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o O o 10a (Sntitoe lEtiifttinn . hmvm Phone The.ebserver the News and . Tour Want Ada. Main sV An Independent Newspaper PrlnUlhe Newe the Day It Happens. VOLUME XVIII EIGHT PAGES LA OKAfI)K, 0 R E( CON, YR 1 DAY, FEBRUARY 7. 1919. EIGUT PAGES NUMBER 112 t s e NO VIOLENCE YET APPEARS IN STRIKE -CONFERENCE SHOTS FID IN EASTERN SHE POLICE GRAB ONE MAN WHO DID SHOOTING. Threats of Lynching Follow, but the Alan Is Saved by the Police . Squad. LAWRENCE, Mass!, Feb. 7. Sev eral shots were' fired at troop police ftfftef.ro lV ufviL'Q Eumnatliiva.D iliio .-.fternoon when the officers attempted . 1 to arrest two pickets. The shots nar rowly missed their mark, A big crowd qckly gathered end threatened to lynch one of the men raptured, but he was rescued hv oo-!; ii'.u reservus. mayor xiunuy na$ pointed a , vigilance committee maintain order. v MAYOR IS FIRM Seattle Chief Executive Will Not lie linquish Authority, SEATTLE, Wash., Feb. 7 "Any man who attempts to take over con trol of municipal government func tions here will be shot on sight," May or Ole Hanson declared Thursday when told of a statement by Senator Thomas before the senate propagan da investigating committee. 'Strikers have not taken over gov-1 11 ernmeni iuncnons in &eauie, tne ... , r . r. . . i t. i 1 mayor said. "They will not be allow ed to take over any government func tions despite their published state ments that they Intend to operate the light plant and help police the city. The seat of rity government is still at the city hall." WASHINGTON, Feb. 7. Senator Thomas of Colorado in. the senate propaganda investigating committee Thursday denounced the strike now in progress in Seattle, declaring that in taking over control of certain gov ernment functions -as reported, the strikers were conducting an "experi ment on the northwest coast in Rus sian bolshevism." In view of what had been done Sen ator Thomas declared it was safe to assume that if the strike became state wide, the state governmental func tions would be assumed hy them. All this, he declared, was another "indi cation of the extreme sinister state of social and industrial conditions in America and especially in industrial centers" and he urged that prompt steps be taken to prevent further spread of the niovement. , The senator said the time had come when petty pnrfy differences should be subordinated to the holding up of the general principles upon which tne , government was founded. AI,I.Ii:S I.MVOHK I CLL WIIX . PARIS, Feb. 7. Tlie supreme w.ir council will meet at Versailles to day to take nie.isurs to impose on Germany "the full will of the allies," . says the Matin, because of the tin-! willingness, of Germany to carry out j the armistice terms except under' certain conditior.s. There has been j a change In the attitude of Germany, t according t the newspapers and it is being manifested by arrogance toward tho entente. PAYS 10-YEAK-OI.I) BILL. ' AMER1CUS, Ga., Feb. 6. Forty years ago the late F. L. McLaughlin, dentist, did some dentistry for W C. Manget now of Puncdin, Fla., but nev er rendered a bill. Miss Annie Mc Laughlin, daughter of the dentist, has laugMcr of the dentist, has j i. i o-7 t cd a check for S27 from .' sting that he had never re- Inst recei Manget, slating ceived" a' bill, owed the money and wanted te i-av it.. Several heirs will - . . . divide the ?. . LA GRANDE MAN IS HONORED BY STATE OPTOMETRIST BOAKD A aicnal honor was paid 1'onrn" n(llin firm f J. H. Willi im ,r nrlati-Hl fit OnloinW riY5 " sel.