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1'OIiTI.AXD, OREGON, THURSDAY, APRIL. 27, 191G.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
1 KILLED; 2 HURT
111 STORM'S WAKE
50,000 TELEGRAMS
DELUGE CONGRESS
REVOLT IN IRELAND
AGGIE SOPHS SWIFT
TO AVENGE DUCKING
NEW ISSOE WITH
GERMANY CREATED
MILLS TO ADVANCE
FIR LUMBER PRICES
CONFERENCE WILL
EXCLUDE GAfJNERIES
I.NQIIKV INTO SOUISCi:
1TXDS IS rnOMISED.
or
VIGILANCE COMMITTEE HOBS
Elir.IXG FliESHMEX OF HAUL
TACOMA MEETING REVEALS
TRADE IS NEARLY NORMAL.
KNOWN IN AMERICA
Lightning; Wind, Rain
Strike City.
BOLTS STRIXE TWO HOUSES
Roland Doucette, Aged 5, Is
Crushed by Falling Bricks.
GIRL INJURED IN CRASH
Mrs. .lolui Holiness Hares licatli in
Vain Attempt to Cheek I'all of
Swaying Structure I)ama;e
I'rom Thunderbolts Small.
Roland Pouwtte, sstl 5. was
kilied almo.n Instantly, and his cousin.
Leota, Bonnes?, almost 4 years old.
was injured at S o'clock last night by
fireplace mantel, which had been
loosened by the wind of yesterday aft
ernoon's storm and fell on the children
s they were r inning by the fireplace
to dinner in their homes at 507 Clay
j-treet.
Ronald Doucette. Lenta Eonness and
I.orna Poucctte, Ronald's sister, stood
in the front of their home and watched
the storm until it was almost over.
Ronald's parents. Mr. and Mrs. L. J.
T'oueette. arc at Odell. 12 miles from
Hood River, and the children are In
the care of their aunt. Mrs. John
Bonners.
npporti Loosened by Storm.
At 6 o clock Mrs. Bonncsa called the
children to dinner. They were to eat
In the kitchen, and to reach that room
they had to pass through the dining
room, where the fireplace is located.
The fireplace is a high structure, of,
the old-fashioned type, with a wide
mantel on top. It is believed that the
supports were shaken y the storm,
although the structure stood tottering
until the children jarred the floor
rain with their footsteps.
Mrs. Bonness saw the pile of bricks
A they swung away from the wall,
and rushej forward to support them.
She caught one corner of the fire
place, ready to sacrifice herself if she
could save her children. She was too
late to stay the fall of the mantel.
Child Pinned I nder Bricks.
Ronald was caught directly under
the pile. His skull was fractured, and
it is believed that his neck was
broken. Leota was struck by flying
bricks, and her face was bruised badly.
Lorna was not injured.
Neighbors were attracted by Mrs.
Bonness' cries, and turned in a fire
alarm when she told them that the
fireplace had fallen. There was no
fire in the grate, however, and the
presence of the apparatus was unneces
ary. Motorcycle Tatrolmen Gouldstone and
Crane were dispatched to the scene.
Ronald still was alive when they
reached the house. They called police
headquarters for Assistant City Physi
cian Lewis and the Ambulance Service
Company. The boy died, the officers
say, about a minute before medical
id arrived. Deputy Coroner Smith was
notified and the body was removed to
the morgue. Leota was not injured
severely enough to necessitate her re
moval to a hospital.
Thunderbolt Strike. Chimney.
The chimney on the Ohio Hotel at
Front and Madison streets was struck
by a thunderbolt at :45 o'clock, and
T. Pumida. who was stoking- the fur
race in the basement, was shocked
severely. The hotel guests were thrown
into a panic, but no serious injuries
were reported.
The lightning struck the chimney at
the top. five stories above the ground.
Fifty or a hundred bricks were torn
looi-e by the bolt, and the clatter on the
roof alarmed the residents, chiefly Jap
anese. Patrolman Maxwell was sent to
the building, and he succeeded in quiet
ing the frightened men and women.
JapMfw Shocked hr Bolt.
The lightning had run down the
chimney to the basement, where it tore
off a quantity of asbestos packing
around the furnace. Sumida was bom
barded with the fragments and shocked
severely, although he was not injured
badly.
The upper four stories of the build
in arc occupied by the hotel. A store
is on the ground floor.
