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6 THE 3IOBMXG OREGONIAX. WEDNESDAY, XOVE3IBER o, 1010. PARTY LEADERS 10 POLICIES OP I With Election Year Away, All Is Uncertain. MEW ALIGNMENTS SURE Everything Political in Transition Stage Labor Party Becoming Strong Possibility. upon the nation this winter. The treaty of peace, the league of nations end prohibition also will play their part. The war in Europe may be at an end, but the domestic political war of the United States is just beginning, with the nation still somewhat "up in the air." Copyright by the Philadelphia Public Ledger company. Published by Ar- ranment.) BY CARL W. ACKERMAN. PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 4. (Spe cial.) As far as political party ideas re concerned, the United States to day is "up in the air." One year be fore the election of 1920, none of the leaders of either of the two big- par ties can forecast what plank 01 planks will be embodied in the lead ing- platforms. The country is be tween the pillar of public criticism and the post of party sentiment. Pol iticians are between the "devil and the sea." Candidates there are by the score, but not one complete plat form exists. Not even a skeleton of a party platform has been formulated by party leaders. The campaign thus far is a cam paign of candidates, by candidates foi candidates. Issues are being avoided. Personalities alone are being adver tised and discussed, despite the fact that every politician knows, or be lieves, that political ponies and par ty issues will play the premier role in the coming national election. But there is a good reason for this situation. It is due to the fact that party labels no longer describe politi cal groups in this country. Every old party is split. The names "demo cratic," "republican," "socialist," "prohibition' and "socialist labor" do not fit present conditions. The ranks of the democrats, the republicans and the socialists are divided. Leaders are divided. Organizations are sepa- i rated along political, industrial and internal lines. ' j Four Groups Are Visible. .Nevertheless there are visible in the country today four distinct groups of voters and citizens. These are: The conservatives, the literals (progressives), the radicals and the labor contingent. If there could be candidates. to rep resent these political groups the American people would have an op portunity to vote as they think next November. But the lines of demarca tion will not be so distinct next year unless there Is a greater change in political sentiment than is visible to day, but four years hence, according to present tendencies, we may see these four new parties. j Despite the fact that the two old parties are dead today, except in nsjme, they probably will cling to the straws within reach, and suffer along for another three or four years be fore they sink. Fofwible Lineup Seen These new political groups, how aver, because they represent public sentiment more accurately than the old party names, will make them selves felt in the next national elec tion. Judging the party sentiment by the opinions of the old leaders who control the organizations and supply the campaign funds, there will prob ably be the following lineup in 1920: 1. Republican party Supported by conservative business and financial leaders on a platform of "law -and order." 2. Democratic party Supported by union labor leaders and the more con servative radicals not of the commun ist type upon a platform of govern ment ownership or operation of in dustry and transportation. In making this forecast of the party line-up in the nation, I realize that I am going contrary to a very noticeable tendency within the re publican party. There is one faction of the republican striving today to have that party adopt the Roosevelt industrial programme of 1912 ad justed to present conditions. There is also another faction, led by Senators Borah and Johnson, who are con sidered and classed as "progressives and liberals," who vould not support a conservative platform, but recently in conversation with leading republi cans in New York, who are giving a great deal of consideration to the republican platform for 1920, I was told that every effort will be made next year to frame a platform upon which Wood, Lowden, Borah, John son, Lodge, Crane, Taft and Hughes can stand. And they may succeed.. Political Ideas Shifting. I know one prominent republican who has been asked to outline a re publican platform for the party, at a meeting in Philadelphia this month, and if the party follows his sugges tions, it will be the liberal party of 1920. What I believe is happening be hind the scenes is this: Neither the republicans nor the dem ocrats are able to uct upon their judg- ment of public sentiment today. Polit ical and industrial ideas are in a state of transition. Sentiment has not yet crystallized, although a majority