-ctoil him without np?tf.on to l n6d Igf thp (ivrnnr as a nifi ember ofctlit state board. It is tl: usual g utoin of the asHiion to surest three z rPn..i ii,u Pnvrnrvp ami l iit but in itiis case me orjraniauon wa-ed Its right of t'.ree aDd tinanl monslv -mse Air. P ure. He has O beenon the bourd oOtho post two years. Sound City Is Tied Tightly in the Strikers,' Hands, but Nothing Has Appeared to Indicate Any Violence or Thought of Violence Business Men Believe Strike Will Not Be Settled Soon Mayor Hanson Prepares for Any Emergency That May Arise. SEATTLE, Feb. 7. No move has been, niado ioday towards a settle ment or Seattle's general strike call ed yesterday by organized labor in sympathy with the metal trades men who have been idle two weeks. Labor leaders declared thoy will refuse, to confer wUh Henry White und other officials designated" by the government to seek settlement. Since tho strike of the metal I tradesmen White has made repeated , ifffnrtR tn flnn ft frnunrl for pnmnrn. ! - --- --------- mise ueiwecn worriers, employers und Emergency FleH corporation. Twq vice prcsidenis of the A. E. of ., ' T' .i . ' I have arrived here for the purpose of nidtng in settling the dispute. So far.no official move has been made by eithor side. t Seattlo business men and Mayor Hanson are not expecting an early sottlemont. The belief is general that strikers will weaken one by one "but not as an organization. Al- leady many members of the electri cal workers working for the inunict pal plant and tho Puget Sound i Tract on and Light and Tower com. pany have disregarded orders at jobs. Despite the sinister signs of war at every hand peace remains. Seat- 1 1 h rPHiiiiiLiuii an it id uuuuu ujr i . ' sirifce iuuuoro, hliui a- uuuio i tence. has been marked by extreme quietness. Not a rlpplo of violence has appeared anywhere, according to police and federal authorities. f Strikers Hit by Hunger. SEATTLE, Wash , Feb. 7. ThaV a certain amount of disorganization or unpreparcdness exists In the strikers ranks- fs Indicated by grumbling of hungry men who are dependent on the soup kitchens of the unions for their meals. Having practically forced every restaurant in the city to close Us doors by calling out waiters and cooks, tho strikers have In a meas ure "caught a tartar." There Is no place for them to eat. Their own kitchens had not delivered a meal up to 6 o'clock yestorday evoning and those armchair lunch rooms whose proprietors had the temerity to open up ioday and remain open ROADS ESSENTIAL EBEItHAHI) WILL SUPPORT ROAD BILL AT SALEM. Believes in an Emergency Clause if the Bill Is Properly Con structed. A message from State Senator Co Ion R. Eberhard today advises The Observer that he will vote to provide every restriction po&sible against pav ing manipulations, but that he will support the road bond bill if it is properly constructed to the extent of adonting the emergency clause. . The fact that Oregon needs road construction badly if she is to keep nacc with the rest of the countrv and the further fact that employment SENIOR THINKS ,, 'i' ' determined at that date needed for idle men prompted a num-!.. , , ,l . - ,. . -.- . first of the year the wn ber.of Union county citizens to wirei . .jj : ,- ., , , ,. . - , greatly speeded in tne w.i the delegation at Salem, urging them ' , . ,. ' . .... . jand attach the emergency clause to . ,..,,... Scnato W.erhaftl is it reply to the telegram sent lass night. ENORMOUS COAL OUTPUT. . HARRLSBUKG, Pa., Feb. 7. Offi- jcials of the state department of mines csurqjiuu it ounng tne year miniwithout ost to tbe Individual of Pennsylvania produced! ZJ..I.!,U4 net Ions OI coal. UI mis.ln employ lawvw.4 total tye were 90fiUl& tons of an - Uiracite a"d 1 1 l.BMAW) tons ot -lulu- , minous. Tfiiproduction in 1U17 total - ed ZTl.bVJ. net tons, uunng l.ua thp Anthrcit mines emnloved 147. - , w ij, Thcfe were 1014 fatal accidents in , the al fields during I9IR. W0 of (which occurred in the antricite dis- itrict. are taboo on the union's fair list. Many such places are open and many union men and union sympa thizers are grouped about the front on the, sidewalk. Uniformed police stationed in front on tho sidewalk prevent a demonstration of any kind, evon jeering at those who go insido. And in the meantime the strikers stubbornly refuse, to go inside them selves to eat. Getting something tu