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Newspaper Page Texto o o " ' 0 o o ' o ; Phone The Obeerrer the New and Tour Want Ada. Main 37. An Independent Newipaper .Print the Nejri the Day It Happen. volume xvin BIX PAGES LA GRANDE. (HiVKftOX, TUKSD.VY JANUARY 28, 191.' SIX PAGES NUMBER 103 AGREEMENT REACHED OH WAR BELL ADOPTION OF REVENUE MEAS URE AT EARLY DATE EX PECTED AT CAPITAL. DANGER OF DEADLOCK IS CONSIDERED REMOVED Report of Con f trees Is Basis for Com plete Affreement--Most of Features Contested Have Been Disposed of FifMjl Action by Both Houses Ex . pMted This Week. WASHINGTON, Jan. 28. A basis for complete agreement on the war revenue bill was reached late today by the senate and house conferees. Senator Simmons, chairnVan of the senat managers, announced that vir tually all important questions. In cluding the war excess profits rates, had been agreed upon and that all possibility of a deadlock and failure of the bill had passed. Announcement of the conference agreement on the war profits ancj other basjc disputes was deferred, but it was' said that it would be made Wednesday or Thursday, whjen a re print of the bill as finally agreed to will bo completed. The confer ence report Is expacled to be pre sented to the senate and house late this week and. the conferees hope it will bo adopted by both bodies next week and the bill sent to President Wilson at Paris for his approval. - The basis agreement on the meas ure was upon three bitterly con tested questions war excess prof Its taxes this year, the senate allow ances to oil and gas interests, and the senate amendment to repeal the existing zone system of. second-clans mailr ates. It was learned that In harmonizing, difficulties on the basic disputes the conferees agreed to ail increase of the senate war excess profit Rites, adapted the oil provi sion substantially as provided by the senate, and elminated the second class mail amendment. The agreoment on war excess pro fits rates for 1,919, ii was stated, pro vided for rotention of the senatu rate of 30 per cent on corporations' net income In- excess of credits, ana not In excess of 20 per cent of the invested capital; for Increase from 60 to 65 per cent in income in ex cess of 20 per cent nd for reten tion of the 80 pe rccnt tax on war profits. The higher rates were strongly urged by Hopresntative Kit chin and othqrs of the House man agers. Senate- Conferees Score. The senate conferees were report ed to have won their fight for re tention of the senate provision for a tax exemption of 20 per cent on a bona-fide sales of oil -and gas wells and mines. This provision, design- . ed to protect and stimulate prospect ors, was opposed bythe house man agers as too liberal, but they finally yielded after then senate conferees had "accepted the higher rates on war excess prof-its. Elimination of the second-class 'postage amendment had beeiiyener- ally expected. The proposal has been bitterly opposed by Representa tive Kitchln and others of the houat, conferees. It provided for repeal of the present zone rates qn second jtheatres jn this city, announced to The class mail based on the proportion observer today that 'after February of news and advertising and for sub-jlst she wiU ba traveling representa siitutlon of a new .zone plan of one jtive fop Ore(fon for the Universal Film cent a pound on periodicals within . company and win mf.ke her headquar- pout zones ana one ana one-mm c. n m.n1 hnt'Alf' ill nl 1Qr11lia I 11 O present rates have been vigorously Mntacked by publishers as unjust and In some caseB confiscatory. Chief Features Settled. I With the basjs reached for settling win yery vaiuabie to her in her ( these three vital disputes agreement ;new com)ectinn.. ce w;u handle trie on ether provisions of the hill still 'Jewey an(i riif Weber productions, left open was