Lightning hit the roof of the West
fall Apartment, at Fifth and Hall
streets, and ran down the elevator
shaft. The elevator was put out of
ommission, but nobody was hurt. A
small fire, starting on the roof, wad
quickly extinguished.
A-ASKAN TROOPS READY
Secretary Lane Admits Soldiers in
Strike Zone. Wait Orders.
WASHINGTON. April 26. Secretary
T-Tne said today that while the War
Department has placed a small number
of troops now in Alaska at the dis-1-ofal
of the I'nited Plates Marshal id
the Jurisdiction affected by the strike
on the Government railway at Anchor
age, he did not believe it would prove
necessary to use them.
The Secretary expressed the belief
that the wage commission appointed
by Secretary of Labor Wilson and now
in Alaska, would be able to settle the
dispute.
Members of Congress Hire Extra
Clerks to Take Care of Hush and
Companies Arc Overwhelmed.
WASHINGTON. April 26. The or
ganized propaganda of telegraphic pro
tects against a break with Germany
continued to pour into the Capitol to
day and the telegrapli companies were
overwhclme.1. Senators and Repre
sentatives, particularly from the Mid
dle Western states, had extra forces of
clerks at work sorting the mesages.
One Senator today received a printed
sheet on which were printed the va
rious form of messages being received.
At the top was printed a note (ur?
ing the recipient of the circuiar to
pick out anyone or all of the form
messages and telegraph them to mem
bers of Congress.
It is estimated that more than 50.000
telegrams have come in so far.
Senator Hasting announced tonight
that he wnuUl discuss the propaganda
in the Senate tomorrow and waa con
isdering proposing an investigation
either by Congress or by the Depart
ment of Justice.
The Senator made public a letter he
had received from 13. von Mach, exec
utive chairman of a committee in New
York City, warning him that in ad
vising German sympathizers to address
their telegrams to the German Ambas
sador he had made, himself criminally
liable.
OLDEST PIONEER PASSES
Walla AValla Loses Woman, Resident
There Since 1863.
IT.KKWATKR, Or.. April 26. (Spe
cial.) Mrs. Helen Wellman, a pioneer
of 186.T. died at her home near here
last night. She was the oldest pioneer
woman in the Walla Walla Valley.
Mrs. Wellman was born in Ralls
County. Missouri, in 1S36. She married
A. C. Wellman when 18 years of age
and crossed the plains with an ox team
In the Spring of 1863 and arrived in the
Walla Walla Valley in the same Au
tumn. Since then she has been a con
tinual resident of the valley. She is
survived by the following children: C.
B. Wellman, of Alberta. Canada; Mrs.
William Kelley, of Walla Walla; R. H.
Wellman, of Umapine, Or.; O. Percy
Wellman, of Kalispeli. Mont.; Mrs. D.
C. Holbrook. of Fruitvale. Or.; M. A.
Wellman. of Augusta. Mont, and Al
Wellman, of Walla Walla.
MODEL SCHOOL DISCOVERED
Clackamas County Palm Goes to
Mountain District.
SANDY, Or., April 26. (Special.)
County School Superintendent Calavan
has discovered the model school in
Greenwood district, in the mountains
seven miles from this place. It is the
smallest school in Clackamas County,
and yet it is the model, according to
the superintendent. It has nine pupils
and one teacher, Miss Esther Krupke.
Superintendent Calavan discovered
last . week that the acre of school
ground had been plowed, all stumps
had been removed, and there was not
a stick or twig on the ground. The
nine pupils, under the direction of Miss
Krupke, had worked on the ground
until nothing more could be done. In
side the school the same neatness and
order prevailed.
AMERICANS QUIT GERMANY
Paris Hears Foreigners Arc to Be
Detained for 20 Days.
GF.NEVA. via Paris. April 26. An
exodus of Americans from Germany has
begun. Several already have arrived
at Basel. They are convinced that a
rupture between Germany and the
i-nited States is inevitable.
PARIS. April 26. The German-Swiss
frontier has been closed since Monday,
even to mails, says a dispatch to the
Matin from Berne. Foreigners now in
Germany have been informed that none
will be allowed to leave the country
before 20 days have elapsed, the dis
patch adds.
HETTY GREEN IS BETTER
Cold, ot Paralysis, Caused Illness
of Wealthiest Woman.
