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VOL. L.VI. NO. 17,44G.
PORTLAND, OllEGON, SATURDAY,- OCTOBER 21, 1916.
- PRICE FIVE CENT!L
BRITISH MOVE MAY
CHECK WHEAT RISE
SIX NEW SHIPS
ORDERED IN NORTH
A0AM50N LAW
NEW YORK WAITERS
THREATEN STRIKE
CHURCH URGED TO
BRITISH SEIZE MAIL
COUNCIL DECIDES
BOUND TO MANILA
PROVE 'GOLD
AID SOCIAL UPLIFT
TO RULE JITNEYS
ABERDEEN WlliJj BUILD FOUK
PLAXS LAID TO TIE UP RESTAU
RANTS AND. HOTELS.
DUTCH STEAMER ARAKAN FROM
AJfD OliXMPIA TWO.
BORNEO IS HELD UP.
AY
BRICK
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Buying Stops as High
Point Is Attained.
RECORD IS ALMOST. REACHED
All Grain in Canada and in
Transit Commandeered.
CORN IS BIG SENSATION
Cash Offerings Reach $1 a Bushel.
World Shortage Dally Becoming
. . More Apparent Argentina
Drouth Is Serious.
CHICAGO. -Oct. 20. (Special.)
While December wheat was surging up
to tl.TIM today on the Chicago Board
of Trade and the bakers were consider
ing "seven-cent bread or failure." the
British government took action which,
it is believed, will have a bearish ef
fect. It notified the Raymond Pynchon
Company, stock brokers, with offices In
London and Chicago, to accept no more
buying orders of grain or wheat in the
United States, and it commandeered all
the wheat now stored in Canada and
in transit from Canada which is owned
by British grain men. Only about 25
per cent of the Canadian crop of last
year is in the hands of the farmers, it
Is said. .....
Wheat Ntar Joe Letter's Mark.
Wheat for the second time this week
threatened to reach the mark of 11.85
set in '98 when "Joe Letter cornered
the market. With the exception of that
figure, it is said to be the highest price
since the Civil War. December wheat
ranged from $1.69 to $1.71 H. and
reached the high price inside five min
utes, though later it fell to $1.70.
May wheat opened around $1.69 and
sold up to $1.71 and then dropped to
$1.7-0, If the bull movement does not
etop, the bread-makers say, it meant
"Peven cents a loaf or' fail."
The bis sensation on the board, how
ever, was in corn, which advanced
.from 2 to 5 cents a bushel. Weather
conditions were blamed for " the corn
advance. The storm that fell upon Chi
cago extended generally over the corn
belt, delaying harvesting and damaging
the grain.
Corn Reaches High Mark.
Cash corn sold at $1 a bushel for No.
2 yellow, equaling the high price
reached in 1892.
A world of wheat was sold on the
advance by' longs, who had profits, but
the buying was even greater. The
seriousness of the world shortage. in
wheat Is dally becoming more potent
and the situation more aggravated by
the unfavorable weather in Argentina.
Crop advices from the latter country
were more alarming as drought contin
ues. Wet weather and freezing tem
peratures have combined to delay the
threshing and movement of wheat in
the Spring wheat country.
With this prospect Ahead of them,
Chicago bakers, having failed yester
day to get an audience with President
Wilson when he was in Chicago, pre
pared today to appeal to their Con
gressmen for action. An embargo, or
at least regulation of export of wheat
to the warring nations of Europe, ac
cording to B. H. Dahlheimer, president
of the Master Bakers' Association, is
the most effective solution of the bread
situation.
WOMEN REPLACE FIREMEN
Iltxxl River Home Barns AVhen Men
Are Absent Picking Apples.
HOOD RIVER, Or., Oct. 20. Ninety
per cent of the male population of the
city was at work In valley orchards
this afternoon when Hood River house
wives were thrown into a panic by the
fire alarm calling . the volunteer de
partment to the E. R. Parker home
at tne western edge of town. Neigh-.
Donng women rushed to the scene and
succeeded in saving a portion of the
contents of the residence, which was
destroyed.