eat in downtown Seattlo is a hard matter. Those eating houso that arc admt only m 8 can be ... accommodated at tne tablet), and in front of each are many awaiting their turn to enter. Tho food supplies are ample, but the help in preparing them is Bcarco, and as a result only ehortordor dishes are being served Vlty Schools Are Closed. Schools were closed by' the strike of junltors and engineers at the heat ing plants. Many apartmont houses and hotels, It was expected, will be affected by the strike of the heating plant englnoers. Barber shops clos ed and elovators stopped running. I3anks remained open. Emergency telegraph business was "7"" " telegraph companies The telePhouo systems continued Light riant to Operate. Mayor Hanson declared tho city light plant would operate. The striko co mm it too announced today that the .union, emnlovea at tho citv Hizlit . P11" WUUI uul wmi,luu tne striKe. nigm it was an- uounced that. they were exempted... Tho Seattle school board voted to keep tho American fiag flying ovor;tlon during tho war on tho ground tho Seattle schools during the striKe. Local hotels, It was said, woro fill ed with rosidenls of the outlying districts of the city who will bo un able to get to and from their homes on account of the street car lie up. Mayor Olo Hanson Issued a state ment today declaring that law and order will prevail. "Business as us ual," will be the sign at tho city haTl and tho city plants, ho assertod. Seattlo was ready f or tho strike, it was said. For several days residents have been purchasing largo stocks of groceries and autoistH have been storing away gallons of gasollno and oil. Most of the so i-vice stations had no gasollno and oil today and closed their doors. MINE SWEEPER HITS MINE AND 39 LIVES ARE LOST TODAY LONDON, Feb. 7 The mine sweep er Erin's Isle was sunk by a mine at the mouth of the Thames today with a loss of thirty-nine lives. Twenty tight survivors were laftded at l'en arth. LEGAL ADVICE FREE Wounded Soldiers Entitled jo Advice on Re-education. Free WASHINGTON, -Feb. 7. Tne work of ro-educaling war-disabled men is: going forward rapidly. At the close I of 1018 the' number registered was 12.G84. Under Uic law, re-education cannot be given unless the man is' j ... . ,, iniured to be In receipt of compensation from the war rsk in - 1 ,. t,ronu rif ihnn 19 (1110 men , . comncn,atioti have been i ild(.termin'ed t tht date. Since the'the banquet will be fifty cents eich.lln locating the woma.i as the wife of 1. 1 K : iiriiMiimm - ance bureau The federal .board for vocational education, charged by ronere3 with the task of Jilting the disabled for in dustry, is anxious to assst all dis ! abled men. wh have their claims! passed upon by the wr risk insur ance bureau, and renders the service of preparing the blank forms ami bring the matter to attentK.sy. absolutely It i, not necessary for disabled rnc fr thin work'as ' it j, a pRrt of the duty of inn,i"ii'rai hoard which welcomes tr.e onr-ortunity ,"for twrvico. The address is federal , Vocational Kduratig. : I). C, and there are: BoaM for : a'aahinvlltn iclli in ine unuea plates. 1 THE WKATHKIL (Jb. 'l. Probably fair tonight and j Saturday. REFUSED HERO'S SLAYER DEAD Who Shot lown Itooscvelt Dead. Queutiu BURLINGTON, Vt Feb. 7. Christian Donhausor, the German aviator who shot down Lieutenant Qiientln Koosovelt over the German lines on the Western front, was kill ed January 13 last, according to word which came today from Ben Brakor, who was stationed at a fly ing field in Germany and who claims to have witnessed the death of the German. He says that tho lifter's plane be came uncontrollable and plunged to the groucd. ARE ACTIVE RICH ST. LOUIS GROCERY MAX BEATEN AND ROItUEI). Over Three Thousand Dollars Taken . From Man After Ho Had Been Badly Treated. ST. LOUIS, Mo., Feb. 7. Four au tomobile bandits today held up I.oui Cohen, president of the Cohen Gro cery company, and after severely beating him, took $M100 