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GEXL'ItAL WALK-OUT OF IAW
KKXCK WOOLHX MILLS OIU
. DKKUD FOR MOXDAY.
STRIKING BODIES ARE NOT
. AGREED ON BASIS DEMAND
Tlionmuiihi of Employes will Leave
Positions us Result of Striko Or
der Lnwrcnco Workers lleftisc
Orfcr of linurd of Arbitration
4H-lloiir Week mid Hotter 1'ay
LAWRENCE, Mass., Fob. 1. A
general slrike of Lawrence textile
workeiB to commence next Monday
was called at a general meeting of
workers today. The offer of the Btate
board of arbitration to act as arbi
trators was rejected. The commit
tee will however, consider tho offer
of tho state board of mediators.
Ninety-five delegates, representing
all nationalties, were present. The
committee voted to reject the propo
sition of the American Woolen com-
pany for forty-eight hours' piy and mial report of the federal loan board,
time and a half for overtime. The .This report shows that the Spokane
textile council at Lowell has accepted Uli&trict is in the lead or the twelve
the company's plan. The executive -federal loan districts of the Unitea
council of the National Amalagma- istites. And following this distln
tlon of Textile Operatives In Fall jguished record comes Oregon and
River has voted to request all of fll-! Union county as tho principal local-
latlons to adopt the forty-eight hour
week beginning with Monday.
The New Bedford Textile council
has submitted to tho manufacturers a
working schedule under the proposed
forty-eight hour -week plan. Many
operators in Rhode Island mills are
said to be ready to -enforce the forty
eight hour week. 40.000 textile
workers in Central New York are re
ported to have refused to accept a
compromise proposed by the recon-
structlon commission of that state. 1 1972 in Idaho, amounting to $5,232,
30,000 silk workers in Pnttorson, -350-; 4046 In Montana, amounting to
Now Jersey, are reported roady to ! $9,204,290; and 423D In Washing
entorce tne lorty-eignt hour week. ton . amounting to $8,551, 4G5.
No actions has been taken nt Man-J The; average of tne Individual
Chester, New Hamshiro. The situa- lloans ln Oregon amounts to $2679.-
tion is complex Because me acmanusj32j wh,ch )s tho h,KHe!!t of the our
of the workers is not the same In , , , ,. . dl8trlct. inah0 comes
every instance. In some communi
ties they want the concession in
hours without a corresponding de
crease In pay.
CAPTAIN FACES
COMMANUKR OF NORTHERN PA
CIFIC ARRAIGNED.
' Other Officers of Transport Recently
Wrecked Off Fire Island Are
Examined.
HOUOKKN, N. X, Feb. 1.-
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ap.diii
Louis J. Connell, U. S. N., who was in
COURT-iARTIAL
command of the transport Northern I ,,":" ."J , . ; "
, -,n,i off Firi.'and tnat tne company endeavor to se
Pacific when she ran aground off Fire
Ishuid on January 1, with several hun
dred wounded soldiers and sailors on
' board, was before a court martial jes
terday at the navy headquarters, port
of embarkation. Two other officers
of the transport also were arraigned,
but their names were not made public.
The findings of the court martial
wifl lie transmitted to Washington and
made public by the navy department.
STORE HOUSE DESTROYED
TORONTO, OiTt., Feb. 1 The store
Jiouse of the British Chemical rom -
pany here was destroyed by fire Fri-
day. The losj is $300,000.
S.EATJLE'STRIKEIAtJE- '
, . . STRAIGHTENED OUT TOOftf
CF'ATTLE, F$. 1. The gtrikc of ,sion ovith the linergncy Fleet gjir-
T (P0 shirQird workers n?at be Oct- P'OOion and that it was prat'ticay
19 fled this eveningQ.cc9.Ont to state- t in the we
o . m , ,. , jo , 'ieale would fWiow, there seemed tc
m6nts made My leading labor me to- be a differcnt fecin(f ngatding ,
day, and tliu the general strike onigtrike.
O the Sound will be crted. Unions' Under Qe new wages scale ifjiich
oeenerally had voted w strike, but iwill nrobably be inOffect soon labor-
when the word came from Washiuir
Jon that the -Vjicj- bcarPai in sva
Peace Delegates Handle
Balkan Problem Tenderly
, PARIS, Feb. 1. Instead of anoth
er plenary session of the peace con
ference being held today, the Su
preme Inter-allied council met again
at the foreign office to cons.lder the
Balkan, problem. The controversy
between Servla and Roumania has
been deeply occupying the attention
of representatives of the Big Five,
who realize the dangers coming from
the Balkan territorial disputes. This
controversy is understood to binge
upon former claims made to terri
tory that formerly t-clonged to Aus
tria-Hungary. Pres. Wilson and the
premiers andthe foreign secretar
ies of the Allies and associated pow
ers are treating the Balknn problem
THE LOANS FKO.U LAND HANK
, AMOUNT TO $301,250.00.