regarded .as certain. j jjuebird photoplays. Century and Ly Among these arc he amendment to,ons t ,oran come(1je!1 jr. O. corn prevent, importation of intoxicating 4n(J a ne specM feature, "The iinuor imo me iisvr.ci. 01 for bevernge purposes, the amendment oi begntor niomas ot Colorado levj g a ti of KM) per centon psUtical campaign contributions in cfeSs of S.Vifl and that of Senator TrammcTl, ofe Fln.l. to allow a bonus l one month's pay 9nd uniforr3 to men dis-;cjty ,haU compietend Hie build-1 compromise. He m'.iie later by Ire government. ! in TllltOKS O charged frftn the mitry service. irig fjnj,. She will'then tctUfn to' In New York la- nltne.jr).- "Minus the'tnsiirnnrc miney nd.h ' lO DLIN, Jan . 2 -Conferees said the "bone dr:6" amend- y Grande O.d gve h wholf atu 100 employes i Ir.viHd. it" is n- SI.i a month for, my wifi I received , the Irifhst'nioniHt nil mem wouio oe reuiinea, out me iaie of the othe:S was in doubt. other amenennenu remaining is oe acted upon are several of the so-cajled I upon are several of the so-c'.ed ir jrovi(j!),'l,s of the sentte war is profiU section, some depend - tKn the basis of agreement relief excess rrroiiia section, some aepena- ent upon the basis of agreement on rates reached by tne conferees. Many CANUCK VETERANS STOP RED MEETING WINNEPEG, Mun., Jan. 28. Sev eral persons today occupied cots In local hospitals, suffering from minor Injuries sustained Sunday, whon 1500 returned soldiers broke up a socialist meeting of Bolshevik tend ency, chased the Socialists from the hall, hurled a piano from an upstairs window In the building, then wreck ed the Hungarian club and a German restaurant. ALLEGED WHITE SLAVER IS ARRESTED AT HUNTINGTON iBAKER, Jan. 28. A man giving his name as George Carter was arrested Sunday at Huntington on a white slavery charge. Deputy Sheriff Kid well and P. E. Merrinran, United States commissioner of Idaho, made the arrest. The man is being held in the Baker county jail on a federal warrant. LOSES APPEAL SUTltEMK COl'ItT Sl'STAIXS VER DICT OF CONVICTION, Scott Coodnll, Guilty of Cruelty to - Anluiols, Now Attempting to Secure' Pardon. UNION. Ore, Jan. 28. Scott Good- all of this placo, convicted last spflng of torturing a horse and sen tenced In the circuit court to sixty days In jail, appealed his case to the supreme court und has again lost It there. The supreme court sustained the verdict of conviction. After fighting the case through all the courts and losing out, he Is now trying to get a pardon and has com menced or is about to circulate a pe tition to got one. Goodall was con victed in the Justice's court at Union some three or four years ago for tor turing a cow by tying It down with wire and leaving It in the hot buib during the summer time, and was sentenced by tne justice nere to mo full extont of the law. Ho appealed his caso to the circuit Court and was ("convicted there and got off with a fine. He agin appealed his case to the.suprome court and was convicted there at that time, so this makes two times he has appealed on this charge to the supremo court, and each -time tho judgment was affirm ed. The petition Is to bo acted upon In February. ITALIANS TENDER APOLOGY TO U. S. WASHINGTON, Jan. 28. Rear-Admiral Niblack, commanding American naval forces in the Adriatic, informed the navy department yesterday that the action of the Italian authorities in hauling down the American flag on the steamer Dinara was due to a mis understanding and that the Italian commander had apologized and order ed the flag restored. BOILERBLOWS UP; ENGINEER KILLED RENO, Nev., Jan. 28. Hurled 300 feet, Paul Whistler, engineer, of a Western Pacific freight locomotive, was instantly killed when the boiler exploded Sunday afternoon about eight miles west of Portola, Cal. , The fireman and brakeman, riding in the cab, were thrown J150 feet and badly bruised. .MRS. LEITER TO LEAVE LA GRANDE FOR SHORT TIME Mrs. H. B. 