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6 THE MORNING OKEGOXIAN. SATURDAY, SEPTE3IRER 22. 1917. ELECTRICIANS VOTE FOR STRIKE, BELIEF Secret Ballot Taken by Port land Union on Telephone I Wage Scale. SPIRIT IS CONCILIATORY Members Adopt Resolution Calling Upon Labor to Seek State lures- ligation to Determine if Com- pan j Can. Meet Demand. The Portland union No. 125, of the International Brotherhood of Electrical "Workers, comprising1 mainly linemen wnd Inside electricians ei-.ployed by the Pacific Telephone & Velegraph Com pany, last night took a secret ballot, similar to that taen in other Coast cities, on the questions of striking should the compa.uy not meet the de mands for $5 a day by October 21. Officials of the local said after the "ballot there was no doubt the vote was Tor a strike. Following1 the ballot the union adopted resolutions calling upon the 'entral Iabor Council of Portland to request the Public Service Commission to investigate the claims of the com pany that its revenues do not warrant it meeting the demands for increased wages, and if the claims are justified to authorize higher service rates. . The union is demanding S5 a day instead of $4, the existing wage, and improved worki.ig conditions. The company has proposed a plan of in creasing the wafes of certain work men by putting then, through a test and individually allowing an increase if 50 cents a day where the result of the tests, in the company's opinion, warrants It. The union has rejected this proposal. ' The vote on the strike has been taken In practically all Pacific Coast cities. nd officials said last night that all the Jarger cities had voted to strike, al though the ballots there, as here, were ecret. The union embraces practically every class of worker in the local plant s, from the men who stretch wires over head to the men who install phones in houses and keep the extensive appa ratus going inside. Every station in the city was represented. The wage scale paid the men today was set in 1S13, and the SI increase is asked, they say, because of the increase in the cost of living. The resolution which the local union adopted follows: "Where, a. committee of and representing- the employes of the Pacific Telephone c Telegraph Company, of the enure Pa cific Coast, recently met with and presented to the general officers of said company a petition for higher wages and improved working- conditions. said petition belne; prompted by the enormously Increased cost of the necessities of life since the estab lishment of the present wage scale In It 13. and. while said general officers of the com pany freely admitted the inadequacy of the present scale of wages, they also set forth that, in view of the higher cost of znaierials and labor entering into the pro duction of their service, and the inability of the company to Increase its income, no general increase in. wages couid, therefore, te granted. Whereas. It is a matter of common knowl edge that the enormous increase In the coit of living makes it impossible for many of our feilow employes to mft their oli.ig. tions under th present conditions, and. W hereas. we, us members of the Inter national Brotherhood of Klectrical Workers, affiliated with the American Federation of Labor, true and loyal citizens of these United .States, pledged to ice fuUvst support of our Oovernment in this moment of world crisis, fcesitate to enforce oy cessation of labor what we are convinced are Just demands, therefore, be It. Keeolved. That we request the Central Labor Council of Portland to urge upon the Public Service Commission of the state that it Immediately investigate the claims of the company, and if investigation diaclose the fact that the present re enuea are adequate to meet the necessary Increase In wages that public announcement of the findings mid; and. further, if the revenue be rot adequate, the company be permitted to revise Its tarifTs to meet this necessary re adjustment of wages. Be it further. Unsolved. That a copy of these resolu tions be sent to the local unions of the states of California, Nevada and Washing ton, with a request that similar action be taken by them. And be It further. Ke-olved, That a ropy of these resolutions ! Cltt to the pubiie prees. KAISERS ANSWER POPE fContinq-rt from IHTTt Far.) r-ontlff's note with a thankful heart and with an expression of hope that the rontifrs effort may lead to the realization of the Emperor's desire for lasting and honorable peace for all parties. The text of the reply fol lows: -Holy Father: 'With due Teneratlon nd d.ep emotion we take cognizance of the new representations your holi ness, in fulfillment of the holy office entrusted you by God. makes to us and the heads of the other belligerent states with the noble Intention of lead ing the heavily tried nations to a. unity that will restore reac to them. Peace Gir.Hr Desired With a thankful heart we recelYed this fresh sift of fatherly care which you. holy father, always bestow on all peoples without distinction, and from tae depth of our heart we greet the moving exhortation which your holi ness has addressed to the governments of the belligerent peoples. "During this cruel war we hive al ways looked up to your holiness as to the h'grhest personage who. in virtue of fcls mission, which reaches beyond earth ly things, and thanks to the high con ception of his duties laid upon him, stands high above the belligerent peo ples and who is inacce?sibie to all In fluence was able to find a way which rcay lead to the realization of our own desire for peace, lasting and honorable