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PORTLAND, OREGON, TUESDAY. JANUARY 30, 1017.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
TALE OF
BRITISH TIGHTEN II
PRESIDENT VETOES
IMMIGRATION BILL
LAWSON DECLARED
TO BE 'ROMANCING'
CLUBHOUSE MONEY nDV mi I PAQQFMH
GERMAN BLOCKADE
GOES TO BELGIANS! :;:.. 1;,
GRAFT IS UNFOLDED
PORTION'S OF DUTCH AND DAN-
OBJECTION. AGAIN IS MADE TO
LITERACY TEST.
NEW YORKERS POSTPONE EREC
IS1T COAST INVOLVED.
TION OF FINE HOME.
BUILDING
II CMI DAPlC UIC
IIILUUH UnU U IIU
PHOBRJUUIMEmWIII
Sluggers, Gunmen, Ar
sonists Employed. ;
BUSINESS AGENT IS ACCUSED
War Between Rival Unions Is
Feature of Case.
MORE DETAILS PROMISED
Witness In Trial of - Fifteen - Men
Indicted for Conspiracy Tells of.
Violent and Illegal Meth
ods Used by Gang.
CHICAGO, Jan.. 29. (Special.) Reve
lation of strong-arm methods. of
the employment of sluggers and gun
men. of bitter warfare between union
factions, of Intrigue and arson that all
made up the conspiracy to block build
lng construction work In Chicago, to
day was made from the witness stand
In Federal Judge Humphrey's court
room.
J. F. Nichols, a former business agent
of local No. 376, of the Electrical Work
ers' Union,- was telling the Jury what
he knew of the consniraev to kiwn
electrical goods from being Installed in
Chicago buildings unless, the goods
were made in Chicago.
Fifteen Under ladirtment.
As" the result of this alleged con
spiracy, four former business agents
of the union and 11 electrical switch
board manufacturers are on trial
charged with violation of the Sherman
anti-monopoly law.
Repeatedly the name of Michael
Boyle, business agent of No. 134, was
brought Into the case. Boyle Is the
man who Is said to have built a 130.000
flat building on a salary of $50 a week
out of his savings of four years.
Nichols testified that there had been
a written agreement to keep non-Chl-eago
made goods out of buildings being
constructed here and that Boyle had
been responsible for the agreement. He
declared he had had a break with
Boyle and that his local. No. 376, and
tne one controlled by Boyle. No. 134,
were continually at war.
Nichols testifed first that his union
had been a party to an agreement with
the manufacturers that Included the
provision that the workers should not
work on the- Installation of nonunion
switchboards. Boyle, however, he said.
proceeded Immediately to bring about a
monopoly of the work for local No. 134,
rival of local No. 376.
. Manufacturers In Conference.
T met the manufacturers in Octo
ber. 1911." said the witness, "and we
bad a conference about the state of
af ralra.
wnat was the conference about
then?" asked Special Assistant Dis
trict Attorney Hopkins.
"Well, it was very short and irweet.1
"Tell us what was said."
"Well. I demanded of them to know
how much they were paying Hike
Boyle for doing what he was doing.
. They said It was none of my business.
that they were dealing with Boyle and
not with me."
Nichols then told of a quarrel be
tween Raymond Cleary, Boyle's assist
ant. and one of the labor men on trial,
when members of Local 376 were in
stalling a switchboard.
Sluggers and Gnnmen Called.
"Cleary came there In behalf of i
gang of professionals," said Nichols.
They were sluggers and gunmen.
0jg men were at work on the seventh
floor when Cleary and his gang made
their invasion. They tried to force ou
men off the Job. Cleary said: 'You rats
will have to get off the Job, but the rats
were too much for Mr. Cleary and his
gang."
"Did your men get off the Job?"
"Not yet. Boyle came around next
and said we would have to get off and
get off quick. Well, we got off, all
right."
"The Boyle-Cleary sluggers didn't
put us off. They got some lawyers to
put us off. The lawyers went Into
court and got an Injunction before
Judge Pettlt and the injunction kept
us from working on the Job."
Arson Details Promised.