from him. NO WORK FOR NON-piTIZENS OLYM1MA, Wash.1 Fob. 7. Aliens or non-ciUzenai who claimed and woro granted military exemp- of alienage, cannot be employed on any public works in Washington by public officials or private contract ors, If a bill introduced in tho state senate today becomes a law. Senator Frank H. Ronlck, Seattle, introduced the "measure. Violation of the proposed act would be made misdemeanor. PRISON BANK WAS ROBBED OMAHA, 'Feb. 7. Tho "bank" at tli.o Htato penitentiary at Lincoln has l)o en lobbed. Tho elate board of control announced Thursday the dis covery of manipulation of the prison ers' savings accounts, In charge of Convict David A. Bust of Omaha, with tho result that from $250 tu $2 GO of tho convicts' money is miss ing, liest. Rent up from Omaha March 20, on a forgery charge. was paroled December 30 and wau last hr'ard of in Indianapolis SECURE RESERVATION FOR THE BANQUET Plans for the Father and Son ban nui t to he held at (he V. M. C. A. on AUTO BANDITS weunesiiny evening oi nexi ween arc;,)l0 mimiBK woman on the part or rapidly rounding into shape. The pro-ls,.nr,,,.irv A A. Klllen. stationed In gram is nearly completed and arrange-, lMe K c bluing at tho Preshlio, mci'tH have been made with the ladies aun i-'i-unrisco. of the Christian church to lerve the; i.argamirlshlno oi.llsted In Ilos- dinner, so all arc assured of a fine;tl)Ili whore f r ten yi urs ho hart feed. inade efforts by .letters and tele- i he seating capacity or the Y. M. C. A. dining room is somewhat limited so it will be desirable to make your rccrvation early. They must know early next week just how many, fath jers mid sons nre coming must have vour names 1n the pot, as it were, so do not risk disappointment by wnitingldler Isiy In camu gave Secretary Kll tnn iA ,.t i-.,tir ti-kft Ilt,tf ni..i..n ti. .i,m ii.ut, ,.vr.i,tiin' r,.unii..ri T. .i.i.i hnm thtir hit i.r, tm in nrn - U.M.. Ik. tinlrola anri lin MOflv In j.mr i' nlonp on Wednesday evening at r,:lf, EBEBT 60YEMHEIT.WHL ! .".START GOKQUEST.AT HAMBURG, WI.I.MAU, iKTinnny, I vU. TP -! hi Ijj. rt jfvcrnn'nt in prfirtrtfe f'r rcwmt'M ul llamnuri; i imr to thai carried out against the Siarlachie Itrtmen. The ciinets hav dee'ded it nere.sary c to maintain ccrtr-;! ofcuhe fortowing to tlw 'jarpctird sni irom 'r.e en ,i::!'. 9 W ,Jie cabinet uUhi SnarttVid. liuiiiifiK "re 1 run ttilly Organizing themselves for fy fente agaii. goveifVict troops. THREE GIVEN TE TWO FOR LA1UISNY AND FOlUiElfY. Verdict . Given Dofomhuit iu Caso of Mt. Emily Timber Co. vs. Stlhvell. A verdict in favor of tho defend ant was rendered in circuit court yesterday afternoon in tho case of the Mt. Emily Lumber Company vs. Stlllwell. which had occupied the attention of the court since yester day morning. The cane was an eject ment suit, instituted by the lumber company for alleged violation 01 contract by the dofendunt in con nection, with tho leasing of pasture lands owned by the company. Coch rane and Eborhard represented tho plaintiff and C. H. Finn, appeared for the defendant. The caso of C. 11. Mays vs. Honry T. Hill, a replevin Biilt in connection with certain farm mnchlnory, wns begun yesterday afternoon. In this case J. D. Slater Is representing tho plaintiff and - Crawford & Eakln have been retained by tho defend ant. Sentences Aro Imposed. . Sentence was passed by Judge Knwlos yeslerday on ltny. L. Tipton, and Mark 1). Ordwny, found guilty on n charge of larceny. Both Tipt n and Oidmiy will go to Su- lom to sorve ah Imlermlnato sen tonco of from threo mnutliB to throo and a half years. Ira, Thrall, arraigned on u charge of forgery, was sentenced to from threo months to ton years In tho state penitentiary. REPUDIATE THE SETTLEMENT LONDON RAILWAY UNION CON TINUES STRIKE. Traffic in the Subway Remains Tied Up on Account of Refusal to Abide by Agreement. lLONDON, Feb. 7. The national union of railway men this afternoon repudiated the settlement of London's subway strike. Traffic