of those who talk about politics today take it for granted that the repub licans will be victorious, no matter what issue they champion or what candidate they nomtirate. Some of the democratic aspirants have told me that they did not know "whether the next nomination would be worth any thing." They have been hit by the wave of republicanism which spreads across the nation. Still there is very bitter contest being fought within both old political parties and, while the conservatives may appear to be in control of the re- . publican organHtion and the repub lican party machinery, they do not possess the strange hold which once w-as theirs. The democrats are in an equally uncertain state of mind. Thus where there exists inner party con flicts one year before election almost anything may happen before the June conventions. The fisht may continue, ch fact, until the republicans nominate cneir eanciiiteite. With America in the midst of a political transition period, the great decisions may not be taken until the eleventh hour. Labor Forces Are MovinK. While the democrats and republi cans are fighting among themselves. always behind the scenes, the forces of labor are moving more and more together and the possibility of a labor party is becoming more and more evi dent. This tendency, if it continues, may force upon the country a third strong political party, and then the real puzzle of the campaign will be: "From which old party will the new labor group take the most votes?" This Is the political ghost which dis turbs the sleep of the politicians. An answer cannot be given at this time Everything depends upon the men who lead the old parties and the issues which they support. Much depends also on the manner in which the offi cials of the national government, the states and the army handle the indus trial problems which will be forced PORTLAND MAN MARRIES Henry W. Goode and Miss Kliza betli Harmon, Taeonia, TTnited. TACOMA, Wash., Nov. 4. (Special.) Henry W. Goode of Portland and Miss Elizablth Harmon of Tacoma were married at St. Luke's Episcopal church in this city tonight with Rev. Frederick T. Webb as the officiating clergyman. The bride was attended by her sister, Mrs. James Wingate, and three girl friends, Misses Ruth Davies. Charlotte Bennett and Dorothy Demp sey. Clark Burgard of Portland was best man. Following the ceremony a wedding supper was served at the Wingate home. Wedding arrangements were simple because of. the recent death of the bride's mother. Mrs. Goode is the daughter of F. S. Harmon, wealthy furniture manufacturer, while her husband is a young business man in Portland, where they will make their home. OPERATORS MINERS BOTH Strike Passes Fourth Day Without Weakening. PUBLIC FEELS EFFECTS KIWANIS HEAR ENGINEER Plan, to Reorganize Department of Interior- Explained. The merits of the Jones-Reavis bill to change the make-up and name of the present department of the interior were set forth before the Kiwanis of Portland at the weekly meeting at the Benson hotel, yesterday noon by J. C. Stevens', consulting engineer of Portland. Mr. Stevens illustrated by the use of maps the overlapping and duplication of the present government functions with regard to the construc tion of public works, and the orderly manner in which they would be car ried on under the provisions of the proposed bill. Talks by Judge Jacob Kanzler and Mrs. E. L. Thompson introduced vo calists from the Portland Opera asso ciation. Mrs. T. B. Hammond and Miss Muriel Kinney sang a duet and Robert Crane gave a solo. The club went on record as favor ing the two-mill tax. W. M. Ladd and Milton R, Klepper also spoke. GAME PURCHASE BLOCKED State Restrained From Buying Reddish Farm in Lane. SALEM. Or., Nov. 4. (Special.) In a decree handed down today by Judge G. G. Bingham, of the Marion county circuit court, the state is re strained from the purchase of the Reddish farm in Lane county as a game preserve.- At the time the state entered into a contract to purchase the farm at a cost of $7000, H. A. Holmes, alleging to be a representa tive of the taxpayers of the state, brought suit to enjoin payment for the property against Secretary of State Olcott, State Treasurer Hoff and members of the game and fish com mission. Because the farm is now under lease by the state the decision of Judge Bingham will not interfere ma terially with the operation of the property by the state. KING THANKS RED CROSS Greece Appreciative of Assistance v Given by Americans. NEW YORK, Nov. 4. King Alexan der expressed his thanks for the aid given Greece by the American Red Cross in a message received today by local Red Cross officials. "The assistance given by the Amer icans," the message eaid, "in combat ing the spread of typhus and in feed ing and clothing the thousands of un fortunate refugees who poured into Macedonia after their exile into Bul garia and Turkey was a