for ail parties. Kevire la Xet Desired. "Since ascending the throne of oar ancestors and fully conscious of the re Simons: oiiity which we bear before lod and men for the fate of the Auatro liungarian monarchy, we have never lost sight of the high aim of restoring to our peoples as speedily as possible the tlessins of peace. Soon alter our accession tc the throne it was vouch safed as in common with our allied to undertake a step which had been con sidered and prepared by our exalted predecessor. Francis Joseph, to pave the way for a lasticg and honorable peace. -We gave expression to this desire In a speech from the throne delivered at the opening of the Austrian Heichsrath, thereby showing that we are striving alter a peace that shall free the future life of the nation from rancor and a thirst for revenge,, and thatchall se cure them for generations to come from the employment of armed force. Our joint government ha in the meantime not failed in repeated and emphatic declarations, which could be heard by all the world, to give expression to our own will and thac or the Austro-Hun-Farian people to prepare an end to bloodshed by a peace such as yonr holi ness baa in mind. -Happy In the thought that our de sires from the first were directed to ward the sain, object which your holi ness today characterizes as one we strive for, we have taken Into close con sideration the concrete and practical suggestions of your holiness and have come to the following conclusions: -With deep-rooted conviction we agree to the leading idea of your holi ness that the future arrangement .of the world must be based on the elimi nation of armed forces and on the moral force of right and on the rule of Inter national Justice and legality. "We, too. are imbued with the hope that a strengthening of the sense of right would morally regenerate hu manity. We support, therefore, your holiness view that the negotiations be tween the belligerents should and could lead to an understanding by which, with the creation of appropriate guar antees, armaments on land and sea and the air, might be reduced simultaneous ly, reciprocally and gradually to a fixed limit, and whereby the high seas, wnlch rightly belong to all the . na tions of the earth, may be freed from domination or paramountcy and be opened equally for the. use of all. "Fully conscious of tho Importance of the promotion of peace on the meth od proposed by your holiness, namely, to submit international disputes to compulsory arbitration, we are also prepared to enter into negotiations re garding this proposal." "If. as we most heartily desire, agree ments should be arrived at between the belligerents which would realize this sublime idea and thereby give security to the Austro-Hungarian monarchy for its unhampered future development, it can rhen not be difficult to find a RETIRING CHIEF ENGINEER OF ' I - .4 ' ft Ben Jforl-o xy . fzpofn ?Z Principal Asstst. satisfactory solution of the other ques tions which will still remain to be set tled between the belligerents in a spirit of justice and of reasonable considera tion of the conditions for existence of both parties. "If the nations of the earth were to enter, with a desire for peace, into negotiations with one another In the sense of your holiness' proposals, then peace could blossom forth from them. The nations could attain complete free dom of movement on the high seas, heavy material burdens could be taken from them and new sources of pros perity opened to them. "Guided by a spirit of moderation and conciliation, we see in the pro posals of your holiness r suitable basis for initiating negotiations with a view to preparing a peace just to all and lasting, and we earnestly hope our present enemies may be animated by the same ideas. In this spirit we be seech that the Almighty may bless the work of peace begun by your holiness." tvaiser Desires End of War. The German government In its reply to the peace note of Pope Benedict, a copy of which has been received here, "cherishes a lively desire" that the appeal may meet with success. Emperor William, the German note says, has been following the efforts of the Pope toward peace for a con siderable time with high respect. The text of the reply reads: "Herr Cardinal: Your eminence has been good enough, together with your letter of August I. to transmit to the Kaiser and King my most gracious master, the note of His Holiness, the Pope, in which His Holiness, filled with grief at the devastations of the world war. makes an emphatic peace appeal to tho heavof the belligerent peoples. The Kaisefing has deigned to acquiant me with your eminences letter and to entrust tho reply to me, Enpererer tVatrke Efforts. "His Majesty has been following for a considerable time with high respect and sincere gratitude His Holiness' efforts in a spirit of true impartiality to alleviate as far as possible the suf ferings of the war and to hasten the end of hostilities. The Kaiser sees in the latest step of His Holiness fresh proof of his noble and humane feel ings and cherishes a lively desire that for the benefit of the entire world the papal appeal may meet with success." "The effort of Pope Benedict is to pave the way to an understanding amongst all people! and might more surely reckon on a sympathetic recep tion and the whole-hearted support from His Majesty, seeing that the Kai ser, since taking over the government, has regarded it as his principal and most sacred task to preserve the bless ings of peace for the German people and the world. In his first speech from the throne, at the opening of the Ger man