Fire Chief Morgan, at the boat land
ing when the alarm sounded, rushed to
the business center and succeeded in
rounding up five volunteer fire-fighters
who were hurried to the Parker home
In an automobile and prevented a
spread, of the flames to adjoining prop
erty. 300 FOR J-UJGHES SEEN
Electoral Votes May Reach 355, Says
Manager; McCormick Disagrees.
NEW YORK. Oct. 20. A total of 300
electoral votes assured for Charles E.
Hughes, with an additional 50 probable
and another 55 possible, was claimed
for the Republican Presidential can
dictate in the statement issued tonight
cy thanes w. larnbam, manager of
the Hughes campaign tour. There, are
631 votes in the electoral college.
Mr. Farnham said he based his con
elusions on observations of conditions
In all parts of the country. Among the
states, he placed in the "sure" column
were Ohio, New York, Illinois and
Indians,
After & series of conferences, Vance
McCormlc. Democratic National chair
man, said tonight: "It's all over. The
President Is re-elected."
Vessels Will Be Wooden Auxiliaries
With 2,000,000 Feet Ijumber Ca
pacityFour Go to Norway.
ABERDEEN. Wash.. Oct. 20. (Spe
cial.) Contracts for" six auxiliary
schooners, four to be built here and
two in Olympla, were secured in New
York City by A. Schubach. principal
owner of the Grays Harbor shipyard,
who has Just arrived here from the
East. All of the vessels are to be
2.000.000 feet capacity lumber carriers,
and will be 290 feet long over alL
Schubach says that four of the vessels
are for Norwegian owners, and two for
New York shippers.
The securing of these contracts will
give the Grays Harbor six ships to
build. Mr. Schubach is enthusiastic
about the outlook for shipbuilding, and
predicts that his shipyard here will
have plenty of business for the next
five years.
The. first of the vessels building by
Mr. Schubach will be launched about
Christmas. The keel for the .third of
these now is being laid, and within a
few days the framework for it will be
going up.
TEUTONS DISARM POLES
Recruits From Conqnerod Country
Reported Unreliable.
LONDON, Oct. 20. A dispatch from
Berne, Switzerland, to the Wireless
Press says:
"Germany's Polish Legion has col
lapsed. After long efforts and coercive
pressure Germany and Austria-Hungary
succeeded . in enrolling 18,000 Poles.
They were divided Into six brigades.
'Four brigades mutinied at the be
ginning of October, and they were dis
armed and Imprisoned in the Brest'
Lltovsk barracks. The remnants of the
legion were sent to - the Interior of
Austria, the troops being considered
unreliable." - ,
EVANGELINE BOOTH IS ILL
Salvation Army Leader Is Suffer
ing From Neuritis.
NEW YORK, Oct. 20. Evangeline
Booth, head of the Salvation Army in
this country, has n stricken with a
severe attack of neuritis, and is under
a physician's care at White Plains,
N. Y.. It was announced here today by
the organization.
Her lecture trips have been canceled.
but it i3 hoped she may recover suffi
ciently to preside at the National con
gress of the Salvation Army at Phila
delphia, beginning November 17.
PHYSICIANS STILL BAFFLED
Origin and Transmission of Infan
tile Paralysis Unknown.
MILWAUKEE, Oct. 20. Today's ses
sion of the annual meeting of the
American Association for Study and
Prevention of Infant Mortality was de
voted almost wholly to discussion of
infantile paralysis.
There was unanimous opinion that
the medical profession so far is unable
to cope with the malady and that its
origin and method of contagion virtu
ally is unknown.
ESCAPED CONVICTS CAUGHT
One Sing Sing Fugitive Shot While
on Rockefeller Property.
OSSINING, N. Y., Oct. 20. All of the
six Sing Sing convicts who escaped
yesterday in an automobile truck were
back in the prison today, and Calvin
Derrick, acting warden, has placed on
the Mutual Welfare League the respon
sibility for the men's flight.
Marquis Curtis, a life-term convict.
caught on John D. Rockefellers prop
erty, was snot wnen ne reiused to sur
render, and is in & serious condition.
2 OF CUNARDER CREW LOST
All Passengers on Liner Saved After
Mine Sinks Vessel.
NEW YORK, Oct. 20. The Cunard
line announces here today word had
been received that all but two of the
crew of - the steamer Alaunia. which
was sunk yesterday by a mine In the
English Channel, had been saved.
