Morning Oregonian., March 26, 1917, Page 7, Image 7

THE MORNING OREGONIAN, MONDAT, arARCII 26, 1917.
CONGRESS LEADERS
GQNFERRlflGQNWAR
Legislation Demanded by Sit
uation Is Being Consid
ered in Advance.
COMMITTEES ARE PROBLEM
Democrats Discontented Over As
signments Made at Last Session.
Wet and Dry Issue May Be
Injected Into Fight.
WASHINGTON, March 25. With the
convening- of Congress in extra session
only a week off. Congressional leaders
are here for conferences with Ad
ministration officials over legislation
demanded by the virtual state of war
existing: between the United States and
Germany.
Aside from the business for which
Congress has been called, the question
of organization is chiefly occupying the
House leaders. Both Democrats, and
Republicans said tonight that a Speaker
probably would be elected soon after
the House assembled, but that the or
ganization of the committees presented
a problem the solution of which no one
could forecast.
"Wet" Member Worry Democrats.
The attitude of the so-called "wet"
members and some of the Northern I
Democrats is worrying the Democrats,
while the Republicans are troubled
over their Progressive wing. Any of
these elements might easily wreck the
organization plans of the majority of
either side and some observers are
predicting that abolition of the senior
ity rule in filling committee chairman
ships will be the first manifestation of
their strength.
Feeling among Democrats over com
mittee assignments was bitter at the
close of the last Congress. The "wets,"
of whom there is about a score, angered
over prohibition legislation, declared
that they would see several Democratic
chairmen displaced at this session If
they had to vote with the Republicans.
In turn Democratic "drys" declared
openly that any insurgent movement
by the "wets" would result in their
summary relegation to the foot of the
committees.
Northern Democrats Discontented.
Discontent among. Northern Demo
crats over Southern members holding
virtually all of the choice committee
chairmanships broke out In heated dec
larations that the coming session would
have to see some decided changes in
committee heads if Northern support
was desired further. All factions are
united in their support of Speaker
Clark for re-election.
In the last Congress only one big
committee, appropriations, was headed
by a Democrat from the North, Rep
resentative Fitzgerald, of New York.
His acknowledged ability for this place
assures him of re-election, If the Demo
crats organize the House.
One of the biggest fights among the
Democrats Is expected to occur on Rep
resentative Webb, of North Carolina,
former chairman of the Judiciary com
mittee and leader of the House prohibi
tion forces. He Incurred the enmity of
"wet" members of his party last ses
sion by his energetic support of "dry"
measures. All prohibition measures go
to the Judiciary committee and Rep
resentative Webb is the author and
champion of a Nation-wide prohibition
resolution.
Southerners on Committees.
Other committees headed by South
erners at the last session of Congress
Included: Military, Dent, Alabama;
naval, Padgett, Tennessee: foreign af
fairs. Flood, Virginia; rules, Henry,
Texas; ways and means, Kitchln, North
Carolina; Interstate commerce, Adam
eon, Georgia; agriculture, Lever. South
Carolina; banking. Glass, Virginia;
postoflice. Moon, Tennessee, and Dis
trict of Columbia, Johnson, Kentucky.
Save for Representative Henry, of Tex
as, all of these chairmen were returned,
and If the seniority rule should prevail
they would succeed themselves, and
Representative Garret, of Tennessee,
would head the rules committee.
The long list of old-line Republicans
who would Inherit chairmanships un
der the seniority rule, If the Republic
ans should organize., perplexes their
leaders. Progressively inclined Repub
licans, of whom there are about 40, have
Indicated they will not accept certain
of these under any circumstances.
Protests against Representative Coo
per, of Wisconsin, ranking member of
the foreign affairs committee, also are
heard among Republicans. His anti
ally utterances in the House during the
last two years have caused criticism.
Various Plans Considered.
How the committee -nomlnat'ons will
fee arranged has not been decided. Here
tofore the ways and means committte
has chosen members, subject to the ap
proval of the House. The committee of
27 named by the Republicans to lay
plans for organising the coming House
has recommended that a committee of
15, with the Speaker as chairman, shall
make the nominations. A plan to make
nominations from the floor also has
been suggested.
All organization plans will b ar
ranged finally this week, the Democrats
caucusing Friday and the Republicans
conferring Saturday.
The five independent members also
will have a meeting in the course ot
the week to discuBS their plana. The
belief grows here that they will be un
able to agree to act as an organization,
but will vote independently
cott, debate coach. A schedule with
all the university organizations tak
ing part has been completed. 'The win
ners In the preliminaries will meet in
the final for a cup. The schedule
as follows:
April 17 Alpha Tau Omega, Beta
Theta Pi and Delta Tau Delta: Re
solved. That the Spring vacation at the
University of Oregon should be abol
ished. April 18 Friendly Hall, Kappa Sig
ma and Phi Delta Theta: Resolved,
That the student body should promote
a system, of extension debates which
would ultimately reach every high
school in the state.