NEW YORK. April 26. Published
reports that Mrs. Hetty Green, con
sidered the wealthiest woman in the
world, had been stricken with paraly
sis and was seriously ill, were denied
by her son. Colonel Edward H. R.
Green, who said that his mother con
tracted a slight cold while out riding
on Sunday.
"She was up yesterday attending to
her usual heavy routine of business."
Colonel Green declared.
GOVERNMENT DRUG STOLEN
Cocaine Sold to Illicit Vendors, Says
Hospital Apprentice.
SAN FRANCISCO. April 26. Boley
H. Caldwell, a 21-year-old apprentice in
the Federal hospital service at Mare
Island. Is in jail here today, following
a confession he made last night to
Secretary Louis Zeh and Inspector
Jones, of the State Board of Pharmacy,
that he had stolen approximately 48
ounces of cocaine and heroin from Gov
ernment stores in the course of the
past three months.
Caldwell said he sold his booty to
illicit drug vendors here for iZi and
i 10 an ounce.
Evidence Found in Von
Papen's Office.
HOME RULERS' NAMES SIGNED
Sir Roger Casement Partly Fi
nanced in United States.
TROOPS HOLDING DUBLIN
Large Number of Arrests .Made and
Severe Treatment Awaits Of
fenders; Casement May Pe
Itclieutlrd for Treason.
NEW YORK, April 26! Papers which
show that prominent Irishmen and Ger
mans in the I'nited States exhibited a
keen interest in plans for a revolt in
Ireland, were found by Federal agents
in their raid on the former offices here
of Captain Franz von Papen, with
drawn German military attache, ac
cording to a statement made tonight
by high Government officials.
Whether the Government will under
take an investigation rests with the
Department of Justice at Washington
which has the question under advise
ment, it was said.
Telltale Signatures Found.
Some of the letters and other docu
ments, it was asserted, bear the signa
tures of men who have been leaders
in the home rule propaganda in this
country. Methods of raising funds for
the equipment of Irish revolutionists
were discussed freely and in some of
the letters appeals were made for
financial aid.
United States Attorney Marshall
refused to comnient on the status of
the controversy over the arrest of
Wolfe von Igel. ex-secretary to Von
Papen. He doubted, however, whether
Attorney John B. Stanchfield would
carry out his announced Intention of
having- Von Igel identify tomorrow
from among the papers seized in Von
Papen's former office, those which
have been characterized by the German
ambassador as "official."
ev Indictments Expected.
It was learned from a responsible
source that the Federal grand jury
investigating the "Welland canal plot"
will return, before the end of the week,
superseding indictments based on in
formation obtained in Von Igel's office.
The new indictments, it is understood,
will strengthen the Government's case.
That the activities of Sir Roger
Casement were partly financed by
Irish-Americans, who contributed more
than $100,000 to the cause was the
assertion made here today by Jeremiah
A. O'Leary, director of the United Irish
Societies of this city and president of
the American Truth Society.
"Sir Roger." said Mr. O'Leary, "col
lected some $12,000 during his tour of
the United States In 19H."
Mr. Leary and other prominent Irish
Americans here who favor Irish inde-
'oncl ixid on rase :i. Column l.
APPARENTLY THE
Reprisal Leads to Furious Rattle
i n Cor va His Honsc Peace.
Treaty Finally Drawn.
OREGON" AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE,
Corvallis, April 26. (Special.) Nine
O. A. C. freshmen, believing themselves
qualified to assert their independence,
ducked a sqphomore in a near-by
stream Monday night. Later that night
the sophomore vigilance committee cut
the hair of several freshmen. v
Last night the freshmen enticed t-ie
chairman of the sophomore vigilance
committee. W. D. Pine, of Berkeley,
Cal., and a companion to a house on
the outskirts of the city. Pine lost his
hair, but his companion escaped and
called together the entire membership
of the sophomore class and a general
assault was led against all freshmen.
The freshmen took, refuge in a house
occupied by 12 of their number, and the
battle waxed hot. The sophomores van
quished the first-yea men and then
paraded the streets of the city until
Chief of Police Wells and Major Mc
Alexander, commandant of cadets, ap
peared and persuaded the victors to re
turn to more peaceful college pursuits.
' Both factions got together this morn
ing and made peace terms, which in
cluded the division of the expense of
damage to the assaulted house. "Dark
horse" Newman, of Portland, was prom
inent in the organization of the vic
torious class, and John Casey, also of
Portland, a member of the track team,
captained the freshmen forces.