service which won our highest admiration and one which will be long remembered by my country." AUTO THEFT IS CHARGED Man Held in North Bend on Charges From Seattle. NORTH BEND, Or., Nov. 4. (Spe cial.) Cecil D. Morrison, who came here from Seattle recently, was placed under arrest yesterday on a charge of stealing an automobile in Seattle and bringing it to this city. The arrest was made on information from the Seattle police department. Morrison is being held awaiting the arrival of an officer from that city. Morrison is about 25 ycarj old and is reported to have a wife and two children living at Seattle. School at Billings, Mont., Closed, Coal Bins Emptied and Farm ing Regions Without Fuel. CHICAGO, Nov. 5. At the end of the fourth day of the soft coal strike that has closed nearly all union mines n the country, and largely stopped production with about 425,000 miners idle, there had .been no break or weakening on the part of either the miners or the operators. There were indications that each side was willing to negotiate, but each seemed determined that the other should surrender some points before diplomatic relations should be resumed. The chiefs of organized labor, par ticularly Samuel Gompers, suggested that the government should dissolve ts injunction against the minework- ers officials and that such a move would indicate that the way was open to peace. The mine operators main tained their attitude that the strike must be called off before negotia tions could be opened. John L. Lewis, acting head of the miners' organiza tion, said the negotiations could start any time. Strike Clones Schools. While the operators and miners re mained idle and the mines stood de serted, except for such men as the unions allowed to remain in the shafts and upper works to care for ma chinery, the public in some sections had begun to feel the effect of the strike in a serious measure. Montana was apparently distressed. the strike having closed schools in Billings, while reports from the state ndicated that many householders were on the verge of suffering. Coal bins of many homes were empty, dis patches said, and many farmers in the dry farming regions were without fuel. Officials were considering the question of taking several hundred prisoners from the penitentiary at Deer Lodge to the mountains to cut wood for the prison. Rail Service ITnlnterrnpted. In the sc.'thwest many consumers had no coal, but the regional coal committee announced those victims of the strike would get two weeks' svpply. St. Louis dealers declared thty were almost out of coal and pe titioned the government to return to authority the former state fuel ad ministrator of Missouri. Railroad operations continued with out interruption. The railroad ad ministration has outlined its pro gramme for conserving coal stocks ard will have a central committee sitting at Washington to receive re ports and to instruct the regional comn-lttee. Thomas Brewster, chairman of the coal operators' scale committee at St. Louis, announced tonight that the majority nt operators may file dani- asre suits against the United Mine Workers of America, alleging breach of contract. Club to Award Fifty Prizes. Under auspices of the 'Associated In dustries -of Oregon, the Progressive Business Men's club will put on a pro gramme of exceptional interest Thurs day, at which 50 prizes will be awarded to guests of the day.- The range of gifts will ran from a mu nicipal bond of Ontario, donated by Morris Bros., Inc., to wearing ap parel, condiments and food , products of Oregon . manufacturers. Oregon maids will appear as models exhibit ing dresses from local .manufacturers and the musical programme will be furnished by a product, of the Pacific Phonograph company. H. R. Blauvelt will be chairman of the day. Ad Club Jazz Meeting Todaj. W. P. Rtrandborg, erstwhile of 'Watt's Watt" and sedate member of the official staff of the Portland Rail way. Light A Power company, fol lowing his appearance at the New Orleans convention of the advertising clubs of the world made a tour of the great white ways of eastern cities. He is understood to have had a very hilarious time and as a result the Ad club, has staged a "jazz meeting" for the weekly luncheon at the Benson hotel today,' at which side lights will be the feature of the day. "Dr. William T. McElveen and George L. Ranch are scheduled for close clipped talks on Making this a regular town." Oregon City Man Injured. OREGON CITY, Or., Nov. 4. (Spe cial.) After being thrown from his automobile when it skidded and over turned this morning, C. I. Stafford, a local merchant, was taken to the Ore gon City hospital, where he was found to be suffering with a broken rib. He was on his way to Portland in his touring car. Going down the steep grade, just beyond Jennings lodge, Stafford put on the brakes. It was then that the machine skidded and turned over. Mr. and