Another message received, the ofn
cials said, reiterated previous informa
tlon that all passengers were landed
Wednesday at Falmouth.
$600,000 PLEDGED CHURCH
Methodist Women Confident
Reaching $1,000,000 Mark.
of
COLUMBUS, O., Oct. 20. Approxi
mately $600,000 was pledged for the
coming year's work by delegates to th
National convention of the Methodist
Women's Home Missionary Society here
today.
Assurance was given that the $1,000,
000 goal would be reached easily before
tne end or the year.
FRENCH. DOOM WOMAN SPY
Court-Martial at Marseilles Pro
nounces Death Sentence.
PARIS. Oct. 20. A court-martial at
Marseilles has unanimously condemned
to death for spying Madame Gomeno
Sanches.
Before her marriage she was Maria
Liberdnll. of Dusaeldorf.
Pos-1
sible Effects of Act.
REAL MEANING IS DEBATABLE
Compulsory Arbitration May
Be Congress Next Move.
BODY BLOW TO UNION SEEN
Without Additional legislation Em
ployes Would Lose Many of the
Benefits Now Enjoyed, De
clare Students of Act.
Tfi the- Adamson law a gold brick?
idany railroad trainmen, for whose
ostensible benefit it was passed by a
terrified Congress under the Presiden
tial lash, are beginning to think that
It Is.
Democratic campaign orators grandi
loquently refer to the Adamson law as
an eight-hour law, but the railroad men
and the general public already realize
that It does not fix hours at all. that
it merely provides some railroad em
ployes with an Increase in wages.
Private Airwrnnli Affected.
But a little careful study convinces
the trainmen that it doesn't even in
crease their wages without a compen
sating increase in the quantity of serv
ice that they have to perform.
They see, too, that the law practically
abrogates all existing private agree
ments between the railroads and the
men and that the railroads will have the
power to exact the maximum service
from their employes. In other words.
they can work the men up to the eight-
hour limit at various odd lobs, even If
their regular work is completed within
the eight hours.
But here is somthlng evea more se
rious from the viewpoint of the train
men: The new law, doubtless, will lead to
an enactment by Congress of a com
pulsory, arbitration law, which will
force the railroads and their employes
to settle their differences through con
ferences, make strikes lmDossihlo and
nullify the power of the railroad unions
as militant factors in the labor move
ment. Attorney Study Lavr.
There is more or less disagreement
among railroad attorneys as to just
what the Adamson law means. Some
of the best legal authorities in the
railroad service now are studying the
question. They have gtven no formal
opinion, but doubtless all roads will
adopt the tame interpretation.
Other lawyers, as well as railroad
men, have given oii-nand opinions on
the subject, though, and they agree on
this point:
That the law, as It was passed, wipes
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PROFESSOR
Trainmen Study
I AM A FIERCE PARTISAN of
THE OPEN SHOP
JA"-'? WILSON
'THECHINESE WERE MRE
TO BE DESIRED AS WORKING
MEN, IF NT AS CITIZENS,
THAN MST0FTHE COARSE
CRE W THAT CAME CROWD
ING IN ElERV YEAR AT THE
EASTERN PORTS
"HlSTOf?V ofthe
AMERICAN PEOPLE"
as Far Xorth as 155th
May - Result Leading
Street
Clubs Also Will Be Affected.
NEW YORK. Oct. 20. (Special.)
Walters and kitchen workers have
formulated plans for a strike that will
affect hotels and restaurants in the
theatrical district, as well as many
leading clubs. The plans Include the
tying up of every restaurant and din
ing-room as far north as One Hundred
and Fifty-fifth street unless the de
mands of the union men are met by
the employers.
The Hotel and Restaurant Employes
International Alliance of America, to
which the waiters belong, held a
stormy session at its headquarters to
day. . William Lesman. general or
ganizer, declared that be was confident
that the men would vote to strike.
The demands of the waiters and
kitchen workers are for a 10-hour day.
pay for overtime and one day off each
week. Leaders of the organizations
said that they were already negotiat
ing with the Hotel Association.
At five of the leading hotels- in the
theater district the Manhattan. Knick
erbocker, Astor. McAlpln and Waldorf-
Astoria and at Rector's restaurant
it was said that rumors of the strike
had been heard. -
At the offices of the Hotel Associa
tion it was said that no negotiations
with the unions had been entered into.