'Leiter. formeiiy one of Itlia nrnnriptnrs nf the Arcade and Star ters at Portland. She -received a wire rni from Sol uaum, ine Universal manager, she stated, asking her to .take the position February 1st. Mrs. Leiter has a wide experiencenin both the selling and exhibiting end of the moving picture business, which Heart, of Humanity." Mr, uiter wjshe, it to be known UNION MAN tnat npr connwtion with the Universal1 ed a 48-henr week. Tli emoloyers c(wnpany wiI onlv for a fcw,hav not graired tb". reduction from mo ths howevtr , oruntil such time as thcp resent schedule of C hours. tl)! p,an, for apartment1 house; Mr. floldon M.ld Monday, nor h .vo ' a,- , j,, .,,"i ,kl. ! .,-.. ,' ,,, r. mwar.l . tion the new undeTtaVng. , . ft a SERIAL. Jan. 28. hjwl Lleb-I Vnvki nri ihirt-thr ntfi.r kn?cnt lnd thirty-thro other Jnem-f1 of tb,Spartacin croup of 8o- jdalUta. who were kilbd during r.5l ..1.11.1.. who were killed rn( disorders, were buried st Fried .fM;felde.rfi-ar Berlin. Saturday. Oa orious conflicts IO Q been re- co'portecfa O E am,k;k n:m;;i lauitiks in ADJUTANT-tiKNKllAIS OFKICK Governor Davis AnI legislature .to Institute Investigation Re garding Charges, BOISE, Idaho, Jan. 28. Governor D. W. Davis yesterday asked tho leg islature to probe into "certain irreg ularities" in the Adjutant General's department as reported by the com mltee on state affairs of the two houses. . . The message read io the house or representatives brought a flat denial from C. S. Moody.-, Ho declared there was not on "red penny" missing or unaccounted for during his admin istration in office. He demnded an Immediate tnestigaticn. His boton that the house appoint a committee of three members, one of whom should be a Democrat, was killed by b(ng laid on tho table. The ma jority made it clear that the statu affaire committee, on which there Is a Democrat, will conduct tho in vestigation. REBEL LEADERS ARE CAPTURED pEAI) OF MONARCHIST INSUK RECTJON IN PRISON, ;. , Republican Government Has Been Re Btored in Portugal Ex-King Reported in Country. MADRID, Jan. . 28. Ornelas and other Portuguese monarchist leaders were reported today to be under arrest at Monsanto. They were captured, ac cording to a Lisbon dispatch, after a battle in whit . the insurgents lost fit ty killed an' 130 wounded. The Portuguese war- minister has ordered disarmament of all civilians. The republican government has been restored in Zizeu, which was one of the royalist strongholds. LONDON, Jan. 28. The Portu guese royalists at Oporto, have is sued a decree revoking all legislation passed since the monarchist revolution began, said, an Oporto dispatch to the Daily Mail. The treaticst arc still be ing maintained, however. Coilmbra, Villareal, Brnganza arrd Vizu are in the hands of the royalists, it was officially announced by their leaders in northern Portugal. Manuel II, former king of Portugal, is now in that country, according to advices received from Spanish sources today. A Vigo message said he had crossed the Mino river in the region of Camina Saturday morning. Per sons close to Manuel' in England de nied he had ever left his home here to join the monarchist rebels. WIDE STRIKE TF.XTILK WOltKKIttt TIIUF.ATUX TO STAItT TIIOI lll.K. ' Will-Walk Out Vnli-KS Given Fight llour Day Before February 8rd Thousands Affected. NEW YORK, Jan. 2.8 A nation wide crisis Involving Industries en paged In manufacturing silk and cot ton goods and to some extent wool en goods, Is pending unless employ ers 'in tnese tradia concede tho. 8 hour day by February 3, It was learn ed nere Monday. Information, that mployos p an- ned to work not k,nKor then el,:ht hours on thai date and on each day thereafter was convywl to the ro- .. , , jnnsl rnrttnn rnmni r,n rppnllV in- pointed