WILSON URGES PATIENCE
Reference Made to "ccd lit Letter
to Californian. ,
SAN FRANCISCO, April 26. Presi
dent Wilson, under date of April 17,
wrote a letter, made public here today,
to Sidney M. Van Dyck, chairman of
the executive committee of the Califor
nia Democratic State Central Commit
tee, in which he said:
"The country at this juncture re
quires but patient thought and stead
fast purpose on the part of the people
to serve its highest interest, and I am
glad to have your assurances of the
loyal support of Californians."
TWO HOMES BURN IN GALE
Itoeidencos of Chief of Police and
Neighbor at Hillsboro Destroyed.
HILLSBORO. Or., April 26. (Spe
cial.) The adjoining residences of
Chief of Police George Pate and C. R.
Hodgson burned during a gale at 4
o'clock this afternoon.
The high wind caused the fire to
spread rapidly and little of the con
tents could be saved. A heavy shower
saved nearby houses from the flying
embers. The total loss is about $4000.
partially insured.
DRY PARKS PROVIDED FOR
Bill Wottld I'rcvent Liquor Sales on
l'etleral Reservations.
WASHINGTON, April 2G. National
narks and forest reserves would be
made "dry" by a bili 'today favorably
reported to the Senate by the public
lands committee.
It would prohibit the Secretary of
the Interior from granting permission
to any hoe's or any one to sell liquors.
ELEPHANT IS NOT IN A HEROIC
Answer in Armed Ship
Question Made.
'EXPEprlc' REQUIRED
Effect May Be to Stiffen Op
position in Berlin.
NEUTRAL RIGHTS CRUCIAL
Important Phase Is Lansing's Con
tention That Right to Sink Neu
tral Ship Under Any Cir
cunislanccs Is Doubtful.
BY JOHN CALLAN O'LAUGHLIN.
WASHINGTON, April 26. (Special.)
Another direct issue between the
United States and Germany has been
created as a result of publication to
day by direction of President Wilson
of a memorandum covering the entire
question of armed merchantmen.
This memorandum, prepared by Sec
retary of State Lansing, is the result
of a thorough study of the principles
of international law. It may be
regarded as an answer to the Ger
man note of February 10 last, declar
ing that "enemy merchantmen armed
with guns no longer have any right to
be considered as peaceable vessels of
commerce" and announcing that Ger
man -naval forces would receive in
structions to treat such vessels as bel
ligerents. Urrnan Contention Denied.
The Government of the United States
categorically declines to consent to the
German contention. Indeed, it goes back
conclusively upon the memorandum,
which, by direction of the President,
Secretary Lansing submitted to the al
lied powers last January announcing
that consideration was being given to
the advisability of treating armed mer
chantmen as auxiliary cruisers.
The memorandum issued today not
only recognizes the right of men hant
men to arm for defense, but specifically
Imposes on an enemy warship the duty
of testing "by actual experience" the
purpose of an armament on an enemy
merchant vessel and so determine "by
direct evidence" the status of the vessel.
Effect May Be to Stiffen Berlin.
Further there is laid down this doc
trine: If the merchantman finally surren
ders, the belligerent warship may re
lease it or take it into custody. In
the case of an enemy merchantman, it
may be sunk, but only if it is impos
sible to take it into port, and provided
always that the persons on board are
put in a place of safety. In the case
of a neutral merchantman, the right
to eink it in any circumstances is
doubtful.
Published at the moment when Ger
many has been seeking a way to make,
sufficient concessions to the United
States to prevent a rupture of rela
tions, it is realized that the memoran
dum may have the effect in Berlin of
Com-luded on Page
Column
MOOD THIS SPRING.
Log Scarcity and Higher Labor Are
Reported, as Well as Danger
of Shutdown by Water.
TACOMA, Wash., April 26. (Special.)
Seventy-eight mills of Washington
and Oregon were represented at an
informal meeting of lumbermen, held
in Tacoma today to consider general
manufacturing and marketing condi
tions. The situation, as canvassed, reveals
increases showing strongly in ali
monthly cost .shec,ts, short stocks at
mills, and selling values anywhere from
90 cents to $2 under the prices prevail
ing in April. 1313, which market was
considered normal.
