or Peggy Sadler, Mr. and Mrs. Poor man, Mr. and Mrs. Beebe and Miss Lois Bcebe. Aurora Observer. STAYTON SOCIETY NOTES Last Wednesday afternoon tat her home Miss Ella Williams entertained with a "fortune party" honoring kier sister, Miss Lois Williams, of Portland, and the Misses Carmelita and Nannie D. Clarke of Mobile, Alabama. The entertainment was largely fur nished by fortune telling, Miss Lois Williams discovering the past, present and future in the tea cups, Mrs. J. R. Miller producing the same result with cards, Miss Sue Kearns demonstrating the art of palmistry and Mrs. Eifie Miller delving into the mysterious by tne am 01 verses from the bible. The decorations were elaborate and beautiful and the luncheon served by the popular hostess was all that could be desired. Those present to enjoy the occasion besides the honor guests and the hos tess, were Mesdames It. Harold, W. F. Uoodman, Eifie Miller, K. McLay anil J. H. Miller, Misses Sue Kearns, Bella, Ina and Alta Harold. A very pleasant birthday party was given at the A. M. Kauseher home in honor of Miss Anna s lath birthday, The evening was spent in dancing and card playing a very dainty lunch was served at midnight. Those present were Messrs and Mes dames N. J. Genlen and family, J. Zu bcr and family, V. Van Ermcn, .Toe Et zcl, Mrs. Jtarr and children of Mt. An gel, Mrs. M, Fuchs and son Johnnie, Tony Schimller, .John, JNick and llanna Highberger, Mike and Joe Benedict, bus, I-.mnia anil Cecelia Hendricks, An drew Larson, Wallace Smith, Prank and Ed Pieser, Geo., Fritz, Albert, Ag nes and Ida Bocdigheimer, Ed Bell Theo. Gchlen, Frank Gricrson, Gerhard Toelle, Carl and Katie Sehiiltcbein, Katie and Mamie Van Handel, Sim Et zcl, Leo Willing, Frank and Clara Kauseher. The mimic was furnished by Gus and Emma Hendrir.ks, Carl Sehnl tebcin and Nick Heubergcr, violinist. All returned to their homes at a late hour, thanking Mr. and Mrs. Rauscher and Miss Anna for their pleasant even ing. Standard. PRESIDENT TELLS (Continued from Tag One.) PAULINE FREDERICK IN GREAT ROMANTIC DRAMA Famous Players Star Here In "The World's Great Snare." Around tho life of the Western gold miner there has never been cast a ro mantic halo. This breath of romance has been breathed into tbe thrilling novel, "The World's Great Snare," by E. Phillips Oppenheim and has been flashed into living fire on the screen by the Famous Players Film company in its adaptation ot the celebrated novel in which beautiful Paulino Frederick is starred. It is the featured Paramount attraction at the Ye Liberty next week commencing Tuesday. TJ. OF 0. STUDENTS LIVE CHEAPLY The Masked Rider" It cost Frank Beach and George Col ton, two well-known University stu dents, only 19 cents a day to live while attending the recent summer school here, yet they gained an aggregate of 12 Is pounds in weight, according to a statement of Colton yesterday. During the entire summer school all expenditures were carefully kept track of. Very little meat was eaten. Five cents worth at one time was all that was allowed between them. Bread, fresh vegetables and fruit were the chief articles eaten. Gas was used for cooking and cost slightly more than two cents a day. President P. LL. Camphell was one shrdlu cmfwpy shrdlu emfwyp vbgkq of the guests entertained in the kitchen dining-room. On this occasion the sum of 13 cents was spent on each man, which provided a six-course banquet." The work was divided, Beach wash ing dishes and getting a breakfast, while Colton cooked the other two meals. The weights were taken at the beginning and end of summer school. The "dishwasher" was found to have gained five pounds, nl "chef", seven and a half pounds. A time sheet showed that each worked about S3 min utes a day in the kitchen. Both students will be seniors in the University next year. They are mem bers of the Sigma Nu fraternity. In who kitchen the economy experiment was carried on. Eugene Register. CHANGING BANTIAM CHANNEL IN 5 ACTS Geo. W. Irvine, of Albany, with a crew of men are at work above the big steel bridge with a donkey engine scoop ing nut a new channel for the erratic Santiam. Whether it will be possible I to keep the ever changing stream from finally going over into Linn county and I leaving our (''0,000 bridge high and dry, remnants to be seen. However, tbe attempt will be made to straighten . i. - :... i .1 -.. .1 ; . : i l 1. 1 -. i. i tne riri ifcu uu it i iv uc huucu vtiiu CZZZZZZZSZZSSS5?IS3SBBSSuaIlQ0aS3D ucce9s.-staytoa uau. Si Selig Tribune Weekly The Latest Always Special Matinee 10c GEO. ADE Comedy Evening 20c Ii that before the final crisis has been reached, the railroad managers will be asked to the White House to indicate whether they will accept or reject the president 's plan. There is strong indication today that rather than reject it and precipitate strike,' they will ask for more time and further conferences. The president's intimation that the interstate commerce eommisison might be expected to give a very fair corn sideration to rate increases, if the eight hour day change is made, is one of the things the managers will try to clear. The president closed the conference with a SO minnte address to the presi dents. He said that it is a "conuS tion, not a principle," which in at stake in the present negotiations. It would be unfair and impracticable to insist upon arbitration when the men have repeatedly refused it and when tuere is no system or law to compel it, he added. Not Acting as Judge. He said he could not act as a judge, but only make suggestions. He offered, he said, what he believed was a