by Governor Alfred, K. Smith tn aAit.at tohni A Is I ii rhu n Th l Information came from ' John Gold- nn nrHirtpnt or mi Lniira lexine voi-k'ers of America. . t ventlos her? last Nnv'niber demand - Tie textile worKers at tneir con .timated RELIF.F BILL AWHIKIi ' WSHIN?TON. Jan. 2. Both the senate and the houne this if-tcrno-A adopted the conferee' re 0 AFFAIRS BEH NATION port on the SIM (elttfHK) rely bill which will prrWirWfood for stiXfcr 'ntr thousavds lit European couli -fJ-9 ' ' ' O O .o o CHAMO IS MEASURE INDUSTRIES WilLL BE AI1LE TO RETURN TO KOR.MER BASIS Oregon Senator Says Long Step Will Be Taken Toward Solving Un employment Problems. WASHINGTON, Jan. 28. A long step toward solving the unemployment problem in the United States will have been tnken up in the senate in a bill to validate informal war contracts Senator Chamberlain, chairman of the military affairs committee, said yes terday in the opening debate upon the measure. ' The industries of the country will ba able to return to a peace basis and re-employ the men they have been compelled to lay off when war work was suspended only jvhen the purse strings 01 ine government are loosen ed by the present legislation, the sen ate was told. I Thousands of concerns have all their available capital tied tip in raw mate rials and machinery for the manufac ture of war supplies, Chamberlain said, and they will not be able to proceed with their regular work un til their claims ngulnst the govern ment are adjusted. . , Meanwhile Senator Kenyon was pressing his bill for the creation of a public works board, with a $100,000,- 000 fund to relieve unemployment, bo- lore the senatct committee on educa tion and labor.- Within a few days he will introduce a Bcqond bill for the establishment of the : United . States employment service on a permanent basis, with agencies all over tho coun try. THE WEATHER 28. Fair tonight. and Wcdnes- Jan. day. DEFECT IN HOWELL BILL MKrT:-OIiOHIj WILLIAMS AT TACKS PROPOSE! MKAHUUU Says Senate ltill No. t:i Would I. W. W. to Organize- Military I nilH in tho Stato. SALEM, Jan. 28 Lieutenant Col onel John M. Williams, formerly ad jutant general of Oregon, now sta tioned -at Camp Lewis, yesterday pleaded with the legislature against enactment of Senator Howell's bill authorizing organization of home guard units to be known as the Ore gon volunteer guard. He said that under the bill tho I. V. W, could or ganize military uui's and could not be prevented. "I understand tint you have pass ed a bill that has gone to the house," said Colonel Vr'illian.B. "It provides that tho citizens of each county, 65 to 105 in number, may get together and form a company with the sheriff as commander-ln-rhlcf. Jf I were the lender of the LW. W. In Portland I could form companies under that bill and you couldn't Interefere with them. You munt curb that or tho Ilolshcviki in this state may form companies and no or.o can say them nay." SOLDIER WANTS ARREARS OF PAY SAYS GOVEKNMENT OWES HIM FOIt 11 MONTHS HACK WIIEMIISCHAKGFD. PORTLAND, Jan. 28. With the Vcrnment ti, owi him ()a. of a s . ,, with the ,., a month nl,otmcnt J hi wjf i(1 for lnc , ' . , . I pa t eleven months, (-orporal Juhn r. 1 ' . ... . Haley of the sprue. production divi- his honorahle dis- . """ Is 1 a- Vancouver barracks la.t Sat -j I enlisted in the spruce division in Fcfrruary, 1!I18," said Mr. Ilnley. "Dur " - "K mosf of the ttme 1 hnve been fore- RAD man in spruce camps. My corp'al's, hut "Monday they beaine orally ac-''lon ' tho Multnoilmh delegation, pay was f:! a month, which amoiwt,;t. (ne moment dh.cussion of the - togiher with my mtieri allowance ol'mntnrVai opened. . .1Tli.1SHfVKI, Kll.l-S WOKKMAK Ju'ccnts a day, was dwIuiVPfro'n my . . . my civilian p:v nnl A supposed to iSII FMONLiT ALLIANCE VALKp Jan. 28. Gaotano, Mog- k r.nf.iie later by Ire government. $13 80 a month. eBut the 111 a,montn,,,uited in split of Jhat bodand theltiir,..Mlngr coopany at tho Warm ii'.ls another 115 which trie govern- ii is Burpp vi " i'1., " c, ,rjc ived by my wife, despite dozens nf letters a'Pteiegrams to Washii. - iton. And wli I ta dis- hargid theo., h in effect O.