Nichols testified generally as to vari
ous activities of his rival union leaders
and, their followers, charging that
buildings on which members of local
No. 376 worked were, in several in
stances, burned by arson plotters- No
specific instances of this were detailed,
but Mr. Hopkins indicated details
would be brought out later fof the in
formation of the jury.
"How did you happen to testify?"
"Well, the grand jury just gave me a
chance to change my ' mind, and 1
wasn't any fool. I took the chance
they gave me and I changed my mind.
That's how It happened," and Nichols
chuckled while the Jury laughed and
the presiding Judge smiled behind his
hand.
Boycott Wrk4 Out at Meetings.
A. J. Cole, formerly connected with
Kohler Bros, switchboard manufactur
ers, and ' represented that concern in
the councils of the Chicago Switchboard
Manufacturers' Association. He severed
his connection with the Kohler concern
and the association, having had ample
time to escape the Government's net.
He testified that when he was con-
Measnre Designed to Restrict War
fchipg and Submarines and
Raise Bar Against .Ririders.
LONDON. Jan. 29. The Berliner
Tageblatt, says an evening news dls
t?at.;h from The Hague. announces a
British blockade of Helgoland Light.
Involving to some extent portions of
the Dutch and Danish coasts. It says
the measure is mainly directed against
the entrance and departure of German
submarines.
Nothing has been officially an
nounced here In regard to the exten
sion of the "danger to shipping" zone
in the North Sea, but the censor has
permitted the publication of Scandi
navian dispatches referring to the new
naval measure. According to tele
grams from Copenhagen, Scandinavian
traffic with Holland hereafter will be
difficult and the Danish fishing Industry
will be - considerably hampered.
A warning that Great Britain had
made a considerable extension to the
danger zone In the North Sea was re
ceived by the State-. Department in
Washington on Saturday from the
American' embassy at London. The
new line cuts off the entire German
North Sea coast and its purpose Is,
Action on All Leading
Measures Expected.
ADVISERS ARE .SO INFORMED
Extension of Civil Service to
All Postmasters Urged.
STRIKE BILL IN DOUBT
Vocational Education, Flood Con
trol, Land Leasing and lVtport
Combines to Be Pressed
to Conclusion.
WASHINGTON, Jan. S9. After
Champions of Measure Lay Plans to
' Pass It Notwithstanding Mar-
gin In Both Houses Wide. -
WASHINGTON, Jan. 29. President
Wilson today vetoed the immigration
bill, passed recently by Congress, be
cause of Its literacy test provision.
When the message was read in the
House It was ordered to lie on the table
until Thursday morning, and champions
of the bill began laying their plans for
an effort to override the . veto. Chair
man Burnett' announced tonight he
would move for a vote Thursday. The
House two years ago lacked only four
Votes of the necessary two-thirds ma
jority to pass the bill over the veto.
the ayes being 261 and the noes 136.
The attempt having failed in the
House no action was taken by the
Senate.
When President Taft vetoed a similar
measure because of the literacy test the
Senate succeeded In overriding him by
more tnan a two-iniras majority, out
the House fell short about a dozen
votes.
The bll which the President vetoed
today parsed the House last March by
a vote of 308 to 87. and the Senate In
December 64 to 7.
land and lessen the " possibility of the
e3cape of. raiders.
CAT FIGHT UP' TO CITY
pr: turned to be to bottle up more I series oi conierences at the capitoi on
closaly the German warships at Helpo-I practically all features of his legisla
tive programme. President Wilson told
his advisers today he believed action
could be secured at this session on
every important measure In which he
Is interested. With different members
Council Is Asked to Enact Ordinance of Senate and House he had dis-
I cussed means of preventing railroad
flood enntrftl. thA e.n.rnl land-lftfljilnir
The fight against cats which bas -r,, -r,, v,,,, . ,,,, ,
been waged for months past In the ' "
letters from the nubile" Danes of he
newspapers was . shifted yesterday to rnon selling agencies abroad. Increased
the City Council. That body ha, been I pay for. Federal employes and thelac-
&sked by L. S. Wright, of 310 Ross I Ing of postmasters under civil service.
street, to enact an ordinance, prohibit- I The President told. Senator Polndex
ing cats from running at large. I ter, . author of an amendment to the
The request may stir up a fuss at I legislative, judicial and executive ap-
one of the coming Council meetings I propriatlon bill, adopted by the Senate,
between those favoring cats and those I which would extend the civil service
opposed to them. Mr. Wright says the I requirements to all postmasters, that
only kind ot cat that does not destroy
birds is one that has had its nine lives
blasted out.