Institution ut Spokane Heads tho
Twelve Federal Districts lit
the United States.
Through tho courtesy-of Turnor
Oliver, who Is registrar of the Feder
al Land Bank of Spokane, the Ob
server Is jn receipt of the second an-
ities of tho Spokano districts.
From this roport It will bo seen
that the Federal Land Bank of Spo
kane stands at the head with $22,
90,800 on that date. Up to the
present dato the Federal Land Bank
of Spokane has closed loans amount
ing to -$85,545,765. -On the first of
January there had been approved in
all, 12.087 loans, amounting to 530,
302,650. Of this number 2730 verb
In Oregon, amounting to $7,314,545
second with an average loan value
iof $2653.32; Montana, third, wltn
an average loan value of $2274.91;
and Washington, fourth, with an av
erage loan valuo of $2017.33.
The average loan In Union county
is high, there having been made 105
loans, amounting to the toal Bum of
$391,250.00 which makes the aver
age Individual loan amount to
$3754.76. As the general average
throughout the whole district Is
$2334.84 per loan, It will be seen
that Union county stands specially
high in Its appraised loan valua
tion. . ,
WAR LABOR BOARD
TURNS CA.nE BACK
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1. A deci
sion made public yesterday afternoon
by the National War Labor board vir
tually returned the case of the Amal
gamated Association of Street Rail
way Employes and the Kansas City
Hallways company w ilo Jmrnti pin.
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cure an increased tariff to meet the
wage scale granted in a previous de
cision. ADMIRAL SCALES
TOR ANNAPOLIS
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1. Rear Ad-
imiral Archibald H. Scales, conunand-
; (n(! inc Croat Lakes training station
halt bB'n appointed superintendent
tne United Slates noval academy
'J Annapolis. lie will succe'ed. Rear
jdmiral lierlo, whfl for somo dime
i.is been anxloiPs for an afliodntmcnt
if o active sea service
- 'ers H.O, had been receiving ?TQ pey
- day will receive ?5.W.
cautiously. Not only because of the
jealousies in the Balkans but be
cause of the large number of human
beings Involved in the settlement.
The population of Vanat which Is
subject to rival claims 1b upwards of
500,000 persons. Next week, will be
a busy one for the committees deal
ing with the League of Nations, In
ternational Labor Legislation, finan
cial problems and war responsibili
ties. . !
It is understood the colonial ques
tion, for which it has been agreed to
accept President Wilson's princi
ples of Internationalization, was not
discussed in detail yesterday and it
was not known if It would be treat
ed tootsy. -
MOTOR COMPANY
D EFRAUDERS
f 1I1UTEEN OFFICERS OF PAN MO
TORS CO. INDICTED.
Minnesota Firm Used Mails to Swin
dle Public Took Liberty Bonds
Worth $250,000.
CHICAGO, Feb. 1. Thirteen offi
cers of the Pan Motor company of St.
Cloud, Minn., were indicted by tho fed
eral grand jury today charged with
using the mails to defraud inVonnec
tion with a five million dollar motor
stock swindle.
The Pan Motor company, it is al
leged, was organized to build trucks
and tractors. Evidence was presented
to the grand jury to show that they
had no facilities for carrying out this;
object. It was charged the company's
agents sold stock to thousands of per
sona throughout tho middle west and
more than $250,000 was taken in by
tho salesmen in Liberty bonds from
6000 working people. -,
GAPT. ARCHIE
E
STILL
YOUNG ROOSEVELT RUSHES TO
AID OF PATROLMAN.
Joins in Battle With Gunman, Despite
C'riipled Condition, in New 1
' : ' York City.
NEW YORK, Feb. 1. Despite the
fact that his left arm is paralyzed
from wounds received in Fiince, Cap
tain Archie Roosevelt, son of the late
Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, rushed
to the aid of Patrolman James J.
Devery yesterday in the midst 6f a re
volver duel with a hold-up man. Bul
lets were flying and other pedestrians;
were licemg tor saiety. Luptain
Archie rushed upon the gunman. The
latter dropped to the pavement, fatal
ly injured -by a bullet from the police
man's revolver, and young Roosevelt
helped pluce the gunman in an am
bulance. Tho shooting followed a hold-up by
three men in the jewelry store of
fenry Graham on the upper west side.