Reichstag on June 25, 1SS3. the Kaiser promised that his love of the German army and his position toward it should never lead him into tempta tion to cut short the benefits of peace unless war were a necessity, forced on us by an attack on the empire or Its allies. The German army should safe guard peace for us. and should peace, nevertheless, be broken, it would be in a position , to win it with honor. The Kaiser has. by his acts, fulfilled the promise then made In -6 years of happy rule, despite provocations and tempta tions. Readiaeme for Peace) AverreA. "In the crisis, which led to the pres ent world conflagration, his majesty's efforts were up to the last moment directed towards settling the conflict by peaceful means. After the war had broken out. against his wish and de sire, the Kaiser, in conjunction with his hih allies, was the first solemnly to declare his readiness to enter into peace negotiations- The German peo ple supported His Majesty in his keen desire for peace. "Germany sought within her national frontier the free development of her spiritual and material possessions, and outside the imperial territory unhin dered competition with nations enjoy ing equal rights and equal esteem. The free play of forces in the world in Peaceable wrestling with another would lead to the highest perfecting of the noblest human possessions. IHsas trous concatenation of events in the year 1914 absolutely broke off all hope ful course of development and trans formed Europe into a bloody battle arena" Read The Oregenlan rlseartfled ads. CITY WATER CHIEF ENGINEER RESIGNS D. D. Clarke Relinquishes Im portant Post Because of III Health. NOTABLE RECORD IS MADE F. M. Randlett Will Succeed Retir ing Chief and Ben Morrow Is to Take Position ol Principal Assistant Engineer. X. 3D. Clarke, builder of the greater part of Portland's $14,000,000 water system, has tendered his resignation as chief engineer of the water bureau, ef- THE CITY WATER BUREAU AND PROMOTIONS. fective October 1, on account of 111 health. City Commissioner Mann yes terday reluctantly accepted the resig nation. Mr. Mann last night announced that F. M. Utandlett, who has been prin cipal assistant engineer since 1906, will succeed Mr. Clarke and that Ben Mor row, an engineer in .the water service, will take Mr. Randlett's place. Mr. Clarke has been in the engi neering part of the water bureau for 24 years, having been first appointed in March, 1893, and for 20 years has been the chief engineer. For the past two or three months he has been in poor health and has been confined to his bed part of the time. He sent his resigna tion to Commissioner Mann on August 29, but acceptance was withheld by Mr. Mann until yesterday. Mr. Mann says it is with deep regret that he has ac cepted Mr. Clarke's retirement. Prominent Men Express Regrets. It was also with regret that many others learned of the resignation. These Included T. B. 'Wilcox, ex-chairman of the Water Board; ex-Mayors Simon and Rushlight, who served as chairman of the Water Board during their respec tive terms; J. C. Ainsworth, W. B. Mackay and Kv V. Winn, ex-members of the Water Board. Mr. Clark was appointed in March, 1893, as principal assistant engineer under Colonel Isaac W. Smith, chief engineer, and was givenN charge of the construction of the first Bull Run pipe line, a contract for which had just been signed. Upon th completion of this work, in December. 1S94. b: was placed in charge of the City Park reservoirs and the investigations to determine the extent and cause of the slide then wrecking these structures. This work was continued under Colonel Smith's direction until the death of the latter on January 1. 1897. since which time Mr. Clarke has had charge of all con struction operations undertaken by the department. 1.1st of AccompltshBBents Loar. Owing to the rapid growth of the city, this work has at times assumed p. considerable magnitude, the more im portant items being the reclamation of the slide at City Park and later the repair of the broken reservoirs, thus permitting their constant use during the past 12 years: the construction of a second steel conduit from headworks to Mount Tabor, having a capacity of 45.000.oo0 gallons per day; the build ing of two concrete-lined distributing reservoirs at Mount Tabor, one of 50.000.000 and the other of 7 5.000.000 gallons capacity, together with the construction of seven small tanks and standpipes ranging from 0.000 to 00. 000 gallons capacity and located in various parts of the city. Eetween January 1. 1909, and Jan uary 1. 1914. there were laid or pur chased 154 miles of mains, four inches in diameter and over, principally of cast iron, the total mileage of mains in use on Xovember 30. 191. being 643 miles. Mr. Clarke had charge of all this work. Ball Run Watershed Conceived. In U91 the late Frank T. Dodge, who for many years was superintendent of the water department, visited Bull Run Iake and took photographs. Prom a study of these and from descriptions of the locality furnished by Mr. Dodge, Mr. Clarke eariy became Imbued with the idea that Bull Run Lake might be made available as a storage basi i of great value to the city in the years to come. Mr. Clarke's thought at that time was to construct a tunnel tapping the lake below low water level. It was not, however, until 1913 that the pressure of extension work in the city permitted the detail of engineers from the 6taff to make a thorough sur vey of the Bull Run watershed, an ap- Who wants bread and butter when. o. feller can have TOASTIES - ' I i . If . . 