Mrs. G. F. Mighelles of Maple Lane, were also in the car, but escaped injury. daddies' club, their wives, sons who were in service and the son's best j girls, together with the members of ' the war mothers. Any soldiers or sailors who have no special place to go will be welcomed. Arrangements are being made to accommodate 500 at th tables. Al ready, as a result of invitations sent out, 400 have signified their intention of attending. The war mothers, under Mrs. N. J. Ahlstrom, president, and Mrs. John S. Eubanks, will serve the supper to the guests. They will also attend to the decorating of the hall ana otner leatures. The daddies' club will provide the supper, entertainment and music. President Will Moore will be in charge of the festivities of the even ing and will be assisted by H. E. Hamaker, Allah R. Joy, L. B. Baketel and George R. Funk, the committee making all arrangements. F; ENEMIES OF BOLSHEVISM ARE REPORTED DIVIDING. Merger pf Republican Parties lor Campaign Against Reds Is Forming Into Groups. PARIS. Nov. 4. (Havas.) The union of all republican parties for the campaign against bolshevism and extreme radicalism in the coming elections has already divided into groups, depending upon the relative conservatism of the members. The first group, called the republican bloc, does not admit an extension of the movement to include candidates from the right. Its leaders are mem bers of parliament opposed to Pre mier Clemenceau and it includes in its membership the anti-clerical group. The second faction admits to its ranks all republicans, including nationalists and liberals, and its members,, while acknowledging that the ckurch disestablishment and secularizing the schools must remain intangible, renounces all religious intolerance. Several other parties have been created for the election, among the prominent ones being the new demo crs.tic party. Nearly all the tickets reserve places for veterans of the war and in some districts the vet erans even have put up special tickets. The socialists have placed upon their tickets only those mem bers of parliament who have taken a definite position in favor of non interference in Russia and of the soviet government. IER5 TOLD TO MOVE COLORADO STRIKERS IN COM PANY" HOl'SES GET NOTICE. Three Days Allowed In Which to Get Out- Union Officials Send Appeal to Governor. DENVER. Nov. 4. Operators of the Trinidad district started serving evic tion notices today on striking miners living in company houses. The first nine of these were at Morley camp Included in the list of those who received three days' notice to vacate was Frank Leveque. president of the local -union at Morley. Morley is a Colorado Fuel & Iron company property. The Colorado Fuel & Iron company announced at Trinidad that the mines today gained 234 men over the num ber who went to work yesterday in Huerfano and Las Animas counties. This, the company asserted, was 51 per cent of its normal mining force. According to company figures, there were 462 men working in Las Animas nd 516 in Huerfano county, as com pared with 744 on Monday. The com pany employs 1902 men at mines in these two counties. The company re ported 20 carloads of coal sent out from Trinidad yesterday. Strike headquarters in Trinidad to day gave out a statement that only 103 underground men had gone to work ia the mines affected by the strike order. A telegram protesting against eviction orders was sent by union of ficials to Governor O. H. Shoup. ictor Records These Victor Artists were In Portland Monday DID TOIT HE Alt THEM I 4511 Gentle Annie. ,Bv Merle Alcock 1.0O 'Tis All That I Can Say By Merle Alcock When the Roses Bloom LOO By Lambert Murphy Life's Twilight By Lambert Murphy 4.110 Evening Brings Rest and You LOO Bv Lambert Murphy Kashmiri Song By Lambert Murphy 4."!111 The Miracle of Love at.oo Mother.. By Lambert Murphy 4T.1BJ Waiting.. .Bv Lambert Murphy l.oo Life and Love By Lambert Murphy OJA3 Forza del Destino (Swear in ai.as This Hour) ..By Murphy and Werrenrath 4T.I2A The Blush Rose 1.0O By Lambert Murphy Good Night. Little Girl. Good Night. By Lambert Murphy .-4i..v hmiies. . . . Bv- Lambert Murphy ai.OO The Radiance in Your Eves By Keinald Werrenrath CFJOHHSOHPlAHOCa 149 SIXTH STREET Chlckerlne Mehlin Packard Pianos Cheney Pbonoarraphs SOUTHERN PACIFIC LEADS RECORD IN ACCIDENT PRE VENTION DRIVE PERFECT. Banner to Be Awarded to Winner of Competition in North western Safety Region. Unofficial reports on the national railroad accident prevention drive, re ceived yesterday at the office of Fed eral Manager O'Brien indicate that the Southern Pacific Oregon lines probably have won the banner for roads having employes numbering more than 2000 men in the northwest ern region. Two roads centering at Portland had records absolutely clear of any casualties, the Southern Pacific, with 4S76 employes, and the Spokane, Portland & Seattle, with 2267 em