The bandits escaped with . a small
amount of jewelry. Patrolman Dev
ery started in pwsuit.'. As he over
took the men, Frank Marcello, one of
them, opened fire,
heard the Knots and rushed to the aid
of the patrolman.
M
HUMBLE RED BRICK TOOK WILSON FROM
An humble red brick
Othln the last tew weeks. Little did the former owners Imagine that
quit the marble and gold halls
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to its walis.a itlsXhe home of
home
d hre
AHsoi was born, Fn.
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BAPTIST DOC STICKS
AND IS' DEGORATF-D
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"Rantlsl nop" OnnrtrH nvnvaA t
the U. S. "devil dog" murines that
a man could think spiritual things
and still lilghl like a wildcat with
a material enumy. Doc was ona
of the throe Y. M. C A. oversoi
workers to win- the Croix de
Cuerre. for sticking when It was.
hottest.' Then the "devil dogs','
.fQCbraled"Doo.
LOXtJSHOliU.MUN'S. UNION EXEC
UT1VK 'J'AlilOS ACTION
Bans Put on Proposal to Take Ac
tion in HjiniNitby With Sealtlo'
Ship Workers.
SEATTLE. Fob. 1. More than
4991) longshoremen who votod tliia
woek by u cloo margin to ro out
on strike in sympathy with tho 25,
000 striking metal trades workers of
the (shipyards and contract Bhops,
have been ordered to remain at their
work or have their chirter cancelled
and their action publicly dcnotincod
by;, tho tlntarAdlionnl Lonpfhoro-'
men's Union o'xocutlvo.
This was the order sent to Har
old Graven, secretary of tho KlKKern'
and Stevedores' Union, yesterday In
a telegram from T. V, O'Connor,
president of the international organi
zation. Mr. O'Connor's message said
tho general strike would receive no
support from the International Long
shoremen's Union. Ho also demand
ed that the ' recent consolidation of
Btevedores and tuckers be abandon
ed and that the Btovedores return to
their former Btat in, and that the
Longshoremen discontinue their
method of Bonding men to work un
der an alphabetical system. Unless
this latter system was - abolished by
February 2, the meBHage said, lie
would recommend the cancellation of
the Longshoremen's charter.
TACOMA, Feb. 1. It was report
ed Thursday night that the carpen
ters had voted 119 to 78 in favor of
.a general striko. This morning at
the huadquurteifl of the CarptTnters'
Union, it was stated the vote did noi
represent on expression for a general
strike, but voiced the willingness ot
the 137 men vho voted to support
the strikors in tholr demands.
Tlve plumbers who wero reported
to have taken a vote Thursday, stated
that no new vote has been recorded
on a general strike, but that the at
tltude of the local in favor of the
general strike as expressed a week
ago still stood good.
TRANSPORT GROUNDS;
ALL SOLDIERS SAFE
LONDON. Feh. 1. Of tho 250
soldlerx abroad tho tranBnort Nar-
UNION FORBIDS
MEN STRIKING
Archie Kooseveltiracanael, whioli went aground on a
I ledge were Halfely landed at South-
jhamnton today.
t-
U. T , ',-
house at CarllleKnlar,9 has risen from
of Buckingham palace, the honor guest
of itie Wooilrow fanilrT. on Warwlch road, Qr the moiheiOof Prrjildent
tbpr?ldM'.t was mot'. iZ' "t. S vlsl"d the spot slOi .turl: 1 (S;j
Ute Wooilrow fun
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SAYS GUDAHY
FROM
WASHINGTON. Feb. 1. Evidence
in the form, of a letter from, the Cud-
ahy plant to their agent nt Omaha,
M. R. Murphy, discovered by Fruncia
J. Heney, was "conclusive proof of
most active competition," Louis I'.
Swift, Chicago packer, stated before
the senate agricultural committee.
"That letter" shows," said Swift,
that Mr. Cudahy was frankly wor
ried over his business at Omaha. He
was losing his position there and the
GUILTY ONES
1'IOIIHIIINU M'HOliDS HOXOIt OF
AMUltK'A'S SOLDIEItS.
IteporU Hays Denl.ciih of lu l Un
derworld, In V. 8. Uniforms,
Committed Crimes.