SALVORS ABANDON BEAR
Part of Ship's Crew Remains and
May Try to Strip Vessel.
ELiREKA. Cal.. Oct. 20. (Special.)
with the departure of the British
wrecking tug Salvor for Victoria tJ
day, all operations on the wreck of
the steamer Bear ceased. Captain II. A.
Logan, who has been in charge. left to
day for Guatemala, where he will at
tempt to float the German steamer
Sosestros. which has been ashore there
for several years.
Fred Tibbltts. first officer of the Bear,
with four men. still is holding the
steamer, and it is believed orders to
strip the vessel will soon be given.
.Judging from the manner In which the
seas are breaking over the vessel, un
less quick action is taken. It may soon
be impossible to save anything.
ARTILLERY RIFLEMEN WIN
Oregon Gunners Beat Infantry and
Take Governor's Trophy.
The crack team of the Coast Artil
lery Corps. Oregon National Guard,
won from the crack team of the In
fantry in the shoot for the Governor's
trophy In the state rifle and pistol com
petition at Clackamas range yesterday.
The men on each team are picked from
the best marksmen In their organiza
tions. In the team shoot Company B, Third
Infantry, won first place out of a flelJ
of 24 teams.
Scoring In yesterday's shoot for the
75 medals will be compiled today.
There have been about 125 men shoot
ing in the competition and more than
70 men engaged on the range.
SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT.
WILSON
WJLSrt
V
PamlnA
Call for Spiritual "Jim
Hills" Voiced.
CRYING NEED IS RELATED
Episcopalian Leaders Say
Workers Are Estranged.
FEWER ENTERING MINISTRY
Parents, Teachers and Rectors Ad
vised to Present Claims Just as
They Would That of Any
Other Profes&lon.
ST. LOUIS, Oct. 20. Urging that
without affiliating itself with any "po
lltlcal scheme" the church take a larger
Interest in the work of Improving the
masses, three leaders of the church
spoke at a Joint meeting of the houses
of the Protestant Episcopal General
Convention here today.
They said that by such action the
great mass of laboring people, "many
of whom have been estranged, can be
won back to the church."
Right Rev. Edwin 8. Lines, bishop of
Newark, N. J., said: "It's a great mis
take to bind the fortunes of the church
with the privileged classes.
Prophetic Fervor Always Streaav.
There are many men who tell me
they are opposed to so many movements
In the church," continued Bishop Lines,
"but that is only because they oppose
movements of any kind. There are
some of our clergy who during times
of great industrial strife use very
strong language. But these 'men are
prophets of the new social order and
the . prophetic fervor always has
pressed itself 1n strong language."
Right Rev. W. A. Guerry. bishop of
South Carolina, said the church had
definitely and finally committed itself
to the work of social reform.
"To the great body or laboring people
in this country." he said, "the church
represents privilege and Is the enemy
of progress. We know that this is not
a true indictment of the Christian
church. We must let the church stand
forth equally as the church of the rich
and the poor. .
Champions Praised ai Pioneer.
"These brethren, who are the cham
pions of social righteousness and social
Justice in the church, are the pioneers
in a great movement which means
much in the future. They are the con
necting links between the church and
the great masses of laboring people."
The service of Christianity must be
social service. Right Rev. Chauncey B.
Brewster, bishop of Connecticut, told
the delegates.
"God is preparing a new world," he
declared. "Shame on us as a church, if
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GOVERNOR HUGHES
''DURING HI ST W0 TERMS
HE HAS SIGNED F.FTY
SIX LABOR LAWS, IN
CLUDING AMONG THEM
THE BEST LABOR
LAWS EVER ENACTED
TH LEGISLATIVE LABOR.
MEWS FtiEW YORocT.ifj
THE,mRKlh6MAti ISN0T
ASKING ANYTHING HESH0ULD
hOT'HME.ALL HE WANTS
IS A SQUARE DEAL HUGHES
Move Believed Based on Rumors
That Philippines Harbor Junta
Plotting Indian Revolution.