ployes and only one other clear record was made in the region, the Balti more & Ohio Chicago terminal, having 2284 employes. The Elgin, Joliet & Eastern, with 6624 employes, had two casualties, making its percentage next highest with a percentage of .030 per 100 employes. The Oregon-Washington lines with 8782 employes re corded five casualties, making the percentage .057. All other lines of the group under the Jurisdiction of Federal Manager O'Brien carpe through' with clear rec ords, including the Northern Pacific Terminal company with 541, San Francisco & Portland Steamship com pany 237 and the Pacific coast rail road 204 employes. So far as known, the northwestern region is the only one in which ban ners are to be awarded. WARD OFFERING ALIBI DEFENDANT DENIES ROBBERY OF GRANT CLUBROOM. Confession Alleged hy Prosecution Repudiated on Ground of Thlrd- Degree Methods by Police. Although he is alleged to have made several confessions to the po lice, Julius Ward, on trial for rob bery of the club room at Fifth and Oak streets operated by Jack Grant, is offering an alibi in an effort to prove hiB innocence. His trial was started yesterday before a Jury in Circuit Judge Morrow's court. The defendant charges that his confession was made after be had been given the "third degree." but Detective Captain Circle and Deputy District Attorney Deich both testified yesterday that Ward had confessed the robbery to them without coercion of any kind. Ward, it is alleged, held up the club on April 28. He is alleged to have -lined club members up against tne wall and robbed them of J260 Ward was later captured after a pistol auei with Patrolman Williams on the Morrison bridge. Ward was shot and slightly wounded by the officer. Jack Schultz, who the police say assisted ward in the robbery, was subsequently arrested and made a full confession in which he impli cated Ward. NEW YORK MILK RISES Advance Held Due to Increase In Drivers' Wages. NEW YORK. Nov. 4. Retail prices of milk were advanced today on the ground of the increase of wages of wagon drivers which averted a strike. The increases, effective tomorrow. range up to cents a quart for Grade B and 2 cents for grade A. Present milk prices range from 17 to 19 cents. BRITAIN, CHILE, IN PACT Both Nations Ratify Arbitration Treaty to Last Five Years. WASHINGTON. Nov. 4. Great Britain and Chile have ratified the arbitration treaty, negotiated some months ago, the state department an nounced today. The treaty is to continue in force for five years and automatically ex tends itself until a year after notice of intended termination by either government. MEXICAN TRAIN ROBBED Bandits Kill 2 0 Guards and Many Passengers Are Wounded. LAREDO. Texas, Nov. 3. Details were received here of an attack by Mexican bandits on a train en route from Guadalajara to Mexico City early Saturday near Celaya, state of Guanajuato. All but 11 of the 40 guards were killed, many passengers wounded, and all robbed. Hood Stockmen to Meet. HOOD RIVER, Or., Nov. 4. (Spe cial.) With representatives expect ed to be present from all of the val ley stockraising districts, a meeting will be held at the Barrett school house next Tuesday night for the purpose of organizing bull-owning as sociations. It is hoped to initiate a movement at the approaching meet ing that will result in at least four such associations, one for each of the grand divisions of valley orchards. S. & Tl. oreen stamps for cash. Holman Fui Co. Main to3. A 3353. Adv. Two La Grande Stores Sold. LA GRANDE. Or., Nov. 4. (Spe cial.) Two Important transactions were closed here today, when J. L. Snodgrass sold his grocery store, one of the largest in eastern Oregon, to J. L. Holm, and the Hill department Store purchased the French shoe store. Each Involved a large sum of money. TEACHER SHORTAGE 113 Higher Pay Lures Oregon Instruc tors From Schoolrooms. SALEM. Or., Nov. 4. (Special.) Approximately 113 teachers are need ed to fill the vacancies in the Ore gon schools at the present time, ac cording to reports received by J. A. Churchill, state superintendent of public instruction, from all counties in . the state with the exception of Curry, Crook. Malheur and Wheeler. The several counties reporting a shortage of teachers and the number needed in each, follow: Baker 5, Benton 1. Clackamas 1, Clatsop 2, Coos 12, Deschutes 2. Douglas 8, Gil-, liam 2. Grant 12. Harney 5, Jackson 6, Josephine 2, Klamath 2, Lake 6, Lane 8, Lincoln 15, Linn 3. Marion 3, Mor row 3, Polk 4, Wallowa 10, and Wasco 2. The present shortage of teachers is attributed to the low wages paid in some of the counties and attrac tive offers in other lines of industry. "DADDIES" TO CELEBRATE Fathers of Soldiers and Sailors to Observe Armistice Day. Armistice day will be fittingly cele brated by the Association of Fathers of Soldiers and Sailors of U. S. 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