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r - the aroRXixG oregoxiax, Tuesday, December 30. 1919. X - m COAL COMMISSION BEGINS TO FUNCTION First Step Taken Wages and in Probe Prices. of MACHINERY IS SET UP Member-. However, Conceal Plan of Procedure Secretary Wil son and Tumulty Attend. "WASHINGTON. Dec. 29. Prelimi nary arrangements for the investiga tion of wages and prices In the bitu minous coal industry, as provided in the coal strike settlement, were made at the Initial meetings today of the commission of three appointed by President "Wilson. The meitibers of the commission consisting of Henry . M. Robinson of Pasadena, representing the public; Rembrandt Peale, for the operators, and John P. White, for the miners established semi-permanent xjuarters In the department of labor building and were to have discussed organiza tion. The commissioners said the plan of procedure in the task outlined by President. Wilson had not been fully worked out. They refused to discuss the questions of whether they would hold hearings or whether they would visit the coal fields. Last Restriction Modified. Director-General Hines, who has had charge of coal rationing, modi fied the last of the restrictions ef fective during the strike that pro hibiting exportation of bituminous coal. He issued an order under which the overseas movement of coal up to an amount equal to 50 per cent of the quantity exported in October may be shipped from the ports of Baltimore and Newport News. Similar arrangements are to be placed in effect at other ports. Dump ing of coal at ports will be regulated, however, through railroad embargoes on tidewater consigned coal. The relaxation of restrictions against exportation was possible. Mr. Hines said, through steadily increased production. Wllara and Tumulty Attend. The first meeting of the president's commission -was attended by Secre tary of Labor Wilson and Joseph P. Tumulty, secretary to the president. Under the strike settlement plan agreed to by the miners, and in which it is expected the operators will par ticipate In spite of objections made to it by the operators association, the commission has power to fix wages and working conditions In the mines and prices of coal to the public, if its decision is unanimous. Relaxation of export restrictions was announced by Director-General Hines in a statement which said in part: "During the past two weeks, while production has been on the increase, special provisions had been made for the export of coal to Cuba, necessary there for sugar production ultimately to be. moved to this country. In ad dition, a few other cargoes have been permitted by the central coal commit tee in order to take care of vital necessities among our allies and also of foreign consumers whose output was contracted to. be shipped to the United States. CATHOLIC PROTEST MADE OPPOSITION UIU.l.D TO SC HOOL LEGISLATION. Control at Home Held Mo-t Import ant Element In Kiim-atioii. Prussian Plan" Hit. PHILADELPHIA. Dec. 29. Opposi tion to the enactment by congress of a law which would establish a politi cal educational autocracy at Wash ington was voiced today by the Rev. J. J. Dean, president of Villa Nova college, at the annual conference of the Catholic Educational Association of Pennsylvania. "The Prussian principle that the child belongs primarily to the state is still the mainspring of all our American educational legislation." Dr. Dean said.. "This situation must not exist in this country or in this com monwealth. The training of the child belongs of a right to the parent, and while the state may insist upon an end. the parents alone should deter mined the ways and means by which such end may be attained. "Strong effort is being made in the ITnited States congress to enact a law which would establish a politi cal educational autocracy at "Wash ington. This bill is known as the Smith-Towner measure. "There was much opposition to it and soon another stop-gap bill was proposed, known as the Kenyon Americanization bill. By the Ken yon measure it Is proposed all who cannot read, write ana spean ma English language shall attend Amerl. i-anizlng courses prescribed by the secretary of the interior. "All this Is wrong. They intend to weaken the most important eiement, the interest and the control of the home. We must fight against such legislation and as an aid mke our own Catholic schools equal to the best." KLAMATH UK SOOEHT INDIANS lORMKKl.Y LEFT OUT sk TIMBER TRACTS. Repifeaentatlve Hawley Says He I'aor- B. H- AslmrSt'B Petition to Open Up Area. OREGON I AN NEWS BUREAU, Washington. Dec. 29. Edward B. Ashurst of Klamath Kails. Or., arrived here today to urge the Indian office to open the large area of Unallotted timber lands on the Klamath Indian reservation. He