-ould exclude l iotOr 4& the pKmaster held out m-afiUtivesO'f .Ulster. ft thnOleliber- rstion money for the past thirty-nine days, amounting to aboutnllo. My EM LOCAL TROOPS SOON SIXTY-FIFTH AIlTll.l.KHY 1FE IN NKW YOItK THIS WKKK. Men Will Ho Sent - First to Camp Dix mid Then t Ouup lanrls For Demobilization, PORTLAND, Jan. 28. Tho Slxty- flfth Coast Artillery, which includes approximately 1000 Oregon boys. will reach New York this, week and will be sent temporarily to Camp Dix, New Jorsoy, according to word received yostordny from Senator Mc- Nary by tho committee on reception for Oregon soldiers, sailors and ma rines. From Cnnip Dix the men will bo sent to their homoB In small detach ments. Efforts nlready has boen made by tho Oregon committee tu have these boys routed through Portland on their journey to Camp Lewis. - Emery OlniBtend, chairman of tho reception cominittoe, received a tele gram from Senator McNary yestor day stating that the first Informa tion with relation to routing of Ore gon boysVla Portland will bo Issued by tho war department, F'cbruray 1. NOT DEAD YET REPORTED NKW CONTRACTS ARE FORTHCOMING Deals Revoked (o Permit Substitution of Designs, to Better Serve the Needs of Peace. WASHINGTON, Jan. 28 Tho ship ping board's order cancelling contracts on all steol- ships in yards of the Co lumbia (River district execnt those which will be completed in the first half f this year is only part of a gen eral policy and does not mean aban donment of government ship-building plans. It was explained by a representative of the board that the ships' being built throughout tho country were de signed for war-time conditions and that contracts havo been canceled in order to substitute new designs and specifications which will better servo the needs of peace. The steel ship: building program as originally drawn II not be reduced more than 10 per cent, it was said. It was further announced that the wooden ship program also will go for ward to the extent of 1,000,000 tons. Permission to build steel ships for for eign account will bo withheld by the board until further advised. N FX ATI'! AIM 1X(J STATU 'HOVKS ItKCItHAT ADMIMSTIIA I IO.V lU'inibllnin Mnjnrftv In TrKf"lntlve Ilody Overwhelm Opposition AK'ilnHt MciiMiro, IIOISK, Jan. 28. Calmly all op positions as ra pldly an It developed, the HolMiMlnui majority In tho state senate Monday approved Governor UnvtB- proposal recreating jminos aehnmo or state ndminlBtratlon y a vote of 2K lo 10. The action was taken under suspension ot the rules. W. A. Lee of Bingham county caused tho hill lo bo retained In the senior body twcnty-fr.ur hours wi ll his announcement of an lnt.mr,on to move for reconsideration. There is sald to be no for BbB7'" that ny nien, her oj the- majority save lnl auer .., vow., iiertml to reach the house this after' - nm)n Opposlllmi Come, lo Mfn Democrats aid Non-pai tlHiins had adopted a tacit offense when tho, gov - . i.m ,, j,i,.r,i Vriiiuv. ! in TllltOKS OF lJSSF.NSION i in; ii. in, vi itncA I'VidV r-- KpreRHif.sl of its nresident. ViO ount .nnu;on. ano auoui i.