In tlie sub way continues nt a standstill. FOUND LOST SISTER Knighls of Columbus Secretary IUmi dcrtf (ooU Service, . SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 7. Sopa i rated for thirteen years since the Sun Francisco eathuuake Anthony A. Largamorisino, a soldier recently returned from France, has finally boea reunited wlth-hlft sister, whom he had given up for dead, through tho efforts of a Knljfhis of Coluinbun secretary. The reunion was effected in Merced after six weckB search for grains to locale his sister. Just ft.r ler tho war ended ho was sent to the 1'riclflc coast and availing himself of the opportunity to inak rnofo exhaustive Inrjiilrit s, enlisted tho aid of Klllen. A casual remark dioptn-d by a S'if- mniiiiiiv A (-rtriv til -nrii linn nrllhln a ttOr hfllira llin lirill WT finO - - - - --. sister a-ere In mio oioltier s arms HtMlAN, t-vD. , Four nvumn-i MS U(.rni one ail( worn VdU4, ami twplvr;tla1 Bfcfnrj like ttinUnitd tatt w,,,irilii n ,- ,U l..tww.l ,' "- "1 "l'',J, Haml4rg tIay. ?rft thousand J ur tacid-itf. march-Kl to -government quar - jters in namourgio psirest iijciini shiument .,Jfoo ftt.W K el tW Ure- iiiciiv wim umi nun i-rn ci-u-ig PRICES FALLING OVER THE NATION STILL TOO II Hi II TO ENCOURAGE MANUFACTURE. January Analysis of Business Shows That Things Are Gradually Coming Down, WASHINGTON. Feb. 7. A irener- al and unexpected slowing up of in dustry of the country is reported this afternoon by the federal reserve board in its Janunry analysis of business conditions throughout the country. 'Prices in general are falling to some extent, but not enough to stimu late manufacturing and trade," the board reports in its monthly analysis. T OVERRUNNING I'OLAND AND PREMIER CALLS FOR HELP. - Polish Army Is Needed to Save the Country From Great Calamity. PARKS, Feb.. 7. The Polish nation al committee today announced receipt of information that the Slovak troops have broken tho agreement recently made with the Poles and aro invading Gillian from tho south. Premier Paderewski has telegraph ed tho committee an appeal for the immediate dispatch of a Polish army to snve Poland's possessions from a great calamity. AU!i:HB WILL APPEAL PORTLAND, Fob. C. J. . Henry Albers, formerly of tho Alhors Bros. MillitiK Company, who wns found guilty of violution of tho espionage law on two of tho seven counts upon which he wus indicted gavo ntice of appeal and Alhors was released on $10,000 ball. . , , WASliiNOTON, Fob. 7. While tho farmer would be puld tho $2.26 government guarantee for tho 1919 wheat crop, tho wheat would bo sold to the consumer at a price to be dic tated by tlie law of supply and de mand" under legislation approved Thursday illicit by the house agri culture committee. The government would lose' tho difference between the purchaso ar.d siilb prices. ' With the government given abso lute control of the, wheat market in tho United States, members of tlie I committee said it would bo difficult t determine what would be the price If the usual law of supply and de mard were In operation, but they thought it would bo based largely on I the world nia'rket price. Homo wit- msses who have testified at hearings before the commllree bavo predicted a world prico of $1.25 a bushel. Mny iAmvi 1 A liiifthcl. On the ttasis of such a price tlu governtnent would stand a loss of about $1 a bushel, but committee mi'inhcrs would 'not venture a" pre diction ' ai to h.it tho total loss , 'night l forecasts of the 19f!) Pi-lid- iibon 0ibh" fs'iorg. The - It oHliiiui'-d no at shout ' i, nnn niin.li.l,l. j ' ., ' . .' , ,. .. itee ia a HuUatitult for that araicd i.lif the Too4 admlqUlratloa (! 1e- imrtiiinnl.ttr ajfrrtiiutn. 91 ivr mo ..itr.Mfilunt fliHcretlontry frHr for ImndlittK (ho Wln-at sfity or cnyito oon.ooo uh a rovolvliiK fusil to curry out tho KuiiTJftlce. Mflllbl'lH of thrj fl iiiiulttoo I)pH!V .. . .. ... .... ifil .1... ifoful ailmlnistrJitlon ami a commer- .