will be joined In a few days by a delegation of Indians who are coming to support his plea in their behalf. When the reservation was allotted some years ago. several Indians who had asked for grazing and agricul tural lands changed their requests to timber lands. While they were counting on being allotted timber lands all of the agricultural and grazing lands were disposed of in allotments to other Indians. The gov ernment then decided to make no further allotments of timber lands thnn omc which had been previously nn. "i ' " r o. G fr 'i-r. without any kind of lands, and It is said they suffered hardships because they could not obtain their share of tribal funds. Mr. Ashurst asks that the Indians who received no lands be allotted from the remaining timber lands tracts of value equal to the best agrl-. cultural allotments made to other Indians. He would then have the surplus timber lands divided equally among all Indians. The Ashurst pro posal has evoked some sympathy here. Representative Hawley Is in clined to give it strong support be cause he asserts that the Klamath Indians have not received fair treat ment in the allotment of their lands and that many have been made to suffer because they could receive neither the money nor the lands due them. REDS WORRYING BRITAIN AMERICA'S DEPORTATION" PLAN XOT WELCOMED ABROAD. England Doesn't Care to Get Back Some of Her Own Radicals Who Are Shipped From V. S. BY JOSEPH W. GRIGG. (Copyright by the New York World. Pub lished by Arrangement.) LONDON. Dec. 29. (Special cable.) Unless the transport Buford's as sorted cargo of anarchists Is safely landed within the bolshevik lines there will be considerable anxiety in the allied countries. America's drastic deportation ex periment has attracted wide atten tion. As it is now reported that some of the undesirables who probably will also soon be deported are of allied nationality. there is considerable anxiety in governmental quarters here. Scotland Yard, so the World learns, is keeping "in close touch with the development of America's de portation plan. It Is with no relish at all that the British government envisages the possibility of welcoming home some anarchists even too dangerous for the United States, and it is yet too early to ascertain whether or not the Brit ish government may challenge the landing of such agitators. The strictest possible surveillance is being undertaken by American consuls in European ports to prevent any undesirables from shipping as seamen on American vessels. The World learns that Consul General Skinner is giving the matter his closest attention. All efforts by these agitators to get aboard American merchant ves sels in foreign ports have been fu tile. It Is at the Scandinavian ports where the most of these thwarted at tempts have been made. NOTED NEWSWRITER DIES ''HANK M. WHEELER, OF AS SOCIATED PRESS. SIOIMBS. Man, Who Scored "Beat" on Ar rival of U-Boat in Americun Harbor, Passes Away. NEWPORT. R. I., Dec. 29. Frank .VI. Wheeler, for 20 years correspon dent for the Associated Press here and known as one of the best news gatherers in New England, died to day. He had been in 111 health for several months. Among the notable news "beats" scored by Mr. Wheeler was the first announcement of the arrival in the harbor of the German" submarine U-53 October 7, 1916. He received a tip that a strange craft was ap proaching the harbor. From the roof of a building he "picked up" with the aid of glasses the German imperial flag and the guns fore and aft. and flashed to the world the intelligence that a German man of war was in American waters. Then in ills own motorboat he put out to the U-53' and was permitted aboard her and learned the adven tures up to that time of the under sea fighter that a day later was to work havoc among the British ship ping off Nantucket shoals. Mr. Wheeler was an expert on the navy. Its personnel and Its ships. He was a graduate of the old line of navy men, having served on warships of sailing days. He wrote for the Navy Apprentice, organ of the naval training station here, then turned to the regular newspaper field and 27 years ago Joined the staff of the Newport Herald. Five years later he was ap pointed correspondent of the As sociated Press. STRONGER MILITIA URGED Adjutant-Generals Qf Eight States Confer on Programme. ST. PAUL, Minn.. Dec. 29. Ways and means of strengthening the na tional guards to quell I. W. W. out breaks and other internal disorders In the county were discussed at a conference here today of adjutant generals of eight states. Proposals to stimulate enlistments and to make guard units more effi cient in many ways were offered. Portland Men Get Patents. OREGON! AN NEWS BUREAU, Washington, Dec. 29. (Special.) Patents have been granted to