FRANCE SUFFERS IN COLD
Canals Are Frozen, Paris Can't Get
Coal and Several Persons Die.
he favored the change. At present
only postmasters in small towns in the
fourth class are selected by examina
tlon.. and. the remainder are appointed
by the President and confirmed by the
Senate..
Faahnsater Change Favored.
Mr. Wilson said he would be grati
fied to have the amendment agreed to
in the conference. He has previously
urged a proposal of this kind, and
Postmaster-General Burleson has In-
indorsed it in his annual report. It is
(Concluded on Pais 2, Column 2.)
Financiers Vehement
in Denying Charges.
HEARING MAY BE SHORTENED
Stock Exchange Records for
13 Days to Be Examined.
BARUCH TO BE RECALLED
Name of German Ambassador Again
Brought Into Inquiry Lawison
Said to Have Sought to
Arrange Meeting.
SPRUCE WILL BE SHIPPED
Coos Bay Order for 12,000,000 Feet
Not Affected by Boat Scarcity.
MARSHFIELD. Or., Jan. 29. (Spe
cial.) R. A. Wernlck, Interested in the
big British spruce order. Is on Coos Bay
and said the recent order that no more
English ships were available for lum
ber shipments would not affect this
order for 12,000,000 feet since the lum -ber
is to be forwarded to - different
points in the United States for manu
facture.
Mr. Wernick is at Coqullle today in
specting the two mills where -the lum
ber will be sawed.
PARIS, Jan. 29. France continues
to : suffer from exceptionally com
weather, the temperature ranging from
10 'to 15 degrees Fahrenheit above expected to meet witn some opposition
zero. The coal supply or x-ans is run- -"". -...
nlng low. owing to the freezing of the member of the House interstate com-
canals of the Interior water transpor- merce comrain.ee, conumwing iuo ran
tation system. I road programme, told the president he
Traffic has been suspended entirely did not believe me House would ap-
ln the central canal, by which coal is I prove the part of the Administration
transported from Monceau-les-Mlnes, recommendations prohibiting strikes or
and the barns are Imprisoned In the lockouts pending Investigation.
lc Several deaths from cold have The President said he would not in-
been reported in Paris. slst on any particular form of legisla
tlon. out It was aDsoiuieiy necessary to
KINU IU LIVt IN nUbolA strikes on the railroads of the' country
Administration leaders now are work
Rnnmanlaii Sovereign Selects Palace ing on a compromise measure which,
I they say, tne f resiaeni prooaoiy . win
ana UOTernmeak hiuicb.
BERLIN, Jan. 29. (By wireless to
Tuckerton, N. J.) According to Rus
sian press reports received by the
Overseas News Agency. Krng Ferdi
nand of Roumanla has selected the
Potemkln Palace at Yekaterinoslav. In
Southern Russia, as his residence, and
the Roumanian government and Par
liament, now at Jassy, Roumanla, will
be transferred to Russia.
Part of the authorities win go to
Yekaterinoslav and the others- to
Kherson.
LABOR TO BE ENFORCED
Report Says Interned Enemy Civil
ians W ill Be Treated as Germans. .
COPENHAGEN, via London, ' Jan. 29.
The Schleswigsche Grenzpost, a copy
of which has been received here," de
clares the General commanding the dis
trict of the Ninth German Army Corps
has proclaimed that all Interned and
other civilians belonging to Nations
hostile to Germany shall be forced to
do public labor.
This will be similar to that required
of Germans called upon for civilian
services.
One Man Subscribes 9100,000 at
Dinner for H. C. Hoover, Chair
man of Relief Commission. -
NEW YORK. Jan. 29. The Rocky
Mountain Club of New Tork will post
pone the erection of Its luxurious club
house In this city and devote Its ener
gies at present toward feeding Belgian
children.
The governors are unanimous In this
action and the president. John Hays
Hammond, announced "the change at a
dinner given this evening at the City
Bankers' Club In honor of Herbert C
Hoover, chairman of the commission, for
the relief in Belgium and a member of
the club.