practi cal means of meeting the situation and urged the executives to put it into ef fect. When the commission has been ap pointed, it can see how the plan works and then the real facts in the case will come to light, he said. Pending an in vestigation by this commission, the president said, he was faced by a wide difference of opinion on the part of the men and the managers as to the task of applying the eight hour day principle to railway operation and that he himself was obviously unable to judge which contention was right. Whilo speaking the president paced back and forth in front of the men, stirred by the situation confronting him and showing plainly the strain he has undergone the last week. He declared he would not be the court in this matter that the people of the country were the judges and that when the "naked truth in the situation" is laid before them the blame for any crisis will be placed by the people and will not fall upon mm. At the conclusion of the conference. one of the railroad presidents, who diagnosed tne situation as "not hope less, but very serious," said the execu tives would remain in Washington over Sunday and possibly longer. Tho president, he said, has asked them for a final decision on his propo sition and they are preparing to formu late this and lay it before him before they leave. The President's Position. At 11:45 o'clock the president issued the following statement from the White House, outlining his position in the strike situation. "I have recommended the concession of an eight hour day that is the sub stitution of an eight hour day at pres ent for the 10 hour day in all the ex isting practices and agreements. I made this recommendation because I believed the concession right. The eight hour day now undoubtedly has the sanction of a judgment of society in its favor and should be adopted as a basis for wages even where the actual work to be done cannot be completed within eight hours. "Concerning the adjustment which should be made -in justice to the rail roads and their stockholders in the pay ment and privileges to which their men are now entitled (if such adjustments are necessary) there is a wide diverg ence of opinion. The railroads which have already adopted the eieht hour day do not seem to be at any serious disadvantage in respect of their cost of operation, as compared with the rail roads that have retained a 10 hour day, and calculations as to the cost of the change must, if made now, be made without regard to any possible adminis trative economies of readjustments. Only experience can make it certain re arrangements would be fair and equit able either on behalf of the men or on behalf of the railroads. That experience would be a definite guide to the inter state commerce commission, for example in determination, whether as a conse quence of the change it would be neces sary and right to authorize an in crease of the rates for the handling and carriage of freight (for passenger serv ice is not affected.) Railroads Should Accept. "I, therefore, proposed that the de mand for extra pay for overtime made by the men, and the contingent proposal or the ranroado authorities, be postpon ed until fucts shall have taken the place of calculations and forecasts with re gard to the effect of a change to the eight hour day; that, in the meantime, whilo experience was developing the racts l should seek, ami if need be, ob tain authority from the congress to ap point a small body of impartial men to observe and thoroughly acquaint themselves with the results with a view to a reporting to congress at the earliest possible time that facta disclosed by their inquiries, but. without recom mendation of any kind: and that it should then be entirely open to either or both parties to the present contro versy to give notice of a termination of tbe present agreements with a view to inviting inquiries into suggested read justment of pay or practice. "This seems to me a thoroughly prac tical and entirely fair program and I think that the public hat the right to expect its acceptance." President Wilson's statement was read to a meeting of the 640 members of the brotherhoods general committee this afternoon after which adjournment was taken nntil 10 a. m. Monday. W. L, Chambers of the Federal Board of Me diation met with the sub-committee composed of brotherhood president aad is understood to have expressed the be lief that a settlement of the contro versy is possible. He expects negotia tions to continue several days. The railroad president in a long aft ernoon session prepared a 1,500 word statement to present their side of the controversy with the employes. ! Agree Not to Accept Washington, Aug. 19. President Wil son still has a serious problem to solve it he is to prevent a national railroad strike. That was the situation when 31 rail way presidents prepared to leave their hotels today for the White House where President Wilson waited to go over the ftl HIPPODROME VAUDEVILLE Direct from Hippodrome Theatre, Portland 6 TUN CHIN TROUPE Chinese Novelty Acrobats and Man Gymnasts 6 LLANE & HOWARD Those Premier Banjoists STEVE ORIS Novelty Roptician "Bettina Loved A Soldier" A Delightful 5 Part Blue Bird Comedy Drama Sunday Only BLIGH THEATRE Matinee Evening matter once more with thein. They had not slept a lot, most of them having been engaged in conferences of their own up to a late hour hist night. The upshot of their conferences was not to accept, the president's proposi tion for settlement of the controversy with the employes. They were prepared to hold out for arbitration, they said. . In