-y iik-i uci . . .jf4,e cause If'ie d'ssension was a res - olution proposed byIrd MiildTeton ations nf the slOuOo nn .any horn rule schrina.involving tli acparition Q1 Ulster from the rest of Ireland. SHIP BUILDING IDAHO FAVORS DAVIS' SCHEIE AVIATOR BBBAK& ALL SPEED RECOKJHT LAWTON, Okla., Jan. 28. favored by a hitjh.t'ai! wind, Lieut. Robert H. Baker, m a de Ilnviland, 12-cylinder plane, broke all previous records in a flight from Fort Sill to Oklahoma City Inst Saturday, when he mitde the nine ty miles in twenty minutes flat, or at a speed of 270 miles an hour. iLieutcnaut Baker, who today con firmed a published report of the flight, said the tinio of twenty-two minutes previously (riven was erroneous, HAN I.IFTKO 1 SAI.FM BALKM, Jan, 28. Tho Influenza ban was lifted In Snlcin yoBtorday and public schools and theatres which havo boon closed for several weeks, wore re-opened. Ban on vis it Ink" by rolatlvos ot inmates -will be lifted at tho Orogon Suites hospital Wednesday. F'our cases of influ- cuzn ara still remaining at tho hos pital. , THREE BOXING BILLS. FORWARO THE Sll'lTXOMAII W'XEGATION Illl.li IS OPPOSED. (iovcrnnr ItcKnrdx Knuililwr Hill Fa vorably rortland Promoters A lliod to be Selfish. Three bills for localizing boxing In the stato of Oregon uro In tho handn of tho Oregon legislators. A bill known us the McFarland mons- uro was brought Into tho house a few days ago by Representative Mc Farland, df Multnomah county. Tho bill la pntlernod after tho rulos and mutilations under which Ihe Portland boxing commission conducts the fis tic gnmo in Portlnnd. It provides for ton-round bouts and It la allog- cd that It has boen especially mould ed to moot tho ldoas and satisfy tho selfish rociulremontB ot tho men con trolling tho gnmo In tho only elty In Oregon now onjoylng the sport. A lollor from Sonntof Walter H. I'iorco nddressod to C. D. Hmnhlsor states that he had served notice on tho Multnomah delegation that thoy could not pass their bill In tho son ato, unless they recognized tho rights uf the community, which tholr pres ent bill does not. Senator Pierce's lottor Indicates that their bill was a selfish moas- u ro, framed up to moot tho require ments ot Portland, but making no provision for tho smaller cities. Ho also stated that the boxing bill drafted by Mr. Emahlber waB oponly declared by Portland men, not di rectly Interested In tho present city commission arrangoment, to bo'dis- tlnrtly the best bill for Orogon. Al ter going over tho situation carefully It was decided by tho Kastorn Oro gon solons that a bill of this naturu should bo started through tho house and a proposition was mndo the Mult- r.oiuah delegation to withdraw the hill and Introduco the La Grande measure. They would ftot consent to this arranttoinent and tho McFarland bill was .started through the houso. Mr. Pierce will offer amendments to the -latter, howevor, taken from the La Grande hill, which will provldb tho Bumu privileges to La Grando and nthor siiwll clths In the state as those enjoyed by Portland. A third bill to legalize boxing Is In the hands of llopresentatlvo E. B. Smith of Portland, providing, for stato athletic commission to consist of Governor 'Wlthycomho, Secretary I6f Stale Olcott and Slate Treasurer illoff, and a secretary at a salary of J $ 2 -1 0 0 a year, Thn mt uniinKi ant for- wanlcd to' Salem to oppose tho 1)111 nnw In Hin limisa fuilinrod bv the ,iorU,in(1 boxing coimiilHsion. It Is o,,,,,,,,, joke. .;mllllil!r rorvo(I a ,uUor oovornor Wlthycomho some ( ull,tlng a copy of ; g6ver,.or's con.ldora- !,,..,,,. he was deeply Interested rovMnm ot tno ,lloa,llre aI1(1 thit , , "imosltlon. Thoro Is little doubt In tho minds "' Ih" "P"'1 followws but that 'ho I GVando boxing bill wiuld 1 havo passed the ho.iso and tho son- lii'O hud It not been for tho opposl- !HiiiZ,.o, eamsbov -l pitman, was In- latanvy Klllea Tiiesosy runrning ai i , .....4 n nf 11,. UI..M iHnrlnics dam alta. near Ktverslde. ciicn q:i m . iim bii-w i miyin-'u land tit) biirset Af oppcd to the hot ! torn ot thn pit, striking the ,. ot thn pit, striking the wi.Of- r '45,11. Nothln.ls Jknown of the irian, evrpnl IIihL tin rSnA hnntTl a ffilhort time ago and obtained wor nrL nn tnn excavation . pull ot the i Swings dam. o L STRIKE IS SHIPYARD VOHK BUS APPEALING TO COUNCILS