William B. Thompson, of the club,
started the fund with a subscription of
3100,000, and those in charge feel con
fident that $1,000,000 will thus be dl
verted from the purchase of deep arm
chairs. marV.e bathtubs and other club
comforts to nourishing food for the
youth of Belgium.
In acknowledging this act, Mr.
Hoover said that six weeks ago he
heard 1600 children In Brussels sing the
"Star-Spangled Banner" and he was dls
tressed to realize how little of their
food was bought with American money.
ARIZONA VOTES REJECTED
Supreme Court Ruling on Double
Marking Said to Aid Hunt.
PHOENIX. Ariz.. Jan. 29. Superior
Judge Stanford, before whom a recount
of ballots for Governor Is going for
ward, ruled today that . all ballots
marked with a cross at the head of
the party colunin and then marked
again for Campbell . or Hunt must be
rejected. . .
The ruling is believed t. be distinct
point for Hunt, as there are said to be
many more ot tbe ballots marked for
Campbell than there are for Hunt.
NEWSPAPER SAFE STOLEN
Heavy Job of Burglary Yields Only
$5 for California Thieves.
LOS GATOS. Cal., Jan 29 Robbers
carried away the office safe of the
newspaper Mall-News early today.
Tr.ere was tS in It, with books and
records.
The iAfo would require three men to
lift it. It has not been found.
NEW TORK. Jan. 29. Some of the
most sensational charges of Thomas W.
Lawson made in testifying recently la
the House rules committee "leak" in
vestigation were vehemently denied to
day by Pliny Flsk and Archibald 8.
White, two widely known New Tork
financiers, when they appeared here
before the Congressional Inquisitors.
Mr. Flsk. named by Lawson as the
banker member of an alleged trio com
posed of a Cabinet member. Secretary
McAdoo; a member of Congress, known
as "Senator O," and a banker, who had
a joint account In Wall street, declared
emphatically that no such combination
ever existed.
Lawson Declared HomaarlaK.
White, "who was declared by Lawson
to have told htm Flsk bad boasted to
him that he controlled Secretary Mc
Adoo and had offered to call the Sec
retary from his bed by telephone at
1:30 o'clock In the morning to prove
his assertion. Insisted that Lawson was
"romancing."
As a result of these denials, commit
teemen tonight expressed belief that
the length of the ' hearings here bad
been shortened materially. Some said
they would close within three or four
days. If unexpected developments do
not arise. Examination of certain Stock
Exchange records for 13 days preceding
the sending of the President's peace
note, of several bankers and brokers
regarding general financial conditions
during this period, and further examin
ation of Barney Baruch. a heavy
"short" seller, and a few minor wit
nesses Is expected to bring the end
here. The committee now is Intent on
bringing the inquiry .to a close with
an investigation only of the alleged
peace note "leak."
LawM Weald Meet Bernstorff.
The name of Count Von Bernstorf f
was again brought into the Inquiry
today in questions put to Mr. White,
but with what purpose was not made
known. Sherman L. Whipple, counsel
for the committee, wanted . to know if
just prior to the publication of the
STUDENTS TO GO TO WAR
French Universities Will Graduate
1918 Recruits Before Easter.
Emergency Clause
Survives Oratory..
W.C.T.U. SEES MEASURE WIN
Members Afterward Enioy
Loganberry Juice.
CROWD APPLAUDS VOTE
Measure Goes to- Senate and Is Put
on First Reading, With Possi
bility of Passage Before
End of This Week.
STATE CAPITOL. Salem. Or.. Jan. 29.
(Special.) Callan. Knbll. Lewis, Macs
kay, Schlmpff, Stott and Wlllett these
are the names of the only members who
voted against the bone-dry prohibition
bill today.