April 19 Phi Gamma Delta, Sigma
Chi and Sigma Nu: Resolved. That
the university calendar should be
changed so that the first semester
would close at the beginning of Christ
mas vacation.
May 17 or 18 The three winning or
ganizations from the above groups will
debate for championship on the ques
tion: Resolved, That the 86,000.000
bond bill for permanent roads should
be approved at the June election.
SONGSTER WINS PRAISE
COLEMAN JROEXZ TAKES HIPPO-
DROME house: bt storm.
Lots ot Good Things on Bill, Including
. Dare Brothers, Sunset Stx
and "Chore Boy."
Coleman Goetz had his whole audi
ence swaying at the Hippodrome when
the new bill opened yesterday, for he
has a marvelous knack of putting the
giddy syncopation into his songs.
We might mention in passing, al
though it Is pretty generally known,
that he is the youngest song writer In
America and composer of a big bunch
of the hits that have swept over the
country in the past few months, such
as "We'll Have a Jubilee in My Old
Kentucky Home," and some of the rag
gety hula-hula things that make one
wish for a ukulele and a pampas-grass
petticoat.
One must not overlook "Leo, the pian
ist, either, for he is half the fun of
the act, and he and his partner get
chummy with the audiences and have
no end of a good time every show
and they never seem to get tired of
kidding with the vaudeville fans.
The Dare Brothers have one of the
most polished acrobatic acts that has
come over the circuit in many a moon.
Their emoothly-f inlshed balancing
stunts, requiring a marvelous amount
of strength and muscular co-ordination,
are a positive poem.
Bertha Sherron's Sunset Six Is a typ
ical instrumental sextet, with pretty
girls, pretty music and a bit of dancing
besides the Instrumental and vocal
solos and orchestra selections. It is
attractive and colorful and a top-notch-er
of its type.
Harry Sullivan and Ruth Meyers have
an entertaining comedy singing and
talking act that makes a hit, and
Brooks and Lorella have a striking
acrobatic grotesque number.
Jere Sanford, the "Chore Boy," with
his whistling and yodellng, is a big
favorite and is called back for many
encores. '
The closing episode of the film se
rial. "Pearl of the Army," is presented
with the new bill.
STUDENTS ARE TO TRAIN
MILITARY COMPANY OF 42 IS OR.
GAMZED AT I'MVKRSITY.
RABBI URGES PATRIOTISM
Mlzrachl Movement, for Two Days
Rest In Seven, Is Indorsed.
The Jewish people of Portland were
urged to be patriotic to the United
States in her hour of peril, in an ad
dress delivered by Rabbi Meyer Berlin,
of New York city, one of the leaders
of the Zionist movement in this coun
try, at the Sixth-street synagogue yes
terday afternoon.
Rabbi Berlin touched upon the patri
otic character of the Jews as a race
and made an appeal that they stand
true to this phase of character in the
present crisis.
The rabbi touched upon the Mlzrachl
movement, which is one to secure two
days of rest in seven. The plan Is to
aecure Saturday and Sunday as days of
rest, and to do this he explained that
a longer working day would be provld
ed for the five other days of the week.
1NTRA-MURAL DEBATES SET
Schedule Is Arranged at TTnlversit)
of Oregon.
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, Eugene,
March 25. (Special.) Intramural de
bate, something new In the university.
Men Impose System of Fines for Fail
ure to Attend Drills or Talks on
Subjects In Coarse.
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, Eugene,
March 26. (Special.) A military drill
company was formed in the university
Saturday with a roster of 42 men. Drill
will begin next Tuesday night. The
programme of instructions outlined
will include military tactics every
Tuesday night; sanitation and hygiene
every Wednesday night; special sani
tation, for -those intending to carry on
Red Cross or relief work, every Thurs
day night; topography, geology, signal
practice and map-making every Satur
day morning.
Each man of the company deposited
$2.50 with the controller of the uni
versity to insure his attendance at
meetings. For every time a member
of the company is absent he forfeits
25 cents.
The men of experience who have vol
unteered their services in handling
the university "rookies" are Rev. Chris
Jensen, of Springfield, who has seen
active service as signal service chief
-under the late Admiral ("Fighting
Bob") Evans; Dr. G. E. 1 arrow, a Eu
gene physician, who will lecture on
sanitation; Dean Straub, who will be
chaplain; J. Frederick Thorpe, who
saw active service In Cuba; Dr. W. D.
Smith, who will drill in geology, to
pography and map-making; Coach Bill
Hay ward, who will give sanitation and
hygiene courses; H. K. Kingsbury, for
merly of the regular Army, and E. W.
Aline, a former officer In the cadet
corps of Wisconsin Agricultural College.
2 MORE DIE; TOTAL IS 10
Eleventh Victim of Dogging Road
Tragedy In. Serious Condition.
ASTORIA. Or.. March SB, (Special.)
Two more of the men who were In
jured in the accident at the North
Bank Dogging Company's camp on last
Friday died early this morning. They
were H. Demacher, of Knap pa, and
Axel Arnlo, of Marshfleld.