(truln rorporatiOri (JvitT bo tiewary jto enable the Kovfriiment to take ov- ju, am ,vm the crop. - 1 a licensing syslera similar t that - ' now ittflt'fert unices all agencies hv.uiiiug niiii tinner goviirnmeni Toiitri Is atfiQirlz by the bill n-ij t-ni lish vQl be glvea broad BREAK THE AGHEEMEN IE c RUSSIA TO HAVE SOI HI SOVIETS WILL BE RECOGNIZED BY THE BIG FIVE iN OTHER LINE OF BULL ' BRIGHTER ASPECT FOR THE CHAOTIC NATION Bolsheviki Regime and the Allies May Get Together on a Plan of Govern ment That Will Re Satisfactory to All Factions in Russia, la Now the Belief. , PARIS, Feb. 7. It was considered certain today that the soviet govern- ment of Russia will eventually be rep resented at the peace conference. Provisional acceptance of tho plan for a conference to be held by representa tives of the Bolsheviki regime and the allies on Price's islands in the sea of Marmora is not satisfactory to cer tain states, but all admit that it will mark a big stop forward. Tho Russian conference probably will bo ono of tho questions discussed by the big fiva when they meet at tho foroign office tomorrow. , . : Belief is held thal'whcn the Mar mora conference is held arrangements of some kind can bo made whereby tho Soviets and other factions can send representatives to Paris to accept a plan for the restoration of a govern ment in Russia representative of tho whole country. ; ' WAR HERO'S ACT Undergoes .Great Sacrifice and Ufo la Endangered. PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Feb. 7. Af-' ter'undergoing many heroic sacrifices for his country on .the bnttlof ields of Franco, Sergeant Albert E. Frickor of this city added another equally noble act to his name yesterday when he sub mitted to giving a pint of his blood to a fellow patient in the University hoi- pitnl. This sacrifice the physicians bclicvo, will be his last, as the loss of blood proved too much for Sergeant Frickcr, and he is in a critical con dition. At the time Frickor offered his life's blood he was stricken with influenza an a roBUlt of his homeward voyage from overseas. In the University hos pital at the time was a woman patient who needed blond to snve her life. Tho hospital physicians called for volun teers. Despite his ailment, Sergeant Frick or was the first man to offer his blood. Because of his weaR.med condition, tho physicians were at ','irst loath to take his blood, but he so earnestly Insisted thatjthey go through with the opera tion they accepted his sacrifice. The operation wns successfully per formed. Fricker refused to take an aesthetics and curiously watched hia life fluid flow into the veins of the stricken woman. Pricker's blood proved successful te tho woman and sho soon wns completely recovered and has been discharged from the hospital. GARMENT WORKERS 15.HM Women Out in w York To Kn force 4 l-llour Wrck Dvntund NKW YORK, Fob. 7. Flftoen thoutsand womcn'o purulent, w oritur . now out on strike will h'KlQ plcket- Idk nonunion ahopn Monday morn ing to ha attempt to recruit addi tional mcmtmrH In thotr flgkt to en fore a 44-huur'tfcvk aa4 olhor o- inandH, Ilnnjamin Schlaln!er, rca Idont ot tan latonittloHttl Lailwa Carmrflt Wo ikon iib1o, iiouik4 Thursday aiaht. If 4o-lared tkat a larfto fund had kcn rnlnt h tka woriftrr nd that tha anyktit t4 Htrll' Villtr tpairtlKi aV'cvr lug to Ja4lv!tfual VoalA t'y Kin Moaday. . A 'nlrcii Officers tfir ( After loiig Vigil. AllKHlir.KN. Wash, Feb. 7. A freight car rontaini' 10 tons of tiiw. In wblcb was cnnceall 5 or inori':,'iMi' of booled whisky, g4 broken lnlot ilie Northern Paclilo freight statlfin this aftemooS by in V al polices' and Wmiwf force. Tim iar hjl IwnJ.n th siding for tho pTst twiowi'eks unc laimed. Tlir car Ciihie from tjlockton. Csl. OftliPrs knew theeci (lients of the audlcar and hoy d It wouMO.e elalmod, t,ut biig tho vbict of waiting. u Ing Jhepartacidi). battle at Die-powers In handling the crop mui; a, 'conttolUirt export! orLwheal, ta a 1 O o o o 59 o o o O' , o , o