Ore gon inventors as follows: Victor Mai - en. Olney, jackscrew; Julius C. Strom, Silverton. sliding door hanger; Frank A. Uptegrove, Portland, folding bed; Daniel F. McGill, Portland, valve. The Cuticura Trio Is AH You Need For Your Skin Bathe with Cuticura Soap to cleanse and purify the pores. If signs of pimples, redness or roughness are present smear gently with Cuticura Ointment before bathing to soothe and heal. Finally dust on a few grains of the exquisitely perfumed Cuticura Talcum, it takes the place of other perfumes for the skin. They are all you need for all toilet purposes. The Soap. Ointment and Talcum 2Se each everywhere. For sample of each free ad dress: "Cuticura, Dept.TF. Maiden. Maaa." H. Liebes & Co.'s Third Annual Clearance of Winter Apparel An Event of Great Economic Value to Every Portland Woman and Miss An extraordinary underpricing of those superb styles, elegant fabrics and excellent workmanship known only in H. Liebes & Co.'s garments. SUITS which sold for a great deal more now marked $34-85 $44.85 $54-85 $64-85 a SUITS which were formerly marked $100 and over now Half Price COATS Handsome and graceful, in all the newest fabrics and col orings, now marked $34.85 $44.85 $54.85 $64.85 GOWNS Newest modes for street, business, afternoon and even ing now marked $14.85 $24.85 $34.85 $44.85 No Exchanges Approvals FLOGGING IS DEFENDED til'.NKRAI I'PHOLDS MARTIAL LAW DECRKK IX INDIA. Natives Declared to Have Jeered at British and to Have Talked of Killing White .Men. LONDON, Dec. 29. The latest news papers received from India contain details of the Investigation of the massacre of natives at Amrltsar. In dia, last April, and the testimony given before the commission of in quiry. General Sir William Beynon. dis trict commander, testifying' at Lahore in November, strongly upheld the in troduction of martial law. He de fended the action of General Dyer, commander of the troops In India, at Galllan-Walabagh and Amrltsar. He said mobile columns had been sent out to impress the natives and make It clear that it was intended to keep order and to counteract false reports that British rule had ended. Magistrate J. E. Kough testified regarding flogging. He said that onjy natives of good physique were chosen. 12 being flogged In one day on the same triangle. The punish ment was inflicted with the usual cane. Colonel North, who commanded the fort during the riots, said that the people laughed and Jeered at the British quite a month prior to the riots. Early In the morning of April 12 a crowd of 6000 collected outside the rails of the fort. They tried to push the rails down and spat at the people inside. They stoned an officer leaving the fort. According to Colonel North, many used the ex pression, "Let us kill the white men." Postal Changes Are Made. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. FIRE DEPARTMENT IS ALWAYS READY Its Motto of Preparedness Should Be Applied to Protec tion of Public Health. "There hasn't been a fire in the city for months," said a citizen the other day. "It seems a waste of money to keep up a fire department that does nothing." "We don't disband the fire depart ment because we have a run of luck." replied a ratepayer. "It pays to have those firemen ready, whether they are doing anything or not." And the ratepayer spoke wisely. A fire department is an illustration of the principle of preparedness. It's protection, pure and simple some thing no modern city or town can do without. Just as firemen stand ready to pro tect your property, so Grip Eix stands ready to protect your health. For over 10 years it has been an unex celled treatment for colds. A box In the house means protection against the common and troublesome cold in the head and may head off an attack of the 'flu. It Is a combination of drugs such as your physician would use and contains nothing of a harmful na ture. In capsule form- it Is something which gives relief to a cold In a night and works quickly In a caae of Grippe. Get a box of Grip Fix today. Then you'll be prepared should a cold come. You can get It at 35 cents per box. 'n ale at all drug stores.- Adv. C5TABL I5HD II IRW 4.9 55 YEARS aan r-a. rnn a BPOAOWAY Washington. Dec. 29. (Special.) A new postoffice to be known as De Moss Springs has been established in Sherman county. Oregon, with Amon Thompson as postmaster. Mrs. Hosa Norton has been appointed post master at Paradise, Wallowa county. The postmaster at Thomas, Linn county. Oregon, has resigned and rec ommends the discontinuance of the office. The patrons of the office, the retiring postmaster says, may be served by rural route 4 from Scio. Oregon Women Pensioned. OR EGONI A'N Washington. Dec. NEWS BUREAU", 29. (Special.) 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