WASHINCTON, Feb. 1. Conoral
Pershing's cnblogrum was sent In re
sponse to tho war department fol
lowing sensational charges published
ln tho Pails Matin that American
soldloi'B wero responsible for tho ap
palling number of murders and rob-
berlos In the French capital. Apachos
aro said to have cominl'tcd thcao
outragos whilo wearing Amoricaa
uniforms. Tho reports have boen
grossly exaggerated, according to
General J'orshing, who says the crim
inal acts hy American soldiers have
been negllhlo considering tho lurgo
number who aro ln Purls. Tho same
Is truo throughout France.
DECLARE BILL
IS
MINORITY REPORT ON IMMIGRA
TION BILL SUBMITTED
Holds That Proposed Restriction of
Immigration Would Result in
Labor Shortage.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1. To bar
immigration from the Unltod Suites
for the next four yours, as proposed
by the bill pending beforo eongresn,
ould result In a serious Btortuge of
labor In tills country, It was decloi-
od-in a minority roport on tho meas
ure submitted to the houso yester
day nftornoon by Representatives
Siegol Republican, of New York, nnn
Sabbath, ' Democrat, of Illinois, as
members of tho Houso Immigration
committee,
'The members of this commltteb
hold no brlof for Bolshevism or Its
adherents," the report states, "they
full to see, howover, whoro this hill!
Is going to prevent any person gnt -
PA S APACHES
PONG
ting embiied with such Idea if hoit'Ciu uy any mm an oi tnoornciais oi
Is foolish and woak minded enough
. hnllovn ln them.
trines with all the onipnusls that
languago can demand. Wo thljik too
much of tho patriotic sense of our
people to believe for a moment that
they can be so readily led as tho ma
jority of- representatives assumes.
KING'S PALACE ,
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obscurity m !. i i.,., .
their grandson would one iIav
Of Wnland 1 king, lenay tribute
SUFFERED .
COMPETITION
Mother packers were running'away with"
it." , .
Heney claimed that Cudahy was en
titled to 15 per cent of the purchases
at Omaha, Swift 25 per cent, Morris
30 per cent, and Armour 80 per cent,
under tho terms of the old "Veedcr
pool" of the nineties. Swift denied
that there was any other motive than
an effort to get a large amount of
business in tho move to force Okla
homa business to come througV for
two-thirds.
FAST DRIVERS
PAltUNT-TlCACIIUItH' ASS'N A.SK
CITY l'Olt lMtOTKCTlON '
Meeting
tortlay
Iclcl In Central (School Yes
Well Attended, by Pur
cnta of Scliulurs.
Tho monthly meeting of tho Cen
tral School Parent-Touchers' Asso
ciation, held in tho Bchool building
yesterday afternoon, proved to bo an
interesting event and a large uum-
bor of moiuberB ultomlod. The moot
ing was culled to order for buslnoss
by the prosldont, Mrs. Gordon Pow
ora, und a number of important af
fairs wore attended to, Chiof among
these was tho discussion of the dan
gors caused to school children by
speeding nutolsts, and strong ex
pressions of opinion wore oxprossed
by various members on the Bubjoot.
Tho result was that a resolution was
pussod asking tho board of city com
missioners to take drastic action at
onco to romove this monace to tho
safety ot tho children. A commit-
too, composed of Mi-b. Larison, Mrs.
llrownton and Mrs. Hlovor, 'was ap
pointed to present the resolution to
tho commissioners. During the bus
iness session the various comiulttoos
for tho year wore appointed. The
report of the program committee was
prosontod, outlining the programs
for tho next four mootlngs. The
February meeting will be of special
inlorest to touchora and parents of
teachers ln the primary grades.
Tho roll call showed that parents
ot children ln Miss Foster's room
were present in tho largest numbers.
When all mutters ot buslnoss bad
boon attended to, the mooting en
Joyed an instrumental solo by Shel
don llrownton, a voca.l solo by Flor
ence Lynch, a paper on "The Ideal
Parent" by Miss Mottle, and anoth
or paper by Mrs. Itlttor on "Tho
Ideal Teacher."
ASK INQUIRY INTQ
MILK ' PRICES
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1. An Inves
tigation of tho milk industry and of
the milk price-fixing by the food ad
ministrataion, to be-made by the fed
eral trade commission, was asked in
a resolution introduced Jn the senate
yesterday afternoon by Senator Jones
of Washington. lhe commission
would bo directed particularly to
probe: "What relation to or interest
'n any particular line or ministry was
I '"' amniniHiruuun wno nan iu uu
Iwith u,c Price-fixing of milk or milk
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MILLION SOLDIERS
MUSTERED OUT
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1. Tho
United Slates lias passed tho million
inarlc in discharges from the service.