THROUGH OUT COUNTRY. ENGINEERS' UNION VOTES SYMPATHY STRIKE rVction Expected to Put Seattle Up Against Shortage of Coal Which Will Cause Schools and Other Large Buildings to lie ClosedIron Work era Refuse to Join the Strikers. SEATTLE, Jun. 28. A nation wide strike of all niotnl tradosmen, in sympathy with the Soattlo, Taco ma and Aberdeen shipyard workors. Is tho plan local strlko loaders aro working here now, s As the eighth day of the (treat strike closes, lotters and messages are be-' Ing sent to all trades councils In the country, asking that strikes bo called and that the Macy Board's proposed wago scale bo rojoctod. Schools and ether largo buildings In this city may bo forced to close, owing to tho probability ot consum ers facing a conl shortage on account ot the action ot the Englnoor'a union, who have voted to declare a sympa thetic strike February ' 1st. Othor unions are also expected to declare in favor of a gonornl strike. The Plasterers', Structural Iron WorkorB'.and City Flro Fighters' Unions havo rojoctod a proposal to strlko. .' 1 ; SEATTLE, Jan. 28. Executive com mitteemen representing 1110 unions af- k filiated with the Seattle. Central Labor t Council lata .Sunday voted to cam paign for "mass action," and a general, strike in February In support ot tno 25,000 metal trades workors, who have been on strike hero since last Tuesday for higher wagos. This vote was reached aftor tho committeemen re jected a resolution offored by H. F. Jones, president of tho Building Trades Council, asking that a general strike ho deferred. Other developments In tho strike sit uation in Washington cities yesterday. affecting some 85,000 men, were: Receipt of requests by more ship yards hero and in Tacoma from the United States shipping board asking that schedules of cost bo prepared for cancellation of steel contracts given by tho government. Cancellation of ship contrncts, it was said today by shipyard employers, could have no effect on tho strike sit uation, inasmuch; as tho shipyards hnvc been working for the government under government conditions. Union officials said every effort would be made to hasten the general strike referendum being taken by all unions in Seattle, but that it was not probable the result would be known in time to inaugurate the general striko by February 1, WILSON PRAISES FRENCH WOMEN PARIS, Jan. 28. A tribute to tho women of nil countries and of Franca particularly, and the hoito that tho cause of equal franchise may in soma way be "presented to the. considera tion of the pence conference" were voiced by President Wilson in a speech to a delegation of .French working women nt the Murat mansion Saturday. ": Hut in no circumstances can tho pence conference be expected to "die-. tnto to the several nations in thiB mat ter, 'the president explained, since it was. a purely domestic issue. Again the president reiterated the principle which he hns unswervingly expounded since he came to Kurope, that this "must be a people's peace because this was a people's was." Tho people, not the governments, won the war, Mr, Wilson declared. G-ET LEADERS OF - NEW YORK KILC-ft a 0 ROCHESTER, N. Y., Man. 2 la lha-arrct here yesterday of two for eigners the police believe they have the ringleaders dt tj". BnlslfCvist and anarchistic! lajnvtyncnt in this cOy. , According to the priso:rs, Luigie a Qucricia and Christ Salamonc, theror am tnousanos oi noisiQvisiB in nocn- o : effier.eNveii oigiiniirn, and reVuIar - j matings have heOi held withijj, Uie - 'Wtt Iih- weeks. Wt fiw weeks. j Doth men wenrhenvily armed s0l ! kn.L nttnMl ;tin Or Tlidwhevist literature orlcon thojjn their-nosscssion, wl.Oh they said lb" Warm was furOihed from New York City " I for distribution at meetings here. i . l.rkU aa .1 W for final action. O o 8o ferial ;gLnnun.O(9,U glS.TDl. " o o o o o o O o o o O