! ThA hill w.nl tlirnnirh tti, TTiti mm 1-1
PARIS. Jan. 29. Special examina- ! today after a four-hour siege of ora
tions will be held in the universities ! tory' b a vot ot 5 to 7
of France before Easter for students '. "n " tne votB nad be taken
belonging to contingents of the recruits , members of the House were served
of 1918. which probably will be called . wlth Individual half-pint bottles of
to the army In the Spring. ; loganberry juice, and the entire assem-
The examinations, it la announced. . blT rested while the bottles were
will be less severe than ordinarily and drained.
candidates for degrees will be allowed ! Permit for Alcohol Renntren.
to choose, for oral questioning, subjects ; Th. bu paased. merely carries
"P00 which they feel prepared. j,nto effect the conaUtuUonal amend.
j ment adopted by the peop'.e at tbe
BRITAIN BUYS PRUNES HERElNovemb,r eIect,on prohibiting
iwi lauvn ui niwiioiii; liquors lor oev
Chief Clerk Drager Sells Eight Cars
for Use of Army.
STATE CAPITOL. Salem, Or.. Jan. 29.
(Special.) W. F. Drager, chief alerk
of the House, is one of the -leading
prune dealers in the" state.
He received a cablegraphlo order to
day from the British government for
5000 boxes, B0 pounds each, of Oregon
prunes for the use of the British army.
The fruit will be shipped from Salem
and Roaeburg and will fill about eight
box cars.
FLAG SALUTEDBY GREECE
Ceremony Is Carried Out, but Pub
lic Is Excluded.
LONDON, Jan. 29. The ceremony of
saluting the entente allies flag by
Greece was carried out Monday in the
Zappelon, In accordance with the ar
rangement recently entered Into be-
ween the Greek government and the
entente powers, says a Reuter dispatch
from Athens.
The general public was excluded from
the building.
(Concluded on Pus 3. Column 1.)
IS THIS PEACE WITHOUT VICTORY?
(Concluded ea Pa 4. Column 6.)
BURNING SHIP NOT FOUND
Steamer Carrying Doctors Looks for
Vessel Afire on Sound.
SEATTLE; Wash., Jan. 29. Follow
ing the receipt of a report Lere tonight
that a steamer was afire a few miles
off Everett, the steamer Kulshan, with
doctors and pulmotors. went to the
scene to investigate. She made a
thorough search of Puget Sound waters
in the vicinity of Everett without find
ing any wreckage.
No vessels are known to be overdue
or missing.
MANILA WOULD SELL COIN
Disposal of 18,000,000 Silver Pesos
Would Yield Profit.
MANILA. - Jan. 29. A bill has been
Introduced In the legislature authoriz
ing the sale of 18,000,000 stiver pesos
now held in the government vaults at
Corregidor, at a profit of 31.250,000.
The bill, which seems certain of pas
sage, means that hereafter the Island's
stiver certificates wtll be guaranteed
by gold. After passage, the bill will
go to Presdient Wilson tor approval.
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NDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum ternperatur.e 38
degrees; minimum. 33 eareea.
TODAY'S Probably fair and colder; north
erly winds.
Legislatures.
Rouse passes bone-dry bill, S3 to 7. Page 1.
Dry a delay own bill at Olympla. Pace T.
Sterilization bill passes Senate. Pass .
Labor outlines bills tt wants. Paso S.
Bills Introduced proposing 13 new counties
In Idaho. Pace tt.
War.
Rnsvfa cannot understand peace without vic
tory. Para 4.
Porelsn.
Deposed Coata Rlcan President asks United
states to intervene, pace 2.
Japanese election called for. Page X
Mexico,
leave border la ten
erage purposes. It also remedies the
existing prohibition laws so that It
will be impossible to buy pure grain
alcohol excepting on prescription of a
physician or permit of a district at
torney. Inasmuch as the measure carries an
emergency clause It will become a law
as soon as it is signed by the Governor
probably before the end of the week.
Five days are allowed, however, after
the Governor signs the bill, for the ex
press companies to deliver goods al-
eady ordered or In transit.
TT. C T. I". sees BUI Passed.
There never was a bit of doubt about
the passage of the bill through the
House. It was absolutely certain front
the time the session opened thit it
would have at least 50 affirmative
oters. Whisky lobbyists and their
upporters made a determined effort at
various times to knock out the emer
gency clause but. obviously, without
success.
The bill had been made a special
order of business at 10:30 this morning.
Every seat In the chamber an- the
lobby back of the railing were f!ied.
White-ribboned members of the W. C
T. U. had reserved seats in front.
Aathor Explain Mensnre.