a lengthy statement of their posi tion, which they had ready to lay be fore the president, the railroad heads claim they cannot yield the principle of arbitration. They desire peace, they say, but declare such peace must be built up on arbitration. It appears that tho situation, if it is to be solved, must result now in mu tual concessions. The railroad execu tives are willing to do this. The em ployes, it became known today, are will ing also to tarry a while and "consid er the question of possible trades." May Appeal to Financiers, The president let it be understood he is determined the situation shall not get away from him. He wants a settlement and it is understood he has not yet reached the end of his resources. There was more talk today that he would ap peal to the directors of the roads and soma of the biggest financial interests back bf them as a court of last re sort. The more likely plan in view, how ever, was the formation of an entirely new proposition to present to both sides. There is no question that the railroads will not yield to the eight hour plan unless its inauguration is preced ed by a thorough investigation by an impartial commission to prove its ap plication to railroad operation. The railroads ore willing, they say, to sub mit Such an investigation at the hnmls of the interstate commerce commission. a board appointed by tho president or nnv other body cnpable of acting. Their contention is that before they can raise rates, they must submit to in vestigation and, therefore, before they raise salaries or make a change equiv alent to this tliey should be entitled to an investigation. To yield without this investigation, they claim, would prejudice later appeals to the inter state commerce commission for in creased rates. Hill Issues Defl. St. Taul, llinn., Aug. 19. "We will stand out against the eight hour day and President Wilson 's present plan for averting the strike, as we now under stand it, even if every other railrond in the t'nited Ktntes accents tho plan." said I.ouis W. Hill, heading the Hill in terests, todnv. These interests control the Great Northern, Northern Tncific and Burlington lines, "Such a plan means receivership fur the roads." Hill continued. "In addition it would cripple our train service. In the south 2S rnilinnils operate under the eiulit hour day prin ciple and every one of then) without ex ception, are in the hands of receivers. We won 't be. We would not get nnv increased rates to balance the increased cost. We know that. Ho we simply will not accept the principle." "Our government operates a railrosd in Panama," continued Hill. "It gets four times the freight rates we get here. Yet that road has no winter conditions to surmount, no hills to climb and no mountains to tunnel." Although Hill heads the interests that control the Burlington, Northern Pacific and Great Northern lines he said he was only talking directly for the Great Northern. "And for them, I can sav unequivo cally and without recourse that we nev er will accept tho eight hour principle." 4 3(( )(c )C 3fC S(C )(( 30C 30C )C 3ft 3ft 3C ! STATE HOUSE NEWS J "While residing in your state a fen years ago I had the opportunity of not ing the most excellent results of your primary election law," saya II. M. Mon son, of Ogdeu, Utah, in a letter received by Secretary of Htato Olcott, this morn ing, "and am proud of referring to hav ing enjoyed its benefits. We are great ly in need of such a law in this state, and I am taking the liberty of asking you to send me a copy of law referred to, which I will be able to use in help ing put a similar law on our statute books." Mr. Monson's request has been complied with. The public service commission will hold a bearing on an irrigation mat ter pertaining to the requested merger of two telephone companies, and on the 31st they will take up the question of train service petitioned for by people HAROLD LOCKWOOD in THE.MASKEP-RIDER; Shown at the Oregon Sunday and Monday on the Southern Pacific between Cot tage Grove and Drain. At the office of the corporation commission this morning were filed a certificate of the Gebhardt Lumber company of Portland decreasing its cup- urn stock irom if iu,imu to ;i,suu, a cer tificate of the Portland Marine Supply company increasing its capital stock rrom iu,uiiu to .'a,uuu, and supplemen tary articles of incorporation of the .Miniature Lumber company of Portland enlarging its powers. Two claims were passed upon by the industrial accident commission yester day afternoon. Ambrogio Toma, whose bacK was broken while he was engaged in working for the Pacific. Lime & Gyp sum company in eastern Oregon, June 10, 1015, receives $:)0 a month from tlio date of his injury, and the sum of 7, 074.5S has been set nsido from the seg regated accident fund to meet the pay ments in the case. Should Toma live to his expectancy he will have received $14,150. G. W. Bandera, who was in jured while piling lumber at Sandy, July 21, lul l, und who died about two years later, has received til a month since the date of his injury. The com mission hns set aside for his widow the sura of 4t),5l5, for his eight-year-old daughter $184.17, and for his five-year-old son the sum of $HSi.25. Should the three live to their expectancy and Bliould the widow not remarry the fam ily will have received a total of $13,413. pnrinK fa jBnt IM wsemem SUNDAY -MONDAY m Iheda mm Bara In a masterly, mod ernized American M w.A.'.;vi" ,sya.,o. a version of this Internationally Famous Stage Success East Lynne TWO DAYS ONLY Matinee and Evening Salem's Only Exclusive Picture Theatre.