(Jen, March announced if. his woekly
conference today tho number was
1,01 3, 4S of which til, 237 nro offi
cers. Tlie total number of casual
ties r,2,r,!i2, 27.7B2 were killed In
action. Iirililfl died of wounds. 14,
Cff!i are missing. 2,7K5 wero tuken
prisoners,
WOM
CENSURE
Col. John Leader ta 0
La -Cirnnde ir( to be honored by 1
vmii iromw "f.nei vonn leaner ot tne
Univ,
rsity,
who will lie here
next
jWeono'lay iiftcrnoon forie purpose
O f Hiking to"the schools on military
traaig. In the evening Colonel IaO
iei- w ill addresOa nuWic nuicting of the
o
fpeiTjilOof La Grande in the high J:hool
nudiUOum on the eCO- suliirW,,
The colonel i nt the head of militniV,
work in the Iriirvcrsity and auOig the
lUo war vQ! be remembcOl as one of
tVe prominent characters of the state I education in evey school throughout
v.ho fpoke in most ot the cities aOithe lundQ
dOlL
SETTLEMENT
DISCUSSED
CAUrOUNI.VSIiNATOlt 1)101 JVKltS
ULTIMATUM IV V, 8.
SENATE YKSTEBDAY. . '
WON'T HAVE U. S. SOLDIERS
POLICING OVERSEA LANDS
Secret Treaties Como 111 for Sovnro
Denunciation by Various Senators
Iodgtj Object to "Itelng Kept
In the Dark as to What Is Going on
at Versailles."
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1. That ho
never Would vote for any poaco
treaty that contalnod provisions for
policing the Gorman colonies and
Turkoy in Asia with Aniorlcan troops
was the notice sorvod ln tho sonata
yostorduy aflornoon by Senator John
son of California. ''I want to lot
It bo known right now that there will
bo at loust ono vote against - any
troaty that contains any such provl-
slons aB the peace conforonco now
noems to bo agreeing up," Johnson
stild. Johnson's declaration follow
ed am onergotlc protest by Senator
Honry Cabot Lodgo against "what
appears to be, going on at VorsailloB,"
and an Attack upon tho policy that
"keopB the senate In the dark on
uvorythlng with relation to tho poaco
conforonco."
'Apparently wo aro being Involve
In somo sort of agreement whoroby
wo will support! elthor with force or
without force, now republics ln
South Africa and the Paci'ip Ocean,"
Lodgo said. "Wo seem to bo Involv
ing oursolvoB ln boiIous difficulties
with tho Australians and the Boors.
They have been our boat friends.
'Wo don't known what those dif
ferences arb, but we seem to bo an
noying them very much. We seom
to bo going to guarantee iand watch
over a lot of now Hottentot repub
lics. "I don't bolleve," he said em
phatically, "that the safety of tho
world or our making peaco with Gor
miiny which Is tho first duty ot the
peace conference dopends much on
what happens In Zanzibar and Now
Oulnoa. Apparently, however, we
aro bolng Invited and aro pledging
ourselves to take a part ln tho mak
ing of all these nations, I don't know
what we are doing, tbo sonato Is be
ing kept In tho dark. Wo have on
ly tho casual newspaper dispatches
to RIllllO us."
"Doesn't tho senator think It Is a
nocesBiiry part of tho poaco to make
somo disposition of the German col
oniOB? Senator Thomus, ot Colora
do, asked Dodge. "They should be
takon away from Oormany. They
should be given to the people who
captured tl.cm," Bald Lodgo. "It Is
unthinkable to mo," Senator LowlB
said, that President Wilson or any
agent of tho Unltod States would
ugreo to tossing any sots of people
Into a mnrkot baakot, later to Ho
parcelled out as pno would beans
and oabages."
WASHINGTON VOTES
$500,000 FOR FUND
O.LYMPIA, Wash., Feh. 1. Half a
million dollars will hi made available
by tho Washington legislature for tho
relief of soldiers from this state dur
ing the process of demobilization. A
measure providing for this appropria
tion to be administered by a commi
sion erf five members to nerve without
pay has Imcn ogrceiHiin b leadens
J.,H!i'?.Jlouse" am' 'no governor.
Be Here Wednesday
towns, endeavoring to awaken the wnr
spirit ;0. make the people understand o
whut they were up against. He is an
fciigiisliinnn who aw service in the
carl? days of tho wur with Germany
and Oter was secured by tho Univer
sity to Uike charge Oft the truinin
camp. His work In that lino has at
tracted Httenjon all over the country.
The boys who went from here to the
Leader camp have tho hie-hest.
of praise for the man who is ttriwoah-
.jr miuuEu wnn ine need ot military
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