6f-: ws mJ Mi 'Z r: - I"--' A . . .... POST fJ PT MADE OfVj l CORN J.y propriation for this purpose having been secured. It was while these early surveys were in progress that the engineers conceived the Idea or raising the lake level for the purpose of increasing the storage area, and the construction of a tow timber and earth, or crib, dam was later authorised and built. SUde Correctlom Work Intereatlag. Mr. Clarke says he regards the cor rectlon of the slide at the City Park and the repairs of reservoirs Nos. S and as being among the most important pieces of work engaging his attention as well as an unique and interesting ex perience. The proposed construction of drainage tunnels under the slide met with the approval of the late Colonel G. H. Mendell. United States Corps of En gineers, who was employed in 189S and 18S9 in connection with this work and in defending the damage suit brought against the Water Department by the King Real Estate Company on account of alleged injury to their property through reservoir construction, aa well as by all the engineers who appeared at the trial. The later Investigations and the exe cution of the work were all directed by Mr. Clarke, however. In 1904 Mr. Clarke prepared a paper entitled. "A Phenomenal Landslide," describing the work done by tha engineers in investi gating and reclaiming this slide which was printed in the Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers, of which society he has been a member aince 1882. During the present year Mr. Clarke TWO ENGINEERS RECEIVING has prepared a supplement to this paper which has been accepted by the American 8ociety of Civil Engineers for publication. This will appear within a short time. Regret Over Relinquishment. Mr. Clarke has also written several other articles for the American So ciety, descriptive of some branch of the work in progress in Portland, which he thought would be of general in terest to members of the engineering profession. "I regret," said Mr. Clark yesterday, "that it seems best that I should now relinquish the work which has en gaged my time and thought for nearly a quarter of a century, but I have only the best wishes for the success of those who may take up the work after me. To all my former associates and as sistants, whose cheerful and faithful services have done so much to make effective the engineering organization of the department, I also wish the best of success in the years to come." New Chief Old In Service. F. M. Randlett. who will take up the position left by Mr. Clarke, has been In the service for 11 years as principal assistant engineer. Prior to that time he was employed by the Essex Com pany, of Lawrence, Mass.; the New Tork. New Haven & Hartford Railroad. Stone & Webster, of Boston; Massachu setts Electric Company and the Warren Brothers Company and the Warren Construction Company, of Portland. Ben Morrow, who will take Mr. Rand lett's place, has been in the service eight years, during which time he has been engaged principally in engineer ing and survey work in Bull Run Re serve. Mr. Morrow has had charge of the investigations which are now being followed by the construction of a dam at Bull Run Lake, which probably will save the city the necessity of construct ing large storage reservoirs in years to come. Formerly Mr. Morrow was employed by Stone & Webster, the United States Geological Survey, the Willamette Iron Works and the Phoe nix Iron Works. RETIRING CHIEF IS LAUDED T. B. Wilcox, ex-Chairman of Water Board, Tells of Clarke's Worth. On learning yesterday of the reslg nation of Mr. Clarke, T. B. Wilcox, ex chairman of the City Water Board, for warded a letter to City Commissioner Mann paying glowing tribute to Mr. Clarke and expressing regret at his re tiring from the service. "It is with keen regret." reads Mr. Wilcox letter, "that I learn that D. D. Clarke, for many years engineer in charge of the Portland waterworks, is about to resign his position because of age and ill health, and I feel that one who has served the city as long and faithfully as he ehouTa not he pet jglflJUS THE BEST THE BEST .SJMCAROM The Palatable Health Food! it I im, iiaBta PURE CANE UG A By the 100-pound QIT rjf? sack at 04.lt Delivery only with purchase of S3 or more of other goods. Thin pedal doe. net hold good after tSO P. SI. Saturday. Save at Simon's on SASH, DOORS, GLASS, ROOFING PAPER,Etc HOOFING PAPER. lOS square feet to a e roll. Price. Include nails anil cement. All guaranteed. One-ply, the roll ...01.25 Two-ply. the roll SI. 45 Three-ply, tbe roll $1.65 Five-Panel DOORS $l.SO Premo Brand PAINT, all colors, the gallon. ..... .02.10 THE NEW BIG ANNEX to SIMON'S is being rushed to com pletion. The opening will be a BIG BARGAIN EVENT. IMON mltted to retire without something more than passing- comment, which I. as a citizen who has known Mr. Clarke during- all the years of his service and was for a number of years intimately connected with him on the water board. am perhaps qualified to make. "Under Mr. Clarke's supervision and direction the new pipeline from Bull Run was surveyed and planned, ana work begrun in 1909, together with the reservoirs No. 5 and No. 6 on Mount Tabor. All this work. Involving the expenditure of a large amount of money, was conducted under his con trol with the result that the new pipe line carried twice the quantity of the first conduit and the reservoirs pro vided storage facilities, so that I be lieve at no time and under no cir cumstances of accident would the city be without an ample supply of water for general use and fire purposes. 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