Apothcr feature of the meeting was
the unanimous report of a log scarcity
in all districts labor was reported
higher.
A number of mills represented ad
vised of having listed the trade, or in
tending to list the trade, at what is
equivalent to a horizontal advance of
iuc on all fir items.
Columbia River and Willamette Val
ley mills were facing a prospective
shutdown .on account of high water, it
was reported. L. J. Wentworth. ot
Portland, and E. D. Kingsley and Wil
son Clark, of Linnton, spoke of the
seriousness of the water situation.
The weekly trade barometer of the
West Coast Lumbermen's Association
issued yesterday shows shipments ex
ceeding cut by about 19 per cent and
orders exceeding cut by 17 per cent.
The barometer is made up from reports
from 27 mills.
Apprehension was expressed over the
outlook of a railroad tie-up should a
strike develop. Tidewater mills are
feeling the scarcity of bottoms more
keenly than ever, it was reported.
RANCH BRINGS $185,000
Robert N. Stan field Buys Sheep and
Land Near Caldwell.
PENDLETON. Or., April 26. (Spe
cial.) Robert N. Stanfield, prominent
Umatilla County sheepman, has closed
a deal at Caldwell, Idaho, for the pur
chase of the McLeod & Hodgson hold
ings. Included in the deal, which repre
sents a. purchase price of $185,000, are
30,000 sheep, 1260 acres of patented
land and 3000 acres of leasehold. The
ranch and leasehold is about 20 by 60
miles in area.
TEEL B0NDSARE SOLD
Henry J. Kaiser Secures $1,100,000
Irrigation Issue.
ECHO, Or., April 26. (Special.) Fi
nancing of the Teel irrigation project
was completed here yesterday when
directors of the district awarded $1.
100,000 6 per cent construction bonds to
Henry J. Kaiser, the highest bidder.
The Teel project embraces 20,000
acres adjacent to Echo. Water will be
taken from John Day watershed. Mr.
Kaiser is president of the Kaiser Con
struction Company, Vancouver, B. C,
with a. Portland office at 1118 North
western Bank building.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 72
degrees; minimum, 4U degrees.
TODAY'S Showers; cooler; winds mostly
. southerly.
War.
Experts believe German raid covered Irish
rebel operations. Page 3.
Many influential Germans against break
with Unittd States. Page 'J.
National.
United States defines attitude toward armed
merchant vessels. Page 2,
Representative McArthur makes caustic
reply to Anti-Saloon League. Page x
Great quantity of apples In storage causes
concern. Page 3.
Congress deluged with telegrams pursuant
to propaganda, against break with Ger
many. Page 1.
New issue with Germany precipitated by
American declaration of position as to
armed merchantmen. Pag 1.
Arguments in irtermountain rale case fin
ished. Pago ir.
Iometic.
Papers seized in Von Papen's office show
pre-kncwledge of Irish uprising. Page 1.
Mother who poisoned children found not
guilty. Pae
"Shipping trust" acquired by $50,000,000
corporation. Page
Sport.
Pacific Coast League results: Vernon 4.
Portland - (seven innings, rain) ; Salt
Lake 5. San Francisco '2; Oakland 6, Los
Angeles 3. Page 14.
Yankee recruit pitcher ehuta out Red Sox.
Page 14.
Phils, with Alexander pitching", lose to
Brooklyn. Page 13.
Pacific Northwest.
Merchants' convention has busy day at As
toria. Page 7-
Portland excursionists sec wealth of Yaki
ma Valley. Page 4.
Arson defendant tells of her loss. Page 7.
Mills lo advance fir lumber prices. Page 1.
Washington Republican convention lineup
seems to favor Roosevelt. Page 4.
Big bridge span Is saved from dangerous
predicament In storm. Page 4.
Aggie freshmen and sophomores wage class
Lattle Pao 1.
Commercial and Marine.
Wool shearing starts in Eastern Oregon.
Page 1.
Chicago wheat higher on adverse crop con
ditions. Page 10.
Professional selling of stocks carries prices
downward. Page 1!.
Tort seeks to run vessels to Alaska. Page 16.
Portland and Vicinity.
Empress lease kept but movies will supplant
vaudeville. Page 4.
Two big realty deals are announced. Pago 9.
Installation of water meters goes on mer
rily. Page 11.
Eugene boy loses chance of being tor
pedoed. Page 12.