WASHINGTON. Oct. 20. The Dutch
steamer Arakan. bound from a Dutch
port in Borneo to Manila, was held up
on the high seas August 30 by a British
war vessel and all her mall was taken
off. according to advices - reaching
Washington today. No official explana
tion baa reached the State Department.
and an Inquiry may be made as to why
a neutral vessel, bound from one neu
tral port to another and far removed
from the war zone, was submitted to
such treatment.
Great Britain some time ago extended
her censorship to vessels plying in the
Far East, but so far as is known never
before has seized mail outside British
waters or on such a short local voyage.
Several instances of seizures in Far
Eastern waters, including the Chinese
Prince and the Kafue cases, provoked
such opposition here that the British.
Foreign Office finally made informal
expressions of regret and agreed to
change the policy.
Great Britain's explanation of her ex
tension of the censorship to the Pa
cific has been predicted on rumors that
Manila is being used as the base for
a German-Indian Junta looking to revo
lution in India. No formal represen
tations containing this charge have
been made, however, and 30 Germans
and Austrians said to have been driven
from Shanghai for plotting and seized
some time ago on their way to Manila
were released on complaint by he
United States.
300 CARS TO BE BUILT
Milwaukee Railway Is to Place Order
at Tacoma.
TACOMA. Wash., Oct. 20. (Special.)
-Milwaukee railroad offiicals here are
awaiting the order for building 800
freight cars at the Tacoma shops. The
order, it is said, already has been given
in Chicago and work is expected to
start here within two weeks.
As much of the material as possible
will be purchased here. When the work
is well started the output from the
hops will be approximately ten cars
daily.
HALIFAX TO HIDE IN DARK
Whether Zeppelin or IJjic-m j Warships
Is Feared Is Hot Announced.
HALIFAX. N. S.. Oct. 29. All lights,
except a few shaded, ones in the west
and north ends, hare again been or
dered turned off In the streets of this
city at night and all blinds must be
drawn, according to orders Just sent
out from military headquarters.
Whether a visit from a trans-Atlantic
Zeppelin or an attack from the sea
by enemy war craft is feared is not
known.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The TTntlwr.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 63
dnwi; minimum, 41 degree
TO-DAY'S ' air; northwesterly winds.
War.
Cretan land at Salonlkl to Join Greek na
tionalist army, face 4.
British make important gain In 13-mlnule
tlash. .face 4.
Germans recapture trenches taken by alllea
page 4.
British Belxa mails for Manila on butch
ship from Borneo. Pax 1
Politics.
President 'Wilson erects people on -way home.
Pago s. .
The Uallee extends warm greeting- te Mrs.
K. B. Kawley. Page a.
Portland women get message from President
at Wilson dinner. page Z.
Mrs. Kent pleads for votes for Hughes.
Page -.
Noted speakers to compalgn In Oregon for
Hughes. Page 7.
Mexico.
American troops in skirmish with Mexicans
across border. Page 4.
Domeftlk.
Episcopalian leaders urge church to em
phasise social service. Pag 1.
Big munitions plant laying off men who
drink lltruor. Pago 3.
Birth control clinics to bo attempted In
several cities. Page 8.
British stop buying wheat and check ad
vance. Page 1.
Cold wav spreads out. Pago 0.
Eport.
Pacific Coast League results: Portland 8,
Los Angeles 1: Oakland 6. Vernon 0;
ban Francisco T. Salt Lake 4. Pago 13.
Ames to meet Missouri University eleven
today. Page 12.
Oregon and California teams both confident
of victory today. Page 12.
Washington High swamps High School of
Commerce, 67 to u. Page 1;.
Mabel Trunk wins main event at Atlanta
races. Page 13.
Nebraska and Oregon Aggies clash today la
gridiron fray. Pago 12.
Pacific Northwest.
Decrease in Insanity attributed to prohi
bition. Page o.
Woman kills Seattle tank clerk who told
tales. Pago o.
Six new ships ordered at Grays Harbor.
Page 1.
Republicans make big registration gala In
Oregon. Pago 5.
Commercial and Marine.
Adwance In wheat prices In North-vest Is
checked. Page IT.
Steel sto?k leads In heavy speculation at
New York. Page IT.
Trade for new Norwegian lino Is assured.
Page 16.
Portland and Vicinity.
Wilson meeting tonight at Armory to De
addressed by Bainbrldge Colby. Page 7.
Armenian relief fund grows to SOOL's 03.