This makes the total number of dead
10. Nazareno Baslll, another of the in
jured men, is In a critical condition.
The bodies of Axel Dahleen and Carl
Berg were sent to Portland tonight.
GRAREXPOSUREOH
RAILWAY PROMISED
Greek Foreman Charged With
Padding Rolls Says Job
holders Must Pay.
FRAUD RUNS TO THOUSANDS
Prisoner Pleads Guilty, Tells Story
and Is Released, With Sentence
Deferred; North Bank Road
Now Is Investigating.
GOLDE.VDALE, Wash., March 25.
(Special.) George Zografos, alias
George Brown, a section foreman on
the Goldendale branch of the Spokane,
Portland & Seattle Railway Company,
who was arrested at Vancouver, Wash.,
on January 17, 1917. upon complaint
of a special agent of the railway com
pany and charged with padding his
time books and who has been in jail
at Goldendale ever since, entered a
plea of guilty before Judge Darch in
the Superior Court at Goldendale today
and sentence was deferred by the court.
Zografos being released on his own
recognizance.
At the time Zografos was arrested
he stoutly maintained his innocence,
engaged an attorney and demanded a
Jury trial. His ball was fixed at $500
which he said would be- furnished by
countrymen In Portland and Spokane,
but he failed to give bond - and has
been in Jail since his arrest.
His plea of guilty was made follow
ing a confession made to Prosecuting
Attorney John R. McEwen and James
A. Dundon, of Portland, shief special
agent of the Spokane, - Portland &
Seattle Railway Company which, it is
expected, will uncover a system of
graft in the roadmaster's department
of the road that has been going on
for a long time and was so 'well es
tablished that a man who would not
pay to get a Job and pay a monthly
toll for holding his position to others
higher up could not get work.
Frand Rons to Thousands.
According to the confession made by
Zografos, the money obtained from the
system will run Into thousands of dol
lars. Zografos is an educated Greek,
and says that he made up hfs mind to
plead guilty and throw himself upon
the mercy of the court and the railway
officials and expose - the rotten system
that the men in the roadmaster's de
partment of the railway have had to
combat in order to obtain employment
with the company. He says that condi
tions are so bad that they can be com
pared with slavery in medieval tlotes
and the peonage system in Mexico.
Chiaf Special Agent Dundon sum
moned a corps of assistants to Golden
dale immediately following the con
fession and sent them out over the
system to check up admissions and
statements made by Zografos, and it
is probable that the result will be a
sensation in railroad circles, as Zo
grafos says that the graft on the Spo
kane, Portland & Seattle was a system
built up as the outgrowth of petty
grafting on other roads. '
Discharged Employe Complains.
The specific charge against Zografos.
who goes by the American name of
"Brown," was making a false entry In
the record of labor performed, showing
that a laborer named Nick Brown had
performed 257 hours of labor for the
company at Klickitat station during
the month of April, 1916, for which a
oheck was Issued in the sum of $44.47
and cashed by the section foreman In a
grocery store at Klickitat station.
The tip that led to the arrest of
Zografos was given to the company
by John Smiley and Nick Brown,
Greeks formerly employed as section
hands at the Goldendale branch who
became disgruntled after they were
discharged last Fall because they would
not stand for the graft necessary to
hold a Job, according to their state
ments. Evidence in the case was se
cured by W. S. Gasaway, a special
agent in the employ of the railway
company, and . Robert . Ballou. former
chief Deputy Sheriff of Klickitat
County, now a special officer in the of
fice of the Prosecuting Attorney at
Goldendale.
MILITIA' OFFICERS NAMED
Aberdeen and Hoquiam Citizen Tars
Are Commissioned.
ABERDEEN, Wash, March 25. (Spe
cial.) Fourteen Aberdeen and Hoquiam
men received commissions in the Naval
Militia yesterday from the Adjutant-
General. and will assume command of
the divisions of the Grays Harbor bat
talion. William Donovan, Jr.. mlllman.
has been commissioned as commander
of the Harbor battalion; J. C Freeman,
assistant engineer of Hoquiam, has
been commissioned executive and navi
gating officer, and Varde Stlegllts, a
Jeweler, has been commissioned as ord
nance and gunnery officer of the bat
talion. Dr. C I. Prescott becomes bat
talion medical officer, and Blythe Max
well, battalion paymaster.
The men who gained division com
missions are:
Fourth Division, of Aberdeen H. M.
Delanty, Commander, Junior grade;
Glen Snider and Earl Coloney, Ensigns.
Seventh Division, of Aberdeen F. T .
Rockwell and Carl Morck. Ensigns.
Eighth Division, of Hoquiam H. V.
Collins, Ensign and division officer; A.
Watson and A. L. Hodgdon, Ensigns.
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their work, and their attitude of mind toward
depositors and borrowers of the Bank make the
difference in the service given.
We invite your patronage.
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$100,000,000
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Dated April 1. 1917. Interest Payable April and October I. Dae April I. 1919.
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In connection with the provision for optional collection in francs, it may be noted that this feature amounts to a call on French exchange
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