Child killed by fall of fireplace weakened
by storm. Page I.
Canneries may get special ruling on women.
Page 1.
Mr. Malarkey fined in court dispute in
murder trial. Pago 6.
Weather report, data and forecast. Page lfl.
Big company formed for manufacture of
nitrates In Iake County. Page 8.
Latent Oregon political news. Page 5.
Chai es against J. L. Kcrchen aired by
School 13 yard. Fae 5,
Welfare Revision Body
Makes Concession.
TENTATIVE PLANS ADOPTED
Commission Itself to Decide
Packing-House Problem.
REASONABLE WAGE ISSUE
Kffcrts I pun Industry oT liaising
Salaries of Girl Apprentices
Xlirec Times in Year Sub
ject of Long Ucbatc.
Fruit and vegetable canneries oper
ating in Oregon are to have special
consideration at the hands of the re
vision conference of the Industrial
Welfare Commission, which now is
aiming to recodify the regulations gov
erning the employment of women.
This conclusion was reached at a.
meeting of the conference yesterday
afternoon, when tentative plans worn
adopted for each of the several divi
sions into which women workers have
been classified.
Canning Spawn Short.
Cannery operators previously had
requested the Welfare Commission
itself to consider the specialized na
tures of tlieirindustry. The canning
season is short, the raw material i.-t
extremely perishable and women some
times must be employed longer than
nine or ten hours a day if the busi
ness is to be operated successfully.
The Commission already has held a
number of conferences with cannery
people. This subject also was debated
in various committees of the laft Leg
islature. At the conference meeting
yesterday, it was reported that a num
ber .f Oregon canneries have planned
to itmain idle, this Summer on ac
count of severe regulations of the
Commission.
Canneries Arc Excluded.
So the conference determined to ex
clude canneries from their present
recommendations, with the expectation
that the Commission itself will estab
lish new regulations in lime to accc-'n-modate
the work of the coming Spring
and Summer.
Regulations governing employment of
apprentices in mercantile establish
ments were the subjects of chief con
sideration yesterday. The conference,
at a previous meeting, had ruled ten
tatively that the present apprentice
ship period of one year be broken into
three periods of four months each, with
a graduated advance in wages at the
end of each four months. Thus, an
apprentice would work the first tour
months for ?6 a week, as at present;
the second four months for $7. and the
third four months for JS. At the end
of the year she would get tP.2." a week,
the present minimum wage for adult
workers.
Retail store proprietors were advised
of this plan, and were requested to b
present yesterday. George W. Joseph
appeared as the representative of sev
eral of the large department stors.
Mr. Joseph said that the department
stores did not propose to enter objec
tion to the new schedule; first, because
they did not oppose the advance on its
own merits, and. second, becau.se they
realized it would do no good anyway.
But they wanted to object informally,
he said, and these informal objections
he proceeded to state.
Attitude It Stated.
"The stores take it." began Air.
Joseph, "that they can make no show
ing that will affect this case. It is a
matter in which the evidence that
might change the opinion of this body
cannot be produced. If I were a mem
ber of this Commission I would not
change my mind, and I don't expect
you to."
He insisted, however, that the rec
ommendations of the conference will
have a lasting effect on the future de
velopments o the whole state, yet he
did not urge a withdrawal of the sug
gested, recommendations.
"If we were to bring the books of all
concerns affected by this ruling and
show that they are losing money," he
continued. "I would not expect it to
have an effect. The rulings would be
made all the same.
"But so far as the stores are con
cerned, any advance that is made for
the benefit of the inexperienced or the
inefficient help must be made at the
expense of the efficient and the experi
enced help.
"1 know that you are getting ready to
suggest that we charge this increase
to the general public, but the stores
that are in competition with places em
ploying men can't increase their price?.
Under present conditions no store can
afford to pay higher salaries."
Lower IlentM Cited.
Mr. Joseph answered the argument
gf members of the conference that the
cost of living has advanced since for
mer rulings were made by declaring
that in one important item rents tho
cost of living has been reduced from
30 to 50 per cent.
He explained that he was a member
of the Legislature that enacted the law
creating the Industrial Welfare Com
mission and that he voted for it.
"But," he asserted, "the object of the
law was not to give the Commission
power to regulate the whole scale of
wages. It was only to fix a minimum
(.concluded on rage 1, Culumu S.)
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