Page a.
Right to make wine for own use subject of
test suit. Page 1G.
RevLsed traffic ordinance to be passed
Wednesday.' Page 11.
Prlxe oration ot Portland wins cheers and
trophy. Pago 7.
Jitney regulation to bo more severe.
Paga 1.
Bakers face loss; largo loaf Is forecast.
Pago 11.
India declared In revolt with close censor
ship maintained. Page 11.
Adamson law may prove to be "gold brick.
Page 1.
Charges against cement company fall flat.
Pag- 1.
Weather report, data and forecast. Pago 17.
All Sides Are Heard at
Stormy Session.
NEW FRANCHISE IS ORDERED
Fair Play for Car Company
Urged by Organizations.
MR. DALY STANDS ALONE
Understanding Now la That Ttestric
tions on Motor Service) Will Be
Comparable With t Those- of .
Railway Organization. -
8CHMART OF PltESEXT JIT
SEY SITUATION.
Jitneys must have franchise to
continue in business after . No
vember 15.
Request of Jitney drivers' union
for franchise on own terms with
meager regulation rejected by
Council.
Council majority (Mayor Albee
and Commissioners Baker and
Dieck) insist on Jitney franchise
being comparable in require
ments for service with regula
tions imposed on streetcars.
Commissioner Daly favora
franchise at Jitneys terms, dis
regarding street railway regula
tions. Commissioner Bigelow non
committal as yet but probably
standing with Council majority.
Council majority Instructs
Commissioner deck to prepare
franchise for city's best Interest,
which Jitneys can take or leave.
New proposed ordinance will
require Jitneys to operate on
streets not used by streetcars
and in districts not now served
and will require transfer sys
tem probably, and a bond to
guarantee perpetuation of serv
ice. Jitneys declare they cannot be
regulated and live and therefore
will reject proposed new fran
chise. Civic, Industrial and commun
ity clubs and organisations and
business men flood Council with
resolutions asking fair deal for
streetcar company.
Jitneys are not to be given a fran
chise at their own terms to continue
the present Indiscriminate service.
The City Council at the close of a
stormy session yesterday instructed
Commissioner Dieck to prepare a
proposed franchise Imposing regu
lations and service exactions com
parable with those imposed on the
streetcar company. The Jitneys can
take this franchise and continue op
erating or refuse it and go - out of
business November IS.
The action of the Council was taken
after listening to all kinds CI argu
ments from business men. Jitney, lead
ers, labor council leaders and others,
during which personalities, imputa
tions and hot words were hurled back
and forth. On top of the arguments
came a flood of resolutions from civic,
business and community organizations .
demanding that any franchise granted
the Jitneys Include the same or com
parable conditions with thoso Imposed
against the streetcars.
Majority for Control.
It was apparent that at least three
members of the Council, and possibly
four, were against the franchise on
the Jitney's own conditions and were
in favor of granting a franchise which
would impose similar regulations to
those Imposed on the streetcar as far
as service and taxation are concerned.
Mayor Albee and Commissioners Dieck
and Baker openly announced this to
be their Intention, and it is probable
that Commissioner Bigelow will stand
In the same position, although he did
not comment yesterday. Commissioner
Daly alone stands for the Jitney fran
chise at the Jitney terms.
Among the business men who ap
peared before the Council and de
manded a "square deal" for the street
car were W. F. Woodward, C. W.
Hodjon and K. . T. Richards. The
Council chamber was 'crowded with
business men and Jitney drivers.
Jitney Driven Represented.
Arthur I. Moulton. attorney for the
Jitney Drivers Union, presented the
case of the Jitney. He declared that
It was apparent the Council Intended
to- draft a franchise which would put
the Jitney out. He launched forth in
a flood of imputations to the effect
that the action was the result of the
Influence of the "powerful Portland
Railway. Light tc Power Company,
which Is trying to throttle a strug
gling competitor. lie implied that
Commissioner Dieck and City Attorney
LaRoche were under the influence of
the company, and went along in thia
strain until called to time by mem
bers of the Council.
I resent that Imputation," snapped
Commissioner Dieck. "The fact that
I may not agree with you In regard
to what is for the best interests ot
the city dots not mean that' iny
tCtylud"d on l're li column l.i