After the entire bill had been read
from beginning to end Representative
Anderson. Its joint author, with Senator
Eddy, explained its principal provisions
in detail, giving particular attention to
the several amendments made by the
communities since the original bill was
printed.
Repre.-entatlve Lafferty. who had
been a member of the committee, ob-
ected to that provision which permits
clergymen to import wine for sacra
mental purposes in unlimited quanti
ties, even though they are required to
have permission of their District At
torneys. He arguem that this section
would enable any group of thirsty in
dividuals to organize religious societies
and make Importations ostensibly for
'sacramental purposes,"
Oreron troops may
days Pago 5.
Armies of two nations to co-operate In amp-
pressing oatti riots at border. Pace s.
Domestic.
Tale of building graft unfolded. Pag 1.
New Yorkers postpone erection of fin club
- houae to aid Belgians. Page 1.
National.
Prealdent tells his advisers he thinks his
legislative programme wllj go through.
Pag 1.
Financiers declare Lawson was "romancing."
Page l.
President vetoes Immigration bill because
of literacy teat. Pag 1.
Houa paaaes $51,000,000 fortification MIL
Pag z.
Railroads ignore ultimatum. Pat, IS.
Revenu bill reported to Hooa by party
vot. Page z.
Sport.
Lowe Flmmi goes Kaat to box Roddy Mo-
Donald. Page. 14.
Kan denies that Vernon was robbd of
penumt. Page 14.
PYmnkl'n High defaats Benson five. P-vire 1
Multnomah Clnb wins sensational overtime
hockey game. Pag. lu.
rarlflo Northwest.
Gruesome find at Goid "Rill indicate fat of
John Hammersly. Pag a.
Mayor Gill pleads not guilty. Pag 5.
Mrs. Wlnnt Braden chosen superintendent
of agricultural pavilion at Stat Fair.
Pag e.
Commercial and Marine. '
Wheat decline again In Northwestern mar
kets. Pag 18
fitampede to sell breaks wheat prie at Chi
cago. Pag la.
Bonds firm and atoeks unsettled In Wall
street. Page l.
Rw-ord prices paid for livestock at North
Portland. Pag 18.
8. L Allard lanncbed at EC Helena. Pa IS.
Portland and, Vicinity.
Auto show proves big drawing card. Pag a.
Mrs. Mining convinces officers that she Is
of royal birth. Pag Is.
Drama Lagiie plans pretentious pro
gramme. Pag 11.
Portland Women's Union lar comerston for
houi for If -supporting girla. Pug
Chamber wants Congress to fore relief In
car shortage Page SO.
A. R. Clark defends ned of school of com
merce. Pag Is.
Fair and colder weather promised. Pag 15.
Mackay Opposes Emergency.
Representative Mackay, of Multno
mah County, got up and made a long
speech opposing the bill. He based his
objection on the emergency clause.
Subsequently Representative Elmore
pointed to the journal clerk's record
showing, that Mackay voted for the II,-
800,000 road bond bill, which carried
an emergency clause.
Lewis and Callan also protested
against the emergency clause and In his
closing address Representative Ander
son showed that they, as well as
Mackay, had voted for three emergency
bills the road bond bill, the emergency
appropriation bill, which carried a part
of their own salaries, and a bill en
abling some Eastern Oregon counties
to take Immediate advantage of road
bonds authorized by the people there.
Few Votes Caaagra by Oratory.
The House devoted most of the day
to consideration of this bill and It la
probable that not a single vote wan
changed by all the oratory. Represent
ative Burton made an old-fashioned
temperance speech. He dwelt on the
economic value of prohibition rather
than "on the moral value, over which
latter Issue he said there la no longer
any dispute.
When the noon hour came the mem
bers began to grow weary. Brownell
had a long speech on his mind and he
didn't want to talk against a crowd of
hungry people, so he gained an ad
journment. He started in right after
the noon recess. He bitterly assailed
those members who opposed the bill on
account of the emergency clause.
-It aiy bill ought to have an emer
gency clause," he declared. "It la one
that forever kiljs the whisky business
In this state."
Mrs. Thompson spoke briefly, empha
sizing tbe economic advantages of pro
hibition. One of the red-hot speeches of the
(Coadudal a Peg , Column